Tragic Farm Death: Pfister Sets Hay Barn Fire Then Shoots Self
Nathan Pfister, after telephoning a friend about suicide, purchased a revolver, asked a bartender to load it, and planned to shoot a thief. He was struck by a car, walked to a farm, fired into his neck, entered a hay loft, and set the barn ablaze as the charred body was found among the ruins. Pfister had been drinking heavily, despondent for weeks, and warned his intended killer of the act before the blaze and death.
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Nathan Pfister
Philadelphia
Mary
Charles Franz
Langhorne
Pfistee
Pfister
Callahan
Pfistler
Gotthelf Nest
Sixth
Oxford Streets
Neff
Pristler
Trang
Duaness
Taday
Wida
Unwritten Law Defense In Laundry Driver Killing
Paul March Prof Oscar Olson of the University of Minnesota agriculture school at St Anthony Park is charged with killing a laundry wagon driver, Darling. Olson surrendered and admitted shooting but claimed unwritten law justified it. Hearing postponed Saturday at his request. The incident occurred late last night as Olson saw Darling at the back door while Mia Olson and her 4 year old daughter were visiting in Montevideo Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalling
T Paul
Oscar M Olson
University of Minnesota
school + agriculture
St Anthony Park
Olson
Darling
Mia Olson
Montevideo
Minn
Obituary Notices From Bethlehem and Washington March 1913
Obituaries list several individuals with birth and death details including WITSTAM DD blaved at 149 Car ralloo street Bethlehem. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. Also notices for VAM RON-ons, FRANCES V., MOL FAN, ETHEL, THOMPSONs, WEBBER, WINSPON, and WALKER with service times at Universalist Church Glenwood Cemetery Green Lawn and Congressional Cemetery.
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Brams
Bethlehem
Witstam DD
Carralloo Street
Rock Creek Cemetery
Lom
Rockreed
Nibiew
Third Street
Louisvile
Wy Winspon
Yorrest
Irk Walker Winstan Iteimett Oprivite
Congressional
End of an Era for Leiter Family in Washington
Washington memorial notes recount Mrs Nancy Leiter and Miss Danny Leiter wedding memories after their father’s 1904 death. The Leiter fortune, once valued around 25 million, grew to roughly 35 million by 1940s, with estates in Chicago real estate and major corporations. Mrs Leiter, daughter of John R Williams, managed a vast trust and lived largely apart from Chicago, entertaining in Lake Geneva and Washington society.
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Nancy Leiter
Danny Leiter
Dupont Circle
Mothe 18
Curzon
Kedleston
Joseph Leiter
Leiter
Nancy Lathrop Carver Leiter
Colin Campbell
Marguerite Hyde Leiter
Countess of Suffolk
Seymour Morris
Chicago
Lev 2 Leiter
Washington
Loop District
Meyer, Mayer, Austrian & Platt
Platt
Chicago City Railway Company
South Side Elevated Railroad Company
Chicago Commonwealth Edison Company
London, Liverpool and Globe Insurance, Company
Spalding & Co
Mra Leiter
Lake Geneva
Leiters
Joseph
Writ of habeas corpus withdrawn for Thaw in asylum case
In New York on March 6 the habeas corpus writ for Harry K Thaw was withdrawn at his counsel's request in the supreme court Justice Getgerich was ready to proceed when Thaws lawyer Dr Charles Kennedy said he could not privately consult with his client at Matteawan and withdrew the move Thaw was returned to the asylum and private access for lawyers will be resolved in court.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Thaw
William Travers Jerome
Getgerich
Charles Kennedy
LICENSED TO MARRY IN MULTIPLE VIRGINIA PAIRS
A chaotic list shows marriages licensed for Andrew Carter, Gracie Soulware, and several others across Fort Royal Heron Sterling Granite Springs Staunton Monterey Harrisonburg with various Rev ministers. The notice also lists movements of ocean steamers and ships arriving or sailing to and from New York Hamburg Havre Amsterdam and Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J Carter
Gracie M Soulware
Fort Royal
James
Montgomery Rea W Poole
Heron
Laure Ish
Sterling
Edward D. Stone
George H. Christie
Bar Harter
Annie Mears
Wiliam W. Me
Fred _H., Vogt
Esther Rowles
Paul A Ifenzel
Walter L
New York
Amerika
Hamburg
Boulogne
Niguw
Amsterdam
Havre
France
le Lorraine
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Bramen
Celtic
Liverpool
Pretoria
Queenstown
Philadelphia
Baltic
New Willard Hotel Jewel Robbery Victim Named
Mrs Joseph Osler wife of a bank president was staying at the New Willard with her husband and Mrs G W Aldridge when a leather jewel case containing a diamond ring a five stone pearl ring a gold horse head ring and many other gems was stolen from her room on Monday afternoon A $100 reward was offered for the thief and detectives searched hotels jewelers and pawnbrokers nationwide for the missing jewels. The Osler party had been watching the suffrage parade and returned to their rooms to find the bag taken. They later left for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Willard
Joseph Osler
Fifth Avenue Bond and Mortgage Company
New York
G. W. Aldridge
Osters
Aldridge
F. Mek
Sylvester
United States
Washington
Janina Falls to Greeks After Prolonged Bombardment
Vienna reports three Greek transports sunk near Hagion Oros as Hamidieh harassed Servian troops en route to Scutari. Athens and Athens officials celebrate Janina’s surrender after a two day bombardment. victory may affect postwar talks and Albania’s proposed autonomy.
