Tragedy at Erie Christmas event as seats collapse
Three children William Wagner five Eileen Rickrode nine and Raymond Kupotzinski twelve were killed when a bench collapsed triggering a panic at an outdoor Christmas observance in Erie Pennsylvania. Seven others were hospitalized and many more were bruised or cut as toys gifts and railings were scattered during the rush to exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
William Wagner
Eileen Rickrode
Raymond Kupotzinski
von Wapssenwee
Fate of John Looney in hands of jury
In Galesburg Illinois on December 22 the fate of John Looney charged with murdering Rock Island saloon keeper William Gabel rested with the jury after two hours of deliberation. The trial began four weeks ago and deliberations continued as court closed for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ill
John Looney
William Gabel
Rock Island
Willis Graham
Warren Bloom Fined for DWI Mistakenly Linked to Official
A police court report in the Morning Journal corrected an error naming Warner Blair as the fined individual. Warren Bloom, a Saturday arrest, was the actual person involved. Blair is a government official not connected to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Warner Blair
Warren Bloom
Blair
The
Grain Warehouse Destroyed in Baltimore Fire
A blaze in Baltimore destroyed the 100000 bushel grain warehouse of I Steen and Brother. Five firemen were injured and Captain Harry C. Jones died when crushed under falling walls. damage estimate unavailable. Fire Chief August Emrich's aide, 61, was among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Dee
I, Steen and Brother
Harry C. Jones
August Emrich
Farrell resigns U.S. Reserve Commission over Mitchell verdict
San Francisco reports that Second Lieutenant John H. Farrell of the infantry reserves resigned his commission in protest of the suspension of Colonel William Mitchell. He is the fifth reserve officer to resign locally over the Mitchell ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John H. Farrell
Leutenant
Infantry
United States Reserves
William Mitchell
Farrell
Mitchell
Weather Forecast for Denver and Southwest Region
Denver area reports fair weather for Wednesday and Thursday with warmer conditions in the southeast portion. Arizona predictions indicate fair conditions as well with little change in temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
Weather data summary from University observations
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended 6 p m yesterday report high and low temperatures, range, humidity readings at 6 am and 6 pm, wind direction Southwest, and day described as clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tosas
Sunrise and Sunset Times for December in Santa Fe
Hunters Sunrise December 4 at 7 18 a m Sunset at 4 55 p m Santa Fe Albuquerque time adjusts sunrise earlier by up to one minute and sunset later by five minutes in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Hoover to Lead Forces Against Rubber Octopus
Secretary Hoover launches a public campaign with the National Rubber Association and the auto chamber to cut rubber use by motorists. He cites artificial price manipulation by the East Indian Rubber combine and urges single agency purchasing to counter monopsony while exploring new production and substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
National Rubber Association
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
East Indian Rubber Combine
Brazil
Commerce Department
Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Texans propose Tucumcari to Fort Worth railroad
Fort Worth citizens organized as the Texas Panhandle & Gulf Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to finance a 325 mile line from Tucumcari New Mexico to Fort Worth Texas. They plan to issue 9 million in bonds 3 million in capital stock and raise most funds by securities sales in the operating territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tucumcari
N. M
Fort Worth
Tex
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Panhandle & Gulf Railroad Company
Mayor of Tombstone Dies After Brief Illness
O. Gibson, mayor of Tombstone and resident for 25 years, died this morning at his Tombstone home after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Bisbee
Ariz
O. Gibson
Munsey Publisher Frank A Munsey Dies in New York
Frank A Munsey, owner and publisher of the New York Sun and Evening Telegram, died in Lenox Hill hospital after peritonitis from an appendectomy. He was 71, unmarried, and left a multi-genre publishing empire and a large estate. Funeral at St John the Divine followed by notes of his ascent from a farm boy to a publishing mogul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank A. Munsey
New York Sun and Evening Telegram
Lenox Hill Hospital
Hope
Mr. Munsey
Munsey
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York Sun
Evening Telegram
Argosy
Flynn
Horatio Alger, Jr
Munsey’s Monthly
Coolidge Laments Munsey Death Acknowledges Publisher
President Coolidge paid tribute to Frank A. Munsey of the New York Sun in a telegram to William T. Dewart. He praised Munsey as an outstanding publisher who rose from poverty in Maine to influence as an editor and supported measures aligned with his judgment. He noted Munsey’s role on the George Washington birth bicentennial commission and his recent cabinet dinner guest status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Frank A. Munsey
New York Sun
William T. Dewart
The
Sun
Maine
Munsey
George Washington
Curtis mourns death of New York publisher Frank A. Munsey
Cyrus H. K. Curtis expressed deep regret over the death of Frank A. Munsey. Curtis called Munsey a fair and square man who built his career on effort, recognized across the eastern publishing field, and noted his Maine roots near Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Frank A. Munsey
New York
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Curtis Publishing Company
Curtis
Munsey
Augusta
Maine
Morrow proposes land exchange bill for Mora grant NM
Representative Morrow of New Mexico introduces a bill to let the government take privately owned Mora grant lands in San Miguel Mora and Taos counties in exchange for forest tracts or timber of equal value within NM or AZ. Arizona governor consent needed for timber assets. Government aims to create a forest reserve adjoining Carson reserve to conserve moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morrow
New Mexico
Mora Grant
Arizona
San Miguel
Mora
Taos
Interior and Agriculture
Carson Reserve
Reclamation work endangered by New Mexico court ruling
