Heirs Fight Over Thief Parker Estate Wealth
Clark Parker once known as Bill the Brute died in Pasadena in 1922 leaving a one million dollar estate to relatives and friends. His will faces contest from Doctor Frederick P. Gay and Jefferson H. Parker who claim undue influence and incompetence. The suit targets beneficiaries including Masons and Miks in Los Angeles and Pasadena while Eddie Guerin and Parker’s Boston relative nearest kin challenge the will.
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New York
Clark Parker
Bill
Eddie Guerin
West
Dread Devil's Island
Dreyfus
Eddie
Bank of Lyons
Brute
Pasadena
Cal
America
Europe
Boston
Benjamin Parker
Clark
Pacific Coast
Bill the Brute
Frederick P. Gay
University of California
Masons and Elks
Los Angeles
Doctor Gay
Jefferson HW
Parker
Mussolini Forms Unpaid National Militia From Fascisti
Rome reports Premier Mussolini has organized a state militia largely drawn from fascisti. Service is voluntary and unpaid unless active. Members will work civilian jobs and drill for civil disorder, with wartime merging into the regular army.
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Rome
Mussolini
Fascisti
National Guard
United States
Mllitia
Fiume Legionnaires
America
Garibaldi
Africa
Italy
City Dad Champions Goats Before San Francisco Board
Annette named Supes meeting goat anecdote highlights, as Scott scores praised goats but board bans nanny and billy goats from the district amid complaints.
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Rupe
Poker Player Dies After Royal Flush Moment
Davenport Iowa man Charles Hass died at a friend’s home after discarding two cards and drawing a jack and ten of spades to complete a royal flush. He collapsed from apoplexy as he reached for the chips, ending the game.
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Charles Hass
Davenport
I.a
Lock Tender Guiles Keeps Canal Job 61 Years
Philadelphia resident Winfield Scott Guiles, seventy, recalls tending locks on the Schuylkill canal for sixty one years. He started at age nine assisting his father at Little Reading dam and later controlled the Flat Rock dam lock. He notes boats once numbered 1460 in a season, now none pass through for five years.
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Philadelphia
Winfield Scott Guiles
Schuylkill Canal
Guiles
Flat Rock Dam
Shawmont
Little Reading Dam
Reading
Conshohocken
Air ministry tests distress signal for aircraft
London air ministry announces tests to determine an international distress word for radio teletphony in aircraft. Personal results suggest using SOS to insure immediate attention by all stations receiving it.
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London
Air Ministry
Massive Roadless Truck Demonstrated Before Army Panel
A 10 000 pound roadless tractor truck, capable of crossing ditches and rough terrain, wowed Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright, General Pershing, and lawmakers in Washington. The design uses a suspension cable system distributing weight to minimize road wear and features an interior lubrication method to prevent sand damage. The vehicle was tested on asphalt and in rugged courses, reaching over hills and through ditches while maintaining smooth travel and minimal tire wear.
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House
Senate
Wainwright
General Pershing
General Staff
Ordnance and Supply Departments
Army
Rock Creek Quark
Willam HH. Hart
Jenvine
Willam HH. Coburn
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Ceil Fields
Nich
New York
Death of famed con man John Strosnider ends long criminal saga
New York’s John Strosnider known as Big Jack, a legendary confidence man, dies at Salem Ohio on December 31 after a life of swindles from New York to Chicago. He claimed a million taken from “crooked” men and was twice jailed before illness ended his career.
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New York
John Strosnider
New York City
Chicago
America
Big Jack” Strosnider
Strasnider
Ife
Brooklyn
Jack
William LT. Kirby
Kirby
Big Jack
Strosnider
Ele
Valice
Salem
Grass Towels Sold in Petrograd Streets
Bundles of dried grass and flax are sold beside bath houses in Petrograd to be used as towels by bathers. They cost a penny and are discarded after use. Foreigners bring their own towels as the grass is too ticklish for sensitive skin.
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Russia
Petrograd
Tooth Knocked Out Kills Boy in Yonkers Accident
Relatives of William Wis, age twelve, son of George Minls of Prospect Street Yonkers, said the child died after swallowing a tooth knocked out by an accident. He was playing near a glass door when it toppled and knocked out a tooth that lodged in the windpipe.
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New. York
William Wis
George Minls
Prospect Street
Yonkers
Tragedy Echoes in Indiana as Bullets Fall
Peru Indiana reports the death of sixteen year old George Dollar at his grandfather’s farm near Anderson. The incident recalls a Macy tragedy seven years earlier when George Dollar killed three family members after his wife’s death, wounded his son, and fatally shot himself at his wife’s grave. George Dollar later died from brain injury caused by a bullet lodged near his brain since that earlier event.
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Peru
Ind
George Dollar
Anderson
Macy
George, Jr
George
Bible sales in China set record with over two billion units
The American Bible Society reports that Bible sales in China last year reached a record high, surpassing all prior years and exceeding two billion copies. The announcement highlights unprecedented demand across the country and signals continued expansion for Bible distribution in the region.
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Shanghai
American Bible Society
China
Woodesque union links Allen Wood and Gladys Cox in Indianapolis
William Allen Wood married Gladys Louis Cox last month at All Saints Cathedral Indianapolis in a quiet Episcopal ceremony led by Bishop Joseph M Francis. The couple plan weekend trips to resorts and social ties span Covington and Marion counties with extensive family connections across science politics and literature.
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William A. Wood
William ‘Allen Wood
Gladys Louis2
Cox
Indianapolis
All Saints’ Cathedral
Joseph M. Francis
Indiana
Hartford
Conn
New York
St. Albans
London
England
Louisville
Harry Barringer Cox
Clara Deld
Madison
Ind
Wood
James Cox
Kohomo
Elizabeth Zane
Children of the Revolution
Zane Grey
Samuel Sullivan
Sunset) Cox
Samuel F. Wood
Fountain County
Mary Allen Wood
William Allen Wood
Covington
State University
Marion County
Fat
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Kingman
Charles Woodrow
Amos Crowder
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P. J. McMahon
William Richardson
Grant Shumaker
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