Keller views flappers as slaves of pleasure in newhanded dialogue
In Cleveland a blind deaf writer Helen Keller, taught by Anne Sullivan Macy, describes the modern flapper. Keller, via hand signs, condemns bobbed hair and short skirts as symbols of self centered pleasure, saying she would not want to see such a girl if sight returned and that she is happier without her senses.
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Cleveliant
Jan
Misa Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan Macy
Miss Keller
Misa Keller
Fire destroys Irondale business section in massive blaze
Steubenville Ohio residents report the Irondale business district wiped out by fire. Origin traced to R W Nicholson general store as flames raced through twenty structures. Five families left homeless. only five business houses survive. volunteers fought blaze to control by ten at night amid foot-deep snow.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Irondale
R. W
Nicholson
G. J. Rice
Bantfield
Wellsville
Actress Minter sues for accounting of funds she says total millions
Juliette Shelby also known as Juliette Reilly sues her mother Charlotta Shelby in superior court, alleging guardianship misappropriation. Born April 1, 1902, Minter claims since age six she worked on stage and screen while her mother received large sums, including 700000 from Famous Players Lasky 1920 1923, and seeks an immediate accounting. Market notes follow about Winnipeg wheat prices and a surge in oats and corn buying amid export demand.
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Millons
Miss Mi@or
Juliette Shelby
Julilette Reilly
Charlotta Shelby
Miss Minter
Famous Players- Lasky Corporation
Shelby
Winnipeg
Europe
United States
Herrin Shooting Hinders Coroner's Jury Efforts
The Herrin shooting case retards the coroner's jury as funeral attendance is lighter than expected. Only a small portion of the crowd could enter the line to view the casket, and the procession from the church to the cemetery stretched long with hundreds returning home before the cortege completed.
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Herrin
Mary Miles Minter Sues for Accounting Over Wheat Prices
In Los Angeles on January 26, Mary Miles Minter filed for an accounting against her mother amid a long running money dispute that has stirred gossip for years. In Chicago on January 29, speculative buying tied to world wheat and rye shortages faced a sharp setback as markets reacted to reports of shortages.
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Los Angeles
Mary Miles Minter
Filindom
Chicago
Nine Children Witness Father Shoot Mother in Wheeling
Mrs. H Monroe 39 of Elm Grove died at North Wheeling hospital from three gunshot wounds. Police say her husband fired, as son-in-law Tarry Miller wrestled the weapon away. The incident occurred after Monroe had been drinking. four of the couple's nine children witnessed the shooting.
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Wheeling
W.-Va
Monroe
Elm Grove
North Wheeling
Tarry Miller, & Son
Fairmont
Hotel Coolidge at White River burned down in Vermont
White River Junction Vermont January 29 The Hotel Coolidge the village’s largest hotel and hub for surrounding Vermont and New Hampshire suffered a devastating fire destroying 340 room wooden structure and ten other businesses housed in the same building with an estimated 300000 loss threatening the business district.
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White River Junction
Coolidge
Vermont
New Hampshire
Junction House
Herriot Foreign Policy Wins Big Vote in Paris Chamber
Paris and Berlin reports describe Premier Herriot securing a 41 to 32 confidence vote on his foreign policy. The opposition, except Communists, applauded, while concerns linger over Germany’s disarmament, internal politics, and the risk of renewed tensions between right and left. Berlin reacted with mixed alarm and skepticism.
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Paris
Herriot
Nes
Reunion
France
Jett
Germany
Berlin
Her- Not
Chamber of Deputies
Herlin
Herlinot
Vorwaerts
Sensational Tang in Hartman Trial
Gettysburg witnesses describe the October shooting of Trooper Francis Haley during Hartman’s trial. Frances McClean F O Miller and George Johnson testify about speed, pursuit, and a driver saying Take that as the fatal shot is fired. Johnson identifies Hartman as the car driver beyond doubt.
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Francis L. Haley
Gettysburg
Phillip A. Hartman
Pennsylvania
Frances McClean
Mia
F. O. Miller
Graeffenburg Inn
George Johnson
Hartman
Abbottstown
Haley
Johnson
Publisher Broadway Brevities Convicted in Mafia Fraud Case
A New York jury convicted Stephen G. Clow publisher of Broadway Brevities and three advertising agents on multiple counts for alleged mafia influenced fraud. Andrew 8 Brown found guilty on nine counts, Nat Kuntes on eight. Charley J. Green acquitted. Sentence set for Saturday before Judge Julian Mack. Witnesses included Countess Morner, Tex Rickard, and Ziegfield Follies figure Helen Lee Worthington. Several others were invited to testify, including Jack Dempsey and W Averill Harriman, though they did not appear.
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New York
Pan
Stephen G. Clow
Broadway Brevities
Clow
Andrews
Brown
Nat Kuntes
Charley J. Green
Julian Mack
Countess Morner
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Tex Rickard
Miss Holith Tobe
Robert J. Hague
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Helen Lee Worthington
Ziegfield Follies
Jack, Dempsey
Flo Leeds
James A. Stillman
Otto H. Kahn
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