Baby farm raid shocks town in Ashmead case
Police swept Ashmead Farm known as The Pines arresting Mrs Elizabeth Ashmead and a linked group amid claims of criminal operations. Officers seized surgical instruments, a witness, and other items as they search the two and a half mile property two miles from the city.
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Mra
Ashmead
Bill
Prin- Wally -Becgusg
Han
Ene
Philadelphia
Knowles
Ashmead Farm
Charles Bigua
Thomas Breeder
Snake Twist Mystery on Tacomb Mountain Traced
May 26 Conn reports Fred Sehermerhers and guide on Tom's Mountain witnessed a rattlesnake show a sudden display of light and rapid movement before a fatal strike. Rev Franklin D. B... of Winsted describes the scene and the serpents swift, deadly action.
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Orey
Cratiy Lees
Fred
Sehermerhers
Tom
Frankln D
Animal injured in travel returns home to be dispatched
Mrs. Hawkina Taxing of Washington and her husband bring an American bulldog back from abroad. The dog is found to suffer from incurable elephantiasis and is ordered slain after the husband requests to see the animal before it is destroyed. The creature proved twice as large as before.
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York
Hawkina Taxing
Washington
Heinze Mining Successes Highlight Billionaire Engineer
Copter millionaire Heinze, an American copper magnate and mining engineer born in Brooklyn in 1889, was acquitted of charges related to misapplied Mercantile National Bank funds during his presidency. Trials noted him as overcoming opposition tied to 1907 Morse strike and Mercantile Bank seizure, with lawyers citing his remaining interests around 40 million dollars. He counts clubs across Montana Canada and New York among affiliations including Lotos, Lambs, Atlantic, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
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Sts. Anguatas Heinze
Funda
Mercantile National Bank
New York City
Itand
Otto
Stockbrokus
Brooklyn
Hetuze ‘Wis
Columbia Univeralty
Moutaus
Standard? Ol
Dings
Heinze
Morse
Mercantile National Banky
New York Clearing House
Montana
Canada
New York
Lotos
Lambs
Atlantic
Columbia Yacht
Calumet
Downtown
Strolers
American Institute of Minlog
Engineers
Roosevelt as Special Envoy to King Edward Funeral
Theodore Roosevelt is named special American envoy for King Edward VII's funeral in London. He will ride with visiting monarchs, precede the diplomatic corps, and attend Windsor before the march to St George's Chapel. The dinner at Buckingham Palace on May 20 was planned for Roosevelt and family.
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Edward VI
Farmer
Theodore Roosevelt
Edward
Aritali
London
Reyal
Europe
Roosevelt
Kligs
Kield
Windsor
St. George's Schipel
Roosevelta
Hucking
Ham Palace
Query
Audra
King Howard
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel and
Kenritt
Commemoration of Florence Nightingale Founding Nightingale School
Nurses training school events mark the 61st anniversary of Nightingale founding the London training school at St Thomas in 1860. A Carnegie Hall May 18 program in New York honors this, with exhibits at Teachers College and Hudson area displays of invalid occupations, handicraft work, and writings by Nightingale.
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Florence Nightingale
American Society of Superintendents
Nurses
United States
Carnegie Hall
New Fork
Florence
Nightingale
London
St. Thomas* Hos‘pital
Horace Mann
Teachers’ .College
Florence, Nightin
Gale
Educational Museum
Marblehead
Mass
Minofe
Islam
Manhattan State
Teachers’ College
Atreet
Hyde Park
Politicians anxious over direct primary plan in Baltimore
Anxious politicians from the Democratic and Republican parties debate the Direct Primary law requiring party machinery members to be elected by voters. They warn costs could reach tens of thousands, with precinct executives and ward committees to be elected, ballots printed separately, and supervisors funding the elections, potentially delaying adoption and stressing taxpayer burden.
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Ponteloussive
Aan Pie Straus
State Central Committee
Ruth
Ion Gost
Bultmore
Democratic Party
Wec
Vattton
State Central
la Chotee
Shire Central
Pinetodave
Hallotte
Prinariog
Neluding
Balimore City
Hodler
Sipervigors
Ponce Rety
Crime detector demonstration at Radcliffe College
Professor Hugo Munsterberg demonstrated a memory based detection test to Radcliffe College students. Volunteers read clippings linked to a story about Roosevelt and the German Emperor, then faced rapid word prompts to reveal which clipping they held. A notable pause indicated the correct clipping, supporting the method’s claims.
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Hugo’Minsterberg
Radcliffe College
Minda-Cobier
Wenvonduetsl
Helen
Thayer
Stuby
Hobtr
Mies ‘Bodton
Profidsor Munsterbirg
Clata
Éac
Munsterberg
Orns
Siupsterberg
Wan
Mupasterberg
Roosevelt
Germany
Erithy
Munaterberg
Epileptic Colony Study Stirring Debate at National Session
At a national meeting in Baltimore the Epileptic Colony project was debated, as experts argued it could offer economical care. Dr. Herring cited lack of medical support, while Dr. Wy Koatina presented institutional aims. Reports described colonization as a path for specialized care and the hope of improving outcomes versus at-home treatment.
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Eptepay
Baltimore
F Jr
Arthur TS Herring
Sinte Hagney Coumiteaion
Herring
Frank Wy Koatina
Keatlig
Brent
Keith
Nigel
Hesserued
Springfield
Harvey
Dolly Madison meals drive early 20th century home delivery trend
A fragmented account discusses telephone based marketing and Dolly Madison era home delivery. It notes how household economies and modern convenience shift demand toward direct from store and telephoned orders, while logistics raise delivery costs and affect frugal household buying. The piece references White House dining and broader adoption in cities, with a clipped, period voice.
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Wiiloh
Mlagvens
White House
Rooxoyeltia
Dolly
Madiean
oTufe
Dolly Mailson
Burling
Dolly’ Madison
Chilengo
Pittshore
Elden
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Stanford
Nurses’ Training School
Michigan
Carson City
Mich
Ida Ward
Carriera
Bernice Allen
Adrésa
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Hirke
Heaton
Pirree
Edierl Srowovyar
Lees Metito
M. D
Budlaio My Y
Élen
Standard Oil Company
Frederick ‘Gas & Electric
Levi Price
U. S
Frederick County
Frederick
Rim
Levi Price Distillery
Ali
Monrovia, Frederick Co
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