Immigrant limits said to thin ranks of derelicts
Professor Wingate Todd of Western Reserve University argues immigration restriction has thinned the lowest social type in U.S. industrial centers. He cites Cleveland skull and brain studies from 1913 to 1922 showing brain volume fluctuations with economic cycles, linking low brain volume to social failure and noting the postwar decline of this lowest class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wingate Todd
Western ‘Reserve University
Todd
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Professor Todd
Karl Pearson
Oxford
Royal Engineers
Cleveland
Pepe
New Year Observances Mark Winter Chill Across Cincinnati
Crowds missed merriment as a frigid night kept revelers indoors. Bombs rang from downtown buildings at midnight while churches held watch in prayer. Clubs hosted dinners and dances as Open House at the Elks and a Y M C A circus plan diversified celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Middle West
W. C.,devereaux
Business Men’s Club
Helen Kessing
Richard Pavey
Bron Aylward
University Club
Elks’ Club
Noom
Ninth Street Y. M. ¢. A
Penn State senior joins AAAS after 687 mile walk to attend sessions
J. B. Wiant, 22, a Penn State senior from Huntington Mills, Pa, was elected to AAAS membership after walking 687 miles to attend a scientific congress and working as a cafeteria waiter to fund meals. He studies Botany and Phytopathology and plans to return home with a Penn State pennant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiant
Pensylvania State University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Penn State
Huntington Mills
Traffic Violators Ordered to Buy Flowers for Mothers
Judge W. Mere dith Yeatman warned park violators cited for parking rules that costs would be suspended if each person pledged to spend the $2 refund from the fire remission to buy flowers for his mother. About five hundred motorists tagged over the weekend and yesterday took the pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Meredith Yeatman
New York Man Arrested In False Claims Scam
Morris Vogel of Bayonne New Jersey head of Lion Brand Neckwear and Renown Jewelry faced federal indictments on ten counts after allegedly filing false insurance claims for lost parcel post shipments. Postal officials say he collected about thirty thousand dollars with pending claims around fifteen thousand. He ran multiple neckwear ventures and used consignment to ship goods nationwide before losses were uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Post Office Department
F. D. Boyle
Boyle
Morris Vogel
Bayonne
N. J
Lion Brand
Renown Jewelry Company
Vogel
M. Vogel
Specialty Cravat Company
Vogue Neckwear Company
United States
Parcel Post
Severe snowstorm and Arctic cold sweep Midwest
A major winter storm moved from Alaska into the Northwest and Midwest, bringing heavy snow and record cold. Chicago reported 12 above zero at 9 pm with forecasts of 5 above tomorrow, while Yellowstone posted 34 below zero. The cold front extended to the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and reached as far south as Western North Carolina and Northwest Florida with zero to subzero readings across many states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Alaska
Northwest
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Lake
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Southland
Florida
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Billings
Mont
Bismarck
N. C
Cheyennne
Wyo
Denver
Col
Goodland
Kan
Amarillo
Tex
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
Indiana
South Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Pacific Northwest
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
North Carolina
Mob burns thief of saint ashes in Avezzano
In Avezzano Italy Francesco Tomei was captured after stealing from a church. He was beaten dragged and then burned alive after his clothes were doused with gasoline and set alight. He had cut church lights before the seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Avezzano
Italy
Francesco Tomei
Tomei
Jeweler sacrifice saves his safe as bandits flee
Bernardo B. Brown, a New York jeweler, was shot four times by a bandit leader while defending his vault. He died hours later. The trio fled in a car, pursued by taxis and pleasure cars, after Brown closed the safe and confronted the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernardo B. Brown
Brown
Two 13 Year Olds Involved In Fatal Rifle Incident
In Ashtabula Ohio on December 31 a 13 year old boy was killed when a small calber rifle fired by his friend also 13 struck him in the head. The boys were shooting at bottles. the shooter claimed he released the trigger to slip the safety catch and the weapon discharged. No charges were filed against the shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Beino Moisio
Eino Uitto
Uitto
Moisio
Uwitto
Vitto
Plan to end gun-toting menace proposed in Lorain
Carl Lertzman a Lorain real estate broker proposed licensing all guns with complete federal and state supervision of firearms. He will submit the plan to state and national lawmakers and inform every mayor in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
United States
Carl Lertzman
Lertzman
Third quake at Memphis shakes city again
A slight earthquake was felt in Memphis at 9 05 tonight marking the third tremor in two months no damage was reported authorities said no injuries or structural harm occurred during the brief shaking report confirms the event and its timing in the Tennessee city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Washington Welcomes New Year 1924 With Festivity and Hope
The capital glowed with celebration as President Coolidge and most Cabinet members stayed home, while many ballrooms and cafes hailed the new year with optimism for 1924. Cabinet officials Mellon Hoover and Work urged stability, and Hughes expressed a positive foreign outlook. Congress prepares for a busy session and a forthcoming presidential campaign. Temperance groups held midnight watch services as hymn and prayer echoed from church windows. Public displays contrasted with the year end messages, amid ongoing prohibition efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Mellon
