Lodge Funeral Held for Henry Cabot Lodge in Cambridge
Flags at half mast and bells tolled as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was laid to rest at Christchurch Cambridge. National and state officials attended a special train from Washington with Secretary Hughes Weeks and twenty four colleagues. President Coolidge’s envoy Adolphus Andrews represented the White House and wreaths were planned from British officials. State will cease at the hour of the funeral and federal courts will close 11 to 2 pm.
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Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Christchurch
Hughes
Weeks
Legislativ
Washington
Adolphus Andr Ws
Coolidge
Harvard College
Edward F. Gray
Esme Howard
Senator Lodge
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cox
Johnson City pupils walk out for Armistice Day holiday
About 400 Johnson City high school students walked out this morning to force an Armistice Day holiday after officials refused plans for a holiday. Principal advised no holiday was planned but early dismissal possible. students marched outside, sang, and returned home without disorder.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Navy
Warren Easton Boys High School Walkout Over Armistice Day
Officials said the school board would decide soon on action after about 300 to 1,000 Warren Easton students walked out at noon Tuesday. The line formed on Canal Street and paraded to Rampart Street before dispersing.
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New Orleans
Warren Easton Boys High School
Canal Street
Rampart St
First Christian Church Buys City Block fornew Edifice
The First Christian church purchased the old Raines property fronting Jackson and Church streets from Thos B Hooks for 3250. Pastor W A Joyner announced plans to build a modern three story church with basement auditorium and Sunday school rooms in 1926. A building fund drive will be started soon with 10000 already subscribed. The church, three years old, is at Taylor and Lee streets near the First Baptist Church.
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Jackson
Church Streets
Raines
First Christian Church
Thos. B. Hooks
W. A. Joyner
Joyner
Taylor and Lee Streets
First Baptist Church
Hardwick to Publish Weekly Paper in Georgia
Atlanta reports former United States Senator and former Georgia governor Thomas W. Hardwick will launch a weekly political newspaper named the Georgia Free Press. The first issue is planned for January 1, 1925, with a stated aim to “call a spade a spade” and cover national and state political events.
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Atlanta
Georgia Free Press
United States
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
Georgia Crop Conditions Report From Georgia
Washington, Nov. 12. Crop conditions in Georgia, as summarized by the department of agriculture, note dry warm weather and plenty of sunshine aiding harvests. All crops nearly complete except sugar cane. all peanuts thrashing finished. wheat sowing hampered by drought requiring rain for oats. rye progressing. pecan crop light. plowing and germination underway for seeds already planted.
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Washington
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
Lumber mill loss in Macon fire destroys Barber plant
Associated Press report from Macon says the C. W. Barber Lumber Company plant was completely destroyed by a fire on November 12. Loss estimated around 16000 with little insurance.Origin of the fire unknown. discovered near lumber piles 25 or 380 feet from boilers. Owner Mr. Barber away at Kiwanis minstrel when fire broke out.
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Associated Press
Macon
C. W. Barber Lumber Company
Barber
Kiwanis Minstrel
Fertilizer Men Gather for Southern Association Session
Leading fertilizer men from all Southern states attend the annual Southern Fertilizer Association convention in Atlanta. Officers include E L Robins of Meridian Mississippi president E R Hodgson of Athens vice president and Ernest F Dallas of Atlanta secretary and treasurer. National officers also attend. The major topic is a proposed consolidation with the national association.
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Atlanta
Southern Fertilizer Association
E. L. Robins
Meridian
Miss
E. R. Hodgson
Athens
Ernest F. Dallis
National Association
School Boy's Clue Ties Murder to O'Banion Case
Chicago reports a school boy's account places a fashionably dressed woman behind the wheel during the gangland shooting that killed Dion O'Banion. Police say the clue narrows suspect details as funeral plans indicate about ten thousand dollars in ordered flowers from O'Banion's shop.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dion O’banion
O’banion
O’bannions
O’bannion
Armistice Day Military Pageant Captivates Fort Benning
About 2,500 spectators crowded Doughboy stadium at Fort Benning for a Armistice Day pageant celebrating the 1918 armistice. Major Stilwell conceived the scene with nations shown in tableau named wars and peace, ending with Uncle Sam and Columbia leading the Yanks to victory amid a chorus of the Star Spangled Banner.
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Fort
Columbus
Doughboy Stadium
Fort Benning
29Th Infantry
James W. Stilwell
Saulnier
Geo. L. King
Glee Club
Infantry School
Mars
Germania
Wartorn
Belgium
Desc
Pollu
Columbia
Uncle Sam
America
Cartoon satire and duck hunting tales from a Utah humor page
A diary style column recalls Salesman Sam influencing Utah gubernatorial politics with a quip about a “Dern good governor.” It also recounts Henry Clay’s duck hunt mishap and mocks a college letter from a son describing his new college attire and a father’s wry reply.
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Prince of Wales
Negro stated to die in Sing Sing electric chair
Julius W. Miller known as Yellow Charleston was sentenced by Judge McIntyre to die in the Sing Sing electric chair during the week of December 22 for the murder of Baron D Wilking, Harlem cabaret owner.
