Historic Boston Courthouse Sold for Tear Down
The old Hoxton courthouse built in 1437 is auctioned for demolition to make way for a new building. The sale recalls Rufus Choate and Benjamin F. Butler and mentions Captain Kidd’s confinement and notable trials linked to the site. The Boxwell commencement is set for June 6 at North Tiberty with three speakers.
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Bodcon
Hoxton
Rufus Choate
Benjamin F. Butler
Kidd
Wau
John White Webster
George Parkman
Iatver
Jouse Pomeroy
Little Children
North Tiberty
Danger in the Fourth Prepare for the Fourth
Public health advisory urges Hanford Baliam to promptly cool burns and cleanse wounds from powder or explosives and apply Bulagma to prevent blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford
Camp Budd Opens For Knox County Boys
Camp Budd on the Olontangy river north of Columbus opens July 17 to 24 for Knox county boys. The Ohio boys camp, managed by experienced leaders, offers baseball, tennis, swimming, camping and farm activities. Parents are assured careful supervision and a goal of bringing boys home in good condition. Open to ages 13 to 18.
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Olmubt Amtordh
Columbus
Roya
Hoya
Tonta
JL. Cochran
Hoyn’ ‘Bestor
Vernon
Parenta
Boya
Robbery at First Christian Church in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia during morning services at the First Christian church Brooke J Adams treasurer and another member were robbed of about 20 dollars. A heavyset man with a red handkerchief threatened Adams with a revolver and escaped with the money as services continued. Police were notified and the crime was kept quiet.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Brooke J. Adams
First Christian Church
Adatos
Tenet Kinley
Toy
Mr. Adams
Adams
Bio
Adan
Kinley
Fey
W. Tf. Fields
Nonagenarian crafts teeth from hickory in Wellaton
In Wellaton Ohio Frank Forbia, aged ninety, reports losing all but three teeth in his ninetieth year. He carved two artificial molars from seasoned hickory to fit the remaining teeth, claiming they are superior to ordinary substitutes supplied by dentists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellaton
Ohio
Hin
Frank Forbia
Forbia
Forbis
Indiana State Optical Society Holds Semi annual Meet
The Indiana State Optical Society opened its semi annual convention in Columbus with President Edwards presiding at Pythian castle hall. About two hundred county members attended. Banquet planned for this evening. Local items note Boxwell commencements and social visits in surrounding townships and a Kenyon College connection to Gambier.
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Columbus
Tad
Indiana State Optical Society
Edwards
Wathering
Unclaimed Mail List at Mt Vernon Post Office
Unclaimed letters remain at Mt Vernon post office. Instructions urge recipients to address mail with street and number or P O box. Names include Caldwell Lew Daney FP G Garrison Jack Gowaling BF Gram G Hayes Willian Johnson J H Kennedy Mra D M Mills Mra Henest H Ragelea W B Robinson Mra 0 V Rogers Thomas Sheridan G Dowds PM.
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Mt. Vernon
Caldwell
Lew Daney
G. Garrison
Jack Gowaling
BF. Gram
G Hayes
Willian Johnson
J. HH. Kennedy
D. M Mills
Arrival of A M A session opens in Los Angeles
Los Angeles June 26 All arrangements are completed for the sixthession of the American Medical Association opening tomorrow. Hundreds of leading physicians from across the country have already gathered and arriving trains bring more members and visitors. This is the second time the association meets in California since 1871 in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
American Medical Association
San Francisco
Educators Gather for Ohio State Teachers Association Meet
City and country teachers from across Ohio attend the annual Ohio State Teachers Association gathering at Cedar Point O where the convention opened today. An informal reception preceded business sessions set to run through Wednesday with talks on educational problems and planned discussions.
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Cedar Point
Ohio State Teache Association
Seasion
Iowa Golf Tournament Opens at Des Moines Club
The annual championship of the Iowa State Golf Association opened at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club and will continue through the week. Des Moines is the host city with the event featuring top amateur players competing for the title.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Golf Association
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
South Atlantic Tennis Tourney Opens in Augusta
Auspicious conditions greeted the opening day of the South Atlantic States championship tennis tournament in Augusta Georgia. Contests are set on the Country Club courts and run through the early part of the week with many prominent South players among the entrants.
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Augusta
General Wood Address at VMI Graduation
Major General Leonard Wood delivered the commencement address to Virginia Military Institute graduates in Lexington Virginia on June 26 as a large crowd looked on. The ceremony featured the army chief of staff addressing the new graduates.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Leonard Wood
Staf
Army
Lady Decies
Rondon
Vivien Gowld
Westminster Abbey
Bayard Underwood Wedding Announced in Washington
Washington June 26 A wedding notice notes Miss Anne Frances Bayard granddaughter of the late Secretary of State Thomas F Bayard and daughter of Mrs James A Bayard and Norman Underwood of this city.
