amnesic salesman travels 800 miles from Wichita to Ohio
Charles J. Clark a 43 year old Wichita salesman and writer said he awoke in Ohio amid amnesia after a March 3 auto ride with Joseph Davidson. He recalled towns including Columbus Dayton Portsmouth and Terre Haute with vague dreams. He sought contact with brother George Clark and was provided shelter at Central Police Station due to lack of funds.
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Wilmington
Charles J. Clark
Wichita
Kan
Eugene Weatherly
Clarke
Topeka Avenue
Hepworth Oil Stocks and Bonding Company
Douglas Avenue
Clark
Chief Weatherly
Joseph Davidson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Columbus
Dayton
Portsmouth
Terre Haute
George Clark
Augusta Pike
Central Police Station
Covington Typhoid Probe Focuses on Water Supply
State Board of Health starts inquiry as Covington reports six new typhoid cases since Saturday. Ft. Thomas surgeon says water used by Covington is unfit to drink and chlorine levels and filtration prospects are debated. Dugan plans a statewide look at thirty seven cases with four deaths so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Kentucky State Board of Health
Ft. Thomas Military Post
F. C. Dugan
Louisville
State Board of Health
F. 5. Greenleaf
Ft. Thomas
Thomas Donnelly
Rodman Russell
Water Works Department
Dugan
Health Office
Latonia
Henry Feinmann
East Thirteenth Street
Clifford Burton
East Ninth Street
Florence Lawson
Donnelly
Hill
Russell
John Kingsley
Cincinnati
Kingsley
State Health Board
Newport
Mr. Hill
Maysville
Campbell County
Dayton
Bellevue
Southgate
Cote Brilliante
John Todd
Canadian judge dies suddenly on train
St Paul Minnesota March 26 Judge Donald Cameron of Winnipeg Manitoba died suddenly on a train here late today Heart disease is listed as the cause The body is held at the County Morgue awaiting word from relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Mann
Donald Cameron
Winnipeg
Man
Girl Falls to Death Writing Story
Sixteen year old Miriam Wilson died after ascending the five story apartment roof to write a high school magazine piece. A tenant heard a crash and found her body on the court pavement. she reportedly suffered dizzy spells and may have swooned before falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miriam Wilson
Miriam
Boy Divine Grocer Run Ends in Tragedy on Gest Street
Robert Sellers eight years old was killed when a speeding car struck him as he crossed Gest street to reach a store. The driver fled the scene. Clifford Ruckel thirty two, a Lyric Theater employee, was arrested for manslaughter hours later after witnesses and police recovered the vehicle involved. Another coaster accident injured two boys along Hillside avenue.
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Robert Sellers
Reynolds’ Sellers
Court Street
McLean Avenue
Gest Street
General Hospital
Charles Jones
West Liberty Street
Clifford Kunz
Henry Jones
West Street
William Haas
John Hoffman
Clifford Ruckel
Lyric Theater
Acco
Rucee
Robert MacGurn
Hillside Avenue
Raymond Chamberlain
Ivan Avenue
McGurn
Thomas McLarney
Riverside Drive
McLarney
Leo Gambiner
Dart
West End Avenue
Abraham Dubenstein
Bronx
Central Park
Rubenstein
Albert Akofzer
William Burchell
Columbus man named as bishop of Covington diocese
Monsignor Francis W. Howard of Columbus Ohio, General Secretary of the Catholic Education Association, has been named to succeed Bishop Ferdinand Brossart as head of the Covington Kentucky diocese. The Rome dispatch says Howard, 65, will assume duties in Northern Kentucky as soon as possible.
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Monsignor Howard
Catholic Education
Ferdinand Brossart
Francis
Covington
Brossart
Kentucky
Rome
Monsignor
Howard
Herbert Hillenmeyer
Cincinnati
Columbus
St.Patrick’s School
Niagara University
New York
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Gould in Nice Unchanged Condition at Villa Zoraide
In Nice France on March 26 reports say George J Gould of New York remains in unchanged condition at Villa Zoraide Cap Monaco where he is ill.
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Nice
France
Villa Zoraide
Cap M N
George J. Gould
New York
Bandits Loot Broadway Jewelry Store In $25,000 Heist
Bandits shattered a show window at a Broadway jewelry shop and fled in a yellow taxi with gems valued at $25,000 amid a flurry of bullets. Police stopped a taxi later found with empty trays. three men were detained on weapons charges as the jewel thefts, five in a week, continued.
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New York
David Gambiner
Broadway
105Th Street
Florence Denkert
Gambiner's
Wilson urges Colorado to name Huston Thompson to Senate
Former President Woodrow Wilson telegraphed Governor W B Sweet asking to appoint Huston Thompson to the U S Senate seat left vacant by the death of Samuel D Nicholson. Thompson, 47, is a Princeton graduate, founder of Woodrow Wilson clubs in Colorado and a former FTC member.
