Kidnapped Boy Found in Hotel After Ransom Plot
In Jaxington Kentucky a five year old boy, E R Litte, was rescued from a hotel room after captors demanded twenty five thousand nine dollars. Investigators traced the ransom note and the exchange of money occurred near a garbage can on Malm Street. The father, Mr Jenkom, retrieved the child and returned home, while the suspect behind the plot vanished. Local police uncovered the sequence of events, and the boy was returned safely at seven o clock Friday evening to anxious relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaxington
Pnot
E.R. Litte
Letington Capitan
Jenkom
Eidnapers
Boomt
Mee Lite
Fle
Peisner
J. C
Hoo
Jbet
Ming
Aly
Woreda
Ps Park
Wilson Withdraws Coal Price Control and Sets Peace Time Path
President Wilson ends government control over maximum bituminous coal prices effective April 1, guiding wage agreements between miners and operators. He notes no law fixes new peacetime coal prices, hoping the accords reduce fuel uncertainty and allow contracts. The majority report cites a 27 percent rise offsetting a 14 percent increase to miners. London invitation to League of Nations council member joins a permanent international court committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
The
Coal Commission
London
Council of the
League of Nations
Court of International Justce
Wison
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ship 20 Million Gold To U S From England For Shipment
Report from the London market says 4.4 million pounds gold, about 29 million dollars, will be shipped to America at week’s end. The total includes 2 million pounds from the Bank of England with the rest from other entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
London
Maren S—Te
Wrollen
America
Bank of Englomish Tod
Chicago Population Surges Past 2.68 Million In Ten Years
Government census data show Chicago's population rising to 2,684,827, up from 2,185,288 a decade earlier, with hopes of reaching 3,000,000. Governor Smith urges local housing boards and state agency to coordinate housing efforts, and advocates state credit for affordable homes amid calls against profiteering landlords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albany
Smith
Legisla
Iowa
Probe Into High Oil Prices Ordered by Judiciary Panel
Washington March 2 the federal trade commission directed by a reform inquiry reported by the House judiciary committee to examine causes of recent oil and gas price rises. The investigation was urged by Representative Drer of Mincourt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedersi
Washington
Federal Trade Comission Ie
House Judiciary Committee
Mincourt
Moscow war bulletin reports large Bolshevik losses in cold front
A Moscow issued military communiqué cited by travelers says more than 10,000 anti Bolshevik soldiers died on the steppes and along the railway in the Whaterspoder region on the Cagcaray front, as Red forces under General Dent Bine advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londin
Moscow
Traveters
Red Troupe Agaloet
Dent‘Bine
Whaterspoder
Cagcaray
Reds Capture Big Rhine Fort Ends Armistice Hope
London dispatches say the armistice is not fulfilled as Reds advance past Wesel crossing the Lippe. German forces under Reichswehr and renamed units from the Red Army press a rapid mix of troops amid shelling of Fort Bluecher and Wesel. Washington reports about 8,000 Americans in Germany with 400 women, many travelers staying to wait out conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essen
Red Army
Yeatera
Reichswehr
Rote Soldatenbund
Berlin
Spartacans
Trotzky
London
Times
Rotterdam
Nieuwe Rotterdam Courant
Munster
Reda
Wes
Lippe
Dortmund
Hague
Wesel
Fort Bluecher
Fron Hor
Gotha
Sixe Colture
Red Guards
Obrdrat
Washington
State Department
Germany
Kapp
Schleswig
Tenern
Denmark
Leipsie
Anarely
Dusseldorf
Elberfeld
Aged Soldiers Save Fifty at Pewee Valley Home
In Pewee Valley Kentucky eighteen miles from Louisville a fire struck the Confederate home at 6 pm. Sergt Gos Heoi led 100 veterans who moved quickly, built litters, and carried fifty invalid comrades to safety though many are not expected to survive the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tautsriire
Pewee Valley
Louisville
Sergt
Gos Heoi
Double Quick
Basidin
Woman Gets War Dept Post Director of WOMENs RELATIONS
Washington March 27 The War Department announced the appointment of Mrs John B of San Francisco as director of women's relations in the War Department She will have charge of employment of women in the army in welfare work and of those women employees in army establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Dept Post
Washington
War Department
John B.y
San Francisco
Army
Dublin Judge Slain After Sinn Fein Inquiry In Ireland
Dublin March 27 Magistrate Alan Bell who presided over the Sinn Fein bank inquiry was shot dead outside the Masonic club. Four masked men pulled him from a tram at Ball's Bridge and killed him. Bell had investigated Sinn Fein finances under the Crimes Act and other matters including the Viscount French incident. Thirty five Sinn Fein figures were arrested as part of the unfolding case. Five men carrying American passports were seized at embarkation for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
America
United States
Allen Bell
London
Alan Bell
Sinn Fein
Masonic Club
Central News
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Bell
Monkstown
Dublin Castle
Ball's Bridge
Trish Banks
Ball
Viscount French
Cynthia Curzon Engaged To Lieut Oswald Mosley
London announces the engagement of Lady Cynthia Curzon second daughter of Lord Curzon of Kedleston to Lieut Oswald Erald Mosley MP for Harrow division Middlesex. Mosley son of Sir Oswald Mosley is 24 and served in France. Lady Cynthia's mother Mary Lester of Chicago married Earl Curzon in 1805 and died in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cynthia Curzon
Bar! Curzon
Kedleston
Oswald Erald Mosley
Harrow
Middlesex
Mary Lester
Chicago
George Nathanie
Earl) Curzon
Mosley
Oswald Mosley
France
Bar class in church move in Denver clergymen condemn linking
Denver clergy adopted resolutions urging the Interchurch World Movement to sever all class alignments amid reports that John D Rockefeller and other business interests would unite with churches to tamp down radicalism. Other items note Bolsheviks occupy Petchenko, Kalkop falls to Reds, Albany debates boxing under state control, Dutch wooden shoes head to America, a 19 year old sentenced to death, and Nebraska fixes September 21 for a constitutional election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Interchurch World Movement
John D. Rockefeller
Albany
Senate For
Senate
Army, Navy and
Civilian Board of Boxing Control
Red Armies Attack Poland and German Tensions Rise
An analysis notes Germany’s renewed military pose despite Versailles, with arms in the hands of radicals, Ruhr occupation, and Ebert's fragile authority. The piece argues for united Allied action and cautious cooperation amid divergent aims of Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Clipson
Germany
Brother Aginst
Ebert
Kapp
Saxony
Rhine
Ruhr
Bolshevists
Wesel
Holland
America
Great Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
England
Ger
Global Turmoil and Postwar Strife Across Europe
The text surveys postwar upheaval in Germany and Turkey, noting resistance to peace terms, fears of renewed revolts, and varying political alignments. It covers Bolshivik advances in Poland, Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor, British control around Constantinople, and uncertainties about U.S. policy and the League of Nations. It also touches on tensions in coal policy, potential strikes, and domestic political entanglements connected to 1918 election disputes.
