Farm tragedy on Smetak farm shocks Nebraska town
Adolph Smetak the 23 year old Bohemian farmer confessed to killing his father in March and hiding the body in an old well. Neighbors reported harsh treatment and little pay for work. The body later burned in a toolhouse fire near Prague. Investigators tied disappearance of a hired man to the case.
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Wahoo, Neb
Adolph Smetak
Smetak
State Insane Hospital
Bohemia
Europe
P. J. Kaspar
Prague
Kaspar
Bohemian
Charles Michalik
Young Smetak
Michalik
Lincoln
Frank
Berlin Traffic Cops to Have Warm Feet
Berlin officials announce new safety islands in busy streets will feature electric foot warmers for police on duty. The octagonal islands will also carry illuminated eight sided advertisements to light up at night, promising more affable and polite traffic guardians.
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Berlin
C., J. & W. Excursion Train Derails No One Hurt
Five cars and the engine of a Cincinnati Indianapolis Western excursion train derailed one mile east of Marshall Indiana while carrying 500 shop employees to Decatur Illinois. No injuries were reported. The incident occurred this morning.
Smuggling Grape Inflation Tactics Baffle Dover Authorities
A Dover customs officer tasting a seemingly ordinary grapes basket uncovered a novel contraband method. A passenger inflated each grape with a needle-point syringe and then re inflated them with liquor to mask their contents. The incident highlights clever bootlegging by holiday travelers seeking untaxed spirits.
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London
America
Dover
Relatives Sought for Boy Found at Union Station
Delbert Meece, 14, found wandering near Union Station, is in Juvenile Court custody. He traveled from North Bend Ohio to Cincinnati on Thursday to stay with his father Frank Meece, a Columbia power plant employee, who he hopes will support him. He has two Cincinnati aunts, Mrs. Mary Hardix and Mrs. Mary Meece, and a cousin George Hardix in Decoursey Kentucky.
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Delbert Meece
Union Station
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Mr. Fogel
Cincinnati
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Frank Meece
Columbia Power Plant
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Mary Hardix
Mary Meece
George Hardix
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Decoursey, Ky
Walsh denies wife claim in Dayton divorce case
Nicholas Walsh Jr., Cincinnati millionaire and Dayton businessman, fights a divorce and alimony petition, saying he never married the plaintiff Beatrice Sheppard. He says a prior husband could invalidate any common law marriage and seeks dismissal with no alimony, noting family opposition and a related alienation suit.
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Cabaret Waller
Dayton, O
Common Pleas
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Dayton
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Cherry
Frederick W. Hinkle
Hyde Park
Frederick Hinkle
City Planning Commission
40000 Building Workmen Ready to Strike in New York
Forty thousand members of the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union and related locals in Greater New York declare readiness to strike in support of bricklayers already out in Washington Miami Chicago Newark and New York. John Gill chairman said contractors were maintaining open shop and a nine hour day.
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Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers’ International Union
Greater New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
Newark
N. J
John Gill
New York City Editor Named Knox College President
Albert Britt of New York City, prominent Knox College alumnus, was elected president of the college to fill a six month vacancy. He will assume duties September 1 and has long ties to publishing including Outing Magazine and Munsey Company. He graduated Knox College in 1898, is married, and has one daughter.
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Gainesburg
Albert Britt
New York City
Knox College
Britt
Outing Magazine
Frank A. Munsey Company
Two New County Motorcycle Officers Sworn In
Hamilton County introduces two new motorcycle police officers Charles Krueger and Elmer Crowell as city patrols begin to curb speeders and reckless driving. The officers, swearing in by Sheriff Richard B Witt, will cite speeders and arrest violators in the county with four motorcycles ordered, one delivered, others pending.
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Charles Krueger
Cheviot
Elmer Crowell
Wyoming
James Markland
Cleves
Orsell Welch
Anderson Township
Crowell
Krueger
Witt
Louis Schneider
Schneider
Lmits
China withdraws from Opium Commission over conference conduct
Geneva August 15 China refuses to participate in the League of Nations Advisory Opium Commission meeting on August 24. Beijing blames European opium exploitation for futility and notes the United States did not ratify the treaty, with little chance of progress while the opium bloc holds sway.
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Chao Hsin Chu
London
Hamilton Wright
Washington
Canada
Council
Porter
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Police judge dismisses Italians liquor charges as officer accused
Judge Woeste ruled the Boone street incident centered on a drunk on duty and that liquor was planted. He dismissed the liquor possession charge against Joseph Rosiello and the disorderly conduct charges against Louis Rosiello Paul Poladori and Romeo Jacimino. Police witness Hertzenberg denied wrongdoing and admitted no prior reprimands.
