Jealousy theory eyed in killing of Hall and Mills
Charlotte Mills, 16, says a jealous woman killed her mother Mrs Eleanor Rein hardt Mills and Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall in Kew Brunswick New Jersey. Authorities press the jealous motive as detectives pursue a tea party poisoning lead and summon church members for grand jury examination while escalating efforts to identify the killer.
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Kew Brunswick
N. J
Hall
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
Edward Wheeler Hall
Charlotte Mills
Miliy
Mom
Charlotte
Elsie Barnhart
Patterson
Mev
Hal
Barnhart
Tolan
Middlesex County
Mills
Stricker
Middlesex
Beekman
Somerset County
Saved by Her Black Cat Keeps Brooklyn Woman From Eviction
New York, Sept. 23. Mrs. Mathilda Petersen, 79, avoided eviction after her black cat Thomas, described as her companion and interpreter, was cited in municipal court as a reason against the undesirable tenant claim. She said she burns candies due to poor gas fixtures and fears the cat will be asphyxiated if she leaves. the case was dismissed.
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Mra. Petersen
Thomas
Candy Threat to Health Surfaces in Dentist Claim
London reports Dr George Thoms on candy outranking alcohol for harming health. He cites candy as causing poor teeth and disease, aligning with brewers against confectionery. Irish insurgent M M Kilied Belfast notes Brig Gen Devina and five irregulars killed near Sligo, linked to opposition to Arthur Griffith’s Easter Monday meeting.
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London
George Therson
Thompoe
Right Fist Proves Undoing of Southern Negro Bandit
Pittsburgh Sept 23 A trembling negro with a revolver shouted stuttering commands to force merchant M K Johns to surrender. His right fist struck Zuvell Mackain in the jaw as the hold up man, just in from Alabama, faced the court. Mackain claimed he acted under stress and offered his revolver for a dollar to flee, but the judge sentenced him to jail.
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Pittsburgh
M. K. Johns
Zuvell Mackain
Alabama
Ford
Bla
Johns
Zuvell
Macknin
Healing ratified by Episcopalians in United States
Portland Ore Sept 23 The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States is formally recognized for healing ministry by bishops ratifying deputies. Clergy and lay healers may train under written bishop approval and medical guidance with Christian physicians. A commission will study further. The deputies protested changes to the communion prayer.
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Portland
Ore
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
House of Bishops
House of Deputies
Bishops
Roswell Page
Beaver Dam
Boston
New York
Milwaukee
Virginia
Lafayette Freshman Found Unconscious After Hazing
Robert Cunningham, 17, son of Morristown residents, was found unconscious with a bruised chest and stomach after Lafayette College students allegedly hazed him. He described a bag over his head, hands tied, and being left near Bushkill Creek before being moved to Haston hospital in Paston.
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Paston
Robert Cunningham
Henry Cunningham
Morristown
N. J
Haston “Hospital
Lafayette College
Cunningham
Bushkill
Molten Sulphur Fire From Marsh Run Train Wreck
Three cars of burning sulphur spilled from a Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near Marsh Run south of Harrisburg. A genuflola of pig iron derailed rails, tearing up 100 feet and wrecking ten cars. Molten sulphur flowed into dry woods, risking a forest fire while firefighters halted spread and rumors spread of a nearby ordnance depot catching fire. The depot itself was not endangered.
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Penney
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marsh Run
Harrisburg Fire Department
New Cumberland
United States
Army Ordnance Depot
Alcohol in Death Wagon Finds 280 Gallons Seized
Brooklyn tale reports 280 gallons of alcohol found in an undertaker wagon after a Red Hook chase. Kings County District Attorney Ruston led the pursuit with two detectives and an assistant, catching driver Frank Giaramita who claimed he borrowed the wagon to haul goods he did not know contained liquor.
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Brooklyn
New York
Red Hook
Ruston
Kings Country
Jota Falace
Cntera
Frank Giaramita
Crowing Roosters Not Prohibited by City Ordinance
The Corporation Court Judge P. R Crawford ruled a Dallas citizen may crow with roosters as the ordinance governing keeping animals does not ban crowing fowls. The decision preserves a legal right to vent a lusty crow at dawn and signals the start of a new dawn in local animal control.
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Corporation Court
P. R Crawford
Dallas
Crawford
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