Elephant Goes for Romp and Is Shot
Peru Indiana December report on Tillie the giant circus elephant shot during a forest outing. Tillie injured by high powered rifle bullet while Myrtle, her keeper, was wounded and later died of pneumonia linked to the incident. Dr. W. B. Muldoon performed the operation to remove a bullet and bone splinters at American Circus winter quarters.
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Peru
Ind
Tillie
Sells-Fioto
Toa
Myrtle
W. EB. Muldoon
American Circus Corporation
Government Commerce Report Shows Export Increase and Lake Freight Rise
The commerce department summary notes American paper exports rose in the first nine months while imports dropped excluding newsprint. Great Lakes ports handled over 210 million tons of U S waterborne freight in 1925, with lake freight up by 31.9 million tons.
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Department of Commerce
United States
Great Lakes
United States Shipping Board
Firemen Save Women and Children in Cleveland Apartment Explosion
Firemen rescued twenty women and children trapped in their rooms after a third floor explosion sparked a blaze that threatened to destroy the apartment building in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Meeker to Visit Columbus Again
Columbus will host A R Ezra Meeker 96 to rest during a train journey from Seattle to New York City. He presides over the Old Oregon Trail Association of which he is president and this will be his fourth Columbus visit.
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Columbus
A.r.ezra
Meeker
Seattle
Wash
New York City
Old Oregon Trail Association
Electric signals to guide trains at Grosvenor crossing
The Grosvenor crossing will have electric signals for the major approach once the Baltimore and Ohio and New York Central lines complete rebuilding begun in August. About one mile and a quarter of approach signals will be electric, while the signals at the crossing remain hand operated.
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Grosvenor Crossing
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Sale of Christmas Gifts Heavier than Any Year
Columbus December 2. Merchants across Ohio report after Thanksgiving that Christmas gift sales are notably stronger than in any prior year. George V. Sheridan director notes stores struggle with deliveries and urges shoppers to carry home part of purchases to avoid mistakes.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
George V. Sheridan
All Promiscuous Raiding by Dry Agents Halted
Safety Director Barry ordered Police Chief Grant to stop promiscuous raiding by dry agents in Cleveland. Officers must bring raiders to central station and verify credentials before arrests, denouncing out of town raids and pledging protection for residents from suburban agents.
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Cleveland
Barry
Pecelaea
Grant
Central Station
Ciry
Burglars Loot Bishop Hartley Home in Columbus
Police sought burglars who ransacked the home of Rt Rev J J Hartley bishop of the Columbus Catholic diocese and stole jewelry valued in the thousands of dollars.
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Columbus
J. J. Hartley
Cold wave grips Western Pennsylvania with 20 degree low
A harsh cold wave hit Western Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh recording 20 degrees above zero at 8 am making it the coldest December 2 in thirty years.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Quebec Derby Set for Feb 21 23 with Masked Ball
The Eastern International Dog Sled Derby runs February 21 to 23. Runners complete 40 mile laps each day and prizes are awarded at a masque ball at Chateau Frontenac.
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Quebec
Chateau Frontenac
Hogs Drive Cars Spark Theft Ring Across Lincoln Area
In Lincoln Nebraska hogs are riding in motor cars misused by thieves who target parkers. A regional association formed across 15 counties to combat the thefts as a cow derailed a passenger train en route to Vancouver after a hog ran between a coach and a sleeper.
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Lincoln, Neb
Parkers. Association
Vancouver
McCoy’s Coo Liver Oil Compound Tablets Ad
Up-to-date chemists recommend McCoy's Coo Liver Oil Compound Tablets for growing children. Sugar coated and easy to take, claiming weight gain and improved health with a money back guarantee. Sold at Clines Pharmacy and 71 druggists.
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McCoy
Clines Pharmacy Company
Uncanny curse hits Agha Khan after jewel purchase
The Agha Khan, in London to buy the 61% carat Golden Dawn for £24,750, learns in his hotel that Princess Therese Agha Khan has died. The strange omen follows the purchase of one of the world’s largest diamonds.
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London
U.R
Agha Khan
Paris
Therese Agha Khan
Screen Comedian Chaplin Separated From Wife
Chaplin and his 18 year old wife Lita Grey have separated. Mrs Chaplin plans to file for divorce alleging ill treatment and unfitness to be father of their children. She took the two children, Charles Spencer Jr and Sidney Earl, to her grandparents home and retained attorney George Beebe to file.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Lita Grey
End Severe Cough Quickly with an Old Theme Made Remedy
A damaged note promotes a folk cough cure claiming fast relief. It suggests combining common ingredients and notes dramatic effects, but details are garbled and uncertain. The text emphasizes immediate ease and a traditional remedy from an era of home nostrums.
Students Expelled From College Ship in Kobe Incident
Eight male students of the floating university aboard the 8 8. Ryndam were expelled at Kobe for non conformance with ship rules. Six expelled students arrived aboard the President Cleveland, regultion involved keeping decks off limits after dark.
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San Francisco
Ryndam
Kobe
Cleveland
Water diversion suit reopens before Chief Justice Hughes
Hearings on the water diversion case restart today before Charles E. Hughes, acting as special master for the Supreme Court. The session resumes with the court’s crucial plumbing and allocation questions on the docket.
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Washington
Ling
Charles E. Hughes
Supreme Court
Free French Rheumatism Treatment Prescription Offered
A reader claims to have obtained a French prescription for rheumatism and neuritis while serving with the American Army in France. He says thousands have benefited, the prescription cost nothing, and offers to send it free to anyone who writes with their address. Paul Casb Brockton Mass Dept C-1258.
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France
Paul
Brockton
Mass
Cascarets Cure Bad Cold Symptoms Overnight
An old ad promotes Cascarets as a remedy for headaches and congestion caused by a dirty system. It claims the product cleanses the stomach, removes undigested food and bile, and purges poisons from the bowels while you sleep, with a 10 cent box promising a clear head by morning.
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Canscaret
Names of British origin common in the United States
A survey notes that more than half of Americans still bear names of British origin. The finding highlights ongoing cultural ties through surnames and heritage.
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United States
Warships to Patrol Foocow Area Amid Tense Clash Fear
American and Japanese destroyers sent from Shanghai to protect foreign residents in Foochow were due to arrive and begin patrols. The dispatch follows reports that serious fighting was expected near Foochow where about 300 foreigners, mostly missionaries, live.
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Shanghai
Froochow
Foochow
Freight Sideswipe Mildly Injures Eight Near Goulds Tunnel
Eight people are slightly injured when a westbound freight train sideswiped an eastbound Pennsylvania passenger train in the Goulds Tunnel area, three miles east of Steubenville, causing a minor collision.
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Steubenville
Pennsylvania
Gould’s Tunnel
Here
Conductor Sues Dig Four Railroad for 75000 in Injuries
Sherman Gifford of Galion, a conductor, filed a suit in Bucyrus seeking 75000 damages after trunks fell on him at Union City. The incident occurred while he was working for the Dig Four railroad.
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Bucyrus
Sherman Gifford
Galion
Union City
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Foreign Policy Association of Buffalo
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Victor’s
Cray & Reading
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Isco
Battle
Hocking Valley B’y
Hocking Valley
B’y
Buckle Arctics
Coe’s Cash Shoe Store
Great Northern
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