Uncertain identities in San Francisco couple suicide case
Police identified the dead man and woman from Wynne Arkansas as A. H. Nett or Harent and Blanche Watts. The man, possibly uncle to the Watts woman, was rumored to be an associate justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Investigators traced mail and a postcard that pointed to the names Wood and other clues, with connections to Wynne, Arkansas and Memphis.
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S Francisco
A. H.nett
Harent
Blanche Watts
Wynne, Ark
Wood
Nessee Supreme Court
Ijward Roberts
Los Angeles
Mn A. Jordan
Harnett
Wynnender
Wynne
Chester Elder
Wittsburg
Ark
James
Memphis
Hammett Body Identified as San Francisco Suicide Victim
Relatives confirm the body found in San Francisco is A H Wood Hammett former Cross county treasurer from Wynne Arkansas. Hammett disappeared two days before his term ended and faces embezzlement charges totaling about 32000 dollars. His wife known as Blanche te had previously killed herself.
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Associated Press
Ark
A. H. “Wood” Hammett
Cross County
A. H. Woods
San Francisco
Hammett
Wynne
Arkansas
Absconder Hammet Sought in Arkansas Shooting Case
Relatives in Wynne Arkansas awaited word on bodies of Hammet and a woman believed to be Mrs Sallie Blanche Wood er after a shooting in San Francisco. The man allegedly used an alias and posed as a relative claiming health reasons for travel to Los Angeles. The pair had left Wynne three weeks earlier, with Hammet reportedly disappearing after the incident.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Wynne, Ark
Hammet
Cross County
Ark
Sallie Blanche Wooder
Francisco
Los Angeles
Beshe
Wynne Hammet
Lord Strathcona Harshly Ill Says Public Officials
Lord Strathcona, Canada's high commissioner Mt. Royal, is seriously ill after several days of poor health. Physicians report his condition unimpaired by tempers and note the illness as critical as of today.
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Lord Strathcona
Mt. Royal
Canada
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement from Martin
A reader from 161 N Franklin St Ala praises Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and weakness, saying the medicine improved health after years of use. He notes the product, sold by Van Antwerp's Store, provides reliable relief and calls Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sole U. S. agents under the Doan's brand.
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Martin
N. Franklin St
P. Ala
Doan
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ork
United
Faithfulness Wins Reward at Joliet Camp Hope
Fifteen of forty six men from Joliet penitentiary who built roads unguarded at Camp Hope will be paroled and return to prison. One man violated his promise and was sent back. New prisoners filled the posts. Convicts worked eight hours daily except Saturdays and holidays, with work praised by the county commissioners.
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Associated Press
Dixon
Wil
Joliet Penitentiary
Camp Hope
National banks rush to join new federal reserve system
By Associated Press Washington January 19 more than half the national banks in the United States have filed legal applications for membership in the new federal reserve system, according to the treasury department.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Department
Darling Denies Theft of Mrs Shaw Affections Amid White Slave Allegation
Richard Darling president of Acme Safe Company protests he stole Mrs. Robert Marsden Shaw’s affections amid a sensational dispute. Shaw seeks a warrant accusing him of violating the Mann Act while Mrs. Shaw remains unlocated as Darling claims his only role was a sympathetic confidant to a woman who says she endured brutal treatment from her husband.
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New York
Richard Darling
Acme Safe Company
Robert Marsden Shaw
Young Chap
Shaw
Darling
Mrs. Shaw
Free Trade Zone Proposal Aims at Canal Commerce Clearing House
Washington Jan 19 Rep Copley of Ohio drafts a bill to turn part of the Panama canal zone into a free trade area for North Central and South American commerce. He envisions warehouses and joint action to protect the canal, with U S exclusive belligerent rights after five years and merchants opening South American warehouses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama Canal Zone
Representative Copley
Ohio
Congress
Hamburg
Honkong
Singapore
Copley
United States
South
Central America
Panama
Canal Zone
Piper costumes studied for Bar ton Alumni production
Miss Ernie Warley chairs the Piper costumes committee assisted by other Mobilian volunteers. The play presents a thirteenth century scene set in Hamelin Germany with German peasants shown in period dress, reflecting Browning’s note on wooden shoes.
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Ernie Warley
Barton
Browning
Hamelin
Germany
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Cold Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It notes a money back guarantee and bears the imprint E. W. Grove’s with the price 26 cents per box.