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Wilson
Sweet
Colorado
Thompson
Nicholson
Denver
Col
Woodrow Wilson
United States
W. B. Sweet
Huston Thompson
United States Senate
Samuel D. Nicholson
Federal Trade Commission
Huston Ompson
Senate
Tin
Piston
Wil
White House
Princeton
Princeton University
San Francisco
William G. McAdoo
Etree
Reds Planned To Enter Legion and Klan For Uprising Trial
In St Joseph Michigan evidence shows the Communist Party of America remained active as a party and planned illegal actions. Prosecutors quote a government report stating Ruthenberg admitted attending a New York meeting and acknowledging orders to infiltrate the American Legion and Klu Klux Klan and to arm and arm distribute for an uprising. Ruthenberg denies the precise transcript. The trial continues with cross examination and no immediate verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
ST. Joseph
Mich
Communist Party of America
William Z. Foster
Michigan
Charles E. Ruthenberg
Foster
Communist Party
Legal
Workers’ Party
Ruthenberg
New York
Charles Gore
Berrien County
Pepper
Communist Internationale of
Moscow
Congress
Department of Justice
American Legion
Klu-Klux Klan
Army
Navy
Central Executive Committee
Madison Avenue
John Ballan
Sonia Diamond
Horse of U S Marshal Shot From Under Him
United States Marshal J Ray Ward and his party were riding into the Allen Canyon District to capture Old Posey a renegade Piute Indian when his horse was shot from under him. The report of the shot came after the horse fell leaving Ward uninjured. Ward aims to meet Old Posey and secure peaceful surrender with a Piute companion named Mike in tow.
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Blanding
Utah
United States
J. Ray Ward
Allen Canyon
Old Posey
Ishal Ward
Mike
New Dirigible Makes Second Trial Flight
The CH-1, government’s newest non-rigid dirigible, flew over Akron for over three hours in its second trial. Lieutenant F. M. McKee of Scott Field piloted the craft with a six member crew before a safe landing.
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Akron
Bond and Jade Bracelet Tied to Murder Case
A $1,000 Liberty Bond and a valuable jade bracelet given by Philadelphia clubman John Kearsley Mitchell to slain model Dorothy Keenan are central to detectives’ new trail. Authorities trace Miss Keenan’s jewels through pawnbrokers while outlining a blackmail plot to extort $50,000 from Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Kearsley Mitchell
Philadelphia
Dorothy Keenan
Mitchell
Miss Keenan
Pecora
Keenan
Washington
Richmond
Frederick E. Goldsmith
Guimares
Marshall
Silk Corp. receivers named over cash shortage
Creditors of the D. G. Derry Corporation asked the Federal Court to appoint a receiver to protect assets. Judge A N Hand named George A. Post Joseph Proskauer and John P. McGuire as receivers in a bond of 50000. The firm says liabilities total about nine million dollars and assets range from 13 to 15 million. A cash shortage prompted the filing while plans for reorganization include D George Derry remaining president. The company runs four plants with about 6600 looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
D. G. Derry Corporation
Broad Silk Manufacturers
Federal Court
A. N. Hand
George A. Post
Joseph Proskauer
John P. McGuire
Derry Corporation
D. George Derry
Fire Razes Half Block In Russell Kentucky
IRONTON C March 26 A half block in the business section of Russell Kentucky was destroyed by fire today. Damage was estimated at 50000 to 75000 dollars. Fire apparatus from Ironton and Ashland Ky responded but low water pressure hampered efforts. Structures destroyed included the City Building Russell bakery Scherer plumbing shop Gordon s men s furnishing store and Hills lunchroom.
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Ironton
Russell
Ashland
Russell Bakery
Scherer Plumbing
Gordon's Men’s
Hill's
Divine Sarah Bernhardt Honored by Broadway Colleagues
New York figures from John Drew to Ethel Barrymore mourn the French stage legend Sarah Bernhardt who died in Paris. Tributes come from Belasco Barrymore and Cowl as performers recall her unmatched talent and spirit across theatre and drama.
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New York
White Light District
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Paris
Bates
Mme. Bernhardt
John Drew
William F. Connor
David Belasco
Bernhardt
Joan of Arc
Ethel Barrymore
Jane Cowl
Brain tumor removed under local anaesthetic patient chats with surgeons
Henry A. Brown a 49 year old Newark man underwent a two hour brain tumor operation at Beth Israel Hospital on February 27 under local anaesthetic only. He discussed his feelings with doctors during the procedure and his headaches and memory improvements followed the surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry A. Brown
Newark
N. J
Beth Israel Hospital
Brown
K. Winfield
May
Oil Strike on Defunct Bank Lands Lifts Depositors’ Hopes
Okmulgee Oklahoma March 26 1923 Luck returns to 3300 depositors of the Bank of Commerce of Okmulgee as a 200 barrel oil well is struck on land formerly owned by the failed bank The well sits on 700 acres with 240 acres untapped The bank liquidation agent says one eighth royalty will go to creditors If a large pool is found it could wipe out all bank obligations The case against former Oklahoma Governor J B A Robertson over an alleged bribe linked to the bank is dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Okla
Bank of Commerce of
Oklahoma
W. H. Crume
Bank of Commerce
High School Student Held in Fatal Sault Ste. Marie Shooting
Thelma Beyer, 19, wife of Randall Beyer of the University of Minnesota, was shot and killed in Sault Ste. Marie. High school student Illmore Heikkila was held for inquest after allegedly saying the shooting was accidental. Mrs Beyer had lived with her parents in Ontario with her child, estranged from her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Thelma Beyer
Randall Beyer
University of Minnesota
Illmore Heikkila
Heikkila
Ontario
Bernhardt Dies in Paris After Long Illness
Paris reports the death of Sarah Bernhardt at 7:59 PM in her son Maurice Rostand’s arms after a renewed attack of araemic poisoning. Her life spanned three score and one years on stage as actress, poet, painter, and sculptor.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Maurice
Mme. Bernhardt
Boulevard Pereire
Bernhardt
Hope
Edmund Rostand
Maurice Rostand
M. Grosse
Marot
Dr. Marot
France
Arthur Mayer
la Gaulois
Mme
Edmond Rostand
Mons. Grosse
Sacha. Guitry
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