Duck hunter dies in Susquehanna sinkbox accident
Financier R Henry Lynn of the American National Bank Washington D C dies in a Susquehanna River sinkbox accident near Turkey Point. A party including Walliam Halstead and Griffin Halstead chartered a launch for a 19 mile ducking trip from Likton. Lynn’s shotgun discharged, the craft filled with water, and he drowned after an hour’s search. body sent to Leesburg Virginia for funeral services. The coroner ruled accidental drowning and the crew mourned the tragedy.
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Westington
Havie du Grace
R Henry Lynn
American National Bank
Washington, D C
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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
Baron and Bride Hide In Seclusion After Secret Marriage
Special to The Washington Post reports Baron Boto von Javenitz and Marie Louise Owen have retired from public life. Friends say they visited Westfield New Jersey and Atlantic City with dancer Mary Mackid, once linked to the baron. The baroness insists no annulment will occur and promises future travel to Europe.
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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
Insurance ties of Mrs Snead deepen insurance mystery
New York reports that three life insurance firms will not honor policies on Mrs Snead until the body found in an East Orange, New Jersey, bathtub is identified. Investigators uncover drafts, wills, and letters linking Miss Virginia Wardlaw and two other relatives to an elaborate insurance scheme amid claims of hypnotic influence and neurasthenia.
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Ocey Wardlaw
Martin Snead
Iife Insurance
Ward
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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
Tragic Bank President Dies After Sink Box Accident
Mr Lynn, president of the American National Bank of Washington, died after a sink box accident during a harbor incident near Leesburg. He was submerged when a gun reportedly discharged underwater, leaving his body to be transported to Leesburg for funeral services with family and Washington bankers attending.
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Washington
Mies Jeannette Harrison
Woof Lynn
Southern
Henry Harrizon
Lynng Oncle
Carl Pierce
Thai National Bank of
Alexandria
Leesburg
American National Bank
Brstol Tenn
R H Lynn
American National Bank of Washington
Bristol B . Dulaney
BM Lynn
Unraveling of a Brooklyn Case Amid Insurance Plots and Disappearing Heir
The East Orange inquiry links J H Haskell and Chief Bell to the Mrs Snead death while investigators uncover life policies totaling about 2300 dollars and a bank book showing withdrawals. Miss Wardlaw, guardian of the household, faces questions as incomplete wills and loan drafts surface. Family members remain elusive in Last Orange as authorities pursue motives and links to a vanished fortune.
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Ocey Snead
Mra Snead
Wsme Wardlaw
Snead
Rain 'S Collins
CEB Martin - Fod Ak
Norfolk milk driver blamed for typhoid fever epidemic
Norfolk Health Officer Calis Milk Driver Human Germ Culture or folk Ya De. 8-A driver of a milk wagon ig weli responsible for the epi demic of tyswid fever In fashionable Ghent section Health Commissioner Dupuy decares the man br questions a veritable culture for the germs contaminating everything he touches Accordingly, Mr Dupuy to morrow Will submit to the boans of con trol report on the casé with révum mendations that the driver be quar fined The man was stricken years ago with the fever but he apparently re covered his usual health.
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Calis
Ghent
Dupuy
Vandals Raid Laurel Grove Cemetery Bronze Elk Targeted
Thieves entered Laurel Grove Cemetery on the city outskirts last night and attempted to carry away a bronze elk statue weighing nearly a ton that ornamented the plot of Paternoe Lodge No 60 of the BPO. The statue was overturned and one leg sawed off as vandals hoped to sell the metal. Suspected culprits fled.
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Laurel Grove Cemetery
Paternoe Lodge
Offenders Seized in Illicit Distillery Raid in Burke County
Lincolnton magistrate Timothy Lait and deputy sheriff Carl Swink were arrested by revenue officers in the South Mountain district while running an illicit distillery. A 50 gallon still, nine fermenters, about 100 gallons of beer and multiple gallons of corn whiskey were destroyed. They were jailed in Lincolnton in default of bond.
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Timothy Lait
Carl Swink
Shen
Burke
South Mountain District
Boud
Strike Riot at Wheeling Leaves Wounded and Tense
Wheeling West Virginia reports a clash tonight between strike sympathizers and deputy sheriffs at the Aetna plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. A striker was shot and seriously wounded as deputies guard the plant amid anticipated reinforcements from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Officials fear further trouble as strikebreakers are being hired.
