News Items From Edge Grove and Nearby Areas
Birth notices report a daughter born June 18 to Mr and Mrs Peter Niederer of Edge Grove. A bull was killed after a straw stack fall near Fairfield. Mr Charles Wagner adds a porch and other improvements to his Carlisle street home. Rev P F Heimer and family from Weissport plan a visit. Democratic County Committee meets June 29 at Globe Hotel Gettysburg to elect leaders. Melvin Torbit of Abbottstown arrested on selling liquor to a minor. bail posted. Miss Hattie Hoar of Table Rock wrongly reported rabid. doctors confirm she has other ailments but no rabies.
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Peter Niederer
Edge Grove
Wiliam Benchoff
Fairfield
Charles Wagner
Carlisle Street
P. FE. Heimer
Weissport
Carbon County
Globe Hotel
Gettysburg
Melvin Torbit
Abbottstown
Susanna Eisenhart
Calvin Eisenhart
Justice Hill
Hattie Hoar
Alexander Hoar
Table Rock
H. M. Hartman
W. H. O’neal
Hoar
Miss Hoar
Carrie Nation
Washington
England
James Ross
Philadelphia
James Moore
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
Camden
Joseph L. Hitner
Atlanta
Telfair Hodgson
Sewanee
Tenn
Huntington
Ind
Emery Mosher
Nappanee
A. P. Whitney
Allentown
William Kelly
Neans
N. Y
Ephraim Forney
Bell Grove
Lebanon
Couunty
Charlestown
Mass
Bunker Hill
Excursion to Tolchester Beach Operated by W M Railroad
The W M Railroad Co will run an excursion to Tolchester Beach and return on Sunday June 30 starting from Fairfield with stops at all stations to Hampstead. Schedule and fare to follow.
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W. M. Railroad Co
Tolchester Beach
Fairfield
Hampstead
Card of Thanks from St. Paul Reformed festival
The ladies of St. Paul Reformed church thank all who assisted in the church festival held last Saturday night. Special appreciation goes to the Citizens Band for the excellent music provided during the evening.
Orphans Court session confirms multiple estate actions
At a Monday Orphans' Court session the order of sale for Catharine Bender’s real estate was confirmed. Several trustees’ accounts including William Arch McClean’s final account for Maria Miller’s fund were filed and approved. The Citizens Trust Co. was appointed as successor trustee upon bond of $2000. Discharges were granted in multiple petitions and auditors were tasked with distributing balances. Six accounts as advertised were confirmed.
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Orphans’ Court
Catharine Bender
William Arch McClean
Maria Miller
Citizen’s Trust Company
Citizens Trust Co
Gettysburg
William Hersh
Horace F. Smith
Emanuel Smith
Samuel M. Knox
John Bryan Horner
Emma E. Gable
Lewis E. Gable
Elizabeth Hull
Samuel J. Hull
Franklin Township
Mary J. Wampler
William J. Wampler
Donald P. McPherson
Calvin Good
Mary Unger
Assaleen Banty Et Nee
R. E. Wible
Horatio M. Cole
Hannah C. Wolf
Capitol overcharges expose Sanderson fraud scheme
Harrisburg June 15 report by Audit Company of New York details John F. Sanderson's $5 million state charges for capitol furnishing under per foot and per pound rules. The audit cites bungled quantity books, inflated prices, and misbooked items, with Shumaker and Huston questioned while others named.
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Harrisburg
John F. Sanderson
Capitol
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Investigation Commission
Audit Company of New York
James Cameron
Sanderson
Joseph M. Huston
James M. Shumaker
Cameron
Shumaker
Shumnaker
John Gibson
Department of the Auditor General
Sandersen
Sterling H. Thomas
American Car & Foundry Company
Wilmington
Del
Payne
Caught Scanning Books at Capitol Shocks Harrisburg
Harrisburg reporters reveal that William L. Mathues former Pennsylvania treasurer was surprised during a midnight Capitol visit. Police and officials investigated the incident as prosecutors reviewed the evidence and potential motives emerged. The discovery sparked questions about security and improper access to restricted areas in state government.
