Financier dies in Susquehanna duck hunt accident
The Westington Post reports financier Henry Lynn of the American National Bank Washington DC was killed when his shotgun allegedly discharged in a sink box on the Susquehanna flats near Turkey Point. His body was recovered after about an hour in Cedar Creek water and will be sent to Leesburg Virginia for funeral services. Halstead and Creswell hosted the hunting party aboard a chartered launch. coroner ruled accidental drowning after investigation.
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Susquehanna River
Leesburg
Westington
Havie du Grace
R Henry Lynn
American National Bank
Washington, D C
Susquehanna Flats
Turkey Point
Cedar Creek
Forrter
Mia Lynn
Grifin Slalstead
Washington Brokher
Twhey Point
Tmubstead
Selby
Hi Ink Hue
Lynn
Mr Lynn
Halstead
Tieme
Livingstone
Narane
Elkton
Vother
Balstead
Latby
Baron and Bride Hide After Secret Marriage Feud Emerges
Baron von Javenitz and bride Marie Louise Owen retreat to seclusion amid rumors of a past life and a possible annulment. A friend says the dancer Miss Mary Mackid visited their home in New York and Atlantic City. The baroness expresses full confidence, vowing secrecy and planning a European trip once strong, denying any annulment.
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Wasiington Post
New York
Boto von Javenitz
Marie Louise Owen
Westfield
New Jersey
Jeter
Afl
Mary Mackid
Dollar Princess Company
Miss Mackid
Ewens
Weat Sixty-eighth Street
Ewen
Atlantic City
Miss Mackld
Mian Wen
Walter E Bentley
E Garfield Gifford
Newark
Baron von Koenitz
Tha Daroness
Ebropé
Insurance Chase Deepens In Snead Case At New Jersey House
New York reports reveal three life insurance groups will not pay on Mrs Snead’s death until body identification is confirmed. Detectives study bundles of notes by Miss Virginia Wardlaw, suggesting an obsession with insurance. A fourth will and drafts implicate relatives, while doctors describe possible hypnotic influence and neurasthenia. Authorities weigh motives as details unfold across intertwined papers and testimonies.
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New York
Ocey Wardlaw
Martin Snead
Iife Insurance
Ward
East Orange
Snead
Ufe
Fletcher Snead
Suema
Hood
Virginia Wardlaw
Gast Orange
Jacob Wachsman
Brooklyn
Fullan Carabba
Freeman
Wellesley College
Alexander Torm
Princeton ‘University
Charles Young
Columbia
Ingurange Company
Sneed
Jersey
Sife
Phyal¢Fana
Flatlands
Trelugg
Abe
Equitable
Geey Snead
Equitable Life Asavrohic
Equitable Company
Hos
Oceania Werlow
Mies Viginia Ward
Joh B Wantlaw
David Louis Wardlaw
Supreme Reourt
Carolina
Robert M Marthe
Sneads
Agale
Pletcher Snead
Misa Wardlaw
Orange
Mra Sneads
WMI
Lichtenberger
University of Penoaylvame
New York School of Phuanthop
Tragic Death of R H Lynn Underwater Sink Box Accident
Mr R H Lynn president of the American National Bank of Washington dies in an underwater accident described as a possible accidental gun discharge below the water line. Funeral details and local reactions in Leesburg and Bristol Tenn are noted with Lane family ties and bank leadership tributes.
Deaths and Investigations Tie to Snead Family Wealth
In Newark East Orange and Flatbush authorities probe the death of Mrs Snead amid insurance policies totaling about $230,000 and a missing fortune. Detectives pursue clues from bank records, wills, and letters while Miss Wardlaw and relatives resist disclosure.
Norfolk milk wagon driver blamed for typhoid outbreak
Norfolk Health Officer says an 8-A milk wagon driver spread typhoid fever through contamination. Health Commissioner Dupuy calls the man a culture for germs touching everything. A board of control report will be submitted with recommendations that the driver be quarantined. The driver had previously recovered from the fever.
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Norfolk
Calis
Ghent
Dupuy
Vandals Loot Laurel Grove Cemetery Bronze Elk
Thieves entered Laurel Grove Cemetery on the city outskirts last night and attempted to remove a bronze elk statue weighing nearly a ton from the Paterno Lodge plot of BPO Elks No 60. The statue was overturned and one leg sawed off as vandals aimed to sell the metal. Police suspect theft for metal resale.
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Paterson
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Paternoe Lodge
Illicit still busted in Burke County raid knocks out beer and whiskey
Timothy Lait and Carl Swink, Burke County officers in the South Mountain area, were seized by revenu officers while operating a drag tavern. A 50 gallon still, 9 fermenters, 100 gallons of beer and multiple gallons of corn whiskey were destroyed. They were jailed in Lincolnton on default of bond.
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Lincolnton
Timothy Lait
Carl Swink
Shen
Burke
South Mountain District
Boud
Strike Riot at Wheeling Spurs Plant Guarding
Wheeling West Virginia reports a strike riot as deputies confront sympathizers at the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company plant. A striker was shot and seriously wounded. About fifty deputies patrol the plant amid fears of further clashes as Cleveland and Pittsburgh strikebreakers are reported nearby.
