Birdsong Murder Trial Moves Forward in Mississippi
In Hazelhurst Mississippi Angie Birdsong faces murder charges in the slaying of Dr. Thomas Butler. Prosecution details indicate a deliberate act after Butler pleaded for mercy. A key witness described Birdsong firing after leaving the office, while her mother in law testified to signs of insanity prior to the incident.
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Mississippi
Hazelhurst
Miss
Angie Birdsong
Thomas Butler
Angie
S E Bir
Undertakers and Embalmers Directory Listing
A historical newspaper snippet listing multiple undertakers and funeral directors with addresses and phone numbers. Notable names include W R Speare, J William Lee, George P Zurhorst, R F Harvey's Sons, and John M Mitchell's Son, with various city locations and trade claims.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. WL
J. William Lee
Modara Crematorium
East Caps
St. R
F. Harvey
Eigen
John M. Mitchell
Phoro East
Funeral flower services by GuDe Comley and Shaffer network
Funeral designs of every description moderately priced offered by GuDe at 1214 F Street Northwest and Comley Bros Florists with cat flowers specialty and Shaffer Florist at 14th Street and Hyatts, phone numbers M 4272 West 149 and 2416 Main.
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Comley Bros
Cat Flowers
Ites
Wis
Ave
Geo
C. Shaffer
Florist
Trial details on Mrs Birdsong regarding sanity and murder
Witnesses described Birdsong’s emotional instability and hearsay about Dr Butler’s tales. The body of Dr Butler was examined after the shooting, with remarks about former friends' cold behavior affecting Birdsong. The trial featured both Birdsong’s children and the slain man’s children in court.
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Garret
Birdsong
Goss
Denial Telegrams From Gillette Case Prompt Trial Request
Special to The Washington Post from Herkimer North Carolina reports that Cheater Gillette denied a reported confession in the Dig Moose Lake murder case and awaited a new trial. His mother urged repentance and Bible reading from Denver while Utica received a rival Grace Brown love letter alleging another motive.
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Washington Post
Herkimer
N. C
Cheater
Gillette
Denver
Colo
Dig Moose Lake
Gilette
Utica
N. Y
Klock
Grace Brown
Chester E. Gillette
Brown
Lette
Sheriff's Department
Ins
Madge C. Lanner
Gimord Street
Syracuse
Grace Bown
Chester
Madge Tanner
Two Slain By Negro In Mississippi Boarding House Incident
In Greenville Mississippi on December 7 two people died two were seriously wounded and two slightly hurt after Felix Holman a Black Arkansan shot at a police arrest team at a negro boarding house. Holman killed Colina Holman and wounded three officers and bystanders before surrendering to the sheriff.
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Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Felix Holman
Arkansas
Colina Holman
Pratt
A. Abercromlin
B. Coffer
William Vaught
Enoch Thompson
Holman
Thompson
Coffer
Abercroinjin
Warner
Crouch
Jal
Licensed to Marry Names in Odd Pairings
A列 string of names and ages lists multiple license-to-marry entries with varied, unclear locations. The OCR reads like a jumble of individuals from New York Seat Pleasant Snell Cedars and other places, with ages ranging from 1 to 90. The text appears to be a historical marriage license notice with many garbled names.
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Robert W Burroughs
New York
Olive
Charles $ Bundy
Tiwood
Daniel B Braca
Snell, Va
Jule M. Carter
Cedars Ve
Jb’ McLaughlin
James H Ford
Rachel Wood
Joshua Barnes
Health Office Record Deaths Reported Through December 7
Deaths list includes Edward Davie 20, Sarah Hicks from Wash Atyl Hosp, Notley 66, Margaret McKenna 53, Flora Strothers 68, William Blackburn 26, Joseph Walker 40, Hubert H Wise 35, John Sullivan 41, Mary L Edmonston 54, Marta Wright 28, William Aydelotte 65, Franklin Webster 11, Carrie Davis 20, Henry Grey 2, Conrad H King 1 month.
