Murder Trial Reveals Waines Killings and Hidden Bodies
Melbourne jail convicted and hanged George Waines for the murders of Hunt and his wife at Casterton Victoria. Detective Joseph Brown uncovered the dismembered remains in a waterhole after Waines recruited a groom to aid an escape to New Zealand. Baxter, a witness, testified to the preplanned killings and timing.
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Melbourne
Australia
George Baxter
Joe Goddard
N. Y. Telegraph
Baxter
Victoria
Joseph Brown
Brown
George Waines
England
Waines
Roseneath
Glenelg
Casterton
Hunt
Fter
Footsore
Retter
van Dieman’s Land
New Zealand
Girls Scale Steeples to Remove Rival Emblem
Senior girls at the high school climbed to the tower roof with gym uniforms on, cut the wires supporting the junior class emblem, and dropped it to the ground. They endured risks and bruises but celebrated with a class parade and serenade to the junior president.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ida Hancock
Clara Wells
Bad Example Pun Upset by Arithmetic Exam Plea
A classroom quip shows Johnny mocking the teacher for a poor arithmetic exam as his mother notes a true example should be set. The joke hinges on a homophone pun and a family moment highlighting school life.
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Johnny
Liver Eating Johnson The Sioux War Hero of Musselshell
A dramatic obituary portrays Liver Eating Johnson, famed frontier scout and Civil War veteran, as a paradox of danger and charm. The article recounts his birth in England, travels across the West, battles with the Sioux at the Musselshell, and the infamous liver-eating nickname earned after a brutal encounter.
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Liver Wating Johnson
New York Telegraph
Johnson
America
California
West
Montana
Miles
Missouri
Black Bear
Northwest
Blakkfeet
Sitting Bull
Bluffs
Musselshell Bottom
Coulee
Johson
Two Great Men Die On Same Day In Ancient History
April 21, 323 B C saw the deaths of Alexander the Great in Babylon and Diogenes the Cynic in Corinth. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and died of fever. Diogenes, famed for tub and rugged philosophy, died in misery after piracy and slavery. Both left lasting legacies in ancient history.
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Alexander the Great
Babylon
Old Corinth
Diogenes
Athens
Alexander
Sinope
Greece
Western Asia
Corinth
Persian Empire
Darius
India
Indian Ocean
Persepolis
Macedonia
Tea Drinkers
England consumes six hundred thousand pounds of tea daily, a figure reflecting the nation’s strong tea culture and widespread daily consumption.
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England
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