Maryland farmer murder case tied to teen marriage intrigue
Police in Dover Delaware report the arrest of a Black farm hand in the William Williams murder near the Maryland border. A marriage license for Williams and 13 year old Elizabeth Wells was found on the victim, fueling theories of motive tied to the planned marriage and possible opposition to it.
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Maryland
Dover
Del
Church
Caleb Watson
William Williams
John Wessel
Willams
Williams
Elizabeth Wells
Samuel Wells
Wessel
Elizabeth
Wells
Wild Woman Captured in Gregg County Mystery
Galveston reports identify a captured wild woman as Martha Wilkes who vanished ten years ago, with a blank mind, long nails, leather skin, and subsistence of nuts and herbs. Other items note Mrs. Dietz's 56 day fast curing appendicitis, a Bridgeton mother choosing her child over her husband, a fatal fall from a Reading troop train, and two new trotting records by Jack Leyburn in Terre Haute.
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Galveston
Tex
Gregg County
Martha Wilkes
Terre Haute
Ind
Jack Leyburn
Alix
Terre Waute-track
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Yellowstone National Park
Congress
America
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Seattle
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Geo. W. Boyd
Broad Street Station
Injured by His Own Auto in Atlantic City
Dr. Charles W. Houghton of Philadelphia suffered a serious accident while unloading a motor car from a freight car in Atlantic City New Jersey. A freight handler switched the controls to high speed, causing the car to lurch forward. Houghton was thrown over the dashboard as the vehicle somersaulted and toppled, wheels still spinning until the chauffeur shut off power.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles W. Houghton
Houghton
Dr. Houghton
Roosevelt declines speech recording offer in Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt refused an offer to record speeches for public sale. He attended official business and later helped Mrs. Roosevelt entertain the St Hilda Society of Christ Episcopal Church, which aids parish charitable causes and hosts annual gatherings.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
St. Hilda Society of Christ Episcopal Church
Barn Mystery Cleared in Pa Farm Fire Tragedy
Coroner spent a day at Henry M. Gaul's Wernersville farm where a barn burned killing hired man Adam Faust and Gaul's wife died from shock. District attorney aides report Faust, a drinking man, slept with a loaded revolver and accidental fire caused the discharge.
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Reading
Strasser
Henry M. Gaul
Wernersville
Adam Faust
Faust
Horse Denied a Drink Bites Driver in Utica NY
Levi Hall, a farmer from near Oriskany, N Y, was severely bitten on the face by a horse he was about to unhitch. The animal, after being past water, turned on him and bit through the lower lip and into the cheek neck chin and forehead. He delayed watering the horse until home, believing this provoked the attack.
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Utica
N. Y
Levi Hall
Oriskany
Hall
Bryan Denies Brownsville Talk and Negro Appointments
Bryan replies to a Baltimore Sun telegraph inquiry stating the report is not true. He says he refused to discuss the Brownsville case and has not discussed appointments of Negroes.
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Bryan
Linecoln
Neb
Baltimore Sun
Bishop Walters
Baby Ingested Nineteen Strychnine Pills In York
In York Pennsylvania on July 17 two year old Albert Mutterspaugh, left alone, climbed to a shelf and ate nineteen strychnine pills. The family physician used a stomach pump to treat him and his condition remains critical.
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York
Harry Mutterspaugh
Albert
Child Severely Injured by Hay Mower in Utica
Utica July 17. Mrs John Bisnette of DeKalb New York operated a moving machine when her three year old daughter wandered before the knives. Both legs were severed and the child is dying. The mother is said to be insane from grief.
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New York
Bryan
Wall Street
Lloyds
London
Bert Schmand& Maloy
Bertschmann & Maloy
Stock Exchange
Scott
Puts and Galls
Tammany Hall
Atlantic City
N. J
Jeremiah Shepherd
Bridgeton
Egg Harbor Bay
Somers Point
Utica
N. Y
John Bisnette
de, Kalb
Blarney Stone Origins Told With Irish Lore and Names
The article traces the origin of the Blarney Stone from Blarney Castle in County Cork Ireland. It links the name to Irish blairne meaning a field and recounts legends of the stone's powers to flatter and persuade. It cites Father Prout and writers like Croker Lover Irving and Lowell, and notes popular belief that kissing the stone grants impudence or civil courage.
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Blarney
County Cork
Ireland
Blairne
Blair
Cork
Emerald Isle
Cormack McCarthy
Minorca
Blarney Castle
Crofton Croker
Cormack McDermod McCarthy
Queen Elizabeth
Mme. de Stael
Lord Castlereagh
Samuel Lover
James Buchanan
Washington Irving
James Russell Lowell
Europa
Grote
Jamieson
Balverne
Liffey
Stone
Shannon
New. York Tribune
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Winter
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Thornapple River
Barkley Frame
West Chester
Sixth Regiment
Gettysburg
National Guard
Bliss
United States Capitol
Washington, D.C
Alonzo O. Bliss Company
Samuel Austin
Ann St
A. Lancaster, PA
A. O. Bliss CO
The
New Holland Clarion
T. M.stobb
L. H W. Store
T. E. Store
NEW Holland Marble and Granite Works
T. M. Store & Sons
New Holland, Lancaster CO
A. H. Baker
Columbia Avenue
Lancaster, PA
the Traveler’s Guide
Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster
New Holland
Blue Ball
Terre Htil
Reay
Aig T
Eam
Rabove
Leav- Lancaster
Terrere A Upt
Woollworth Building
Aniston
R.F
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Val
Falon D.&l. Railroa
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Trea
Arker
Balsam
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Canadian Rockies
Moore
Harry Moore
Blue Ball Coach Works
Blue Ball, PA
East King Street
Lancaster, Penna
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