Hoover
Work
Hughes
Congress
Senate
House
Plain clothes liquor squad expands under Lt Seebohm
A plain clothes squad tackling liquor gambling and vice will grow to twelve men under Police Lieutenant John Seebohm. Chief William Copelaw appointed the new team, with headquarters at the Inspectors of Police office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seebohm
William Copelaw
Inspectors of Police
Seebohm
John Joachim
Louis Sumdermann
Michael Ohmer
Charles Goecke
Ralph Guethlein
Arthur Gambs
Edward Brose
Leo Meyer
Everett Athey
Albert Weiss
Fred Grindmeier
Howard Hartley
Brose
Central Station
Walnut Hills
Meyer
Hartley
McMicken Avenue
Athey
McMillan Street
Hotel Arms
Headelas
Central Stattor
Lee
A Iceneer
Copelan
John Muhlenkamp
Icken Avenue
Augustagner
William Reilly
Central
Fifth Street
William Bond
Charles Trainer
Eastern Avenue
Foot
Robbery in Newport: Three teens seize teen on Fifth Street
A 14 year old boy, Clarence Brierly, was robbed near York street by two or three youths in a car who demanded $7.45 and threatened to kill him. He fled to his home and alerted his father as police broaden a dragnet. In a separate incident Adolph Bubbe was robbed of $25 by two men with a knife near West Fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street
York Street
Newport
Clarence Brierly
Charles Brierly
West Seventh Street
Adolph Bubbe
West Eighth Street
West Fifth Street
Bubbe
Death of W. L. Thigley First Auto Fatality in Hamilton County
W L Thigley two years old of 843 ep key avenue died at General Hospital this morning from injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Jesse Jones at Reading road and Ridgeway avenue. Jones, a chauffeur for Louis Kauffman of 1015 Dana avenue, operated the car on December 27. This marks Hamilton County's first and last automobile fatality of 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Thigley
Key Avenue
General Hospital
Jesse Jones
Sitpast Avenue
Louis
Injunction Halts Taxing of Life Insurance Reserves
Five Cincinnati life insurance firms won a temporary injunction shielding their reserves from county taxes totalling about 200 million dollars. The action blocks County Auditor Hess from placing reserves on the tax list while suits challenge Judge Bell’s ruling that reserves are taxable. The companies warn taxation could force some to cease operations. Union Central lists 1.284 million taxed in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Life Insurance
Stanley Matthews
William F. Hess
Cincinnati
Charles S. Bell
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Bell
Hess
Ohio
The
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Federal Union Life Insurance Company
Ohio National Life Insurance Company
Columbia Life Insurance Company
Union Central Company
Federal Union
Denial of ties to pacifist antiwar mass meeting at N U convention
Indianapolis report says the Student Volunteer Movement disavowed responsibility for a Sunday mass meeting that urged students to pledge nonwar resistance on Armistice Day 1924. Becker and Northwestern delegates organized the gathering, which drew about 400 and was not representative of the convention. Dr. Adolf Keller urged aid for Central Europe students facing hunger and poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Student Volunteer Movement
Northwestern University
Chicago
Students of America
Becker
Stewart Crippen
David Wollin
Northwestern
Crippen
Business Committee of Convention
Central
Europe
Adolf Keller
Zurich
Switzerland
Central Bureau For Relief of the Evangelical Churches of Europe
Germans Transfer Gold Abroad to Pay Faked Debts
Wall Street bankers say German capital export after World War I is hard to measure with estimates ranging from 100 million to 2 billion dollars. They doubt a German government audit will succeed and note neutral countries hold much capital, hidden under disguises or by using fictitious debts and foreign agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
New York
Wall Street
Germany
Reparations Commission Committee
Switzerland
Holland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Spain
Reichsbank
United States
Treasury Department
French Bureau of Information
Zurich
Amsterdam
Revolutionists Propose Military Triumvirate in Mexico
A manifesto in rebel hands outlines a plan to oust Obregon, deny recognition to Congress, and install a provisional president after capturing Mexico City. Generals Maycotte Garcia Vigil and Hernandez would head movements in their regions and set elections within three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
de la Huerta
Enrique D. Ruiz
Fortunato Maycotte
Garcia Vigil
D. Hucario M. Hernandez
Maycotte
Mexico City
Mexico seeks to secure 10000 Enfield rifles from U S
San Antonio reports that the Mexican government aims to buy 10000 Enfield rifles five million rounds and ten planes through agreed arrangements with Washington. Officials at Fort Sam Houston and the San Antonio Arsenal had not received Washington word by Monday. A surplus of Enfield rifles exists at the arsenal and may be sold to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Pl Reds
Cenun Ns
United States
Alejandero Lubbert
Mexico
Eighth Corps
P. J. R. Keihl
San Antonio Arsenal
Washington
United States Army
Lubbert
Huerta Group Protests U S Munitions Sale to Obregon
A formal protest from de la Huerta revolutionary supporters in the United States objects to US selling war materiel to General Obregon's government in Mexico. Congress debates possible limits while officials assess loyalty within the Mexican army and the scope of the revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE LA Huerta
Mexico
Obregon
Huerta
U. S
Washington
United States
General Obregon
State‘ Department
Fairchild
New York
Hughes
Enrique Seldner
Provisional Government of
Seldner
Revolutionary Movement
Mexico City
Mexi Sapna
Revolutioes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ene
N.Y. Man
P. 0
Fven South
Lake Region
Texas
Bandit
Chum
City
Boy
Newport, KY
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!