Man drowns showing off athletic ability at Woonsocket mill trench
Henry Giguere twenty eight is found drowned after boasting of strength and leaping from a tower into Nourse mill trench. Involved woman is held on statutory charge and accomplice Deguire questioned. Police sweep the trench for the body as a widow mourns.
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Woonsocket
Henry Giguere
Nourse
Manvilie Denches
Fuodida Masse
Wiliam J Degutre
Giguere
Demoire
Restauart
Trench Deguire
Deguire
Saya
Geuere
Providence
Fend
Chapman Pal Gets Three Years For Money Orders Theft
Robert A Peterson once close to Gerald Chapman and Drteh Anderson was sentenced in federal court to three years after pleading guilty to stealing money orders. He was indicted on 43 counts by a federal grand jury after arrest last Saturday. Police reported in his possession were money orders 1% sets of automobile license plates electric drill and 40 certified checks. Walter Meestreicher longtime Brooklyn Daily Times editor died suddenly at his home in Brooklyn from heart disease. He was fifty nine. His wife Kathleen Cahill Gestreicher and son John Coestreicher were at his bedside.
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New York
Robert A Peterson
Gerald Chapman
Drteh' Anerson
Peter
Walter Moestreicher
Brooklyn Daily Times
Brooklm
Kathleen Cahill Gestreicher
John Coestreicher
International Wa
Oestreicher
Ani
Vienna
Rebuild Gallows to Execute Black Person in Atlanta
In Atlanta, Fulton County reopens the old gallows after abolition of the electric chair. Mack Wooten, a Black man who killed D H Williams, a leading Atlanta lumber dealer, was indicted. the case dates to December 30, 1922, and Wooten was not captured until two years later.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Mack Wooten
D H Williams
Wooten
Father Donahue Delivers Eulogy at M Alenney Rites
Hartford February 18 AP St Peters church crowded for the funeral of Rev Father Paul F M Alenney late pastor of the church with hundreds standing as seats filled. The pontifical service was led by Rt Rev John Nilan bishop of the Hartford diocese. Rev George T Donahue of Pomfret delivered the eulogy. Burial followed at Mt St Benedict cemetery. An escort from Bishop McMahon Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus led the funeral procession. The body lay in state overnight and the guard of honor was from the Holy Name Society of the church.
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Hartford
St Peters Church
Paul F M Alenney
John . Nilan
Cathoir
George T Donahue
Pomfret
Mt St Benedict Cemetery
McMahon
Nursery school planned at Smith College Northampton
In Northampton Massachusetts an experimental cooperative nursery play school will open in May as part of a study by the Institute for the Coordination of Women's Interests at Smith College. The project aims to help women pursue intellectual and professional interests while managing home duties and will require mothers to contribute time supervising the group.
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Northampton Mass
Northampton
Institute For the Coordination
Smith College
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Endorsement Seems Beneficial
Mothers of sickly children read Mrs Baker of Boston report on McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. She describes her son Emanuel improving from run down to sturdy after use, noting tasteless sugar coated tablets and a money back guarantee if no improvement. The ad urges readers to try them through local druggists.
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Emanuel
Albert E Baker
Ridgewood St
Boston
Mass
Wature
Elveryone
Hintie Drug Stores
McCoy
Tanlac promises to put flesh on the frail and boost health
Advertorial claims extol Tanlac as a universal tonic and builder from roots and herbs. It urges immediate purchase, alleging rapid improvements in strength, digestion, sleep, and resistance, with endorsements from many praise letters. It also promotes Tanlac Vegetable Pils for constipation.
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Wraath
German cancer research in postwar chaos sparks early findings
AP report details Dr Joseph Schumacher in Hamburg facing severe limits as war poverty hinders science. He isolates a cancer compound but admits only partial clarity of the chemical state, with his work hampered by a dance hall above and a saloon below.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Schumacher
Germany
Edward Ahiswede
Ahiswede
Schumacher
Anna Clinic
Hamburg
Ahlswede
Thera
Flo
Snow Shovelers Strike City Hall Over Delayed Pay
In Yonkers on February 18 AP reports around 100 snow shovelers employed by the city stormed city hall demanding three weeks of pay. Police reserves dispersed the crowd after a five member interview committee met Mayor Walsh. later the demonstrators were driven away and then returned to work. Officials cited delayed checks due to a surge in workers after recent storms.
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Yonkers
City Hall
Walsh
Ford
Thursby
Wet crusaders to get wet in fight against prohibition
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans an aggressive campaign against prohibition. Mrs Ella Boole, national president, vowed to elect wet Congressmen in districts now held by dries and to run a citizenship drive for dry government at all levels. She argued states retain police powers despite the Eighteenth Amendment and cited New York as aiding violators, calling the situation unsatisfactory but not discouraging.
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ST Louis
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ella Boole
Association Against Prohibition
Boole
United States
Mrs Boole
New York
Three Men Killed in Store HoldUp at Knoxville Store
Three men died in a running gun battle during a failed hold up at Henry P McMillan's store in Knoxville Tennessee. Victims named are McMillan, his son Carl 18, and a man identified as Frank Shorter. William Brown was arrested as an accomplice and a third man is being sought.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Henry P McMillan
Merchent
McMillan
Carl
Frank Shorter
Wiliam Brown
Shortey
Reform bill would doom automobile petting parties on highways
Albany report says Senator Mortimer Ferris and Assemblyman Herbert Bartholomew, Republicans, introduced a bill to amend the motor vehicle law. It broadens the definition of reckless driving to include stopping or parking in a way that interferes with free and proper use of public highways. The measure targets so called petting parties on state roads.
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Albany
Mortimer Y Ferris
Herbert A Bartholomew
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