Memorial Dedication Honors Jackson County Soldier Patriots
A large crowd gathered in Ripley for the Jackson County Sol llers Memorial dedication with former Governor George W. Atkinson delivering the principal oration. He praised West Virginia volunteers and urged continued devotion to liberty and government by the people, stressing faith and work as driving forces and honoring the dead with a strong national resolve.
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Ripley
George W._ Atkinson
United States Court of Claims
Washington
Atkinson
Grand Army of the Republic
Ladiex
Jackson County
Jackson
Pele
Izzy Mills
Cility Streats
Escaped Prisoner Narrates White Cave Escape Tale
Miss Mildred Tieedmann, 7 years old, returned to Brooklyn with a remarkable account of abduction near Fort Greene Park. She described being seized by men, held in a West 124th Street house, and escaping by shoving an iron bar from a first floor window then fleeing to the elevated railroad before making her way home. Police said they would pursue the alleged White Star captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mildred Tieedmann
Brooklyn
Fort Greene Park
German Hero Von Mackensen Demented Victory Feat
Following his victories over Russians in Austria General von Mackensen is hailed as a war hero in Germany. Rumor suggests after routing Russians he will turn attention to Italy.
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Austria
von Mackensen
Germany
Italy
Swarthmore professor’s wife earns long awaited degree
Rebecca Webb Holmes wife of Swarthmore College professor Dr Jesse Holmes completed her college course and was graduated after twenty years. She entered Swarthmore in 1885 and left for family duties before finishing her junior year. In 1889 she was finally included with her class at commencement after decades of balancing study and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swarthmore
Rebecca Webb Holmes
Jesse Holmes
Swarthmore College
Magnanimous Muscotah Farm Floods and Accidental Shooting
In Muscotah Kansas on June 25 residents protested a levee breach by Delaware River farmers. The act flooded neighbor farms, washing away hundreds of dollars in crops. In a separate incident Tess Gry was accidentally shot when a shotgun discharged.
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Muscotah
Kan
del Gry
Grar’s
Tess
Potsons Milk to Get $1
New York June 26 John Kelly aged 11 years admitted in Brooklyn children's court that he put rye in a bottle for the use of his 51 year old grandmother with whom he lived He claimed he wanted to make her sick so she would have to go to bed He said that would give him a chance to go through the house and get money He needed $2 badly His parents died when he was an infant and his grandmother reared him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Kelly
Brooklyn
Mission Worker Patersol Dies After Drink-Fueled Collapse
In a New York mission scene two prominent labor workers, aged about twenty, Weller and Moorcroft, reportedly fell to drink and died after an alcohol-induced collapse. The brief notes Moorcroft ownership of a hotel and a street mission, with scant readable details about the event and location.
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Patersol
Jane
Weller & Moorcroft
Zor
Mons
Moorcroft-owned
New York
Jon Street
Wet Weather Helps Keep Cool in Summer Heat
Weathering the heat, the article argues that calm minds and measured activity reduce discomfort. It advises avoiding worry, planning morning chores, and seeking cool distractions like water or shade to endure hot days without exhausting energy. It emphasizes mental steadiness as key to staying comfortable.
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Bane
Walta
Ado
Minister Shoots Man in Dynastic Feud Allegation
In Georgia on June 26 Rev. W Putnam fatally shot Homer Taylor, a wealthy planter, as he arrived in a buggy with his cousin. Putnam claimed vengeance for his daughter’s dishonor and fired five times, the first fatal. after Taylor fell, he fired three more as the horse bolted. Putnam allegedly cried You ruined any daughter and denied improper relations with Miss Putnam, who reportedly said My father killed Mr Taylor with out cause. Taylor, married two years, left two children.
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Calhoun. Ga
Www
Putman
Homer Taylor
Taylor
Putnam
Thwarted hold up of New Orleans Limited at station
An attempted armed robbery of the Illinois Central Rail Road New Orleans Limited near a station was foiled when a federal agent intercepted the bandits just before the train arrived. The criminals damaged a block signal and set a danger signal, then tried to break into the station. No trace of the bandits was found by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenie
New Orleans
Deer kills in New London leads to injuries after chase
A deer roams New London, damages a storefront then is killed after a police pursuit. Eugene McCann, manager for Commodore Morton F Pint’s baseball team, joined the chase but all three men were injured before the animal was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Lune
Eugene McCann
Commodore Morton F Piint
Fingerprint Evidence Convicts Jewelry Thief
Charles Connors alias Ice Wason Connors broke into former state senator Ernest Ackerman’s home in Plainfield and stole jewelry valued at 27000. Fingerprints on a balcony railing led to conviction. He argued fingerprints should not count as evidence, but the court affirmed they are admissible. In Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Civil War veterans parade on anniversary of Appomattox return as Mrs Davis narrowly avoids harm at the tracks when a tram derailment injures no one. Welch Fullerton drugists deliver across the city.
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Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Hanreck
Donaldson
Henry
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Tanta
Richmond
Appomattox
Siedern
Atlantic
California
Boston Commons
Boston
West Virginia
Trenton
N. J
Charles Connors
Alies
Teachers Gain Life Permits Under New Education Law
At a board meeting in this city the new education law granted life certificates to twenty nine teachers who met qualification standards and demonstrated progress. Recipients include Wheeler of Wellsburg and Parkersburg, Kell of Buckhannon, Martin of Thomas James H. Skinner New Martinsville, Jefferson of Parkersburg, and several others across West Virginia.
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Pew
Thes Soa
Sciests
Loie Thes
D&ve
Wheeler
Wellsburs
Txblen
Parkersbers
Alice A. Kell
Buck
Jones
Wheeling
Aleen
Burke
Sfinten
Elizabeth Erring
Kingwood
Gerry
Newton Youns
Newbury
Georsel Morton
Webster Springs
Harry Woicdowell
Glen Easton
Oscar
Rife
Wayne
Harry E
Crookover
Morgantown
Rhoda F. Motelvey
Wellsburg
Letra A Wood
Ramfield
D. W. Parsons
Montgomery
J. T. Peters
Fayetteville
Gorse
Laidley
Charleston
Thomas C. Mieler
Shepherdstown
Wright Denus
Charles Town
J. F. Holzord
Athens
Skunk Family Draws Attention From Marietta
John Brigham of Citizens National Bank patently treats local skunk pets as tame companions. He feeds them, photographs them with Kodak cameras, and gradually allows closer contact as the animals settle near his summer home by the Muskingum River, showcasing his unusual pet hobby.
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Marietta
John Brigham
The
Citizens
National Bank
Brigham
Fummer
Muskingum River
Asis
Kodak
Oueee Discoveries and Puzzling Rail Tale Unearthed
A fragmentary report describes a curious railroad discovery in Pennsylvania. Wood ties show soil deposits and tree encasement revealing a scene that hints at a long buried structure and mysterious wings nested within. Further readable details suggest an event from seventeen years prior, with uncertainties about the full significance and origin of the find.
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FO Jackson Solliers
Death
Turing
Citt- Leens
Noday
Janay
Tatties
Lincoln
Im Iis
Deniere
Charity
Quraze
Leorus
Siste
Gior
Amar
Birl
White Cave
King OF Fire
General von Mackenser
Kansas
Sersey
Ming
Harry
Herrrane
Farmer
Preaghee
Bileges
Kentucky
Connecticut
Hazletox
Hazleton, Liberty Band
Davis
Welch & Fullerton
GEE Life Permeis
Skunks
Oueee
Shamorin
Pennsylvania Railrosé
Tilly
Clarksbury
H. E.cork
Speed
M- Mulheran
Futman
Lowndes
Dhe
FOU
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