Thornton Hains and Wife in Bitter Murder Trial
Read as front page confession drama where Mrs Hains accuses Capt Hains of brutal abuse and infidelity. The defense questions the alleged confession and insanity claims while detailing a tangled history of abuse, possible illegitimacy accusations, and a murder tied to jealousy and alleged conspiracy.
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Capt Hains
Slayers
Capt. Hains
New York
Wiliam F Annis
Peter & Hains Jr
Hains
Frank G Wald
Charles H Libby
Labby
Capt Hais
John F Weintsre
Hams
Jenkins Hains
Annis
John F Mcintyre
Manhattan
Lawers
West Fortyfourth Street
Mrannis
Anderson
Hadley Raps Oil Judges at AGs Meeting in Denver
Missouri Attorney General Herbert S Hadley, presiding over the national AGs meeting in Denver, calls for reform after the Standard Oil fine of 29,400,000, arguing corporate fictions shield real wrongdoers and urging laws to prevent reversed judgments without full record support.
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Denver
National Organization of Attorney Generals
Herbert S Hadley
Missouri
Hadley
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
John D Rockefeller
H H Rogers
John Archbold
Indiana Close to Deciding Governor and Vice President Bets
Special to The Washington Post from Indianapolis reports Indiana mirrors Ohio on the liquor issue in the 1908 campaign with brewery influence shaping party lines. Democrats claim momentum for Bryan alignments, while Republicans defend Fairbanks, labor issues, and a strong organizational effort led by Taft supporters.
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Washington Post
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Latt
Bryan
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Chicago
Kma
John W Kern
Labor
Herns
Edgard Perkins
Democratc
Taggart
Democraic
Tom’ Taggart
Taft Denver
Democratic National Committee
Repubicans
Hoosier
Tait
Lewis Named at Oakland for Fifth District Congress
The Washington Post Cumberland Md reports Dawdy Lewis was nominated for Congress by acclamation at the Sixth Maryland district Democratic convention in Oakland. The 39 year old candidate began coal mining as a child, studied law under Benjamin A Richmond, and was admitted to the Allegany county bar in 1892.
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Washington
Cumberland
Dawdy Lewis
Maryland
Oakland
Lewis
W J Grove
Frederick County
J Frank Lewis
Montgomery County
James A Young
Benjamin A Richmond
Allegany County
Farm scientists to meet on boll weevil fight in city
One hundred fifty triers of the soil will convene in this city on August 29 to exchange views. The meeting marks a shift to scientific agr culture, with demonstration-farm operators from the Department of Agriculture showing farmers the science of correct farming and planning future farm demonstration work. Funds from the Southern Education Board aided the effort, enabling 160 scientifically trained agriculturists to deploy in the Deep South.
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Ins
Department of Aeroculture
South
Secretary of Agriculture
Southern Edtication Board
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Wreck at Grafton Involving Excursion Train
Ten persons are reported killed and many injured in a Peansboro and Harrisville Railroad accident near Grafton West Virginia. The overloaded passenger train carrying Ritchie County fair excursionists broke down en route to Baltimers and return trips on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Grafton
W Va
Peansboro and
Harrisville
Ritchie County Fair
Pennsboro
Chinese to Hear Dr Wu at Ashburnham assembly
Ashburnham Massachusetts hosts a Chinese Students American Association gathering with hundreds of Chinese youths and men, as speakers Wu Tieg-fang Chinese minister to the United States and Wu Yen secretary of the Chinese legation are announced for the week long meetings opening tonight.
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Ashburnham
Mass
Chinese Students American Association
Wu ‘Tieg-fang
United States
Wu. Yen
American Astronomers Sail for Buenos Ayres
Prof Richard Tucker of Lick Observatory California Prof Lewis Boss director of Dudley Observatory and William Behrnrum sail today on the Velasquez for Buenos Ayres The party under Prof Boss Albany with plans to visit San Juan about 500 miles west of Buenos Ayres.
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New York
Richard Tucker
Lick Observatory
Calfornia
Lewis Boss
Dudley Observatory
William Bearnum
Buenos Ayres
Boss
Albany
Lusitania Sets Short Course Record for Atlantic Run
The Lusitania, a Cunard turbine liner, lowers the transatlantic short course record by over three hours with a 4 day 15 hour crossing from Queenstown to Sandy Hook. It then retains speed into the second 24 hour period, reaching 60 knots, 7 knots faster than prior, before anchoring outside the bar awaiting docking.
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New York
Luisiana
Sandy Hook
Ross
Atlantic
Lusitania
Queenstown
Daunts Rock
Fairy
Duke in Missouri Prison Case Seeks Pardon for Parisian Relative
In Springfield Missouri a 1906 burglary convict Alphonse Gregorius, serving seven years in the state penitentiary, is asked by Father Gretchen, a Paris priest, to obtain a pardon so he can return to France to see his ailing mother. The letter to local attorney Val Mason cites royal family connections to support the appeal.
