Morse case records show Morse released on medical reports
The Justice Department released 1912 Morse case files showing officers and doctors believed Charles Morse was seriously ill and likely to die soon. Civilian doctors offered differing opinions on Morse's health and life expectancy before his Atlanta Penitentiary release.
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Washington
Senate
House
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
Department of Justice
Morse
United States Army
United States
Daugherty
Caraway
Arkansas
Watson
Georgia
Taft
David Baker
Fort McPherson
Baker
Army
W. H. Johnson
W. S. Elkin
E. ©. Davis
Marshal Johnson
Bright
Indexed Advertisements Listing Several Firms and Services
An OCR style index of local advertisements lists numerous businesses across varied sectors including sporting goods Cal Crim Detective Bureau Continental Radio Supply Co and Crowe's Park. It references financial institutions like Southern Ohio Savings Bank Provident Savings Bank and Beazell & Chatfield along with retailers such as M J Greenwald Jewelers and The Cincinnati Telephone Co.
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Amusements
Brendamour Sporting Goods Co
Cal Crim Detective Bureau
Sucy 206
SOA Pee Cges cc
Ieb
Caivceecs
MRE
Don Vhdeccc
Caen
Continental Radio Supply Co
Crowe's Park
Wb Iiesedbs
Eeseis
Wm. Kl
Southern Ohio
the Provident Sav
We T
Hutton & Co
Grand Opera House
Fagle Savings and Loan
Wons
Sns
Scinevens
Joseph's Infant Asylum
Gummer Resorts
Cccseseees
The
A. B. Closson, Ijr., Co
the Burkhardt Bros. Co
the Cincinnati Telephone Co
Fifth-Third National Bank
John Shillito Company
Eit
Iviaes Casks Viltese
Barrie
Plane Co
Eee Sae
Oskamp Jewelry Cortiss
Opticians
Omeane Fn
Italians Terrorized by Four Earthquakes
Four violent earthquakes struck near Terni about fifty miles north of Rome roiling residents and spreading terror over several miles. No damage reports reached Rome by this afternoon.
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Rome
Associated Press
Terni
Hays to test speech rights in Pennsylvania coal towns
Arthur Garfield Hays, a New York lawyer, will test whether miners can hold meetings without arrest by coal and iron police in Cambrai County Pennsylvania towns Vintondale Win tondale Culver and Heilwood. The American Civil Liberties Union funds and supports the effort to challenge alleged repressive measures against union organizers and free speech during Western Pennsylvania coal strikes.
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New York
Arthur Garfield Hays
Pennsylvania
Coal and Iron
American Civil Liberties Union
Wintondale
Culver
Heilwood
Cambrai County
United Mineworkers of America
John Brophy
Hays
Albert de Silver
United Mineworkers
Vintondale
The
Vinton Colliery Company of
Union Organa
Illinois Miners Face Destitution Prompting Welfare Plan
Springfield reports destitution among Illinois miners spurring recall of the Executive Board of Illinois Mine Workers to meet Thursday. President Frank Farrington will present plans for immediate relief with possible weekly commissary orders. Mines at Girard Virden and Auburn have long been suspended. The last aid was a 1919 Christmas donation of $10 per miner.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Girard
Virden
Auburn
Dynamite Theft and Explosions Hit Fayette Coke Region
Uniontown Pennsylvania May 27 theft of 5000 sticks of dynamite from Deyarman Coal Company magazine at Fairchance and two explosions near mining plants were reported. The Juniata mine boiler house blast damaged bricks and windows as miners’ strike began April 1. A Fairchance garage owned by a mine electrician was also blown up as guards at mines are increased.
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Uniontown
Deyarman
Fairchance
Fayette
Juniata
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Union Leader Refers Free Speech Battle in Western Pa
John Brophy of the United Mine Workers reports repressive measures in the bituminous coal region. He cites Vintondale and Heilwood where workers own property but are barred from town, with coal police guards and searchlights on roads. Hayes from the American Civic Liberties League is traveling to study the situation.
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Coal and Iron
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wintondale
Powers Hapgood
Norman Hapgood
Harvard
Vintondale
United Mineworkers of America
Cresson
Pennsylvania
John Brophy
American Civic Liberties League
Arthur Garfield Hayes
New York
Mr. Brophy
Women Rock Politics as Veterans Fear Shifting Power
Washington figures fret as women gain influence in primaries and party affairs. The piece cites President Harding,Mrs John Gordon Battle, Maud Yunger, Mme Grouich, Maud Wood Park, and others discussing female involvement, secretive dinners, and the psychology of voting in an era of shifting political balance.