Grave danger from plague in Soviet east travels
Amsterdam Handelsbrand correspondent reports from Soviet Russia on vermin, typhus, and disease spreading through the eastern front. He notes scarce soap, derelict sanitation in the Red Army, and frontiers requiring delousing certificates that can be bought for two marks. He urges a planetary hygienic circle to curb plague, cholera, and smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Amsterdam Handelsbrand
Soviet Russia
Occipants
Germany
Balkans
Europe
Asia
Knoxville population census reveals double growth shock
In Knoxville Tennessee census takers reported 77,818 residents, up 114.1 percent, prompting investigators to verify the figure. Duty, PF. Sowlands, blind, confirmed the numbers. A separate school census by Sanland highlights a new citywide counting system now used by public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Duty
Sowlands
Sanland
British Raise Sea Treasure
The Sunken treasure valued at £50,000,000 has been raised since the war began near the British Isles. The Restorer and the Reliant, salvaging ships bought from the American navy, operate with an oxy acetylene underwater cutting device and twenty five electric pumps. Each diver has a telephone and both vessels carry extensive gear including searchlights throwing guns welding plants rock drills and other accessories. The Restorer recovered £1,000,000 in gold last year from two vessels now operating off New Haven on the channel coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Biritish Isles
New Haven
Channel
Woman Credits Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine In Testimonial
A Wisconsin reader from Onalaska recounts severe fatigue and inability to perform housework before trying Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed energy and strength, praising the medicine and offering her testimonial for others. The letter reflects common mid‑20th century advertising testimonials for female health products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lester E. Walth&r. Rui
Eines Wis
Lydia Lydia
E Pinkham Medicine Co
E. Vehes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kentucky
Gray Silver
American Farm Bureau
Root
Horne
Switzerland
Francia Scott Kay
Diss
Baltimore
John Roms Key
Granison
Francia Seatt ‘Key
Weshington
Yura Wien
Gov. Smith
New York
Barah
Idaho
Constantinople
Germon
Belerade
Gener
Adriatic
Reno
Milwacker
Toler
Comets
Renn, Nev. Inc
Tog
Cawels
Warrow
Paso
Tex
Rotewiek
Connec
Antion
Gollore
Lusttwite
Tretha
Eet
Admiralty
Alecens
U. S
Ambarsador Wallace
Paris
Pope
Rene
Mareh
Steppes
REDS
Big Rhine
Burns
Seattle
Wash
John F. Bint
North Pacific
United States Shipping Board
United States District Court
Cleveland
Detroit
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company
Rob Bismarck
Copenhagen
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichsruhe
Buechen
Berne
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Cunard Line
Cunard
Vicker’s
Barrow
Cunard Line Steamship
Grand Duchess
Olga
Smee
Czor Nicholas
Russia
American Red Cross
Novorossiysk
South Hussia
House of Romanoff
Lady Curzon
Mary Lester of
Chieags
Interchurch ‘World
Petchenko
Christiania
Murmansk
Petchenka
Kola Peninsula
Tidens Tern
Kalkop
Kuban
Ciscaneasta
the Hague
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Constitutional Convention
Tombstone
Ariz
Maryland
Poland
Turkey
Armenia
Dardanelles
Rusela
Denikine
Kovno
Kamenetz-Podolsk
Rzecysza
Kalenkowitz
Zaslava
Staro- Konstantinow
Bubar
Ostropol
Slutch
Adylees
Latvia
Finland
Roumania
Lenine
Thrace
Anatolia
Arabia
Mustapha Kemal
Cilicia
Syria
Asia Minor
Bosporus
Knox
Henry Ford
Albert A. Leeper
Michigan
Newberry
United States Supreme Court
Ford
Man
British Isles
Cuticur
Ste. Teleam
Teale
Cless Visa Tanguore
End Biehl Steeses
Bey” Kielans
Aobew
Dollar Pacific Thorspoutint
Prineville
Oregon
S. C
Sirsin
Uncle Sam
Dept. “A” Post
B Brothers & CO
Stock Exchange
Sz Brealey
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!