Spicer Acquitted After Justifiable Homicide Verdict
Antelope April 1 coroner's jury clears Trank N. Spicer of murder in the fatal shooting of William K. Jones. Jones threatened Spicer and armed with a shotgun confronted him at Jones cottage as Spicer moved furniture. Spicer fired from a wagon, killing Jones who had a pistol on him. Verdict cites self defense.
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Trank N. Bpicer
William K. Jones
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Bolhoer
Spicer
Jones Cottade
Jonce
Market Quotations from Went Street Morning Trade
Market on Went street quiet as traders clear greens and list mixed farm goods prices. Grain oats at 27, barley 25, wheat and feed 19, hay 9 7, timothy 11, alfalfa 5, fresh ranch butter 14 1k, beef cattle 4¢ cows and 44% steers, hogs at 64, calves dressed 6c, hides and wool quoted with varied per-pound rates across species.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Washington Timothy
Strictly Fresh Ranch
Hutter
Washington
Wholesale Prices Across Commodities And Meats Listed
An extended ledger lists prices for hay corn whole and cracked meal feed wheat middlings bran shorts and chopped feed. meat values cover cow beef veal pork mutton and bacon. Fresh fish, seafood and produce include salmon oysters clams Dungeness crabs potatoes onions beets and various fruit boxes with per sack per ton and per case rates.
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Puget Sound
Mantern
Washington
Columbia River
White River
Yakima
Oregon
California
Young man Duncan Inverarity sought in embezzlement case
A warrant for the arrest of Duncan G. Inverarity charges him with embezzling funds from the Tentime Savings Association of Minneapolis. Detectives have not located him. authorities claim a shortage near a substantial sum. Inverarity, longtime Seattle resident and active in society and sports, was an agent for the Tentime company since January, with plans to transfer to San Francisco.
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Vittoria
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Victoria
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Seattle
Duncan Inverartty
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Ginger Devries the Fatest Boy of Pigtown
The Baltimore Sun reports Ginger Devries, known as Patty or Harry, a 12 turning 13 year old living near James Street and Carey Street in Pigtown, weighs 195 pounds. He cannot play ordinary games, umpire a baseball game on the vacant dumpground, and is teased by Hilly Schley, a B&O watchman guarding nearby railroad property.
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Moing
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Glyndon Avenue
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Hilly Schley
Baltimore & Ohio
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Lilly Sehley
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Remarkable Rabbit Eye Transplant Reported in Minnesota
A Michigan area clinic reports a radical operation where rabbit eye tissue was transplanted into a blind Minneapolis woman's socket to restore vision. The first eye showed partial sight, with the second eye later treated. doctors express cautious optimism despite scientific doubt. The piece also touches on aging myths and longevity claims in Europe and America.
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C, Ww, Kobler
Kahler
North Dakota
Jaxfers
Tragic Jealousy Ends in Double Fatal on Lake Erie
Jamea Lablanche, a French Canadian, killed Olga Poseamic, a half breed Indian woman, after learning she had chosen an American from Sandusky. Lablanche traveled by small boat through rough waters to Pelee Island, then lured Olga to Lovers Rock where both were found dead, he with a knife in the heart and she with multiple stab wounds.
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Jamea Lablanche
Olga Poseamic
Point Pelee
Pelee Island
Lablanche
Sandusky
Olga
Women Outlive Men And The Strangest Survival Truth
The article notes that women often outlive men and that delicate children may outlive stronger siblings. It cites figures like Voltaire who lived to 84 after a fragile birth, and Newton whose doctors predicted a week yet reached 85, with Fontanelle living to 100 despite frailty.
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Tanse Newton
Fontanelle
Divorces Granted in Judge Moore's Court
Effie Ballinger was granted divorce from John H. Ballinger Rhoda C Crane from C C Crane Fanny Cork from Harvey B Cork and Mary Eomma Sanborn from Walter H Sanborn in yesterday’s session of Judge Moore's court.
Youthful Traveler Reaches Oklahoma From Connecticut
Six year old Laster Hoyt traveled unattended from Wallingford Connecticut to Oklahoma, 2500 miles, arriving last night. On the same train were detachments of Negro cavalrymen of the Ninth and Tenth regiments who bought him candy popcorn and oranges and stored them in his pasteboard lunch box.
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Laster Hoyt
Wallingford
Conn
Oklahoma
Insane Wader Albert Hunter Sentenced for Lard Theft
Albert Hunter, after multiple suicide attempts, was sent from Kokomo to the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville by Sheriff Harness for stealing a can of lard. He bet an inmate twenty five cents he would not live to wear stripes, showing a throat laceration and bandages. He claimed prior prison time and preferred death to confinement, with authorities calling him a possible sham.
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Albert Hunter
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Kokomo
Hunter
Even With His Honor Judge Tells Lake Canoe Tale
The Dallas scene recalls Judge J M Hart recounting a hunting trip to Wynne's lake. A district judge found a buried canoe and warned a lawyer not to board it. The lawyer insisted, capsized the boat, and mud and water covered them. The judge delivered a sharp rebuke, while the lawyer admitted no intent. Later the lawyer pressed a case and claimed malice, prompting a dramatic courtroom reveal.
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J. M. Hart
Dallas
Wynne's Lake
Philbrick Suspended After Duty Rule Violation
Police officer GU Philbrick received a ten day suspension for on duty rule violations during a trial in which he faced assault charges from John Green and was acquitted. He admitted consuming a drink while on duty. Dr Albert J Forrest’s dental practice will be attended to in New York by Jin Smith at Sullivan Block Room 10.
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John Green
Albert J. Forrest
New York
Biny Dental
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den Uste
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Divorce Denied for Insufficient Evidence in Two Cases
Judge Moore refused two divorces yesterday due to insufficient proof. Margaret Rockwell must live with her husband Harold L. Rockwell as the court found him the proper guardian. Dorothea Piser testified to abandonment but, under cross examination, admitted she was mistaken and her husband had urged her to return.
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Margaret Rockwell
Harold L. Rockwell
Dorothea Piser
Hart
A Rich Nest of Stolen Tickets Found
In Springfield Minnesota a station agent discovered a mice nest under the ticket case containing over a thousand dollars in railroad tickets and a gnawed $2 bill. The thief remained uncaught as the mice fled the scene with the mislaid loot.
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Springfield
Mans
Town lacks municipal government after nominating blunder
Fort Scott Kansas residents face two year government gap as nominations were skipped and no ballots were prepared. Election officials sought legal guidance after discovering no legal convention could be held while gas and zinc ore boom distractions dominated local politics.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Bronson
Detective Work for Diogenes Reveals Unfindable Honest Man
Alexander the Great offers Diogenes a lifelong easy job as a detective. Diogenes wanders with a lantern in daylight seeking an honest man, but never finds one. The tale explains why he was often seen prowling the streets.
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Alexander the Great
Diogenes
A Rush of Farm Work in Whitman County
The Palouse country settles into gentle spring with rapid farm activity. Plowing and seeding proceed across Whitman county while land moisture allows. The Codd saw mill on the Palouse river hires many laborers as wood processing accelerates. Towns clean up and beautify yards, foreseeing new homes and population growth through immigration this year.
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Colfax
Palau
Whitman County
Palouse
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