Miraculous Alive Jim Elwell Sparks Family Joy in Drama
In an April 1898 tale from Camdenville, Martha Dalton befaints aboard a train, Prof Elwell and Mollie race to New York after a war telegram reveals Jim Elwell is alive not dead. The couple learns twins Rusty and Betty may be linked to Jim’s return, while hospital mixups and secret loves drive a tangled family reunion toward an uncertain, hopeful future.
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Prof
Mollie Elwell
Camdenville, Inc
Martha Dalton
Elwell
Jim
Margaret
Elizabeth
Busty
Betty Jim Elwell
Aman
Clayton
Indianapolis
Prof Elwell
Secretary of War
Washington
War Office
France
James T. Elwell
Mollie
Long Island
New York
John Clayton
Rusty
Betty
Jim Elwell
Newark
New Jersey
John Powell
Helen Craig
Long -Island
Destiny
Mike Hennegan
Uncle Sam
Mike
Shamrock Corners
New York Stocks at Noon December 28
New York noon stock list shows Ajax Mubber, American Can, American Car and Foundry, American Woolen, A T and T, Anaconda, Atchison, Baldwin, General Electric, General Motors, United States Steel among active issues. Prices include American Smelting 421/4, U S Steel 157, Union Pacific 161, and many others across rail, steel, chemicals and utilities.
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New York
Ajax
American Car Anil Foundry
Fi U
American H. and
L. Com
Western Union
Sesvanses
Willys
Atchison
Baldwin
B. And.o.central Leathr
Amd
Dodys
Wees Chile Copperss
Golo
Sceesseyesees
Io Ramous Mayers .Oe
Bargain Market Mixed Livestock Quotes Across Regions
Livestock prices show mixed results with hogs down to 176 pounds and cattle receipts improving. Chicago bids reflect weaker finish for fed steers and steady sheep while hogs range from about 11.40 to 12.60 per cwt and cattle pricing shows varied heavy and light weights.
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Chicago
Wool and produce prices in Cleveland and New York markets
The report lists varied prices for wool and produce including tine staple territory wool at about 12 cents clean, good fine wools 1.07 to 1.10 dollars, and New York produce receipts with butter firmer at 53 to 54 cents, mixed white and western whites around 40 to 45 cents, plus color and weight notes for several farm products and markets in Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.
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Cleveland
Dec
Ign
Heaven
New York
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Sococoe
Ouster Proceedings Filed Against Wellsville Mayor
Ouster proceedings have been filed in Common Pleas court against Wellsville Mayor W. L. Fogo serving his fourth term. The petition signed by 417 citizens lists ten charges including allegations he has run the city’s affairs with a high hand.
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Lisbon
Common Pleas Coure
W. L.fogo
Wellsville
Disorderly conduct fine leads to Christmas kiss pledge
Bert McMillan was fined $15 by Mayor W. F. Hurst for being disorderly at home on Christmas. Police Chief Gintz accompanied him to ensure he kissed his wife and apologized as ordered.
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New
Philadelphia
Bert McMillan
W. F. Hurst
Gintz
McMillan
War Over Jersey's Ancient Blue Laws Breaks Out Again
In Irvington New Jersey a public meeting was planned by ministers to enforce blue laws and close theaters while in Paterson the Stanley Fabian company said its four theaters would open next Sunday to test the law. Theater men welcomed the fight and aimed to expand the campaign statewide.
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Jersey
Irvington
N. J
U.R
New Jersey
A. J. van Houten
Paterson
Stanley-Fabian Corporation
Butler county official charged with misusing district funds
J P Dick deputy treasurer of Butler county and Miami conservancy district collector is charged with converting district assessment funds to his own use. A state report cites a $2,209.98 discrepancy from Sept 1 1925 to Oct 16 1926, repaid Oct 13. Dick claims a treasury robbery on Jan 25 1926 caused the imbalance.
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Columbus
U.P
J. P. Dick
Butler County
Miami
Treasury
Mediterranean storms lash Spain coast amid port dispatches
Severe storms along Spain's Mediterranean coast have caused extensive damage, with reports from several ports detailing widespread destruction and disruption across the region.
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Madrid
Mediterranean
Spain
Nicaraguan Forces Take Rest Amid Truce Near Laguna Las Perlas
In Laguna Las Perlas Nicaragua on December 28 Liberal and conservative forces rested under a truce after three days of fierce fighting. Both sides buried the dead and tended the wounded as the government faced money shortages and Liberals awaited new arms and reinforcements.
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Manga
Nicaragua
U.P
Laguna Las Perlas
Industrialist Charles Page Dies at 65 in Sand Springs
Tulsa reports the death of Charles Page known as the Industrial King and noted philanthropist. The Okla City area figure, age 65, died at his Sand Springs home after a life spanning mining lumber oil ventures in western states and industry.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles Page
Okla‘homa
Sand Springs
Page
Others Before Columbus in American Discovery
Dr. A. L. Hrdlicka of the National Museum argued to the American Anthropological Association that Chinese, Japanese, Melanesians and Australians likely reached America before Columbus, suggesting multiple Asian and Pacific peoples predated European contact.
