Chicago Kidnapers Admit Train Robbery and Death
Clyde Timmons confessed with Earl Timmons involved in multiple heists. The pair robbed the Oregon Short Line train No. 7 near Ogden, taking about $450 from passengers. Police say Earl was killed by a Chicago officer after a pursuit with a kidnapped family in the Callahan case.
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Chicago
Clyde Timmons
Earl Timmons
James J. Callahan
Utah
Jacob Loeb
Tte
Mary Roberts
Timmons
J. F.walsh
Hyde Park
Hammond
Ind
Loeb
Carl Gilbert
Ogden
Oregon
Lake City
Frankie Murphy Wins on Foul in Denver Bout
Welterweight Frankie Murphy of Denver defeated Charley McCarty after his opponent broke a hand in the fifth round. Morris Sehaiter of Omaha was disqualified in another bout and Denver's Charlee Van Dura drew with Jim Shirley in a four round heavyweight clash. Bill Papke of Sacramento outpointed Kid Belt of Denver.
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Denver
Morris Sehaiter
Omaha
Frankie Murphy
Jack Boyle
Joe Prynn
Charley McCarty
Charlee van Dura
New York
Jim Shirley
Bill Papke
Sacramento
Kid Belt
Seaman Accepts Stock for Part Wage
A Jacksonville union note states seamen are willing to take stock in the American ship corporation in part payment of current wages. The letter to J. J. La president requests consideration of half of the present wage as stock compensation.
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Jacksonville
Fie
J. J. la
American Ship Corporation
Judge rules wife may take money from husband pockets
Malden court finds Alphonso di Escogui guilty of assault on Lena as Judge Charles M. Bruce declares it an inalienable right for women to take money from their husbands pockets, framing the act as self help.
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Malden
Maas
Charles M. Bruce
Alphonso di Esco
Lena
George White Hurt in Gas Explosion at Ohio Oil Well
George White former Democratic National Committee chairman was burned in a gas explosion at an Noble County oil well. Doctors say injuries are not serious and he is recovering.
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Marietta
Ohio
George White
Democratic National Committee
Noble County
Woman Who Shot Husband Marries Wealthy Chilean Woman
Blanco Vergara who in 1917 near Westbury New York shot and killed her divorced husband John L De Gaulles was married yesterday to Fernando Santa Cruz Wilson a wealthy Chilean. Mrs De Gaulles shot her former husband at the doorway of her cottage on Long Island was indicted for murder. She was tried and acquitted and afterwards resumed her maiden name and returned to Chile her native country.
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Santiago
Chile
Blanco Vergara
Westbury
N. Y
John L. de Gaulles
Fernando Santa Cruz Wilson
Bread baking taboo between Christmas and circumcision festival
In olden France bakers avoided baking between Christmas and the Festival of the Circumcision to prevent bringing misfortune on their families.
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France
Remains of Henry Watterson Placed in Vault
Henry Watterson, noted Kentucky journalist, died in Jacksonville and his body was placed in a mortuary vault. A private service was held for immediate family only at a local chapel before burial beside his parents in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. The hour of the service was kept secret by request of the family to avoid a large attendance. Reverend J. T. Boona of the First Christian Church officiated.
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Henry Watterson
Jacksonville
Fla
Marie Henry” Watterson
Kentucky
Cave HS
Louisville
Henry Watterson, Jr
J. T. Boona
First Christian Church
Watterson Ia
French Court Restricts Access After Landru Case
Paris rules that only official witnesses and photographed reporters may enter the court of waltzes. Nonofficial photographers are barred as a measure following the Landru murder case trials.
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Paris
Associ Mod Pres
Ministr
Justice
Nonnevay
Senate
Philip
Department of Gers
Willes
Henri Desire Landru
Gambais
Phillip In
Unclear OCR noted plans amid wartime payroll proposal
The document mentions half cash and half stock, a petition argued by various titled workers, and a plan to staff American elements. It also notes corporate favor toward the plan and a rumor among Murape peasants about a Christmas Eve release year‑long death superstition.
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Manters
Mates
Engineera
Elowards
Renmien
Manning Veandia
Indictment for Murder Quashed in Truckee Case
Nevada County Cal Dec 23 An indictment charging Gun Branch Truckee pool hall proprietor with the murder of Mrs Anni Boyle was dismissed on district attorney motion Autopsy report from Ogden Utah was discredited by Dr Frank Bartlett who said death was due to causes other than the beating alleged Mrs Boyle died in Truckee early in November and the body was exhumed at Ogden by her mother
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Nevada
Cty
Cal
Truckee
Anni Boyle
Ogden
Utah
Frank Bartlett
Bank Robbery Strikes Illinois Town. Loot Reported
The State Bank of Dupo in Dupo Illinois was held up in the afternoon as bandits robbed the institution of between 10 000 and 12 000. George Tindeman the bank president witnessed staff and customers forced to face the floor while the bandits seized the money and fled in an automobile.
Wyoming assessors oppose extra session amid snowstorm
The annual Wyoming assessors meeting in Cheyenne cut short by a heavy snowstorm but achieved a better understanding of the state board of equalization and state taxation. Key actions included opposing an extraordinary legislature session and adopting a modified uniform assessment on livestock. The meeting produced plans to streamline tax rolls, license issuance, and veteran exemption proof, with committees drafting laws for the next session.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Lyle B. Jay
Charles Anda
Cheyene
Natron County
Hoth
Natrona County
Jay
State Board of Equalisation
State Board
Anda
Lowor Mili
Secretary of State
Board of Equalization
James P. Rosenberg
MaccKintock says price collusion unlikely in retail trade
Charles Henry MacKintock president of the Associated Advertising clubs of the World told the Omaha chamber that a nationwide price cartel among retailers cannot exist in practice. He argued perfect organization is impossible with many individuals and that buyers migrate to merchants offering the best value, undermining any wholesale price-fixing scheme.
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Omaha
Charles Henry MaccKintock
Chicago
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Daugherty
Auch
Mrs Ferris Breaks Historical Wiltshire Lineage Record
Mrs Ferris of Devizes Wiltshire fills the same town office her mother held twenty years earlier creating an unusual hereditary record. Her grandmother remains alive sealing both mother and daughter in the same prestigious role and noting a rare generational continuity.
Christmas Baskets From Salvation Army Aid 100 Needy Families
Over a hundred baskets with vegetables fruits meats and fixings will be distributed by the Salvation Army tomorrow morning. Captain Eva Budge leads workers who have identified at least 100 needy families and prepared baskets including potatoes flour lard butter a chicken berries tea coffee celery bread sugar milk bacon and mined meat for delivery to those in need.
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Salvation Army
Ant Salvation Army
Eva Budge
World’s Largest Coin On Display In Cincinnati
Farren Zerbe of Cincinnati holds a giant Swedish copper plate weighing over six pounds and measuring ten and a half inches square. It carries an exchange value cited at four dollars.
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Farren Zerbe
Cincinnati
Boys Under Six Taller by Half Inch Than Girls
Washington report from the federal children's bureau notes that boys under six are on average one third to one half inch taller and about one pound heavier than girls. California children show slightly greater height and weight, while a selected native group deviates little from the overall average.
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Washington
Federal Children’s Bureau
California
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Women’s Army
Kansas
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Elds
Pittsburgh
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Doyle
Negro Army
Big Swindler
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Murape
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Basin
Charles Onda
Cooper
J. P. Olaenbeim
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Wayne C. Cave
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Adetion
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Germany
Ongherty
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