Remarkable Plea for Justice Not Mercy by Vanzetti
Bartolomeo Vanzetti signs a petition asking Governor Fuller to order an investigation of the Sacco and Vanzetti conviction for the payroll robbery murders in South Raintree Massachusetts. The plea urges justice, not mercy, and cites affidavits from trial witnesses while noting Sacco did not sign.
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United Press
Boston
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Succo
Alvin T. Fuller
South Raintree
Massachusetts
Vanzetti
Sacco
King
Webster Thayer
Man Survives After Sutured Abdominal Pin and Tube
Lloyd Deutsch of Collins Indiana endured two and a half years with a safety-pin and a five inch drain tube sewed inside his abdomen from a 1924 appendicitis operation. A second operation removed the foreign objects and relief followed. doctors marvel at his survival.
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International News Service
Auburn
Ind
Lafayette
Indiana
Lloyd Deutsch
Collins
Deutsch
Penn
Legionnaires Post Cards Warn Against Alcohol in Barracks
European prohibitionists posted cards in the barracks of the French Foreign Legion reading Alcohol is Death. Shun the Demon Rum. The move targets soldiers in Algiers amid ongoing anti alcohol campaigns.
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Legionnaires
Algiers
French Foreign Legion
Legion Invites Fearlessness in Face of Demons
In Charlotte a note reading The Legion Never Fears Death The Legion is Accustomed to Demons appeared as a demonic motif amid local unrest. Elsewhere lectures on salesmanship were held for waiters in a Charlotte hotel, while London hotels prepare for 80 000 American visitors expecting to spend about 10 million dollars this summer.
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Charlotte, N. C
Charlotte
London
England
Harmonica Wizards Form Orchestra in Anadelphia Repertory
A group of residents in Anadelphia form an orchestra named the Harmonica Wizards. Their repertoire includes classical symphonies as the community embraces music. In Bangor Maine Gleason M Pendleton, 22, has one nephew and eight married sisters with large families. Pink Lights With Music Paris sidewalk cafes now turn off at night.
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Anadelphia
Harmonica Wizards
Bangor
Gleason M. Pendleton
Paris
Unclear Scene of Orchestra Lights During Solo
A description notes white lights dimmed and pink or mauve hues during a solo by the orchestra leader. Conversation ceases and waiters hold still until the music ends.
High school students in Dresden to be insured
The ministry of education mandates that all high school students obtain accident insurance at an annual fee of 1.20 marks. In Lancaster Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Ralph Garvin name their twins Calvin and Grace in tribute to President and Mrs Coolidge.
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Dresden
Saxony
Ministry of Education
Lancaster
Ralph Garvin
Coolidge
Calvin
Grace
Hendon council bid rests on grave site ownership
Arthur Bishop of Finchley seeks a Hendon District Council seat but must prove local qualification by owning land in the town. Other notes include Dan Rogers, a blind man, drowning a cat at Bangor pier but the cat returned home as he was hospitalized.
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Hendon
Eng
Arthur Bishop
Finchley
London
Bishop
Bangor, Eng
Dan Rogers
Bangor
Demerits under old Buddhist law for disliking a husband
Mrs L A Pitman formerly of Peking notes a 1000 demerit penalty for a wife who dislikes her husband because of an ugly face under an ancient Buddhist compensation law.
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L. A. Pitman
Peking
Goodyear Marks Hundred Millionth Tire Milestone
Local Goodyear dealers Adkisson and Gunn display the hundred millionth Goodyear tire made at Akron Ohio. The milestone underscores a century of tire innovation from the cord and pneumatic truck tires to a balloon tire and marks Goodyear as a leading tire development and engineering organization. It would take 56,524 freight cars to move all one hundred million tires.
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Adkisson
Goodyear
Cat Defends Home in Strange Battle in Battle Creek
A man posing as a meter reader attacked Mia, PC, Philo in Battle Creek. Her Angora cat, unusually large, retaliated with claws and teeth, driving off the intruder as the suspect fled.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Mia
Philo
Colorado Army Head Row Ends After Adjutant General Pay Settlement
The Colorado state military board will pay Col. Paul P. Newton about $4,000 in back salary, ending a dispute over his hold on the adjutant general post after ex Governor Morley sought to replace him with Capt. Edward Austin. Separately, the war department sold Booth era horse-stabling barn for $4,960.
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United Press
Denver
State Military Board
Col
Paul P. Newton
Morley
Newton
Edward Austin
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
War Department
Who Is Your Skinny Friend Ethel
An old advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a weight gain aid for men women and children. It promises 1 pound growth in six weeks with a thirty day money back guarantee and warns against imitations.
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Ethel
McCoy
Mrs J E Murphy Endorses Dr Pierce Remedies
Mrs J E Murphy of 168 N Main St. Texas praises Dr Pierce remedies including Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. She notes effectiveness of Anure Tablets for the kidneys and Healing Salve. She advises readers to obtain medicines from druggists and to write Dr Pierce for free confidential medical advice with a trial package offer.
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Texas
Pierce
Mes. J. JS. Murphy
N. Main St
Dr. Pierce
President Invalides
Buffalo
N.Y
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