Tiny Toy Motorbike Threatens Life Of WV Infant
Frank Brooks an 18‑month‑old of Asco McDowell county is in Mithoefer clinic Cincinnati with a toy motorcycle lodged in his throat. Nourishment is given via tube and sedatives are used to ease pain while surgeons wait for improved condition to attempt removal. The child’s fate remains between life and death as doctors hope for weeks of stability to permit operation.
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Frank Brooks
Charles Brooks
Asco
McDowell County
Mithoefer Clinic
Cincinnati
Grace Hospital
Welch
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mitoefer Clinic
Frank
West Virginia
Babe
King's Brother Louis Purnell Dies in Greenup
Louis Purnell, a $2 brother of the late King Benjamin Purnell of the House of David, Benton Harbor Michigan, died in Greenup Kentucky on December 24.
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King
Greenup
Louis Purnell
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Bulls Celebrate Christmas on New York Stock Exchange
Bulls mark up favorite stocks by 3 to 18. exchange festive with greens and carols. Bonuses at year end likely exceed 100 million across 1928. several brokers report million-dollar payouts. Memberships rise to 595000. gifts range from small tokens to 5000 car purchases as 3.7 million shares change hands.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
The
Exchange
Stock Exchange
Financial District
International Alivester
National Bellas Hess
Sears Roebuck Otis Elevator
Allis Chalmers
American Inernational Corporation
Case Threshing
Motor Products
National Tea
Asses
Hoover Receives Warm Greetings On Christmas Eve Voyage
President elect Herbert Hoover and wife on the battleship Utah celebrate a quiet Christmas Eve at sea en route to the Equator. The radio carries greetings from relatives and friends amid positive notes on his Latin American tour and goodwill between U.S. and Latin American nations. Floral tributes arrive from Brazilian well wishers as the ship sails past Rio de Janeiro.
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U. 8
S. S. Utah
Herbert Hoover
Utah
United States
Hoover Party
Radio Today
Hoover
Equator
Rio Janeiro
Mrs. Hoover
England Gains in Kanawha County in Sixth District Recount
In Charleston, Kanawha County court decisions on disputed ballots raised E. T. England Republican by thirteen votes in the Elk district recount. He now leads Smith Democrat by fifty five votes in Kanawha County and cuts Smith's district majority to one hundred fifty four. Recount halted until after holidays.
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Charleston
W. Va
Congreeeman
E. T. England
Kanawha County
Joe L. Smith
Kanawha
Smith
England
Bluefield Christmas Tree Serves 550 Local Children
Community volunteers and Private benefactors distributed toys and food to 550 children at Bluefield last night. Santa Claus greeted youths with numbered tickets while city firemen reconstructed toys and the Parent-Teachers Association organized the effort. The rotunda at City Hall glowed with lights as toys, candies, fruit and nuts were given to attendees and absent children received gifts at home. Reverend Jennings W. Hobson delivered a story of the Christ Child and the church choir offered carols.
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Bluefield
Service Clube
Old Santa
Ray Evans
Santa Claus
Santa
Parent-Teachers Association
Santa Clause
Jennings W. Hobson
Christ Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Radio licenses extended to January 31
Washington December 24 The department of commerce has extended all existing radio licenses granted before the radio commission and those continued since to the end of the year to January 31.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
The
Radio Commission
Canadian booze boat lost near Cleveland
A 70 foot open boat loaded with Canadian liquor is believed missing with two American crewmen while traveling from Erieau to Fairport, Ohio. The loss was reported during an air crash investigation near Blenheim, where the pilot Norman Thompson of Chatham was only slightly hurt.
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Chatham
Ont
Erieau
Fair Fairport
Ohio
Cleveland
Blenheim
Charles Yokum
Norman Thompson
Thompson
Mother of Three Falls or Jumps to Her Death
New York reports Mrs. Anna Freese fifty mother of three, jumped or fell six stories from her uptown apartment window while alone. She had been ill with asthma and police say no other reason for the death was found, the inquiry labeling it accidental.
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New York
Anna Freese
Ths
Freese
Christmas Fourth of July disaster kills four children
Hazard Kentucky report of a blast from a firecracker landing in blasting powder killed four Stacy children, Taylor 3 Sally 5 Richmond 7 Dolly 14. Frankie Stacy 17 and the mother were burned saving others as the house burned, a baby was rescued.
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Hazard
Cornelius Stacy
Troublesome Creek
Taylor
Sally
Richmond
Dolly
Frankie Stacy
Death claims four children in Georgia fireworks store disaster
Carterville, GA December 24. A roman candle ignited by a customer exploded in a fireworks shop, killing William Shaw 12 Frances Shaw 15 Mary Bell Dodd 15 Mary Kennedy 18 and injuring Hugh Padgett 11 and his father Paul Padgett. J R Shellhorne Jr 17 tried to aid Mary Dodd but she fled back into flames. The proprietor identified a man who seized a large roman candle and sparked the blaze.
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Carterville
William Shaw
Frances Shaw
Mary Bell Dodd
Mary Kennedy
Hugh Padgett
Paul Padgett
J. R. Shellhorne Jr
Dodd
C. Davie Shaw
Shaw
Veteran actor Harrison Hoy dies at 60 in Concord
Concord New Hampshire December 24 Harrison Hoy veteran actor who appeared with Maude Adams in The Little Minister died of pneumonia on the eve of a stock company performance in which he was to act He had spent 49 years on the stage and will be buried in Hudson New York.
