Mother Kills Her Children Then Takes Own Life in Winchester
In Winchester Virginia on January 19 Mrs Mary Lynn Hicks wife of Stanley H Hicks shot and killed three of her children at their home before dying by suicide. Authorities say a possible mental breakdown linked to illness contributed to the tragedy. The shotgun blasts left the bodies with the children shielding themselves in a protective pose.
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Winchester
Mary Lynn Hicks
Stanley H. Hicks
Aid to Veterans Not Taxed under Insurance Act
Washington officials clarified that service beneficiaries under the disability insurance act do not owe income tax on payments over 1000 dollars yearly for unmarried men. Only pensions and disability compensation for retired officers are taxable, with exemptions applied to all insurance payments and family allowances.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt 2 Cent Piece Favored by Committee
Washington reports the house coining committee favors a senate bill authorizing a two cent piece saying there is a genuine need for the coin and that its issue would honor a great American.
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Roosevelt
Washington
House
Senate
Forty Years for Iowa Bank Robber
Adel Iowa January 19 Murry Jackson of Des Moines was sentenced to forty years in the state prison at Ort Madison Dallas county district court for his connection to the Granger bank robbery months ago. Three other men implicated in a robbery were sentenced for ten.
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Adel
Weather Outlook for Chicago Next Twenty Four Hours
The forecast shows unsettled conditions with rain and warmer night near the east portion. Thursday will be generally fair with cold temperatures in the west and central portions tonight and Thursday.
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Chicago
Weather Summary From Dr. H M Stanley Observations
Local observations report snow and related weather activity over the past 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Details are fragmented but indicate winter weather impacts. Further data and specifics on temperatures and precipitation types are needed for a complete summary.
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H. M. Stanley
Code Revision Plans Adopted by State Senate
Des Moines IA January 19. State senate adopts code committee resolutions guiding thirty ninth General Assembly in code revision. Date fixed for stopping bill introductions extended to second legislative day in March. Bills propose sharing motor vehicle tax funds with cities for paving unpaved streets. Two bills in house aim to count ballots with a concurrent receiving and counting board in Iowa elections.
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Des Moines
Code Committee
Thirty Ninth General Assembly
State Senate
House
Sen
Bille
Iowa
Kansas
Towa
Singular Fire Alarm Arouses Watchman
Frank French, a Raleigh watchman, awoke to a fire starting at the elevator shaft beneath his sleeping area. The blaze climbed to the newspaper he read, singeing his fingers and forcing a narrow escape before the exit was blocked by flames.
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Raleigh
WN. C
Frank French
French
State's Attorney to Name Women Assistants
Chicago January 19 State's Attorney Robert E Crowe announced plans to appoint women as assistants and to have women prosecutors handle all female defendants in Cook County trials. He argued that the average woman is more competent to understand delinquent girls or women problems.
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Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Cook County
Churches to Supply Baseball Deficit
In Central City Nebraska Sunday baseball caused a rift as church groups offered to fund the team to ensure a successful season, with churches and opponents agreeing to use the necessary Sunday support to carry the squad through the year.
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Central City
Neb
Farmer uses car fumes to kill hog house rats
Frank Boyd of Adair county attached a hose to his car exhaust to fumigate his hog house. The fumes killed fifty rats as a noisy scramble of rodents occurred under the shed in Atlantic.
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Atlantic
Frank Boyd
Adair County
Germany adopts annual reparations payments plan
Paris reports that French British and German delegates agreed to abandon fixing a total reparation sum and will instead make installments annually. The Berlin dispatch to the Journal states the shift in method replaces a fixed total with a yearly payment schedule.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
Agricultural Appropriation Bill Reported By House
Washington January 19 The agricultural appropriation bill carrying 25 517459 for the next fiscal year was reported to the house. The bulk funds go to the department of agriculture with 1 000 000 for the national forest reservation committee and the committee asked for 10 000 000. It adds 500 000 for eradicating animal tuberculosis and 100 000 for hog cholera efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
National Forest Reservation Committee
Burglaries Target Coal Offices in Sioux City
In Sioux City on January 19 police report two coal company offices robbed overnight with only 70 dollars taken. Investigators say the same gang has robbed a dozen safes in the past two weeks but remains at large.
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Sioux City
Farmers Break Erie Ice to Save Summer Cottages
Fifty farmers acting as volunteer firefighters cut through Lake Erie ice to rescue a row of summer cottages at Lakeside Michigan, saving most but ten cottages were destroyed by the blaze.
