Defense Framing Maillefert Death as Self-Inflicted
In Jacksonville on October 13 the defense for two prison guards cited testimony suggesting Arthur Maillefert killed himself to escape prison discipline. Witnesses including convicts doctors and a preacher questioned the self harm theory while the state argues for a different cause of death.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Arthur Maillefert
Isaac Moore
George W. Courson
Solomon Higginbotham
Maullefert
Muaillefert
Hell
Moore
Maillefert
Vegobran Introduced At Elyria Phillips Drug Store
An advertisement proclaims Vegobran a wheat bran based liquid medicine blending herbs to cleanse liver kidneys and bowels. It claims relief from indigestion headaches bilious attacks and rheumatic pains and says users often quit other medicines after starting Vegobran sold at Phillips drug store Elyria.
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Elyria
Cleveland
Phillips Drug Store
T. Maynard
Vegobran
Elyria Et Phillips Drug Store
Youth in Sweat Box Dies After Hunger and Whipping
Witness Lonnie Foster testifies that the youth endured under nourishment and a whipping before fainting and being strangled in the sweat box. He says Maillefert received four ounces of cornbread on Thursday and Friday prior to death, and a camp boss beat Maillefert for refusing more caster oil, striking him three minutes with a stick.
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Maillefert
Lonnie Foster
Matlllefert
Oberlin Conservatory Announces 11 Concert Artist Recital Course
Oberlin Ohio October 13 11 concert Artist Recital Course announced for the fall at Oberlin Conservatory with possible 12th extra in Warner Hall. Highlights include Cleveland Orchestra October 25 Lily Pons November 9 Ossip Gabrilowitsch December 4 Szigeti January 17 Hoffman January 24 Lehmann February 13 Piatgorsky February 28 Hess March tickets on sale at the Conservatory office.
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Oberlin
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Usnal
Warner Hall
Cleveland Orchestra
Lily Pons
Miss Pons
Metropolitan
Robert Goldsand
Detroit Symphony
Ossip Gabrilowicseh
Joseph Szigeti
Szigeti
Kreisler
Heifetz
Josef Hoffman
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia
Lotte Lehman
Leider
Gregor Piatgorsky
America
Myra Hess
Pen Reader Studies Codes at Colorado Penitentiary
William Thomas and assistants read all inmate mail at the Colorado penitentiary in Canon City. They search for coded messages that could reveal break plans or contraband networks hidden in letters and packages. Some codes are easily spotted, others require careful piecing of letters and phrases.
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Thomas
Colorado Penitentiary
Paroled Men Choose Prison Over Freedom in Depression
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania ten men on parole returned to the Eastern and Western Penitentiaries amid a worsening business slump. Twenty five requested permission to go back to jail but only ten were accepted after aid from Pardon Board agents. The note ends with a reflection on relying on ancestors’ mental groundwork.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pardon Board
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Conservatory
Pen
Canon City, Col
William Thomas
Richman Bros. Clothes
Roth Tailor Shop
Lersch’s
Part
Pepperell
Nainsook Union
Manhattan
Golden Gate Sie
Golden Gate
la France Hose
la France
Bocabella
Castile
Children's
Minneapolis
Soos
Coats
Oxford
Maine
Cannon Towels
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