Santa Fe reports the state engineer may halt about a dozen preliminary reclamation studies as a Supreme Court decision in the Asplund case restricts the use of the Permanent Water Reservoirs for Irrigating Purposes income fund. The measure calls into question funding for engineering work and stream gauging across multiple river projects including the Rio Grande, Pecos, and Dry Cimarron. Governor Trannett warns valley interests may face actions to protect rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Supreme Court
Asplund
George M. Neel
Colorado
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Neel
Hope Community Ditch
Fort Sumner
Carlsbad
Carson Reclamation District
San Jose
Rio Puerco
Gila River
Canadian River
Pecos River
San Miguel
Guadalupe
Artifacts at Tucson Puzzle Scientists and Historians
Newsboys, cobblers, merchants and scholars mingle in Tucson as artifacts unearthed near the city draw geologists and archaeologists. The five and a half feet depth artifacts, dating 6th or 7th century, bear Latin inscriptions with Christian and Masonry symbols, provoking multiple theories about pre Columbian European presence and early Christianity in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Thezown City
John Collier
Collier
National Indian Defense Association
San Francisco
Hanna and Wilson
Indian Lands Board
Santa Fe
Europe
Cummings
Neil Judd
National Museum At Washington
New York
University of Arizona
American
Iceland
Southwest
America
Martin Vigil
Tesuque
Antonio Lujan
Taos
San
Frost Forecast Hits Northern Florida As Snow Falls
Continued page two report from Atlanta notes frost and a threat of snow and ice spreading through Dixie. Georgia, southern Alabama and Mississippi saw light falls mostly melted on impact while Tennessee and Kentucky reported up to an inch or more. Northern Alabama reported snow and sleet and temperatures remained well below freezing in several states as northern Florida anticipated heavy frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Dixie
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Farmers Attack Coolidge Policy At Farm Bureau Meet
Resolutions from the American Council of Agriculture and the Corn Belt denounce President Coolidge’s Chicago address and Secretary Jardine’s farm relief bill. They urge opposition to the Fordney McCumber act, arguing it burdens consumers and farmers alike as world market prices fix surplus values. Over a million middle western farmers are represented in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deg Moines
Iowa
Coolidge
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Jardine
Congress
American Council of Agriculture and
Corn Belt Committee of Farm Organizations
Middle West
William Hirth
Missouri Ruralist
Movement For Equality
Empire
America
New Building Planned for Rio Grande Institute
Rev. M F Fifield told the Lions at the Franciscan hotel that an $865000 Rio Grande Institute building is likely within a year five miles south of the city. Fred Brownlee’s visit spurred a Dayton Ohio drive to raise 65000 for a new facility, with Congregational church backing and Albuquerque civic groups urged to support the effort. The school now houses 130 students with 95 refused admission this fall, and the new structure would raise capacity to 690.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Institute
Lions Club
Franciscan Hotel
M. F. Fifield
Fifield
Fred Brownlee
American Missionary Association
Brownlee
Dayton
Ohio
Newark
Lions
Rio Grande
State Department of Education
Rotary
Kiwanis
Albuquerque
Philip Hubbell
Hubbell
Chamber of Commerce
Meyer Osoff
R. C. Bangs
Tovests
Butler Relieved From Public Safety Post At Noon
Philadelphia dispatch reports Brigadier General Butler asked to resign as municipal director of public safety. He refuses to quit and will be relieved at noon tomorrow though resignation from the Marine Corps was effective December 31. The mayor, Kendricks, objects to a resigned officer remaining in the cabinet amid phrases about President Coolidge and a stormy interview ends with Butler threatening to take no further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Butler
Kendricks
Marine Corps
Kendrick
Coolidge
Drive to Haloe Willard School Funds Began
A statewide drive in New Mexico seeks 50000 dollars to support the Frances E. Willard school in Santa Fe. The non sectarian institution aids underprivileged girls from isolated ranches and at risk homes, with tuition and gifts funding operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances E. Willard
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Santa Fe Kiwanis Club
National
Atate
President Coolidge Confers on League Disarmament Invite
President Coolidge holds talks with Secretary Kellogg and former officials on the League of Nations invitation to participate in a disarmament conference. Resolutions were introduced in Senate and House calling for participation, with no action taken yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
League of Nations
Washington
Coolidge
United States
White House
Geneva
King
Utah
Foreign Affairs Committee
Fish
New York
Moore
Virginia
Kellogg
Charles E. Hughes
Filthy Root
Root
Injuries from Coasting Fatal to Denver Boy
Griffey Miller, fourteen, died after his sled crashed into a moving car driven by H. F. Wilson on a Denver street. He had been coasting behind another auto and the sled struck Wilson’s vehicle while moving in the opposite direction. Police said children must use roped off hills for sledding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Griffey Miller
H. F. Wilson
Wilson
Parliament adopts income tax bill on interstate business
Sydney New South Wales December 22 Parliament passes a bill imposing a tax of five shillings per pound on taxable incomes from disposal by an out of state business to a person in the state of any non manufactured firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Wash Woman Seeks Christmas Guests for Poor Children
A Albuquerque washerwoman again asks for three or four underprivileged children to share her Christmas Day. She will pick up the children with help from local volunteers and Elks Shriner committees. Community donations to fund the effort total 639.60 dollars, delivered through A Stortz at the Elks club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash
Albuquerque
The
Morning Journal
Elks-Shriners
A. Stortz
Elks Club
D. B. McKee
Jay Barstow
Charles May
Chauvin Pee
J. M. Doolittle
Bryce Teeter
Whiteman Eee
Enon
Frank A. Hubbell
Tom Morrow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ued
DIE
Metropolis
Gotham
Indian Defense League
Farm Bureau Federation
Dayton Congregational Church
General Butler
Philadelphia Director of Public Safety
Haloe Willard
U. S
State Department
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!