Axe Slayer of the Bays Penalty Huntsville Texas
Floyd Newton Byrne, a San Angelo chauffeur, was executed in the electric chair at the Texas state prison. He killed 12 year old Myrna Juergens, her mother, and grandmother. Byrne went to death reading humorous magazines and laughed at his jokes as guards escorted him to the chair. He died at 12:31 a.m. after being strapped in at 12:23 a.m. Governors clemency had been denied.
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Huntsville
Tex
Floyd Newton Byrne
San Angelo
Myrna Juergens
Byrne
Myrna
Rosa Schirra
W. J. Juergens
Pittsburgh
Chauffeur and two women slain in house murder confession
Byrne disappeared during Juergens absence and returned to find the chauffeur and two women plus a child murdered. Byrne later surrendered and confessed to killing Mrs Juergens in an argument over a check and then killing the child and grandmother to cover the homicide. Bodies were mutilated with an axe and ice pick. The chauffeur claimed intoxication during the argument.
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Byrne
Juergens
Nefignbors
Old Fracture May Save Murderer From Execution
Jersey City New Jersey January 11 tests on Peter Kudzinowski focus on a skull fracture suffered twenty years ago as his chief hope to avoid execution for the murder of 7 year old Joseph Storelli. Kudzinowski confessed the crime in Detroit and today's trial featured new expert testimony arguing the injury affected his brain since the incident.
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Jersey City
N. J
Peter Kudzinowski
Joseph Storelli
Kudzinowski
Detroit
Alexander Simpson
Alice Fryman Leaves for Florida Motor Trip
Miss Alice Fryman travels with friends from Lodi to Florida expecting to stay in Fort Pierce until March. Her sister Mrs. Anna Saxton enjoys winter in California and will return after Easter. James Welland and wife from Lyme, Connecticut visit D. B. Hitchcock family. Birth announced for Louis Mennell and wife on Jan 6. Several local residents sick with flu. James family hospitalized.
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Grafton
Alice Fryman
Lodi
Florida
Fort Pierce
Louis Mennell
Grant Brunson
John Lankenau
United Mills
New York City
Chas. Cottier
Llyria
L. Blantern
Jess James
Jane Burton
A. Garl
James
Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Village Notices and Community Doings Reflect Winter Health
Grafton township families cope with flu as Minnie Storrs dies after illness in Cleveland. Quilting club hosts Edith Shuster with plans for next meeting and a caffe teria dinner. Neighbors visit and illness sweeps through homes while church events share Christmas program highlights.
North Olmsted by IRS LEWIS W LAMB
Grace Perry a fourth grade pupil at Butternut Ridge school in North Olmsted was badly burned when her clothing caught fire while adding coal to a heating stove. She died Wednesday after suffering since Sunday. Enrollment at the school shows two hundred twenty pupils with forty absent this week due to illness. nine victims of flu and thirty-one with or recovering from chickenpox.
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North Olmsted
Little Grace Perry
Butternut Ridge School
Silverdale Road
Lakewood Hospital
Butternut Ridge
W. J. Gould
Stowe Corner
Gould
Shaw
Berneta
Serpent Symbol Chooses Timeless Tribe Identity
Some American Indian tribes adopted the serpent as a symbol of time and endurance, using its coiled form and shedding as motifs in art, ceremony, and clan lineage to express continuity across generations and seasons.
Prominent Esperanto Worker Richard J Jones Dies
Lithopolis Ohio January 11 54 year old Richard J Jones husband of Mable Wagnalls Jones author and pianist and son in law of Adam W Wagnalls former Funk and Wagnalls president died at Northport Long Island after a lingering cold turned fatal He and his wife were noted Esperanto advocates touring to civic bodies promoting the language The Jones family long associated with the Wagnalls Memorial in Lithopolis and the Wagnalls publishing legacy
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Lithopolis
Richard J. Jones
Mable Wagnalls Jones
Adam W. Wagnalls
Northport
L. L
Jones
Funk & Wagnalls
Lithopolle
Wagnalls
Ridgeville Notices of Local Ailments and Funeral Attendance
Ridgeville items report Mrs John Gibbons breaking her arm after a fall on ice. George Terrell ill with appendicitis at home on Cleveland road. Mrs Charles Gilders and Oletha Eldred also ill. B Miller EB M Knowles and Everett attended the Fields farmer's niece Mrs Morris Wilford's funeral last Wednesday. Lola Shaw of Elyria visited brother Z A Shaw. Junior Brickman ill. P T A to meet Thursday.