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Springfeld
Alphonse Gregorius
Missouri
France
Father Gretchen
Val Mason
Gregorius
Two Cheltenham Quakes Recorded at Government Observatory
Two earthquakes were recorded at the Cheltenham Maryland government observatory within 36 hours. The first slight shock Wednesday at 8:49 p.m. lasted nine minutes and likely originated within 200 miles of Cheltenham. The second quake occurred yesterday morning from 5:49 to 6:15 and was of distant origin with a possible link to Toledo and Baltimore.
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Government Observatory
Chel Ltenham
Cheltenham
Marning
Hughes Stand Fights for New York Governor Nomination
Oyster Bay reports show President Roosevelt, Hitchcock, Sherman, and George J Smith weighing Gov Hughes renomination as a New York contest dominates the GOP national campaign. Hitchcock signals he has findings but no final answer, while observers expect a governor decision before the national effort fully opens.
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Roosevelt
Sherman
New York
Washington Post
Oyster Bay
New York State
James 8. Sherman
Frank H Hitchcock
Republican National
Bacon
George J Smith
Republican Committee
Sagamore Hill
Hughes
Hitchcock
Jie
Biichcock
Guv
Hancock Jis
New Iork
New Yue
Crescent
Hey
Michael J Dady
Brooklyn
Meyer
W W Cook
William 8S Bennett
Robert Bacon
William J Young
United States
Cameron McA Winslow
New Hampshire
James M Kidder
Hns
Republican National Committee
Sgov Hughes
Hitchcoch
National Headquarters
Gov. Hughes
Taft
Republican
Hartchcock
Footwear intrusion triggers frightful Roanoke incident
Mrs Maggie Blackwell and her guest Miss Sallie Chariton of Roanoke awoke to a male intruder gripping Miss Chariton’s foot in an upper room. The frightened pair hid as the man fled, and Chariton saw him briefly but cannot identify his race. They remained awake the rest of the night.
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Tansster
Ter Fatter
Washington Post
Roanoke
Maggie Blackwell
Sallie Chariton
Miss Chariton
Mie Blackwell
Balloons Cruise Over Berlin in Coordinated Evolutions
German airships Parseval and Gross steered together over Berlin for two hours. They performed formations above Ander den Linden near housetops, drawing cheers from crowds as the Duke of Sachsen-Altenburg helmed Parseval again. Both craft to resume daily ascensions for training new crews.
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Berlin
Ander den Linden
Duke of
Sachsen-Altenburg
Watertown Republican convention deadlocked after 331 ballots
The Twenty eighth congressional district Republican convention at Pulaski adjourned after seven ballots, totaling 331 ballots without a choice for representative to succeed Charles L Knapp. Hunt of Jefferson received 14 votes, Stowell of Oswego 13, and Knapp of Lewis unknown. The session extended over a week with no progress toward nominating a candidate.
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Pulaski
Charles L .Knapp
Hunt
Jefferson
Stowell
Oswego
Knapp
Lewis
Bishop McQuaid Collapses at Seminary Banquet
At St Berrards Seminary Rochester New York Bishop Bernard J McQuaid collapsed after celebrating the fortieth anniversary of his episcopate and sixtieth of his priesthood. Clergy knelt in prayer as Dr L F Simpson treated him and he later revived, with no immediate danger reported.Meanwhile Edwich Tribble of Green River Utah searches for his father Alfred Tribble who left the National Soldiers Home at Johnson last December.
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Rochester
St Berrards Seminary
Bernard J McQuaid
McQuaid
L F Simpson
Washington Post
Bristol
Edwich Tribble
Green River
Utah
Alfred Tribble
National Soldiers
Johnson
Tribble
Seynth Musgourt Regiment of Volunteer Infantry
Parade With Arms Stir Australia Welcome for Visiting Fleet
A Sydney parade descended into a tense moment over armed landing rules. Admiral Sperry and Australian authorities resolved the issue, permitting armed landing without ammunition as the fleet and Marines joined the grand review. Thousands filled streets as Admiral Sperry and staff arrived, with Prime Minister Deakin greeting them.
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Swsw
Sydney
Australia
Admiral Sperry
Commonwealth
Whch
Lfe
Australa
Farm Cove
Olcéf
Botanic Gardens
Alfred Deakin
New South Wales
Sperry
Hesata
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Torr Lotingly
Hans
Hrsband
Thornton Ituns
Fort Hamilton
Frank G Wild
Aus Hams
Wild
Witd
Bertez
McIntyre
Cemanded
Mrs Hains
Joseph S Shay
Queens County
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Shey
Post
Charlottesvile
Hubert Burrus
Robert D Burrus
Free Union
Chesapeake and Ohio
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Kern
Faibanks
McKinley
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American Federation
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Thomas R Marshall
Democratic Party
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Government House
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Pennsylvania
California
Tennessee
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Colombo
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