Work for Newberry threat loomed in 1914 primary
William McKeegan former Flint mayor testified in the Newberry election fraud case that during the 1914 Michigan primary he was told to “work for Newberry or go to jail” by Richard Metecher while under sentence. He said Fletcher warned bribe like pressure. Brig. Gen. Peter W Davis born in New York died in New York.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
United Press
Newberry
William McKeegan
Flint
Michigan
Thal
Richard KR. Metecher
McKeeran
McKeegan
Supreme Court
Fletcher
Peter W. Davi Bon
New York
Stewart Fleming
Benecast
Camp Lewia
Automatics Guard This Wine Cellar
Six men armed with automatic rifles mount guard over a wine cellar in Oyster Bay. The cellar’s stock is valued at some amount, with other cellars also under guard in the area.
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Oyster Bay
Influenza Rattles Election Trial in Grand Rapids Court
In a Grand Rapids trial over Newberry and associates the court enforces strict health rules as influenza spreads among participants. Chewing tobacco is common among defendants, antiseptics and disinfectants fill the room, and jurors, lawyers, and witnesses fear delays from illness while a costly case proceeds with hundreds of witnesses and potential new trials.
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C. W
Sessions
Newberry
Grand Rapids
Ouija Board Figures in Arrest of Hubby
Chicago police credit a ouija board with locating Walter A Moriarity wanted on a charge of diverting his wife and two children. Detectives said the board indicated his location in New York and he was arrested there. Moriarity supposedly fled east with his divorced wife Lucille Langley former Idaho city mayor's spouse.
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Chicago
New York
Walter A. Moriarity
Moriarity
William Rohan
William Carter
Lucille Langley
Idaho
Last Survivor of Expedition Dies in Cape Town
Cape Town reports the death of J R Troup, the last survivor of Henry Morton Stanley’s 1887 88 expedition to relieve Emin Pasha in the Sudan.
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Cape Town
J R. Troup
H. M. Stanley
The
Soudan
Emin Pasha
Lovesick Inmate Drowns Self After Rejected Advance
Rome report: at Severino almshouse an inmate aged 90 named Follini drowned himself after a female inmate aged 84 rejected his advances. The incident occurred on February 13 in the facility.
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Rome
Severino
Follini
Lincoln praised as greatest and truest American
Springfield report recalls Edward Johnson age 76 who knew Lincoln personally. Johnson, custodian of Lincoln's tomb, says Lincoln was the greatest and truest American on the 111th birth anniversary. He is among three living witnesses to the exhuming and reburial at Oak Fudge cemetery monument site.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Edward Johnson
Lincoln
Johnson
Oak Fudge
Wyeth’s Bagée and Sulphur Compound Hair Darkener
An old time home recipe for darkening gray hair is now sold at drug stores as Wyeth’s Bagée and Sulphur Compound. The preparation lightens and smooths color evenly, using a dampened brush to apply through strands.
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Wyeth
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