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Joseph Rosiello
Louis Rosiello
Paul Poladori
Romeo Jacimino
Boone Street
Burbank Street
Harry Hertzenberg
Seventh District
Hertzenberg
Rosie Zicaridi
Rosiello
Rosielllo
Irish Day at Coney Island Draws Thousands
Irish day will be celebrated at Coney Island with emerald flags and violin and bagpipe music. A bathing beauty contest is planned on the beach along with athletic events, with Garret J. Burke and others in charge of arrangements.
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Coney Island
Garret J. Burke
John McCabe
William F. Nicholson
Michael Molloy
Michael Grady
John B. Bland
John Swift
Thomas Fay
John C. Thompson
John M. Callahan
Man Refuses Aid After Auto Knockdown on Sycamore Street
Ed ward Whitaker, 49, of 431 East Third street, was bruised when knocked down on the sidewalk by an automobile driven toward an oil station in front of 528 Sycamore street. He refused police assistance. Louis Goldberg, hotel Browne, was named as the driver. In a separate incident, Vern on T De Reiner, 3035 Clifton avenue, slipped from a Lockland bus at Spring Grove avenue and Powers street and was bruised. she was taken home by her husband.
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Edward Whitaker
East Third Street
Louis Goldberg
Hotel Browne
Lockland
Spring Grove Avenue
Powers Street
Vernon T. de Reiner
Clifton Avenue
Moonshine Bust After Car Chase By Police
Robert Dorsey of 838 Van Horn street led three officers on a chase after seeing police at Eighth street and Freeman avenue. His car struck two others at Car lisle avenue and Baymiller street, injuring no one but leading to his capture by Lieutenant Kleemeier. Three gallons of moonshine were found in the vehicle and charges of transporting liquor filed. Howard Reichelt and Herman Bahrman filed reckless driving charges related to property damage.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
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Linn Street
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Carlisle Avenue
Baymiller Street
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Hoff Avenue
Herman BahlIman
Cold Springs
Gore to Speak at Bell Home Dedication Ceremony
Former Oklahoma senator Thomas P. Gore who is blind will headline the dedication of the Samuel W. Bell Home for Sightless Workingmen on Elm Street. The event is set for the afternoon of August 30.
Arrest, gun found after patrols nab suspect in Newport
Patrolmen Yearson and Fallon arrested a man at the Glenway and Considine avenues machine area near Edward Stark of 439 Lindsey street Newport. A revolver was found off the man. Stark was fined $5 and costs for lacking proper license tags on his machine.
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Edward Stark
Lindsey Street
Newport
Glenway
Considine Avenues
Stark
Langley Aid Pays Fine in Whisky Case
Harry Sattler of Pittsburgh paid the $10,000 fine in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for conspiracy to remove 4,000 cases of whisky from the Penwick Distillery in May 1921. Ben L. Moses, former partner of Sattler, must raise the same fine by August 29. Five men were indicted last year with Representative John Langley and Willard F. West. Langley and West pleaded not guilty and await trial.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Pittsburgh
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Penwick
Pennsylvania
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Sattler
Fhve
John Langley
Kentucky
Willard F. West
Internal Revenue
Langley
West
Germans Invest Five Million In Mexican Sugar Project
Mexico City reports the Mexican Government granted a concession to a European corporation largely owned by Germans to develop the sugar industry in Morelos. The venture plans a five million dollar investment to revive the decayed sugar sector in the state.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Morelos
Prison riot at Sing Sing linked to prison politics
A Friday night fight at Sing Sing Prison, centered on Vincent Gaffney, left two convicts hospitalized and eight in solitary. Wounds included a torn nose for James Cleary and a severed abdomen for J rh McIntyre, with guards and doctors aiding injured inmates.
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New York World News Service
Ossining
N. Y
Vincent Gaffney
Sing Sing Prison
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Sing Singg
Tammany
Sing Sing
Thomas McInerney
Lawes
Shafmeister
Cleary
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Prince Pals
Americans Quest in Northern England Opens Glorious Twelfth
The Associated Press reports a large American turnout for the Glorious Twelfth opening of the shooting season in Scotland and northern England. More Americans than ever participate, with increasing female involvement and new shooting fashions such as knicker skirts, Norfolk coats, and suede outfits seen on the moors.
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Scotland
England
Atlantic
Norfolk
Old Brick Church of Cold Springs US 211th Anniversary
The Old Brick Church at Cold Springs New Jersey marks 211 years since its founding in 1714 by Rev. John Bradner under Philadelphia Presbyterian auspices. The first church appeared in 1718, replaced by a frame building in 1752, and the current edifice was completed in 1823.
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Cold Springs
N. J
John Bradner
Philadelphia
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