Double murder puzzles police in St. Louis and Madison
A double murder case stumped investigators in St. Louis and Madison after the bodies of Mrs. Catherine Street, wife of Madison police Captain William Street, and Charles F. Barmeier, a St. Louis officer, were found in an alley. Witnesses were not located as authorities pursued leads.
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ST. Louis
Madison
Ill
Catherine Street
William Street
Madison Police Department
Charles F. Barmeier
Tragedy Near Street Home Ends With Arrest
Minutes after five shots rang out near Mrs. Street’s home two people were killed. Mrs. Street and a policeman died from separate bullets while Captain Street and Barmeier were named in theories. Street was later arrested with a knee wound denying involvement.
Mrs Burns Found Not Guilty in Husband Poisoning Case
Mrs Mary A Burns was acquitted of murdering her husband Frank A Burns in Nottingham New Hampshire. Prosecutors said she poisoned liquor at their home in 1914, but she testified she planned to kill herself and did not know he would drink the whisky.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Mary A. Burns
Frank A. Burns
Nottingham
Pinex Syrup Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
Advertised home remedy Pinex Syrup claims fast relief from dry hoarse and painful coughs. It touts a two ounce dose mixed with syrup or grain, priced cheaply at 50 cents, and guarantees satisfaction or refunds. The remedy highlights guaiacol rich Norway pine as its active ingredient and references bronchitis whooping cough and winter coughs as conditions it treats. A local druggist can provide two and a half ounces of Pinex for preparation.
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Wayne
Ind
Maritime activity steady with several arrivals and departures
Weather warnings posted as small craft alert. no damage reported along the waterfront. Several ships moved or prepared to sail including Corinto, Guildhall, Margarita, Honduras, and Dictator. Repairs underway on Schwanden. schooner Edward E. Barry and others to load cargo or tow to docks.
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Teh
Fort Morgan
G. S. Baxter Tie Company
Edward E. Barry
Pastor schedules revival closure to hear Bryan lecture
Rev. S. P. Spiegel of the First Christian church says Friday service will end in time for attendees to go to the Battle House for a lecture by William Jennings Bryan. He reports the revival is attracting strong attendance and interest.
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P. Spiegel
First Christian Church
Battle House
William Jennings Bryan
National Grand Opera Company at Lyric Theatre
War and European conflict bring the National Grand Opera Company from Rome to the Lyric Theatre for tonight and tomorrow performances of Rigoletto Don Pasquale and Ludi Lammermore. The company with renowned artists and a full symphony orchestra promises Metropolitan scale production and sells out seats.
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Sherman
National Grand Opera Company
National Theatre
Rome
Italy
Victor Emannuel
Lyric Theatre
Royal
Rigoletto
Don Pasquale
Ludi Lammermore
Chevalier Giuseppa Angelini
Signor
Giovanni Leotti
Ravige Caccari
Cecilia Zavaschi
Colorature
Marian Brooka
Alice Haesler
Helen Austin
Louise Berg
Franco de Gregorio
Alberto Amadi
Roberto Anselmi
Giuseppe la Puma
Michele Rossini
Ernesto de Giacomo
Giuseppe Ansalone
Seven Alleged Post Office Robbers Jailed in Cincinnati
Seven men suspected of joining a postoffice robbery band are held by Cincinnati police after the Erlanger Kentucky post office safe is blown open. Two men were arrested moments after the burglary, a lookout escaped, and the remaining five were arrested in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Erlanger
Ely's Cream Balm Advertises Quick Nasal Relief
A promotional notice promises rapid relief from nasal congestion and catarrh. It claims a small bottle from a druggist, fragrant antiseptic cream that penetrates air passages, soothes inflamed membranes, and provides instant relief.
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Ely
Witherspoon Funeral to Be Held in Meridian
Funeral services for Representative Samuel A. Witherspoon of Mississippi will be held at 3 p.m. today in Meridian. He died at his home after a brief illness and will be buried in Rosehill Cemetery. A congressional committee to attend the funeral was named in Washington.
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Meridian
Miss
Samuel A. Witherspoon
Fifth Congressional District
Mississippi
Rosehill Cemetery
Congressional Committee
Washington
Representative Witherspoon
Woman Seeks Relief Through Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Florence South Dakota woman recalls chronic monthly pains backaches and headaches. After trying Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound she improves significantly and urges others with similar ailments to seek the remedy. The ad touts a thirty year standard for female ills and offers confidential written advice from a woman.
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Florence
Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Pinkham
P. W. Lanseng
Allyn
Mississippi House delegation and Southern senators named
The record lists the full Mississippi house delegation and Senators Williams of Mississippi Overman of North Carolina Bankhead of Alabama and Ransdell and Broussard of Louisiana as part of the assembly or proceeding.
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House
Mississippi
Williams
Overman
North Carolina
Bankhead
Alabama
Ransdell and Broussard
Louisiana
Bodies of German aviators found near Dvinsk
In Petrograd the bodies of a German pilot and observer from an Albatross aircraft were found yesterday in a field near Dvinsk. The men had frozen to death.
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Petrograd
Obava
Tyr
Dvinsk
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Francis Fe Bushman
Richard Neal
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