Campaign Urging Law Enforcement Planned for 1927
Washington January AP reports a citizens committee of one thousand meeting to set groundwork for a 1927 drive emphasizing education and newspaper publicity for law observance and enforcement. The group seeks broad appeal, targeting young adults in schools and universities, with speeches by Senators and a closing banquet.
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Washington
Jan
Citizens Committee of One Thousand
Neeeting
Horah
Idaho
Att Sheppard
Texas
Preeient Coolidge
Congress
New York
He Ali
King Reahmen
Cahriel W. Biot
Harvard
Epidemic Skin Ailment Brings Quick Relief Claims
The notice touts a miraculous cure for eczema and related skin conditions. It cites widespread user relief and overnight itching reduction, urging readers to ask the merchant for the remedy.
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Peterson
Suffered With Rupture For Years
A prominent man praises a truss fitting after years of rupture suffering and failed remedies. The New Paver Surgical Co at 25 Waireald avenue offers free consultations, private care, and expert fitting for ruptures and related conditions.
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Neetess
Waireald
Night club entertainer beaten by four bandits
Four bandits battered Yvonne Deboise an eighteen year old night club entertainer in New York on January 6 after she found them ransacking her room. They stripped her, tied her to a bed, and escaped with dresses and jewelry before her roommate Kay Brett found her unconscious and she told police of the attack.
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New York
Yvon
Bebo
Kay Brett
Christmas Card Party Decorated Hall With Greenery
A Christmas greens decorated the Catholic Community house for the first Bridgeport branch card party of the Connecticut Council of Catholic Women at St. Augustine's parish. A cake sale accompanied the event and table prizes were given for playing cards. Reservations included many local families and individuals from Bridgeport and nearby communities.
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Bridgeport
Connecticut Council of Catholic Women
St. Augustine’s Church
Frank Breen
James Cox
A. J. Buckley
J. Murray Johnson
Thomas Cuthai
William, McLaughlin
Albert McLaughlin
John J. Cullinas
Owen Toolan
John Connom
John Allen
Peter M. Davey
Raymond Leverty
H. J. Neate
Arnold Neale
James Lennon
Leo McElroy
J. J. Meyers
D. Horan
William Buckley
T. J. Ryan
V. A. Hamilton
Thomas Flyon
Thomas Dunn
John Codyer
Thomas Cotter
Edward Coyne
A. Clegg
Henry Lyle
Peter Fox
T. B. McNamara
Edward Keller
Edward Fagan
J. A. Laverty
James T. Rourke
Cornelius McNamara
Richard Mullins
Thomas Morrlesey
Catherine McKeon
Rena Tall
Catherine Regan
Misa Mildred Horan
Agnes Ryan
Edna Kilbride
Misa Mary Stapleton
Mary O'Toile
Ina Leary
Roslyn Barkey
Evelyn Barkey
Misa Mario Green
Misa Gretta Hurley
Drug Store Robbed of Liquor Supply at Pawcatuck
In Pawcatuck Connecticut on January 6, Higgins pharmacy on West Broad street was robbed of liquor and cash after entry from a theater lobby. The haul included 20 pints whiskey five gallons alcohol $18 and cigarettes. Two safes were left untouched amid several recent robberies including a store safe with $1,100 in cash and checks.
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Pawcatuck
Conn
Higgins
West Broad Street
Central Theatre
Insurance Man Fined for Premium Fraud in Ludlow Case
Joseph Nowak of Ludlow, former insurance agent, was fined 500 in Superior Court after authorities said he submitted false statements to obtain premiums on three policies for a man unaware of the insurance application. District Attorney Clason cited Ludlow as having numerous fraudulent claims, noting the town’s extensive short term false claims.
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Springfield
Mass
Joseph Nowak
Ludlow
Chicago
Dora
Superior Court
Clason
Callahan
Wiune
United States
Telephone robbery discovery shocks Charlestown resident
An reported telephone overurned incident led to a confrontation in Charlestown as a masked man, posing as a water inspector, robbed Mrs. Genrudy Helmund of money and three bank books before escaping. A telephony operator on duty relayed the alert, and Mrs. Helmund was revived to recount the encounter.
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Genrudy Halmund
Charlestown
Mra. Helmund
Flyer at age 99 in paralysis struck
Peter Skim, who rode in an airplane on his Seth birthday anniversary and was calling on friends on his recent 100th birthday, is resting comfortably after a slight stroke of paralysis Friday, his son Dr. Walter C. Skiff of New Haven said today.
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Ghebire
Jas
Peter
Skim
Seth
Walter C. Skiff
New Haven
Bea
Legislator pays tribute in House on Roosevelt
Washington Jan 70. Rep Hamilton Fish of New York paid tribute to Theodore Roosevelt on the eighth anniversary of his death. He cited Roosevelt’s stance on naval buildup, support for the Eighteenth amendment, and support for street primaries. He argued repeal of direct primaries would not have eased 1909 politics and said Roosevelt would have spurred civic righteousness against corruption in recent primaries.
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Washington
Jan
Theodore Roosevelt
Hamilton Flsh
New York
Congress
Hoosevelt
Dawes
Fish
Catholic Heiress Marry Ziegler Heir to Face Excommunication
New York report says Mrs. William Ziegler Jr., formerly Helen Murphy of Troy, married a divorced man without dispensation and faces automatic excommunication from the Roman Catholic church. The wedding, initially planned at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian, occurred at the Hotel Plaza with Rev. Henry Howard officiating. The bride is heir to the Murphy and Martin fortunes, including connections to former Senator Edward Murphy Jr. and Albany banker Henry Townsend Martin.
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New York
Wilam 4Iegler, Jr
Helen Martin Murphy
Troy
N. Y
Chancery
Archdiocese’ of
Hiegler
Allence
Frederick G. Pohndorff
Zeiglers
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Plaz
Henry Howard
Pohndorff
United States
Edward Murphy, Jr
Henry Townsend Martin
Albany
State Police Seek Missing Youth in Middletown
State police search for Wilfred Martell 22 missing after coming from Reed's Gap Durham to attend a theatre with his parents. He did not return and was last seen Sunday. Martell recently recovered from an operation and his relatives are mystified over the disappearance.
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Middletown
Wilfred Martell
Reed's Gap
Durham
Alice
Martell
Wisconsin firm buys New Hampshire plant
Keene New Hampshire January 6 AP The Keeney Wooldenware mill was sold to the Menasha Woodenware company of Menasha Wisconsin for about 200000. Walter M Barnard longtime Beaver Mill official becomes vice president and treasurer. Mowry Smith of Menasha is president and William H Nelson is treasurer. The plant includes a water street site with factories yards and timber tracts. Pails were main products.
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Keene, N. H
Keeney Wooldenware Company
Menasha Woodenware Company
Menahi
Wis
Walter M. Barnard
Paat
Beaver Milly Company
Mowry Smith
Menasha
Woman dies in self immolation amid family tragedy
Mina Blayton of Skandia township built a pyre in a shed and burned herself to death after her husband had killed himself ten years earlier. Local word of the tragedy spread five days after the incident, with reports noting persistent fear and mental distress.
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Blayton
Mina
Jan
Andrew Munson
Skandia Township
Deven
Mos Cornet Franz Named Leader Of Gotral Rand Chapter
In a tersely reported AP item dated January 8, Mos Cornet Franz is highlighted as the recently prominent figure within the Gotral Rand chapter of the Order of the Fast, marking a notable leadership selection.
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Fin
Mos
Cornet
Franz
Gotral
Rand
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