Innocent Man Hanged Belts Out Killing Confession
In Belly Springs Mississippi on August 39 Whit Owens was tried for murder of two US officers. Orlando Lester under death sentence admitted to the killing, admitting prior false testimony about Will Mathis. A second item from West Chester Pennsylvania reports Patrick McKlhattan escaping custody by leaping from a moving train during transport for highway robbery.
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Belly Springs
Miss
Whit Owens
United States
Orlando Lester
Will Mathis
Mathis
Lester
West Chester
Patrick MecKlhattan
Phoenixville
Market Day Gossip and Prices at the Middletown Mart
Fall and plenty marked the market with a babel of voices. Mary Jane discussed a Carmel supper with Pete Carpenter as shoppers paused to listen. Prices ranged from eggs 18-20 cents a dozen to peaches at 80 cents a basket, with fruit and vegetables listed and shopper names noted amid lively chatter about money and meals.
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Mary Jane
Taylors
Pension disbursements for army and navy pensions year 1902
The interior department annual report shows army and navy pension disbursements for the year ending June 30, 1902 totaling 187,400,741 dollars. Army pensions cover survivors, invalids, widows, dependents, helpless children, and relatives. navy pensions include invalids, widows, minors, and dependent relatives. A Baltimore illness notice mentions Vim Beava relief and a case of a sixteen year old girl recovering after treatment.
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Interior Department
Army
Navy
Heloleza
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