Electric chair details spark debate in medical journal
A New York Medical Journal account recounts four electric chair executions, describing heart rupture, artery perforations, and dramatic physiological effects. Dr. Klein notes shocks of 4,800 volts produced vivid bodily reactions, while others report cyanosis, rigor mortis, and intense vocal effort during the electrocutions.
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Washington Postok
Sing Sinz
8. R. Klein
Fordham University
Ir. Klein
New York Medical Journal
Dago Frank Clriticl
Lettus
Dagaer
Dr. Klein
Married IAT 3s Pacd Va and MA daughter of Dr Slack
A marriage notice identifies the bride as the daughter of Dr Martha Slack and the late Payson Burritt, linking her to Virginia and Massachusetts families. The terse line confirms a wedding union with no further details on date or location provided in the text.
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Pacd
Martha Slack
Payson Burritt
Death notices and funeral announcements flood a 1914 DC page
The clipping lists numerous obituaries and service details for Mrs Annie Rukk, James Middleton Garner, Robert W Laskey, William Boner, Emeline Merry Man, and others. It notes residences in Fairfax Virginia and Washington DC, with curtain calls for services, interments at local cemeteries, and arrangements by local undertakers. Names include John J Burns, Thomas Peter, Hannah Trawaidston, and Mary J Greene among scattered dates in June 1914.
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Tfrace
Frances al
Hurger
St. Aloysius
Seraa
Ersity
Mt Heloisea
Atm Rugns
John J. Burns
Jon FL
Michael J
Mary J. J
Wiese i Hrratives
Maurit Olivet
Howai
Tuna
James
Wisband
Hannah
Trawaidston
William H. Sarda
Wsht
Etela Thes
Prospect Pil
JBH
Fairfax
Middleton Garnee
Wa M. Jerman
Vero
ML i
Partax
Laskey Ray
West
Aber
Irginia
Laskey
Maefternoan
Custate
Larkey
Calbia
Robert W. Laskey
Sixth Street
Atonal & Tm
Hen W. Reiss
Theodore W. Noyes
Lovejoy
N'Eloek
Nees Sonslay
Jane cl
Tama Willlame
Packwood
Lowton Park Baltinore
Baltimore
Elizabeth
Thomas Petersciaiee
Toter
Vine Fin Cemetery
Haieers
Southaed Patker
Vinard
Warner i Frente vi
Gak Hut
U'Vdack
Mediators Seek New Path in Mexican Peace Talks
Niagara Falls reporters say mediators propose separate talks with constitutionalists to avoid deadlock. Washington invited Gen Carranza to Niagara Falls while Huerta delegates meet American negotiators. Calderon may lead constitutionalists in Washington as Villa advances toward Mexico City and officials seek to avert a break.
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Niagara Falls
Ontario
Justice Lamar
Frederick W. Lehmann
Lata
Naon
Argentina
Washington
Isnderstood
United States
Mexico
Gen. Carranza
Fernando Igelesias Calderon
Lberal
Saltillo
Noon
Huerta
Carranza
Villa
Niagara Faila
Zacatecas
Calderon
Fernando Calderon
Niagara
Falls
Mexico City
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Listing
A compact directory of funeral directors and embalmers with multiple Washington DC firms listed. Names include Thomas S. Ser geon successor to R. Cain, William H. Sardo & Co, George P. Zurhorst, Frank Geier’s Son, J. WM. Lee, George F. Zukhurst, Thos. M. Hindle, Speare, and Frank A. Speare. Addresses cover Seventh Street NW and NE, Sixth Street NE, F Street NW, Capitol area, and related services with livery, modern chapels, crematoriums, and price notes.
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Thos. S. Sergeon
R. 9
Noeth Om
J. WM. Lee
Erebslmer
Connection
St. Ne
M. Hindle
Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A
Villa denies execution and rumors of provisional president
Gen. Villa in Torreon denies rumors of Gen. Angeles proclaimed provisional president and Gen. Chao executed. He says he heard nothing about Angeles' dismissal from Carranza's cabinet and asserts Chao is alive with north division at Zacatecas. He calls the military intrigue fabrication and denies Carranza deposing Angeles as secretary of war.
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Torreon
Mexico
Gen. Angeles
Gen. Villa
Gen. Chao
Carranza
Saltillo
Zacatecas
Mexican Republic
Carranza Seeks Release as Villa Consolidates Power
Juarez and Chihuahua report ongoing efforts by Venustiano Carranza to free civil employees detained during Pancho Villa's seizure of government offices. Some prisoners released under surveillance, including Aguirre and de Lagarza, while Villa cadres control finances and stamp money printed for the revolution. Villa denies naming Felipe Angeles provisional president, saying the proclamation is a mistake. Skirmishing near Zacatecas continues as Villa troops arrive by train and move to the front.
