Baltimore Girl Rescue Highlights City Case at May Street
Two Baltimore girls aged 12 and 14 were enticed by Gesce Mitchell to a house on 26 May Street near Boundary Avenue. Detectives and Captain Barber with Sergeant Hagin rescued them at the May Street location. Mitchell is charged with illegal enticing, the girls with being in the house for immoral purposes. Mitchell claims the girls were relatives and denies improper intent.
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Local Gal Suicides in Frustrated Betrothal Scare
Miss Alice Jones of Salisbury road near Piney Grove drank arsenic after her lover refused immediate marriage. Dr. John T. White treated her, saving her life as family and neighbors vent anger at the betrothed paramour. Breach of promise rumors circulate amid community unrest.
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Why errand boys in printing offices are called devils
The article explains that the term printer's devil arose from the first errand boy hired by William Catton. He was the son of a French gentleman named De Ville or Deville, and the nickname then applied to printers apprentices.
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Reforms Urged to End Prison System Failures
Lancaster County jail debate features A B Bussard arguing for abolition of limited sentences and a Christian prison visitation panel to assess repentance before release. He warns that current practice feeds crime and costs taxpayers, urging humane first-offense sympathy and stricter penalties for repeats.
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Postmaster Strangies Himself in Melrose Carriage House
Westminster Md July 15 Mr Valentine Wentz postmaster at Melrose committed suicide in his carriage house shortly before dawn by strangling himself with a strap attached to the dashboard. His wife Mrs Wentz found him and she collapsed later. he leaves a wife and four children. He was about 23 and had recently purchased the Melrose store and served as postmaster. A missing letter related to a large sum unsettled him and authorities pursued the missing document.
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