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Newspaper

New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1914

Page

21

Body of Warren McCarrick Found in Delaware River

Philadelphia police identify the body recovered from the Delaware River as Warren McCarrick seven year old son of Mr and Mrs James McCarrick after two months of searching. Identification rests on underwear stockings and garter matching those worn by Warren the two outfits altered at the waist by his mother. The cause of death remains undetermined with theories ranging from accidental drowning to foul play or kidnapping.

Warren McCarrick James McCarrick Philadelphia Edward McCarrick Delaware River Sergeant McCarrick Warren McCarrick

Read ing man refuses marriage license under eugenics law

Register of Wills Newman on grounds the bride did not meet eugenic standards refused Herbert Good and Miss Leon Helman of Reading Pa. The would be groom was jailed on a misdemeanor charge after the prosecutor objected. Judge Bushong ordered the license refused due to concerns about the groom’s mental fitness.

Register of Wills Newman Reading Herbert Good Leon Helman Good Bushong Pan

Boy Killed as Auto Plunges. Grandmother Injured

Eyre Wright fourteen year old son of De Courcey Wright and grandson of Judge D Giraud Wright of Baltimore was killed when an automobile overturned on the state Boulevard near Annapolis. The chauffeur Henry Hough was fatally injured and Mrs Wright suffered a broken ankle. All three lay under the car nearly an hour before found. The Wright family is prominent in Baltimore society.

Eyre Wright de Courcey Wright D. Giraud Wright Baltimore State Boulevard Annapolis Henry Hough Wright

Munsey Suspends Philadelphia Evening Times

Frank A. Munsey, millionaire magazine owner and proprietor of newspapers in several cities, announces the Philadelphia Evening Times will publish its last issue on Tuesday, admitting the failure of his enterprise in the Philadelphia newspaper field.

Philadelphia Frank A. Munsey Evening Times Times

Snake attack on woman ends with lethal strike in Pennsylvania

A six foot blacksnake invaded a galley nest and attacked Mrs. C. H. Shewell of Craleyville near York. As she fought to free herself, her husband heard cries and shot the reptile, killing it in a field nearby.

C. H. Shewell Craleyville York

Express Company Head Resigns

James C. Fargo resigns as president of the American Express Company in 1933. George Taylor, vice president in charge of the Chicago business, elected to succeed him.

Local farmer killed by horse in Berks County

John Fox, a farmhand from Goodville in Berks County, was kicked to death by a horse he was driving while watering tobacco plants. The incident occurred as he tended the fields and provides a stark report from the area.

Chamberlain John Fox Farmbhand Goodville Berks County

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