Capitol conspiracy trial drags as invoices and nerves surface
In Harrisburg the capitol contract conspiracy trial shows the state proving metal furniture invoices and nonuniform billing while ex Governor Stone may testify. Frank Irvine, reported nervous and erratic, is absent and hospitalized for a nervous breakdown.
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Stone
Frank Irvine
Angus McKenzie
Conwyd
Philadelphia
Irvine
Harrieburg
Capitol
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Hetty Mann
Miss. Mann
Bedford Country
St Christopher’s Hospital
Snyder
Cynwrd
Alfred Stengel
Catherine
Prohibitionists Meet Pennsylvania Delegates In Sayre
Sayre Pennsylvania May 27 banners flags and bunting greeted delegates to the state Prohibition convention in a harmonious gathering. The town of about 7000 prepared to host 500 delegates and visitors with extensive decorations and hospitality. Notable speakers included Charles Jones Dr E I Eaton James Mitchell Beanetes Dr Silas Swallow A A Stevens Homer A Castle Elisha Kent Kane and others. Delegates at large include Michael J Fanning George Hoffman Ardmore and R R Headley Greene County.
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Pennsylvania
Sayre
David D. Me
David B. McCalmont
Commmon
Charles Jones
E. I. Eaton
James Mitchell Beanetes
Silas ©. Swallow
A. A. Stevens
Homer A. Castle
Elisha Kent Kane
L. &. Eavenson
John E. Gil Hon
James Mansel
MW. S. Marquis
Charles R. Davis
W. B. Bertals
L. T. Yoder
GC. W. R. Smith
T. Scott Dunn
D. G Hendricks
George €. Morgan
J. C. Rummells
Hon
M.'. Stevenson
Michael J. Fanning
George Hoffman
Ardmore
R.R Headley
Greene Courty
Chester Quiet Amid Street Car Strike Tension
Chester Pennsylvania May 27 unrest lingers as a Wilmington line car is blocked by strike sympathizers. Obstructions spark stones thrown at crew, a wrecking car fails to reach and several windows are broken. District Organizer Shea urges nonviolence while President Rigg predicts no compromise.
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Chester
Wilmington
Mercer
Shea
Rigg
Murat Fights Two Duels in St Petersburg
Prince Murat, a Russian Chevalier Guards captain and descendant of Napoleon, dueled two brothers here, wounding both. one seriously while Murat remained unharmed. The brothers were active social figures in the city.
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Prince
St Petersburg
Prince Napoleon Murat
Bonaparte
Caroline Fraser
Bordentown
N. J
Piena
Prince Murat
Chevalier Guards
Woman Drowned in Cloudburst at Hill Run
In Cumberland Maryland on May 27 Wisconsin resident John Redman wife of a lumber superintendent was drowned during a cloudburst at Hill Run West Virginia. No warning preceded the torrent that wrecked the Redman home within half an hour of the flood.
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Wellsboro
Archie Gleason
Dantzrun
Ind
John A. Losh
Friends Church
Cammack
Losh
Cumberland
Wis
John Redman
Hill Run
W. Va
Redman
Sports for the Pope at Vatican Gardens Next September
A plan to hold athletic events in the Vatican gardens as part of a papal jubilee celebrates fifty years of priesthood. Catholic societies from America and Ireland will send top track and weight athletes, with field dates in Chicago and a world representation. The event will feature a quarter mile track and unique prizes, with the pope promising special honors for winners.
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Chicago Tribune
Caelic Society of America
Sheridan
Flannagan
Ireland
Chicago
Illnois Gane Uc Association
England
Vatican Gardens
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Calizala
Horwever
Constantine
Leo Ivi
Sixtus IV
Vatican Palace
Pope Sixtus
Hospital of
Sen Spirite
Pius IX
Leo
College of Cardinals
Railroad President's Unique Farm Near Chicago
H. J. Miller, president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad, plans a 20 acre project at Bartington near Chicago featuring ponds and lagoons for turtles and goldfish, wild mushrooms, and the largest miniature pig yards in America as part of a farm venture amid a growing market for these products.
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H. J. Miller
Chicago and Eastern Ilinois Railroad
Bartington
Chicago
Miller
America
Coppee Feathers Charm Paris Birds In Gardens
A memorial piece on Francois Coppee, famed French poet and dean of the academy, who died in Paris. It recalls his long habit of feeding sparrows and other birds in Luxembourg and Tuileries gardens, drawing crowds of students and passersby who watched him coax the birds with crumbs from his fingers.
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Francois Coppee
French Academy
Paris
Tallep
Faubourg St. Germain
Cnsemblars
Odeon
Binis
Sars
New York
Coppee
Tulleriez Gardens
Luxembourg Gardens
Doctor claims buttercups cause cancer and measles
Philadelphia physician Dr. W. W. Chalfant blames field buttercups for measles and now cancer. He asserts active poisons in buttercups inflame skin and stomach, pass into milk and meat, and even a cancerous smell is produced. He cites experiments rubbing flesh with flowers and urges destroying the bloom.
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W. W. Chalfant
Philadelphia
Dr. Chalfant
Yale War on Big Hats at Yale Princeton Harvard Games
A Yale baseball writer urges seating rules for fans in Merry Widow hats at Yale Princeton and Yale Harvard games. He suggests ushers offer paper tokens in exchange for hats to keep sightlines clear and enhance the viewing for paying spectators.
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YALE
Yale University Baseball Nine
New Haven
Plowing by Night to Avoid Bees Near Jasper Indiana
Forest Anderson a farmer near Jasper Indiana plows by night to avoid disrupting bees. He and his horses were severely stung but continue work under moonlight to finish field tasks with fewer bee disturbances.
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Forest Anderson
Jasper
Indl
Mr. Anderson
A Bar of Soap and Missionaries in Madagascar
The article recounts how a single practical challenge, teaching how to make soup and later producing a bar of soap, helped sustain Christian missions in Madagascar. Queen Ranavalona, wary of foreign influence, delayed expulsion as soap production created material gains for locals and allowed early churches to form.
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Madagascar
W. E. Cousins
Ranavalova
Articans
Children badly hurt in truck collision at Lincoln colliery
A score of boys and girls aged six to fourteen climbed a Philadelphia and Reading branch truck bound for the Lincoln colliery. The truck sped down a grade and struck a car at its foot, leaving many injured including arm and leg fractures and head wounds.
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Pottsville
Philadelphia & Reading
Lincoln
John
Sarah
Albert Shellers
Frank Kerch
Willam Powell
Oddities of Weather, Gas Bills and Stars in An Old Ends Card
The Atlana Constitution notes a humorous, rapid stream of rural dialect about sun standing still to save gas, a whale, Lot and a pillar of salt, and fireworks as mischief floods the mind. The piece blends comic images with local color and skepticism about modern hustle.
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Brother Wiliams
Joshua
Dex
Atlania
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