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Concord
Harrison Hoy
Maude Adams
James M. Barrie
Hoy
Hudson
N. Y
No Wednesday Morning Paper Issued By Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph will omit Wednesday morning publication but print as usual on Thursday morning. The Sunset News also will not issue today but will appear on Wednesday afternoon. The staff wish readers advertisers and the public a merry Christmas.
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Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Footprints Found In Canyon During Missing Couple Search
Grand Canyon, Ariz. December 24. P P Paplaw reports discovering footprints of Glenn Hyde at Bass Cable crossing and Ruby Canyon rapids in the Colorado River gorge, a lead in the forty day search for Hyde and his wife.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Glenn Hyde
Colorado River
P. P Paplaw
Hyde
Bass Cable Crossing
Ruby Canyon Rapids
Great Gorge
Albany County Pays for Mrs. Florence Jail Time
Albany county spent 57 204 to incarcerate Florence F E former secretary of state in Albany jail for thirty days amid a grand larceny case tied to a state census.
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Albany
N. Y
Joseph O'Connor
Board of Supervisors
Albany County
Florence FE
Aged Man Turns 116 in Guthrie Oklahoma
Thomas Sloan known as Uncle Tommy will celebrate his 116th birthday. Born in 1812 in Ireland he has lived in America for a century and believes the world is a pretty good place. He recalls a life as a sailor and faces fading sight while enjoying time at his stepdaughter’s home. He trusts death is near but retains calm faith.
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Guthrie
Okla
Thomas Sloan
Oklahoma
Tommy
Guthrians
M. R. Dickens
Ireland
America
New York Police Bust Large Holiday Crime Roundup
New York police under Commissioner Grover A. Whalen staged a major weekend roundup, bringing 183 prisoners to headquarters for inspection by 500 detectives. Suspects included holdup men bootleggers burglars and a speakeasy proprietor with many held without bail over the holiday as the force praised the operation.
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New York
Father Knickerbocker
Grover A. Whalen
Whalen
Robber Seized After W T Brant Store Heist in Dallas
Christmas shopping crowds trapped a mall bandit who robbed the W T Brant chain store in Dallas. The man fled with a suitcase full of cash but was overpowered by bystanders. the bundle he carried contained soap sticks wrapped in cotton, not dynamite.
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Dallas
Texas
W. T. Brant
Large Christmas Dividends Given Across U S Corporations
Directors of 450 corporations in the United States distributed over 250 million dollars in extra dividends stock dividends and rights for more stock this Christmas. General Motors led with 44.5 million, while Standard Oil affiliates and Vacuum Oil, Phillips Petroleum, Humble, Imperial Oil and others posted substantial sums. Packard, Reo, steel makers and railroads also issued notable distributions. Montgomery Ward and Company offered large stock splits and rights to buy more shares.
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New York
United States
General Motors Corporation
E. J. de Nemours and Com
Ta Motors
R. J. Company
Standard Oil Companies
Standard Oflfornia
Standard of
Indiana
Standard of New Jersey
Standard of Kentucky
Standard of Nebraska
Vacuum Oil Company
Phillips Vetroleum Company
Humble Ol! and Refining Company
Imperial Oil, Ltd
South Penn Ol! Company
Signal Oi and Gas Company
Northern Pipe Line Company
Oceanic Oil Company of
Los Angeles
Indiana Pipe Line
Midland Steel Producta Company
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Norfolk and Southern
Chicago and Northwestern
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Louisville
General Electric Company
American Can Company
Iman Kodak Company
William Wrigley Jr. Company
Pratt and Lambert Inc
Otis Elevator Company
National Supply Company
Lambert Company
Calumet and Arizona Mining Company
Dy-Producta Coke Corporation
Russia Insurance Company
Montgomery Ward and Company
Opposition to modern diving suits in Tahiti pearl trade
In the Paumotu islands natives protest plans to introduce modern diving suits. At Hikueru clashes occur as divers using weights and ropes descend to collect oysters. Authorities report confiscations and tense standoffs between locals, administrators, and gendarmes over the diving rights.
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Tahiti
Paumotu
South Sea
Ireland
Hikueru
Christmas in Washington D C 1924 White House lights and departures
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge prepared for a brief Christmas stay as government workers took a day off and crowds filled the capital. The White House and parkway tree lighting highlighted the city’s Yuletide celebration with cabinet officers and lawmakers returning home for the holiday.
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Washington
America
Coolidge
President Coolidge
Parkway
White House
Senate
House
White House By the Choir of the President's Church
Street cleaner earns renown with Latin Mass in A
In Ton-y-Pandy Wales on Christmas Eve Edwin Gardner a 65 year old street cleaner known as mudk racker improvises a Latin Mass in A from the noise of traffic. Will Hughes leads the Rhondda Choral Society to perform the piece tomorrow drawing praise from 200 members and locals. Gardner who knows little about composition sits at home with brushes and a pipe as neighbors congratulate him on his unlikely musical rise.
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Ton-y-Pandy
Wales
Bethlehem
Rhondda
Mid-Rhondda
Ethier Coupel
Gardner
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Colorado
Sloan
U. S
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Manger
Herg
Babe of Bethlehem
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