Pierce Confession Emerges in Eyre Murder Case
Wilmington woman Mary Cohen testifies Jim Pierce confessed the Eyre murder and describes a night spent together in which he claimed to have shot Eyre and sunk his body. Pierce and Pinney await March term after jail without bail following Chester hearing on the Dec. 21 killing. The case hinges on Cohen’s sensational account and the earlier lack of linking witnesses.
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Mary Cohen
Wilmington
Del
Mer
Jaeoen Pierce
Chester
James
Amos
Pinney
Pierce
Alderman Smith
George B. Eyre
Pierces
Jom Pierce
Tamal Street
Jim
Cohen
Eyre
Paris Exposition Trocadero Garden to Display Global Colonies
Special Correspondence reports the Trocadero Garden at the Paris Exposition will host a vast colonial display. Exhibits from France and many nations will fill pavilions with dances, costumes, and simulated villages. The event promises a continuous round of sights as Egypt, the Transvaal, Algeria, and others present native arts, colonizer projects, and frontier spectacles for American visitors.
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Paris
Peinte
Chicago
Mother Earth
Egypt
Mustapha
Trocadero Park
Ehrill
Algeria
France
Champ de Mars
Great Britain
Holland
Russia
Siberia
Asia
Deomearkend
Portugal
Japan
China
Transvaal
Bana
Saint Merre
Miquelon
Troosdare Pexs Aemmer
Tonmotou
America
Oraheite
Pacific
Saint Pierre
Ston Morfiehdisens Francestu
North America
Guadiloupa
French Guiana
Reunion
Darby
Martinique
United States
Cervera
Trocadero
South Africa
Kimberly
Exposition plans mirror world tour in Chicago exhibit
A proposed Chicago exposition will recreate global sights from Sidi Mabrez mosque to a Chinese pagoda and Japanese garden. It envisions streets of shops, quitars and bazaars with Eastern performances, a Pekin cafe, and oriental pavilions showing India, Cambodia, China, Japan, and Africa. The project includes a Dutch replica, Brahmins, fakirs, geisha hints, and a Trocadero style landscape display.
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Sidi-Mabrez
Nabeni
Cathay
China
Siam
Africa
Cholon
Cambodia
Gift of a Frederick Counts Citizen to Western Maryland College
The article details a gift from Frederick Counts Citizen to Western Maryland College. It describes the college's location at Westminster, the ten acre campus, and lists major buildings and facilities including Smith Hall Ward Hall Hering Hall Levine Hall Yingling Gymnasium Alumni Hall the auditorium the President's house and the Baker Chapel.
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Frederick
Western Maryland College
City of Westminster
Smith Hall
Ward
Hering
Levine Hal
Yingling
Baker Chapel
Baker Chapel at Western Maryland College Delights Visitors
A narrative honors the Baker Chapel built for the Western Maryland College by donor William G. Baker in gratitude for his son's recovery. The white limestone structure seats about 300, features diagonally arranged pews, and houses a pipe organ. Dedication ceremonies May 12, 005 drew Rev. J T Ward and Rev. W M Strayer. President Lewis led consecration with student attendance and weekly chapel services.
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Lewis
Wm. G. Baker
Backeystown
Daniel Bier & Sons
Wm G. Baker, Jr
Jane
Western Maryland College
Dr. Lewis
Baker Chapel
J.T. Ward
D. D
W. M. Strayer
Methodias Protestant Church
Daniel Baker
Baltimore
Lawin
Elines
Westmoinster
The Girl About Town Sees January End And Town Life
A breezy local column summarizes January weather and social life. Mentions a January blizzard a Bible Society event a church sale various clubs and upcoming entertainments. Notes Boer War Bryan Aguinaldo and political mentions with small-town highlights and plans for February events.
Spion Kop Reoccupied as British Retreat Follows Day of Fighting
London reports that British forces under General Warren, who captured Spion Kop earlier, were forced to retire after a night assault by Transvaal troops. Boers reoccupy Spion Kop while British losses and soldier casualties mount. Commentary from The Morning Post and Spectator warns of further disasters and calls for more troops, with cables disrupted to the east and west coasts. In Cumberland Maryland a railway collision injures three, including a fireman, amid a blizzard. Trenton also reports fines for election registry improprieties involving two Democratic workers.
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Muller
London
T13
Warren
Spion Kop
Transvaal
Ladysmith
Buller
Woodcate
England
Splon Kop
Tugela
San Thome
Luanda
Wilkinson
Assaye
Caps Town
We, T Nes
Lord Hoberts
South Africa
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Dr. Pierce
Wight
Y. Davidson
Liberty Weer
Altimore
Vetalare
Toar Tolor
Tiarga Pie Pinabine Inal Ranches
John N. Clary
Real Estate and Lean
Fortsale
Ist
Germantown
Montgomery
F. G. Thomas & Son
General Insurance Agents
West Patrick Street
Frederick, Md
Ernest Helfenstein
Patrick St
Frederick, Wd
Trogadero Garden
Globes
Stresta
Vaio
Midway
God's Pantry
Baker Cuaves
Westminster, MD
Hood
Sarssperilla
Lore Land
Fargo Ave
Buffalo
N.Y
Boar Republic
Bss
Dutch Republic
Thoes
Meilos
Spansee
Pierre Loti
WM. G. Baker, JR
Wa. G. Baker
Mary Dane
Bible Society
St. James
Royal Arcanum
Murray Hall
Inacheon
Myersville
Joome
Aguinaldo
Bryan
Roberts
John Tage Howard
Thurmont
Middletown
Farmers Institute
Ground Hog
Uncle Tom
Mary Jase
Dritons
Colitaten
Cumberland
West Virginia
Frank Winterstein
John Nee
Rodext Allen
Sinclairville
W. Va
Tamé
Trenton
John Higgins
Tham Sterms
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