Murder charge after five year old found buried in barnyard pit
Irwin Lewis stepfather of Marie Newlin aged five near Avondale Pa was committed to prison on a formal murder charge after an inquest. He confessed the child died when she fell from a wagon shed and he buried her to hide the death. Coroners said she was alive when buried and the public reaction included fears of lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avondale
Irwin Lewis
Marie Newlin
Lewis
MacWhee
W. MacElree
Chester County
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Ad
A fragmented obituary-like directory lists funeral directors and embalmers with chapel details and phone numbers in Washington area. Firms include Costello and Co, Geier's Sons, Wright Co, Lee, Sardo & Co, Zurhorst, Hindle & Bayliss, Nalley & Son, Harvey's Sons, Speare, Mitchell, Sergeon, Gude, Shaffer Florist, and others offering on premises chapels and modern crematoriums with varying prices and contact lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Costello & Bro
Ataris
Frank Geier’s Sons
Xterm Chapel
Rere TE North
John R. Wright Co
Divery Fe
Ber Telephone Norte
J. William Lee
H. Sardo & CG
A Nalley & Son
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Naviaire
Brecon Coe Ae
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
John M. Mitchell
Funstall
Sergeon
Succesao
Testimony Ties Lewis to Child's Burial in Coroner Action
District Attorney MacEires testified Lewis confessed burying the child and expressed concern about his family reacting to the story. The court order directs the coroner to hold Lewis for action. The courtroom stirred as spectators murmured and prepared to leave after the testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
MacEires
Reante
Brewers Plan Combine In $8 Million Merger
Representatives of nine independent St Louis breweries voted to consolidate into an $8,000,000 merger. The St Louis Brewing Association would oversee the new group with each owner managing their plant. The move aims to cut costs amid the Sunday closing law. Outstanding stock totals $3,397,000 across American, Columbia, Consumers', Empire, Home, Gast, National, Central, and Wagner breweries.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
St. Louis Brewing Association
American
Columbia
Consumers
Empire
Home
Gast
National
Central
Wagner
Total
Love motivates kidnap plot in Italian boy murder case
Special to The Washington Post from New Orleans reports Francisco Lucheal conceived the kidnapping to fund a marriage with Nicolina Gebbia. Gov Blanchard offers militia aid to prevent unrest as Italian suspects are held in Orleans Gretna and St Bernard jails. A district court session is set for immediate trial. authorities link suspects to Black Hand gangs in Sicily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New Orleans
Francisco Lucheal
Nicolina Gebbia
Luchest
Bello
Little Italy
Gretna Jalls
Blanchard
Orleans
Jefferson Parishes
Gardner
National Guard
Edrington
St. Rose
Lamana
Gretna
Ijtaliane
New Orleans Parish
St. Bernard
Chiusa Schafin
Basquino
Sicily
Peabody Dismissed From New York Police Force
New York June 24 Detective William E Peabody was dismissed after a trial on charges of false testimony absence without leave and disobedience. The charges stemmed from his role in gathering evidence in Mrs Howard Goulds divorce suit. Authorities say he lied about a Baltimore trip and violated police orders, and the commissioner declared him guilty on all counts and unfit for the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William E. Peabody
Peabody
Howard Gould
Baltimore
McLaughlin
Gould
Police Department
Bingham
City of New York
Robbery of Dora Goldberg on way to bank in Boston
Dora Goldberg, carrying checks and $2,027 to deposit, was robbed by a stranger who snatched the package as she walked toward a Boston bank. Separate item notes a Rockville Maryland marriage license issued to James Lee Best and Nina Arnold.
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Boston
Dora Goldberg
Rockville
James Lee Best
Washington
Nina Arnold
Glen Echo
Campbell Bannerman moves to curb Lords power in Commons
London June 24 Premier Campbell Bannerman moved a resolution curtailing the House of Lords authority to alter or reject bills. The plan calls for conferences between houses and a bill to be sent over lords heads if no agreement is reached. A. J. Balfour opposed the measure defending the Lords and warned against abolishing the upper chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Campbell- Bannerman
House of Lords
Houses of Commons
House of Commons
Lords
SISTER'S AVENGER ON TRIAL IN BRUSSELS MURDER CASE
In Brussels a trial opened for Carlos Waddington sixteen charged with murdering Balmaceda secretary to the Chilean legation. Balmaceda had declined marriage with Miss Waddington amid alleged improprieties. Carlos shot Balmaceda after a quarrel following Balmaceda's withdrawal from the engagement. Sixty witnesses are slated as the case proceeds.
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Brussels
Carlos Waddington
Senor
Luis Waddington
Chile
Gener Balmaceda
Tegation
Socity
Balmaceda
Misa Waddington
Senor Waddington
Bruesels Society
Waddingtons
Legation
Carlos
Waddington
Darrow Defends Orchard in Murder Trial Oration
Clarence Darrow wrapped a three hour speech defending Aaron S. Orchard in the Steunenberg murder case. He depicted Haywood Moyer and Pettibone as steadfast workers and mocked Orchard's claimed crimes while promising to prove he was not at key gun crimes. Actress Ethel Barrymore attended and Judge Wood hosted an impromptu reception afterward.
