James W. Iredell Civil War veteran and longtime Penn Mutual figure
James W. Iredell a Cincinnati businessman born in Norristown Pa in 1841 died at 79. He worked 48 years with Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company serving as general manager for 34 years and helped organize the life underwriting profession. He enlisted in 1861, was active in Freemasonry and other civic groups, and left a widow Virginia Evelyn Rust and three children.
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James W. Iredell
North Crescent Avenue
Avondale
Iredell
Penn Mutual Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Norristown
Montgomery County
William the Conqueror
England
Tremont Seminary
Fifty-first Pennsylvania Regiment of Infantry
Detroit
Organized Life
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Southern
Ohio
Home Mutual Life Insurance Company
Thion Central Company
Kredel
Penn Mutual Life Company
Philadelphia
Entucky
Tennessee
First Life Underwriters’ Association
United States
National Association of Life Underwriters
Virginia Evelyn Rust
New Brunswick
N. J
Avon Lodge No
Royal Arch Masons
Council of Royal and Select Masters
Cincinnati Commandery
Knights Templars
Iree M
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Ohio Masonic Home
Springfield
Cincinnati Court Club
The
Cincinnati Commeration
Society of Colonial Ars
Grand Army of the Republic
Queen City Club
Murder charge against 11 year old in playmate killing
Cecil Burkett eleven year old son of Mark Burkett is indicted for first degree murder in the shooting death of Bennie Slavin seven at the Burkett home on Thanksgiving. The incident occurred when a rifle discharged wounding Slavin who died later in a Winamac hospital.
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Winamac
Burley Tobacco Barn Burned in Gallipolis Fire
Joseph Arrington, a tobacco farmer near Gallipolis Ohio, reported that his barn holding 10 000 pounds of Burley leaf tobacco burned last night. Authorities suspect arson tied to opposition to selling the 1920 crop amid low prices.
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Allipolis
Joseph Arrington
First Mate Rescues Puppy from Hudson Ice Float
A yelping puppy atop an ice cake drifted down the Hudson River delaying the Ft. Lee ferry Edgwater. Captain James Brannigan steered the boat beside the ice when Gerard Barry, the first mate, climbed down a rail ladder. The ladder broke, Barry fell into the water and reemerged with the puppy in his arms. He carried the pet to the engine room where he named it Icicle.
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New York
Hudson River
Ft. Lee
Edgwater
James Brannigan
Gerard Barry
Barry
Monitor Stove Firm Officials Face Federal Probe
The Department of Justice directs CincinnatiDistrict Attorney to halt proceedings against Monitor Stove and Range Company officers for alleged tax return fraud. Bonds set at 10000 for Riffe Pope and other officers. Washington authorities claim independent initiation by Agents Rosenberg and Ross.
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Stove Company
Clark
Monitor Stove and Range Company of
Cincinnati
Department of Justice
The
Commercial Tribune
James R. Clark
Joseph S. Graydon
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Department
Monitor Store Company
Department
Washing
United States
Thomas M. Gregory
Washington
Riffe Pope
Monitor Company
Gregory
Treasury
Cellarius
Rosenberg
Ross
Radical attack blamed as Cleveland armory fire sparks probe
In Cleveland Ohio January 27 twenty eight witnesses were subpoenaed as Deputy State Fire Marshal Thomas Doreen opened an inquiry into yesterday's blaze that destroyed the Grays Armory causing about 300000 in losses including 50000 to the federal government. FBI Chief Bliss Morton may probe. officials accuse radicals amid reports a locked exit was forced open. Colonel L S Connelly and trustees condemn radical actions as the fire dept reaches the scene.
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Cleveland, O
Thomas Doreen
Grays’ Armory
Bliss Morton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
L. S. Connelly
Cleveland Grays
James Brown Confesses to Hoxie Murder in New York
James Brown, 24, a Black man, confessed to the February 2, 1920, murder of 17 year old Ream Constance Hoxie in her West Sixty-ninth street home after being arrested on a burglary charge. He also implicated the earlier killing of Loretta Smith, 24, in Jane Street, though police doubt the full details.
