Harem Story Trails Pastor To New Job
Rev. H. M. Ferguson loses pulpit after Cedar Rapids mob charges. Mennonite elders investigate church leadership and accuse him of running a harem, extracting possessions from flock and immoral relations. Ferguson denies claims while wife defends him.
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Roy J. Gibbons
Chicago
H. M. Ferguson
Mennonite Church
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
Bloomington
W. S. Shelly
J. H. King
William Weaver
Ferguson
Ohio
Indiana
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Ex Supreme Court Justice Pitney Dies At Morristown
Former associate justice of the Supreme Court, Pitney, dies after a career spanning Congress and New Jersey courts. Born February 5, 185%, in Morristown, he studied law in his father's office, joining the bar at 21 without a law school. He served in the 54th Congress and later became chancellor, known for a vigorous family legal legacy. He enjoyed golf and chess, and recalled learning of Taft offering him a mace on the Supreme Bench during a dinner with Taft.
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Taft
Pinner
New Jersey
Mr. Taft
Mr. Pitney
Justice Pitney
Pitney
Morristown
Formiry
Florence T. Shelton
House of Representatives
Washington
House
Garner Dies Sudden in Union Springs Alabama
Telegrams from America report the sudden death of H C Garner in Union Springs Alabama on Monday night. Garner had long resided in Americus where he worked for the Southern Express Company and served as route agent with headquarters in Columbus Georgia. He was born and raised in Ozark Alabama and left a circle of many friends who regret his passing.
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Americas
H. C. Garner
Union Springs
Ala
Garner
Americus
Southern Express Company
Columbus
Mr. Garner
Ozark
Woman Found Wandering Near Philips Hardware in Cold Night
The unidentified girl, dressed in a slip, was found near Front Street between Tenth and Eleventh streets with a pearl handled knife and a Bible. She claimed prior work in an El mira New York hotel and later memory loss, aided at a local hospital as investigators pursue details of her baffling case.
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Wgiovwu
Sund
Maia
Simmre
HPS
Todd
Iss
the Americas Times-Recorder
Elmira
N. Y
Dansville
Philips Hardware Company
Front Street
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Problem of Girl's Identity Solved
The unnamed girl’s identity mystery is resolved as details unfold from page 1. White left before the telegram. a brother-in-law may reach Columbus tonight or Wednesday. The identity veil is lifted, ending the puzzling uncertainty.
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White
Columbus
Bryan Speaks at Federal Council on Abolishing War
In Atlanta on December 9 William Jennings Bryan urged the Federal Council of Churches to push international armament reduction a war referendum and a World Court with a nonbinding tribunal to investigate disputes He said the Christian church must lead the world toward universal and perpetual peace and employ all means toward abolishing war.
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Atlanta
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
William Jennings Bryan
Central Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
Mr. Bryan
Torn dress and yellow sweater described
A description notes a dress with one side torn and pinned together along with a thin yellowish sweater. No other context or identities are provided.
Ring Around the Sun Upsets Weather
Washington reports unusual global weather in recent months with a late spring and early autumn. Scientists cite a vast cone shaped Zodiacal Light belt around the sun, a million mile ring of meteoric matter extending beyond Earth’s orbit, affecting sky appearances but not resisting planetary orbits.
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Washington
Scriven Bolton
Popular Science Monthly
Saturn
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Red Pepper Rub Promises Quick Relief For Pain
An old advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as the fastest relief for rheumatism and joint pain. It claims concentrated heat penetrates quickly, soothing soreness within minutes, and urges customers to ask druggists for the genuine Bowles product marked Rowles.
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Rowles
Tax Publicity Action Awaits Court Decision
Republican House leaders believe any move to reissue the publicity provisions of the revenue act must wait for a Supreme Court ruling on whether newspapers may print income tax lists. Mr. Green said no session revision of the tax law is planned, but an amendment to the publicity of returns section could be considered.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
Green
Pimples Linked to Torpid Liver Promoted by Dioxol
The pamphlet argues pimples and a sallow complexion stem from a torpid liver and toxin buildup in blood. It claims purified ox gall in Dioxol tablets from EB. Le Murray Pharmacy can purify the blood within 24 hours, regulate the liver, and clear the skin, at under two cents per tablet.
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EB. le Murray Pharnacy
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Tris Will
Goulrls
Acys
Rev
Mladame
H.C. Garner
Bryan
Church Council
J. C. Bass
Electrician Telephone
Diamond Poultry Farm
H.S. Walker CO
Service
Lamar Street
Americus, GA
Dad
Hollingsworth
Nathan Murray
Forsyth Street
Windsor Avenue
Allison
Just
Allison Furniture Co
Lamar Steel
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