Spirit of a slain man returns and tells of murder
A report recounts a psychic medium in Washington detailing the 1812 Moore murder at Villisca. Meiklejohn, former U.S. official and Nebraskan lawyer, describes a séance in which a murdered man identified as Moore named a Kansas suspect living in Argentine, Kansas City, and a Congo of details. Private detective James Allan corroborates the tale, linking to an arrest effort in St. Louis and Villisca police chief Horton.
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Iejoha
Moore
Vilitsca
Meiklejohn
Loring Mitchell
St. Louis
Tiretell
Tr. Meiklejohn
Congress
Nebraska
Oscar
Sweden
Royal Order of Sword
Omaha
James Allan
Washinston
Villisea
Argentine
Kan
Kansas
Kansas City
Allan
J. H. Horton
Allen
Seavei
State Health Board Meets in Charleston
May 1 at Charleston the state board of health convened with Governor H. B. Harel delivering opening remarks in the European dining room of the Hotel Kranwirth. Dr S E Sepson of Wheeling presented on health topics. discussions followed, with executive session in the afternoon and a note that the department of health will be created May 7 under a new law.
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State Health Board
Charleston
Tax Board of
Seatth
HH. B. Harel
Hotel Kranawh
S. E. Sepson
Wheeling
Aaron Larkin
Vvary
LN. Yost
State Board of Health
Department of Health
State Board
H. C. Kine
Summersville
H. Lon Carter
Danville
J. E. McDonald
BR Lawsi Logan
Frank Skiner
Pineville
Nspon
Mor
Welch and Fullerton Drugists Delivery in City
Welch and Fullerton druggists offer delivery service to all parts of the city, ensuring convenient access to medicines and health essentials for residents.
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Welch & Fullerton
Old Hermit of Pine Mountains Lures Many Believers
In Scranton Pennsylvania the mysterious Old Norrie Parsons, a reclusive man living in a cave at the base of the Pine mountains near Canoway, is described as a legendary hermit with ties to Cymrian and Welsh lore. Reports tell of his cave filled with antiquities, a deaf and dumb servant boy, and a wanderer who sought occult wisdom in the East. People travel to consult him on omens and futures, viewing the cave as a temple and museum of rare manuscripts and artifacts.
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Heathky Las Borns
le Mottsen
Anton Thes
Bent
Norrie Parssons
Pliciman's
Relstia
CaNoway
Deelline
Fred
Sgihiaz
Old Norrie
Tie Weirs
Sitbland
Mix Farher
Gadwallon
Weiler
Fiagherie
Perolia
Pres
Xerric
Rome
Orient
Indix
Perste
Euphrates
Jacobs
Biaslon
Pine Mountain
Illness of the Crew Forces Kronprinz Wilhelm Internment
Norfolk May 1 The German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm will be interned in American waters until the end of the European war, as Capt Thierfelder cites illness and lack of crew readiness. He claims sixty men are in bed and insists the ship could not safely sail. The crew’s health and supply concerns drive the decision amid tense wartime passages near Virginia capes.
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Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Thiertelder
Hamilton
Newport News
Thierfelder
New
Woller
Capes
Tucker
Tapi
Lola Bombe
United States
Sienme
Gerwaar
Dors
Argument Due in Webb Kenyon Liquor Case
Charleston March 1 The Webb Kenyon law and West Virginia liquor shipments will be argued before the U S Supreme Court next week or the week after The court has advanced the West Virginia cases and an early hearing is expected Information from Mr Rice Workman at the home of Attorney Joel B Dow of Seles Wis reports 269 pounds of honey found in the attic under the eaves
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Charleston
Webb- Kenyon
West Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Rice
Workmien
Joel B. Dow
Selest, Wie
Arsenicals and Tent Caterpillars in Orchards
Washington May 1 The apple tree tent caterpillar pests are described with control methods from Farmers' Bulletin No. 62. Nesting caterpillars threaten foliage. removal of egg masses in dormant trees and careful burning or hand destruction curbs damage. Spraying with arsenicals like Paris green or arsenate of lead at specified rates helps, but care is needed on fragile trees to avoid foliage injury.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
United State
Paris
Jilted youth triggers death of Bridgeport debutante
In Bridgeport on May 1, Arthur Hearn Cowl, 22, heir to a Bridgeport merchant fortune, shot and killed himself after breaking his engagement to Ella Wheeler, a debutante. Wheeler, instructed to pull a ribbon from Cowl’s coat, complied before Cowl killed himself with a pistol, then died an hour later. The tragedy followed the engagement’s abrupt end and a final, morbid gesture from the fatal scene.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Earily Wheeler
Ss Wheeler
State labor board names inspectors and salaries set
State labor commissioners announce J H Nitti has named inspectors for railroad and other lines. Salaries and qualifications are outlined, with letters of applicants received for the posts. The labor commissioner plans a month of announcements and start of the new system to enforce the law throughout the state.
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Bor
J. H. Nitti
Jan
Railroad and Kate
Nightingale
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