Substitutes Phony Stone for Diamond in Friend's Ring
Greenville Pa January 21 The alleged swap of a real diamond with a phony glass stone led to legal trouble for two locals Miss Anna Holler a hospital employee filed charges against Jessie Bryant and Ralph Perkins after the ring she loaned for a prank appeared to have a glass stone and the original gem was pried out with a knife warrant issued and binding over to court
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Greenville
Anna Holler
Greenville Hospital
Ralph Perkins
Jessie Bryant
Miss Holler
Bryant
Miss Bryant
Miss Heller
Perkins
Dems Weigh Plan to Oust Guffey in Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg on January 22 the Democratic Reorganization Committee of Five led by former Mayor Vance McCormick met to map a rehabilitation of Pennsylvania Democratic ranks. The plan aims to unhorse Colonel James M. Duffey, long-time state leader, with Congressman A Mitchell Palmer as a key mover. Palmer disavows hostility to Guffey but McCormick leads a Sanitary Brigade viewed as opposing him.
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Harrisburg
Vance McCormick
George W. Guthrie
Pittsburg
Samuel B. Price
Scranton
Joseph Simons
Elk
Joseph P. McCullen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James M. Duffey
A. Mitchell Palmer
Monroe County
Palmer
Congressional Democratic Committee of Nine
Guffey
Sanitary Brigade
Pittsboro
Chair May Oust the Old Gallows
A bill by Rep John F L Morris would replace the gallows with the electric chair in Pennsylvania. State leaders criminologists and jail wardens back the plan, which would move executions from county jails to state penitentiaries modeled after Sing Sing and Ohio institutions.
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Pennsylvania
John F. L. Morris
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Sing Sing Prison
New York
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Man learns wife died after asylum admission
A Tonbridge man complained to the Board of Guardians after his inquiry about his wife in the county asylum received a curt reply that she was “much about the same.” He later discovered she had been dead for twelve months.
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Tonbridge Board of Guardians
County Asylum
Skeleton in Court Triggers Juror Collapse in Warren Case
A juror fell unconscious after a skeleton and a spinal section were brought into the Warren court during the Mrs Harriet Cousins versus Borough of Warren trial. Doctors said the juror could not continue, and the case was postponed until March with eleven jurors. The plaintiff seeks 15000 from the city for alleged injuries from a sidewalk hole. Also a separate mortgage suit yielded a 100 verdict plus costs.
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Louis Leonhart
Glade Township
Harriet Cousins
Warren
Leonhart
Hinckley
Cousins
Warren Man Killed at Beaver Falls
Julius E. Rapp of Warren was killed Sunday near Beaver Falls on the P. and L. E. railroad. A 23 year old son of Mr and Mrs J J Rapp of Chestnut street he had been working on the railroad in the Beaver Falls area. The body was brought to Warren for interment.
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Julius E. Rapp
Warren
Beaver Falls
Julius Rapp
J. J. Rapp
Chestnut Street
Deadlock Unbroken on Seventh Senate Ballot in Albany
In Albany on January 26 the seventh joint ballot for U S senator produced no shift in support. William F. Sheehan led with 85 votes, followed by Shepard 11, Kernan 4, and several others with minimal totals. Depew led Republicans with 79. Total 193 votes, 97 needed.
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Albany
Norman Ek. Mack
Buffalo
William F. Sheehan
United States
Sheehan
Shepard
Parker
Merrick
Dix
Glynn
Depew
Efficient Courts in Massachusetts Trial in Two Weeks
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt notes a Massachusetts city mayor accused of theft, quickly tried and convicted, and jailed within two weeks. The menacing claim questions local legal efficiency and whether laws are properly applied.
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Massachusetts
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sary:-2 Y work teams inquiry to T J Ey Drager
Inquire concerning two work teams at Sary involving T J Ey Drager and storage matters. Date noted as February 26 to 9.
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T. J. Ey
Drager
Author David Graham Phillips Shot En Route to Princeton Club
New York reports author David Graham Phillips was shot on his way from home to the Princeton club by an unidentified man. Four or five shots were fired, two hitting Phillips, who was taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious but non critical condition. The assailant killed himself.
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David Graham Phillips
Princeton Club
N P L Faces New Yorkers Inquiry Into Finances
The New York State Insurance Department released a second report on the N P L alleging false statements and misrepresented assets. It cites a deficit exceeding 5.4 million dollars and notes losses in 1910 including 439,936.42 in half-year results and 100,282.98 on certain bonds.
