Tragedy at Red Gables Moves to Court Room
In Media Pennsylvania on December 31 the Erb murder trial of Mrs. M Florence Erb and her sister Mrs Catharine Beise advanced with about ten witnesses, including household staff and investigators. Testimony supported the defense claim that Betsel fired the fatal shot, though no direct self defense evidence linked Mrs Erb to the shooting. Witnesses described Red Gables quarrels prior to the tragedy and Mrs Erb admitting she kept a revolver for protection.
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Media
M. Florence Erb
Catharine Beise
J. Clayton Erb
Erb
Alwys
Toom
Beatrice Matsui
Red Gables
Matsui
Betsel
Testimony Links Mrs Beisel to Shooting in Habeas Matter
Witness accounts describe resistance to police and urge Mrs Beisel not to leave, while other testimony parallels habeas corpus proceedings and strengthens a link to the shooting with Mrs Srb less implicated. The narrative centers on who influenced the act and where responsibility lies.
Man Stabs Wife in Jealous Fit in Wilkes-Barre
Edward Morgan of Wilkes-Barre Pa stabbed his wife three times after an argument over her late hours and secrecy about her whereabouts. Neighbors intervened as the woman fought for her life, Morgan fled the scene and a fatal outcome was feared.
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Wilkes-Barre
Edward Morgan
Morgan
Roanoke Votes Day supporters close saloons and liquor houses
In Roanoke Virginia the local option election chose to close forty eight saloons and six mail order liquor houses within ninety days by a majority of eighty six votes. The Anti-Saloon league pledged ten thousand dollars to aid enforcement after closures.
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Roanoke
Anti-Saloon League
Dig Up Chest Of Silver And Copper Coins Found In Trench
In Mont Clair New Jersey on December 31 Giuseppe Christian a laborer for Thomas F. Cogan unearthed an iron chest in Glen Ridge avenue containing Spanish and Mexican coins from the eighteenth century. In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on December 31 two state policemen arrested David Flyte his son and a boy for catching a sucker in Brodhead creek with a hook Squire Robert Grover fined Flyte and the boys 284.
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Mont Clair
N. J
Giuseppe Christian
Thomas F. Cogan
Glen Ridge Avenue
Stroudsburg
David Flyte
Brodhead Creek
Squire Robert Grover
Flyte
Bandits Dynamite Wells Bank and Open Fire Near Muskogee
Five robbers dynamited the Wells bank east of Muskogee Oklahoma on December 31. Citizens exchanged gunfire, a barbed wire barricade protected the bank, and the gang escaped with about 5000 after firing on pursuing residents. No injuries reported.
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Muskogee
Okla
Welleton
Okia
Here
Good Cough Medicine for Children
The wesone for couche and colds is now at hand and too much care cannot be used to pro tect the children. A child is much more likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet fever when he has acolt The quicker y Jean the rink, Charoberlain'a Cough Remedy. Ir the sola reliance of many mothers, and few of those who have tried it are willing to use any other. Myre F.F. Starcher, of Ripley, W. Va., says: "I have never used anything other than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for my children and it has always even good satisfaction." Thin remedy contain u nooplum no other narcotic sod may be given as ronfidently to a child as tosn adult. For sale at Peacre's Modern Phar- Toaoy,
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Jean
Myre F.F. Starcher
Ripley
W. Va
Peacre
Electric Bitters touted as remedy for malaria and stomach woes
W C Kieatler of Halliday Ark touts Electric Bitters as a medicine that cures stomach and fever troubles. The ad claims the tonic purifies and enriches blood, tones nerves, and restores vigor, with a money back guarantee if it fails to help, 50 cents at Pearse’s Modern Pharmacy.
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W. C. Kieatler
Halliday, Ark
Pearte
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