Orford Woman Confesses to House Looting and Suspected Arson
In Orford New Hampshire Nettie Wright 37 confessest o plunder at the home of Myra Batt and to setting a blaze to conceal thefts Her brother A E Gage and Deacon Chandler are held on suspicions while Wright awaits trial in Haverhill jail Arson not bail able in NH and bonds are missing police continue probing the missing property and securities
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Nettie Wright
Orford
N. H
Granite
Christie Warden
Almy
Connecticut River
Wells River
White River Junction
New England
Wrights
Nettie
Charles E. Wright
Wright
Myra Batt
Platt House
Manchester
Manchester Street
Deacon A. L
Vermont
Canada Line
Deacon Chandler
Concord
Gage
Beacon Chandler
New Hampshire
Haverhill
Chandler
A. B. Gage
Courageous trio form living ladder to save girl from blaze
Three young men in Sturgeon Bay construct a human ladder to reach a third story window and rescue a girl amid flames. James Keogh, his wife and eight children were in danger as the roof collapsed five minutes after the rescue.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
James Keogh
Mr. Keogh
Providence
Delos Richardson
Harry Melton
Joseph Harrington
Harrington
Richardson
Melton
Brooklyn Tragedy Ends in Double Suicide After Suspicions
Frederick Merrick fatally shot his wife Ida in their Brooklyn home then killed himself with a temple shot. The well-to-do couple, married six years with a five year old, faced alleged infidelity suspicions and earlier detective surveillance. A cry she cried precedes three rapid gunshots and two bodies fall.
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Brooklyn
Frederick Merrick
Ida
Merrick
Mrs. Merrick
Fred
Neme
Wealthy farmer’s death ruled suicide after burglary
Near Oskaloosa Indiana Hamilton Cruzen, wealthy farmer, after relatives found a ransacked home he hanged himself in the coal shed. A torn vest lining and a missing $50 pocketbook suggest frenzy. about $150 remained untouched. Cruzen, known to be religiously devout, may have acted in a religious mania.
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Hamilton Cruzen
Oskaloosa
Crazen
Cruzen
Albany Man Dies After Dream Prediction
In Albany Indiana Lewis Levelle a 32 year old man sick with malaria fever two weeks ago believed he would die after dreaming so. Signs of fever faded but delirium continued and doctors could not determine a cause for his death leaving the death a mystery.
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Albany
Ind
Lewis Levelle
Levelle
Fraternity Garter Badges Banned by Cleveland Phi Kappa Psi
The Cleveland Phi Kappa Psi society forbids jewelers from making badges and pins bearing its letters for ornamenting young women's garters. The move comes as the garter fraternity trend grows rapidly in Cleveland, prompting a protest and action by the society.
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Phi Kappa Psi Society of
Cleveland
Forest City
Circe Jest Turns to Streetcar Line Quip
A lecturer recalls Circe turning men into hogs and a sharp quip asks if she did it by starting a street car line. A woman on a strap travels toward the hall as Cincinnati Enquirer records the remark.
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Circe
Cincinnati! Enquirer
The Hawkeye Poet and Democratic Leader Profiles
A profile of Nixon Waterman praised as a sunny, humane poet noted in a Midland Monthly tribute. The piece also profiles Col. John L. Martin, a St. Louis lawyer and Democratic sergeant at arms candidate, detailing his rise from levee dray driver to influential political figure and his service in the Missouri legislature. The article closes with a remark on Armenia's religion and population.
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Nixon Waterman
Mr. Waterman
John S. Martin
St. Louis
Missouri
Missouri Assembly
Martin
Robert 8. McDonald
Maxwell
The
Odd Fellows
Knights of Honor
Shaw Guards
Poets Work Preserved In New Book Form
The writer has produced poems that will endure in public memory. His verses have recently been compiled and printed as a book for broad readership.
Lady Randolph Churchill Plans to Quit England Forever
The Jerome family matriarch Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of two, vows to leave England after her engagement to William Waldorf Astor is announced. She favored France since youth, grew socially via Compiegne ties, and now prefers Paris over London, while Astor favors Germany and dislikes France.
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Randolph Churchill
England
Lady Randolph Churchill
William Waldorf Astor
Napoleon III
Compiegne
Prince Imperial
Jennie Jerome
Prince and Princess of Wales
Cowes
Lord Randolph
Jerome
Lady Churchill
Paris
America
France
London
Mr. Astor
Germany
Leonard Jerome
Newark
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Mrs. Wright
Rederick Merrick
Hawkeye
Earth
Waterman
Rosser Cobbe
John L. Martin
Armenia
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