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Erie
Toledo
Lake Erie
Lakeside
Mich
Seek to Enjoin Landing of Cable
Government files injunction in federal court to block Western Union Telegraph from landing its Barbados cable at Miami. Suit to be filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl B. Barnes.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Barbados
Miami
United States
Earl B. Barnes
Stock boost approved by Corn Belt Packing holders
Stockholders of the Corn Belt Packing company voted an advance of 300000 dollars to be assessed at 3 dollars per stock unit for working capital at the annual meeting in Dubuque Iowa. Officials report the company in excellent financial condition.
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Dubuque, Ia
Corn Belt Packing Company
Pachuca Dams Fail Drowning 100+ and Inuries 1000 Homeless
At Pachuca Mexico two dams above the city broke spilling torrents through the lower section of the mining center. More than one hundred people drowned and over two hundred were injured. One thousand residents became homeless as rescue efforts followed. AEL DROWNED appears in report.
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Mexico City
Mex
Pachuca
Navy Flyer is Stricken during Sea Flight
On the U S S New Mexico at sea Commander John H Towers leader of the NC naval seaplanes from San Diego to Panama was stricken with appendicitis. He was rushed to the hospital ship Mercy of the Pacific fleet where surgeons performed an immediate operation and said he will live.
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U. S. S. New Mexico
John H. Towers
Lander
NC Naval
San Diego
Cal
Panama
Mercy
Pacific Fleet
Balloonists Testify on Hardships in Canadian Flight
Rockaway N Y Jan 19 Lieutenant Walter Hinton testified at the inquiry into a balloon flight into Canada with two naval officials. He said during their woods ordeal he consulted with Commander Louis A Klauer about disarming Lieutenant Stephen A Farrell.
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Rockaway
N. Y
Walter Hinton
Canada
Louis A. Klauer
Stephen A. Farrell
Train Fire Kills Sixty Eight on Russian Route
Sixty eight passengers died when benzine freight exploded on a Russian railway train traveling from Luga to Novgorod near Petrograd. The blaze started from the burning liquid and wrecked the carriages. A Helsingfors dispatch to Berlingske Tidende reports the tragedy.
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Copenhagen
Luga
Gulf of Finland
Novogorod
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Berlingske Tidende
Benjamin in Jail as Wife Is Buried
In Algona Iowa on January 19 Benjamin, jailed after his wife Minnie Benjamin was allegedly slain with a hammer Saturday night, witnessed the church service from the jail as hundreds gathered for the last rites. officials feared public reaction.
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Benjamin
Algona
L. T. Benjamin
Congregational Church
Minnie Benjamin
Dubuque Baby Poisoned, Says Coroner's Jury
Dubuque Iowa January 19 coroner's jury reports Eugene Wittstock two years old died from poisoning mystery surrounds death jury finds poison in death verdict officials say belief of foul play is unlikely pending further tests
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Dubuque
Eugene Wittstock
Seaplane N O 3 Off Frisco Sank By Gunfire
San Francisco reports the naval seaplane N C 5 from a San Diego to Balboa flight has been sunk by gunfire. The aircraft was forced down and wrecked during the mission and no explanation for the message has been received.
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San Francisco
Calif
San Diego
Balboa
Naval
Mme Breshkovskaya Ill in Paris Hospital
Madame Catherine Breshovskaya known as the little grandmother of the Russian revolution is seriously ill in the Russian hospital at Boulogne near Paris. She was admitted last week with a general breakdown and heart affection after arriving from Ruthenia for the conference of the remnant of the old Russian duma.
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Paris
Catherine Breshovskaya
Ruthenia
Boulogne
House votes to keep 435-member membership
The House rejected decreasing its size adopting an amendment to the reapportionment bill. It would have shifted twelve seats among eleven to eight states. The tally to retain 435 members was 198 for and 77 against.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Yaqui Indians Hit Warpath Near Guaymas
A band of Yaqui Indians has resumed the war path and today killed three Mexican cowboys and looted a ranch at Cruz Piedras eight miles south of Guaymas Sonora. Official advices reaching the border tonight report the incident.
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Nogales. Ariz
Cruz Piedras
Guaymas
Sonora
Edsel Ford Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Detroit reports Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Co and son of Henry Ford, underwent an appendicitis operation yesterday. At the hospital he is reported improving rapidly and in good condition.
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Edsel Ford
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Plea Entered in Alleged Spouse Death Case
Benjamin Pleads Not Guilty of Murder in Algona Iowa after arraignment in district court for the death of his wife. He waived preliminary hearing and denied causing the death.
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Benjamin
Algona, In
L. T. Benjamin
Spain Seizure of Sardinia Sparks Quadruple Alliance
The seizure of Sardinia by Spain in 1717 provoked the formation of the Quadruple Alliance in 1718 19 involving major European powers as a response to Habsburg and Bourbon ambitions.
