Body of Warren McCarrick Found in Delaware River
The seven year old Warren McCarrick disappeared from Philadelphia on March 12. Edward McCarrick identified the body found in the Delaware River by underwear and garter, not facial features. Investigators still seek motive and suspect accident, kidnapping, or foul play amid a $6000 reward.
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James McCarrick
Philadelphia
Edward McCarrick
Delaware River
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Warren
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Eugenics Bar Marriage Arrest After License Refusal
Read ing Pa Register of Wills refused a marriage license to Herbert Good and Miss Leoni Helman saying he did not meet the eugenic law. Helman had Good arrested on a misdemeanor charge and he was jailed while still willing to wed. Judge Bushong ordered the license refused due to the groom's lack of mental strength.
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Register of Wills
Newman
Herbert Good
Leoni Helman
Helman
Good
Bushong
Fatal Auto Accident In Annapolis Narrows To Family Trio
Eyre Wright a fourteen year old son of De Courcey Wright and grandson of Judge D G Wright of Baltimore was killed when an automobile overturned on the state boulevard near Annapolis. Chauffeur Henry Hough likely fatally hurt and Mrs Wright grandmother of the deceased broke an ankle. The three lay beneath the car for almost an hour before discovery. The Wright family is prominent in Baltimore society and professions.
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Eyre Wright
de Courcey Wright
D. Giraud Wright
Baltimore
State Boulevard
Annapolis
Henry Hough
Munsey ceases Philadelphia Evening Times publication
Frank A. Munsey the Philadelphia newspaper magnate announces in the Times that Tuesday’s issue will be the last. He admits the Philadelphia newspaper venture has failed. A second item reports a six foot black snake attacking Mrs. C. H. Shewell of Craleyville York County, Pa., and her husband kills the reptile as he comes to aid.
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Philadelphia
Frank A. Munsey
Eivening Times
Times
C. H. Shewell
Craleyville
York
Express Company Chief Resigns After Era of Fargo
James C. Fargo resigns as president of the American Express company era. George Taylor, vice president, takes charge and is elected to succeed him in Chicago.
Real estate firm lists farms near Gettysburg area
Runk and Peckman Realty advertises multiple properties for sale including 11 acres near Cashtown with fruit land and timber, 58 acres in Franklin township with a 10 room brick house, 64 acres near Benders Church with 9 room house, 62 acres with 22 acres fruit, 20 acres along Emmitsburg Road near the Battlefield, 113 acres near Biglerville with a bank barn, and additional homes in Orrtanna and Biglerville. Prices range from 1600 to 4100 with terms offered on select farms.
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Franklin Township
Bender’s
Emmitsburg Road
Gettysburg
Biglerville
Auto hits horses. one killed as driver flees
Edward Shriver of Hanover led two horses toward York when a speeding auto struck them. A gray horse suffered a broken hind leg and had to be killed, the car damaged but driver did not stop. License tag obtained. prosecution may follow. Also notes 53 divorce cases set for Dauphin County hearings and other local items including cigar factory resignation and turkey feast penalties.
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Edward Shriver
H. A. Smith
Hanover
York
Chamberlains Liniment Promises Relief From Rheumatism
A 26c bottle of Chamberlains Liniment is advertised to quickly ease rheumatic pain. Distributed by dealers. John Fox, a farmhand from Goodville Berke county, was killed when kicked by the horse he was driving while watering tobacco plants.
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John Fox
Goodville
Berke County
Woman in York Ends Life Over Missing Children
Mrs. W H Sitler, wife of a York lawyer, killed herself with illuminating gas after a farewell look at photos of her three children. Found by her husband lying unconscious beside the pictures on the bed, she was sixty and mourned the grown children who had left York.
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W. H. Sitler
York
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