Chicago Determined to Avenge the Single Murder
Chicago faces a purge after the killing of Al Lingle of the Tribune. Police Commissioner Russell resigns as Chief Stege is demoted amid a drive to end gang rule. Editorial and press reactions across major cities call for tougher prosecutors, courts, and crime laws.
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Chicago
Russell
Stege
al Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Lingle
The
Tribune
Press of
Windy City
the Tribune
Alfred J. Lingle
Underworld
New York Times
Brooklyn Eagle
Capone
New York Mirror
Kansas City Star
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jake Lingle
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Don Meller
Canton
Milwaukee Journal
Los Angeles Times
Crime and Cars Dominate Early 20th Century News Analysis
Dean Pound argues crime is a national issue not local, while the piece mixes social notes on agriculture costs urban transport and family life. It cites Chicago crime losses, vegetable freight burdens, land prices, Lawrenceville school talks, radio and automobile impacts, royal gossip, and New York traffic projections.
Schwab Mansion to Be Demolished in Riverside Drive
The rumor of demolition for Charles M Schwab’s famed Riverside Drive mansion persists though denied. Once a symbol of elite 1920s New York, the house featured a large electrical pipe organ, terraced lawns, and a tall iron fence, noted amid city columns.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Riverside Drive
Senator Cierk
Fifth Avenue
Schwab
Schwab Mansion on Riverside Drive Faces Demolition Rumor
Rumors swirl that the Schwab mansion on Riverside Drive may be torn down. The once grand estate, linked to the steel magnate, has dwindled from lavish parties to shuttered silence amid talks of modern redevelopment along the Hudson.
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Carnegie
France
Schwab
Loretto
Monte Carlo
New York
Revelations in Delemar House Hidden Rooms Found
In a tale echoing Marcus Loew’s famed estate discovery a man exploring a great Delemar house during a prew opens a closet and uncovers eighteen additional rooms hidden behind it changing the mansion’s history and intrigue.
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Marcus Loew
Delemar Acres
Decatur Industrial Payroll Nears 5.9 Million Annually
Decatur reports its industrial payroll approaching 5.9 million dollars each year, reflecting substantial manufacturing activity. Local firms contribute to a rising economic footprint as workers and firms benefit from steady payrolls.
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Decatur
Fort the City Man Who Turned Farmer Heads to Congress
Washington Day Book profile of Franklin Fort a New Jersey congressman seeking a Senate nomination. The piece notes his urban constituency Newark East Orange and Orange progress, his farm policy work his hours in Congress and his reputation as a hard worker who enjoys golf when time permits.
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Herbert Plummer Washington
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Dwight Morrow
Joseph Frelinghuysen
Senate
Port
East Orange
Charles Eaton
Eaton
Fort
New York City
Newark
Orange
Essex County
Congress
House
Decatur Population Growth Surges Tenfold in Ten Years
Official census figures show Decatur’s population baln rising to 225 percent over a decade. The result indicates a dramatic expansion in the size of the city.
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Decatur
Poison Ivy and Its Skin Irritation Dangers
Poison ivy is a common poisonous plant in the sumac family whose resin sap causes intense skin irritation. The sap can transfer via clothes or tools and may affect people miles away. symptoms include itching blisters swelling and sometimes fever loss of appetite and constipation. Sun exposure can help destroy the irritant, and discarded clothing should be washed with soap and water.
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United States
Doubtful and Seclusive Traits Highlighted in 3 A DAY
A listing notes three personality descriptors with dubious value. It contrasts doubtful character with seclusion and valor, suggesting scrutiny of personal traits and privacy.
Doomsday Theme in Romantic Banter Across a Café
A quirky dialogue opens with a flirtatious observation of a well dressed woman and coffee talk. The exchange pivots to doomsday and affection contrasting wealth and love, ending with a tongue in cheek assertion that love can resemble a late life measles.
Jokes and anecdotes on debts and daily life in a cluttered page
A collage of gags about paying debts, January dates, new hats and overhead, children in mischief, a rabbit math joke, a rainstorm tale, and quack doctor quips. The bits feature a Swede in South Dakota reporting bills, a wood shed rabbit pun, school miseducation, and musical interludes with Paul Whiteman.
Hebrews passage on unshaken kingdom and divine fire
The text quotes Hebrews 12 27 29 describing removal of shaken things so the unshaken divine kingdom endures. It urges grace and service to God with reverent fear, noting God as a consuming fire.
Local visits noted from Tennessee and Alabama
Miss Dorothy Ewing arrives from Nashville to visit her grandmother Mrs Betty Martin. Miss Lucille Strickland returns from Birmingham after a sister visit. Mrs Madeline Dix and Miss Nell Beach Dix return from Mentone. Earl Calvin Jr and Miss Virginia Prince Calvin spend the week with their Athens grandmother.
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Dorothy Ewing
Nashville, Tenn
Betty Martin
Lucille Strickland
W. E. Cason
Birmingham
Madeline Dix
Nell Beach Dix
Mentone
Ala
Earl Calvin, Jr
Virginia Prince Calvin
Athens
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Tennessee Valley Printing CO
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Frost, Landis & Kohn
Atlanta
Renner
Tennessee Valley
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Memphis
Bolters
North Carolina
Simmons
Heflin
Hugh Locke
Will Lee
Donald Comer
Lee
Horace Wilkinson
Comer
Frederick ZI. Thompson
Herbert Hoover
Dothan
Anniston Star
Hell-Locke
Hoover
Mr. Lee
Wil] Lee
Wilkinson
Brother Will
the Daily
Messrs
Democratic Party
South
White House
Gangs Land
Lattering College Boys
Radio and Automobile
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
United States Treasury
Farmers” Commission
Virginia
Florida
California
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South Carolina
Lawrenceville
Senator Walcott
Walter Damrosch
General Electric Company
Prince of Wales
Howell
Nebraska
Europe
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Back Yard
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Judee Gray
Washington Day Book
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Jersey
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Fred
Ted
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South Dakota
Yon Brown
Ole Olson
Yon Johnson
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Johnny
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