Death by Own Action Hovers Over Miss Muriel Keith Mystery
Richmond Virginia, Miss Muriel Keith, an English girl, was killed by a car on the Richmond Electric Line after stepping onto the vehicle’s path. Despite a letter requesting work at the YWCA and extensive inquiries, investigators find no decisive motive, with theories ranging from temporary derangement to death by own action.
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Richmond
Muriel Keith
Richland Electric
Seminary
Miss Keith
England
F. W. Baker
The
Southern Churchman
Yeman
Greece
Lon
M. Keith
Mr. Baker
Young Wu’s Christian Association
Keith
Baker
the Journal
Ninth
Main Streets
Ninth Street
Johnson
Byron
Shakespeare
Misa Keith
State Fair Association
Big Defense Fund for Dr Crippen
A large defense fund is reported for Dr Crippen, with funds being raised to support his legal defense. Details on donors or totals are limited in the fragment.
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BIG Defense Fund
DR. Crippen
Edward Marshall Hall and the Crippen Defense Counsel
The eminent English barrister Edward Marshall Hall has been retained to lead Crippen's defense after deliberation by the funders of Crippen's defense. Arthur Newton is noted as the solicitor in prominent cases. Hall is 42, son of Dr Alfred Hall, ex MP for Southport 1900-06.
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Norta
Edward Marshall Hall
K. C
England
Hall
Arthur Newton
Crippen
Ethel le Neve
Alfred Hall
Southport
Celebrate Mass in Historic Church Quebec City
Cardinal Vin Vannutelli, papal legate, opened the Eucharistic Congress in Montreal by celebrating low mass at Quebec’s historic Basilica Cathedral. He toured the city with Cardinal Logue and Archbishop Begin, greeted by cheering crowds and children scattering flowers as they visited Shrine of Ste Anne De Beaupre. The delegation included Archbishop Hruchesi of Montreal and other notable church figures.
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Quebec
Vin Vannutelli
Montreal
Basilya
Cardinal Logue
Begin
E Cardinal
Ste Anne de Beaupre
Archbishop Hruchesi
Nice refuses angle shot her niece in Baltimore tragedy
In Baltimore at 2034 Huntington Avenue eighteen year old Viola Poole stood as her uncle Peyton Poole fired nine shots at her after she refused marriage. He was wounded in the left temple and may die as police search for relatives. The incident left both principals in critical condition with a mystery surrounding their backgrounds.
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Baltimore
Viola Poole
Peyton Poole
Mount Airy
St. Luke's Hospital
Huntington Avenue
Montgomery County
Germantown
Miss Poole
Elle Hurtt
Peytor Poole
Poole
Colorado Springs Bandit Shot By Train Engineer
A Colorado Midland No. 3 train near Divide was held up four miles west of town when a highwayman boarded the tender. Engineer Frank Stewart fatally struck the robber with a rock after a gunfight, wounding him and killing the bandit as he fell. Fireman Paul Bachman escaped, two boys Sterling and Charles Martin are detained.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Colorado Midland
Divide
Frank Stewart
Paul Bachman
Stewart
Bachman
Sterling
Charles Martin
Regulating the Matinee Hat in London and Church Use
A London paper surveys why gigantic matinee hats remain popular among women. Reasons include cost of hats, routines around dressing room mirrors, and social expectations at matinees and post venue teas. The piece notes churches might empty if women remove hats at morning services and suggests evening church attire could justify removing hats.
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London
Governor Mann On Progressive Virginia
Virginia Governor William Hodges Mann highlights agricultural advances as the foundation for growth in roads and schools. He cites a new United Agricultural Board, rising crop yields from adult demonstration work, and crop prospects for corn hay tobacco potatoes and fruits. He projects doubling crops in four years and notes favorable land prices and development conditions.
