Poison Pen Writes Tragedy and Scandal Bared
New York May 12 a district attorney disclosed a vicious band of well to do letters senders who attacked relatives and friends with threatening notes. Indicted George Maxwell head of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers faces inquiries and a grand jury has questioned hundreds of witnesses.
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New York
Banton
George Maxwell
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
Maxwell
Hrapeadfox
Bermudas
Chicagoan Seeks $15,000 Tax Dodger Compromise
Morrison Hotel Company president Harry Molt, a wealthy Chicagoan, faces an income tax dodger indictment. His lawyers told Judge Cliffe that Commissioner David H. Blur and Attorney General Barry Daveherty favored a compromise: Molt would pay $15,000 plus owed taxes for 1918 and 1919 to avoid trial.
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Chicago
Harry ©. Molt
Morrison Hotel Company
Auto Turtles Rights Self Two Injured Two Escape
Thomas Kane of Evanston and his sister in law Misa Mabel McDermott were slightly hurt as Kane’s wife and three year old daughter escaped injury in a popular automobile accident near De Kalb. Their machine skidded on a slippery surface, overturned, then landed upright beside the road.
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Aurora
Thomas Kane
Evanston
Misa Mabel McDermott
Kane
Golp Ighyay
de Kalb
Great Northern Road Workers Gain $1,000,000 Annual Raise
Reports from Minneapolis indicate the Great Northern Railway approved wage boosts totaling about one million dollars per year for maintenance of way employees. The raise follows recent trend increases and adds pressure to labor costs across the system.
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Northern Road
Mpetus
Polar
Minteapolis
Great Northern
Oldest Indiang Citizen Gabriella Hayeni Dies
The elderly matron Gabriella Hayeni, reportedly the oldest resident in Indjang, is said to have died at Eaton. Reports claim she began reading the Bible 72 days ago and had reached a high age, with references to May 12 observations and local acknowledgments of her long life.
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Gabriella’ Hayeni
Indjang
Eaton
Record Growth in U S Churches Revealed by Census
Dr EB Watsno, statistician for the Federal Council of Churches, releases figures showing U S religious bodies reaching 47 401 558 adherents with a year’s rise of 1 220 428 members, 9 581 more congregations and 15 252 more ministers. The report notes lay leadership rising amid clergy shortages as rural pastors serve multiple congregations. Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox bodies report varying gains and method differences in counting membership.
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Washington
America
Watsno
Federal Council of Churches
United States
Federal Councyl of Churches
Tter
United "States
Methodist Protestant
Disciples of Christ
Congregational Churches
Episcopalians
Christian Science Church
Nyman Named Transit Board Director for Philadelphia Firm
Malph R. Nyman a 400 pound motor man is chosen to represent employees on the Philadelphia Transit Company board of directors. Elected president at the Cooperatives Welfarepuscula Hon he becomes a director by virtue of that post. He has been a motorman for fourteen years.
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Malph R. Nyman
Philadelphia Typid ‘Transit Company
Nyman
Co-operatius Walfara Puscula
Thievont of Directors
Riilroad
Fle Hua Been
Motyrman
2000-Year-Old Skeleton Found in Scotland
A Catterline farmer uncovered a grave near Kincardineshire on a farm dig. About four feet down lay four sinbs of larger size beneath till, and a full human skeleton with an ancient urn beside it. Antiquarians deem the site Bronze Age and further investigations follow.
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Edinburgh
Kincardineshire
Scotland
Denominational Gains Across Major Christian Bodies
The record lists numerous church bodies with gain figures, noting large increases for the Methodist Episcopal Church and Roman Catholic Church among others. Prominent groups include the Southern Baptist Convention, Congregational churches, Lutheran and Presbyterian branches, and the United Brethren, with varied gains and some unclear entries.