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Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Pettibone
George Pettibone
Darrow
Ginker Hil and Sullivan Mill
Judge Wood
Mr. Darrow
Shad Hodgin
Bannin Succeeds Egan as Indian Commissioner
President Roosevelt named Michael W. Bannin of New York City to the board of Indian commissioners to replace Maurice Francis Egan who resigned for a diplomatic post. The appointment carried no pay and duties include directing philanthropic work among Indians. Also announced were new postmasters Howard L. Rann William L. Cronk Clyde F. Lorenzo and Henry Jones. A separate New York hearing before a referee in the Walsh mansfield case was adjourned after a stay of proceedings was served. Hansen faces a year’s suspension for deceiving the court.
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Oyster Bay
M. Y
Roosevelt
Michael W. Bannin
New York City
Board of Indian Commissioners
Maurice Francis Egan
Howard L. Rann
Manchester
Ttown
William L. Cronk
Townsend
Mont
Washington Post
New York
Auits
D. C. Hansen
Thomas FE. Walsh
Violette Watson
Mansfield
Walsh
Pexigme
Hansen
First Sea Serpent of Year Tells Its Tale by Engineer
Jim Priest an Angler engineer rushed to the newsroom to recount slaying a giant sea serpent aboard the steamship Angler at the foot of Highteenth street. Capt Foster and mate Frank backed the story, describing how the serpent wrapped around the wheel shaft and was cut loose with boathooks and cutlasses after a half hour struggle. The creature measured fifteen feet long and ten to eleven inches around, and was taken ashore for display as proof of the encounter.
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Washington
New York
Jim’’ Priest
Ship
Foster
Frank
Highteenth Street
Jusserand to Go Home After Negotiations With Root
French Ambassador M. Jusserand will return to France to report to the foreign office on the American proposals and his negotiations with Secretary Root. A mutually beneficial commercial arrangement between France and the United States is hoped to be negotiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
M. Jusserand
France
United States
Root
Philadelphia Bonds Sold By Drexel and Brown Bros
Philadelphia bids opened for six million four hundred thousand dollars of four percent bonds. Drexel and Co and Brown Brothers made a joint bid for the entire issue, but most bidders failed to meet the full amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drexel & Co
Ard
Brown Bros
Philadelphiae
Reyburm
Philadelphiea
Drexel & _.Co
Broweee
Dinner for Kaiser as yacht race crowds observe
In rainy weather the French yacht Arden wins again as Duke of Rohan and other guests watch from the bay. Prince of Monaco hosts a party on Princess Alive while Emperor William attends the Imperial Yacht Club dinner and joins a tennis game with girls at the naval academy. Attaches from Japan and Argentina join the Kaiser's luncheon on the imperial yacht.
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Eel
Germany
Arden
Duke of Rohan
Duke de Cazes
Prince of Monaco
Imperial Yacht Club
William
Ambassador Tower
Naval Academy
Kaiser
Taukuba
Chitose
Presidente Sarimente
Count Inouye
Dr. Gomez
Fines threaten photographers under new German portrait law
Berlin reports that a new German act coming into force July 1 grants absolute rights to individuals over reproductions of their portraits homes and belongings. It allows permission to photograph only with consent and imposes swift prosecution for unauthorized shots even by friends capturing rooms or landscapes.
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Berlin
Germany
Shah of Persis Receives Papal Audience in Rome
The Pope granted an audience to a Persian mission carrying the Shah’s autograph letter announcing his accession. The Quirinal had been notified first, defying Vatican etiquette. The Pope spoke of a long prosperous reign and protection for Persian Catholics. Cardinal Merry de Val later paid a return visit.
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Washington Post
Rome
Persis
Quirinal
Vatican
Persia
Merry de Val
Fallieres Granted Order by Japanese Emperor
Paris June 24 President Fallieres received telegraph notice that the Emperor of Japan conferred the Order of the Chrysanthemum in celebration of the Franco-Japanese treaty. The note mentions Minister Pichon and a formal acknowledgment of the ceremony.
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Paris
Fallieres
Japan
Pichon
Sailor deserter named in high way robbery case
Henry Le Bau identified Martin Mullen, a Navy deserter, among 20 inmates at the Tombs after a monthlong port watch for the May 22 armed robbery. Le Bau said Mullen pinioned his arms while accomplices rifled his pockets. Mullen was committed for examination next Wednesday on $2,000 bail. police urged pursuit of other assailants.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry le Bau
Schuyler Arms
Riverside Drive
Ninety-Eighth Street
Hea
Martin Mullen
Navy
le Bau
United States
Civian
Mullen
Mr. le Bau
Walsh
Eleven Die From Heat In Pittsburg District
Eleven persons have died and many others were overcome by an intense heat spell sweeping the Pittsburg district over the last day. The heat followed near winter conditions and worsened heart disease cases. Mills report exhausted workers as shifts shorten and heat grinds down labor forces.
