Boy dies by own hand in Germantown hotel room
Raymond Johnson a seventeen year old from Germantown was found dead in Bennett's hotel room at 151 North Ninth Street. A .45 revolver lay by his side with two notes to his mother and his uncle. Police noted an underscored clipping about suicide attempts and repeated reading. The notes mention a gift from Manual Training school and a friend named Gertrude Johnson.
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Philadelphia
Raymond Johnson
Ser Utpoy
Germantown
Bennett's
Gertrude Johnson
Haynton Street
Johnson
Gertrude
W. K. Johnson
East Branghurst Street
Rescuer Drowns Trying to Save Companion at Sing Sing
In Ossining New York Antonia Guaro a fifty three year old inmate leaped into the Sing Sing outflowing river to save fellow prisoner Ernest Sinclair. Guaro died and Sinclair perished as both sank after Guaro clung to him. The two men from New York City had been serving terms for abduction and prior offenses.
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Ossining
Siichie
Antonia Guaro
Sing
Ernest Sinclair
Giara
Sinclair
Guaro
New York City
Dan O Reilly Sent to Jail in Five Month Sentence
New York lawyer Daniel O Reilly who helped in the Marry Thaw case was sentenced by Judge to five months in prison for receiving stolen goods. District Attorney Whitman pressed for jail time as O Reilly appeared deeply affected by the outcome. In Raleigh a duel over an insult ends with one man dead from a bullet fired by Lt Montague.
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New York
Jie i
Daniel O' Rally
Marry Thaw
Banercolt
Pas Tlee Davis
Abrakham Levy
O'Reifry
Whitman
O'Reay
Steter
Raleigh
Robertron
We Montagre
Yang
That Human Alarm Clock by C. M. Barnitz
A playful satirical poem about a relentless alarm clock that shatters dreams with a loud gong. The speaker blasts the noisy device, imagines worst fearful futures when coal runs out and the world grows cold, and ends with a vow to discard the clock in a junk pile.
Vote to Confirm Colored Man
Washington June 6 a favorable report on the nominations of Wallan J Lewis the Boston colored attorney to be a servant attorney general was authorized by the senate committee for the judiciary
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Washington
Wallan J. Lewis
Boston
Senate Committee
The
Judiciary
Locust Sting Report Shuts Locust Hunt
A reader note describes Matthew Crane being stung on the left hand while catching locusts. The injury swelled to twice its normal size and the account mentions local concerns about disease and safety amid unfamiliar terms and garbled phrases.
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Clayton
Noob
Janet
Matthew Crane
Sale on Roofing and Hardware Supplies Advertised Prices
An excerpt lists Walnut Stock, nails, tar felt roofing, rubber roofing, galvanized roofing, Red Barn Paints, graphite roof paint, and buggy rims and steel tires with special low prices. Includes quantities and sizes such as wire nails 7 to 50 penny, 2-ply roofing rolls, and 108 sq ft coverage.
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Philadelp
Wilkes-Barre
Walter Fitzsimmons
John Quinn
No 10
Pensyylvania Cea Company
Pittston
Ce.cline
Vioman
Vienna
Grosswalde
Hungary
Filipos
Spos
Childien
Filpus
Nile
Reniarmes
Dan O'Reilly
C. M. Barnitz
Lfar
Lerug Piats
Turkih
Doll Bros
Market Street
Frederick, Md
Boao
the Ebert Hardware CO
West Patrick Street
Steven
Samos Crner
Doll & Albaugh Eldg
N. Market St
Ernest Helfenstein
West
Patrick Street
Jewelry Store
South Market St
F. Columbus Knott
Besant & Knott
Chichester
Carty
Carty’s
Frederick
Dorothy* Dodd
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Schloss Bro. & Co. Clothes
Schloss Bros. & CO
B. Rosenour & Sons
Footer’s
Ameriaa
Footer
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
Kate Gittinger
East
the People's Fire Insurance Company
Maryland
Cor. Court and
Church Sts
Mutual Insurance Co
Frederick County
North Market St
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