Charged With Matricide and Local Shootings
Danville Virginia March 22 Mrs Susan Dooley age and a widow lay dead at her home from injuries alleged to have been inflicted by her son who is in county jail awaiting trial on a matricide charge Dooley had previously served a term for robbery About ten days ago after heavy drinking he beat his bedriddden mother until she died Avanta Georgia March 22 Henry Purcell 24 a barber shot and killed Elisha Purcell at their Courtland Street home after a quarrel with his wife and Elisha The elder Purcell returned, surrendered to police Postmasters appointed in Pennsylvania and Virginia by the President with nominations for several towns
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Sen
Eocrizden Moetzer
Danville
Susan Deoler
eek
heener sen
Chatham
serand
ma. Dooley
finath
Avanta
Henry J Pnrcoil
barker
Elisha Purcell
Courtland street
Purecell
Reajing
Federal control on insurance questioned by House committee
Washington reports said the judiciary committee, led by Chairman Jenkins, will propose that there is no constitutional basis for federal control of insurance or state corporations other than railroads. The Supreme Court has ruled insurance is not commerce and Congress cannot impair state police powers, a view echoed by committee members in an unofficial poll.
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Lcys Supreme Court
Congress
Washington
cone ion
Lome
judiciary committee
Jenkins
comeil perusal
Sir. Jenkins
house
supreme court of the
United States
Jenins sar
Mgr. Jenkins
supreme court of the United States
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
organized Labor
White House
Samuel Goumpers
Frank Morrison
Auerican Federation of Labor
une
yencrevary Morrison
executive council
the
American Federation
sient
Panama
tropics
West Indies
Peach Crop Damaged by Cold Across Georgia
State reports show Georgia peach growers suffering heavy losses from cold with damage averaging around 59 percent in many regions. Agriculture Commissioner Hudson estimates possibly 49 percent at minimum, with final figures pending over the next week or 10 days. A 50 percent damage scenario implies about two million dollars in losses to growers.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Hudson
Bank Officer Dies by Own Action in Pittsburg
Claude A. Mitchell 55 assistant cashier Bradford National Bank Bradford Pa. shot himself at E P Whitcomb residence Union Natural Gas Corp general manager in Pittsburg. He had nervous prostration three weeks and was preparing a southern trip. His son David B. Mitchell cites temporary insanity.
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Pittsburg
Claude A. Mitchell
Bradford National Bank
Bradford
E. P. Whitcomb
manag
Union Natural Gas Corporation
David B. Mitchell
Aldrich lass of influence in rate bill politics
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, longtime opponent of the rate bill, recently stepped away from formal leadership but remains influential in Congress. The article notes his Cuban connections, past leadership shifts, and the move to have Senator Tilman report the bill before the Senate election. Aldrich is sixty four.
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ALDRICH
Nelson W. Aldrich
Italian Shot Miner in Quarrel Ends in Double Tragedy
Pietro Stefano killed Charles Cummings, a miner, near Meyersdale after a quarrel over a whip. Stefano was then shot dead by an unknown assailant, suspected to be a Cummings friend, as a crowd gathered. The double tragedy occurred at Shaw mines of the Somerset Coal Company where miners worked.
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talian
Johnstown
Pietro Stefano
Charles Cummings
Meyersdale
Cummings
Stefano
boullsts
Shaw
Somerset Coal compu
Restaurant Keeper Shoots Housekeeper Then Ends Own Life
Ignatz Michs, owner of a small restaurant on Callowhill Street in Philadelphia, shot and killed his housekeeper Helen Schlager and then fatally shot himself. Schlager, a widow with a young son, had been joking with patrons when the quarrel arose. Mary Webb, the sister of the deceased, witnessed the tragedy.
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Keener
Philadelphia
Ignatz Michs
Callowhill street
Helen Schlager
hal’ ing
Michs
Micas
Mary Webs
Woman Dies of Hydrophobia After Dog Bite in Wilmington
Mrs. William Kennard aged 66 died at her daughter's home in Wilmington after hydrophobia developed weeks after being bitten on the hand by a pet dog in Stridkersville Pennsylvania. She suffered convulsions and frothing as the disease progressed until death. An advertisement notes Chamberlain's Salve for skin diseases and promotes a 25 cent box at A L Pearre's Drug Store.
