Gillette Confession Reported Ahead of Monday Sentence
The Washington Post reports late developments in the Chester Gillette case claiming he confessed to attorney Senator Mills that he attacked Grace Brown when she surfaced from Big Moose Lake. Mills and Thomas reportedly reacted with disgust and Gillette was said to have forgotten himself while recounting the fatal day. Authorities offered cautious commentary as the court postponed the death sentence to Monday at 10.
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Mills
Washington Fost Herkimer
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
AM. Milla
Big Moose Lake
Gillette
Senator Mills
Millis
Charles D Thomas
Ward
Attorney Mills
Richars
Richards
Suy
Gillettes
Devendorf
DIED AYDELOTTE WILLIAM AYDELOTTE 37 YEAR OLD
William Aydelotte died December 7 at 2 pm from his late residence 1535 Fifteenth Street Northwest. Private burial at Arlington. Funeral notices also list James M Dean optician and other obituaries with residence details and funeral arrangements.
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Martia Clark
Thencor
Mary Clark
Megaarden
Manchester
FOPE
O Street
Hort West
Alfred’ Pope
Anua Pope
Filan
New Orleans
Ellen
Cornelius Ryan
Washington
Mra McGee
New Hampshire Avenue
Smula
Janie Smith
Harry Washington Smith
Blanche Gray Rogers Tiner
Park Road
Congresstone
Townsend
James Percival Townsend
Notice of simultaneous marriage and death notices
Notice states that marriages and deaths will be announced identically in multiple newspapers without extra charge. The listed papers include New York Times, Boston Globe, Buffalo Courier, Chicago Record-Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St Louis Republic, Syracuse Post Standard, St Paul Pioneer Press, Winslow Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinnati Enquirer. The notice implies coordinated distribution across papers.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courizr
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pitisburg Dispatch Providen
CE Journal
Pochester Herald
ST Louis Republic
Siracuse Post Standard
ST Pau
Pioners
Folis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cincinnati Enquirer
Obituary and funeral firms advertise services in Washington listings
A reader notice compiles multiple funeral directors and embalmers in Washington, D. C., offering strictly first-rate service at modern prices. It lists W. R. Speare and J. W. Lee, along with R. F. Harvey and John M. Mitchell’s Son, detailing offices, phone numbers, and associated florists such as GuDe and Comley Bros for designs.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Aga Nn
Navn
George P. Zarhorst
Prisoner Gillette Shows Signs Of Recovery After Guilty Verdict
A prisoner described as Gillette appeared to have gained weight and looked physically fit after a guilty verdict was pronounced Tuesday night. He sleeps well, reads, and occasionally plays cards with guards while a deputy guards him by day and two by night.
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Gillette
Seaboard Air Line Plans $18 Million Bond Issue
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Md December 6 1929 holders of stock and voting trust certificates receive notice of Seaboard Air Line Railway plan to issue 18000000 dollars in 5 percent bonds secured by mortgage collateral trust agreement and covering company property. Bonds mature February 1 1937 to pay March and notes and fund future development. Meeting set for January 10 1930 to vote. Proposal also calls for 7800000 dollars of bonds early next year with rights for holders to subscribe at 9 percent and interest up to 12 percent of holdings.
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Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Puch Securities
Serboard Air Line
Ibsen Manuscript Found Two Kinds Of Moral Law
Special cable dispatch reports newly published Ibsen manuscripts from his death period. The material includes sketches for plays, a speech on women’s rights, and aphorisms, with notes on A Doll’s House later named A Modern Tragedy. The piece discusses two moral codes for men and women and Nora’s forgery. It reflects on patriarchy, female authenticity, and the tension between societal law and personal ethics.
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Berlin
Dee
Ibsen
Ibaed
Tosen
Nora
Friends of Freedom
Mena Opnion
Ike
Rebels Routed as Ecuador Uncovers Conspiracy
In Acupy Province rebels led by Col Vega and Dr Cordova were defeated by government troops from Cuenca. A widespread conspiracy was uncovered with arrests and seized arms. President Alfaro forms a new ministry including Jose Maria Carbo Aguirre as Interior Minister and Gen. Hipolito Moncayo as War and Navy Minister.
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Guayequic
Ecuador
Dee 6
Col. Vega
Cordova
Plaza
Garcia
Acupy
Cuenca
Alfaro
Liberal Party
Interior
Jose Maria Carbo Aguirre
Pacifico Villagomez
Amado Page
Francisco Martinez Aguirre
Navy
Hipolito Moncayo
Dominican insurgent leaders crushed near Puerto Plata
Senor Don Emilio C Joubert reports twelve insurgent leaders gathered at Puerto Plata were attacked by government troops as they moved toward La Biga. Peirce LaSalle was killed and the rest were arrested.
