Escapes Prison Dons Women's Attire Then Returns
WRANEFORT Ky Feb 82 Joseph Wendling a central figure in a Louisville murder ten years ago escaped from the state reformatory officials said last night he broke prison and appeared in Frankfort wearing a woman's dress. He wandered the streets before reportedly climbing a rope ladder to reenter the reformatory walls and his cell.
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Joseph Wendling
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Frankfort
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Wandering inmate Wendling paroled after break from Frankfort jail
Reports say Wendling, once hidden in a prison chapel, escaped outside the reformitory walls and later returned. The case ties to a long history including a nationwide search in 1908 for Alma Weller, a girl found buried near a Louisville church, and a former janitor linked to the case.
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Biark
Louisville
Wenilers
San Francisco
Frankfort
Frankfort Court House
Highway and Motor Transport Tied to Education, Congress Hears
Chicago reports the American Road Builders association outlines how highway and motor transport development impact education. Presidents and officials note rural pupils reach schools easier and urban access to colleges improves as road quality rises. Census data link illiteracy to poor roads, citing Arkansas Missouri North Carolina and Mississippi with high illiteracy and low road improvement versus New England states with better roads and lower illiteracy.
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American Road Builders’ Association
M. J. Faherty
American Roadbuilders ™ Association
Road Builders’ Association
Arkansas
Missouri
North Carolina
Mississipn
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Ireland Police Regulation Seen in Transit Notice
A Boston Transcript report notes a posted police regulation in Ireland stating that every vehicle must carry a light when darkness begins, with the exact wording unclear due to garbled OCR. The incident highlights nighttime safety rules announced for drivers.
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Ireland
Boston Transcript
Connecticut Legislature Finds Little Work At Capitol
Hartford February 8 legislators found little to do as both chambers adjourned briefly with few actions. Governor Lake submitted nominations to the executive nominations committee including Justice John K Beach for the supreme court of errors for eight years and several appointments to state boards and commissions. Also read were appointments for the state board of charities, the reformatory directors, and a tax list filing validation bill.
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John K. Beach
Supreme Court of Errors
Senate Committee On Executive
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Cornwall
Payette Ja Wright
Pomfret
State Park Commission
P. Waldo Marvin
William O'Connor Suffolk
Nathan S. Price
Mather HW. CG. Mitchell
Norwich
Mary BE. Wise
George C. F. Williams
State Board of Charities
T , Wison H. Lee
Orange
Charles I Beach
West Hartford
State Board of Agriculture
John J. Walsh
Norwalk
Fairfield County
Cam~mon Pleas Court
Charles Hopkins Clark
John P. Elton
Waterbury
Connecticut Reformatory
William B. Smith
New London County
Thomas J. Malloy
Wiliam K. Tammany
Bhoth
Tobacco Growers Urge Reduction Of Acres Planted
Resolutions adopted at a Richmond meeting of tobacco association directors and regional bankers urge cutting tobacco acreage to half previous levels. They seek production curtailment until a surplus over 100 million pounds is reduced enough to restore farmer profitability in Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
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The
Tobacco Association of the United States
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Government to make syrup from potatoes in Georgia
Washington Feb a government project will establish a sweet potato syrup at Witzgerald Georgia using a laboratory process and patent by Dr I C Gore of the bureau of chemistry The Agriculture Department says the brown highly palatable syrup may compete with cane syrup and Fitzgerald was chosen for its ready building and storage facilities
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Witzeerald
Georgia
Protess
I. C. Gore
Bureau of Chemistry
Agriculture Department
Witzgerald
Hillside Force Plans Park Avenue Extension Paving
Superintendent Thorne of the Charities department announced that paving on Park Avenue extension would begin this morning under department supervision. Three hundred men from Hillside Home will be detailed to the project, following department plans. Weather delayed yesterday’s start. 240 workers were on site at Hillside Home yesterday, 25 quitting early for missing rubbers to avoid illness.
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Thorne
Charities Department
Park Ave
Hillside Home
Elilside Home
Department Oficiala
Big Decline in Price of Fresh Eggs
In St Louis a four cent wholesale drop was recorded with best grade at 1 cent a dozen, a 26 cent fall over two weeks attributed to favorable weather and lower feed costs. In Youngstown fresh eggs fell from 66 to 58 cents a dozen, advertised at 50 cents tomorrow. six weeks ago the price was about double.
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ST. Louis
Youngstown, CO
Connecticut Agricultural College to Receive 66340.50 Aid
Hartford reports the state board of control approved 66340.50 for the Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs to cover deficiencies. An additional 5841.03 was allotted for the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls in Middletown for January deficits. No decision was made on the State Farm for Women’s deficiency request.
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State Board of Control
Connect. Lcut
Storrs
Connecticut Industrial School
Cirle
Middletown
Connecticus State Farm
First semi commercial plant project by agriculture bureau
The project marks the bureau of development in the department of agriculture undertaking its first semi commercial plant initiative.
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Bureau of Development
Department of Agriclture
Women Demonstrate Political Sagacity in Sudbury
Boston Feb 8 The women of Sudbury led at town meeting showing they could run town business without men. A fire call interrupted debate on road repair as men formed a bucket brigade to save a man’s house and car from a blaze. Women returned to close the town’s business for the year with a few men remaining.
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Boston
Sudbury
Yeast Boosts Vitality In Diet Says Fleischmann Ads
An advertisement extols Fleischmanns Yeast as a vital source of a life-giving vitamine, claiming modern diets lack it. It cites improved health, energy, and disease resistance from adding yeast to meals, and advises daily use with methods and a request form for a booklet from The Fleischmann Company in New York.
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United States
Fleischmann
Fleischmann Company
Washingion Street
New York
N.Y
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