Tragic Home Robbery Ends in Double Bloodshed
In Franklin Park, six miles west of town, two Black men forced entry to Jobe Baker's home. Mrs Baker and a child were killed with an axe. Baker was awakened, wounded one assailant with a pistol, then killed the other with a knife after falling back from a missing nose. Baker found 26 in money before the attackers perished. one suspect died on the scene, the other later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore ‘Ker
Wilkes
Jobe Baker
Frankin Park
Down
Koife
Bator
Ataire
Abbie Gon
Flalnteld Shooters Open New Jersey Trap League
At Marion yesterday the New Jersey Trap Shooters League opened with seven teams in a twenty five rocks per man event The Camas Gay Club finished third with 107 The sweepstakes saw Smith win event 12 scoring ten of ten while Apgar scored fourteen of fifteen Terry shot in event 12 and South won event 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Trap Shooters League
Marion
Sve
T. Hramingham
C. Smith
T Keller
C. Terry
N. Apgar
Ciimas Gay Club
Mystery of Morning Walks on Filings Street
Fragmentary report describes an officer named Omcer Klety observing citizens sweeping sidewalks and calculating distances walked. Captain Grant and Omcer Gliese are mentioned in a tense moment as a pursuit or encounter unfolds, with unclear quotes about police conduct. The text is garbled but implies a street scene with law enforcement and civic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omcer Klety
Omcer Gliese
Ruched Howe
Local notices mix with town life and mishaps bulletin
Fragmented OCR lists erratic items from a town page including postmaster notes, parade tunes, a new melod y arrival, a jeweler’s rye protectors, ice deliveries, temper readings, political talk, a ballotation market update, drum corps, ladies line event, piano slides, a dancing school setback, and a street accident injuring J M Abbott and wife with horse collision near Martinsville.
Invalid Hotel St Berson Treatment Dispensary Claim
An advertisement for a medical institution at Buttelo, Minnesota, promises a full team of physicians and surgeons offering cures for numerous ailments. The text touts miraculous results and at home treatments, claiming universal cures and a postal order for a diagnostic pamphlet from Word’s Dispensary Mystical Aspectation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttelo
Mif
Organiad Wits
Andal End
Ain Rho
Local Sociable Highlights Antique Collectibles Exhibit
A small community sociable at a church gathering featured piano and organ music by Miss Mabel Pauer and Miss Tileworth, with refreshments and a 19.01 dollar collection for the basket. An antique artifact display drew interest, including items linked to Charion Futter, George Halcock, and old papers from 1700s New Jersey and Ulster County. A 1599 Bible, a Good Luck parchment, and a handwoven wool jacket tied to local families were shown. The event showcased relics from Mexico and Jerusalem, and a 100 year old sampler by Contest Maxson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Pauer
Bouse ‘Titeworth
William Telene
Mims Potter
Miss Tileworth
Arthur Tileworth
Charion Futter
Austin Rom
George Halcock
Mexico
New Jersey
Dean Dow
Ulster County
Geo Washington
Commercial Advertiser
New York
Boston Gazette
General Assembly
Province of New Jersey
Rogere
Rogers
Jorse
Randolph Danham
Baby
Dr. Wells
Troas
J. L. Spicer
Dr. Lewis
W. B. Maxson
Jerusalem
Joseph Miller
Ha . F. Randolph
Millstone
N. J
Newport
Willard Ware Analyzes Water Supply Versus Rainfall
Civil engineer Mr R Willard Ware reports a complete precipitation record since September 1 1891. The Netherwood well supplied water to Willow Creek area as the Water Company began serving Piedfield patrons. He aims to compare rainfall supply with pumped water to test if geology explains the high water yield at Netherwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R Willard Ware
Netherwood
Newerwood
Plainfield ISD notice in catalog of 10 000 copies mailed
A fragmented notice from Plainfield Independent School District lists an insertion plan in its catalog. It mentions 10 000 copies and an eight day mailing to various parts of the country.