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Philadelphia
Columbus
America
Hrdlicka
National Museum
Washington
American Anthropological Association
Death of Covington machinist while listening to radio
George J. Jetter 65 a Covington Kentucky machinist died at home last night while listening to his radio. Death was due to heart disease as pronounced by a physician.
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Cincinnati
George J. Jetter
Covington
Chaplin to Use U S Courts for Divorce Affair
Hollywood December 28 The comedian Charlie Chaplin will settle his marital dispute with wife Lita Grey in United States courts. His attorney Lloyd Wright denied reports Chaplin planned a divorce through Mexican courts. The statement confirms U S jurisdiction as the path for action and repairs amid public speculation.
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Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Lita Grey
Papling
United States
Lloyd Wright
Wright
Charile
Evasion of U S Immigration Laws Revealed in Rome
In Rome on December 28, police disclosed wholesale evasion of U S immigration laws. Eleven people were arrested for allegedly helping hundreds of Italians enter the United States to attend a Chicago Eucharistic Congress. The group allegedly operated as the Old Italian Colony Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U.R
United States
VA. S
U. S
Chicago
Italy
Old Italian Colony Corporation
New Falcon Auto Plant to Open in Elyria
The Falcon Knight motor car, backed by John N. Willys and the Willys-Overland concern, will be manufactured at plants in Elyria Pontiac Michigan and Toledo. The Elyria facility, shut for months, will reopen within days, employing over 600 workers.
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NEW Falcon Auto
Elyria
Toledo
John N. Willys
Willys-Overland Corporation
Pontiac
Mich
Willys- Overland
Miss Susan Rebban Makes Honors in Ohio Bar Exams
Columbus resident Miss Susan M Rebban achieved a high grade in the December Ohio State bar examination where 244 persons passed.
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Columbus
Susan M. Rebban
Ohio State Bar Examination
Too Little Stress On Self Restraint Says Scientist
Dr H H Hart of the Russell Sage foundation told a meeting of social and economic scientists that general law observance is breaking down turning the citizen into a professional criminal. He urged more focus on self restraint and cited the need for public schools churches and media to promote obedience to laws requiring self denial and control.
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Philadelphia
United Press
H. H. Hart
Russell Sage Foundation
New York
Bobby
President Coolidge Foresees Rosy Year for This County
President Coolidge foresees a rosy year for the country with sound prosperity rising employment and satisfactory income. The spokesman noted overall strength though the South faces cotton market slump, expecting regional recovery in coming years to offset the downturn.
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President Coolidge
Washington
United Press
Coolidge
White House
South
Cleveland Executive Appeals Bankrupty Sentence in Atlanta
Armin Gross of Cleveland former head of Reimer Gross filed an appeal in the U S circuit court of appeals challenging a twelve month sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary for concealing assets of about $10 000 from the bankruptcy trustee.
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Cincinnati
Armin Gross
Cleveland
Reimer-Gross Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
Kansas City Brick Layer Questioned After Wife's Death
Raymond Pace 28 a brick layer is questioned after the body of his wife Toni Pace is found in their home with the woman strangled to death. The discovery happened late yesterday in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Raymond Pace
Brick Layer
Tonnie
Poison liquor deaths rise in Cleveland year report
Cleveland records 133 deaths this year from illegal alcohol as compiled by Ootoner A P Hammond. Last year 122 deaths were blamed on bad liquor, bringing the total since 192? to 613. Hammond notes no manslaughter prosecutions against liquor vendors.
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Cleveland
U.R
Ootoner
A. P. Hammond
Hammond
Elihu Root to Receive Wilson Prize at Dinner
Elihu Root will receive the $25,000 Woodrow Wilson Foundation prize for eminent work in international peace at a dinner in New York honoring Woodrow Wilson. An Albany dinner featured an unpublished Wilson letter praising Governor Alfred E. Smith. The letter was read by David Hunter Miller to an audience including Mrs. Wilson and 150 admirers.
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New York
U.R
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
America
Woodrow Wilson
Alfred E. Smith
Albany
New York City
Governor Smith
Annie Oakley Leaves Estate Over Half Million
Annie Oakley and husband Frank E. Butler died within days of each other leaving an estate valued over 500000. Charitable institutions and relatives are named as beneficiaries in Newark.
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Newark
N. J
Annie Oakley
Frank E. Butler
American Forces Not Molesting Nicaraguan Leader
President Coolidge said American forces have not molested revolutionary leaders in Nicaragua and will uphold neutrality policy. Marines landed on the coast to protect American lives and property, not to aid any faction, with landings in danger zones deemed usually necessary.
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Washington
U.R
Nicaragua
Coolidge
Theicaraguan
Treasury chief cites $174 million tax refunds
Secretary Mellon sent to the House Ways and Means Committee a report showing refunds of improperly collected taxes totaling 174 million 120177 dollars. The document outlines the scope of erroneous collections and the government’s corrective refunds.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Police search continues for missing Grace Houck in Washington
Springfield Missouri dispatch reports police have found no trace of Mrs. Grace Houck of Washington D C, missing from her home for over a week.