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Party of Twelve
Senor
Emilio C Joubert
Puerto Plata
la Biga
Peirce LaSalle
Pope expands on church harmonies amid threats in Rome
Rome reports the secret consistory elevated Cardinal La masse of Hungary while Pope Pius XI warned that threats against the papacy follow a bomb attack and hostile letters. He praised episcopal unity, urged Catholics to endure hostility in France and Spain, and noted eighty four bishops were preconized including Blenk of New Orleans and Walsh of Portland.
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Rome
Dec
Lamasse
St. Rrgenta
Hungary
Ilnass
Samaesse
Vatican
St. Peter's
Pontic
James WH. Blenk
New Orleans
L. 8. Walsh
Portland
Mer
John B. Morris
Little Rock
Ark
Mgr
Giuseppe Aversa
Cuba
Sardi
the Ponti
Christ
France
Spain
$80 000 Books for Library Buy Gifted by Owner
Yudin collection of $1,000 volumes on Russia, among the largest, has been purchased for Washington's Congressional Library by Herbert Putnam. The owner, G. V. Yudin, largely gifts two thirds of his cost, seeking usefulness and prestige for the transfer. Alexis V. Babine aided in arranging the details.
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Iarasnoyarsk
Siberia
Russia
Congressional Library
Washington
Herbert Putnam
Yudin
G. V Yudin
Hia
Mr. Putnam
Alexis V. Babine
Associated
Preas
Widespread factory blaze destroys West Lynn district
An explosion at P J Harney Shoes Manufacturing in Alley Street Lynn Mass sparked a four story fire that destroyed fourteen buildings. Two acres burned, eleven injured including Miss Cella Traduenburg in critical condition. Fire spread despite a sleet storm, drawing aid from Boston and threatening two acres of West Lynn.
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Lynn
Mass
P J. Harney Shoes Manufacturing Company
Alley Street
West Lynn
Miss Cella
Traduenburg
Ames
Boston
Charles Street
Harvey Factory
Weat Lynn
Boston and Maine
Jacobs Company
Last Words Accused Wife's Killing Revealed at Coroner Probe
Witnesses at the Scott County coroner's inquest testified that Dr. Isaac C. Anderson, dying, named his brother in law James Nelms as the killer after saying he was held by his wife and mother in law. Nelms was arrested awaiting the jury verdict while Anderson reportedly died in his drug store after claims of self-inflicted death.
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Anderson
Scott County
Washington Post
Gate City
Dec
Isaac C. Anderson
James Nelms
Zola Children to Bear Father Name Again in France
Mme Emile Zola formally asked courts to allow her late husband’s name for the three children of Zola and Mme Rozerot, as revealed amid the Dreyfus affair. The children are raised by Mme Zola, with the son planning a technical career rather than journalism. Parts, Dec 6. Foreign Minister Picton told the American Ambassador shipments to France will enter under new meat inspection rules without microscopic pork export examination.
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Paris
Mme
Emile Zola
M. Zola
Mme Rozerot
Dreyfus
Mme. Zola
Jottars
Picton
McCormick
France
King Edward Wins Prize at Live Stock Expo
King Edward VII exhibiting a shire stallion Prem Victor won first prize over Lord Rothachild's Girton Charmer at the International Live Stock Exposition. The grand championship load of fifteen steers averaged 1,498 pounds and sold in New York for 17 cents a pound on the hoof, marking a key record. London reports Sir Morles Wyndham cannot fix a date for leaving the boards, suggesting it may be two years or longer with no definite farewell.
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Chicago
Edward VII
England
Prem Victor
Lord Rothachild
Girton Charmer
Otte
New York
London
Morles Wyndham
Barkentine Bonny Doon Saved At Chatham Landing
Revenue cutters Mohawk and Gresham aided a rescue near Chatham Massachusetts. The Bonny Doon was pulled off Great Round Shoal and towed into Stage Harbor. No lives were lost and the crew was landed at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. The vessel, though afloat, is in very bad condition and awaiting further arrangements.
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Gouden
Gresham
Chatham
Mess
Treasury Department
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Carden
Stage Harbor
Rawlings Boys Escape Noose In Georgia Clemency
Atlanta officials commute the death sentence of Jesse and Milton Rawlings to life imprisonment after a hangings plan for Valdosta. Their father J G Rawlings and Alf Moore were executed earlier for conspiring to murder the Cartier family. Leonard Rawlings and others were also connected to the plot.
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Atlanta
Board of Pardons
Jesse
Milton Rawlings
Valdosta
He. J. G. Rawlings
Alf Moore
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Ships arriving include Wavre La Proveces from New York and Queenstown bound for New York. Vessels reported dock times around 7 p m Saturday and 6 p m Saturday. Hamburg bound Kaiserin Auguste Vittoria likely to dock in New York by 7 p m. Nieuw Amsterdam aims for Boulogne and Rotterdam with expected reach Friday afternoon.