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Richmond
Baltimore
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia
United Agricultural Board
Advancement of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Corn Clubs
United States
Illinois
Iowa
Boards of Trade
William Hodges Mann
Priests Disfavor May End Immaculate Club Ties
Father Tierney says the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church at Fort Hamilton Avenue and East Fifth Street Brooklyn severed ties with the Immaculate Club, whose Sherman Street clubhouse faced internal strife over drinking and gambling. Assistant Father McGrath’s actions led to a dispute over authority and the club’s leadership resigned. If rent is not recovered, the club may be discontinued.
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New York
Father Tierney
Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church
Fort Hamilton Avenue
East Fifth Street
Brooklym
Immaculate Club
Sherman Stree
Ocean Parkway
Chure
Tierney
Father McGrath
Th Club
Setees Husking
Fishing With Cormorants On the River Ya
On the River Ya Chinese cormorant fishers work tame intelligent birds. Birds are gagged with grass to stop swallowing fish then released to haul catches to the boat. Large specimens may require two or three birds to land. They also catch the great salamander a ten to twelve foot water lizard valued for food.
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Wide World
Despondent Wheelhouse Attempted Suicide in Jail
R. Wheelhouse, a 28-year-old white man living at 314 West Seventh Street Southside, was arrested Saturday on a wife beating charge. He tried twice to kill himself in the Southside station, first by smothering under blankets, then by attempting to stab himself. Officers describe his mind as disordered. he denied insanity to a reporter, rambling about others wanting to prove him demented.
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Richmond
R. Wheelhouse
West Seventh Street
Southside
Nunnally
Wheelhouse
Moore
Journal
Wheelhouse Fined and Detained for Assault in Police Court
In a police court session, Wheelhouse was fined $10 and costs for beating his wife and $10 for causing a disturbance in his cell. He was bound over for twelve months to keep the peace with a $500 bond and jailed in default. His past includes a deadly shooting of his uncle in Petersburg while being wounded.
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Wheelhouse
Squire Jordan
Maurice
Petersburg
Marriages at Rockville Fair Crowd Local Couples
At Rockville Maryland during the fair week several couples wed. Margaret Kohlman wed Percy A. Davis, Marian Mills to Charles H. Binsted, Mary Virginia Weber to Reéez W. Bowman, and Octavia Aurelia Thompson of Chicago tied with Leon C. Batlmeer of Seabright New Jersey. All ceremonies were conducted by local clergy.
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Rockville
Cupid
Margaret Kohlman
Percy A. Davis
S.S. R. White
The
Baptist Church
Marian Mills
Charles H. Binsted
Washington
Thomas J. Packard
Christ Episcopal Church
Mary Virginia Weber
Reéezin W. Bowman
Etchison
R. White
Octavia Aurelia Thompson
Chicago
Leon C. Batlmeer
Seabright
N. J
Roosevelt Spends Holiday in Fargo
Fargo N D special report says Theodore Roosevelt led Labor Day celebrations. arrived at six last night to a spirited reception as the city displayed brilliant color. Roosevelt rode in an auto amid cheers and was in fine humor after his Western States trip. Colonel Roosevelt was up at seven for the festivities and received cordial greetings in the Northwest.
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Fargo
N. D
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Western States
Northwest
Moore Convicted in Slaying of Howl at Lovingston
John Moore was found guilty of first degree murder in Nelson county for the Frank Howl slaying near Lowesville last May. Judge Gordon delayed sentencing to use Moore as a witness against Roxie Howl, wife of the deceased, who is co indicted. The defense sought a new trial, but the request was deferred to the September term. The jury deliberated from yesterday afternoon until 8:30 this morning.
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Gordon
Lynchburg
John Moore
Lovingston
Nelson County
Frank Howl
Lowesville
Moore
Roxie Howl
Howl
Three Postal Cards Catch An Alleged Thief
New York Brooklyn postal inspectors used concealed mailbags to trap a thief, Abraham Rosenberg of 461 Jerome Street. He was charged with opening letters and embezzling contents, held on $2,500 bail after pleading not guilty. Police also arrested William J. Blake for intercepting a letter to Mrs. Margaret Hazen of 49 Schermerhorn Street.
