Murder Mystery From Marble Hill Press Chronicle
The Marble Hill Press surveys a puzzling 4 murder mystery with a Washington correspondent reporting a strange case of a partner in a hotel in Marble Hill Missouri. A letter from a Chicago Record writer outlines a deadly hotel room strangling and a partner suspected yet unprosecuted. The writer asks what to do with a man who may be the killer but cannot be charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Curtis
Washington
Chicago Record
Hiden
Eden
Little Heroine Saves Siblings From Burning Home
Mary Moran an 11 year old girl of Shamokin Pennsylvania awoke to dense smoke as fire trapped her brother Leo eight and sister Margaret six upstairs. She opened a window and carried Leo outside then re entered to rescue Margaret before neighbors arrived. All three children recovered consciousness after an hour.
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Mary
Frank Moran
Shamokin
Mr. Moren
Maury
Mary Moran
Leo
Margaret
Pawned the Dog in New York Pawn Shop Tale
A pug on Twenty eight street is pawned by a dealer who states the dog cannot be sold until Monday night. The buyer learns the pug has been hocked three times and redeemed each time, with a dollar as the limit. A wry remark about a dog in pawn implying misfortune for the owner follows.
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New York
Pug
Day for Broken Lege Man Hurt in Sidewalk Accident
A man suffered a broken leg after a sidewalk incident required an ambulance call to his home. A second misfortune followed as a horse vehicle reportedly fell on the street nearby, injuring its leg.
Trouble in Church Ends in Suit Over Doctrine and Dollars
Miss Hattie Mulhern, daughter of Rev. Dennis Mulhern, sues Rev. Dr. J. L. Jackson for 20000 in Grand Rapids circuit court after church trustees dropped Mulhern from Fountain Street Baptist, citing doctrinal disputes and clashes over liberal vs hard shell views. The suit follows a protracted dispute, committee findings that charges were unfounded, and Mulhern’s removal from church membership. Butterfield, committee chairman, now represents Dr. Jackson.
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Grand Raids
Viieh
Hattie Mulhern
Hev
J. L. Jackson
Jackson
Fountain Street Baptist Church
Miss Mulhern
Dennis
Dr. Jackson
Er. Jackson
Ion
Roger W. Butterfield
The
State University
A Wolcott
J. A. Hawkins
Uffense
Butterfield
Babies Perish Locked in House Fire Near Baltimore
A farmer N Schultz and his wife locked their three young children in a frame house on church land near Baltimore and went to work. A child likely 3 years old roamed, while the 18 month and 2 young ones slept. The mother left matches on a chair, a lit flame ignited bedding, and rescuers forced open the door as flames consumed the interior. One surviving child, aged 2 years, was saved by a servant but badly burned and likely to die. The parents are said to be shattered, with fears the mother may not survive the tragedy.
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Wis
Tackson
Mulhern
Fountain Street
Kerr B. Tupper
Jackson
Dr. Jackson
Miss Mulhern
N. Schultz
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Baltimore
William Mumford
Man Driven Mad After Religious Delusions in Napoleon
Arl Pickard was brought to Napoleon Ohio after a spell of religious meetings that drove him to insanity. He believed the Lord commanded him to kill his wife and baby. While to be prepared for the asylum he thought only his Spirit left home and his body stayed behind.
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Arl Pickard
Napoleon, O
Marinc
Fatal Woodcutting Accident After Ax Strikes Wire
John Fost of Wirt County West Virginia suffered a peculiar fatal injury while chopping wood with a double edged ax. The blade deflected off a wire clothes line and struck him in the face, splitting his chin nose and forehead. He died from these injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fost
Wirt County
W. Va
Prairie Fire Ravages Oklahoma Ranches Near Hardesty
A three day prairie fire near Hardesty Oklahoma caused extensive damage to range, stock and buildings valued in dollars. Rival ranches owned by James Eagland John Hutchinson William Hogser L F McManus and George Henderson suffered devastation. Mrs Carter alone at home fought the blaze for hours until her husband returned to find her unconscious on the prairie.
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Oklahoma
Hardesty
Oila
James Eagland
John Hutchinson
William Hogser
L. F. McMans
George Henderson
Carter
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