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Springfield
Grace Houck
Washington, D. C
Convict Surrenders to See Mother Before Prison Term
James Reedy, 28, an escapee from the Columbus federal building, turned himself in to U S Attorney A E Bernsteen in Cleveland. He said he wanted to reach Harrisburg to see his mother before beginning a two and a half year sentence in Atlanta.
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Cleveland
A.R— James Reedy
Federal
Columbus
United States
A. E. Bernsteen
Harrisburgh
Atlanta
Brannon Manslaughter Sentence Reduced In Ohio Case
Arthur Brannon, 206 from Hominy Oklahoma, convicted of manslaughter in a ruling by Tony Colusi while both were at Chillicothe reformatory, had his term cut from seven years in Leavenworth to four by Judge Hough. In Chicago, year end toll shows 876 auto deaths in Cook County as 1925 ends.
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Columbus
Arthur Brannon
Hominy
Okla
Tony Colusi
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Hough
Leavenworth
Chicago
Cook County
Effort Seen To Censor Morals Of Our Animals
Washington December 28 Representative Gallivan Democrat Massachusetts condemns omission of a Department of Agriculture publication listing a recipe of whisky milk and eggs for animal ailments. He says the move is an asinine prohibition enforcement by dry organizations.
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Washington
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture
New Marshfield Merchant Dies This Morning
W M Dixon, 52, hardware merchant and longtime resident of New Marshfield, died at 4 30 am after a long illness. He chaired local business for 25 years and belonged to Methodist, Knights of Pythias, and Odd Fellows. He leaves a widow and two sisters Mrs J W Throckmorton of New Marshfield and Mrs Charles Maston of Ravenswood WV. Funeral at the Methodist church Thursday at 10 with Rev J W Eaton presiding.
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New Marshfield
W. M. Dixon
J. W. Throckmorton
Charles Maston
Ravenswood
W. Va
Methodist Church
J. W. Eaton
Hebbardsville
Pall of Darkness Envelops Cincinnati Weather Brief
Cincinnati faced a pall of darkness around 9 30 as heavy rain clouds from the south met cold northern air causing condensation. Meteorologist W C Devereaux said no snow or rain would fall and noted the Ohio River at 45 feet and rising slowly.
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Cincinnati
U.R
W. C. Devereaux
U. S
Ohio
Devereaux
James A White to Speak on Law Enforcement
James A White of Columbus, former head of the Ohio Anti Saloon League and a prominent attorney, will address a dinner at the Athens Christian church on the topic of Law Enforcement. The event is hosted by the Law Abiding Citizens League of Athens County and will impact midweek church services in cooperating Athens churches.
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James A. White
Columbus
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Athens Christian Church
Athens County
White
Athens
Wednesday's Best Radio Features Across North America
List of radio broadcasts across multiple stations in the eastern and central time zones. Programs include Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer with WEAF New York and WRC Washington, Montreal Philharmonic anniversary with CNRM Montreal, Nathanial Hilkret's orches WLS Chicago Oratorio night, and the Ivanhoe band from Kansas City.
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Ures
WEAF
New York
WCAE
Pittsburgh
WRC
Washington
Gilbert & Sullivan
CNRM
Montreal
Cnrt Toronto
CNRC
Ottawa
Montreal Philharmonic Orchestra
WIZ
KDKA
WBZ
Nathanial Hilkret
WLS
Chicago
Apollo’ Club of
WDAF
Kansas City
Nasty But Non-Poisonous Formula Still Sought
Washington dispatch reports prohibition officials continue the search for a nasty but non poisonous alcohol formula after a holiday death toll from bad liquor. They note gasoline and similar denatured liquors are now used in most denaturing processes while old semi poisonous formulas remain in inventory. An industry inventory is underway to remove poisonous industrial alcohol from the market.
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Washington
U.P
Woman Murder Case Survivor Appears in Local Melodrama
Hoboken N J Charlotte Mills daughter of Mrs Eleanor Mills who was murdered in New Brunswick four years ago with Rev Edward W Hall received encores last night on a local theater stage in a melodrama Who is Guilty In a speech she defended her mothers memory.
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Hoboken, N. J
Charlotte Mills
Eleanor Mills
New Brunswick
Edward W. Hall
Ferguson Grants Pardons Amid Broad Clemency Wave
Governor Miriam Ferguson of Texas grants a full pardon to Frank Collier, convicted murderer, and commutes the death sentence of William H. Langhorn for the murder of a schoolgirl. Within ten days, 152 pardons have been issued.
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Austin
Tex
Miriam Ferguson
Frank Collier
William H. Langhorn
Ferguson
Athens City Council approves East State Street road work ordinance
Ordinance aa declares the improvement of East State Street in Athens Ohio with concrete or sheet asphalt surfacing. The measure authorizes grading drainage brick paving options and a project to be funded by bonds and levies on affected property owners. It sets specifications estimates and official filings and takes effect after passage.
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Commie
Athens
Director of Public Service
East State
Ohio
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