Highway Board Meets Here Tuesday In State Action
Governor Hyde orders a Tuesday meeting of the highway commission for organization and to plan the road program. He vows no interference with appointing engineers, says the commission will select its own staff from about 75 employees, with terms for the four commissioners pending senate confirmation.
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Hyde
State Highway Commission
Gol. _ Theodore
Gary
Col
Gay
Chaiman
Senate
Marinellé Shop Promotes New Muscle Toner Treatment
An advertisement touts a new muscle toner treatment promising relaxation and relief from headaches and worry lines. It touts permanent waving and waving with soft water for shampooing and urges readers to call Marinellé Shop at phone 206 for specifics.
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Marcel
Marinellé Shop
Ormiston to Remain Tied to Oil Inspection Post
Governor Hyde announced he will keep Todd R Ormiston connected with the oil inspection department through year end. He aims to reduce inspection cost from 3 cents to 1.5 cents per barrel. Ormiston leads the department though the senate vetoed his confirmation on November 14. The State Auditor approved only half of his salary for the previous month, about $136, with a claim for the rest awaiting action.
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Hyde
Todd R. Ormiston
State ‘Oil Inspection Department
Ormiston
State Senate
Valentino Wives Breakup Trial Stuns Hollywood
Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker face divorce proceedings in Los Angeles after a brief marriage marked by alleged coldness and cruelty. Acker seeks separation with 300 weekly. Valentino, 700 weekly from Paramount, counters for divorce amid claims of a hasty union and party-night marriage. Grace Darmond testifies to a reported assault as docket lists Rudolph and Harriet Guglielmi.
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Los Angeles
Rudolph Valentino
Jean” Acker
Four Horsemen
the Shiek
Valentino
Jean
Paramount
Grace Darmond
Rudolph
Harriet Guglielmi
Governor Grants Commutation In 1911 Murder Case
Governor Hyde commuted the life sentence of Buster Thomas, a Kansas City black man, reducing his term to 15 years. Thomas, imprisoned eight years, now has seven left to serve. He murdered George Johnson, a white medical student, after a quarrel during a parade on October 3, 1911, when six negros were involved.
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Hyde
Buster Thomas
Kansas City
Thomas
George Johnson
Johnson
Lost Radiator Cap Reported Near Central Garage
A lost radiator cap was reported between Central Garage and the Catholic Church by J. F. Horner of Ten Mile Drive.
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Central Garage
Catholic Church
J. F. Horner
Ten Mile Drive
Xmas Seal Convass Organizers Cancelled Campaign Plan
A local Christmas seal drive lists canvassers James Young and Ernest Moerschel along High Street and surrounding blocks. The note urges selling seals outright with bonds for 2 5 and 10 dollars, keeping accurate sale accounts, collecting unsold seals by December 27, and delivering materials to W M Oakerson with reports to be left there. General committee includes Mrs W C Irwin and Mrs Lester Parker with James Young as chairman.
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W. H.gundelfinger
East End
J. R. Nolen
West End
James Hays
Hays Products Co
D. M. Oberman
Oberman Mfg
L. S. Parker
Women’s Clubs
W. M. Oakerson
Public
Clement Richardson
Lincoln Institute
Bama
The Dinner Depends On The Hostess It
The hostess holds the key to a dinner party's success planning the menu and setting greeting guests arranging seating and guiding conversation after dining arranging entertainment for all. Guests also affect outcome with tardiness handled by brief apologies and resuming the meal.
Tribute to Rev Dr Paul Stoerker and friends kindness
The family thanks their minister Rev Dr Paul Stoerker for spiritual support. They appreciate those who lent cars and sent floral tributes from loving friends and relatives. Also notes a local ad for bargains at Prenger East End Shoe Store offering blue work shirts and flannel shirts.
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Paul Stoerker
Prenger East End
Threat to Arbuckle After Acquittal News Deluge
United Press reports a threat to film star Roscoe Arbuckle and his friends that he would be shot if acquitted of manslaughter in Virginia Rappe's death. The letters were sent to Arbuckle’s attorney and a friend two days earlier, warning that both would be assassinated if he goes free. The threat followed the poisoning of key witness Irene Morgan, prompting heightened security measures around Arbuckle.
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San Francisco
Cal
Arbuckle
Bis
Irene Morgan
Wills of Freedom Signers Sought by Society in Philadelphia
United Press reports the Society of the Descendants of the Signers seeks copies of the wills of five of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Wills exist for 83 of the signers. nine died intestate, four wills were destroyed, leaving five missing. The five sought are Samuel Chase Maryland George Wythe Virginia William Hooper North Carolina William Lynch South Carolina and George Walton Georgia.
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Philadelphia
United Press
Samuel Chase
Maryland
George Wythe
Virginia
William Hooper
North Carolina
William Lynch
South Carolina
George Walton
Georgia
Man Arrested for Passing Bogus Checks In Moberly
Edward Knight was arrested today at the urging of attorney Sam Haley on charges of passing bad checks. Haley endorsed a $40 check for Knight yesterday and sought another $125 cash for him. Knight, who has no account at the drawn bank, is jailed as investigators review the case.
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Edward Knight
Sam Haley
Knight
Haley
Col. W. C. Irwin
Howard Cook
Central Trust Company
Moberly Bank
Conversation Fragments and Local Notices From Boston Transcript
A garbled exchange features Mrs Uppish and Farmer Blunt debating ancestral pride and unpaid mortgages. Separately a note reports Mr Victor Boyle leaving Hugh Stephens Printing for Kirksville Missouri. Another line invites Vanity Shoppe services for shampooing hairdressing and massages at Over Dallmeyer's Dry Goods Store, 4265 with phone 1249 for appointments.
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The
Boston Transcript
Victor Boyle
Hugh Stephens Printing Company
Kirksville
Missouri
Dallmeyer’s Dry Good Store
Aetna Agent Visits Local Office
Mr F. Collins state agent of the Aetna Insurance Company called on local agent F. W. Roer today.
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F. Collins
Aetna Insurance Company
F. W. Roer
Apprehension of Morse in Paris Extradition Case
Charles W Morse, noted American shipbuilder and financier, was seized aboard the liner Paris in Havre on December 2 while awaiting a Paris warrant. French police held him in his state room pending consular action, with Morse insisting the affair is civil and claiming health issues while planning defense through attorney Donald Harper.
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Havre
France
Chas, W. Morse
United
United States
Paris
Washington
Morse
Rome
America
Donald Harper
Awger
Eix
Ice Trust
Charles W. Morse
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