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New York
James Brown
Ream
Constance Hoxie
West Sixty-ninth Street
Brown
Loretta Smith
Jane Street
Hoxie
Miss Hoxie
Robert S. Hoxie
New York Jury Indicts Owens Hero Policeman
A New York jury indicts Detective Sergeant Martin Owens and Detective Thomas J. Horan of the automobile squad on charges of receiving unlawful fees for recovering stolen machines. Bail set at 2500 dollars. The case comes amid Whitman era police graft inquiries.
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New York
Whitman
Martin 8. Owens
Thomas J. Horan
Automobile Squad
Louis Fridiger
James E. Smith
Owens
General Pershing
Police Department
Commissioner Enright
Enright
Brooklyn
Coryza Closet Planned At Wellesley College Founders Hall
Wellesley Mass Jan 27 A coryza closet to snuff the snuffes and nip the cords of Wellesley College girls will be installed at Founders Hall A zinc lined airtight room filled with eucalyptus oil and formaldehyde vapors provides quick relief after a sneeze Dr Katharine P Raymond college physician reports a test in Simpson Cottage showed benefit A census shows 341 of 367 girls had colds in the last year and students are warned to avoid rainy day fashion
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Founder's Hall
Simpson Cottage
College Infirmary
Katharine P. Raymond
Liquor Traffic Committee to Fade Away After Prohibition
Washington January 27 The House Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee, out of business for over a year, prepares to dissolve. Members back Chairman Volstead of the Judiciary Committee, saying the Volstead enforcement act has teeth to handle any liquor problem.
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Washington
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
Robbery Suspect Shot After Eighth Street Escape
Frank Benning 26 of 2485 Warsaw Avenue, a Big Four fireman, was shot twice by Patrolman George W. Poggendick at Eighth and Evans. Berning, caught in a cafe robbery, struggled with the officer, fled, and is in serious condition at General Hospital with wounds to thigh and groin.
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Willie Cafe
Eighth
Evans
Man
Poggendick
Frank Benning
Warsaw Avenue
Big Four
George W. Poggendick
Fourth District
Evans Streets
Herman H. Wilke
Eighth and
Berning
Eighth Street
General Hospital
Boy Killed by Auto Truck While Riding Velocipede
John J. Janson aged 7 was killed when his velocipede turned toward a passing truck driven by Walter Tiemann on West Elder Street Mt Auburn at about 5 PM. The truck’s left rear wheel ran over the boy after his desperate attempt to avoid the vehicle. Fireman Christ Young carried the boy to his home where a physician declared him dead. Tiemann was not arrested and witnesses called the accident unavoidable.
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John J. Janson
H. J. Janson
West Elder Street
Walter Tiemann
Ringgold Street
Mt. Auburn
Hs Toy
Tiemann
Christ Young
Bank Street
Young
Want Ad Canal 6300 For Want Ad Service
A brief notice announces the Want Ad Canal 6300 service offering assistance for classified ads. The item outlines contact routing and service scope within the newspaper’s want ad department.
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For Want Ad Service
Brokers Wife Kidnapped for Ransom in Los Angeles
Mrs Gladys Witherell wife of O S Witherell president of a loan firm disappeared Tuesday night and is believed held for ransom. Police say relatives received several threats demanding money and promising to kill her if funds are not paid. The 23 year old left with a man after saying an automobile accident victim was calling.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gladys Witherell
O. S. Witherell
Witherell
A. J. Witherel
Chicago
Rector who tied Al Ponts faces Ghaugh trial
Trial of Rev. Baker P. Lee former rector of Christ Church Los Angeles proceeds before twelve Episcopal peers on Canon 42% violation for marrying Alfred I. duPont and Jessie D Ball. Delaware financier duPont and Ball wed last Saturday. Lee says he was justified and will fight any charges.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Baker P. Lee
Christ Church
Episcopal Church
Alfred I. duPont
Wilmington
Del
Jessie D. Ball
Diocese of
Joseph H. Johnson
Fire at Xaverian Brothers School Sparks Panic and Heroic Rescue
A blaze at the Xaverian Brothers School in Leonardtown Md causes boys to leap from windows. all pupils are saved as firefighters and locals battle the flames. The frame building burns rapidly from a defective flue, with two adjacent schools partially damaged but not destroyed. Water shortages hinder efforts, and winds ease by evening.
