Secret Service nabs 72 year old for threats to Roosevelt
Morton D. Wainwright of Winthrop was arrested on a charge of writing threatening letters to President Roosevelt after a 16 month probe. Secret Service Agent Alonzo H. Rice led the case using photography and chemistry to trace envelopes from a Boston firm. Wainwright was held on $5,000 bail for hearing.
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Mystics Record Voice of Indian Spirit at Seance
In Lily Dale New York spiritualists say they captured a voice from the dead Moon Trail, a 300 year old Indian, via a mechanical recording during a seance led by Horace S Hambling. Editor R G Pressing described the process as the first spirit recording amid a hotel room trance. A second note reports an entomologist’s spider collection in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Virginia Town Opens Festival Rhododendron Queen Reigns Three Days
Miss Letitia Peery daughter of Governor and Mrs George Peery of Virginia will reign three days as queen of the third annual Rhododendron festival in Wise county Norton. A Wise county guard escorted the queen to Norton for welcome by Mayor William T Bowen. A key to Norton was prepared for the queen as the festival opened with forest dedication by Milburn L Wilson and a governors ball expected to feature Governors Chandler Holt and Peery in attendance.
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West Virginia
Basin residents seek Lilac Town nickname
Basin Wyoming home to about 1000 residents lobbies to be known as Lilac Town after lilac plants bloom in nearly every yard. Basin club planted 1000 lilacs along the main highway as a civic symbol of the nickname campaign.
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