Cabinet official linked to Sinclair stocks in Teapot Dome case
Washington reports a cabinet officer appears on New York broker books tied to Sinclair stocks. Senate Public Lands Committee probes oil and steel holdings by officials during Teapot Dome lease talks. Sinclair ready to testify. investigations expand across brokers in Washington New York Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Clark
Washington
New York
Senate Public Lands Committee
Sinclair
Naval Oil Reserve
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Albert B. Tall
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Cleveland
Governmnt
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Walsh
Montana
Record of Miss Mary Jayjohn Death and Remarkable Weight
Miss Mary Jayjohn aged 86 died at Potts Chapel near Hamden Ohio after a long illness. She at 12 weighed 194 pounds then grew to 446 pounds and at death weighed over 500 pounds. The casket was too large for the house and was left on the porch. She was survived by parents E Jayjohn, a sister Cora McManus of Lancaster and four brothers Nelson Jerry Edward and Frank. Funeral held at Potts Chapel Thursday at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamden
Mary Jayjohn
Potts Chapel
Jayjohn
E. Jayjohn
Cora McManus
Lancaster
Nelson
Jerry
Edward
Frank
Tarr Farm
Strikers Win Wage Gain in Fat Britain
London reports say dock workers strike ends with a wage increase and partial concession. Food imports remain delayed with potential famine risk until formal ratification. Bus men dispute settles. coal porters idle in sympathy as pickets stay on duty on water fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rail lines in Germany seen as main fund source for reparations
Paris dispatch notes German railways, lone strong asset, could back bonds for a postwar gold mark bank. Experts doubt a ten billion gold mark mortgage loan, warn bonds may be hard to sell as confidence remains shaken. Rail profits and depreciation reset postwar value. railways viewed as best unencumbered asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Mason
I. N
Paris
Germany
Inter-Allied
Reparations Commission
Europe
Woman Who Tried to Take Life Recovered in Ohio
Mrs. Jerome Pickford of Kanauga, visiting her uncle J B Tucker, attempted suicide with iodine during a melancholy illness. Prompt medical aid saved her life and she is now reported on the road to recovery. Stamps analogy notes linger in the closing line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport, CO
Jerome Pickford
Kanauga
Tax rule changes from births to widows affect 1923 returns
Changes in 1923 tax rules respond to births deaths and marriages. Dependent children gain a 400 dollar credit per child and self supporting minors with carings use face new filing and tax rules. Earnings of non emancipated dependents are pulled into parents returns. Widows and widowers without remarriage by year end lose higher exemptions and are limited to single person exemption.
Houseboat Shaken Loose By Ohio River Flooding
Bridgeport Ohio man living on a houseboat on the Ohio River waits for near flood stages to rescue his home perched atop willow trees. During prior high water the craft slid along the current and settled in the treetops, sparking worry it will topple if its supports are cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport, O
Ohio River
Ex superintendent Bolton and wife leave county amid charges
Pomeroy Ohio February 21 Ex superintendent Jerry Bolton and his wife the former matron moved their belongings from the county Milo Stewart assumed full charge. Public opinion divides yet awaits official facts as charges against Bolton surface. Clari belle Strong a Rutland resident whose wealth collapsed under bad investments accuses Bolton of mail restrictions confinement and mistreatment in infirmary lockup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy, CO
Jerry Bolton
Infirmana
Milo Stewart
Claribelle Strong
Rutland
Bolton
Miss Strong
Youth Confesses Quadruple Murder in Holy Ghost Atonement Plan
Frank McDowell, 19, told Clearwater, Florida police he killed his mother, father, and two sisters in Decatur, Georgia, to wash away a sin against the Holy Ghost. He described using a gasoline soaked mattress in a burning room to kill his sisters a year earlier and planned to drown himself as punishment. He spoke calmly to officers about religion as authorities held him under tight guard in Pinellas County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dl. N
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Frank McDowell
Pinellas County
Clearwater
Decatur
Findlay Mayor Defies Ministers in City Governance Fight
Findlay Ohio February 21 Mayor E L Groves declares he will run the city as he sees fit and will not be controlled by religious fanatics in response to ministerial association investigations into reports the city was "opening up" under the new administration.
