Public Whippings at Newcastle County Workhouse Stir Outcry
Four black inmates were publicly whipped at the Newcastle County workhouse in Wilmington Delaware in a display tied to crime deterrence. Warden Plummer administered 20 to 40 lashes to each man as deputies watched and prisoners remained shackled to posts in the yard.
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Wilmington
Del
Newcastle County
Cribes
Delaware
William A. Pinkerton
Gall Yard
Warner Lewis
E. Lach
Lewis
Plummer
Leonard Barrett
Barrett
John Richardson
Parrett
Richardson
Horace Archy
Leach
Archy
Warden Plummer
Notorious Desperadoes Lost in City Rescued by Conductor
In a storied rescue, Nick Carter and a gang of famed characters including Jenne James Frank Merriwell Ol King Brady Fred Fearnot and Buffalo Bill are trapped in the Great City jungle. A Ballard line conductor intervenes and safely retrieves them with no injuries. Freckles O'Brien may recover their classics from the municipal railway.
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Nick Carter
Jenne James
Frank Merriwell
Ol King Brady
Fred Fearnot
Buffalo Bil
Brady
Ballard
O’brien
Coon Hollow
the Municipal Railway
Two Men Drowned in Oregon Canyon
Canyonville Oregon report says Peter Kufner of Rudfner Crahne Sawmill and Ted Ferris drowned in Cow Creek canyon while attempting to recover a cable from the creek bed. The boat they sailed in capsized in swift current during the effort.
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Canyonville
Ore
Peter Kufner
Rudfner
Crahne Sawmill Company
Riddle, Ore
Ted Ferris
Cow Creek
Author Gets Thrill From Hamon Trial
English author Gilbert Chesterton describes the Hamon case for United Press noting the jury decision, his views on American legal procedure, and how a crime plot would be framed in fiction. He compares English hangs to American justice and fantasizes about a killer ending.
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New York
Clam Smith Hamon
Gilbert K. Chesterton
United Press
Chesterton
Hannon
Bernard Shaw
England
Clara
Cronkhite case to proceed with federal inquiry
U S District Attorney Saunders travels from Tacoma to Camp Lewis to investigate the 1918 Maj. Cronkhite death. He plans to bring Capt. Robert Rosenbluth and Sgt Rolland R Pothier to Tacoma for federal trial if convicted, raising federal jurisdiction questions. The case centers on willful murder charges and potential loss of jurisdiction if Camp Lewis title passed to the government.
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Cronkhite
United States
Saunders
Tacoma
Camp Lewis
Robert Rosenbluth
Rolland R. Pothier
Supreme Court of the United States
Maj
A. P. Cronkhite
Military Board of Inquiry
Department of Justice
For good apple pie, go to Boldt's.
An advertisement touts Boldt's as the place to find quality apple pie. The note emphasizes the bakery's pie as the preferred choice for good pie.
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Boldt's
Michigan Grads Plan Northwest Reunion in Seattle
Former University of Michigan alumni in the Northwest invite members to a smoker and reunion at the Scottish Rite temple Seattle on Saturday night. The event features a special program including moving pictures of scenes from the University of Michigan.
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University of Michigan
Northwest
Michigan Alumni Association of
Seattle
Scottish Rite
Harvard Ave
Broadway
Chicago Rail Yards Handle Vast Freight Car Traffic
The city operates over 100 railroad yards and clearing yards with a capacity to process more than 10,000 freight cars daily in Chicago.
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Chicago
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Pine Street
Northwestern
Michigan Grads
N. W
Maurice Thompson
State Military Department
Regular Army
Gan
Washington
Arena
Y.M.C.A
Sunday Club
Y. Mpc. A
William C. Shepard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christ
Milton TB. MelIntosh
Foreign Trade Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Beattle
2D Washington
2Nd
Washington Infantry
161St Infantry
Mexican
France
Butler Hotel
Portland
Sioner A. I. Barbur
S Guilds Lake District
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