Labor in Chicago to Clean House in Building Trades
Chicago labor leaders plan to purge crooked and criminal figures from the Building Trades council amid indictments of Mader Murphy and Shea. Arthur Wallace is groomed to succeed Mader, with open shop unions facing purge as state action mounts. Over $100 million in new building work looms if leaders are removed and peace restored. Valentino Weds Winifred Hudnut. Rudolph Valentino and Winifred Hudnut, known as Nattha Rambova, marry at Mexicali with Hudnut’s perfume family listed in New York.
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Chicago
Arthur Wallace
Painters’ District Council
Frenchy” Mader
Building Trades Council
Mader
Big Tim” Murphy
Con" Shea
Suverel
Citizens’ Committee
Landis
Judge Landis
Wallace
Murphy
Shea
Graat
Mater
Biz Tim" Murphy
Valentino
Winifred
Mob Storms Jail in Ludowik Georgia
A masked mob stormed the Ludowik jail taking two white prisoners from custody and beating them. The men were Barto Mid diston and Carlton Young, arrested by Sheriff Viking for cattle theft. Shots were fired during the incident.
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Ludowik
Barto Middiston
Carlton Young
Sheriie Viking
Phota
Nine I W W prisoners released from Leavenworth
Nine Industrial Workers of the World members were freed from the Leavenworth federal prison after serving five year terms. The release followed completion of sentences tied to the September 7, 1918 consignment led by the figure known as Big Bill Gaywood.
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W. Wis
Leavenworth
Kan
Industrial Workers of the World
Gaywood
Stevenson Seeks Republican Senate Nomination in Washington
George H. Steven son of Seattle formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator, opposing Miles Poindexter in Tacoma Washington.
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Poindexter
Tacoma
Wash
George H. Stevenson
Seattle
United States
Miles Poindexter
Actress Eugenia Blair Dies Suddenly at Court Theatre
Eugenia Blair, famed for Anna Christie at the Court Theatre in Chicago, collapsed in her dressing room after appearing in the early part of Saturday night’s performance. In Texas, stunt aviator Ed Lirette of Dallas was killed when a belt strap failed, sending him from 2,000 feet above Verago.
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Eugenia Blair
Chicago
R Eugenia Blair
Anna Christie
Court Theatre
Blunt
Verago
Tex
Ed Lirette
Dallas
Lirette
Several Iowa incidents and deaths reported in Anamosa era
Three men escaped from the Anamosa reformatory insane department as new bids for 60300 dollars of town property attract attention. Bridges and sewers are under construction with a 3200 dollar Des Moines river bridge near Hnone. Multiple deaths include Mrs. Heckendorf of Creston who killed herself, miner Bert Bowers at Oakdale near Carlisle, and marshal Edward Crowe of What Cheer killed by a self-inflicted gun misfire. Other items note large land condemnations for state university facilities, a 107 year old Jacob Baker moved to a Galva home, a drowning incident at Fredericksburg, rising male inmate transfers, and a Cedar Rapids teen electrocuted on a tension wire.
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W. Flahenty
Insane Department of the Reformatory
Anamosa
State Highway Commission
Des Moines
Hnone
Boone
John Heckendorf
Creston
Bert Bowers
Rainwells
Oakdale
Carlisle
Wr. Bowera
William T. Whitney
Arthur
Whitney
Nellie Gardner
New Hampton
Hermitage Cafe
Moscow
State Service Star
Storm Lake
W W. Beyer
Grinnell
Beyer
Ames
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Pire
Glen Barrows
Dallas County
Barrows
Stern
Edward ‘Crowe
What Cheer
Myer Carl
Marshal Crowe
Song F
Town City
New Armory
Military Department
Jacob Baker
Grundy County
Hamilton County
Henry M. Baker
Galva
North
Ens
Martin Gitach
Fredericksburg
Wayrsie
Gitsch
March
Iowa
State Board of Parole
Mort Madison
Tihisia
Rockwell City
Marshalltown
Becaue
Hey
Albert FE. Tharp
Mia
Frank Tharp
Cedar Rapids
War Robs Three Of Memory In Unusual Veteran Cases
Three veterans in Washington report memory loss from war injuries, with one Hayward Thompson forgetting his identity since 1992 while others search for who they were. The American Legion assists, tracing records in Denver, Flemington, and Los Angeles, hoping to reunite families and establish identities for these unidentified ex servicemen. France and Britain reportedly harbor several similar cases, highlighting a tragic, peculiar episode at the Veterans Bureau.