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Washington
Harding
John Gordon Battle
Maud Yunger
Woman's Party
Belmont
Mme. Grouich
the Commercial Tribune
Rcial Tribune
United States
Diplomatic Corps
Hughes
Maud Wood Park
The
League of Women Voters
Lincoln Memorial Dedication Planned For Decoration Day
Washington May 27 The completed Lincoln Memorial in the National Capitol will be dedicated on Decoration Day with President Harding presiding and former Presidents Taft and Wilson attending Efforts center on the grand reflecting basin and landscape work revealing the two great leaders Washington and Lincoln on axis with the Capitol and the memorial. Robert Lincoln Henry Bacon and Daniel French will be on the platform along with other dignitaries including Chief Justice Taft and Tuskegee Institute President Robert Moton The ceremony will feature colors presented by the Grand Army of the Republic and a invocation by Reverend Wallace Radcliff.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
National Capitol
Lincoln
United States
Taft
Harding Taft
Harding
Wilson
Washington Monument
Lincoin
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Congress
William H. Taft
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Champ Clark
Thomas R. Marshall
Nathan B. Scott
John Temple Graves
Henry A. Yale
George W. Evans
Interior Department
Wallace Radcliff
New York Avenue’'Presbyterian Church
Grand Army of the Republic
Robert R. Moton
Tuskegee Institute
Police Seek Youth Who Waylays Girl Near Mulberry Street
Police describe a young man who accosts women near Frintz street steps to Mulberry street. Miss M A Stapleton reports Friday evening grab and abuse, with multiple similar incidents this month. Neighbors responded and he fled. accurate description held by police.
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Frintz Street
Mulberry Street
M. A. Stapleton
Pope objects to British mandate in Palestine
Cardinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State, protested to the League of Nations on behalf of the Vatican against the British mandate for Palestine. The protest contends the mandate threatens religious equality and argues that the creation of a Jewish National Home gives Zionists a preferred position.
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Geneva
Cardinal Gasparri
Vatican
League of Nations
Exchange Telegraph
Palestine
Mound Builders Unearthed at Cahokia Site for Ten-Year Study
Special correspondent William Francis reports on an expanding excavation of Cahokia mounds in Illinois. Prof. Warren K. Moorehead leads the effort, financed by the University of Illinois with Smithsonian interest, uncovering cemeteries, an altar, and evidence of advanced ceramic art by mound builder women.
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ST. Louis
Cahokia
Madison
St. Clair
Illinois
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
de Soto
Ohio
Warren K. Moorehead
Massachusetts
University of Illinois
Smithsonian Institution
Yellowstone
Alleghenies
Great Lakes
Missouri
Moorehead
Washington University
Mt Hermon Students Held for Grand Jury in Robbery
Chester Conger and Leo Bergman both 18 from Grand Rapids Michigan, Mt Hermon School students at Northfield, held for grand jury after alleged armed carjacking of Fred Tierill in Brattleboro Vermont. They were arrested after stopping for gas while heading toward Canada, one claiming illness and intent to flee.
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Greenfield
Mass
Chester Conger
Leo Bergman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mt. Hermon School
Northfield
Conger
Bergman
Brattleboro
Fred Tierrill
Tierrill
Canada
Whiting-Ady Writing Tradition Echoes Through History
A compact portrait recalls the WHITING Ady imprint in literary circles, noting its influence on local authors and the enduring style of the period. The piece highlights the editorial voice that shaped discussions and literary tastes across communities.
Blizzard Freed of Treason Charge in Jefferson County
Bill Blizzard, a mine union official, is acquitted of treason by a Jefferson County Circuit Court jury after six hours ten minutes of deliberation. A celebratory crowd cheers in the courtroom and on the streets as Blizzard, his family, and supporters receive congratulations from relatives and friends. The jury is dismissed, ending this term's proceedings.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Associated Press
Bill” Blizzard
Jefferson County
Blizzard
Woods
Driver Escapes After Dragging Victim Fifty Feet
A driver dragged Alex Silverstein for fifty feet on the fender of his car on Eighth Street and Plum. Silverstein, 18, was thrown when the car sped up and left him with scalp wounds bruises and a fractured ankle. He was hospitalized at Jewish Hospital. Police could not obtain the vehicle number.
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Alex. Silverstein
Wesley Avenue
Silverstein
Plum Street
Eighth Street
Jewish Hospital
James Miller
Washington Terrace
Allston
Minot Avenues
Elsinore
Gilbert Avenues
Esther Watts
East Thirteenth Street
William C. Walker
McMillan Street
Elm and
Findlay Streets
Martin E. Wheatly
Elm Street
Wheatly
General Hospital
Toledo Judge Rules Women Should Lose Vote Over Liquor
Police Judge Samuel B. Young in Toledo declared that any woman who voted for return of alcohol should be deprived of suffrage. The bench fined two women and a man for prohibition violations and warned that the question may come up again in Ohio.
