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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
3
In New York the Home for Incurables scene is disrupted when detectives posing as staff arrest two men and accomplices attempting a payroll robbery. The plan is foiled with Lt Vose and officers subduing the conspirators as the guards on the porch aid in detaining them.
L Friedberg a merchant from Commerce Texas was resting in a New Orleans hospital when he laughed at a joke and swallowed his false teeth. Surgeons removed them from his stomach and replaced them.
Raymond D. Bouchie of Nova Scotia drowned when a towering wave swept over the New Dawn schooner 380 miles from Portland Maine. He and Edgar battled the wheel as a giant crest tore him from the spokes. The Willard later rescued two Gloucester men adrift in a dory from the Eleanor.
In a barn room at Young Freestone county two men fought a grim pistol duel ending with both dead. Norwood Huckaby a Freestone county family member and Charles A Williams formerly of Navarro county shot each other to death. Huckaby was hit four times and Williams three. Both pistols a 38 and a 32 caliber were fired. Previous trouble included Huckaby bearing a leg wound from a prior shooting.
A new aircraft built by O F Hilden of Milwaukee features five tilting biplane wing sets and rises vertically like a helicopter. It is designed to carry 50 passengers and reach speeds of 250 to 300 miles per hour.
Louis Coccia of Rockaway Beach charmed New York police at headquarters after an arrest for pickpocketing. He performed operatic snatches after being taken from Grand Central Terminal, aiding his initial examination before Yorkville court. He told Magistrate W Bruce Cobb he is a professional singer with no recent engagements.
Chicago society leader Mrs Frank Townley Brown says she will carry a six shooter and arm six servants to protect her valuables after a recent fur theft. The warning targets potential burglars as she prepares to defend her home.
Following the arrest of Margaret Gibson known as Patricia Palmer, federal officers charge her with extorting 1155 dollars from George W. Lasher of Burbank Cal. It was learned she is one of many men and women to be taken into custody.
Montana civic groups and nature lovers push to replace the bald eagle on the national symbol with the golden eagle. The current coinage and imagery feature the bald eagle against a starry background, prompting a naming push from locals.
Lesson outlines Christ as the King from David’s line and the eternal Son of God who will reign with a unity of wisdom justice and peace. It details the Holy Spirit’s sevenfold work in Him the nature of His just kingdom the peaceful animal prophecies and the gathering of all nations to know the Lord.
A reflective note on facing suffering as a path to good acts, invoking the phrase Our Gethsemane and describing bitterness as part of divine love working within people. The quotation frames struggle as voluntary, purposeful spiritual discipline.
A quoted anecdote recalls Walter Scott in his later years asking for "the Book" saying there is but one. The remark highlights his lifelong identification with the sacred text.
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