Reward Offered for Conviction of Tammany Leader in Election Fraud
New York Attorney General Mayer announces a reward program totaling 27 000 dollars for the arrest and first conviction of a Tammany leader tied to election fraud. The pursuit centers on ballot box irregularities found at polling sites and in the East and North rivers as investigators press grand jury action and subpoenas.
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York
Mayer
al Courts
Louay
John bLro
Jérome
Asbot
Sanford
Morgan
White
Robert White
North River
Municial League
Gravesend
Bernard Wayne
League
Fth
Tima Baby
Bronx
William M. Tyins
Emaor McClellan
Mgr
Jeroms
Mtorney
Bay
Archibald
Ork
Jonny
Dawson
Hearst
Anchot
Tammany
RIcH CANNOT AFFORD CHILDREN
New York, Nov 16. Mrs B Corey told the Society for Political Study that the better class cannot afford families due to rising taxes from immigration. She argued property owners pay to educate children who should not have been born and deplored expenses for playgrounds.
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New York
8. B. Corey
Society For Political Study
Cory
Man worships Old Nick statue sparks guard and mob scene
Detroit police take up guard at Monument Satan unveiled by Mason Mens at 14 Stanton avenue. A crowd of boys stones the yard while clergymen and officials debate removal. The 14 foot statue, ribboned with US flags, prompts debate over its fate.
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Detroit
Mich
Pigot
Satan
Menz
Stanton Avenue
Manzoe
Nick
United States
Mens
Secretary Shaw Seeks Treasury Employee Financial Data
Secretary Shaw plans an address to the treasury civil service retirement group around January 1. He has asked employees a set of questions to gauge financial status, including sex, years in service, total salary within a term, home ownership and price, net worth after debts, savings, debt beyond property, and need to borrow at exorbitant rates.
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Secretary of Treasury
Shaw
Washington
Treasury Branc
Civi Service Retirement Association
Treasury
Treasury Department
Society Forms to Prevent Self Destruction in Cleveland
A Cleveland born initiative creates a commission to deter suicide by action. The body includes Director of Charities Coolly A Greenlud and State Senator Elliott F. Howe. Citizens contemplating self harm are urged to write for help and the group will address unemployment and aid needs.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Tribune
Toi Johnson
Charities
A. Greenlud
Charities Bureau
Fliott F. C. Howe
Bicycle Accident Claims Life of Savannah Man
Henry M. Stoddard, 59, died from injuries after a hack struck his bicycle on Drayton Street. He suffered a concussion of the brain with no hope of recovery. Stoddard was a well known Savannah businessman leaving a widow, a daughter Miss Mabel Stoddard, and two sons Edward and John.
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Savannah
Henry M. Stoddard
Drayton Street
Montgomery Street Railway Sale Reported in Montgomery
Montgomery Traction company has bought the lines of the Montgomery Street railway locally. Previously $600,000 was refused for the system by the same group, leading to presumption that the sale price exceeds that amount.
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Montgomery, Ala
Montgomery Traction Company
Montgomery Street
Distribution of Seeds Program Across Six Regions
The government plans an annual seed distribution before planting time. Congress has appropriated $290,000 for experiment work and related tasks. About thirty eight million packages will be allocated to six regional sections targeting climates and seed adaptation. Part of the total funds supports weather bureau and statistical crop reporting.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Man Is Human Stone Quarry in Minnesota Quake
John Jansky, 22, of Chicago, is described as a human stone quarry after a quarry explosion left multiple stones embedded in his body. Doctors have operated repeatedly, removing thousands of pieces weighing up to an ounce from his arm and eye socket since the incident. He endures pain with repeated surgeries and continues to recover.
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Chicago
the Tribune
St. Cloud
Minn
John Jansky
Jansky
Canal Employes Farm Clubs Organized On Isthmus
The Isthmian Canal Commission received Chief Engineer Stevens's report of the Christoba club formed by canal employees on the Isthmus. He said several other employee clubs likely soon. the committee authorized spending up to seven thousand dollars for club buildings with members bearing furnishing costs.
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Canal Employes
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Stevens
Christoba Club
Stevents
Battling Nelson to marry Miss Marguerite Ballangero
The pugilist Nelson announced engagement to Miss Marguerite Ballangero of Fairfax California. She is 16 and the couple plan to marry soon, with Nelson deciding to wait before the wedding.
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Chicago
Herlad
Cincinnati
Nelson
Marguerite Ballangero
Fairfax
Calif
San Francisco
Field Marshal Ovama Named For War Dispatch
The Imperia message orders a rapid return to Tokio and a personal war report. Field Marshal Ovama was named on November 25, the departure date from Mancaurta marking the appointment.
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Imperia
Tokio
Ovama
Mancaurta
Burned to Death in Jail in Covington
Charles Hicks a young white man died in the Covington city jail after a bed set fire. He apparently started the blaze to escape or it was accidental from a cigarette. Hicks cried for help as guards failed to reach him. Kim Austin was rescued. Hicks lived in Boston with a widowed mother and visited his sister in Oxford.
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Covington
Charles Hicks
Acre
Liberty
Hicks
Kim Austin
Young Hicks
Boston
J. Z. Johnson
Oxford
Senator Simmons Named as Distillery Package Recipient
In Greensboro on November 11, records in the government case against Old Nic Williams Distilling show J H Conner naming United States Senator F M W Simmons as a consignee. Simmons chairs the state Democratic executive committee and backs the Watts law creating dispensaries. The shipment implicates him amid Prohibition debates stirring court discussions.
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Simmons
Greensboro
N. C
Nic Williams
Southern Railway Company
J. H. Conner
United States
F. M W. Simmons
Democratic
Prohibition
State Farm Earns Money at Milledgeville Prison Farm
Milledgeville state farm, part of Georgia's penitentiary system, will turn over about 24000 in net proceeds to the state treasury this year. This marks a 1200 percent jump from the prior peak of 2000, the largest profit ever shown by the farm.
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Atlanta
State Farm
Milledgeville
Penitentiary System of Georgia
State Treasury
Private Papers From Bank Cashier Reveal Early Ventures
Private papers of T. Lee Clark, late cashier of the Karterprise National Bank of Allegheny, show financial dealings dating seven years back and interests in various corporations and mining ventures. Executors plan to assess the estate as APD appraisers examine the papers. insurance money already paid to Mrs. Clark.
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Bad Muddie
Pittsburg
T. Lee Clark
Karterprise National Bank of Allegheny
APD
Clark
Kentucky
Reverend McConnell Calls for Tough Auto Crime Action
In Chicago on November 16 Reverend Father McConnell spoke for church members and officials at the West Park board urging extreme measures against automobile criminals. He led a delegation demanding radical action and presented a petition to back stricter penalties.
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Chicago
Als
Father McConnell
Rt. Michaels Roman Catholic Church
West Park Board
Kaiser McDonne
Wen Wade
Park Board
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Montgomery Street Railway
Batting
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W.R. McKenzie, J. T. Thrasher
T. J. Whatley
Dothan
Louise Beatrice
John Chadwick
Ninth Avenue
Prince Loula
Bat Renburg
Louis Beatrice T
Prince Louis
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Ellis Restaurant
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Cocter
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Dre. Blackshear, Cooper
Dothan, Aa
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Dothan Steam Laundry Hoth
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