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Pittsburg
Twain Visits Commons in Formal London Visit
Mark Twain spent the afternoon in the House of Commons and held an informal reception in the lobbies meeting members including Lloyd-George and Churchill. He was invited to the private room by Premier Campbell-Bannerman and accepted an invitation to a Liverpool banquet on July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Twain
House of Commons
Ambassadors’ Gallery
David Lloyd- George
Board of Trade
Winston Spencer Churchill
Campbell-Bannerman
Humorist
Jord
Liverpool
Ten French Anti Militarists Face Trial in Paris
The trial of ten anti militarists began in Paris with Gustave Herve as lead counsel. The defendants defied the government by praising mutineers of the Seventeenth Regiment at Agde and vowing to continue anti military propaganda.
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Paris
Gustave Herve
Agde
Firecracker sparks arrest of boy at Philadelphia Zoo
Thomas Finn a sixteen year old from Philadelphia used a giant firecracker at the Philadelphia Zoo as an elephant sneezed and charged. The blast startled the animal and keepers arrived to arrest Finn who was taken to a local station.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Zoological Garden
Thomas Finn
Finn
Thomas
Elephant House
Thamas
Tommy
John de Sage
Thirty-ninth Street
Lattcaster Avenue
B and C Buy Central of Georgia Railroad
Atlanta reports the Central of Georgia Railroad stock, held by a committee over Savannah and New York, has been sold to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The transfer shifts control from Southern Railway to a noncompeting line, seen as Morgan interests’ move to sidestep Georgia merger law before Hoke Smith enforces it.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Central of Georgia Railroad Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Southern Railway
Central
Adrian Jolines
New York
A. L. Cunningham
Savannah
Health Office Record Deaths Reported June 23 1967
Health Office record lists multiple deaths with ages and addresses including Tyree J. Dabney at Wash Home for Incurables eight years and others such as George Bleck 46, William Ward Duffeld 83, Annie R. Apple 16, Irma L. R Faunce 21, Lucy B. Legrand 69, Hosa M Straub 21, Rosina M Vogel 77, and an infant of Leonard C and Irma L R Faucee at 614 8th st aw five hours.
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Tyree J. Dabney
Wash
George Bleck
Garfiel’ Hospital
William Ward Duffeld
Annie R. Apple
Irma L. R Faunce
Lucy B. Legrand
St Se
Hosa M_ Straub
Rosina M Vogel
Leonard C
Irma
Licensed to Marry Amid Circular Bridal Notices
A dense OCR style list shows multiple marriage notices with names ages and locations. The fragment lists Raymond Moreland and Anos Dugan plus several other couples such as Hines and Wright, Hollar and Padely, Nielsen and Thompean, Marine and Howell, Dorsey and Foster, and others, with reverend officiants and various ages. The flow resembles a registrant-style notice of forthcoming weddings.
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Raymond N Moreland
Anos G. Dugan
M. O'Brien
Wrank H Gummel
Lenore Burke
Luther Frontz Ceculus BC
Hines
Ida G. Wright
V. F. Schmitt
George Hollar
May Padely
Rockingham
JB McLaughlin
Clement Brogmann
Adeline J. Garner
Ella T. Fleming
J. Connelly
Clyde Hl
Montgomery
Eve
A Artley
Muncie
H. Schroeder
Michael Dorsey
Winifred Foster
T. G. Smyth
Alfred F. Magram
Nina E Harger
Robert
L. Elam
Lucy B. Smoot
H. T Stevenson
Robert M Boykin
Louise H. Eckstein
R W. Jowell Batt
William H. Tiermey
L. McCullough
R P. Wiliams
William B. Paulson
Blanche Thomas
John Richard
John A. Groves
Effie Warfield
Aquils Sayles
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Mery Newlin
Stirling
John Alexandria Stirling
Clara Taylor
Kippendavie
Kippenross
Dunblane
Scotland
Duffield
Q. Street
William W. Duffield
Arlington National Cemetery
Detroit
Fitzgerald
K Street
David A. Fitzgerald
David
Johanna Fitzgerald
St. Aloysius’ Church
Mount Olivet
Henderson
Wilbur
van Tascell
Phe Nut Avenue
West Ora J
Annabelle Henderso
S. H. Agnew
Pittston
Paxton
W. R. Gyer
Barat A
Herman Schreiner
Forest Glen
Susan Epneret
West Glen
Frederick
Gude
F St
Rhone
GEO
C. Shaffer
Florist
Whaene
Main
Brewers Plan Combine
Bobs
To- Ralon Qaret
Sanaales
To-Ralon Wine CO
Leth Street
Portugal
King Carlos
Crown Prince OF
Lisbon
Balfour
A. J. Balfour
Bannin
Egan
New Yorker
Indian Commissioner's Board
Ebon
Peabody 4 CO
Purser
Jusserand
Mbassador
Imperial
Yacht Club
Shah
Mizado
Pianola
Country
Percy S. Foster
Piges
Sailor
Bis
Twain
Commons
Campbell-Bannermen
Jumbo
Boy
Georgia
Health Office Record
Arbuckles
Arbuckle Bro
Cige
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