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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
2
The report describes a federal plan and police efforts amid a Chicago era crime wave. Headlines mention postmasters and mail robbery rewards, with authorities noting organized gangs and ongoing investigations into a large scale theft. The piece references a crackdown and possible future actions by agencies.
Washington April 26 Knox Pedee Teaviatlon Pas reports fever Abls to the senate. Senator Lodge said he intended to make it the unfinished business tomorrow. Underwood said delay not the aim and the topic should face legitimate discussion. Redrafted by Senator Knox the resolution lengthens provisions on Germaniy and applies to Russia. The committee vote was 0 to 2 with New absent and several Democrats absent. Republicans Lodge McCumber Borah Drundegee Knox Johnson Moses McCormick Kellogg supported the measure.
Valparaiso Indiana reports Valparaiso University is a hotbed of Bolshevism with claims of sinister inside influences. Daniel Russell Hodgdon, president, resigns amid charges that propaganda comes from the federal government and intrenched officials.
Secretary of Labor Davis proposes a single national board of conciliation to cut costs and boost efficiency. He would place ten industry experts in charge and deploy 95 to 100 field representatives to head off strikes before they threaten. Davis consults with President McParland and Secretary Hays amid printer union talks on a nationwide strike and hour-week changes.
Chippewa Indians in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin adopt resolutions at a council of war demanding a second emancipation proclamation to free them from the lands taken by white settlers. They urge Congress to grant a square deal and pay 92,000,000 alleged due for lands held by white farmers.
In Chicago on a spring afternoon a runaway car struck a boy and wounded others on West Thirteenth Street between Throop and Ring Island avenues. The unattended vehicle rolled through a holiday crowd after being left by three children on its running board, killing one boy and sending several to the county hospital.
Washington reports a tense scene as Albert Einstein, accompanied by a National Academy delegation, meets President Harding to discuss relativity of matter. The president allegedly confesses uncertainty as cameras roll, highlighting the ongoing public controversy sparked by senators Penrose Williams and others.
Irish forces searching for a kidnapper near Fiddown County Kilkenny were ambushed from a farm. A clash left one soldier and several attackers wounded, with reports of deaths among the assailants. The constable was believed to be killed during the battle, and two civilians were shot dead as clashes continued before curfew.
A proposed April measure in Waablogton seeks to prohibit physicians from issuing prescriptions for beer or medicines containing alcohol. The bill targets doctors and pharmacies, aiming to curb unregulated medical use of beer.
London April 2 surplus revenue over expenditure valued at about 230.5 million pounds disclosed in the budget debate. Austen Chamberlain said debt interest to the United States would be provided next year, citing annual interest over 40 million pounds. Receipts last year reached about 1.4239 billion pounds with expenditure around 1.1054 billion. Washington April 26 Secretary Mellon said negotiations to fund Britain’s five billion dollar war debt with the United States will not be resumed soon.
Kansas needs 40 000 harvest hands as state employment bureau managers announce a tentative plan. No harvest wage is fixed yet but in some counties farmers arrange to pay a daily wage equal to the price of three bushels of wheat at harvest time.
Glennen Mazon Jr., a member of a Milwaukee family, was sentenced by Judge A H Reid to five years in a Green Bay reform school after conviction of oral degree manslaughter in the death of Frank Febitsger in a collision between Febitsger’s motorcycle and Mazon’s car. Train wreck at Erwin, New York, on April 20 damaged the railway station when a wreck occurred near Gemoliehod and Olevaland to New York.
Berlin proposes to spread payments over 30 to 42 years with 200 billion gold marks in reparations. Britain signals support if proposals meet Allied terms. Paris and London debates continue over total sums and U.S. role in shaping the reparations council.
Chicago April 26 A fight for the $100,000 estate of A. R. Starbuck a traveling salesman for the Diamond Red Paint Co of Chicago who was killed in an automobile accident in Wataeka HI arose as it emerged he apparently left two widows Mrs Cora Starbuck and Mrs Petersburg noti cation of the death came in a telegram to the Marion Ia judge stating body sent to the widow in Petersburg Ind Mrs Starbuck No 1 lives in Code Rapids Tenn she claimed she and Starbuck had never been divorced though reports said so Chad had obtained a decree Mrs Starbuck insists she is the legal widow while Petersburg Mrs Starbuck Taylor Starbuck continues to deny the claim stating Starbuck had been divorced before he married her
Harry R. B. Gibbons, late county treasurer, who died last week in West Baden Indiana, leaves an estate near one million dollars to his widow Mary E. Gibbons. The will filed before Ian Corkell assistant to the Probate judge designates Mrs Gibbons as executrix to serve without bond according to the directions of the document.
A fragment reports a break in at Dostoffica hare in Irmmerset Town on an April day, with damages noted though details and suspects are unclear. Police likely investigating the burglary and loss, but exact time and items stolen are not confirmed in the readable lines.
Mrs Maupe L Taylor of 6 St James Place Roxbury Massachusetts says continual backache kept her from work after her last baby. She reports improved sleep and energy since using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recommends it to other women while offering to help others with guidance.
A fragmented set of cleaning tips discusses removing ink stains from fresh ink with soap and water, and suggests using oxalic acid saturated solution to lift ink. It mentions soaking briefly and rinsing with water plus ammonia drops. The piece also notes painters preparing spring overcoats, implying seasonal context.
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