Strangled Child Found In New York Flat Murder Probe
A 13 year old girl Mamie Cunningham was found murdered in her East Thirty seventh street flat. Police seek a man dubbed Jack the Strangler after a brutal garrote and knife attack on Mamie and a struggle witnessed by neighbors. Evidence shows she fought back, bruises, tied towels, and a bent kitchen knife near the body. No sign of forced entry. motive unclear as valuables remained. The story details the flat layout, last sightings, and the suspect’s evasive actions prior to police intervention.
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New York
Jack the
Littl
Mamie Cunningham
Anna Cunningham
East Thirty-seventh Street
Cunninghams
Firth Avenue
Francis P. Farrell
Jack
Farrell
Mrs. Larrity
Inspector Brook
Central Office
Mrs. Cunningham
Edward McCormack
Atranger
Philanthropy roundup of large endowments and gifts
Alfred C. Harrison donates 106000 to University of Pennsylvania. Harvard medical school adds a department funded by a Boston merchant with 100000. Joseph Pulitzer offers ten scholarships of 250 to New York grammar school graduates. Mme Audiffred bequeaths 800000 francs to Paris Academy of Medicine with 24000 francs annual to a physician who cures consumption. William Deering gifts 215000 in real estate and bonds to Northwestern, total gifts about 400000. John W. Miller’s will leaves 25000 to Ottilie Orphan Asylum and 25000 trust for minister’s salary. After his wife’s death, 5000 to Five Points House of Industry, 5000 to Wetmore Home, 10000 to German Evangelical Synod and Missionary Society.
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Alfred C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Joseph Pulitzer
New York
Mme. Audiffred
Paris Academy of Medicine
William Deering
Chicago
Northwestern University
John W. Miller
Ottilie Orphan Asylum
Newtown
L. I
Five Points House of Industry
Wetmore Home
German Evangelical Synod and Missionary Society
St Louis
Prominent Alabama Farmer Hurt Wife in Church Incident
Mrs. Kyle, separated from William R. Kyle of a large Alabama county farm, accused him of ill treatment. While at church with John Alexander, Kyle allegedly crawled to her pew and stabbed her in the back with a sharp object, causing screams and a disrupted service.
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William R. Kyle
Alabama
Vintage Remedies and Oddities From an Ancient Page
A collage of 19th or early 20th century medical potions and quack cures notes various products like Syrup of Figs and Dr Carlatedt’s German Liver Syrup with claims of gentle laxative effects and internal cleanliness. Filler lines mention a housefly’s wingbeat and tangential notes on animals and teethers, ending with a birthday note for a Schoo celebrat ed.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised in Odd Scrape
A fragmented 19th century style notice advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with a price of 70. The text also mentions Pleo's Cure for some ailment and a Mrs Mull of Kent England with a vague description of a tall person.
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Fa Hall
Pleo
Mull
Kent
England
Missouri items show varied news across the state
Missouri notes report railroad projects cost and funding, rail line extensions, mining and labor movements, public library activity, farm and dairy outputs, educational debates, legal cases, political shifts, weather challenges, and a sensational suicide incident in Polk County, reflecting a broad 1920s regional snapshot.
Reception of the new minister at the Executive Mansion
Ex-President Harrison describes a formal audience where the president, guided by the secretary of state, receives the new minister and his suite. The minister delivers his address, presents letters of credence, and the president responds before a brief informal conversation and departure from the Blue Room.
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State Department
Ooe
Harrison
Ladies’ Home Journal
Coce's Cough Balsam and Olive Oil Claims
A mixed list of patent medicine claims cites Coce's Cough Balsam as a cure for coughs and constipation remedies. It notes olive oil ages and restaurant use, prices Dr Carlstedt's Liver Powder at 25 cents, and mentions saloon closures in St Joseph Michigan. It also alludes to European lab experiments suggesting flowers’ odors kill microbes and aid bedrooms.
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Carlstedt
the Medicine Co
Evansville
Ind
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Jack the Strangler
H. H. Boyeson
Lippincott's
New England Conservatory
Art Center of America
Ahah
Persia
Thanricu
Dr. Kline
Tireat
Marvin
Niephis
Eas
Imperial Issouri
Missouri
Texas
Iowa
Osceola
Marceline
Lafayette County
Richmond
Illinois
Sedalia
Farmington
Pat Conan
Utabman
Salt Lake City
Professor Foster
Government
A. T. Glahn
Macon County
Hicks
City of
Independence
George Vouns
Higginsville
Webster Davis
Jackson County
Warner
N. S. Murray
Holt County
Val Tapley
Spencersburg
Bowling Green
Carthage
Delia Hall
Henry D. Newbold
St. Louis
School Book Commissioner
General Assembly
Tinsley
Central Medical College
St Joseph
Frisco
James A. Blair
John S. Blair
Kansas City, Osceola and Southern
Frisco Railway
Blairs
Bolivar
Osage
Ellis
Polk County
Coce
St. Joseph
Mich
St. Joseph, Me
Cripple Creek
Crawford
Hires Rootbeer
Charies
Hires Co
Bold Evers
Danderine
Knowlton Danderine CO
Guthrie, Okla
HALL
N. Ui
Mal & So
Pe Ashua
N. HL
Stark Trees
Park O'Varrell
Washington, D. C
Cabinet Cinimea
Ua Elsited
Thompson
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