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Toledo
Samuel 8. Young
Ohio
Patterson Library Bequest Enriches Ohio Penitentiary
The late John H. Patterson of Dayton bequeathed 500 volumes to the Ohio Penitentiary. The prison now has a library of 15,000 volumes, with 2,500 in daily circulation, according to Warden Thomas.
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Columbus
John H. Patterson
Dayton
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
Unofuan Antiot Weds Helen Walker in Chicago Match
Chicago May 7 Stanislaus Szukalski sculptor and son of a Polish blacksmith was accepted as a son in law by Dr S J Walker and will marry his daughter Helen Szukalski arrived from Lit tle Poland and met Miss Walker at a New York art school The engagement surprised the Walker family but Dr Walker approved the match Szukalski famed for tortured anatomically precise figures studied in Krakow and Chicago and met Helen at an art school in New York
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Chicago
Stanislaus Szukalski
S.J. Walker
Walker
Szukalski
Poland
Chicago Art Institute
Art Museum of
Crackow
Miss Walker
New York
Michigan Boulevard
Woman’s Picture Found In Watch On Body Recovered From River
A man’s body was recovered from the Ohio River near Fernbank Dam by Captain George S. Wright of the Iroquois. A woman’s picture inside a gold Waltham watch is the only clue to identity, along with a neck scapular, but coroner D C Handley fears the owner may remain unknown.
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Waltham
D. C. Handley
Ohio River
Fernbank Dam
George S. Wright
Handly
Witt & Stermer
Pack of Lies Charged Woman Faces Bigamy Trial
Lola Spayer of Flint is charged with bigamy after police say she lived with two husbands, one during the day and one at night, keeping two residences for the men. She denied the accusations as officers escorted her for arraignment in Justice Court.
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Flint
Mich
Lola Spayer
Justice Court
Lansing
Anthony Spayer
Spayer
Robuck
Trial Air Trips To Test Chicago Milwaukee Mail Run
Chicago May 27 Postmaster Arthur C. Lueder announced trial airplane trips to era and Milwaukee on Monday and Tuesday to study mail service between Chicago and those cities. The Indianapolis flight leaves at 10 a m Monday expected to arrive by noon.
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Chicago
Era
Milwaukee
Arthur C. Lueder
Indianapolis
Gravedigger Burials Halted After Ongoing Conference
Local burial service for ONIPERD and nearby gravesides was paused as officials held a conference with funeral directors and authorities. No further details were provided on resumption or affected services.
Violent clashes widen across Ulster border region
Reports describe hours long fighting near Newry between IRA units and Ulster Special Constabulary with Captain Murphy and four officers wounded. The Ulster Association accuses Catholic Protection Committee of undercounting Protestant murders amid widespread arson, evacuations, and disrupted commerce.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Model School
Falls Road
MacRory
Down and
Conner
Irish Republican Army
Special Ulster Constabulary
Newry
Lough-Armagh
Murphy
Special
Jonesboro
Ulster Association
Winston Spencer Churchill
Catholic Protection Committee
Count Lough
Northern Territory
Free State
Ulster
British Soldier Killed and Another Wounded in Dublin Post Office Attack
In Dublin on May 27 two civilians seized two British soldiers from behind as they left the Post Office on College Green. Four shots were fired and a stray bullet struck a woman and a child. Robbery is suspected as the motive.
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Dublin
Associated Press
College Green
Gates of Londonderry Barricaded by Stone and Barbed Wire
Ulster special Constables raise a stone barricade three feet high topped with barbed wire at the castle gate linking Londonderry city to the Nationalist area. A British destroyer anchors opposite the Londonderry barracks amid tensions near the Donegal border.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Free State
Donegal
Disorder in Ireland reported with raids and arrests
Reports from London describe continued unrest in Ireland. The Irish Republican Army is said to surround Ballinalee in Longford and detain Protestants on conspiracy charges with Orangemen. A widow, Mrs Rogers, was killed at Castlereagh Roscommon, and Sinn Fein arrests provoke Ulster reprisals in Strabane and Donegal.
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London
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ballinalee
County Longford
Rogers
Castlereagh
County Roscommon
Times
Strabane
County Donegal
Ulster
Lifford
Americans Escape Murders by Yaqui Indians in Sonora
reports from Tombstone Arizona dated May 27 describe wholesale murders and robberies by Yaqui Indians in the Yaqui Valley. arriving American refugees report no American deaths so far, with all identified victims being Mexicans.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Sonora
Yaqui
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Carolyn Vance
United America
Ralph Burton
United States Senate
Henry Bacon
Lincoln Memorial
Capitol
Potomac
Union of the United States
Pope
William Francis
Mt. Hermon
West Virginia
Aultonst
Patterson
Unofuan Antiot
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