Note in Bureau Drawer Scarcely Clue in Robison Death
Charles Scotty Robison was found with a bullet hole in his head at the Elwood block on East Broadway. He was taken to St James hospital where surgery revealed bullet particles in his skull. Robison claimed an automobile accident but later admitted being shot, while note details indicated a threat to his burial and a plea for a priest. Detectives Pittagibbons attended the scene as witnesses and ongoing inquiry continued.
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Scotty
Robison
Ate
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East Broadway
St. James’ Hospital
Hobison
Pitzgibbons
Robbon
Fitasibbons I. Dohue
Donohue Teobiton
Buller
Gerry and Sullivan
Charien Robison
Ana Natore
Fitzgibbons
Wales Escapes Andes Snowslide by Minutes
G Ward Price reports from Argentina that the Prince of Wales escaped disaster on the Andes trip as a rock slide and snow drift buried the track minutes after his train passed. Workers cleared the drift and prevented a collision or overturn. He will proceed to Buenos Aires then Martinez de Horcini en route to Chapamalal for the Repulse voyage.
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Allianon
Aid
London Daily
Mal
G. Ward Price
ZUNTN
Argentina
Prince
Wales
Andes
Ward
Buenos Aires
Matinez de Horneia
Chapamalal
Young Woman's Neglect Led To Tragic Melancholia
A 23 year old Edith Taylor suffered months of melancholia and brooding, ending in a fatal tea from bed at the Les' gat hotel on her bridal night using Lysol. Friends sought to learn more as the story continued on page 2.
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Les' Gat
Fay
Aires Eee
Minnesota Labor Bars Communists
The Minnesota Federation of Labor voted to exclude communists and their sympathizers from future state conventions during a late today session in Austin. The Associated Press reported the action as part of ongoing labor movement tensions in the state.
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Associated Press
Austin, Minn
Minesota Federation of Labor
Woman murdered by furnace in East Side lumber yard
New York police charge George Symule with stuffing Mrs Sophie Poleski, wife of a close friend, into a blazing furnace in a Lower East Side lumber yard. The husband John Poleski said he was wounded in bed. Symule claimed she offered poison and that he hit her with a bottle before the fire. He was held without bail pending further questioning.
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Sophie Poleski
Lower East Side
George Symule
Poleski
John
Symul
Uberty
Yellowstone Trail Faces Competition from Other Highways
Yellowstone Trail managers report serious competition from Minck, Roosevelt, and Holaho routes at a Butte association meeting. Federal 1924 tourism spending exceeds wheat crop value, with $3,800,000,000 in travel expenses nationwide. The Yellowstone Trail Association highlights state and local funding gaps and calls for broader civic support to keep tourist travel on the trail.
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Yellowstone Trail
Minck WH
Yellowstone Trail Association
Montana
Wyoming Mineral Tax
Gore
State Highway Commission
Fontana
Fundon
Chamber of Commerce
J. K. Healet
Butters
Corey
Black Hille
Yellowstone
Black Hille Trai
Glacier
Idaho
Park
Hatchet Killing Shocks Chinatown Victim Found
A Chinese waiter was found with his head nearly severed in a Chinatown third floor room after a hatchet attack. A hatchet and cleaver lay near the body while a nearby opium pipe and a group of Chinese individuals were questioned as investigators pursue leads in the case.
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Chinatown
Tong
Royal Wedding Festivity Unites Kings and Commoners in Mafalda’s Union
Italian crowds from nine royal houses and hundreds of villagers celebrate Princess Mafalda’s wedding to Prince Philip of Frease. The ceremony secures Catholic continuity for Mafalda’s children, with dispensation noted and reverence for tradition amid the Bavoy and Hesam union.
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Philip of Hesse
Europe
Emmanuel
Philip of
Frease
Bavoy
Hesam
Mavalda
Rome
Failure of girders caused wreck of Shenandoah
Lakehurst Sept. 22 Commander Sydney Craus on the special investigation board testified that a failure of one or more girders forward of amidship caused the Shenandoah wreck. He said the breakage occurred around Sept. 3 during squall near Ava Ohio, leading to the collapse of frames supporting the control car and the death of Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne and others.
