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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1925
Page
8
The September term of the Circuit Court of Wicomice County opens with 46 jurors to divide into Grand and Petit panels. Indications point to little criminal work and a major share of civil litigation. The old courthouse hums after days of prep as jurors gather to hear cases, while public interest centers on civil matters rather than sensational crime.
William F. Messick a colored man long sought by Salisbury police was captured last night and jailed to face a Grand Jury in September. He faces larceny charges linked to robberies at the BE Homer White Shoe Co in 1917 and is suspected in a spate of home burglaries that alarmed local neighborhoods. Police tracked him to the White Shoe Co a decade ago and after a siege escape he vanished, later reportedly in a Delaware institution before resurfacing in Salisbury recently with an active warrant.
Fragment reads that Eph Landesn died recently and a grim remark about city guenickers is mentioned, reflecting newspaper tone and local reactions to the event.
District governor H Novel Haller gave remarks on Lionsism and service as Cambridge Club invites friends to join. Calvin Grier was welcomed as a new member after classification and approval by the district governor during last night’s jungle themed event.
In Maryland near Grace, on the Suquehanne River, three members of T Coleman du Pont's yacht crew were drowned when a small boat captured them. A fourth member was rescued by Joseph Poplar, a river man.
Sportswriter notes Cambridge four straight games by the Hubs and the Can ners at Meyerstown, with Hubs pitcher and fielding adapting to new conditions. Observers praise Hubs depth, Zubeis’s 38 wins, and Salisbury Indians as potential challengers while Eastern Shore teams face sunglasses in sunny Park.
A historical report describes new Wicemice canning plants at Peahe of Temate Senses with about 4908 baskets of tomatoes daily, equaling 2900 cases of 24 cans each. Workers peel and pack on a revolving table, with machines capping and steaming for forty minutes before cooling and storage.
Fragmentary text reports a figure named Urbanwehes facing six months in a warboun and mentions about six thousand diamonds found in Arkansas fields. Although garbled, the item hints at a legal or criminal matter tied to a large diamond discovery.
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