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John Gibbons
George Terrell
Cleveland Road
Charles Gilders
Oletha Eldred
B. Miller
EB. M. Knowles
Everett
Neice
Morris Wilford
Fields
Lola Shaw
Elyria
Z. A. Shaw
Junior Brickman
P.T. A
Community Notes From January Town Meeting
Residents report illnesses including an ulcerated tooth and flu as Mrs. Whidden stays home. Mrs. Gilder visits Lakewood sister while Esther Eldred from Lakewood visits her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Noll enjoy a Cleveland outing. Rev. Young is ill. The L B S will meet January 16 with a picnic lunch provided by members.
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Charles Whidden
Charles Gilder
P. D. Parshall
Lakewood
Esther Eldred
H. P. Eldred
A. Ely
George Noll
Cleveland
E. C. Young
Authorities discuss illicit alcohol making in wartime Paris
Henry Brown of United States Industrial Alcohol says bootleggers and consumers alike are making alcohol as government rules push away industrial brands. He notes drug store gin and redistilled alcohol fading and claims "Hi quor" can be produced in 72 hours with simple ingredients, questioning the value of redistilling industrial brands.
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Henry Brown
United States Industrial Alcohol Company
Brown
Paris
The Wild Turkey’s Ancestry Traced to Native Four Species
The holiday turkey—regardless of its variety—derives from four wild American species. Researchers note these ancestral birds contributed traits that shaped today’s domestic turkey. The finding clarifies the species’ evolutionary pathway and underscores regional biodiversity.
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America
Amazing Korjola helps Elyria woman recover health
Mrs. Oldag of 237 Winckles Street Elyria Ohio recovered from seven years of stomach and rheumatic illness after taking Konjola She reports restored digestion no gas relief from pain and improved sleep in two weeks She buys Konjola at Phillips drug store and from other druggists across towns I. RESTORE advertisement
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Korjola
Mrs. Oldag
Winckles Street
Elyria
Ohio
Konsole
Phillip
Restore —Advt
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Mae
West Broad ST
Royal Clothing Store
Broad Street
Baker the Baker
Wayne
Earl
Grant
James Aldrich
Fred Huff
Harley Strickland
Glenn
Gertrude Strickland
Floyd Strickland
Minnie Storrs
M. EB
la Porte
Storrs
Edward C
Clement Gardner
Bloomfield
Sherman Gardner
Litchfield
W. E. Baldwin
Howard Owen
Grace McClintock
Ed Stephan
D. E. Bradley
Marion Johnson
Frank Cragin
E. Z. Worden
Weymouth
A. A. Spitzer
Edward Bruyere
C. M. Spitzer
Chatham
Lillian Cowles
Chas. McClintock
Carl Mole
Clifford
Frank Zillgeth
Velma
June
Charles
Ruth Steinke
Bertha Baird
Amherst
C. H. Johnson
D. A. Swartz
Harry
Ira Swartz
William Dean
Seventh Day Adventist Church
la Grange
M. E. Church
Agnes Finlayson
Elizabeth Cousins
J. A. Schurgot
Paul Brown
Andrew Ryder
Miner Burns
S. C. Pierce
Eaton
E. C. Johnson
Andrew Ruder
Chris Ruder
Columbia
William Ziner
St. Louis
IRS
Lewis W. Lamb
Esperante
Ridgeville
SAT. & Sun
Studebaker
The
Elyria Auto Service Co
Broad St
Safet
Glen Rogers
DeSoto
Essex
O. K
Olds
Glen Rogers Motor, Inc
Konjola
Overland
Mason
Fordson
Oliver
Geo
West Ave
Fred A. Brown, Inc
Young Motor Sales Co
Graham-Paige
E. Bridge St
Rothgery Motor Sales
Hudson
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