Strike widens as cold storage engineers join Liverpool dock walkout
On February 21 a dock strike in Liverpool was expanded when cold storage engineers joined the walkout, raising fears of a meat shortage as disruptions to shipment and preservation intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Trains Collide Near Avila Kills Three Injured Six
Three people were killed and six seriously injured when two trains collided at Avila as heavy snow obscured signals. No further details were released pending investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Avila
Madrid Directory Closes Open Forum on Politics at School
The Madrid directory shuts down the public forum held at an educational institution amid political activity in the square. Officials say the move aims to restore order while students and locals react to the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Sheriff Recaptures Escaped Prisoner From Athens Jail
Floyd Anderson of Haydenville, serving a $400 bootlegging fine, fled the Athens county jail while cleaning garbage outside Tuesday morning. He was recaptured at Armitage by Sheriff McKinley at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The escape led to a locksmith being called after the sheriff misplaced the cell keys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Anderson
Haydenville
Athens County
Armitage
McKinley
Anderson
Death toll of two Bowersocks shocks The Plains
Chauncey Ohio residents mourn the double death of Mr. Samuel Bowersock and Mrs. Ellen Bowersock. Samuel died after a second stroke at 68 and Ellen died of pneumonia and pleurisy at 64. Survived by five children, two sisters, and multiple brothers. A double funeral and Greenlawn burial are planned with time and place to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Plains
Samuel Bowersock
Mr. Bowersock
Mrs. Bowersock
Daniel Bowersock
Haydenville
James
Burnell .Hosington
the Plains
Clare Mace
Hart Carsey
Charleston
W. Va
Bowersock
E. J. Adams
Jackson, Mich
Greiger
Daniel Bowers
Daugherty Faces New Charge In Sinclair Stock Deal
Washington February 21. A further accusation was added to the existing charges against Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty alleging he dealt in Sinclair stock through a New York brokerage. The development compounds scrutiny of his management of the justice department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Department of Justice
Sinclair
New York
Ancient Voices in Modern Life Revealed by Journal Snippet
A fragment quotes an old saying about ancestors and daily life illustrating how the average person of today spends most of their time. The excerpt hints at cultural memory and connections between past and present.
Coalition in Lower House Weakens Over Bonus Measure
Washington Feb 21 The Democratic insurgent coalition moving tax legislation faces erosion as Republican leaders lure members away to back the Garner plan over the Mellon plan. Insurgents fear passage of a bonus could collapse treasury, while several Republicans already supported the Garner plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Treasury
Plan to finance soldier bonus via amortization scheme
A new plan proposed by the Southern Commercial Congress would fund the soldier bonus without new taxes or treasury drains. It envisions issuing bonds at five percent to be repaid over fifty years using an amortization table from Britain and Germany reparations work, with annual costs of 55 million dollars per billion used and possible diversion of allied war debt payments, including Britain’s 166 million a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
Harding
Coolidge
Senate
Owens
Oklahoma
Clarence J. Owens
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Winters man proudly calls youngest grandson his own
William M Lackey of Winters Texas presumes the family line continues as his oldest son aged 68 has a 14 year old boy who is his youngest child and grandfather to the oldest generation. Lackey notes he was 160 last December and has 23 children with 12 still living.
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William M. Lackey
Winters
Texas
Lackey
Folding canvas bed with iron frame invention
An English inventor created a canvas bed on an iron frame that folds compactly to roughly the size of a tool shed. The device promises easy storage and portability for travelers and workers.
Bank messenger robbed in daylight kidnapping attempt at Parkersburg
A Citizens' National Bank messenger, Herman Buskirk, 17, was held up by two auto bandits in broad daylight in Parkersburg West Virginia. They kidnapped him briefly and escaped with 1400 dollars in cash and new one dollar bills after forcing him toward a waiting car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Vic
Citizens’ National Bank
Herman Buskirk
Dayton Man Killed Under Switched Railroad Cars
Louis Saur of Dayton was killed today near Veronna while cars were being switched. The incident occurred shortly before noon and reports from the area confirm his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Louis Saur
iVeronna
Daugherty Faces Pressure as Call Mounts for Resignation
President Coolidge amid congressional and party pressure weighs whether to remove Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty over alleged malfeasance. Senate debates Wheeler resolution for broad inquiry while Daugherty insists he will not resign, planning to defend his conduct and seek vindication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchison
Washington
Damocles
Coolidge
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Senate
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Senator Wheels
Montana
Aténey
Massachusetts
Pepper
Pennsylvania
White House
Volun
Lighted match causes eye injury to local physician
In Kenton on February 21 a lighted match used to inspect a radiator caused a burn to the face of Dr Schuette, a prominent physician. The mishap followed a fuel spill and the patient pled loss of Rit from the radiator as the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
Schuette
Heavy Bond Issues for New Colorado School
Denver reports show bond issues across Colorado school districts rising since 1916. Counties largely contain at least one district with outstanding bonds, many tied to school-building programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Colorado Schoo
Denver
Colorado
Accoa
Mate
Congressman Dupre Dies in Washington Stroke Claim
Washington February 21 Congressman Garland Dupre member of the second congressional district of Lautelana died at his home from a stroke of apoplexy. He served in Congress and was widely known in politics and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garland Dupre
Lautelana
Free Garden Book Offer From Washington Nation Bureau
Early planning for gardens urged by Frederic J. Athens Information Bureau director. Readers are invited to mail a coupon with two cents postage to receive the free garden guide, detailing seeds and planting timing.
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Washington Nation
Pial
Frederic J. In
Athens Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
Pauline W
Ord Eee
E. L. Ulrich
Oswego
Kas
Britain
England
By David M. Church
Florida
William E. Hallber
Findlay
Call OF the
WILD
Madison Street
New York City
O'Hara
Commercial Congress
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