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New York
Julius W. Miller
Marler Negro Quarter
Yellow Charleston
McIntyre
Sing Sing
Baron D.,wilking
Harlem
Las "May
Hills Acquitted on Proh Charge
In United States court Judge Morris A. Soper ruled that section 29 of the Volstead act allows home production of fruit beverages and cider regardless of 0.5 percent alcohol content. He cautioned that beverages proven to be intoxicating would violate the law and could not be sold without vinegar manufacture permits. The judge noted defendants may introduce evidence that their beverages are not intoxicating, shifting proof burden to the government.
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Henry Clay
Clay
Hundred Acre
Betsy
Daniel Boone
Henry
Henaray
Law Clay
Dan Boone
Boone
Baltimore
John Philip Hill
Morris A. Soper
Congress
Soper
Ellis, Former Banco Syndicate Leader, Returns
Ed Ellis, once a lieutenant of Floyd Woodward, the Banco syndicate head blamed for fleecing millions in 1919, returns to Atlanta and surrenders to police. He says he will face the music, having promised his dead wife in Mexico City to go straight. Ellis posted bond and will answer Fulton County and Federal indictments for 1919 activities.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Ed Ellis
Floyd Woodward
Banco
Ellis
Mexico City
Fulton County
Mystery Girl Forcibly Fed On Columbus Streets
A perplexing female patient found in Columbus shows manlike hands and short hair, carries a Bible, and refuses to disclose identity. Authorities force food via tube as she resists, having eaten nothing for 32 hours. One word she has spoken is "don't." A $37 bill was found on her undergarments.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Firpo to meet Weinert in Newark comeback bout
Luis Angel Firpo the Argentine heavyweight will open his comeback with a 12 round no decision bout against Charlie Weinert tomorrow night at the Newark Armory. Firpo, hidden in the Jersey hills after legal entanglements, vows a new form and a stronger showing.
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New York
Luis Angel Firpo
Algert
Charlie Weinert
Newark
Firpo
Weinert
Philadelphia
Dempsey
Jersey Hills
Firod
Local youths plan Albany trip with Sells-Flo outing
Frank Lanier Frank Harrold Lee Council and Lovelace Eve form a congenial party of boys motoring to Albany to attend a lettémoon event organized by Sells-Flo.
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Frank Lanier
Frank Harrold
Lee Council
Lovelace Eve
Albany
Two Arrests in Brunswick Liquor Scandal Unfold
Prohibition agents in Brunswick and Savannah pursued leads in a major liquor ring case. Two local Black men, Will Austell and Tom Joyner, were arrested after officers traced car shipments from Atlanta to Chicago. Authorities say outside organizers and transport networks across Savannah, Atlanta, and Brunswick are involved, with caches and multiple carloads at stake and hearings set in Savannah.
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Brunswick
Prohibition
Georgia
Savannah
United States
Fred D. Dismuke
Atlanta
Diry
Will Austell
Tom Joyer
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Austell
Johnson and Johnson
Chicago
Five Georgia Counties In G. O. P. Column
Consolidated returns from the presidential election show that five Georgia counties Fannin Gilmer Haralson Pickens and Towns voted Republican. With Atkinson Bacon Catoosa Chattooga Jenkins Long Marion Randolph and Paulding pending, total vote stood at 155,728.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Fannin, Gilmer
Haralson
Pickens
Towns
Atkinson
Bacon
Catoosa
Chattooga
Jenkins
Long
Marion
Randolph
Paulding
Ten Deaths From Poisoned Cider Threaten Elks Home
In Lynchburg eleven inmates of the Elks National Home at Bedford drank cider tainted with poison. By Nov 12 ten had died and twelve were improving or recovering, with five in serious danger. Funeral plans advance as investigators consider arsenic poisoning from last year’s barrel.
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Associated Press
Lynchburg
Elks National Home
Bedford
Yeggs Tap Another Safe at Savannah
Savannah November 12 The fifth safe on the east side of the city to be broken or burglarized was found tapped at the Stephens Contractor's Supply company strong box. Only a small number of bills were taken.
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Savannah
Stephens
Mrs Warren Harding Says to Be Much Improved
Marion C November 12 Mrs Warren G Harding is reported much stronger by physicians bulletin she enjoyed five hours of restful sleep last night due to improved condition
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Associated Press
Marion C
Warren G. Harding
Physicians Bulletin
GOP Holds Uncontested Lead With 245 Seats In Congress
Washington reports on November 12 shows Republicans securing control of the next Congress with 245 seats, Democrats 185, Farmer-Labor 3, Socialist 2, outlining a decisive partisan shift and the legislative balance of power.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reepublicans
Farmer- Labor
Fatally Wounds Self Before Young Woman In Alabama
In Shannon, Birmingham county, James C. Crotwell shot and fatally wounded himself in the presence of a young woman friend. A preliminary inquiry by Deputy Coroner J. J. Crowe found no intent, suggesting an accidental discharge. The pistol belonged to his father, a game warden.
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Birmingham
Shannon
James C. Crotwell
J. J. Crowe
Crotwell
Robbers Escape With 12000 From N Y Bank Vault
West Winfield New York reports robbers forced entry to the First National Bank during the night and used an acetylene torch to open the vault escaping with twelve thousand dollars in cash.
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West Winfield
N. Y
First National Bank
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