Washington Theater Roof Crashes in Snow Blizzard
The Washington theater roof collapses under heavy snow trapping hundreds and causing many deaths and injuries as a blizzard halts traffic along the Atlantic coast. Concrete pillars and balcony crumble without warning while spectators watched the film. The incident occurs amid the 1922 context and comes as concern grows over veteran bonuses.
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the Commercial Tribune
Ae Sea Esteem
Aiteenead Amen Etree Net
Washington
Knickerbocker Theater
First Church of Christ, Scientist
J. R. Nevitt
B. H. Covell
Miss Costley
William Tracey
F. H. Earnest
Wardman Park Hotel
W. P. Straw
Manchester
N. H
Douglas Hillyer
Marie Russell
W. S. Scofield
Danville
G. S. Freeman
Carrele
D. F. O’donnell
Mildred Walford
Striker Violence Follows Newport Mill Pullout
After soldiers left Newport, strikers attacked Jacob A. Perry, a former French war veteran, in the mill district and beat him as he waited for a streetcar. Automobiles carrying workers were stoned. a note from strikers hung in a Newport home of Mrs. Ray Haller.
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Newport
Jacob A. Perry
Pike Street
Covington
Isabella Street
Eleventh
Brighton Street
Perry
France
Ninth Street
Ray Haller
Maple Avenue
Advertising Index Page Highlights Local Businesses and Services
A scanned index lists numerous Newport area advertisers and merchants including Burkhardt Bros. Co. and Adolph M. Jordan. The page connects magazine gravure notices and classified want ads with firms such as Fifth Third National Bank, Beazell & Chatfield, and Provident Law Bank and Trust Co, plus local schools and hotels.
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Adolph M. Jordan
Ae Vet” Bar Cooduboe
Arimiabree
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Dsinnesncvesss
Cenyececcis Burkhardt Bros. Co
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Ences Corposoce Torre
Eustus J. Evens
Sineass Ll. Parces
Liberal Savings and Loan Assn
Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co
McAlpin’s—Merchandise
Beare Col Sins
Miller Bros
Merchandi Dem
Motion Pictures
Nelson Business College
Over the Hill
Ralph Green Co
Bhillito’s
Stewart Kidd
the Dunlevy Co
The
Lawton Co
Mabley & Carew Co
Smith-Kasson Co
Robert Mitchell Furniture Co
Acid Sprayers Ruin Paris Women’s Gowns
Paris police report 300 complaints from women claiming gowns and furs were burned by acid sprayed from atomizers on street railway seats and in shops. Some victims suffered injuries, one hospitalized. Police suspect an organized gang operating for at least two months.
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Paris
Associated Press
Indiana Boy Dies After Hill Sled Accident at Versailles
Clayton Royce ten years old son of Ripley County Prosecuting Attorney died in Good Samaritan Hospital after a sled plummeted over a fifteen foot embankment into a creek near Versailles Indiana. He was with two friends Lyman Smith and Howard Bard and was rushed from the scene with help from Evert Locker and others. Burial set for Versailles with surviving mother and sister Mary Royce and the father.
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Versailles
Ind
Clayton Royce
Charles F. Royce
Ripley County
Good Samaritan Hospital
Royce
Lyman Smith
Howard Barrd
Marshal J W. Downey
Clayton
Evert Locker
Mary Royce
Peter La Point Dies Veteran of Ohio Michigan Trails
Toledo obituary notes the death at 85 of Peter La Point a longtime canal tow line and stage coach veteran who drove stage coaches in early life before passing away at his home in Toledo.
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Toledo
Peter la Point
Ohio
Michigan
Moves to Extend Traction Line to Cincinnati
John Henry of the Indianapolis Electric Street Railway Company secured an option on the idle Cincinnati and Westwood Railroad. If acquired, a 26 mile extension would connect with Connersville Indiana, routing toward a Cincinnati Dixie Terminal. Plans hinge on favorable business conditions and route mapping from Brighton to the terminal.
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
John Henry
Indianapolis Electric Street Railway Company
Cincinnati & Westwood Railroad Company
Mr. Henry
Washington
Henry
Cincinnati & Westwood
Connersville
Ind
Cincinnati & Westwood Railroad
Brighton
Dixie Terminal
Washington, D. C
Seventeen Arrested After March On Mines In West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia January 28 Seventeen men wanted in Logan County for involvement in an armed march were arrested at Cabin Creek and Sharon. One suspect Lee Dawson allegedly held up the Dry Branch Coal Company superintendent and seized two machine guns. Dawson detained in Kanawha County Jail. others to Logan County authorities in Huntington tonight.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Kanawich
Cabin Creek
Sharon
Lee Dawson
Dry Branch Coal Company
Dawson
Kanawha
Huntington
Logan County
Pomerene Says He May Run For Senate Again
Senator Atlee Pomerene hints at another bid for re-election while delaying formal announcement. He recalled being asked by a Columbus newspaper Washington correspondent last summer about a candidacy and stated there was little doubt he would seek to succeed himself.
