Weighing souls debate stirs plans for electric chair test
New York physician Dr Hereward Carrington proposes weighing criminals in the electric chair to prove the soul is material. He cites Dr McDougall's disease death tests and suggests using healthy criminals to eliminate decomposition effects, while critics dispute the premise and feasibility.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
Hereward Carrington
Mcbougal
Haverhil
Carrington
James H Huston
Society For Psychical Research
Beiieves
McDougal
McDougall
Funeral Directors Switchboard Listings and Embalmers
Funeral directors and embalmers listed with multiple firms and chapels. Names include J William Lee, H G Peomeyteania Ave, George P Zurhorst, Hindle and Bayliss, Thos R Nalley and Son, R F Harveys Sons, John M Mitchells Son, W R Speare, Adolf J Schippert, Thos S Sergeon, Costello and Bro, Wm S Riley, Frank Geiers Sones, John R Wright Co. Also notes on chapel services, crematoriums, and funeral designs with pricing and contact numbers.
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J. William Lee
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Adolph J. Schippert
West
Thos. S. Sergeon
TOR
Cain
T. A. Costello & Bro
WM. S. Riley
Epfertaker
Embalnar
Wil Eéensions
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
John R. Wright CO
Cleveland Bags Ducks In Charleston Hunt
Former President Grover Cleveland and party hunt at Gen E F Alexander’s preserves in Georgetown South Carolina. The first day yielded few birds due to warm weather but Saturday’s northeaster brought a large bag of English mallards which were sent to the North. Mr Cleveland resumes marsh hunting with vigor at dawn.
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Grover Cleveland
Alexander
Fords Point
Cleveland
Discovers New Comet Highlighted by Cambridge Report
Cambridge mass March 11 disaster? No. Discovery announced via cablegram from Professor Kreutz Kiel. Giacobini Nice named as discoverer. Comet seen March 9 2010 Greenwich time with coordinates right ascension 7h 4m 314s and declination minus 18 21 17. Movement logged daily of minus 3m8s in right ascension and plus 3m? minutes in declination.
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Harvard Observatory
Prof Kreutz
Kiel
Giacobini
Nice
Greenwich
Licensed to Marry in Obscure Listings
A string of names and ages appears in a damaged OCR fragment listing multiple marriage licenses. It includes Albert H Chace and Agnes Burch of nacostia, plus numerous other pairs with ages and locations such as Baltimore Md Waterford Va and Kansas. The legibility is poor with many garbled spellings and inconsistent punctuation.
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Albert H Chace
Agnes Burch
Nacostia
Rey WG
Davenport Harold Q Duble
New York City
Daisy
Divemore
Waterford
Rey F
Bristol
Gus Martynn
Muggle Stephens
Baltimore
Rey Frank M Gristol
Oscar Ernst
Saviila Bretin
Chadsford
Hugh T Brevannon
Arthur D Slivers
Kansas
Guy Mo Anne @ Pearce
Ruefs Denied Plea in Ruef Schmitz Trial Day in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 11 Abe Ruef loses writ appeals as Judge Dunne orders Ruefs trial to begin tomorrow for extortion while Mayor Schmitz seeks separate trial. Crowded temple, mobs jam corridors, police battle crowds. Ruef, Schmitz, and Dinan faces continue into March 13 with related perjury and conspiracy actions.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Abe Ruef
Dunne
Stats Supreme Court
Ruef
United States Supreme Court
Hebbard
De'Haven
District Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court Attorney Act
Schmitz
Wn Ruef
Drice
Ruef and
Dinan
Old Brooklyn matriarch Sarah Morton dies at 96
Special to The Washington Post New York March 1 Mrs Sarah J Morton longtime Brooklyn resident died Saturday at her grandson Sherwood Bradley Roberts home 1111 Park Place aged ninety six She had thirty six grandchildren and fifty three great grandchildren one sister Ardita Staples Fairfield Conn Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at her Park Place residence and the remains will be taken to Liberty NY for interment.
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Washington Post
New York
Sarah J. Morton
Brooklyn
Sherwood Bradley Robertson
Park Place
Morton
Connecticut
Mr. Morton
Liberty
Sullivan County
Joseph Hill
New York State
Fairfield
Conn
Small Boy Kills Woman in Kentucky Farmyard Accident
Harvey Rowe a four year old boy shot and killed Mrs Bettie Griffin with a 45 caliber revolver at Altamont Kentucky. The child says the tragedy was an accident though the dying woman claimed the boy loaded the pistol and planned to shoot a chicken in the yard. The bullet passed through her thigh killing the dog and the woman bled to death. The boy is the eight year old son of William Howe. His father had died six weeks earlier and the Griffin woman had come to keep house for the family in Rockcastle County.