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American Sheet and Tin Pinto Company
Cintinnati
Pittsburg
Western Blockade Aims to Press Zelaya in Nicaragua
United States naval forces plan a practical blockade of Nicaragua’s Atlantic and Pacific ports to starve Zelaya of supplies and force his capture by Estrada. Des Moines Tacoma and Marietta are en route to Port Simon Cast Rles, while Eagle, Albany and Yorktown reinforce the Pacific coast, surveying and fueling as needed. State Department signals suggest aims to deny Zelaya escape and back Estrada, with execution rumors tied to Caracas diplomacy and Knox instructed ships to search for escaping vessels.
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Batrada
Shrapnel Misses Balloon At Sandy Hook Test
A large US army balloon launched near Fort Hancock Sandy Hook was repeatedly hit by shrapnel but remained intact observers with glasses could see no damage as the gas bag was later lowered. The test, conducted near secrecy, followed an earlier incident where a balloon collapsed after cannon fire.
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New York
United States Army Proving Grounds
Fort Hancock
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Proving Grounde
HoBo Trip May Kill Girls Escaped From Industrial School
Two 12 year old girls Annie Smith and Lucy Luetike escaped Milwaukee Industrial School on November 23. They rode under a passenger tram to Jefferson Junction and then walked ten miles to Jahasons Creek in a bid to outwit officers. Both are severely malnourished and one girl is not expected to live.
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Wis
Annie Smith
Lucy Luetike
Jefferson Junction
Jahasons Creek
Stauth
Clash Over Divorce Divides University Board in Philadelphia
Walter George Smith resigns from the University of Pennsylvania board over disagreement with associating professor Lichtenberger’s views on divorce. Smith cites policy differences and objects to the professor's sociological stance, arguing marriage should be supported by law and social factors, not just legal framework. Dr Lichtenberger defends academic freedom, urging constructive treatment of divorce causes within sociology.
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Chicago
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TF Lichtenberger
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Howard
University of Penoaylvame
New York School of Phuanthop
Fox Outwits Hounds in Loudoun Fox Hunt
Special to The Washington Port Leesburg Va December 3 The Loudoun Foxhounds were cast at Steptoe Hill with Master and hunt servants leading The pack failed to find after covering Steptoe Hill then moved toward Lro pig and again failed A fox was later found along Goose Creek and the riders pursued for hours toward Mountville despite dry weather hampering conditions The hounds still started a quarry daily and gave riders a brisk gallop Masters and riders named include M Smith Success J P Bowditch Mrs HF Collins F B Huesey Mr and Mrs Whitman I D Abt William Corcoran Evans Tenant Mrs Westmoreland Days and others.
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Loudoun
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M Smith
J P Bowditch
Farmington Mass
HF Collins
Pittsburg
F B Huesey
Pivsurs
Whitman
Boston
Mass
Wiiham Corcoran Evans
Westmoreland Days
Storm wrecks claim dozens as gale sweeps seas
London reports multiple ships lost in a fierce gale across the British Isles. The Thistlemor and other vessels founder near Barnstable Bay and off Liverpool, with scores of crew and passengers missing or washed ashore. Eight additional wrecks described as dangerous.
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Yeo
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Barry Wates
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Thistremor
Ramsay Isle of Wan
Liverpo
Cook's Schooner Missing in Newfoundland Gale
A gale along Newfoundland waters wrecked several Gloucester Shooners, including the Mabel I Hines and Henry M Stantay, with the John Ke Bradley also reported missing. Coastwise craft suffered total losses as wreckage piled up along the coast.
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Newfoundland
Gloucester Mar
Mabel I Hines
Henry M Stantay
John Ke Bradley Widey
di Cook
Stovaine Old Remedy Sparks Medical Debate
A fragmentary report outlines claims that the stovaine spinal anesthesia, linked to Dr Thomas Jennisen, promises painless surgery and patient talk during sunset. It notes ethical concerns and mentions Dr Leonard Corning admitting nerve-deadening experiments in New York as far back as previous years.
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Washington
New York
Thomas Jennisen
Leonard Corning
Tin Elty
Corning
Virginia Grange attacks secretary of agriculture report
West Virginia State Grange adopts a seven part resolution criticizing James Wilson's annual report. The resolution claims figures double count farm products and livestock values, suggesting the secretary creates a false impression. Charlestown sponsor Huplett and reporters Darnall, Thasher, and Working noted inaccuracies in the farm value totals.
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H B
Darnall
R & Thasher
D W Working
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