Negro teen pleads guilty and is freed from jail
Daniel Fisher a 16 or 17 year old negro recently jailed for selling a small quantity of wine. He pleaded guilty and was released by Justice August Brust on a suspended sentence after paying costs. A deputy arrested him following a wine sale to the officer who he did not recognize. Fisher faced a jury trial at the next term in September. bail had been set at 200 dollars. If he violated the law again he would receive a heavy sentence.
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Daniel Fisher
August T. Brust
Justice Brust
Percy Grey Grey
Fisher
Justis Brust
Aaron R Anders
O'Malley Named U.S. Fisheries Commissioner Prospects Rise
Washington May 11 The nomination of Henry O'Malley to be commissioner of fisheries will likely be sent to the Senate by President Harding. O'Malley, veteran head of Pacific coast fisheries, has risen from apprentice to chief of the division of fish culture and now stands as the leading candidate amid support from within and outside the bureau. The Vermont native has long served in Washington and Seattle, with a career spanning hatchery work to statewide supervision.
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Washington
Henry O'Malley
Bureau of Fisheries
Pacific Coast
Senate
Narding
Haen M. Smith
Hoover
Bureau
Vermont
O'Malley
St. Johnsbury
Toadville
Col
Baker Lake
Wash
O'Maller
Columbia River
Seattle
City Voters Register Heavy in Second Day
Six hundred and thirty nine voters qualified on the second day of city wide registration as a total of 1,074 have registered over the first two days. Two more registration days remain May 16 and 17. Estimates suggest more than half the city’s eligible voters have registered, with 37 names still to qualify and unlikely many more will be added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IATL
Thys
Political Committees to Organize in City Tonight
The Republican city committee meets at the courthouse at 7 30. The Democratic committee meets at Democratic headquarters at 8. Both parties named new committees and delegates at recent primaries and plan to set a date and time for the city convention to nominate mayor, city tax collector, and five aldermen. Democrats may push for a mayoral primary. in past contests primaries were held when more than one candidate entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican City Committee
Court House
Democratic Committee
Thieves Drug Mother Of Wilmington Mayor
Burglars broke into the home of Mrs Sallie L Harvey mother of Mayor LeRoy Harvey in Wilmington Del injecting chloroform fumes into her bedroom as she slept They also targeted housekeeper Miss Mary F Denby who smelled chloroform and heard screams from a window The intruders entered through a cellar window and kitchen passage then fled after piling silverware and valuables on blankets in the dining room missing two blankets amid the loot
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Wilmington
Del
Sallie L. Harvey
LeRoy Harvey
Harvey
Mary F. Denby
Broome Street
Miss Lienby
Miss Denby
Mrs. Wuorves
Miss Tenby
Hall Charges Refuted by Governor Ritchie in Atlantic City
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, speaking by long distance from Atlantic City, denies Hall's charges of a political deal. He refutes claims of backing a four-vote switch on the Enforcement list and Fall Racetrack bill for road funds, and denies promising Sen. Norris a U.S. Senate candidacy. He says he will seek re election and has put politics aside on vacation.
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Albert C. Ritchie
Atlantic City
Heu
William Purnell Hall
Baltimore City Club
Eli
William Norris
United States Senate
Norris
Trall
Hall
United States
Maryland
Hallenid
Ritchie
Rob” Crane
Majestic 56000 Ton Liner Leaves England for New York
The White Star liner Majestic, the world’s largest impending 56,000 ton steamship, sails from England to New York on her maiden voyage. Built for Hamburg Amerika, bought by White Star, she reached nearly twenty five knots on trials and is expected to set a fast Atlantic crossing. She surpasses Leviathan by about 2000 tons. Subscribe for The News.
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Majestic
England
New York
Southampton
White Star Line
Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg
White Star Company
Leviathan
Man Announces Double Murder Then Ends His Life in Tennessee
In Manchester, Tennessee, 65 year old Josiah Bartlett declared he shot his wife, 50, and Arthur Crouch, 25, then planned to shoot into the woods and hill himself. Mrs Bartlett’s body was found upstairs and Crouch’s at the front door. no witnesses could reveal events leading to the tragedy.
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Manchester
Tenn
Josiah Bartlett
Arthur Crouch
Hill
Bartlett
Recent rains boost crop outlook in local fields
Heavy showers this week moistened soil and filled reservoirs, easing irrigation strain. Farmers report improved germination in corn and beans, with healthier pastures for grazing as subsoil moisture rises.
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Harp
Reno S. Harp
Brownsville
Charles Edwards
Brownsville General Hospital
Ohio State Journal
Ruth Roland
Rite Fristrich-Friedrich Chemical Co
Adterk
Baltimore City
Lowe Brothers
Drong Rae
Ames
Stars
Griggist’s
f.Don
Hate
Yeas
Pereon
Ackage
BABY
Purina
C. S. Schermerhorn & Son
North Market St
Frederick
D. C
Ben Bays
J. H. Barnes
Chiropractic Research Bureau
O. R. McIntyre
East Second Street
Pearre
Telephone
Market ST
Merel F. Moberly
East
Patrick ST
B. W. Wilson
Patrick Street
Pheoe
Helfenstein & Urner, Insurance
North Market Street
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