Tornado Visitation Hits New York and Brooklyn
An 80 mile wind storm lashes New York delaying, causing roof loss and downed trees. Two deaths reported including a child and a woman struck by a car as a synagogue under construction in Flatbush collapses. Brooklyn endures most damage amid temperatures dropping to 37. Authorities attribute the gale to a local outbreak connected to a broader East Coast storm.
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New York
Orelock
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Plainfield
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Brooklyn
construct +ion
Flatbush
Asleep Three Years He Awakens Then Returns
James Eslinger aged 54 awoke briefly at 7:30 this morning in the county hospital at Fort Smith Arkansas after nearly three years of sleep since August 1918. He did not speak and reportedly returned to sleep. Physicians say they cannot end the slumber and that Eslinger has not lost weight since entering the hospital in 1914.
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Fort Smith, Ark
James Eslinger
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Robbery at Christ Church on Broadway and related notes
Banaits robbed Christ Church on upper Broadway blowing the safe and escaping with communion vessels and valuables. The blast damaged the roof. Also included are brief items on California education legislation and origins of the cocoa tree, plus notes on Paris landmarks and a French academy reference.
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New York
Marmoth Pree Exercise Ad Surfaces in Odd Text
An unusual, fragmented note references a Marmoth Pree figure and a humorous, nonsensical phrasing about fitness. The readable pieces suggest a quirky advertising or satirical line with unclear context and no coherent event or outcome.
Montana Republican Committee Battle Over Junod Move
The Montana Republican state committee faced a legal clash as Attorney T. B. Weir sought a court order to modify an injunction halting the election of a national committeeman. Senator O. H. Junod of Sheridan, then president pro tem of the state senate, was named as the prospective appointee if not restrained, while members debated a Crippen resolution urging recognition of Junod with plenipotentiary powers amid an April 5 hearing and a sprawling travel burden for 63 counties.
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High Court
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Helena
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Yellowstone
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Lewis and Clark County
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Central Committee
Ankin
Republican’ Party
William Brennan
Flathead
Fennan
Dixon
Peonage Inquiry Opens In Jasper County Plantations
A special grand jury is expected to convene in Jasper County this week to probe alleged peonage at the Williams plantation where 11 bodies were found. Federal agents and local officials pursue varied angles, while Sheriff Persons and son face trial April 4 on kidnapping and peonage charges. The city operates a loan system offering small, noninterest loans to job seekers, aiming to aid the needy without fostering peonage.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Jasper County
Williams Plantation
Ocmulgee
Eugene Hamilton
Ellison
Shronle
Armed post office raids hit Dublin coast towns
In Dublin suburbs including Kingstown Blackrock Dalkey Killiney and Forrock armed men held up staff and seized instruments after issuing receipts on an honor system. In Muskegon Michigan the city adopted an honor system for unsecured loans to the poor, approving over ten thousand dollars without dissent. The court schedule in Muskegon faced injunction hearings the next day at ten o'clock.
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Kingstown
Blackrock
Dalkey
Killiney
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Muskegon
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Butter and Eggs Prices Hit Lows in Chicago Market
Chicago wholesale and retail foods show a sharp drop as first grade butter sells at 4 cents per pound and strictly fresh eggs go for 30 cents a dozen. Wholesale egg price falls to 23 1/2 cents, the lowest in years. Storage holdings set at 67 cents for fresh eggs in 1920, with storage costs at 0 cents.
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Rmoermea
Chicago
Illinois inquiry ends first phase with prosecutors called
The Illinois legislative committee investigating building conditions completed its preliminary work and summoned county state and municipal prosecutors to its table signaling the seriousness of its findings. A separate note reports a New Castle county workhouse kitchen discovery where Warden Plummer found two gallons of grape juice and corn cooking on the stove puzzlingly linked to prisoners obtaining materials. A third item notes Chairman Johnson of the House immigration committee planning an early bill patterned after last session’s measure, following a conference with President Harding.
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Ilinois
Balling
Plummer
New Castle County
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Washington
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House Immigration Committee Today
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Wilson
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Kidnapper Arrests Reported After Ranked Ransom Plot
San Bernardino police arrested J C Moore of San Francisco after a staged kidnap plot. Stage driver Robert E. Mart alerted authorities that the kidnapper slept in a car waiting for ransom. Hart and Garibaldi were involved, with Berry later detained in Los Angeles to secure the ransom.
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J.C. Moore
San Francisco
Robert E. Mart
Tia Juana
Los Angeles
With & Fevolver
Garibotat
Hart
Moore
Garibod
Explosion at stove injures man and may amputate fingers
Mantull started a fire in a stove and an explosion occurred. He may lose several fingers on his left hand but is expected to recover. Mantull and family now reside in Salmon and have been notified of the accident. Meanwhile, twelve bricklayers at the Walla Walla armory quit over wages cut from ten to nine dollars, with carpenters striking in sympathy.
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Salmon
Athe Associated Press
Walla Walla, Wash
Walla Walla
Prosperity 19 Near at Hand Says A 9 Lovett
Prosperity 19 near at hand says A 9 Lovett chairman of the board of direc tions reached and that the pendulum is now beginning to swing upward toward veto of the bill. The Associated Press reports. London dispatch notes a fatal confirmation of the fall of Afun Karahiesar.
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Seattle
Robert
Associated Press
London
Athens
Afun- Karahiesar
Cardinal Gibbons Lies In State At Baltimore Cathedral
Crowds walk past the catafalque in the Baltimore Cathedral as Cardinal Gibbons lies in state robed in purple gold and white. Worshippers kneel and pray in pews and beside the body. A seven-branched candlestick burns above the head. Masses are planned for clergy and laity, with private burial in the crypt afterward.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Catafalque
Cardinal Gibbons
Catheral
Gorman Wins in 15 Round Bout in Brooklyn
The Associated Press reports Joe Gorman of Portland Ore defeated Frank Edwards of New York in a 15 round bout in Brooklyn. Gorman weighed 126 pounds while Edwards 124, with the decision rendered by the referee tonight.
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Associated Press
New York
Joe Gorman
Portland
Ore
Frank Edward
Brooklyn
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