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Wilmington
Del
William Kennard
Walter Wood
Stridkersville
Kennard
A. L. Pearre
New York Bill Delays Insurance Directors Elections
A proposed New York law would reorganize mutual life insurers by voiding proxies prior to September 15 and postponing annual elections to November 15. The move aims to control trustee elections for firms including New York Life, with directors to retain office until successors are chosen.
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New York
WN. Y
mutual insurances
ty Thomas Lawson
bil
New York Life Insurance company
orteg
Arm and ammunition seized amid Havana discovery
Cuban secret police report a seizure of arms and dynamite sent by express from the interior to Havana and hidden at a private residence. Three arrests have been made with authorities pursuing additional apprehensions as demonstrations and policing intensify. Also in brief, a man in Reading shoots himself after threatening letters and a coroner rules death by self action in a jealous dispute. Finally, Pennsy train crews in the Monongahela division gain wage increases averaging about 19 percent with new scales for enginemen, conductors, and brake men.
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Havana
Ilayana
Pennsy
Pittsboro
Monongahela
Pennsylvania railroad
firmen
Stomach and Liver Tablets Promising Sleep Aid
Sleeplessness and stomach disorders disrupt sleep. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets stimulate the digestive organs and restore balance to help sleep. For sale at A. L. Pearre's Drug Store.
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Chamberlain
A. L. Pearre
Packers Immune In Part as Judge Allows Indictments to Stand
Judge J Oris Humphrey rules immunity applies to individuals named in the racketeering cases but not to the corporations. Indictments against Armour Packing, Armour & Company, Cudahy, Fairbanks Canning, and Swift & Company may go to trial, with about 1600 witnesses expected. The decision follows denials of corporate immunity while granting it to individuals. Additional items note arrests in New York over fictitious mining stock and ongoing lynching discussions before the Supreme Court, plus coal mine strike prep in Pennsylvania.
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Chikagee
XN h garders
prand
J. Oris Humphrey
United States district court
Humphrey
at leagt
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gov
vere
Garfield
Morrison
Chicago
Humphreys
J. Orden Armour
Edward Morris
Charles W. Armour
Tra X. Morris
Louis F. Swift
Baward F. Swit
Charles S. Swift
Edward Cudahy
Arthur Meeker
T. J. Connors
P. A. Valentine
A. H. Veeder
Arthur F. Evans
Cartin
Robert C. Mc Wamus
D. Artweil
Armour Packing company
Armour & Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Fairbanks Canning company
Swift & Company
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Birely
Musis
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A. G. QUYNN & CO
FREDBRICE, MD
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S. AMOS VENER
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INSURANCE
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SULDENS
Meis
ERNEST HELFENSTEIN
Patrick Sr
Frederick, Md
PEABRE'S PHARMACY
W.W aston
Pennsylvania
C. Seger
Emrorum
S.C. Miller
Lancaster
C. Koch- Pitharn
Virginia
J. H. Furr
Warnesboro
Oliver Ghilled
Mountville Wrought
priosa
Farmers’ Exchange
Carroll Stirast
GEORGE L. GRAMER
Walkersville
New Midway
Davsville
Johnsville
Job Te
Walkerarilie
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eliy
Pearl
Feagaville
Central National Bank Building
James Watt
Bim
Newhero
Serpieids Co
Detroit
A. Williamson
West South Street
West Fourth Street
L. M. NIXDORFF, Jr
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HOUSE COMMITTEE
William A. Pike
Order of Independent Americans
state board of offers
William TL
Leter
MR. ROOSEVELT
SONE
ri bens
Tampa
Fle
Thomson
Swtara
Delaware Capes
Sands Hook
GAMBRILL
Frederick County
COAL CONFERENCE
Indianapolis
Walvis
Tadiana
Ohio
ners
Ars Stang
York
Alfred R. Gosfin
Robert AiInmon
Sing Sing
Miller” swindie
Edmund Goslin
Charles M. Dunn
Werner Fabian
Western Gold Mining company
Oroville
Cala
Goslin
Ed Johnson
Chattanoola
Tenn
supreme cour
Fuller
Jarvisbars
Hood MerHay
Lykens
Williamstown
Susquehanna Coal company
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