Mrs Wright Arrested in North Dakota for Child Murder
Former Logansport woman Mary Wright is under arrest in Lakota North Dakota charged with murdering her adopted daughter Beulah Wright thirteen by strangling and pouring carbolic acid on her face to imitate suicide. Neighbors spoke of cruel treatment and investigators note a life insurance policy payable to Wright.
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Mary Wright
Logansport
Lakota
North Dakota
Beulah Wright
J. M. Marton
Jin An Industrial Company
Wright
Beulah
Broadway
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh Street
George Welch
Welch
Jonson Named Over Protest Minnesota Ticket
A Minnesota ticket prompts a protest leading to Jonson being named over the objection. The dispute centers on ballot or candidacy proceedings affecting the team and regional party dynamics. Local officials weigh legal steps and potential remedies.
Minnesota Democrats renominate John A. Johnson for governor
At the Minnesota Democratic state convention in Minneapolis on August 19, John A. Johnson was renominated for governor after a dramatic demonstration. Delegates cheered as banners and Johnson’s picture were paraded around the hall while Gov. Johnson’s secretary sought word from the capitol. A committee proposed officials for key posts and the platform backed a Stillwater harvesting plant and direct senatorial election.
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Hall
Johnson
Frank A. Day
Capitol
Bryan
Denver
Julius J. Reiter
Rochester
Richard T. Lamb
Slayton
Henry P. Nelson
Hibbing
N. Matthews
Marshall
Stillwater
United States
Troops to Withdraw Fanned Springfield Terror Rumor
Springfield, Aug 19. Only two regiments remain on riot duty as governors and generals plan to release the second infantry and other units. Fear grips local Black residents with warnings of renewed terror as orders transfer Klein to civil authorities for a jail transfer in Kankakee.
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First Cavalry
General Young
Deneen
Joseph B. Klein
Chicago
Company A
First Infantry
Earl Nelson
Kankakee
Springfield
Klein
Third Infantry
Harry B. Chamberlain
Scott
Father East Indian Chief Fleeing Borneo Decrees Beheading Heirs
Asa Sullivan, son of a Borneo chieftain, fled cruel laws that require beheading royal heirs. Exiled with a royal lineage, he worked at quarries before a livery stable job, adapts to American life, and may settle here. He learned English, can play banjo or piano, and sings well.
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France
America
Confession Supposedly Drives Inquest Into Bayside Killing
A coroner's jury finds Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. and Thornton Jenkins Hains caused the death of William Annis in Bayside L I after a pistol confrontation. Witnesses include Roberts and Dr Frey. Hains and McIntyre issue statements about a contested confession by Mrs Hains and motives amid family tensions.
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Charles H. Roberts
Flushing
Captain Hains
Annis
Walter G. Frey
Frey
Hains
Roberts Sawyer McIntyre
Thornton Hains
Officers With Hains Rally to Defense in Divorce Case
New York August 19 virtually every army officer united to defend Captain Hains after a counter claim by Mrs Hains in the divorce suit alleged conditions in army circles that could cause a scandal. General Hains and Major John Powell Hains are in New York with other Hains family members supporting the defense. Captain Hains will be tried in October and a guard was posted at Fort Hancock to shield the family from unwanted visitors and photographers.
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New York
United States Army
Hains
William E. Annis
John Powell Hains
Chicago
R. P. Hains
Boston
T. Jenkins
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
P. C. Hains
Democratic Nomination Question Dodged by Johnson
St Paul August 19 When asked tonight if he would accept the nomination conferred by the Democratic state convention Governor Johnson said he had not been officially notified and had nothing to say.
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St. Paul
Johnson
Bynum Cline Families Hold Reunion at Spencer Park
A Bynum Cline family reunion gathered about two hundred members at Spencer Park yesterday. About sixty attendees came from Flora and nearby counties as a noon dinner was served.
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Bynum-Cline
Spencer Park
Flora and Vicinity
The Pope Illness Rumor Denied by Vatican
Rome reports deny that fatigue from receptions caused the pope's illness. The pope remained in good health until after the American pilgrims left. He caught a cold but resisted full rest, saying he never dreamed of stopping work. Improvement was noted and audiences may resume soon.
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Rome
Telephone Operator Near Death From Brass Poisoning
Miss Mae Quinn of Whiting Indiana aged 42 3 is dying at St Anthony's hospital Chicago after handling brass plugs at the Whiting switchboard. She suffered scratches that quickly led to brass poisoning and lockjaw symptoms despite prompt attention.
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Associated Press
Whiting
Ind
Mae Quinn
St. Anthony's Hospital
Chicago
Chicago woman visiting relative in midwest
Mrs. Theodore Fatthauer of Chicago is visiting, staying with her brother H J Fox and family.
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Theodore Fatthauer
Chicago
H. ‘J. Fox
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the Tribune
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John Johnson
Minnesota Ticket
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A. Johnson
Ernor
Minnesota
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Remsey County
Daniel W. Lawler
Sion
John A. Johnson
Hennepin County
Arsenal
Sringfield, IL
Governor's Office
Asa Sullivan
Elliott
Borneo
An East
India Island
Royalty
Asa
Sullivan
Men
Ial
J. M. Elliott
Kenneth Stone Quarries
Asseci
William Annis
Urday
Bayside
L. I
Peter C
Hains, Jr
Thornton Jenkins
Erary Brother
Man
John F. McIntyre
Hains Brothers
Iain Hains
Fort Riley
Thornton
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