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Vienna
Mar
Crimser Hamidieh
Scutari
Constantinople
Neue Freie Presse
Hagion Oros
Aegean Sea
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Epirus
Athens
Greece
Janina
Venizelos
Chamber of Deputies
Crown Prince
Chamber
London
Essai Pasha
Albania
Austria
Russia
Two Allens Must Die in Virginia Court Murder Case
Floyd Allen and son Claude Swanson Allen, leaders of the Hillsville outlaws, are set for execution in the state penitentiary on March 26 for their roles in the Hillsville court murder of March 14, 1912. Governor Mann denied commute to life imprisonment, despite a three week respite granted yesterday. Nellie Wister, Claude’s fiancée, failed to obtain clemency. prisoners not informed of decision and no visits until tomorrow.
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Richmond
Floyd Allen
Outlaw
Carroll County
Claude Swanson Aillen
State Penitentiary
Hillsville
Mann
Allens
Nellie Wister
Claude Allen
Gov. Mann
'GLAD TO FIGHT AGAIN' KERN IS TOO SICK TO ATTEND
Survivors of the Second corps Army of the Potomac and Secord Corps Association met at Rauscher's for their twenty first annual banquet. Speakers praised Union valor while Gen Nelson A Miles, Sen James E Martine and others spoke of Civil War campaigns. Kern sent a message announcing sudden illness en route to the event.
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Second Corps
Army of the Potomac
Secord Corps Association
Rauscher
Nelson A. Miles
United States
James E Martine
New Jersey
Hyland C. Kirk
John A. Joyce
Hach
John W. Kern
Indiana
Neilson A. Myles
H. C Magoon
Association
Miles
Dewey
Schley
Martine
Senator Martine
Secord Corps
Edwin V. Sumner
Darius N. Couch
W. 5. Hancock
G . Warren
A. A Humphrey
John A Sedgwick
Oliver O. Howard
John Gibbon
William Hays
J C Caldwell
David B. Birney
Nelson A Miles
Araham Mott
Francis C. Borland
Early Action On Panama Free Passage Bill
Chairman Adamson of the House committee signals near-term action on Representative Sims Tennessee bill to repeal the Panama Canal act free passage provision for coastwise American vessels. He credits Sims with priority and says the measure could be re introduced at the start of the next session to test Congress on acting honestly at home before abroad.
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Adamson
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Sims
Congress
Mr. Sims
Senator Root
House
Senate
Root
Reformers Win in London County Council Majority Grows
London municipal reformers secured a majority in the London county council for the third time, though not as large as 1907. Of 118 seats, 67 went to reformers and 41 to progressives, with nine reform seats and two progressive seats changing hands. The reformers, aligned with Conservatives in Parliament, plan to further strengthen their position by electing ten aldermen.
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London
Mar
London County Council
Washington parade witnesses recount hostile crowds and police failure
Testimony details jeers and obscenity directed at women marchers in Washington inaugural parade. Witnesses describe police inaction, crowd surges near Ninth street, and a boy scout knocked down while attempting to aid order. Senators Powell and Poindexter press for accountability. Boy Scouts praised for protecting marchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Bowerman
Senator Pomerene
Gallinger
Frederick Ransome
Helen Hil Weed
Connecticut
Heffin
Russia Honors Romanoffs on Imperial Anniversary
St Petersburg marked the tercentenary of Michael Feodorovitch’s election as emperor with pomp across the empire. A 21 gun salute opened ceremonies at the fortress, and an imperial procession to Kazan Cathedral featured the emperor and empress amid widespread rejoicing and illuminations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersburg
Russia
Michael Feodorovitch
Empire
St Peter and St. Paul
Kazan
Winter Palace
The
Medals For Boy Scouts For Pageant Protection
The women suffragists appoint a committee including Mrs Cockrell Mrs Taylor and Mr Hayres to design a medal for every Boy Scout who aided in protecting women in the suffrage pageant last Monday. About 600 candidates are expected from Georgia to Newark and Ohio to participate. The organizers plan another march in 1916 and will request Boy Scouts nationwide to aid in protection once more in Washington.
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Bessie C Cockrell
Cockrell
Missour
Edward T Taylor
Representative Taylor
Colorado
Hayres
Philadelphia
Georgia
Newark
Ohio
Washington
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R. F. Harvey's Sons
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Miket
Marylang
Rockrille
Frank Fthr’s Sons
Seventh ST
Speare
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FRANK A_SPEARE
J. H. Small & Sons
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H Sta
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Broadway
Planere
Geo
Shaffer
St. Om
Levi Z. Leiter
Mrs. Leiter
Campbell
Suffolk
Juliette Williams
John R Wiliams
Wiliams
Letter
Levi Z Letter
India
Simla
Mr Leiter
Hatelaine
Lester
Beverly Farms
Mass
Cabanel
To-Kalon Go., Inc
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R. Harris & CO
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Union
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Charles Lyman
H. C. Bradley
Frank D. Sloat
N. M Brooks
John Finn
W. S. Shallenberger
James Schooff
H . Magoon
M. M Parker
W. W. Davis
Thomas W. Bradley
Hyland C Kirk
Panama
County Council
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San Francisco
W. & J. Sloane
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Savonnerie
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RGS
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Phione
Agnes M. , Jenks
Jenks
Odenheimer
Thor
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Peare Monument
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Elizabeth Brown
Emily Margaret White
Chicken Brigade
Philip Elliott
Poindexter
Peace Monument
Tenth Street
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America Today
Fort Myer
G H. Dunham
Wallace
HD Delmotte
S A Wallace
M J Walllace
Clara M Maykle
Maryland
Roberta Wallace
H JI Corbin
Fatima
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Romanoffs
Michael
Czar
Czarina
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