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Weashington Post
London
Harvey Rowe
Mra Bettle Griffin
Altamont
William Howe
Rowsewits
Griffith
Rockcastle County
May reopen Bassett case in Nebraska divorce file
Special to the Washington Fest Omaha Nebr Mar 11 Charges of fraud and perjury may follow the recently closed Bassett divorce case Attorneys for Mrs Bassett plan to retry by bringing the matter to court and proving Rev Lawrence Hunt alias C Tamieson was not Jamieson The Bassett camp says they will produce a St Louis businessman CBH Jamieson to counter Dennis Sullivan who testified Hunt was J Jamieson Mrs Enissetts lawyers Baxter Vandusen say they will move anew The anticipated refutation of Sullivan's testimony aims to trigger a broader disclosure and reopen the case Mrs Bassett seeks vindication.
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Omaha
Nebr
Mar
Bassett
Lawrence Hunt
St Louis
Cbh
Jamieson
Dennis Sullivan
Hunt
J Jamieson
Enissetts
Baxter & Vandusen
Sullivans
Osteopathy compromise reached on Hinmen bill in Albany
Special to The Washington Post Albany March 11 a compromise to the Hinmen osteopathy bill was announced. The amendment to the Page Whitney bill recognizes osteopathists with two years study diplomas and permits about 300 practicing osteopathists to continue but bans major surgery and drug administration. Regents certificates required from 1910 onward for new practitioners. Assemblyman Hamm announced the settlement amid possible legislative opposition.
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Washington Post
Albany
Hinmen
Busines
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Four Women and Girl Bitten by Rabid Cat in Patchogue
Four residents of Church Street in Patchogue are under treatment in New York’s Willard Parker Hospital after rabid cat bites. Mrs Eile Gordon Mrs Lawrence Mrs Conklin and thirteen year old Grace Carter were inoculated with anti rabies serum following an attack by a cat that had its carcass tested positive for rabies. The cat belonged to Miller Gordon and the younger cat had recently become a pet. The incident heightened fear among families and friends as medical experts noted the greater danger of cat rabies.
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New York Health Woard Laboratory
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Taft and Hughes Attend Monument Contract Award
The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument Association chaired by Taft and Gov Hughes awarded the project to P J Carlin Construction Co for 172000 dollars. The Fort Greene Park shaft by McKim Mead & White will rise 200 feet with a granite per gola and three 100 foot steps approaches.
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Martyrs’ Monument Association
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W L Marshall
Stephen V White
P J Carlin Construction Company
McKim, Mead & White
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Fort Greene Park
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Roundsman Mallan
Albary
Albany
Empire State Express
Premier Petkoff Assassinated in Sofia Gardens
Premier Petkoff and Interior Minister Metkoff were shot in the Boris Gardens by an unidentified gunman. Minister Guemadieff was wounded, and Stambuloff’s party leader status recalls Bulgaria’s earlier political assassinations. Numerous arrests followed, with trials and sensational denouncements surrounding the crime.
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Dumont's New Aeroplane Weighs Less Than Bird of Prey
Santos Dumont unveils a lighter heavier-than-air craft designed for the Deutsch Archdeacon prize. The sled-like aeroplane uses thin polished wood wings, a 6 horse engine, and a front-mounted 2 meter propeller. It weighs about twenty kilos less than the Bird of Prey and runs on a single cycle wheel. Trials at St Cyr will begin once ground conditions allow.
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Santos Dumont
Deutsch-Archdeacon
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St Cyr
King Alfonso Improves as Spanish King Near Recovery
Madrid reports King Alfonso, ill with influenza, shows improving signs and fever diminishing. Physicians say full recovery seems probable within a week. Also notes Omi ship salve decision near Tokyo and near-term contest answers and catalogues.
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Mari
Alfonso
Explosion Shakes Metuchen as Pennsylvania Engine Boiler Burns
Metuchen New Jersey March 11 three men killed and several injured when a locomotive boiler exploded while pulling a freight through town. Engineer William J Sisher of Philadelphia brakeman Smith of Trenton and fireman W H Fritsche of Treston died. Boiler pieces flew two blocks, bursts set fires in Hahn s drug store and McCutcheon s pharmacy, and the station caught fire though not destroyed. Daisy Martin a railroad station operator was slightly hurt.