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Washington, D. C
Anne Frances Bayard
Lite
Thomas F. Bayerd
Mia
James A. Bayard
Norman Underwood
North Carolina Editors Open Annual Pryas Association Meet
President M. L. Subman formally opened the North Carolina Pryas Association annual convention in North Carolina. Members will tour Blowing Rock Rhone Linville Grandfather Mountain Edgemont and other sites during their stay through today and tomorrow.
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Lonoll, N
North Carolina
M. L. Subman
Police Court Busy Session Includes Drunkenness and Concealed Weapon Case
Mayor Mitchell presided as Harry Tinweong faced charges of drunkenness and carrying concealed weapons. He paid fines and 25 days in the Dayton work house for the weapon charge, to be transferred Tuesday. Oliver Ivy and Hildredge Vaughn were arraigned on gambling accusations after a Saturday night arrest near the old gashouse on Mulberry Street.
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Mitchell
Harry Tinweong
Dayton
Oliver Ivy
Hildredge Vaughn
South Mulberry Street
Ivy
Vaughn
George
Rev Fr S Mac Arthur Heads World Baptist Alliance
The Rev Father S Mac Arthur has been elected as the new head of the Baptist World Alliance, succeeding previous leadership and signaling organizational direction for the global body. Enterprise details and ceremonial duties accompany the appointment.
Baptists Denounce Russian Barbarism Across Fronts
A report from New York notes Dr. MacArthur, newly elected president of the Baptist World Alliance, will travel to Russia and Rome to press for humane treatment of imprisoned Russian Baptist ministers. The piece details brutal abuses faced by the ministers, including suspensions and deaths, and mentions U.S. government appeals to influence the czar and Russian church authorities.
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New York
Baptist World Alliance
Robert
MacArthur
Calvary
Russia
Rome
Peterhof
Vatican
Calvary Church
Ruadia
White House
Washington
Taft
Cr. Mac.Arthur
United States
Wilder the Brain Collector Plans Brookline Life
Dr Burt G Wilder famed for a vast brain and heart collection arrives from Ithaca with plans to settle in Brookline. A 70 year old former Cornell professor aims to study brains and hearts lifelong, predicting to reach 100, with 1900+ preparations and 11 notable educated brains already joined by donors. He is Brookline High School class of 1859 and Harvard BA MD, linked to Cornell since 1867 as vertebrate anatomy and physiology professor.
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Bouton
Mass
Burt G. Wilder
Ithaca
N. Y
Brookline
Wilder
Cornell University
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of
Webran
Samuel Parkman
Brookline High School
Harvard
Corpse rings and sailor superstition amid shipwreck lore
A fragmentary Catholic Standard excerpt discusses corpse rings worn by sailors to mark identity after drowning, noting their use with the sailor’s name and port. It contrasts fatalism with escape tales as Woodby and Binniekson discuss Wiseman's disappearance and alleged climbing out of trouble.
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Woodby
Wiseman
Avelal
Binniekson
Catholic Standard
Two White Women Stand Trial for Murder in Mississippi
In Jackson two white women face murder trials marking a historic moment in the nation. Lulu Wiltcher is indicted in Yaxco County for complicity in her husband John Witcher’s death. her brother Lou Wiltcher and a Black man Lee Price serve life terms. Claudia Battle, seventeen, is charged after she shot her paramour in a city alley.
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Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
Lulu Wiltcher
Yaxco County
John Witcher
Thi County
Lou Wiltcher
Lee Price
Claudia Battle
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Dangerg
BUDD
Knox County
Manila
Franklin Township
Boxwell
Pulaskaville
Ramey
Bloomfell Township Boxwell
Operd
Sparta
Priddy
Idm
Knox County Agricultural Sociery
J. T. Edwarda
Ruth
Danville
Comington
Ro B. Melntire
Ming Huxubeth
Jefferson
Columbunty
Mee Th Delferson
Emory Menschour
Mantste
Michigan
Mt Vernop
Medicos
Iowa
Gen. Wood
Bayard
S. Mac Arthur
The
Baptet World Alliance
Jupiter
Saya
D. J. McAdam
Harper's Weekly
Spokane
Yonkers
Dr. Wilder
Henley’s
A. J. Henley & Co
Main
Freenomy Shoe Store
Main and Gambier
Torrey
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