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Spain
Sardinia
Farthingale Skirt Debuts in Elizabethan England Era
The farthingale skirt was introduced in England during Queen Elizabeth I's reign, marking a notable change in fashionable silhouette of the period.
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England
Dempsey and Carpentier Bout Still On
New York promoters led by Tex Rickard deny reports the Dempsey Carpentier heavyweight title bout is off. All principals have posted deposits and contracts remain in force. plans proceed with a target date now set for July 2.
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New York
N. Y
Tex Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
France
New York Times
Rickard
Market Summary for Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Today's market reports show cattle receipts 12 000 with steers and best cows steady to lower demand improves for steer quality bulks 8 25 to 10 00 cows and heifers 5 25 to 7 50 on canners and cutters mostly 4 25 bulls stockers and feeders steady. Hog receipts 25 000 market slow but mostly 10 cents higher with top 10 25 bulk 9 70 to 10 18 pigs 16 to 15 cents higher bulk 90 to 125 pound pigs 10 25 to 10 19. Sheep receipts 18 000 with fat lambs about 25 cents lower.
Butter and Eggs Receipts Reported With Mixed Changes
The report shows butter down and eggs down in receipts with 6 348 cases of Firsts at 63064, Ordinary Firsts 58 é6u. At Mark Cases Inc activity listed as 558 61. Poultry alive steady with fowls 29 and springs 26.
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Mark Cases Inc
Chicago Closing Grain and Provisions Prices
Wheat March 172, May 164. Corn May 68, July 69. Oats May 45, July 44. Pork January 23.90, May 23.60. Lard January 13.05, May 13.72. Ribs January 12.00, May 12.67.
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Across Receipts Reported
Receipts show cattle 4 500 and hogs 14 500 with prices mostly lower for cattle around 4.00 to 10.00 and hogs steady to strong with packers 10 lower. Sheep receipts 2 000 with prices around 8 80 to 9 25 and market steady to 15 lower amid light trade.
Local Cash Market Prices for Grain and Poultry
Prices list from a local market shows corn at 50c, timothy hay 40c, straw 9.00, wild hay 12.00, threshed hay 12.00, wheat 1.80, clover seed 7.00 to 9.00, timothy seed 2.00 to 2.25, barley 5c. Poultry includes eggs fic, hens 25c, springs 2c, roosters 13c, ducks 19c, geese 15c, cream 43c, hides 4c, horse hides 2.25, turkeys 30c.
Worcester Firefront Devastates City Center
Worcester Massachusetts reports a fire spree with two main street businesses destroyed and smoke blanketing tenement blocks. Firefighting crews battled multiple blazes including a woolworking plant owned by the M. K. Smith Corporation in North Foster and Union streets, with losses estimated over 1 million dollars. Police claim only a faint suspicion of arson.
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Worcester
Mass
Bancroft
New Park
North Foster and Union Streets
M. K. Smith Corporation
Montgomery County Builds 79 Bridges in 1920
Atlantic la Jan 19 Montgomery county in 1920 expended 115000 for seventy nine bridges and culverts Of this sum 70000 went for permanent structures During the last two years the county has not been called upon to extend any thing for the repair of permanent bridges and culverts The county spent 44000 in the improvement of ts highways.
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Atlantic
Montgomery County
Governor Sproul proposes coal tax to raise state revenues
Harrisburg January 1 Governor Sproul recommended an ad valorem tax of four cents a ton on bituminous coal and eight cents a ton on anthracite produced in the state. He said the levy would raise about $16,000,000 to meet growing government needs.
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Harrisburg
Sproul
Ten Years on Plea of Guilty of Theft
George L. Martin former secretary of the German Savings Fund Building partnership pleaded guilty to making false entries in its books and was indicted for embezzling about 206000. The jury sentenced him to ten years, ignoring recommendations for eight. He had been missing nearly three years and was found November 2, 1920, in Dallas Texas where he had worked in real estate.
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Louisville
George L. Martin
Building Parentso
Dallas Tex
Postoffice at Woosung Robbed of Stamps and Tires
The Woosung Illinois postoffice was robbed of 49 dollars in stamps overnight. The Frank Adair store housing the post office was robbed of twenty auto tires.
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Dixon, UL
Woosung
Dixon
Frank Adair
Abolition of Slavery in Zanzibar 1897
The note records that slavery was nominally abolished in Zanzibar in the year 1897, marking a formal change in the legal status of enslaved labor on the island under colonial influence.
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Zanzibar
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N.O
Frisco
Mme. Breshkovskaya
Dempsey
Carpentier
Bost
United States Bureau of Markets
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Chicago Live Stock
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbell
Tel
Walnut
St. Joseph Markets
Dacu Ste Cesses
Montgomery Co
Woosung, Ill
P.C
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