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Wavre
la Proveces
New
New York
Trave
Ramen
Queenstowns
Bkltle
Etfurld
Liverpool
Cape Reace
Kaiserin Auguste Vittoria
Hamburg
Southampton
Brow Head
Nieuw
Amaterdam
Boulogne
Rotterdam
Oriental Rugs Sold At Deep Discounts In Vacant Storefront
A building has been sold and occupants must vacate soon. MH Heriman & Co advertise an enormous stock of Oriental rugs sacrificed at deeply cut prices, inviting shoppers to seize the bargain at their 13th and 6 location.
Stolen Gems Recovered In Waldorf-Astoria Larceny Case
John Quinlan and Frank Smith, both residents of 202 East Seventy fourth Street, were held on larceny charges by Magistrate Barlow at the Tombs after being arrested at 49 Wall Street. They allegedly found five diamond brooches stolen from Mrs Salle Van Wyck at the Waldorf Astoria on November 16 and hid them in a hotel chandelier. Mrs Van Wyck, a Chicago resident, wired that she would travel to New York as detectives confirm Quinlan’s confession of taking the brooches. The men posted $1500 bail and were remanded until Monday.
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Weshington Post
New York
John Quinlan
Waldorf-Astoria
Frank Smith
East Seventy-fourth Street
Barlow
Tomba Court
Salle K van Wyck
van Wyck
Chicago
Dilla
Quinlan
Mia
An Wyek
Mrs Dudley Seeks $100000 Alafloat in Court Drama
Mrs Maria Dudley, in a $100,000 alienation suit against Mrs Elizabeth Vanderpoel, gains a new counsel, Mr Peck, who seeks to move the case to February. Costs were paid though she says she is poor, while reports note $800 hats and $8,600 coats and connections to Camden and Philadelphia witnesses. The case hinges on whether Dudley retained witnesses and whether former husband Edward Dudley’s wealth and lavish lifestyle are relevant to the alleged maintenance and affections.
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Washington
Kingston
Peek
Maria Dudley
Elizabeth Battelle Vanderpoel
Justice Fitts
Supreme Court
Dudley
Whitaker
Saugerties
Peck
Vanderpoel
Edward Dudley
Mrs Dudley
Chames Warren
Mr. Dudley
Naples
Dudleys
Lillian Blauvelt
Thaw Trial Delayed Beyond May Start
New York dispatch reports that Harry Thaw’s trial for the Stanford White case will not begin before May 1 and may be further delayed. The district attorney’s office cited scheduling and defense depositions as factors, while Thaw’s lawyers hope for an earlier date and urge swift proceedings. Thaw remains jailed in the Tombs, and the case has lingered for months.
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Washington Post
New York
Harry X
Stanford White
District Attorney’s Office
Thow
California
Thew
Jerome
Thaw
Lords Pass Education Bill in Lords Third Reading
London December 6 The education bill passed its third reading in the House of Lords by a vote of 165 to the opposition. Lord Crewe and other speakers stressed that a settlement remains possible though not certain.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Crewe
Litra Tanndowne
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Gillette's
Undertakers
Seaboard
Pope
Samassa
Pontiff
Congressional Institution
Putnam
Apollinaris
P. J. Hanna Shoe Company
Tufts & Friedman Shoe Company
H. ¥. Hood Company
Boston and Maine West Lynn
Jacobs’ Leather Stock Company
M. J. Worthley Shoe Company
Zola
Mme Zola
Noveliat
Rozerot
King Edward
Wyndham
Barkentine
Rawlings
Herimian
Waldorf
Oriental Coffee
Browning & Baines Inc
Pennsylvania Ave. N. W
Mrs. Dudley
White
Hig Tern
Phen
Ideal
W. B. Moses & Sons, Inc
F Street, Cor
Hadway
Radway & Cco
Elm St
N.Y
Aydney A Strauss
Fern Sprague
Bristol
Alfred K Hall
Flushing N. Y
Carrie C Gooper
Brooklyn
H ' Schroeder Gustavus A. Bingham
Mane Irene Lator
JB Kelleher
William McKencie
Margaret Lynch
Lewis O'Neal
Metice of
Metice of the Peace Macy F. Watlacs, 41, and Blaonlam Holland
Clement Brown
Philip
Hichborn
Hiunord Hoyt
Henry Y Satterlee Tames Garrison
Elizebeth Wells
P. J Ritchie
Wilson Canney
Maggie Taylor
Martha Green
Rosie Terry
Healte Office Record
Mary Mehring
Mt. Aw
Nanny Robinson
Frances Goldamith
MD Ave
Eliza R Goldamith
Helen M Bowell
Wyoming Ave
Gorsuch
Govt
Tale Cole
Sucan A. Havard
Edward W Hlering
Amania McEwanner
Heve
Weerey
Toka
Angelica
Iday Wines
Kalon
Mai
Barton & Guestier
Eraser & CO
Stillwell & Gladding
Felton
E. le Montagne
Soma
U. S
Beaver St
Xmas
Old Colony
H Street
Hl St. N. W. Old Colony CO. Importers
Lowestoft
Plateau
Monsey
Jardiniereel Curiog
C. Chelsea
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