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Wheeling
American Sheet and Tin Pinto Company
Cintinnati
Pittsburg
United States moves to blockade Nicaragua ports
Reports say the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Nicaragua will be blockaded by U.S. warships to prevent Zelaya’s escape and aid Estrada. Colliers and gunboats head toward Greytown and Bluefields while surveying and fuel supply ships reinforce. State Department contemplates Zelaya capture and possible execution, with Navy denial of issued orders.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Nicaragua
United States
Zelaya
Huttads
Leanides
Des Moines
Tacoma
Marietta
Port Simon
Rles
Greytown
Bluefields
Eagle
Albany
Yorktown
Pacific Coast
Magdalena Bay
Bicksbm
Corinto
State Department
Estrada
Navy Department
Carlota
Koa
Managua
Avlante
Zeliya
Estradas
Eighty-Fifth
Kicatagum
Republic
Zelayas
Ofien Chamorro
Repubies
Europe
Nicaaguan
United Stats
Washington
Atlantic Coast Squadron
Batrada
Shrapnel Misses Balloon At Sandy Hook Test
New York December 3 reports a large army balloon launched near Fort Hancock Sandy Hook with food payload. A shower of bursting shrapnel from the fort intervals failed to damage the gas bag as spectators watched through glasses. The balloon lowered at dusk after days earlier a balloon had been hit and collapsed. Tests are being conducted as secretly as possible.
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Sandy Hook
New York
United States Army Proving Grounds
Fort Hancock
Sandy
Hook
Lee
Proving Grounde
Hobo Trip May Kill Girls Escaped From Industrial School
Two 12 year old girls Annie Smith and Lucy Luetike fled Milwaukee Industrial School on November 23. They rode under a passenger tram to Jefferson Junction, then walked ten miles to Jahasons Creek in an attempt to evade officers. Both are in critical condition and one girl is not expected to live.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Annie Smith
Lucy Luetike
Jefferson Junction
Jahasons Creek
Stauth
Clash Over Divorce Sparks Board Row At University Of Pennsylvania
Walter George Smith resigns from the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees amid a clash with colleagues over appointing professor Lichtenberger who holds views on divorce. Smith cites concerns that his associate professor candidate’s sociology views are inappropriate for the university. Lichtenberger defends open debate on marriage as a social contract outside strict legal constraints.
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Philadelphia
Walter George
Chicago
Frorest Harrison
Smth
Smith
TF Lichtenberger
Lieht
Howard
Fox Outwits Hounds In Loudoun Fox Hunt
Special to The Washington Port from Leesburg Virginia dated December 3 reports the Loudoun Foxhounds delayed in Steptoe Hill cover without a quarry. A fox was later sighted near Goose Creek and topped by Mountville, triggering a long ride with Master M Smith and listed riders from multiple cities amid dry season conditions.
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Washington
Leesburg
Loudoun
Steptoe Sill
Lropig
Oose Reek
Mountville
M Smith
J P Bowditch
Farmington Mass
HF Collins
Pittsburg
F B Huesey
Pivsurs
Whitman
Boston
Mass
Wiiham Corcoran Evans
Westmoreland Days
Ships sink in gale claim on Ellan Vannin and other wrecks
London dispatch reports multiple British Isles shipwrecks from a gale. The Ellan Vannin with 39 aboard foundered near the Isle of Man, and the Thistlemor and another vessel near Barnstable Bay suffered heavy losses. Eight additional wrecks were reported with crews lost or missing.
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Maat
Mersey
Barnstable Bay
London
British Isles
Thistlemor
Appledere
Yeo
Liverpool
Barry Wates
Biddefod Bay
Thistremor
Ramsay Isle of Wan
Liverpo
Missing Cook’s Schooner From Gloucester Fleet
A violent northeast gale off Newfoundland in recent days has wrecked several Gloucester fishing schooners. The Mabel I Hines and the Henry M Stantay were lost near Birchy Cove, with other vessels including the John Ke Bradley reported missing. The gale produced widespread wreckage, leaving many ships total losses along the coast.
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Birchy Cove
Newfoundland
Gloucester Mar
Mabel I Hines
Henry M Stantay
John Ke Bradley Widey
di Cook
Stovaine Old Species to Tar Washington December
A fragmented report notes a new row over the spinal anaesthetic stovaine and its discovery credited to Dr Thomas Jennisen of Roumants. It mentions the Corning ether nerve-deadening experiments and ethical concerns, prompting professional scrutiny and public statements by associates.
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Washington
New York
Thomas Jennisen
Leonard Corning
Tin Elty
Corning
Virginia Grange Backs Report Skepticism on Ag Secretary
The West Virginia State Grange adopted a caustic seven part resolution criticizing Secretary James Won for alleged inaccuracies in his annual report. The paper notes claims the figures double count farm products and animal values, creating a false impression for readers. A Charlestown sponsor and local reporters aided the effort, with debate over the secretary’s accounting methods and overall figures.
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Weat
Virgina Grange
Charlestown
H B
Darnall
R & Thasher
D W Working
State ‘University
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Enton Station
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Pennsylvania
Prt
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Tub
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Marsland Ry
Dealova
Loudoun Piunty
Loudoun National Bank
Old Dominion RH
Leesburg Bank
American National
Maile Bank President
Mies Jeannette Harrison
Woof Lynn
Southern
Henry Harrizon
Lynng Oncle
Carl Pierce
Thai National Bank of
Alexandria
Brstol Tenn
R H Lynn
American National Bank of Washington
Bristol B . Dulaney
BM Lynn
Flatbush
Ocey Snead
Mra Snead
Wsme Wardlaw
Rain 'S Collins
CEB Martin - Fod Ak
WERS
Joe Man
Bitty Deputieg
Aetna Tin Plant
McCread
St Pauga Church
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America
Knot
Egerlent
Jacksonville
W. G Smith
Pennsylvania Board
Alama
Ping Danebeit
Howie
England
Passen
Ellan Vannm
Mark Jonsin
Ymerila
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Vannin
Ted
Ton Ageal
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Isle of Man
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Sterites
Calmoui
Cook
Stovaine
Jamencan
Wilson Eres
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Rotern
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