Railroad Brotherhoods Offer Free Wheat Transport to Europe
The four railroad brotherhoods pledge engine and train crews to move 50 million bushels of wheat donated by Western farmers to starving Europe and China. The plan asks railroads to provide solid trains to coast cities at no labor cost, with leaders Stone Sheppard Carter and Lee coordinating.
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Cleveland
Horbert Hoover
Europe
China
Hoover
Warren 8. Stone
L. E. Sheppard
W. S. Carter
W. G. Lee
Mr. Stone
Columbia
Gustafsen
Farmers’ Organization of Nebraska
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Ku Klux Klan Holds Major Conclave at Alabama Fair Grounds
In Birmingham on January 27 many candidates joined the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at the Mystic Cave ceremony. Imperial Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest’s oath line marked the 54th anniversary of the original Klan founding as 500 plus members witnessed the public rite under searchlights and white robed processions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Organization of the Klan
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Ku Klux Klan
Tennessee
Alabama State Fair
Order
Fairgrounds
W. J. Simmons
Atlanta
Imperial Wizard
Mr. Simmons
Klan
Chicago
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Cincinnati
General Forrest
In &S
Four hundred barrels of beer dumped in New York sewers
Clean New York report says a federal officer will dump 400 barrels of 4 percent beer in the sewers tomorrow after the Olean Brewing Company ceased operations. The action follows the company’s shutdown and transfer of beer stock to federal control.
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N. Y
Olean Brewing Company
Night riding reward and troop call highlight Kentucky report
Gov. Morrow offers 500 reward for each night rider seized in Fleming and Bath Counties. Four cavalry troops stand ready in Louisville London Manchester and Louisa. Special grand juries convene in Owingsville and Flemingsburg as cases tied to tobacco crop threats unfold.
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Frankfort
E.P. Morrow
Fleming
Bath
Louisville
London
Manchester
Louisa
Henry R. Prewitt
Bath County
Owingsville
C. D. Newell
Fleming County
Flemingsburg
Bethel
Sherbourne
Mexican Convicts Executed in Sing Sing Chair
Augustin L. Sanchez and Henry Garcia, Mexican convicts, were executed in the Sing Sing electric chair after a last-minute reprieve attempt failed. Sanchez killed Jose Lizarraga of Spain in Olean, NY on November 16, 1919, while Garcia killed Andrew Belmenski, a Pole, in the same city on September 30, 1919.
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Ossining
N. Y
Augustin L. Sanchez
Henry Garcia
Ton
Sing Sin
Miller
Sanchez
Jose Lizarraga
Olean
Garcia
Andrew Belmenski
Meteorite Fall Triggers Alarm Across Somerset District
A large meteorite fell north of Somerset Pennsylvania late today startling hundreds of residents in the Somerset Westmoreland district who believed an explosion occurred. Earth tremors were reported as the shock was felt for miles.
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Johnstown
Somerset
Somerset-Westmoreland District
Ranenerine
Mexican Consul General Cites Large Reprieve Petitions
Ramon P de Neéghi the Mexican Consul General said he sent a telegram to Governor Miller citing petitions for a reprieve for Sanchez and Garcia. The telegram lists supporters including the Congress of Railwaymen of Mexico City 90000 workers Samuel Gompers Pan American labor leaders Panama's president and several governors.
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New York
Ramon P. de Neéghi
Miller
Sanchez
Garcia
Congress of Railwaymen
City of
Mexico
Samuel Gompers
Pan-American Labor Convention
Republic of Panama
Boliva
Panama
Salvador
Guatemala
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Agricultural appropriation bill passes House to Senate
The House approved an agricultural appropriation bill totaling about 34 million dollars and sent it to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
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the Commercial Tribune
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Mr. Lee
Xaverian Brothers’ School
Winnes
Parsons
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Alabama Fair
Morrow
Kentucky
Kentucky University
Harry A. Kenny
Harlan, Ky
Jerry Reed
H. C. Winnes
Lara Parsons
Pine Mountain
Huston Holliday
Sam Ellery
James Robinson
Dillon Trail
Miss Parsons
Reed
Byrd
Samuel Ellery
Jamies Rbinson
Mr. Bryd
W. L. Bailey
H. H. Howard
Har’an
Attorney Jones
Ann Jones
Dr. Winnes
Son
Huston
Mr. Jones
Robinson
Ev Ki
Robi
Huston Hélliday
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