Judge Led Laughter As Stokes Testifies In Defamation Case
W. E. D. Stokes the New York millionaire testified in Chicago on his wife’s defamation suit, recounting travels and meetings with unusual people. Judge Gammill occasionally prompted laughter as the defense witness spoke on September 20 1920 and following events. Rail news notes improved all rail rates benefiting West Virginia and Kentucky fields with Norfolk and Western planning 5000 new open top hoppers to ease car shortages.
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Chicago
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Robert Lee
W. N. Gammill
Stokes
Helen Ellwood
Denver
Colo
Everleigh Club
All Rail Rates To Lake Points To Aid Coal Trade
Virginia and Kentucky officials and rail carriers seek to set all rail rates to western markets to preserve volume against interstate tariffs. Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio argue longer hauls will complicate operations but may improve overall market balance.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake
Ohio
West Virginia
Old Hickory defendant Cox arrested in Detroit
Clarence Cox, tied to the Old Hickory gin case at Wheeling, has been apprehended in Detroit. Indicted in May 1923, he fled justice and now faces removal to northern West Virginia federal court. He may stand trial at the next Wheeling term in May.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Clarence Cox
Wheeling
Old Hickory
Detroit
Mich
United States District Attorney's Office
Cox
United States
West Virginia
Ling
Thayer M. Melntire
Tennessee
Circuit Court of Appeals
Parkersburg Baker Pardoned by Gov Morgan
Parkersburg West Virginia March 5 one of the last acts of retiring Governor Ephraim F Morgan was the pardon of Carl Smith a local bakery owner. Smith was serving a two year term at Moundsville penitentiary for illicit whiskey manufacture. Local business leaders and ministers supported his case due to ill health and dependents. He is at the penitentiary hospital undergoing an operation and expects to return home in about two days.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ephriam F. Morgan
Carl Smith
Smith
Moundsville Penitentiary
Penitentiary Hospital
Lowing
Rural Evening Church Service Obsolete
C J Sharp national secretary of the Church Extension Movement of the Church of Christ urged rural districts and large cities to abandon Sunday evening services and join radio programs of religious music and sermons. He called the evening service obsolete in the country and in major cities.
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Hammond
Ind
C. J. Sharp
Church Extension Movement
Church of Christ
Christian Standard
Sharp
Doctor claims tuberculosis cure with dog flesh juice
Dr Limboon keng of Amoy University announces a complete tuberculosis cure using raw dog flesh juice aided by creosote. The Chinese report notes the claim from an Amoy medical expert.
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Strange T. B
lHiongkong
Limboonkeng
Amoy University
Breakfast to dinner menu with heart dish and fruit desserts
The fragment lists a school or institutional meal plan with meals from breakfast to dinner featuring dried peaches cereal milk coffee and French toast to a main dinner of calf's heart with potatoes carrot timbales grapefruit salad whole wheat rolls and cottage pudding. It then provides a detailed recipe for Eews in Potato Cases scalloped bananas and apples and a heart forcemeat dish with veal bacon and bread crumbs, plus cooking steps and oven guidance.
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Heart
Padlock Prosecutions to Enforce Prohibition in New York
United States Attorney Emory Buckner announced a shift from arrests to padlock proceedings to shut down fourteen leading cabarets clubs and fashionable restaurants for at least one year. The move targets the city’s premier nightlife venues as part of the crackdown in the wake of new prohibition enforcement.
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New York
Mar
United States
Emory RK. Buckner
Buckner
William Hayward
United States District Court
Infringement Injunctions Sought Against Notable Restaurants
Courts consider padlock injunctions against Beaux Arts Restaurants and a list of clubs and historic venues including Movitz Borgo Mirador Deauville Colony Lido Meadowbrook Monte Carlo Mouquin Piping Rock Crillon and L Aigion restaurants.
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Beaux Arts
Club’ Movitz
Club Borgo
Club Mirador
May Be Necessary to Raise Dams in Ohio
Huntington West Virginia March 5 Major Harry M Trippe heads the Huntington district of United States engineers says unless heavy rainfall comes in the Ohio valley soon it will be necessary to raise all the dams in the upper Ohio. He notes the Huntington pool is full but pools above Point Pleasant are shallow and will order dam raising if rain does not come. The Charleston Chamber of Commerce requests dam No 6 in the Kanawha below Charleston be stationary rather than movable. Trippe will inspect the dam next week.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Valley
Upper
Ohio
Harry M. Trippe
Huntington District of United States Engineers
Huntington Pool
Point Pleasant
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Trippe
Kanawha River
Charleston
Indiana Rejection of Federal Child Labor Amendment
Indianapolis March 5 The federal child labor amendment was rejected by voters or officials in Indiana, marking a rejection of the proposed constitutional change. The report notes local reaction and potential implications for labor policy discussions.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Mar
Indiana Senate Rejects Measure After House Action
The lower house of the Indiana General Assembly acted late today without discussion or roll call. The measure had been rejected by the state senate earlier in the session.
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Indiana General Assembly
State Senate
Borglum Starts for Greensboro
Sculptor Borglum plans a trip stopping in Washington and Raleigh on the way to Greensboro to build public interest in his large scale project.
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Borglum
Washington
Raleigh
Greensboro
Potent New Mouthwash Promises Broad Antiseptic Power
An advertisement touts KOJENE as four times stronger than carbolic acid and more powerful than mercuric bichloride. It claims safety for ingestion with no membrane irritation and notes one 60 cent bottle yields half a gallon of mouthwash. It pledges to banish catarrh and freshen breath while serving general antiseptic needs.
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