Shenandoah Murder Suspect Sought in Perkatis Case
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on December 17 Mrs Mary Perkatis age 40 and her four year old son were found murdered with their throats cut from ear to ear. A man named Felix Klinas was arrested in Jersey City on suspicion of the Shenandoah crime after a telegraphic request from Chief Fallon. Police spread word to Lehigh Valley lines and nearby towns as they search for the suspect who may have boarded a train bound for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Perkatis
Shenanih, Pa
Hite
Eyhes
Hodgers
New York
Sword
Jersey City
Britter
Felix Klinas
Shenandoa
Mery Perkatis
Er “Lyvarold
John
Fallon
Bwenandoah
Kinas
Central Bank His Remedy Plan to Check Panic
The comptroller Ridgely urges a national central bank of issue and reserve with government control and majority private shares. It would handle government transactions, issue credit notes, receive reserves, rediscount notes, and manage foreign exchange to accumulate gold credits and import bullion as needed for reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgely
Palice
Washington
Bec
Congress
National Central Bank of Issue and Reserve
Neional
Stockiaiders
Rose Succumbs to Wound in Burlington Shooting
The Burlington New Jersey case reports 2-year-old Augustus Hose dying from tetanus after a shooting. Delirious foreboding claims link a mysterious man in a long black coat to the attack as detectives pursue elusive strangers tied to recent city encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
N. J
Agustus Hose
Tez
Rose
West Burlington
Double Tragedy in Cab Murder and Self-Inflicted Death
Brooklyn lovers Elsie Kertin and Bernard Wallace died after Wallace drove an auto-cab across the Williamsburg Bridge and fired inside the cab. The chauffeur found Kertin slumped with a bullet in her mouth and Wallace dead from a bullet wound. Also reports a Pittsburgh man stabbing himself to remove his appendix amid typhoid fever delirium. Additional items include a deaf boy in New Jersey, gas explosion fatalities in Pennsylvania, a mother’s oxalic acid mistake, and a man’s suicide by gas after a dying letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Eays
Elsie Kertin
Bernard £. Wallace
Te Commercial Cable Company
Wallace
Chaiffeur
Wil- Ham
Brooklin
Eheufeur
Saved Family From Asphyxiation in Chesett
Chesett, Pa, December 17. Ella Wright, daughter of William Wright, arrived home to find her mother unconscious in the kitchen and a younger brother unable to move. Several other family members were found in the parlor. A doctor resuscitated them after an investigation showed coal stove gas fumes as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesett
Ella Wright
Willian Wright
Soctes
Receiver Appointed for Jeannestown Ironworks in Hazleton Pa
Jeannestown Ironworks in Hazleton Pennsylvania went into receivership after James C. Haydon the principal stockholder creditor and company president secured a receiver. A. B. Jennings the works’ general manager was named receiver with authority to run the business as the court statement shows a total liability of 491.60 dollars and the plant has operated since 1843 employing about 220 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Jeanesville Ironworks
James C. Haydon
A. B. Jennings
Battleship Fleet Message From Swirelies Station
A carrier reported the Connecticut battleship 40 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras heading south-southeast at 13 knots. The operator relayed the four column message as far as New Fork before data loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Yee
Mart Rard
New Fork
Ami
Coughtrent
Connecticut
Erenins
Cape Hatteras
Farmer slain by enraged cow in Eastpoort
Nathanie Howell, farmer at Eastpoort, died from injuries after being attacked while milking a cow. His wife, Mrs Howell, rushed out with an axe and drove the animal away, but he sustained fatal injuries. The incident occurred December 17, with Howell succumbing to his wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastpoort
L. J
Nathanie? Howell
Michigan Delegates Back Taft Say Michigan For Taft
Representative J Dickama of Grand Rapids Michigan and chairman of Michigan Republican state central committee states in an interview that Michigan will support Taft and delegates will be instructed accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Taft
Washington
J. Dickama
Grand Rapids
Mich
Republican State Central Committee of
Steel Company Lays Off 1500 Men in Johnstown
Johnstown Pa December 17 with the laying off of 1500 men for the Cambria Steel company here there are rows about 4000 men formerly connected with the steel plant out of work Improvement is not looked for locally until after the first of the year
Long Ago Titles of Kings and Demigod Honorifics
An exploration of royal styles from ancient to early modern Europe and Africa. It traces how rulers claimed lofty epithets such as demigod and divine monarchs, noting legal limits and cultural expectations across kingdoms including Spain Portugal and Persia. Through examples from France and Portugal writers discuss the evolving power of titles and the tension between ceremonial grandeur and political legitimacy.
