Pengreave's Helping Hand Awakens a New Life
Richard Pengreave, a hardened real estate and businessman on Barrow Street, meets a Helping Hand Society visitor named Lena Brady. Her kindness and the sight of her blue eyes awaken him to poverty around him and a desire for change, as he promises aid and ponders a new life and home.
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Richard Pengreave
Pengreave
Beldin
Barrow
Lena
Helping Hand Society
Mra
Brady
Anda
Camel racing in Algeria yields prized racers with brisk endurance
Camel races thrive in southern Algeria offering valuable prizes to foster the breed. Racing camels are selectively bred, differing greatly from ordinary camels in size and temperament. They can sustain nine to ten miles per hour for sixteen to seventeen hours, with fast, furious starts as the herd competes.
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Algeria
The Basilisk Myth and the Harmless Lizard
Ancient writers described the basilisk as a deadly monster with poisonous breath and fatal glare. In reality the basilisk is a harmless 25 to 30 inch lizard living in the woods, feeding on insects, with a crown like crest that inspired its name from a Greek word meaning ting.
Indicted for Fraud in Standand Title & Trust Case
A group led by Homer L. Castle and others including H F Aspinwell andColonel K Ford faced $2500 bail on conspiracy to defraud charges related to the Standard Title & Trust company which failed to open after a March investigation. Prosecutors allege a syndicate secretly controlled 10 040 shares and misused investors funds.
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Philadelphia
Homer L. Castle
Pittsburg
H. F. Aspinwell
Freeport
8. K. Ford
Arthur F. Willams
H. M. Ralston
Chicago
Charles Hunter
City
C. J. Massinger
Collinswood
N. J
Standard Title & Trust Company
Castle
Hunter
Aspinwell
Henry Cohen
New York
Ftill
Albert J. Tabor
Mr. Castle
Constable Threatens to Arrest Card Party Prize Draws
Franklin reports Constable Joseph Bell will return to the grand jury on every prize awarded at private card parties. He cites lottery laws and says prizes at bridge, whist, or euchre violate statutes. He will subpoena participants, including women, and enforce the law against merchants running diamond and china leagues.
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Franklin
Joseph Bell
Bell
Constable Bell
Gillette Told He Must Die For Grace Brown Murder
Chester Gillette was told by Rev. Henry McKivary and Chaplain Herrick that Governor Hughes refused to interfere with his execution for Grace Brown’s murder. Gillette, informed of the news via a note from his mother, faced the message calmly though deeply moved. The execution is planned for Monday morning.
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Gillette
Auburn
N. Y
Henry McKivary
Little Falls
Herrick
Auburn Prison
Chester Gillette
Hughes
Grace Brown
McKilvary
North Dakota Blue Party backs Bryan at state convention
Grand Forks North Dakota March 26 after three hours of oratory the North Dakota Democratic convention unanimously adopted resolutions endorsing William J Bryan for presidential nominee and instructed North Dakotas delegates to vote for Bryan at the national Democratic convention in Denver.
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North Dakota
Bryan
Grand Forks
N. D
William J. Bryan
Denver
Family of Three Burned to Death in Belmont Fire
Belmont Mass March 27 Ernest Bloomquiet a cabinet maker his wife Lotta and their twelve year old son Lewis were burned to death in a fire that consumed their home at 175 Belmont street. The fire is believed to have started from the outside of the building and a mystery surrounds its origin.
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Belmont
Mass
Ernest Bloomquiet
Lotta
Lewis
Belmont Street
Boy Cremated in Stable Fire at Mt. Carmel
In Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania on March 26 a boy named Frederick Caldanti died in a stable fire after lighting a match while gathering eggs and being unable to escape as hay ignited. His mother, upon learning the news, attempted suicide by hanging herself with a clothesline.
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Mt. Carmel
Frederick Caldanti
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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Mt. Penn
Akron Machine Works
Amos M. Zimmerman
Akron
Penna
F Pecunia Atents
Aiunn
Scientific Fasterican
Adeatera
UNN &0
Locust Grove Dairy
Chas.s. Good
New Holland
Weaverland, Pa
the Traveler’s Guide
Conestoga Traction Company
Lancaster
Blue Ball
Terra Hill
Terre Hill
Cara
Central Art of
Edgar Tit
Woolworth Building
REW Home Sewing Machine Company
Orange
GALE
New Haliana
D.&l
Sou RF. de Houzes
From & W
Golnte
D & Li
Rail
Enaty
D& Li
Pennsylvania Business College
Joe Eee
Mey
Pennsylvania
J. M. Wade
DeWitt
Oliver Chilled
Robinson Potato Planters
A. B. Groff
New Holland, Pa
N.C. Henninger
New Holland, Pai
A. H H. Baker
Columbia Avenue
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