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Washington Prat
Juarez
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Carranza
Pancho Villa
Eivil
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Serapio Aguirre
The
Constitutionaliate
Lazaro de Lagarza
Villa
Saltillo
Durango
Torreon
Felipe Angeles
Gen
Angeles
Zacatecas
Calora
Naval men released after jail brief in Washington
Ensign Alston R Simpson and Lieutenant H F Potent of the U S Navy, aboard the Mayflower in Washington, were released on bail shortly after midnight after three hours in jail following a collision that involved a car with several colored people and later struck five white boys. A bruised colored woman in the other vehicle was noted. the three officers face a hearing at 11 tomorrow. Simpson recently married the daughter of Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia. Public reaction grew over their jail lodging as seen by many locals.
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Washington
Annapolis
Ensign Simpson
Hoke Smith
Georgia
President quits Georgia bar to return to teaching
In a Washington Post special from Atlanta on June 21 the U S president reveals indifference to his Atlanta law practice begun in May 1882. He joined the Georgia bar, partnered with Howard Ireland Renick at 48 Marietta Street, but soon decided to resume teaching law and politics.
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Georgia
Washington Post
Atlanta
United States
P. C. McDuffie
Bar of
Hilyer
Howard Ireland Renick
Marietta, Street
Vision of King’s death on yacht fuels fear of September plot
Boston psychic William H. Smith claims a vision of the English king dying by drowning after a September yacht trip. He says three men discuss politics as a drug causes paralysis, followed by a mysterious explosion in the engine room and the king’s sinking, with all traces erased as water dilutes the poison.
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Monarch
W. H. Smith
Boston
William H. Smith
England
Health Sunday Observed In Philadelphia Churches
Health Sunday was observed in more than 60 Philadelphia churches with medical leaders from across the country addressing congregations on public health basics. Cancer topics varied with calls for early surgery, vivisection defended by Dr. Walter B. Cannon, and emphasis on employer neglect of worker health by Dr. W C Rucker.
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Philadelphia
Walter B. Cannon
Boston
W. C. Rucker
Washington
United States Public Health Service
H. W. Witley
J. W. Kerr
Aldo
Church
Irish Day at Beach At Chesapeake Resort Event
Irish Day at Chesapeake Beach features a reunion field day and family picnic hosted by the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Baltimore and District of Columba. Daniel M Hassett of the Irish American Athletic Club will oversee athletic events under A A U sanction with medals for winners. County President Thomas J Welch chairs the Baltimore contingency and a large District committee coordinates the program.
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Washington
Baltimore
Chesapeake Resort
Chesapeake Beach
Order of Hibernians
District of Columba
Daniel M. Hassett
Irish-American Athletic Club
New York
Thomas J. Welch
Joseph D. Sullivan
Thomas P. O'Dea
William J. McEvoy
Thomas McGrath
Joseph A. Daly
Michael M. Doyle
James J. Breen
James T. O'Brien
James A. Myers
J. Frank O'Meara
Francis J. Rafferry
James P. Greeley
Mark H. Tolan
John M. Watson
John McMahon
Raymond O'Meara
Daniel M. Stanton
Captain and crew saved from J. R. Allison at sea
Port Eads La June 21 Captain Charles Lawrence and twelve crew members of the schooner J. R. Allison were rescued after the vessel foundered on June 15. They rode two small boats for over four hours before being picked up by the schooner Helen W. Martin about 20 miles off South Pass. The J. R. Allison departed Tampa with phosphate rock cargo.
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Port Eads
Charles Lawrence
J. R. Alleen
Jennie Wilson
J. R. Allison
Helen W. Martin
South Pass
J. H. Allison
Tampa
Fla
Scotland First Light Saloon Ban Hits Morning Drink
London June 21 Scottish workers lose their morning pint as a new law bars saloons from opening before 9 o'clock. In Glasgow industrial districts the change aims to curb pre breakfast drinking and excessive daytime alcohol use, though innkeepers fear ruined trade and seek an after breakfast opening.
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London
Scotland
Glasgow
Paris Police Faces a Web of Crimes and a Trade in Tricks
Extraordinary crimes puzzle French authorities in Paris. The case of Father Ulysses Poulain, shot at a signal box near St Denis, links to Garnier gang threats and past plots to derail trains. Jewel thefts in Nantes and a butter bite clue solve a burglary. A spy-turned-counterfeiter, Louis Napoleon Jacob, is jailed as police deny complicity. PMID: none.
