Vermont Woman Wins Huge Verdict in Alienation Case
In Burlington on December 7, a jury awarded Mrs. Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse against Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Woodhouse, parents of her husband, $465000 for alienation of affections. The Woodhouses faced the million dollar claim and lost, with the court detailing meddling by the parents as the cause of separation.
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Burlington
Vermont
Dorrit Stevens Woodhouse
Lorenzo Woodhouse
Douglas Woodhouse
Clara Phillips Still at Liberty in San Diego
Reports that Mrs. Glaxa Phillips, Los Angeles escaped murderess, was seen in Tijuana yesterday and possibly took refuge near a cabin by rocks on the ocean proved false after Los Angeles sheriff and posse investigation.
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San Diego
Calif
Glaxa Phillips
Los Angeles
Tijuana
Mexico
Neakr Point
Heflin Opposes Delay in Muscle Shoals Project
Senator Heflin of Alabama opposed government control of fertilizer factories at Muscle Shoals noting such policy would delay the broader Muscle Shoals development. He spoke in Washington on December 7 urging continued progress without postponement.
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Alabama
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Heflin
Albama
Fate Used a Dog as Its Tool in Unnamed Tale
A compact report notes that fate employed a dog as its instrument in a terse, symbolic account. The snippet preserves minimal details, emphasizing the dog’s role as a determinant element within a broader narrative.
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Fate
New Bern Fire Department Censured in Insurance Report
The North Carolina insurance department faulted the New Bern fire department after last week’s catastrophic blaze. The report cites widespread high explosives found in African American homes and one church, estimating $2.5 million in losses with $35 thousand insured. Meanwhile Macon actress Miss Offiss Palmer figures in a separate divorce suit filed by Eleanor Brewster against Eugene V. Brewster, alleging separation maintenance amid a claimed love triangle in movieland.
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Raleigh
N. C
Nebern Fire Department
State Insurance Department
Newbern
Oftiss Palmer
Macon
Eugene TV
Bravester
New ‘Work
Eleanor V. V. Brewster
Mussolini to attend London conference with Allied premiers
Mussolini of Italy accepted an invitation to London for a weekend meeting with Allied premiers ahead of the Brussels war debt reparations conference. He left Rome this morning and will stop at Lausanne before arriving in London tomorrow night.
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London
Associated Press
Mussolini
Italy
Brussels
Rome
Lausanne
Waycross Shrine Club to Stage Ten Days of Festivities
Waycross Shrine club will inaugurate ten days of lively events from December 28 through January 6 featuring the Shrine circus, an automobile show, a merchants exposition and an agricultural development exhibit. The Georgia association plans to highlight the development program, inviting South Georgia residents to attend.
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Waycross
Waycross District
Shrine Club
Merchants
Georiia Association
South Georgia
Wawcross
Miss Louellen Bragg Returns From Macon Visit
Miss Louellen Bragg has returned from a visit to relatives in Macon, reporting a pleasant trip and family gathering with kin.
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Louellen Bragg
Macon
State Bank Law Upheld by Supreme Court ruling
ATLANTA December 7 The Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the state banking law provisions that allow assessments on insolvent bank stockholders to pay depositor claims The ruling concerns the Commercial City Bank of Americas and may trigger further litigation over Crawford Wheatley estate assets levied after the bank failure Much property involved lies in East Americas and is described as valuable
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Commercial City Bank of Americas
Crawford Wheatley
Commercial City Bank
Wheatley
East Americas
Cold wave fails to arrive in South expected unsettled weather
Atlanta reports from all sections show no Northwest cold blast. Moderate, cloudy conditions prevail as real winter remains distant. South weather expected to be unsettled with no major temperature drop anticipated.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Dr L M Jones Dies At 72 At Georgia Sanitarium
Dr L M Jones long time superintendent of the Georgia state sanitarium since 1907 died at 72 after an erysipelas attack. He had served the institution for 41 years in Milledgeville on December 7.
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Milledgeville
L. M. Jones
Georgia State Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Fiance Tells Of Lost Romance In Brewster Affair
Richard Middleton of Hazlehurst Georgia explains he was engaged to Corliss Palmer of Macon Georgia before her ties to Eugene Brewster and his wife in New York. He recalls their 1918 engagement, her pride in winning beauty honors, and how a Macon newspaper report about Palmer's visit altered everything. He vows to confront Brewster about what he calls an injustice and says he remains heartbroken as Corliss’s affections shifted to Brewster.