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New Capitol
Treasury Department
Mathues
Penna
Capitol
Harrisburg
William L. Mathues
Orchard plots tied to Pettibone and Bradley murder plot
The prosecution linked George Pettibone in Denver and Orchard in San Francisco to the Bradley murder scheme. Records show a registered 1904 letter from Pettibone’s Denver shop to San Francisco, and Orchard testified under aliases at the Golden West hotel as investigators questioned motive and past crimes. He broke down under cross examination, explaining a belief in forgiveness after reading a Bible, and said he confessed to save others from harm.
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Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
George Pettibone
Denver
Orchard
San Francisco
Bradley
Haywood
Steve Adams
J. Wolff
Pettibone
Pinkerton
David and
Uriah
McParland
Mr. Richardson
Mollie McGuire
Mine accident in Wilkes-Barre claims a life and injures three
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a rock fall in the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal No 5 shaft killed Stephen Stephens a 60 year old timbersman and injured three others William L Morgan a fire boss suffered arm and skull fractures Griffith Williams and Owen Griffith received arm injuries several tons of rock and coal were removed before the body could be reached.
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Wilkes-Barre
Lehigh
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
Stephen Stephens
William L. Morgan
Grifith Williams
Owen Griffith
Stephens
Bodies of Midshipmen Found After Chesapeake Bay Launch Disaster
Three civilian students P H Field W H Stevenson and I F Holcomb of the class of 1906 1907 1907 were found in Chesapeake Bay clad in full naval uniforms with injured faces and hands. Identified aboard the Minnesota and taken to Portsmouth naval hospital amid continuing searches for remaining missing sailors as crews fear others may drift into the Atlantic.
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Chesapeake Bay
Newport News
P. H. Field
Virginia
W. H. Stevenson
North Carolina
IF. P. Holcomb
Delaware
Potomac
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Minnesota
G. W. Westfall
Bay
Holcomb
Capes
Atlantic Ocean
Rope Breaks Twice Before Hanging of Roanoke Killer
John Hardy, a Black man, who shot Roanoke Police Officer Robert M. Beard last October, was hanged in the Roanoke jail yard. The rope broke on the first drop, leaving him half choking, then a second drop severed his neck and he died within five minutes. Beard and other officers had been searching the Allegheny Institute for thieves.
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Patrick McGranh
Berry
Treasury
McGrann
John E. Stott
Auditor General
George F. Young
Gettysburg
Mathues
Young
Willis
Department
Treasury Department
Mr. Young
Roanoke
John Hardy
Robert M. Beard
Hardy
Beard
Allegheny Institute
Man Fatally Shoots Wife Then Surrenders in Buffalo
Frank E Jackson went to his home to shoot his wife three times killing her. He locked the room to keep the children away, telephoned police from a neighbor's house, then surrendered to officers as they arrived. The couple had been quarrelling.
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Buffalo
Frank E. Jackson
Jackson
Two Boys Die in Sand Pit Tragedy at Wilkes-Barre
Evan Jermyn eight and his brother nine, sons of David Jermyn of Plymouth, suffocated when tons of loose sand collapsed in a Wilkes-Barre sand pit. William Cummings escaped, but the Jermyns were buried for about half an hour and died before extraction.
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Wilkes-Barre
Evan Jermyn
David Jermyn
Plymouth
Willam Cummings
Cummings
Body parts found along Pennsylvania railroad near Gap
Portions of a man's body were found scattered along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks for about 100 feet at Gap. An investigation of the Philadelphia accommodation at Christiana showed brake failure and parts of a man’s body and clothing wedged in the rigging. Papers on the victim bore the name B. J. Quinn of Richmond Virginia.
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Lancaster
Gap
Philadelphia
Christiana
B. J. Quinn
Richmond
Week's News Condenses June 12 15 1890s
Chronicle of scattered incidents including ship launch City of Savannah in Chester. envoy Kuroki sails for Japan. multiple deaths from overdose, bullets, and lynching. Cleveland and family summer plans. various obituaries. social unrest and political notes across cities and states. notable figures and events listed with dates.
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Savannah
Ocean Steamship Company
Chester
Baron Kuroki
Jamestown
Gibbs Landing
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