George Washington portrait of strength and habit in memoir fragment
A memoir fragment describes George Washington with immense height and strength. It notes his weight of 209 pounds, muscular form, raw voice, and habit of early morning whiskey. The account details his large nose, chest, and distinctive facial features as a vivid, though archaic, portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Soalu
Washington
Shingtun
Washinston
Meath
Alexandrigast
Imaginative Power and Vision in Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice
Fragment from a discussion on imagination and dream visions, referencing Ruskin and his works The Stones of Venice The passage contrasts a perfect mind yielding a clear mirror of vision with an imperfect one producing distorted imagery influenced by passion It notes the imagination’s dominance when the mind is not governed and mentions figures like the Child and the Queen, ends abruptly with a literary allusion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uferno
Ruskin
Venice
Ehild
Fragmented overheard dialogue in cryptic exchange
A garbled dialogue fragment from an apparent London scene hints at a confrontation or plan. The text shows incomplete quotes and misread terms, with unclear speakers and missing context leaving the incident’s nature and participants unresolved.
A Storm At Sea Driving Through the Vortex of Cyclone
William Hope Hodgson recounts a perilous sea voyage from a Cornhill Magazine piece describing a sudden cyclone at sea. The ship battles monstrous spray and wind as it tilts and rights, crew reactions range from shock to alarm amid roaring gusts and exploding water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pheu
Everseny
Motkey
William Hope Hovgson
Cornhill Magazine
How Shot Is Made From Lead Through Colanders
An account describes making shot by heating lead and forcing it through colanders of different hole sizes to form spheres. Arsenic is included in the mixture, and the process uses burning heat, slow falling droplets, and air to shape and harden the shot. Size variations depend on colander perforations and cooling methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhamfer
Pina novi a delicate sea creature in old tale
A fragment describes a mysterious sea creature named Pina novi, likened to delicate china and connected to water flowers and oyster imagery. It notes common folks have not christened it, and mentions its small size and fragile appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr. Nicholas
Are Patent Medicines Frauds in Trusty Retail Claim
An advertiser defends patent medicines as legitimate, praising Rexall Mucu-Tone as a safe cure for catarrh and a tonic for run-down conditions. They cite customer testimonials, a money back guarantee, and a fifty cent trial bottle to support claims and reassure wary buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rcandies
Rexall
Alien-Tone
Mucu-Tone
Marr
Ditton
Swan St
Albany
Rexall Remedies Promoted by Local Drug Firm
A local Rexall druggist urges confidence in Rexall preparations, asserting the company offers 200 remedies. The firm claims exclusive representation in the city and promises refunds if products do not benefit customers, arguing each medicine is good and backed by guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Eos Company
Manufacaren
Rexall
Ti Rou
Three Men Die In Altoona Railroad Accidents
Three railroad fatalities occurred near Altoona Pennsylvania as trains struck men on or near crossings. Stephen Feathers of Claysburg was killed at a crossing four miles south of the city while guiding horses drawing a wagon. Andy Lingke a Polish track hand died after being struck near Ga Hazelton and died at the Altoona Hospital. Landis, repairing cars in East Sides, was crushed when a locomotive backed into him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Stephen Feathers
Claysburg
Feathers
Wasson
Andy Lingke
Gai Htzen
Alcona Fital, Co
Ro Landis
Pleces
Rea. Ratiace
Priests Raid Saloons Prompt Crusade Against Alcohol
Rev Dean McNulty of St John Roman Catholic Church leads a crusade arguing bishops permit liquor law violations in each town visited. He vows to push for wider action until saloons in all locations comply with the liquor lax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prigst
Dean McNultr
St. John’s Rorman Catholic
A Real Wonderland Of South Dakota Wonders
A quirky historic note describes South Dakota as a wonder land with mines farms and strange formations. In Measd City Mia E D Clapp reports a remarkable healing for a cow once near death after using Dr Kine's New Discoveries from Pearre's Modern Pharmacy with a trial bottle offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Measd City
Mia
E. D. Clapp
Mra. Claon
Dr. Kine
Frederick Market Prices from Frederick County Farmers' Exchange
Quotations list various farm commodities with per unit prices for barley, oats, corn, wheat, hay, and feeds. Includes dairy feeds, cotton seed meal, and tonnage rates. Also features a testimonial for Bucklen's Arnica Wlze from O S Weslever, a LeRsyncville merchant, noting 25c at Pearre's Modern Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Farmers’ Exchange
Corricran Deceubex
Si. No
Bad
Breamer
Bos
Gazs
Bay
Banxp
Timothy
Barxsp
Weslever
LeRsynville
Gaya
Niles
Bucklao
Pearre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Child
Pittsburg
William Bichler
McKersport
Ais Country
McKeeseport Hospital
Trenton
N. 3
John Hetek
Jer
New Jersey State Toms
Soncedville
Wes
New Haven
Aniser
Calistra
Bethlehem
Jenle Beiselman
Daugher Bir
A. R. Beidelman
Mothier
Warétburr
Conn
Wagies
Francisco Bos
Philip Il
Caesar
Huttilde
I. Fota
Dis Tachi
Titerius
France
Don Juan
Thilip
Granads
Spain
Esabeila
Francis DL
Styler
Sainredi
Zambezi
Chlety
Mashonaland
Moan
Persia
Sing
Ile
Ackem
Theodore
Nome
Ridicu
George Washington
London
Cassett Keep
Feiry
Tt Inippens
J. A. Williamson
Rerea OP Store
Frederick
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!