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Metuchen
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
William J Sisher
Philadelyhis
Smith
Trenton
W. H Fritsche
Treston
Jersey City
Sisher
Wrak Smith
Hahn
McCutcheon
Daisy Martin
Indicted in Brooklyn for Embezzlement Fifteen Years Ago
Brooklyn DA confirms an old indictment against Frank Marrin for embezzling about $70,000 from Mrs Caroline Barry. Marrin, a former prominent lawyer, was once jailed in Buffalo and later released on bail in Philadelphia. Detectives seek extradition if federal charges falter.
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Mar IL
Cauley
Detective Bureau
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Philadelphia
Frank Marrin
McCauley
Marrin
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Storey
John F Clarke
Merrin
Kings County
Caroline Barry
Clinton Avenue
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Marin
Storey Cotton Company
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Woman Amazes Surgeons at Hahnemann Hospital
Special to The Washington Post. Mrs Sarah Flannery, aged 102, was burned on January 23 at her home in Philadelphia. Her clothing ignited at a stove and doctors believed she would die. She rallied after days in hospital and now walks the ward, expects to be discharged in a few days.
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Philadephia
Hahnemann Hospital
Sarah Flannery
Spring Street
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Jim
Pittsburg Celebrates Greater Pittsburg Confirmation
Citizens in Pittsburg Pennsylvania react to the Supreme Court confirming the Greater Pittsburg bill. The consolidation of Pittsburg and Allegheny into Greater Pittsburg is expected within ten days, boosting city population estimates to about 531,000 and sparking public celebration amid debate over ranking among U S cities.
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Supreme Court
Allegheny
Pittsbure
United States
Baltimore
McKee
Rockefeller Sues Goss Over $25,000 Lead Mine Deal
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland attends a Circuit Court trial in St. Louis alleging misrepresentation in a 1900 lead mine sale for $200,000 with $6,000 improvements. Goss denies misrepresentation. Meanwhile in New York the grand jury begins investigating the Brewster Express wreck that killed twenty four.
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Frank ‘Rockefeller
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Henry Goss
Rockefeller Ets
Oss
Goss
Frank Rockefeller
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Brewster
New York
Mar
New York Central
Swamp Root Free Sample Offer Promoted by Washington Daily Post
Readers are invited to obtain a free sample bottle of Swamp Root the kidney and bladder remedy. The ad markets the product as a proven cure for back pain frequent urination sediment in urine and other kidney related symptoms while urging readers to request a sample and informational booklet by mail from Dr Kalmer Co at Binghamton New York.
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Binghamton
Dr. Bilmer & Co
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Tragic suicide of Mrs Jessie Wilkin in Pelham closet
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Jessie Welch Wilkin fifty wife of W I Wilkin of Securities Corporation Limited hanged herself with her husband's silk cravat in a Pelham closet early this morning after eighteen months of nervous disorder. She had returned from Rockledge Florida seeking health and grew despondent over being far from her children. Her husband awoke to a thumping noise and, with a nurse and daughter, found her body dangling. A pocketknife freed her neck from the rope. Dr Josephus Ulam declared her dead. Ohio relatives notified.
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Express Company Robbed: Driver Held on $10,000 Bail
New York detectives accuse William Leonard, a former Adams Express driver, of larceny involving between $25,000 and $26,000 worth of goods. Magistrate Whitman remanded him in $10,000 bail. Jacob Levine and Harry Bobken, also of New York, await arraignment on receiving charges with $5,000 bail.
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Whitman
William Leonard
Adams Express Company
Leohard
Jacob Levine
Harry Bobken
Victim of Joke Perishes at Steel Plant
John Dombie a 20 year old laborer at the Pressed Steel Car Works in Mchees Rocks was burned to death today by a crude oil prank. A crane operator supposedly poured oil on a salamander thinking the flash would startle the sleeping man. instead it saturated Dombie and ignited his clothes. Colleagues rolled him in snow but he died. Coroner opened an investigation. crane operator fled.
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Haverhill, Miss
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Anton J Carlson
University of Chicago
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FS Hockwell
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Domble
Swarthmore College receives large telescope grant
Announcement by Swarthmore College president Joseph Swain that State Senator William C Sproul of Chester, an alumnus and board member, funds a 24 inch aperture telescope. The instrument, to rank with major observatories, will be placed in a new observatory on the Swarthmore campus eleven miles from Philadelphia. Construction is expected to take about two years.
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Swarthmore College
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Tek
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Yerkes
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Sproul
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Jescone
Prince Declines Gift in Berlin Shipwreck Aid
Prince Henry of the Netherlands rejects a national testimonial for aiding survivors of the British steamer Berlin wrecked off the Hook of Holland on February 21. He says he merely did his duty as a Dutchman and cannot permit special recognition.
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Hague
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