Giant Triplex racing car nears completion in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports J M White, famed insulated wire maker, is finishing the "Triplex" the most powerful car yet built. It houses three aviation engines totaling about fifteen hundred horsepower. White intends to race on Ormond Daytona Beach, Florida, aiming for land speed records.
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J. M. White
Ormond-Daytona Beach
Florida
Major
C. D. Segrave
London
Ste White
Albert J. Robinson
White
Armis
Ting &P
Ly. White
J. M White
Major Segrave
Crack Train Wreck Probe After Detroit Limited Crash
Pittsburgh dispatch reports authorities investigated a wrecking plot blamed for the Detroit Limited derailment near the city. One man was killed and six injured as a rail loosened on curves caused three coaches and the locomotive to leave the track. Officials quoted E A Peek noting the damage appeared recent and connected to a splice bar bolt removal.
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Pittsburgh
Here
E. A
Peek
Rockford Factory Accident Cuts Hostetter’s Finger
Hillery Hostetter, formerly of this city and now at Rockford, was injured at a Rockford factory when his right index finger was caught in a milling machine. Surgeons amputated at the first joint to save his hand.
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Hillery Hostetter
Rockford
Hostetter
Castle Brown Receives Big Law Post Offer at Minnesota
Dr. Castle M Brown son of Pr Jana Mrs J Stanley Brown a former DeKalb resident has been offered the head of the department of international law at the University of Minnesota He is returning after postgraduate work there and previously taught at James Millikin University Decatur and at the State Teachers College last summer His father resigned last summer as president of the State Teachers College.
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Castle M. Brown
Pr. Jana
J. Stanley Brown
DeKalb
University of Minnesota
State Teachers College
Brown
Dr. Brown
James Millikin University
Decatur
Legion Folks to Sandwich Tuesday Night Installation
Members of the DeKalb American Legion and Legion Auxiliary are invited to attend the joint installation of officers for the Sandwich post and Auxiliary tomorrow evening. Major H B Goodison of the DeKalb Legion will serve as installing officer. Legionnaires their wives and other ex service men are asked to meet at the American Legion post rooms in the Kennedy building not later than seven o clock tomorrow evening. Those with cars are urged to bring them.
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American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
Sandwich
H. B. Goodison
Legion
Kennedy Building
Murchison Relapse Deepens After Rally
Decatur dispatch reports Loren Murchison Olympic star sprinter remains in grave condition at St Marys Hospital after a relapse of cerebro spinal meningitis. Attendants note no improvement since the night fall relapse with physicians believing antitoxins had begun to prove effective earlier. The patient had shown partial recovery Saturday but later became semi delirious and only intermittently conscious.
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Murchison
Decatur
Loren Murchison
St. Mary's Hospital
Project work advances in city and state
Mrs W. reports Mr Earle is now engaged in a major project in California, similar to plans discussed locally in this city and Sycamore. The letter describes the sewage disposal plant work in detail, noting it aligns with proposals under consideration at home.
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Earle
California
Sycamore
Flapper myths and kitchen talk stir a gender debate
The piece parodies gender roles with jokes about flappers, kitchen Bessies, and aviation fads. It notes Kings ice cream anecdotes, German opinions on women pilots, and how common law grew from longstanding custom. It playfully weighs tradition against modern roles.
Untitled product note for Mus usee muscular relief
Obscure OCR note describes a medicine called Mus usee from The Mousterole Company Cleveland. Mentions tableta or tablets to relieve muscular pains and chest discomfort. Warning sign hints at old fashioned remedy language and disclaimers about avoiding head or nose pain.
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Cleveland
Senate Reed Tilt Sets Tone for Early 1930s Agenda
The Senate tunes up a busy early year with the McNary-Haugen bill and labor dispute injunction measures before Feb 1, plus a resolution to probe the administration's policy in Central and South America. Independents gain chairmanships, Nye and Norbeck prize key panels, and committee plans promise ratification action and a refreshed primary campaign investigation. Meantime, deferential spending bills move through but no major legislation is ready for floor action.
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South America
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Nye
North Dakota
Public Lands Committee
Norbeck
South Dakota
Banking and Currency
Frazier
Republican
Indian Affairs Committee
Howell
Nebraska
Claims Committee
Ware
Smith
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Appropriations Committee
Grid Captain Faces Charges of Burglary
Hillsboro Tennessee December reports William de Angelo 17 year old captain of Hillsboro High School football team is charged with burglary while recovering in Hillsboro Hospital from a gunshot wound to the head. Police say H D Mueller shot him during a burglary attempt at Mueller's auto accessory shop. Goods identified by Mueller were later found at De Angelo's home. De Angelo, a popular student leader, had been elected to lead next year's team. The article also notes the origin of the nickname Stonewall for Stonewall Jackson dating to Bull Run.
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Hillsboro
William de Angelo
Hillsboro Hospital
H. D. Mueller
Mueller
de Angelo
Severa
Baylor student Ruth Robinson gains multiple honorary sororities
Ruth Robinson of Dallas is the only Baylor College student to earn three national and one southern honorary sororities. She belongs to Phi Kappa Delta Theta Sigma Phi Sigma Tau Delta and Scholarship Societies of the south. She serves as senior class president editor of the college paper associate editor of the literary magazine and member of the Student Governing Association councils. She keeps busy with study.
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Ruth Robinson
Dallas
Texas
Baylor College
Belton
Phi Kappa Delta
Theta Sigma Phi
Sigma Tau Delta
Tesifles
Miss. Robinson
Belvidere Kids to Have Skating Ponds
Belvidere Mayor Harry Perkins backs a plan to create skating ponds for local children this winter after residents raised concerns over risky ice on Kishwaukee. Officials say snow dikes and sustained freezing weather are needed to form usable rinks.
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Belvidere
Harry Perkins
Elks to Have Big Meeting This Evening
DeKalb lodge Elks plan tonight’s meeting at 6 30 PM at the club with a pot luck supper. Members should bring sandwiches and a dish to share while some will prepare large dishes like shrimp galad and hot biscuits. Coffee will be served, followed by a discussion of lodge programs.
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DeKalb Lodge
Ve Elks
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