Rotten! Harry Thaw on Broadway in 1925 New York
The veteran fugitive Harry K. Thaw laments modern New York as he recalls his 1907 murder trial era. In a sunrise taxi ride through Central Park he contrasts the Roaring Forties with today, noting aging his looks and a changed Broadway scene after years of sensational trials.
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J. N
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Central Park
Broadway
Harry
Stanford
Diana
Madson Square Garden
Fay
Tal
Winchester
Court Names Receiver for Auto Concern
Judge Albert A. Daub appointed Truce A. Lightner receiver for the Automotive Stores Corporation of this city after Florence Martz alleged insolvency. Hubert Martz, president, consented to the receivership. Lightner to take hand today. company operates on Wear Franklin Street with branches in Carlisle and Hanover. A statement of assets and liabilities will follow.
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Albert A. Daub
Truce A. Lightner
Automotive Stores Corporation
Florence
Martz
Hubert Martz
Lightner
Wear Franklin Street
Carlisle
Hanover
Bakery Closures For Decoration Day In Ta freratown
All bakeries in Ta freratown will close Saturday May 39 for Decoration Day. No bread or deliveries will reach stores or households. Orders for plenty should be placed with grocers by Thursday to enable delivery Friday.
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Tafreratown
Altaile
Focal Planta
Arocera
Deery
Socialists Back Premier Painleve in Moroccan Policy
In a party caucus the Socialists voted to support Premier Painleve's Moroccan policy. Painleve will defend the policy in the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon with energetic measures against the Rif tribes. A general strike looms in Tampico oil zone as officials say a strike may be called today despite Calles' resolve and troop redeployment to oil fields.
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PAIS
Soctaliats
Premier Painleve
M. Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
Mexico City
Tampico
Calles
Fall and oil magnates indicted again in oil leases case
Former Secretary of the interior Albert B. Fall along with E. L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for alleged conspiracy to defraud the government over California and Wyoming naval oil leases.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Albert 8. Fall
E. L.doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
California
Wyoming
Weller Tria l Opens Over Whiskey Sales Allegations
Witnesses testified that Harry Weller of Clearspring sold whiskey to prominent locals in Hagerstown and aged liquor before sale. They described statements accusing those who sold poison of being caught and claiming his products were fit for anyone to drink as evidence in the county liquor case. Weller was arrested after a raid on property tied to an old Mish distillery near Clearspring.
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Hagerstown
Harry Weller
Clearspring
Weller
Waller
Mish
Frost, But No Damage Here
Early frost covered roofs and sparked concern among truckers but crop surveys found little or no damage. Forecasts expect a light frost tonight then rising temperatures and warmer weather by tomorrow afternoon.
Virgin birth debate looms in Presbyterian Church
May 27 Columbus Ohio leaders warn a break in the Presbyterian Church is possible if the General Assembly enforces the Virgin birth as a required belief for minister licensure. Modernist Henry Coffin of New York predicts protests but not a split, as questions from the Gantz ruling continue to divide.
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Columbus
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Henry Sloan Coffin
New York
Ohio
Judicial Commission
Church Ieaders
Gantz
Presbytetien Church
Presbytery
New York Presbytery
Commission
Presby
Woodmen to Build Home Here Later
A deed filed at the courthouse conveys 120 North Potomac street to Washington Camp No. 1 Woodmen of the World. The Bloom property fronting 112 feet on North Potomac and 240 feet deep extends a valuable block in downtown Hagerstown. No extensive changes planned now though an eventual building will credit the order and city. Architect A J Kiinkhart to review the site for possible alterations.
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Jecord
Court House
North
Potomac Street
Vwagerstown Camp
Woodmen of the World
S. M. Bloom
Woodmen
J. A. Wert
S. M. Bloom and Company, Inc
Alta
A. J. Kiinkhart
Riot Follows Ku Klux Klan Meeting in Berlin Mass
In Clinton and Berlin clashes between klansmen and anti-klansmen after a Berlin Klan gathering sparked six fire alarm incidents. No injuries were reported, though wild rumors of a parade and injuries circulated before police determined the reports unfounded.
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Clinton
Mass
Berlin
Worcester County
Brewerfield
Bandits Loot Brook Village in Nitroglycerin Bank Heist
Ten bandits held Brook Indiana at bay this morning after blowing open the Brook State Bank vault with nitroglycerine. They severed telegraph and telephone wires, raided the telephone office, and forced the lone operator to flee as the town of about 1200 residents tried to wake itself with a siren.
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Kentland
Ind
Brook
Brook State Bank
Brooks
Gas Up Cent Gasoline Prices Rise After Morning Update
Gasoline rose by one cent today with new rates at 24 cents per gallon for standard gas and 27 cents for high powered fuel. The Standard Oil Co announced the increase and other suppliers are expected to follow due to higher consumption during the season. A separate court filing by Annie E. Brewer seeks absolute divorce from Harvey R. Brewer after a prior partial divorce granted May 26, 1921. Her residence is listed as Greencastle. Maude M. Largent buys Coy I. Root’s 600 George Street grocery business.