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New York
Davis
Crowell
Perkins
General Post
Brooklyn
Abraham Rosenberg
Jerome Street
Morse
Voorhies
Morle
Boy Bitten by Eel Dies After Creek Incident
Norfolk special reports Louis Elli potia, son of Charles Kipolis of Newbern North Carolina, died hours after being bitten by a lam rey eel while wading in a small creek near home last Saturday morning. Despite maternal warnings he slipped away, later returning in agony and was attended by a physician with no chance of rescue.
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Norfolk
Louis Ellipotia
Charles Kipolis
Newbern
N. C
Truck Driver's Tragedy After Child Is Killed
Frank Murray driver for H. C. and A. I. Percy left his truck unobserved a child climbed the rear wheel and was crushed when the team moved. Dorothy Becker five died at New York Hospital after the incident. Murray surrendered and was released after witnesses said he was blameless.
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New York
Frank Murray
West Fifteenth Street
West Nineteenth Street
Murray
Dorothy Becker
Eighth Avenue
Helen Leonard
Liutenant Gray
Taft Outlines Alaska Coal Lands Plan At St Paul
Taft urged leasing Alaska coal lands rather than selling them outright to prevent monopoly control and ensure development for the Pacific slope with royalties tied to market coal value. In St Paul crowds packed streets to greet Taft as Smoot, Hay, and Gov. Eberhart attended the National Conservation Congress.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Alaska
Pacific
United States
Seattle
San Francisco
ST. Paul
Minn
Taft
Union Station
Reed Smoot
Utah
Spry
Hay
Washington
Eberhart
Fort Snelling
National Conservation Congress
Roanoke Times criticized for headline and word usage
A reader letter denounces the paper for a headline about an 83 year old climber, calling the word climbed and the paper’s style an insurgent approach. The author mocks polish, argues language has no universal rules, and labels critics as enemies of the human race.
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Roanoke Times
Wreck at Burlington Opera House Sparks Arson Probe
The Grand Opera House in Burlington Iowa was partly wrecked by a dynamite blast early today blowing out walls ceiling and all windows. Burned fuse pieces point to deliberate wrecking. The theatre, recently bought by John Cort, had just opened the season.
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Burlington
John Cort
Bad Memory Gets Good So She’s Safe From Jail
A New York case reports Dorothy Philo Higgins recalling $3,000 in notes secured by real estate, avoiding Ludlow Street jail after a federal court demanded $3,200. Referee William Freeman said Dorothy would discount the notes and pay $3,200 by Tuesday, noting the mother Elizabeth Bradner’s bankruptcy and asset transfers.
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New York
Dorothy Philo Higgins
Miss Dorothy
Ludlow Street
William H. Freeman
Lewis C. Platt
White Plains
Dorothy
Freeman
Park Row Excavation Sinks Crippling City Traffic
In New York the Park Row municipal skyscraper excavation collapsed for the second time in two months. The Third Avenue elevated pillars sank an inch and the Park Row surface line dropped a foot and a half, halting all traffic as shoring gave way and a deep hole opened. About 300000 commuters faced detours as the roar of collapse echoed through the area.
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Park Row
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Chambers Street
Third Avenue
Three escape from Staunton jail in Friday breakout
In Staunton Virginia three men George Brown Jim Fitch and John Henry escaped from a jail delivery by breaking bars on a second story window and lowering themselves with blankets. Confusion surrounded a reported Arch Brown the condemned killer who was said to have escaped but this was unclear. Two murderers remained behind bars while others fled.