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Washington
D. C
American Legion
Hayward Thompson
Denver
O Dill
Colorado Springs
France
Thompson
Marine Corps
Flemington
Louise Thompson
Chicago
Los Angeles
the Legion
Easf
North Thirty-fist Street
Louisville
Leonard Walls
Flrst
Kentucky Infantry
Veterans’ Bureau
Great Britain
Greatest Heroes List Adds Glucksman to WWI Vets
US veterans bureau names Sergt. Samuel Glucksman as a top World War I hero among Sergeants York and Woodfill. An Austrian-born Marine, Glucksman fought in seven major battles including Belleau Wood and Verdun, captured a German, and directed his squad to safety after earning wounds and praise from Allied nations.
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York
Woodfill
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Sergt
Samuel Glucksman
Devil Dogs
Austria
Glucksman
American Legion
Washington
Gluckston
Verdun
Belleau Woods
Chateau Thierry
Marbach
St. Mihiel
Soissona
Mont Blanc
Germany
Flys Armerican
Spyudlyy
Glucksman G Sy
Wun x, Ra
House Froblem Solved by Two New York Boys in Treetop Hut
Two New York boys, Eugene Fata and Ed Corison, built a hut in a tree top inside a vacant lot surrounded by apartment houses. The makeshift shelter showcases youth ingenuity and local resourcefulness amid urban surroundings.
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New York
Eugene Fata
Ed Corison
French Bust of Poe Masterpiece by Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French, nearing his seventy second birthday, is shown with his nearly completed bust of Edgar Allan Poe. The sculpture, poised for unveiling at Hull, marks a notable commemorative effort in the arts.
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Daniel
Chester French
Edgar Allan Bus
Hull
Climbers Summit Noted Peak Mount Alagheuz Reach
Russell H. Anderson of Bridgeboro New Jersey and Roy Davly of Monticello Arkansas report reaching Mount Alagheuz the famed 13 800 foot peak in the Cau cOAUB MoOudtalue range according to a Gapatch dispatch from Armenia. The summit has challenged climbers for years.
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Russell H. Anderson
Bridgeboro
N. J
Roy Davly
Monticello
Ark
Alagheuz
Armenia
Foolish and Untimely Palm Beach Trip Remark
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet quotes Mrs. Gadder debating a visitor at the door who claimed a message from the hereafter. The maid cannot identify the visitor as agent or preacher, while Mrs. Gadder packs trunks for a Palm Beach trip, calling the question foolish.
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Mary
Mrs. Gadder
Palm Beach
Birmingham Age-Herald
Freedom From Laxatives
An eminent medical authority warns that pills and salts offer only temporary relief at the cost of permanent injury. Science offers a natural approach through a lubricant similar to Nature’s own, Nujol, which is not a laxative, does not gripe, and is harmless. Obtain a bottle from your druggist.
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Salta
Fragmented quotation on courtship and gender roles
A fragmentary exchange discusses why a young and pretty widow may have a better chance with a man than a younger and equally attractive single woman. The dialogue hints at how a widow may have learned to keep from changing her appearance and demeanor.
Stop Worrying About Sorrows and Seek Today's Joys
A reflective note urges moving beyond yesterday's sorrows to pursue present happiness and momentum. It emphasizes embracing simple pleasures, mindful choices, and practical steps to improve daily life and outlook. The message reads as guidance for personal growth and resilience.
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Painters’ Council
Suce
American Teslon Nova Sarylec
Veteran's Bureau
Bergt
Samuel Gluckaman
York-Woodfill
Charles Woot
Church of the Covenant
Acoust
Eexton
Lincoln
London
Abraham Lincoln
Philadelphia
Baby
Hippo
Ceri
Teddy
Philadelphia Zoo
Clara Barton
Warure
The
Red Cross
Oxford
Maas
Women's National Missionary Association of the Universalist Church
Froblem
Poe
Mneya
Doan
David Preston
South
Winterset
Towa
Colwes
Ang
Bea Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Holland
Wilbalming
Bane
Brians
Stearns
Genesese
Fonsine Sc
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