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Conal Church
Southern Baptist Convention
National Baptist Convention
Souther Baptist Convention
National Baptism Convention
Brethren
Christian Church
General Christian Convention
Church of the Nazarene
Congregational
Disciples of Christ
Eastern Orthodox
Evangelical Charch
Evangelical Association
United Evangelical Church
Gain
Evangelical Synod of North America
Evangelical Associations
Friends
Latter Day Saints
Methodist Episcopal Church
Booth
Methodist Protestant Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church In America
Bolin
Presbyterian Church United States of America
North
Presbyterian Church United States
South
Protestant Episcopal Church
Salvation Army
United Brethren
Gan
Univeranlists
1000 Students Seek Work Passage to Europe
New York reports a surge of over 1000 college graduates applying to transatlantic lines for shipboard work abroad. Applications flood passenger and freight routes as students seek sea service for study and leisure, with about 400 already on file from eastern colleges.
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New York
Europe
Transattende
U S Market Report Highlights Farm Prices and Livestock
U S market report lists varied commodity prices across vegetables fruits and dairy. It covers shipments and crate prices for onions strawberries and cabbage, cheese and butter prices, Chicago cash grain values, and live stock quotes including cattle and hogs, with regional price spreads and shipping notes.
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Washington
Florida
Vexai
Tennessee
Arkantay
St. Louis
Chicago
Central Town
Kansas
Hutter
Wlaransin
Hanere
Fifteen Die in Texas Oil Gusher Fire
Corsteana May 10. At least fifteen workers were killed in a massive explosion at Hughes Development Company's Kee No 1 well, ten miles southeast of here. Rescue teams fear the dead may rise to twenty five, as the monster producer burned fiercely.
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Texas
Corsteana
Hughes Development Company
Here
High Costs Halt Vast New York Building Plans
In New York City construction valued at about 47.6 million dollars is stalled due to high labor and material costs. Investigations suggest buyers’ strategy has pushed potential totals beyond 50 million, delaying projects and raising questions about market conditions.
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N. Y
New York
New York City
Judge Rules Doctors May Prescribe All Rum Needed
New York May 10 Judge John C Knox of the United States District Court handed down an opinion upholding a section of the Volstead act allowing physicians to prescribe liquor The ruling clarifies limits on medical prescriptions under Prohibition and reinforces access for legitimate medical use through doctors The decision reinforces the ongoing legal interpretation of the Volstead restrictions in medical practice.
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U.S
New York
Setbeck
John C. Knox
United States District Court
Sixty Four Nuns Seek Naturalization Papers in Court
Sixty four nuns from St Marys college and academy Notre Dame and other Roman Catholic institutions applied for naturalization papers when J Z Tiley, federal naturalization examiner of Chicago, appeared in the Circuit court in South Bend Indiana on May 10.
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South Bend
Ind
St. Mary's College and Academy
Notre Dame
J. Z. Tiley
Federal Naturalization Examiner of
Chicago
29 Die in French Train Crash into Rhine
A telegram from St Goar Prussia reports a French train plunged into the Rhine with 20 bodies recovered from the water. Further details on passengers and cause were not immediately available. Unknown number of missing soldiers and civilians feared.
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Rhine
Berlin
St. Goar
Rhonlah Prussia
Tehing
Gompers Suit Involving Barrymore Headlines May 11
A civil suit of 25 000 was filed by DP J Thyan former editor of Plaza Printer against Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor and others. Lionel Barrymore plans to wed Miss Irena Renwick who acted with him in She Claw. Barrymore was divorced last December.
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Bult
Gompera Drvivileged
Washington
DP. J. Thyan
Plaza Printer
Samuel Gompers
American Teleration of Labor
Wie
Dlamisand
Lionel Barrymore
Wad
New York
Lionel. Barrymore
Irena Renwick
Miss Fenwick
Mr. Barrymore
Darlas McKoy Rankin
Swamp Root Kidney Ailment Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the top medicine for kidneys bladder and urinary issues. The copy promises quick benefit and mild gentle action, urging readers to start treatment and offering sample bottles by mailing ten cents to Kilmer Co Inc in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Innet Coves
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Linghamton
N. Y
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