Prohibition Agent Matteo Vestry Murdered Near Steubenville
The body of Matteo Vestry, a prohibition agent, was found along the Steubenville Cambridge highway west of Steubenville. He appeared shot in the neck and his skull crushed. Dr. physicians stated Vestry died about ten hours earlier. A coal wagon driver, Thomas Beckett, located the body after following a blood trail. In a separate report, Jack Stewart survived a 1000-foot fall at Kenka Hill silver mine in Mayo district, sustaining three broken ribs.
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Steubenville, O
Matteo Veltry
Steubenville - Cambridge
Here
Thomas Beckett
Dawson
Y. T
Jack Stewart
Kenka Hill
Mayo District
A Home Made Gray Hair Remedy
A home remedy to cover gray hair using Orlex powder bought at a drug store. Dissolve a box in 2 oz water and comb through hair. Each box includes full directions and a $100 gold bond guarantee that the powder contains no harmful metals or derivatives. Safe, non rubbing, non sticky, and claimed to make a person look twenty years younger.
Announce Cut in Milk Price by Hood Sons
Dr N C Davis of H P Hood & Sons announced a March milk price of 153 4 cents per quart a 3 4 cent cut from February and 13 4 cents below January This matches the policy to pass along reductions to customers and reflects farm cost cuts enabling further reductions this year Since January Hood has lowered prices by 2 12 cents per quart
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N. C. Davis
H. P. Hood & Sons
Plan to unify defense under single cabinet officer
Senator New of Indiana urged President-elect Harding to create a federal Department of National Defense combining the army navy and an aviation division under one cabinet officer in his advisory capacity to Harding.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Department of National Defence
Harding
Senator New
Indiana
Story of Reigns of Two Popes at Back Bay Meeting
Rev. Joseph A. Murphy, D. D. professor of Sacred Scripture at St. John's Seminary Brighton gave an illustrated lecture on The Vatican at the Guild of the Infant Saviour monthly gathering in St. Cecilia's Hall Back Bay.
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Joseph A. Murphy
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton
Vatican
Guild of the Infant Saviour
St. Cecilia’s Hall
Back Bay
Vatican under Benedict XV and Pius X described by Father Murphy
Father Murphy recalls the Vatican’s role through the last two popes. He notes Leo XIII’s era of diplomacy, Pius X’s assertive defense of church rights, and Benedict XV’s wartime neutrality and humanitarian mediation. The piece emphasizes Vatican diplomacy, canon law reform, and global influence.
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Vatican
Father Murphy
Leo XIII
Germany
Spain
Caroline Islands
Pius X
France
Cardinal Gasquet
Benedict XV
Aly
Vatican Neutral Moral Influence Gains Global Recognition
Amid postwar efforts embassies from France England Germany and Turkey express gratitude to the Pope for charity during the war. France begins restoring diplomatic relations and England maintains a representative at the Vatican as major powers acknowledge the Vatican's neutral moral role.
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France
England
Germany
Turkey
Vatican
Palestine Mandate to Remain as It Is
London report quotes William G Ormsby Gore saying American stance on mandates will not affect Britain's control of Palestine Nor would the Palestine Mesopotamian mandate issue change when submitted to Parliament remarks reflecting ongoing mandate administration plans
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Palestine Mandate
London
William G. Ormsby-Gore
England
Permanent Commission
League of Nations
Palestine
Lodge Attacks Civil Service Postmaster Order
Senate clash over President Wilsons civil service order for postmasters with Lodge calling it cunning and a humbug. Underwood defends the move as honoring civil service principles while Hitchcock notes party balance among 1912 appointees and asserts nonpartisan reform. Nebraska figures cited show Democrats 1012 and Republicans 907 among postmasters.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Lodge
Underwood
Alabama
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Postoffice Department
Will Lectures for Children’s Museum in Boston
Robert Cushman Murphy, third curator of the American Museum of Natural History, comes to Boston to lecture tonight at the Boston Society of Natural History on Peru. He will then address Greater Boston children at Symphony Hall Saturday afternoon on Sea Lions and Penguins Off Peru. Proceeds support running expenses of the Jamaica Plain Children's Museum.
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Robert Cushman Murphy
American Museum of Natural History
Greater Boston
Symphony Hall
Peru
Children’s Museum of
Jamaica Plain
Boston
Boston Society of Natural History
Children’s Museum
New Hampshire Standard Time Law for Railroads
A proposed statute makes standard time obligatory in New Hampshire requiring railroads to operate trains according to Eastern standard time, aligning schedules with the zone and imposing compliance through state law.
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New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Albert O. Brown
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Sheffield
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Massachusetts
Jordan Marsh Company
Titian
Lazarus
America
Jerome Bonaparte
Jordan Marsh Company—The Mercantile Heart of
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New Coats
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