Negro Santa 12 Returns Home From Reform School
Benjamin Richardson, a 12 year old branded as Negro Santa, spent a year in Lancaster reform school after stealing mail to fund gifts for family and neighbors. He hid in a Bridgeport post office booth and stole a Pittsburgh bank package found in a mail sack. He confessed, pleaded before Belmont county juvenile court, and was sent home to remain during good behavior.
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International News Service
ST. Clairsville
Bridgeport
Santa Claus
Lancaster Reform School
Kris Kringle
Benjamin Richardson
United States
Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Flushing Bank
Benjamin
Belmont County
Lancaster
Pigeon Beats Man By Minute In London Race
Brigadier General Brooks of the British parliament entered 400 London homing pigeons in a Pontefract race. He released the birds outside the house of commons, chased by taxi and train, reaching Pontefract at 2 47. the first bird finished at 9 46, narrowly losing to the pigeons.
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London
Pontefract
England
Brooks
House of Commons
King’s Cross
Wakefield
Brooke
Winter Storm Strikes Montana and Wyoming Ills
The Associated Press reports winter invasion across Montana and parts of Wyoming with heavy snow and subfreezing temperatures. Billings saw three inches and eight inches fell at Great Falls and Livingston, as the storm stretched from Livingston to Glendive with lows near 25 degrees.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Billings
Livingston
Glendive
Judith Basin
Lewiston
Great Falls
Dutte
Casper
Brady Turkey Trot Parade Marks Armistice Day in Brady
Brady Texas hosts its fourth annual Turkey Trot parade as Armistice Day events unfold. Turkey raisers showcase choicest birds for Thanksgiving dinners to President Coolidge and Governor Moody. Notables on the reviewing stand, floats illustrate the turkey industry, with shows to Chicago and a banquet for local raisers.
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Associated Press
Brady
Tex
Texas
President Coolidge
Dan Moody
Chicago
Mexican Consul General Transferred to New Orleans
San Antonio reports Consul General A P Carillo, in office since 1925, is reassigned to the New Orleans consulate. Enrike Santibanes, formerly at Prague, Czechoslovakia, will replace him in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
International News Service
A. P. Carillo
New Orleans
Carillo
Enrique Santibanes
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Arkansas Judge Wood Becomes Bible Expert
Recites five difficult Bible books and the first chapter of Matthew, with its long list of names, as a Bible expert. Judge Carroll D. Wood has served on the Arkansas supreme court bench for 30 years in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Ark
Carroll D. Wood
Arkansas Supreme Court
Money Made in Sheep by Deaf Smith Farmer
Hereford report notes rising interest in sweep raising in Deaf Smith County with more flocks planned for next year. Elmer O’Farrell, Johnie Kemp and others enter breeding, while A G Bell ships about 6000 sheep and predicts a bright future for Panhandle sheep due to cheap feed large stalk fields and strong prices.
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Hereford
Ill
A. GC Bell
Deaf Smith County
Elmer O'Farrell
Johnie Kemp
Mr. Bell
Panhandle
Flashes of Life: From Floods to Fashions and Feuds
Atlantic City officials propose ending Miss America pageants to avoid past overuse. New York offers a beauty tip from Fannie Ward. Camden reports a husband’s arrest turned joke as a kiss defense. Birdsboro notes a delayed Dispatch after a $22 000 holdup. Atlanta cites grasshopper watermelon sky and cereal as odd spring bonnet color sources.
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Atlanta
Marines Mark 62nd Corps Birthday With Home Force
Washington reports no major action abroad as China Nicaragua and Haiti show little stirring. Marines number about 19 000 with one third in training and 000 stationed at home. At Curtis Field New York Shipwreck Kelly, famed for long pole stunts, climbs a ten foot pole mounted on an airborne craft for a breath of air and wows onlookers.
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Washington
China
Nicaragua
Haiti
Lejeune
Curtis Field
N. Y
Kelly
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Hotel Men’s Association
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Camden
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Andrew
Bertram
Birdsboro
Dispatch
Millinery Association of America
American Color Card Association
Hugh Whitcomb
Polk
Borsal
van Husen
Aratex
SOX
Har Bert’s College
Dial
Polk St
Small Children’s
Oxfords
Stetson
J. Levy
Knox
Phoenix
Nofade
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