Missouri Killings and Court Moves Highlight Missouri News Nuggets
Robert Alexander, 45, was killed in Caruthersville during a liquor raid by Deputy Sheriffs Earl Thrasher and Jesse Johnson after resisting with a pistol. Nineteen St Louis lumber firms seek oral arguments to modify a supreme court fine and ouster ruling. Louie Goods becomes Missouri’s first bootlegging convict under the new law. Constitutional Convention votes down senatorial district planning by A T Dumm. United States finds William Sweetland Hall’s body in a Kansas town after a mix up in burial efforts. A lone robber targets Miss Lillian Watson at the Grand Theatre in Moberly. Bank insolvency notices and a Wentzville power franchise vote pass with strong margins. Mark Twain Week proclaimed by Governor Hyde. Two killed in a Cape Girardeau railroad crossing crash.
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Jesse Johnson
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Wayne County
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Beaverdam
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Kansas State Agricultural College
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Illinois
Iowa
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Sugar Creek
Jones Climax
Unrest and international tensions noted in week of world news
A roundup from capitals highlights unrest in Hesse with clashes between communists and police. France and Belgium impose penalties over bomb incidents. The U S plans to urge release of prisoners and combat coal strikes. Martial law in Tulsa sparks outrage and a Klansman is found wounded in Steubenville.
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Langen
Russelheim
Crossgéreau
the Rhine
Hesse
Steubenville
John Marvin
Asetieen
Isheermiant Hag
Lieut
Calvin Hoover Griffis
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Griffis
Ohio
Greater Berlin
Fire at San Pedro tank farm causes million-dollar damage
A massive explosion at a General Petroleum tank in San Pedro California sparked a fire that subsided after causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Three people died when a gasoline tank on a Lake Bomoseen launch exploded, eight were rescued.
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General Petroleum Company
San Pedro
Cal
Lake Bomoseen
Castleton
Budget Cuts Meet Opposition in Washington Departments
President Coolidge faces pushback as Brig. Gen. H M Lord orders across the board reductions to meet the 126 million dollar cut for the next fiscal year. Navy protests exceed 70 million while war department concerns center on Panama Canal defense delays. Secretary Weeks absent. murmurs grow over potential service harm.
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Coolidge
H. M. Lord
Lord
Navy Department
War Department
Panama Canal
Weeks
Lancaster
N. H
Harding
Congress
Chicago A City of Aliens
Chicago faces a renewed wave of unemployment as thousands flood West Madison Street seeking work. Farmers refuse higher wages, Oklahoma migrants abandon diesel harvests, and rust affecting Minnesota and Dakotas wheat drives laborers back to cities. Ak ron reports eight thousand jobless men.
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Mississippi Valley
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Oklahoma
Canada
Akron
Chicago Immigrant Share Drops to 28 Percent
Chicago’s population shows 72 percent foreign birth or parentage per Chicago Association of Commerce data. Only 752,329 residents are American born, with 109,458 of them Black, leaving 642,871 white American residents, under 25 percent of the city’s 2,701,705 total.
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
United States
Spain S war costs 140 lives at Tifermin battle
Madrid reports 140 Spaniards killed in a fierce Moroccan war engagement near Tifermin with heavy firing continuing along the front. Dispatches from Morocco note the battle as one of the bloodiest.
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Madrid
Tifermin
Morocco
Chicago Buys Bread for Six Cents
Chicago shoppers saw bread priced at six cents a pound amid a wheat price slump. The low cost signals relief for residents and reflects broader market movements in commodities.
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Chicago
Plain Signatures and Forgery Methods in Checks
A discussion on how simple plain signatures are harder to forge and why flourishes aid forgery. A bank cashier spotted a forgery by date placement, and tips urge using proper check forms, securing blank paper, and careful handwriting to prevent fraud.
Hot Weather Survival Advice From A Silly Memoir
A garbled advisory column suggests wearing few clothes to stay within the law and sleeping only a few hours each afternoon. It urges cheerfulness, water intake, avoiding conflict, and keeping cool by odd methods while lampooning Eskimos and police.
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Robert C. O'Brie
Peter Pan Criticisms Echo Barrie Malady Claim
In Alexander Woollcott’s drama criticism, Herbert Tree tells Charles Frohman Peter Pan is madness. Tree recalls Barrie reading a play with a wild finale atop trees and fantasies of fairies and Indians.
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Herbert Tree
Charles Frohman
Barre
Frohman
Mysel
Barri
Hair Nets of Chinese Queues Boost U S Exports
Americans bought 180 148 136 nets from Chefoo China last year, worth 3 819 322 dollars, the commerce department estimated. Nine years earlier in 1914 Chefoo hair nets exported valued at 919 dollars. Net makers expect a strong 1923, noting a shift to two strand nets over single strand varieties.
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Chefoo
China
Commerce Department
London Sooty Seas of Smog Blankets Capital
London suffers extremely smoky air with seventy tons of soot floating over the city in a single day. Experts blame coal fires in homes offices factories and hotels for the pollution. The public clings to open hearths preferring coal heat over modern methods.
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London
Land of Dancers Brisk Carnival Enriched Vienna Treasury
During a carnival of over 40 nights the Vienna treasury gained from amusement taxes on dancing entertainments. An average of 88 dancing events per night set a record for the city.
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Vienna
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