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E. W. Grove
Aimee
Yadiv
Ohio governor calls special session on reforms
Columbus see special session of the Ohio legislature called by Governor Cox with about a dozen subjects. The governor urges school reforms flood prevention and protection and an amendment to election laws to align with federal rules on selecting U S senators.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Cox
United States
Pensacola Boy Prewitt Held by Police
John Prewitt an 18 year old Pensacola resident was jailed Sunday night and placed in the Detention Home awaiting advice from Pensacola authorities. Chief Crenshaw notified Mobile officials Monday morning requesting disposition guidance for the boy.
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John Prewitt
Pensacola
Fla
Crenshaw
Prewitt
Mobile
Exonerated Pal Dies in Sing Sing Electric Chair
In Ossining New York Frank Muehlfeldt alias the Kid died in the Sing Sing electric chair today for the Burns murder. He and accomplice Big bill Lingley were executed earlier and both absolved Ralph Furcolo of involvement. Burns was shot in his saloon on February 11 1912.
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Associated Press
Ossining
Frank Muehlfeldt
the Kid
Sing Sing Prison
Patrick Burns
New York City
Big Bill
Lingley Muehlfeldt
Lingley
Muehlfeldt
Ralph Furcolo
Autos blamed for slim church attendance study
Washington January 19 the automobile is blamed for reduced churchgoers says Rev Dr C Ernest Smith rector of St Thomas Episcopal Church He rebuts the idea that women’s clubs drive the decline and adds ministers share much of the responsibility by not working hard enough
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Washington
Cascarets Claim Quick Relief for Stomach Sours
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for sour stomach biliousness and constipation. It promises to sweeten the stomach remove fermenting food and foul gases carry off waste matter and end stomach trouble by morning.
General Picquart Dreyfus Ally Dies At Amiens
General Marie-Georges Picquart, 60, commander of the Second French army corps and a key Dreyfus affair figure, died at Amiens France. He helped drive the case toward revision, faced charges and retirement, aided Zola, and saw Dreyfus vindicated with Picquart later serving as minister of war.
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Associated Press
Amiens
France
Marie-Georges Picquart
Dreyfus
Picquart
General Staff
Devil's Island
Emile Zola
Second Army Corps
Dangers of a Cold and its Early Remedy
A brief health notice warns cold dangers, stating serious diseases follow colds. It recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to loosen the cold, ease lungs, aid expectoration, and help the body throw off the illness. Sold by Vansantwerp Drug Corp. and other dealers.
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Chamberlain
Vansantwerp Drug _Corp
Three Hundred Killed in Sakura Cliff Collapse
In Kagoshima Japan on January 19, a landslide from a cliff buried about 300 Sakura refugees in a neighboring village. One hundred bodies recovered so far as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes devastate Sakura Island and wreck the city. The disasters continue.
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Associated Press
Kagoshima
Japan
Sakura
Carranza Plans New Government Money Issuance
Washington Jan 19 Roberto Pesquiera the Mexican Constitutionalist agent was told by General Carranza that state notes of Sinaloa Chihuahua and Sonora are being replaced by Constitutionalists money. Arrangements are in place to secure a silver reserve and Constitutional ist mints in Sinaloa and Sonora have begun coining silver pieces.
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Washington
Roberto Pesquiera
Carranza
Sinaloa
Chihuahua
Sonora
Constitutionalist
Man Jailed for Stealing Two Cabbages
Mose Tanner, a Black man from Terrilltown, was arrested Monday by Patrolman Edward Sheets on a charge of petit larceny. Complainant C Felio says Tanner stole two heads of cabbage from him at the Southern Market.
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Mose Tanner
Terrilltown
Edward Sheets
C. Felio
Tanner
Palmer Pillans Charged Over Left Auto Standing
Mobile attorney Palmer Pillans was docketed at police headquarters Monday for violating city traffic rules by leaving his car in a prohibited district longer than ten minutes. Patrolman James E. Haley filed the complaint.
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Palmer Pillans
Mobile
James E. Haley
Hyomei Quick Relief for Cold and Catarrh
Breathing Hyomei brings fast relief from head congestion and nostril itching. The remedy targets inflamed membranes with direct action, promising permanent relief or money back. Available in a complete outfit for one dollar, sold by G. Van Antwerp & Son and druggists.
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G. van Antwerp & Son
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