Prophetic Clock Echoes at Wertheim Castle Mystery
In a November night a tower clock within Wertheim Castle is heard striking by those on the hill and at the base, counted to ten, interpreted as a message from the baron’s clock. The old baron dies, a male heir is born in October to perpetuate the family line, and a daring climber later confesses to making the early sounds.
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Caspar
Wertheim Castle
Sara
Tarke
Chiles
Pehild
Houge
Wertheim
Baron
Baron Ludwig
Wonder
Moderate cost design 961 by Glenn L Baxton
The article details a compact 24 by 26 feet house with full basement and two stories, featuring built in cupboards and desk housewife closets, maple or birch floors, Washington fir finish, and plans for an American Dwellings book priced at $1 for a copy. It cites construction costs exclusive of heating and plumbing and notes a publisher offer.
Boy in Near Tragic Hanging and Local Murders News
A 13 year old boy in Frank Yarish attempted suicide by hanging using a leather belt in his home. His mother discovered him dangling, cut him down, and he survived. Detective reports note 26 murders in Louisiana linked to a colored preacher King Harris as the suspect in multiple cases of killings in Jennings and surrounding areas. One local businessman James S Shepherd died suddenly of acute indigestion.
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Frank Yarish
Kitebéa
Lake’ Charles
Doctors Use This for Eczema Dr Evans Ex Commissioner
Ex health official says skin diseases relate little to blood and skin must be cured through the skin. WRITTEN claims endorse D D D Prescription for eczema. Dr Homes praises its specificity as quinine for malaria. An offer promises a $1 bottle with guarantee you pay only if it works. J A Williamson North Market St
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Dr. Evans
J. A. Williamson North Market
Miners to Get Higher Pay Across Anthracite Fields
Wilkes-Barre Pa Jan 23 A plan by coal operators to avert a strike proposes a 10 to 10 percent wage increase tied to higher coal prices. The move aims to settle grievances from the 1902 talks and keep miners content before the March 31 treaty expiration, with operators signaling further adjustments if needed.
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Wilkes-Barre
Wallenele
Uheweelyen
Una
Dinta Uber
Anthracite Commission
Avril
Woods Named Minister to Portugal by Taft
Cyrus B Woods of Greensburg Pennsylvania was nominated by President Taft as minister to Portugal to succeed Edwin Mors Ban recently promoted to ambassador to Brazil. Woods, then president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania State Senate, is general manager for the Hisburg Cosel company.
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Mini ‘Ister
Portugal
Washington
Cyrus B. Woods
Greensburg
Taftes
Edwin ¥. Mors. Ban
Braz
Woods
Pennsylvania
Eoe
Hisburg Cosel Company
Henry Flagler Built Railroad Over Ocean, Man Dies Poisoned
Norristown, Pa Jan 1 William Macolly fifty five died in hospital after ingesting poison purchased at a pharmacy His wife Ellen Macolly is arrested and confined to prison pending poisoning probe Macolly was a Reading Railway crossing watchman
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Norristown
Jan. i
William Macolly
Poseson
Ellen Macolly
Macolly
Reading
Butter Drops Three Cents in Elgin Meeting
Butter was firm at 37 cents a pound with 617,500 pounds produced. The Elgin butter board debated increasing its membership to cover six states including Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana Michigan and Iowa at a recent meeting. Subscribe for The News.
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Elgin
Elgin Butter Board
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Aviator Falls to Death Over Los Angeles Flight
An aviator named Rutherford Page fell from 160 feet during a flight near hangars in Los Angeles on January 2. Spectators watched as he landed near the grandstand and received first aid at the field hospital, but died upon arrival. Page had traveled from the east recently and held a Dayton license. he was about 25 years old and had just begun his ascent when control was lost and the craft plunged to the ground.
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Dayton
Page
Aickening & Page
William W Sherman dies in New York home
William Watts Sherman, father of Migs Sherman who became the third Lord Camoys last November, died at his Fifth Avenue residence. His family and close relatives were present at the bedside. The death ends a long illness after several months of poor health.
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Lord Camoys
New York
Willian Watts Sherman
Migs
Dred Sherman
Fifth Avenue
Laverance Gillespie
Norrie Sellar
Harold Brown
Sherman
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