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Atlee Pomerene
Washington
Columbus
Pomerene
Barber Robbed by Bandit in Laurel Street Shop
Louis Brown's barber shop at 504 Laurel Street was robbed last night by an armed bandit who looted $12 from the cash drawer and $3 from Brown's pockets. The two men were held at gunpoint as the thief fled east on Laurel and south on John Street. Detective Hase and Detective Rogers were assigned to the case.
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Louis Brown
Laurel Street
Brown
John Street
Fifth District
Hase and
Rogers
Effie Ellsler Performs After Husband's Death
Effie Ellsler continued her stage run in New York after learning of her husband Frank Weston 72, a Shakespearean actor, dying at their home. Weston died this morning. Ellsler performed twice that day despite the tragedy and said there was no understudy to replace her.
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New York
Effie Ellsler
Frank Weston
Mr. Weston
Miss Elisler
Joseph Jefferson
Wintry Blasts Halt Flight of Pigeons in New York
Forty pigeons released in Madison Square Garden carrying messages for Mrs. Warren G. Harding and Washington officials: only three accounted for. One bird injured hit a fire station window, another found numb in a lumber yard at Asbury Park, and a third landed on Long Island. Officials say this is the first winter flight of its kind.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Warren G. Harding
Washington
Asbury Park
Long Island
Germany seeks allies to float reparations loan
Berlin reports Germany requests relief from all cash payments in 1922 and a general reduction of cash obligations. It seeks increases in payments in kind, boosted internal and external credit, and approval for a large international reparations loan. The note also outlines proposed tax hikes and higher production taxes to cover the burden.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Reparations Commission
Germany
Brussels
Reichstag
Oles Loses Bid to Oust Police Chief in Civil Service Case
In Youngstown Ohio on January 28 Mayor George L. Oles lost his bid as the Civil Service Commission dismissed charges against Police Chief James Watkins and reinstated him. The commission ruled the evidence insufficient to substantiate the charges.
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George L. Oles
Youngstown
Civil Service Commission
Byles
James Watkins
Watkins
Oles
Morgan T. Whitehead
Cincinnati
Whitehead
Morgan
Ike Monroe
Jones and Richards
Fred Wagner
Fred
Jews Fleeing Russia Die By Thousands Across Snow
About 150000 Jewish refugees moving from Soviet Russia to Latvia and Lithuania face typhus and exposure deaths. Leonard G Robinson reports to the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee that Lithuania bars entry, worsening an epidemic in Kovno as winter snows hinder escape.
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New York
Soviet Russia
Lithuania
Latvia
Leonard G. Robinson
Cosmopolitan Bank
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Kovno
Wide DC Theater Roof Collapse Injures Dozen Plus
Fire department crews and marines rushed to a Washington theater after a massive roof failure trapped patrons. Among the injured were MRS R J BROWN, Walter Ord Say, M E Castney, DOC BROSSEAU, HENRY S POWELL, LACEY, J L DURLAND and many others including NOBILE TOMASSO ASSERTO and R J BOWEN. Representative SMITHWICK of Florida and Third Secretary Assereto were noted among the injured.
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R. J. Brown
Walter Ord Say
M. E. Castney
R. J. Bowen
Marie Rhea
John Klenner
Belle Rembo
Hugh Nesbit
Kansas City Star
S. W. Richmond
Robert Williams
H. P. Robertson
Joseph Klemk
John Prezioso
Alphonso Vantoucke
Washington
J. H. Hills
Washington Navy Yard
Smithwick
Florida
Nobile Tomasso Assereto
Harry M. Crandall Company
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Westwood Railroad
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Russia
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Co. Caplan
M. Gold
Hugh Glenn
Edward A
Williams
William Mattiello
Jonas Michaleas
Woodley
Jonas Micheleas
Custis Lee Hall
Custis Hall
Margaret Cole
Florence Long
Gertrude Taylor
James A. Curtain
Florence
Massachusetts
Helen Hopkins
S. M. Lee
Albert Sward
Maclean White
J. B. G. Custis
Etta Underwood
Mattie Schwab
Mary Chalmers
Newkirk
Bernard Bresslau
Lewis M. Strayer
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Martha Strayer
Elliott Brumbaugh
N. S. Ardong
Gertrude Ylor
Peecas Danber
John Nesbit
Katherine
John Scott
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