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Insurance Department
Er. Lang
New York State
Railroads Report 1910 Toll From Steam Rails and Streetcars
Harrisburg statistics show 1,177 people killed and 9,967 injured on steam railroads in 1910. Among the dead 437 were employees, 26 passengers, 587 trespassers, and 127 others, with breakdowns by cause including collisions and derailments. Street railways had 44 deaths and 4,116 injuries, with gains over 1909 in steam rail fatalities.
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Harrisburg
State Railroad Commission
Wounds Prove Fatal In Bellevue Hospital Shooting Case
David Graham Phillips Indiana novelist died Tuesday night at Bellevue hospital after being shot six times by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough in Gramercy Park. Physicians cited lung perforation and intestinal leakage as the fatal injuries.
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David Graham Phillips
Indiana
Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough
Gramercy Park
Bellevue Hospital
Phillips
Eugene Fuller
John B. Walker
Lucius
Fuller
Harrison Phillips
Carlyn Frevert
Obey
Goldsborough
Philips
David Graham Phillips Dies in Bellevue Hospital Wounds
Noted novelist David Graham Phillips dies at Bellevue Hospital from wounds sustained in a recent altercation. Authorities reported Phillips had been hospitalized after the incident and succumbed to injuries earlier today.
Police Use Lasso to Capture Peeping Teen
A 19-year-old boy from Titusville was captured after peering through house windows on Third Street. Patrolman Lasher hid and used a wire linked lasso to seize him. Mayor Dickinson released him with instruction to move to California to live with relatives. Two lawyers urged asylum or jail based on repeated offenses.
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Lasher
Titusville
Third Street
Dickinson
California
Paul Morton Dies From Apoplexy at 63
Paul Morton president of Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York collapsed with apoplexy after visiting Hotel Seymour to meet lawyer Paul Kiernan. He died within ninety minutes at an apartment vacated by Kiernan, as Joy Morton of Chicago arrived. Coroners ruled death from rupture of a brain blood vessel due to arteriosclerosis.
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Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
New York
Seymour
Paul L. Kierman
Kiernan
Joy Morton
Chicago
Feinberg
O’han Jon
Mr. Morton
Moyneham Acquitted in Grand Larceny Trial
Dennis Moyneham was acquitted in Herkimer County after the court ruled the prosecution failed to show sufficient evidence for a jury to decide the grand larceny case. The indictment tied to Beckwith Engineering and Construction and alleged Moyneham diverted about $4,000 paid by the state on a road improvement contract.
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Utica
N. Y
Dennis Moyneham
Herkimer
Meyneham
Beckwith Engineering and Construction Company
Rumors of PRR Improvements Reach Warren
Six division superintendents of the Pennsylvania Railroad and engineers visited Warren last Thursday, fueling hopes for a railroad bridge across the Allegheny at Ott Siding to Glade Run. The project would provide a straight freight line for the B and A division, avoid Struthers yard routes, and save thousands yearly by removing a sharp curve and permitting uninterrupted switching.
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Corps of Engineers
Warren
Allegheny River
Ott Siding
Glade Run
Struthers Yards
Struthers
Universalist Ministers Institute Ends in Utica
The three day Universalist ministers institute closed in Utica New York with resolutions opposing Panama canal fortifications and further armaments, opposing gambling at church fairs and supporting no restriction on suffrage by sex. Next institute set for Syracuse January 29 1912. H H Forbes of St Lawrence University elected president.
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Utica
N. Y
Universalist Ministers’ Institute
Panama Canal
Syracuse
H. H. Forbes
St. Lawrence University
Warren Lodge Plans Temple Construction in Warren
Warren Lodge No. 223 BPOE authorized the building committee to start immediate preliminary work for a two story brick temple. They own the Fourth and Hickory street lot and plan to spend $25,000 to have the lodge occupy the new home before fall 1911, weather permitting.
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Warren Lodge No
Warren
Fourth
Hickory Streets
Taft urges Christian unity in fight for better humanity
President Taft told about 100 delegates in the White House East Room that world churches are drawing closer in a shared mission to improve humanity. He cited growing Christian brotherhood and teamwork across denominations and noted the Philippines experience shows the church’s role in daily life and governance without an established church.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Federation Council of the Church of Christ of America
Christian Brotherhood
Philippines
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Deatlock
David Graham
Mr. Phillips
Bellevue
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Novelist
Jack the Peeper
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Moyneham
P.R. R
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ministers’ Institute
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