Four Capitol Trimmers Convicted in Pennsylvania Case
The jury found John H. Sanderson William P Snyder W L Mathues and James M Shumaker guilty of conspiracy after six hours deliberation in Harrisburg. Each faces up to two years in prison and a 1990 fine with new trial motions filed. Also recounted are several violent deaths and a jewel relic found among ruins.
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Warrisburg
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
W. L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Dunkle
Sanderson
Snyder
H. Burd Cassel
William L. Mathues
Frank Irvine
Senator William P Whyte Dies in Baltimore at 83
United States Senator William Pinckney Whyte died at his Baltimore home aged eighty three after illness that began in Washington on March 12. He was a Harvard-educated lawyer active in Maryland politics since 1847 and long addressed as governor by acquaintances. He was born in Baltimore on August 9, 1824, and was the son of Joseph Whyte with notable forebears.
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William P. Whyte
United States
William Pinckney Whyte
Baltimore
Washington
Whyte
Ufe
Joseph
John Campbell Whyte
William Pinckney
Harvard
House of Delegates
Maryland
Seventeen Year Old Kills Father in Wilmington Home
Matthew Kraschefsky, seventeen, shot and killed Louis Kraschefsky after being scolded for not seeking work. He fled the house, later surrendered to police. The case follows reports of his reading habit and refusal to work despite parental pressure. Other items note Tommy Burns’s first round knockout of Jem Roche in Dublin for world boxing honors, a large purse and side bets, and a family dynamite explosion in Acme Pennsylvania that killed a father and two sons.
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Matthew Kraschefsky
Louis Kraschefsky
Wilmington
Del
Jem Roche
Tommy Burns
Theatre Royal
Dublin
Burns
Roche
Richard Croker
Tammany
Squires
Acme
Greensburg
David Brown
Two Meet Fiery Death in Farmhouse Fire
The bodies of Lydia Carter of Bordentown and William Fleck of Roebling were found in the charred Banglish farmstead ruins between Florence and Roebling near Burlington New Jersey. The building had been unoccupied. a farmer spotted the Carter woman and the coroner later found Fleck after they were last seen together Saturday.
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Lydia Carter
Bordentown
William Fleck
Roebling
Florence
Burlington
N. J
Carter
Fleck
Burned to Death in Hollidaysburg Home
Mrs Martha Cartwright aged fifty nine was burned to death after a lamp exploded in her Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania home while she dozed in a chair. The blaze rapidly spread trapping her two sons who slept upstairs and forced them to escape by jumping from a window in the house.
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Hollidaysburg
Martha Cartwright
Chester Gillette to Die in Auburn Prison Death
Gov Hughes declines to intervene as Chester Gillette is to be executed in the Auburn New York prison during the week of March 30 for the 1906 murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake Adirondacks.
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Chester Gillette
Hughes
Auburn
Cortland
Grace
Billy” Brown
South Otselic
Chenango County
Big Moose Lake
Adirondacks
Auburn Prison
Grover Cleveland Celebrates Seventy-First Birthday
Ex President Grover Cleveland marked his seventy first birthday at Lakewood New Jersey with wife and children. He appeared in high spirits and good health as congratulatory messages poured in from across the nation.
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Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
George Washington and his enduring greatness as leader
A portrait of George Washington stressing his unselfish patriotism, restraint, and ability to inspire confidence. It cites his strategic acumen in war and prudent leadership in peace, noting his integrity, modesty, and resilience amid reverses as the source of his towering stature.
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Washington
George Washington
Marshall Field the Greatest Merchant of Modern Times
Biographical sketch of Marshall Field, detailing world spanning factories, immense wealth, and leading role in retail. Notes his integrity, judgment, and perseverance as core traits. outlines early life from New England farmer to Chicago clerk and rebuilding after the 1871 fire.
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Europe
China
Japan
Australia
North
South America
America
Mr. Field
Marshall Field
Field
New England
Young Field
Chicago
Arshall Field
Lancaster Fish Protect Association Holds Large Meeting
The Lancaster County Fish Protective Association met at G W Killian’s studio on Friday evening admitting forty two new members. George M Bowers reported favorable action on a bass fry for Lancaster streams arriving in due time. A Berks County invitation to cooperate in game fish protection was noted along with stream signs enforcing laws and penalties for violators. State Fish Commissioner W J H Meehan spoke on propagation habitat spawning and four types of fishermen and recounted decades of service. The group voted a 10 donation to aid a Wayne County trespass case to the Superior Court. Also advertised was Beer Laxative Cough Syrup for coughs and bronchial trouble with a child friendly formula.
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Lancaster County Pish Protective Association
G. W. Killian
Fast King Street
George M. Bowers
Washington
Bancaster
Inez
Mechan
Meerhan
Pennsylvania
Wayne County
Superior Court
Public sale of Isaac Diller property draws crowd
The sale Tuesday attracted many bidders with high prices for items. Isaac Diller plans to reside with his son Coleman. John Warfel now lives in Mary Good's Queen Street house continuing his shoe business. The Bank Organization Committee calls for the second stock payment. bank capital set at 235 000 not 26 000 as printed. Five surveyors work locally on a tentative Reading to Chesapeake railroad. Town appears to boom with improving business prospects.
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Isaac Diller
Diller
Coleman Diller
John
Warfel
Mary Good
Queen Street
Bank Organization
Reading
Chesapeake
Allcock’s Plasters Stated As Superior Remedies
The advertisement extols Allcock’s Plasters as the best medical plaster with unmatched ingredients and methods. It claims genuine porous plasters that imitators copy and asserts quick effective relief for back pain rheumatism colds lung trouble kidney difficulties strains and local pains. It emphasizes getting the best plasters when purchased.
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Allcock
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Capitol Trimmers
Banderson, Snyder
Mathnes
Shumaker
Pannsylvania Capitol
Jose Maria Moreno
Composital
Mex
Henry Moyer
Thomas J. B. Rhoads
Boyertown
Gwendolin Mayer
Charles EB. Hayer
Mayer
Charles Lichtenwalner
Macungie Township
Lehigh County
Lichtenwalner
Margaret Burton
Trenton
Fred. Dolph
Clinton
Mrs. Dolph
J. Ald Edgerton
Skeighes
J. A. Edgerton
Lancaster County Association
Wm. M. Stauffer
Marrow
Lowney
Enterprise Phone
New Holland
Henry Fraeser
Henry Raezer
Pontetloes
Penna
Orp Ost
Casi Sasior Ay SS
TOE Cero
Bears
New
York
Babiania
the House of Goodlothes
Merchant Tattering Renariment
SIV
Enses
East King Street
Lancaster, Penna
Simmall Gasoline
Ergime
Simpie
Leala Machime Ca
Leala
Peryna
Raustires
Haustires
W. Showalter
Holland
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