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Edward Davie
Champlain Ave
Sarah Hicks
Yenra Notley ‘Naltor
Margaret McKenna
S4th
Flora Strothers
William Blackburn
Joseph Walker
Ridge St
Sears
Hubert H. Wise
John Sullivan
Mary L Edmonston
Marta Wright
Corcoran
William Aydelotte
St. Aw
Franklin H Webster
Carrie Davis
Nd. Ave
Henry Grey
Conrad H King
Indictments Over Coal Lands and Discrimination Exposed
Grand Jury in Salt Lake City returns part indictments against Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line, Utah Fuel, and others linked to Harriman and Gould interests. Perjury charges and warrants issued. Indictments allege violation of interstate commerce law, discrimination against D. J. Sharp, and schemes to obtain coal lands via dummy locators and forged filings totaling about 1400 acres in Utah. Bonds set at 3000 dollars. investigation claims broader fraud in the West. The case highlights relations between railroads, coal companies, and government actions.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah
Federal
Grand Jury
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Union Pacific Coal Company
Utah Fuel Company
Harriman and Gould
Harrimen
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Everett Buckingham
J. M. Moore
D. J. Sharp
Gould
H. G. Willams
Robert Forester
Alexander M. Cowie
Wasatch
Sunnyside
Elroy N. Clark
Denver
George A. Moore
United States
Fred R. Maynard
Washington
Maynard
Wyoming
West
Bevier County
Robert Forrester
Forrester
Maj
Wiliam H. Bird
May Bird
Frank Calkins
Calking
BE. N. Clark
Calkins
Frank B. Cook
Cook
Land Department
Love
Harriman Railroads
D. J. Sharp Coat Company
Sharp
Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Coal Dealers’ Association
Stuyvesant Fish Returns Amid Railroad Turmoil
Stuyvesant Fish, ex president of the Illinois Central, arrived here after his yards closed at a loss of $17,000. Sailors sought to interview him about the Interstate Commerce Commission probe into Harriman. Chairman Knapp stated Fish had not been contacted regarding the investigation as far as he knows.
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Stuyvesant Fish
Ilinois Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman Ones
Knapp
Harriman Inquiry Heads Toward Start Soon
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans a rapid start to investigations into the Harriman railroad system. Hearings will be held in New York Chicago and St Louis among other cities with dates not yet set. The inquiry will begin late this month with B H Harriman summoned as a witness. Commissioner Lane will likely direct the inquiry as members actively participate and much information has been collected.
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Tnterstate Commerce Commission
Herriman
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Oni B. H. Harriman
Lane
Discrimination Charged by Coal Firms in Rate Case
The Powhatan Coal and Coke Company of West Virginia filed a complaint against the Norfolk and Western Railway Company and about sixty coal and coke firms alleging discrimination in car distribution. Plaintiffs contend the defendant and related companies receive undue and unreasonable advantages in systemized distribution.
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Powhatan Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Coal and Coke Company
Com
Switching Charge Up Again in Stock Yard Rail Case
Cattle Raisers Association of Texas renews protest against a two dollar and twenty cent per car load terminal switching charge at Chicago Union Stock Yards in a case brought before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission previously indicated the rate should not exceed one dollar. The Chicago Live Stock Association is a party complainant.
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Supresor
Chicago
Dr Lapponi Dies at Rome Veteran Pope Physician
Rome December 7 Dr Lapponi physician to the Pope died at seven this morning after a long illness of stomach wanderings and pneumonia In weakened condition he received the apostolic benediction from the Pontiff at deathbed Friends vindicate his diagnosis of Leo XIII illness denying cancer and recount a prophecy incident involving a patient and three months to the day until Lapponi’s death The Pontiff will bear funeral expenses and Lapponi’s career is noted from Bologna to Rome including service to Leo XII and Pope Pius X Boston note: Mrs Shaler preparing a life of Dean Shaler Harvard to be published with anecdotes sought at 1775 Massachusetts Ave Washington DC.
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Rome
Lapponi
Lappont
Leo XXII
Leo XIII
Leppont
Fops
Vatican
Mazzoni
Associated Press
Cardinal Rampolli
Dr. Lapponi
thePope
Dr. Lappont
Archiatrus
Leo XII
Leo
Lapponf
Pope Pius X
Washington Pass
Boston
Mass
Mra. N.S
Miss Munro Faces New Suit Over Loans and Gifts
Washington reports that actress Norma Munro faces a second suit from Mrs. Carter Payne seeking return of various property and another action to recover 41,799. Attorneys note Munro has spent about 1.5 million on friends since inheriting from Norman Munro. A sheriff sale looms on Munro real estate to settle a Supreme Court judgment.
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Washington Post
New York
Leste Cartere Payne
Norman L. Munro
Miss Munro
Mra Carter
Robert Osborn
Miss Blunre
Supreme Court
Henry B. Clark
Paris
Clark
Andrew McLaren
Nira Oxhor
Wabb
Board of Gerventerills
Harry
Mrs. Carter
Tums Dean
Admiral Asserson Dead in Brooklyn Home
Rear Admiral Peter Asserson USN retired died suddenly at his Brooklyn residence on December 7 from heart disease. He was sixty six years old.
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Brooklyn
New York
Peter Asserson
US. N
Free liquor killed ull drank two glasses of whisky
Lexington Ky December 7 William Howard a negro died today after drinking two glasses of whisky and twelve of gin in a saloon. The wager was to consume fourteen glasses in half an hour with liquor obtained free.