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New York
Brewster-Palmer
Corliss Palmer
Kleigs
Richard Middleton
Hazlehurst
Macon
Normandie Heights
Morristown
N. J
Eugene Brewster
Roslyns
Brewster
Miss Palmer
Middleton
New York City
Jack Dempsey
Eugene
Palmer
Corliss
America
Hokey
Bruce
Irish deputy assassinated in Cork bombing attempt
A powerful bomb was hurled at a military car in Cork this afternoon. The missile missed the target and exploded nearby, wounding two men and two women. authorities investigated the incident as an assassination attempt.
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Cork
Associated Press
Dublin deputy leaders shot on way to parliament
President Cosgrove announced to parliament that Deputy Sean Hales had been shot and killed while Deputy Patrick O'Maille, deputy speaker, was wounded as they traveled to the parliament session.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Cosgrove
Sean Hales
Patrick O’maille
Ulster votes to quit Free State parliament
Belfast December 7 Ulster parliament both houses vote unanimously to contract out of the Irish Free State under the Anglo Irish treaty, signaling a political move to separate from the Free State participation.
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Ulster
Free State
Belfast
Associated Press
Safety First Play At Union High School
Union High School students and faculty in Leslie stage the play Safety First on Friday at 8 pm in the school auditorium. The two hour performance features humor and pathos while promoting safety in school equipment use. Proceeds from admission at 35 cents will fund furnishings for the recently completed $25,000 building. Public invited to attend.
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Union High School
Leslie
Unclear tale of a marriage plan amid trouble
The speaker recalls a man claiming he will marry Corliss despite his legal troubles. He warns that if he cannot marry without breaking the law, others in Georgia have methods to handle such situations that Northerners may not understand. The remark questions Corliss’s vanity and the feasibility of the engagement.
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Corliss
Georgia
Empty Stocking fund grows as railroad men donate
Four railroad workers J W Hall G C Burden J S Martin and R E Fowler each gave 1 toward the Empty Stocking fund per Wednesday’s Times Recorder. The appeal seeks to ensure Christmas cheer for local children as donations continue to arrive from various supporters amid two weeks remaining.
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Times-Recorder
J. W. Hall
G. C. Burden
J. S. Martin
R. E. Fowler
Little Red House
E. L. Thurman
Charles Council, Sr
Ccs
Eula Felton
Council
Blal
R. B. Morris
Little Red Playhouse Girls Lead Empty Stocking Drive
Eleven girls from the Little Red Playhouse on Lee Street collected 45 cents over the summer for the Empty Stocking fund. They head the contributor list, saying they worked to help unfortunate children without a playhouse for Sunday afternoons.
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Little Red Playhouse
Lee Street
Amaancy Hooks
Vivian Jones
W Williams
Beth
Turkey in near east talks seeks free straits terms
Turkish national government rejects continuing consulates of warring powers in Turkey and weighs whether to align with Russia or Entente on Dardanelles. At Lausanne a Turkish delegation faces a tough choice amid American pleas for free Straits navigation and a proposed international commission to oversee the waterway.
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Angora
Turkey
Tur
Lausanne
Associated Press
Decidin
Dardane
Uni
Black Sea
Richard Washburn Child
United States
America
Lor Curzon
Straits
George Tchitcherin
Ismet Pasha
Fire damages roof at Shiver Plant on West Church street
Firefighters answered a call Wednesday afternoon to John W. Shiver's plant on West Church street where a blaze near the bone flue lit the roof. The building is described as frame and suffered only slight damage due to quick fire department action, preventing a potentially serious fire.
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John W. Shiver
West Church Street
Hog Sale Announced for Dec 13 at Americus Pens
George C. Marshall county farm demonstration agent announced a hog sale for Americus for Wednesday December. The sale will occur at the por. Several packers will be presented by buyers. Marshall advises bringing in only finished hogs and keeping smaller hogs off the market until the first of the year for better prices and marketability.
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George C. Marshall
Faim
Americus
Phore
Marshall
Unclear Passage on Boys and Stocking Spirit
Fragments indicate a reference to boys designated as scribes or contributors to a stocking or similar effort. The text is garbled and lacks coherent details, making it impossible to identify a definite event, date, place, or organization.
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Waycross Shrine Club
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