Personalia notes on local residents and clergy moves
A string of short notices covers early 20th century community life. Items include Beaman’s recovery after a severe attack, Rev T Morphy joining Crom Church, parishioners spraining ankles, travel to California, and local professional moves. Mentions of Miss Toothpans, Arlington Avenue tro, John Renigar, Mrs James Stewart, and society figures like Willem Cadmus opening a real estate office. Also reports of edgier items like deaths, illness, and a newborn from Lea Ayers family, with church leadership changes and social gatherings, plus distant notes on entertainment and a strange tale of a long Mexican reptile with a lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bau Po
E.R. Ackerman
West Heventh Street
Warren Ackerman
Heonh Pinhus
Galafornia
George Whatton Edwards
Jarron van Loo
H. W. Angleman
Madison
Gad
Pelea
Willem Cadmus
Duer Street
Brooklyn
Broadway
Eighteenth Street
Ming Maude Benton
Doneilen
Te Ieee
Helvenry
Evans
Doneilenresterian
Garrett van Winkle
Pearl ‘Ayers
Lea Ayers
Ayers
Ong
William D. Strand
Brockley Church
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
Fran Sitios
Siraeb
F. Knechii
Craig
Koechuls
Frane Pletcher
Kunelion
Meeting notes reveal budget delays and secrecy measures
Minutes show discussions on funds for the association, rent bills, and a tax statement pending Congress. Officers are assigned sidewalk duties and a lantern scheme is to be adopted at stations. A ceremony at Pickle Hill will induct new members into dry mysteries and an inaugural essay contest is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Ube
Ines
Matlox
J. H. Biem
Moore
Wilson
Fiannery
Barber
Taynor
Uiese and
Mattox
Teynor
Elmer
Pickle Hill
Perse
Charles Leggett Admitted to Royal Arcanum After Trial
Obituary notes Charles P. Leggett, member of the Royal Arcanum, describing his long effort to gain admission. Six years earlier he failed a political examination but persisted, aided by a physician’s care, until his heart weakness worsened during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Leggetts
Royal Arcanum
Tellii
Beneficis
Mr. Leggett
Old Kang Described Runaway Horse At Park Street
A horse and cutter bolted from a post on Park Avenue near Prout Street yesterday at about three o clock. The animal suddenly sprang, escaped, and cantered down the avenue with a frightened crowd pursuing. An elderly woman crossing at Second Street narrowly escaped danger, and riders finally restrained the horse after a brief chase. The horse then calmed and stopped near its wagon, identified as the runaway attached to a wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prout
Second Street
Convent Letter Scene Illustrated In Illicit Romance
A vivid illustration depicts two belles attempting a clandestine correspondence through a convent aperture. One letter is passed unseen as another works to escape notice, embodying a familiar convent scene featured weekly in this periodical. The piece notes the payment terms and distribution details for the illustrated run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geen
Totrom
Clergters Joined Seventh Day Baptist Denomination
Rev. J. Lee Gamble, once a preacher in Alfred Alleghany County, has joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church and been received into the Western Association as a minister of the Gospel to the Seventh Day Baptist denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lee Gamble
Peatre
Alfred
Alleghany County
Western Association
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Pecu
aHaWes
Stillman Music Hall
Demareet
Leane Menace
Mianarch S
Primrose & West
Kvarcal Dommor
Monte Garlo
George Wilson
Gorman Brothers
Propriqnoen
Gormaan's Minstrele
Surglaes Ell
Joan Bakery
Wire
RED Child
Flalnteld Shooters
Wiest Marion
Hugh Conway
Curiar
Sultanat
Boarin
Ane
J. Quism
Benjamin’ Moore
Uirleh & Bi Cass
Hir
Kolfe
Stevens Institute
Golwken
van Epa
Eric
Balloution
Park Avenue
Hopatoong
Pife
Mies
Mra Ferber
Piaiofel
Esetman Company
Rochester
N.Y
Erville
Westfield and
Crawford
George Mavis
Io Pula
Newark
L. Alshott
Park Arene
Martinsville
ag@ bu
Mr. Abbott
Abbott
Invalid’ Hotel
St Berson
Instone
Chas. D. Blake
Clayton's
Charles Ipmen
Baytusst
Bresina
Personalia
Tae Oc
Charles Leggett
Kang
Dat Bartista
Pheu Be
Fe. S. Wicks
Sok West Jaren Street
Howse
North Plainfield N. Ju
West Third Grit
Lets Howe
Mulfords Becker
Plainfield Avenue
Howe
Eng Ng
Erva
Plainfield Car
West Record Street
Somerset Street
Somerset
Ween
Jemson
W. Third Street
Edwards
Theodore Wilson
Ondere Xm
G. BH
van Nest
Domeredt
Meee City
Mia
Rnotice
Emredy Flea Ten
Ballentine's
Park Ave
Union Meat Market
Am Exper
Mion
Thorpe & Ivens
Teocuaiind ‘& Ht
Tod
Een
Lehigh Coal
Mason
Revere Orarles & Reed
Randolph
Corey Gone
Saray
Sapeken i Oy
L. W. Randolph
Ma Toews
Wdopos
Bee
Amall Borg
Hamber Coffe
Yoro
Hamburg
Baylog
Enea
Ney Heaney
Dreas
Edsall’s
Thousard
Doane & Edsall
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