Poison Pen Scandal Exposes High Society Letter Plot
New York District Attorney Barton reveals a poison pen scheme by a well connected group of clubmen. Indicted George Maxwell, president of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, as investigators collect hundreds of letters and question over 100 witnesses. The case disrupts marriages and families, with several confined to private asylums or sent abroad.
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New York
Barton
George Maxwell
American Society of Composers, Authors,and Publishers
Maxwell
Banton
Bufeldes
Seurrilais
Benton
Bermudas
Ban
Mr. Banton
Chicagoan Offers to Pay 15000 for Dodging Taxes
Chicagoan Harry OC Moir, president of Morrison Hotel Company, sought a compromise to avoid trial on criminal charges from 1918 and 1919. Attorneys said the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the Attorney General consented to Moir paying 15000 in addition to owed taxes. The judge was informed of the agreement.
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Chicago
Harry OC
Moir
Morrison Hotel Company
Washington
Cliffe
Muir
Turtle car crash injures Kane and McDermott near De Kalb
Thomas Kane of Bydnston and his sister-in-law Mies Mabel McDermott were slightly hurt when their auto skidded on a slippery surface on the Lincoln highway near De Kalb. The car turned turtle but landed right side up and two turtles escaped injury.
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Aurora
Thomas Kane
Bydnston
Mies Mabel McDermott
Kane
Lincolin
de Kalb
Great Northern Railway Gives Workers One Million Dollar Raise
Report from Minneapolis states Great Northern Railway granted annual pay boosts totaling 1,000,000 dollars to 10,000 maintenance of way employees. The move, outlined as part of wage uptrend, was noted amid recent momentum on wages.
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Minneapolis
Great Northern
Unclear obituary notes age claimed 103 years
Fragmentary obituary from Marton Indiana notes a person alleged to be 103 years old. It mentions Bible reading for 72 days and a home visit in Eaton. Uncertain names include Gabrigha Havens and references to a daughter and trolley incidents.
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Marton
Ind
Gabrigha Havens
Churches Make Record Growth in U S Religion Figures
Washington reports record growth in American religion with total members rising by 1,220,423 year over year to 47,401,558 across main bodies. The Federal Council of Churches notes gains in congregations and ministers, led by Methodists and Baptists, while Eastern Orthodox and Latter Day Saints show notable increases.
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Washington
America
E. 0. Watson
Federal Counci
United States
Tve
Federal Council of Churches
Bualy
Tewlah
United’ States
Merange
Membarshhy
Methodist Protestant
Disciples of Christ
Congregational Churches
Episcopalians
Unitarians
Christian Seience Church
Adventlal
Latter Day Saints
Ares Northern Baptist Convention
Heavyweight director chosen for Philadelphia railroad board
R Ralph Re Wyman a 400 pound motorman has been selected to represent the company on the Philadelphia Rapid Cranglt board of directors. He was elected president of the Co operative Warfare association and by that role becomes a member of the railroad board. Wyman has worked as a motorman for fourteen years.
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J Ralph Re Wyman
Philadelphia Rapid Cranglt Company
Wyman
Co-operative Warfare Association
Dl Rectory
Railroad
2000 Year Old Skeleton Found in Scotland Grave
A farmer in Kincardineshire unearthed a marked slab four feet down revealing a full-size Bronze Age skeleton and an ancient urn nearby. Experts classify the grave as Bronze Age and continue examining the remains and artifacts for dating and context.
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Scotland
Pamburgh
Kincardineshire
Alt Ang
National and Denominational Gains in 20th Century Baptist and Protestant Churches
A fragmented OCR list outlines membership figures and gains across numerous denominations including Southern Baptist Convention, National Baptist Conventions, Church of the Nazarene, Congregationalists, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and others. It shows donors and totals with irregular punctuation and errors, highlighting shifts in Protestant church memberships and mergers within a broad religious landscape.
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Vopul Chureh
Southern Baptist Convention
National Baptist Convention
Negra
1000 Students Seek Work Trip to Europe This Summer
New York reports a surge of applications from college students seeking summer work and study abroad across the ocean. About 400 applications are on file at Apex terminals in New York with more expected. agencies note preference for professional sailors, while shortages in seamen could open opportunities for able bodied workers.
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New York
Europe
Ines
Bath
College Indoo
Apex
U S Market Report May 12 Vegetables and Grain Prices
Washington reports mixed market data for the week ending May 12 with prices across fruits vegetables and grains. Notes show onion shipments Bermuda onions at 2.00 per crate and No 2 red winter wheat at 1.09 per bushel, along with dairy prices in Chicago and Wisconsin cheese trends.
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Washington
Chico
Minneapolis
Chicago
God
Chienge
Towa
Kangana
Winconsin
Amerkety
At Least Fifteen Die in Texas Oil Gusher Fire
Corsicana Lex May 10 A monstrous oil well explosion at the GK Tinghes Development company site near here killed at least fifteen workers. Firemen said the death toll could reach twenty as rescuers searched amid burning derricks and twisted steel of the Mrs Kee Na well.
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Texas
Corsicana
Lex
High Costs Stop Major New York Building Output
May 20 reports show at least 500,000 worth of New York construction halted in warehouse delays and material shortages. Market inquiries indicate a buyers strike pushing potential value beyond 50,000,000 as labor costs constrain activity.
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N. Y
New York
U S Judge Rules Doctors May Prescribe All Rum Needed
New York May 70 The Valstead act received a further adhick when Judge John C Knox of the United States District Court handed down an opinion declaring void a section of the Valstead law which omits physicians in the prescription of wear.
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New York
John C. Knox
United States District Court
Sixty Four Nuns File for Naturalization in South Bend
Sixty four nuns from St Marys College and Academy Notre Dame and other Catholic institutions applied for naturalization papers when a federal examiner from Chicago appeared in the Circuit Court.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Mary’s College and Academy
Notre Dame
Noman Catholic
Whey
Federal Naturalization Examiner
Chicago
Trains Plunge Into Rhine. 29 Reported Killed
A telegram from Bt. Goar in Rhenish Prussia says a Prussian train plunged into the Rhine. Twenty boxes have been recovered from the water. The report lists the death toll at 29 with further details pending.
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Rhina
Berlin
Bt. Goar
Rhenish Prussia
Suit Against Gompere Dismound in May District
May 11 report states a $25,000 suit filed by ID, a gun former giftor of the Phulla Printer, against Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, and other union leaders. Also noted: Lionel Barrymore to wed Miss Trene Fenwick in New York, with background on Barrymore’s recent divorce from Dorla Me Kos Rankin last December.
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Gompere
Lionel Barrymore
New York
Trene Fenwick
Bia
Donwick
Mir. Barrymore
Dorla Me
Kos Rankin
Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Advertsied Claims
An old advertisement touts Kilmer Swamp Root as the premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It promises fast, mild relief and urges readers to mail ten cents for a sample while noting the product is sold in drug stores. The ad suggests mentioning the paper when writing.
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Hilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
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