Joy ride ends in death of five near Trenton N J
A five passenger joy ride ended in tragedy when their car plunged into an ice filled water canal near Brookville three miles from Trenton New Jersey. Five died including Donald Reed Chester Van Clees Margaret Tindall Annie Hazell Mulvey. Frederick Foster escaped and went for help. Foster later identified Annie Hazel as a passenger but withheld addresses. Coroners and officials search the submerged car for the remaining bodies as Justice Alfred Reed mourns. Authorities plan a formal investigation of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Brookville
Donald Reed
Supreme Court
Alfred Reed
Reed
Margaret Tindall
Annie Hazel
Mulvey
Frederick M. Foster
Road House
Pity
Foster
West State Street
Tindall
Justice Reed
New Brunswick
Z. B. R. Smith
Motor Vehicle Department
Lost Nifty Overcoat Recovered by Police
Attorney Martin H. Lucke reported a theft of his overcoat with australian collar after a tip from a stenographer. Detective Sergeant Walter Immel traced the garb and recovered it within an hour, the thief having fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin H. Lucke
Benjamin
Walter Immel
Purdue Farmers End Successful Short Course
Lafayette Ind Jan 13 The Purdue university short course ends after a week of demonstrations by Purdue experts on formalin home fertilizer mixing pruning and spraying methods and horticultural devices to boost home orchards The event drew about 2000 farmers from nearly every county in the state to Lafayette for the six day program including hog cholera post mortem exams and vaccination by Dr R A Craig who specializes in hog cholera elimination
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Purdue
R. A. Craig
Rescue Home sheltering hundreds amid winter cold
The Rescue Home and Mission offer free chapel shelter to almost 300 men weekly with hundreds more housed in dormitories. Volunteers describe the scene as pitiful yet hopeful as men seek relief from hardship, some recounting personal turnarounds from drinking and sin to faith and a better life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rescue Home and Mission
Farmers Meeting Program Set for January 18
A farmers institute will be held at Woolburn with a full program including Morning sessions on fruit profits, discussion of new varieties, home and neighborhood attractions for youth, and a boys and girls rotation. Afternoon features continue with more talks on corn yield and miscellaneous business. Evening programs include music and a question box. Manila to start a Chinese newspaper connected to local Chinese club amid China Philippines links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ao Farmers’ Institute
MM. RL Eiaiehody Woolburn
Deuning TS
Walters
Dora Husted
Maurice Junglas
Manila
China
Philippines
Suffering From Frost Bites Kansas Rancher Found Dead
In Kansas, rancher T. C. Bidwell was found frozen to death beside a snowbound horse near Scott City while trying to drive his cattle to shelter. Rail service struggles as Santa Fe access reaches Dodge City but drifts block lines westward. Temperatures rose ten to twenty degrees but normal conditions expected within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
T. C. Bidwell
Scott City
Kansas
Bidwell
Santa Fe
Dodge City
Coldest Day in Eight Years Paralyzes New York
January weather records show New York reaching five degrees above zero at midnight, plunging to minus three by dawn, then easing to minus one as icy conditions persisted. Ice clogged rivers delaying ferries. shelters and charities overflowed with the homeless. three firemen nearly froze while battling a Brooklyn lumber yard blaze. Adirondack readings hit 40 degrees below zero with Hudson River spots at 31 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
North
East
Brooklyn
Adirondacks
Hudson River
Boston Faces Deep Cold As Westward Wave Peaks
Boston officials say the western cold wave has not yet crested and tomorrow morning may bring lower readings. Northfield Vermont recorded 22 below and Greenville Maine 20 below at 8 a.m., in the race for the region’s coldest official mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Northfield
Vermont
Greenville
Maine
New England
Philadelphia Faces Record Cold as State Hits Low
Zero weather gripped Philadelphia for the first time in eight years with temperatures in the mountains dropping to 12 to 15 degrees below zero. A Pottsville man was found frozen outside his home while collieries halted operations due to ice on exposed machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Snowbound Georgia and Carolinas Bring Disruptions
Snow covers most of Georgia and parts of the Carolinas with Atlanta receiving four inches, Charleston reporting the first snow in eleven years, and Charlotte seven inches. Columbia and Macon between three inches. Jacksonville sees rapidly dropping temperatures and renewed cold snap notices, halting streetcar and rail traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Carolinas
Charleston
S. C
Charlotte
N. C
Columbia
Macon
Augusta
Jacksonville
Fla
Snow Buries Northern Virginia As Coldest Day In 15 Years
Winchester Virginia reports a foot of snow covering the area with temperatures around twelve degrees below zero marking the coldest weather in fifteen years across Northern Virginia. Roads are blocked and travel halted as residents cope with record February chill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Dan
Virginia
Holy Name Society marks first anniversary in St Mary's
In Columbia City Indiana Rev Fr Harold arrives to aid services for the Holy Name society anniversary at St Marys church. One hundred members pledged to abstain from profanity and will march to the church for masses and communion. Evening services will see pledges renewed as the group reports steady growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Harold
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Institution of the Holy Name Society
St. Mary's Church
Holy Name Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trenton, N. J
Blanche Bailey
Court House
Netha Kissinger
Fletcher Avenue
R. J. Gardner
Grant Avenue
The
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sophia Bailey
Harrison Street
Blanche
Walton Avenue Coal Company
Walton Avenue
Miss Bailey
Nussbaim
Harrison and Berry
Gardner
People's Drug Store
Berry
Clinton
Court Street
J. A. Nipper
Athemians
Chissaitte
Standish
Wayfarers
Institute AT
Woodburn
Lewis Shinkel
Wits
Fist Adfadfa
Jie
Maurice Douglas
George Steuer
Nellie Doering
Glen Henderson
Silas
Silage
Mili
Misis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!