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Standard Oll Co
Annie E. Brewer
Harvey R. Brewer
Coy I. Root
George Street
Maude M. Largent
King of Rum Runners and Crew Captured
Rochester, May 27. Captain Ben Kerr of Toronto, dubbed King of the lake runners, was captured with eight men and an armed girl after a chase of a 42 foot craft by a coast guard cutter. Eight shots were fired before Kerr surrendered. Only eight cases of Canadian ale remained. hundreds of cases were dumped overboard during the escape attempt.
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Rochester
N. Y
Ben Kerr
Toronto
Coast Guard
Kerr
Indicted man arrested in Clearspring robbery case
Fred Weaver of Clearspring was indicted for the robbery of A. L. Bartle's store on March 24. His brother Morris Weaver pleaded guilty at arraignment. Fred was captured in Martinsburg and brought by Sheriff Duffey to await trial.
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Fred Weaver
Clearspring
A. L. Bartle
Morris
Martineburg
Duffey
Werver
Bogus Money Orders Warn Merchants in Cumberland Valley
Merchants in the Cumberland Valley are warned after police report money orders being used with stolen blanks filled in by a crook. The suspect presents these bon us orders to purchase goods and locals are told to report any unfamiliar money orders to the post office immediately.
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Valley
Cumberland Valley
Bandits Flee Without Loot in Pittburg Hold Up
Two officials of the McKinley Building and Loan Association were wounded in a botched holdup last night as two gunmen entered the office to rob. L. T. King and Peto Dewalt were injured while opposing the bandits. The attackers escaped in a waiting machine with more than $700 in daily receipts left untouched.
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Pittsburg
McKinley Building and Loan Association
Joan Company
L. T F. King
King
Peto Dewalt
Moros dispersed after bold assault near stronghold
Manila May 27 The confabulacy razed the Moro stronghold of Sultan Rayas, seven Moros killed, recalcitrants dispersed after a field gun and mortar attack aided by navy planes and infantry. A partnership dissolves in a grain and coal business at Matganaville as J D Earl Martin sells his interest to his brother Lewis Mar in for about 25000 dollars.
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Manila
Sultan Rayas
Martin Nros
Matganaville
J.D. Earl Martin
Lewia
Marin
Grill Probes Murder Suspect for Additional Crimes
Augusta Maine May 27 Harry A Kirby accused of killing Missa Alda Hayward at Manacook lake collage was grilled by Grant Williams of the New York police force. Kirby was questioned about a girl’s death at a nearby feeble minded institution near Nyack New York where he was once confined and the disappearance of 16 other girls from the same facility.
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Augusta
Maine
Harry A. Kirby
Missa Alda Hayward
Manacook Lake
Grant Williams
New York
Kirby
Nyack
N. Y
Confederate Memorial Exercises Plans Meeting
A Washington County Confederate Memorial Association gathers Friday at 7 30 p m at Hotel Hamilton to finalize plans for the June 2 memorial at Washington Cemetery. Committees will report. U S Senator A O Sigalley of Kentucky will deliver the memorial address. A J Miller breaks arm in Cleveland fall. hospital treatment in Glen Vila.
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Confederate Memorial Association of
Washington County
tHotel Hamilton
Washington Cemetery
Standry
United States
A. 0. Siganley
Kentucky
Mra. A.J. Miller
Daniel Miller
Cleveland
Bennett Likely Holds Present Job At Ha Berstown Post Office
Rumors swirl around the Ha Berstown postmaster appointment as Frank I. Bennett nears the end of his term in July. Rumored contenders Albert R. Beyard Alex R. Hagner and Edward M. Tenacy vie for the plum posting while Bennett’s supporters push for continued leadership amid Republican party faction tensions.
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Summit Avenue
Antietam
Uncle Sam
Frank I. Bennett
Atanding
Republican Party
Zihlman
Zltlman
Posimaster
Bennett
Albert R. Beyard
Alex, R. Llagner
Edward MM. Tenacy
Beyard
Ten
Renewed Hope for Explorer as Sky Clears Over Oslo
Oslo on May 27 reports clearer skies bringing renewed hope that Amundsen and his five companions may reach safety from their perilous North Pole flight. Scientists and Amundsen-Elsworth party members press for swift recovery and rescue, while Clyde and George Miller, sons of George T. Miller, recover from wounds after a misplaced shotgun discharge at home.
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Oslo
Norway
Learley
Reston
Amundsen-Elsworth
Spitaberger
Amundsen
North Pole
Clyde
George Miller
iGeorge Tt
Miler
Sofia Cathedral Plot Leaders Hanged Before Crowd
In Sofia Bulgaria on May 27 three chief plotters Zadgarsky Friedman and Koeff were publicly hanged at 8 am for involvement in the cathedral tragedy that killed about 160 people. A French woman Swiss man and another official were sentenced to death or life terms. Police and soldiers kept crowds back as volunteers declined to act.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Legos
Madina Nicolova
Alice
Art
Jypry Teemalt
Hapgsan
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Automotive Stores Corp
Doheny
Sinclair
Interior
North Potomac Street
Massachusetts
Indiana
King OF Rum
Marty Kirby
Alda Hayward
Naped Winthrop
Newburyport
Grill
Explorer
Sofia Cathedral
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