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Staunton
George Brown
Jim Fitch
John Henry
Arch Brown
Lull Continues In Tobacco Trade Across Regions
The tobacco market remains quiet with about 200 packages traded last week in this city. First class goods hold firm and may fetch outside figures. Sun-cured primings and dark goods show activity as crops approach in a month or six weeks. Virginia burley crops look promising with expected offerings more than double last year, while rains may affect leaf quality in some regions.
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Richmond
Danville
South Boston
Chace City
Clarksville
Carolina
Virginia
Pictures of Johnson Jeffries Fight Set on Mississippi River Barge
In Memphis Tennessee authorities halted films of the Johnson Jeffries fight but promoters plan to show them midstream on a barge towed by a steamboat in the Mississippi River. They claim the area is outside state jurisdiction and will operate between Tennessee and Arkansas waters.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Farmers to Make Own Fertilizer at Virginia State Fair
Virginia farmers plan to form a cooperative fertilizer manufactory to supply cost fertilizer to stockholders. Initial capitalization of not less than 200000 dollars. Meeting during October at the State Fair to organize, with inspector Bibb inviting registrations. Convict labor considered for lime grinding as a fertilizer input. prior bill passed House but failed Senate.
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Richmond
Virginia
W. E. Bibb
Bibb & Bibb
Louisa
Bibb
Board of Supervisors
State Farmers’ Institute
House
Senate
Zeppelins Reach 53-Mile Flight Aboard Berlin Airship
Berlin special reports Count Zeppelins Zeppelin IV covered 53 miles from Baden to Heidelberg in 65 minutes with seven crew and twelve passengers. The average speed of 49 mph aims to establish a record for the service. The flight drew nationwide interest from the Kaiser to the public amid airship safety concerns.
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Berlin
Count Zepelin
Baden
Heidelberg
Kaiser
Fear Kidnapping of Boy Witness in Smyth Case
Norfolk police detained eight year old William Henry Smyth fearing he might be kidnapped to prevent testimony against his father, John J. Smyth, charged with killing his wife and daughter Rita. The boy testified at the coroner jury ruling, and he remains under police care as funerals for Mrs. Smyth and Rita were held.
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Norfolk
William Henry Smyth
John J. Smyth
Rita
Why Men Hate to Buy Umbrellas
A New Orleans Times-Democrats column argues men delay buying umbrellas, despite spending on candy and lavish living. It snubs men’s reluctance as folly, noting they protect dry clothes and avoid “white elephant” care, while often losing umbrellas to others or misfortune.
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New Orleans Times-Democrats
Stray eleven year old Tim housed by Staten Island society
Eleven year old Edward Tim, found on South Beach, has no money or home and lies about his origins. He claims to be from New York and Brooklyn camps, but authorities find no such person. He has lived among Staten Island beach camps since July 4 and will be brought before Magistrate Handy if he does not reveal his true identity.
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New York
Staten Island
Tim
Children’s Society
Tompkinsville
South Beach
Charles Cowen
P. C
Edward Tim
George Tim
West Twentyeighth Street
Little Tim
Newsboys
New Dorp
Crummy
Brooklyn
New Brighton
Woman Sued Over Clatter of Dishes in Summer Home
New York special. Noise from children boarders and dish clatter at 102 South Sea Avenue Arverne L I led to contempt of court bid against Fanny Eichler lessee and if guilty prison and fine. Judge Hendrick found no contempt and denied motion. Eichler rented for summer and claimed no knowledge of restriction to family use. She says guests were only relatives and a couple with two children and denies noise.
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New York
South Sea Avenue
Arverne
L. I
Lewis Friedman
Fanny Eichler
Justice Hendrick
Supreme Court
Miss Eichler
Friedman
Isaac Bachman
Jane
Bachman
Mr. Friedman
Bachmans
250 Signalmen Strike at New York Central
Buffalo, N Y Special 250 signalmen of the New York Central Railroad went out on strike early today after road officials refused to receive a grievance committee. They demand higher pay shorter hours and recognition of their union.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
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