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Lexington
Wiliam Howard
Negro
Berg
Howard
Enraged husband shoots Harris at Chicago stock exchange
Dr Benjamin Harris, a retired physician from Antigo Wisconsin, was fatally shot by A Campbell a lumber dealer from Harris hometown after Campbell confronted him in a Chicago attorney office. Campbell surrendered to police claiming jealousy over Harris being attentive to Mrs Campbell.
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Chicago
Dec
Benjamin J. Harry
Antigo
Wis
A. ©. Campbell
Stock Exchange
Campbell
Haris
Harris
Population of Germany Census Report Declares Rise
Special Cable Dispatch to The Washington Post Berlin reports a census to December 1, 195 shows Germany’s population up 7.6 percent since 1900. Males number 29,147,431 and females 90,706,597 with male increase larger due to reduced emigration and immigrant influx.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Unzbagg
Gambling Graft Inquiry Expands Under Grand Jury
New York detectives and a grand jury examine police records from four central poolroom stations over a year. Witness Sim Diemel, once partner of Phil Dwyer, testifies as District Attorney Jerome probes alleged Chinatown protection payments and police involvement. Commissioned Bingham confirms investigations into a dubious letter alleging corrupt payments.
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New York
Grand Jury
Jerome
Sim Diemel
Phil Dwyer
Bingham
Chinese Reform Association
Chinatown
Second Inspection District
Rihana
Shouting in Broadway Leads to Shot Police Scene
William R Hennig a broker and former bucket shop owner in the West was shot in the leg by Thomas OConnor a telegraph operator on Lower Broadway. Hennig, wounded and taken to hospital, later gave a false name before his identity was confirmed. OConnor previously worked for Hennig in Chicago where their past relations allegedly sparked the incident. Hennig ran bucket shops centered in Chicago and was convicted for fraudulent use of the mails and served time in jail.
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New York
Wiliam R Hennig
Thomas O'Connor
Lower Broadway
Hennig
O'Connor
Chicago
Chcago
Appellate Court Rules Minors Labour Law Defective
New York December 7 the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the lower court ruling that the recent law prohibiting employment of minors under eighteen and women at night is defective. It holds the statute targets only night work without regard to hours or conditions of work.
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New York
Supreme Court
Notable Philadelphia Socialite Dies After Long Life
Adeline Thompson, born in 198 during Jefferson's presidency, dies in Philadelphia at an advanced age. From a prominent family, she was connected to U S Senator Johan R Thompson and Admiral Edward Thompson, veiled by society's norms and always in evening dress.
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Adeline Thompson
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Miss Thompson
Edward Thompson
Johan R. Thompson
United States Navy
Wiliam B. Astor
William Wallorf
John Jacob Astor
Oriental Rugs Sacrificed Sale Ad
Building sold and occupants must leave. Large stock of Oriental rugs offered at deeply cut prices as genuine bargains.
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Anne Cropper
M Street
James M Dean
Mryde’ L .Dean
Lees
Calvary Baptist Church
Baltimore
Ford
Regina
Reuben Ford
Goochland County
Church of the Ascension
Twelfth
Massachusetts Avenue
Richmond
Bendrick Son
Alenarilele
Ber Horge Ae Hendrickson
Thomas Hendris Ekon
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Alexandria
Parst
Mathias Pabst
A Schwarz
Iis
C Street
Pope
Hia Reeuance
Alfred Pope
Hannah Pope
Mount Zion M_E Church
Twenty-ninth Street
James Quinn
Florida Avene Martuwest
Requiem Mesa
St Paul's Church
Dent
Dan'l
Caviine Salvatore
Fom
Arnold Shanklin
Panama
Ancon
Hospling
Ncon
Frank Rot
New Orleans
Cornelius Ryan
McGee
New Hampshire Avenue
Smith
Isaac Smith
Petersburg
Sele Jan Ssmith
Harry Washington Smith
Blanche Gray ‘Rogers
Park Road
Ted
Congressional Cemetery
Townsend
Tamers
Percival Wit
P Street
Undertakers
Pro Ihiyk
Health Office Record
California
Tokalon Wine CO
4Th St
Harriman and Gould Lines
In Trust For Fuel Company
Harriman
Uiry
West Virginia Coal Company
Leo “XII
Dean Shaler
Calve
Admiral Asserson
I . Marten
Ceecseerees
Germany
Jerome and Bingham
Broadway
Wallingford
Conn
Leverett B. Hubbard
New Haven County Common Pleas Court
Frank B. Hancock
Humberton
Canswell
Seed Fifty
Locust Street
Hood
Herimian
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