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Washington Post
Paris
M. Ulysses Poulain
Garnier
Mang
Old Poulain
Father Ulysses
St. Denis
Poutain
Calais
Mounot
Plazolles
Strees
Plagyoles
Lig-Gage
M. Plazelles
Nantes
M. Dullos
Danton
Montreali saus-Bois
Pierre Bas-sseud
Pierre
Henri Robert
Louis Napoleon Jacob
Jarod
Poincare Debates Role as Neutral Arbiter in France
Article outlines President Poincare considering resignation to reenter politics but deciding against it for now. It notes his belief in three years military service, worries over socialist gains, and his view that the president should be a neutral arbiter and councilor above partisan divides. He stresses directing national interests with detachment and aiming for the general good.
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Washington Post
Paris
Poincare
Hife
France
Barthou
Isaac
M. Poincare
Lyons
Poincarestes
Diplomat's Sister Valerie Greene to Wed M Richard
Special to The Wadagwarom Boston announces the engagement of Miss Valerie Greene to M Jean Richard of Nantes France. Richard works in the Chinese customs at Shanghai and Greene is traveling in Germany after debuting last winter at a reception in Charles River Square hosted by Mrs Samuel Eliot Morison.
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Boston
Valerie Greene
M. Jean Richard
Nantes
France
Shanghai
Misa Greene
Germany
Samuel Eilot Morison
Charles River Square
Milas Greene
Gladys Greene
E. Gerry
Quincy Shaw
Bilbo Faces Court Today Over Vote Tampering Charge
Mississippi lieutenant governor Theodore G. Bilbo and State Senator G. A. Hobbs are summoned to a Hinds county circuit court to answer a charge they took 200 dollars for influence on a pending bill. Hobbs was earlier found not guilty in Vicksburg after a sensational trial.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Hinds County
G. A. Hobbs
Vicksburg
Hobbs
Stephen Castleman
Belzoni
Castleman
Bilbo
U.S. to Pay in Gold as Europe Spurns Securities
Paris papers report that European bankers refuse American securities for debts and demand payment in gold. The Temps and Journal des Debats note recent gold exports from the United States to Paris, linked to large U.S. security sales and a weaker U.S. economy, with Europe unwilling to accept securities for repayment.
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Europe
Paris
Washington Post
United States
Temps
Journal Des Debats
Alpine Flora Victory in Tyrol Bans Trade
A government order in Tyrol bans Alpine flora sales after a sustained effort by the Austrian Alpine Club. Railway authorities also prohibit selling Alpine flowers in empire stations, ending a practice that harmed local flora. Swiss and French clubs support the effort, with partial prohibitions in cantons and departments.
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Tyrol
Washington Post
Vienna
Empire
Alpine Club
L Lttle
Alpine Cluby
Elevator death shocks Chattanooga crowd
Homer E. Cross, a Suffolk Virginia traveling salesman, died after being caught between the elevator car and shaft walls in a local Chattanooga hotel. As the car passed his position on the third floor, his head and arms became trapped until the car halted near the second floor. Hundreds watched helplessly as he perished in about twenty minutes.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Homer E. Cross
Suffolk
Cross
Golf the Principal Diversion of Men of Society at Rhode Island Resort
Rhode Island resort crowds filled the Unks veranda and golf greens as the season's largest outdoor gathering of society men and their yacht party companions took place. Notables including Townsend Burden Blair and J William Clarke Jr attended, with several guests registering at the Casino as July approaches.
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Rhode Island
Washington Post
Newport
Ede Barger
Villa
Balleys Beach
Golf Club
Townsend Burden
Ledyard Blair
Florence Blair
Edward T. Potter
H. C. Morgan
Milton S. Berger
Charles G. Shaw
Herman Oelrichs
William Chanier
Tuxedo Park
A. D. Saunderson
London
Michael M. Vanbeuren
Sunnyfields Farm
Robeson
Italians Duped by Gang in Waterbury Conspiracy
Italian consul Michaelo Riccio arrived in Waterbury to probe a nationwide fraud scheme targeting Italian immigrants. The case centers on Frank Sandula, who admitted working with wealthy New York Italians to harvest $200 from each victim by selling papers signed by the King of Italy, supposedly exempting them from military duty. Sandula kept ten percent of funds and sent the rest to the New York clique.
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Waterbury
Conn
Michaelo Riccio
New Haven
Frank Sandula
Sandula
New York
Italy
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