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Shenandoah
Sydney Craus
Special Investigation Board
Naval Court of Inquiry
Ava
Ohio
Lansdowne
State College Sees Large Autumn Quarter Registration
The Associated Press reports Montana State College in Bozeman opened autumn registration with about 3,000 students expected to enroll, prompting faculty to assist in the process as enrollment surges. A separate courtroom scene includes testimony on ship structural brittleness near fractured girders, with officials noting no crystalization or erosion and offering no theory for cause.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
Montana State College
The Joys of The Open Road Market Ads Appeal
A Butte man advertised his automobile for sale in the Anaconda Standard classified column. The first insertion brought immediate results, with a vehicle moving quickly as buyers and sellers connected in the city market. Anaconda Standard notes the ease of finding used cars through local classifieds.
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Uis City
Butte
Fire Ravages Tia Juana Leaving Million Dollar Loss
The resort town of Tia Juana suffered a costly blaze that destroyed a hotel and other buildings in the Vernon club kitchen area. Authorities suspect possible incendiary origin as saloons and curio stores burned. Firefighting efforts were hampered by weak water pressure as merchants plan immediate reconstruction ahead of the fall racing season.
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Tia Juans
Here
Weatton
Vernon Cub
Admirals Back Wilbur Opposing Air Service Reorganization
Navy leaders testified before the president's air board opposing major changes to the Nazi air defense organization. They supported Wilbur and favored keeping control of air personnel in the Navy while acknowledging minor administrative differences. The testimony aligned with a majority of Army officials on the broader issue, with some dispute over bureau authority and personnel management.
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Army
Washington
Air Board
Naval Air Service
Wilbur
Nt Army
Xyater
Offelate
Joseph Strauss
Rand
Moffett
Bureau of Aeronaution
Eberle
Bureau ‘of Navis
Wberie
Slick Thief or Sound Sleeper Tied to Grand Larceny
Miss Josephine Wilke of Fostoria awoke to missing $60 from a stocking. Daniel Mealey, 30, also of Fostoria, was indicted by the county grand jury for grand larceny. The alleged theft occurred while she was asleep.
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Associate Press
Tiefin
Ohio
Josephine
Wilke
Fostoria
Winearing
Daniel Mealey
Vostoria
County Grand” Jury
Dope Ring Raid Nets Over a Million in Drugs
Federal narcotics agents bomb into a southern dope racket, seizing narcotics valued over $1,000,000 at street price, arresting 18 including the alleged king and key dealers as the probe expands across many states.
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Tampa
Slayer Surrounded Near Crime Scene in Rural Field
Peoria reports Joseph Seeman, killer of a sheriff and a chief of police, believed holed up in a cornfield two miles north of town. A posse of 600 searched the area until night, guarding the field at dusk. An overflight failed to spot him. last night he shot Sheriff Orville Litchfield and Chief John Leonard in Tuluca.
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Peoria
Joseph Seeman
Posice
Feld
Stemas
Orville Litchfield
Marshall County
John Leonard
Tuluca
Barric Ded
Shborn
M Namara Found Guilty On Blackmail Charge
Indianapolis Sept 22 John J McNamara 49 year old labor union official found guilty of blackmail in criminal court after short deliberation The trial cited his alleged threats to drive workers off jobs at the Ellis building and to incite vandalism Prosecutor's and defense notes described a long campaign of labor related violence and past indictments McNamara previously connected to the Los Angeles Times case faces possible prison terms up to five years and a motion for a new trial was slated on the defense side
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Associated Prose
Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
Iron Workers
Ellis
Charles ¥. Cox
McNamara
Tron Workers’ Union
Los Angeles ‘Times Ag
Zewenty
Times
San Quentin
Alanapolis
Indiana
William JH. Remy
Eph Inman
Ball
James A. Coting
A Angeles
Namara
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