Flashes of Life Remembers Endurance Feat and Miscellany
A mixed AP compilation from Mexico City to New York notes Senor Asuncion Cestro claiming a world endurance mark of 110 hours 45 minutes on terra firma. The item surveys social curiosities, gifts, and economic tidbits from Roane Horse to Wall Street, including a buffalo steak purchase and a gold watch amid tennis collections, with playful reflections on Portuguese Africa and radio theory.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Lindbergh
Senor
Asuncion Cestro
Eastern Section Hard Hit By Cold Weather
Winter arrived early in the eastern United States bringing freezing temperatures and bleak Christmas week weather. Traffic slowed nationwide and one man died from exhaustion in Erie Pennsylvania as seven trans Atlantic liners faced high winds and seas delaying schedules. Air mail took heavy disruption while storms blanketed western New York and parts of New York state.
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New York
Erie
Sacramento
Cal
Charles H
Snow
Johnson
Ines
Night
Rogers
Sena
See- Ee
Patl Sal
Hiram Johnson
Tions
Christmas visitors fill Grafton scenes of cheer
Mrs Paul B Marsh of Pittsburgh and son Paul Jr arrive to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs C F Schroeder. Husband to join Saturday. Numerous locals and students from Fairmont Teachers College head home for holidays. Mrs Roswell Reid visits Buckhannon then returns to Loveland. Domestic updates include Dr F P Suddarth resuming duties after a brief indisposition.
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Paul B. Marsh
Pittsburgh
Paul, Jr
C. F. Schroeder
Boyd McCamey
Weston
Hartz Mountain
John Hess
Main Street
Clyde
Bart Hickman
Bill Samples
Rink” Hefner
Hug” Henry
Micky" McDade
Lawrence ‘Hall
Fairmont Teachers College
Howard Bartlett
Bridgeport
G. T.bartlett
McGraw Avenue
Gwendolyn White
Mansfield
W. Va
Grafton
Luther Fields
Louise Holt
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Thayer Street
W. C. Pembroke
Richard Bartlett
Maryland
Lohm Kunst
Buckhannon
Ralph
Ernst
Howard Holt
Maple Avenue
Clarksburg
Benjamin’ Stewart
Masontown
Virginia’ Stover
Fairmont State Teachers College
L. J. Stover
West Main Street
Irl Humphreys
Wheeling
George Sorge
Washington St
Frye
Knotts Avenue
Suddarth
Look, Look: Court Sends Quick Witty Exchange to Judge
A series of brief quips exchange between Clarice Maurice Joyce and Jack before the judge. The dialogue includes lines about looks that could kill and the notion of marriage changing two people into inseparable pair, framed as courtroom banter.
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Clarice
Jill
Maurice
Joyce
Billy
Alice
Jack
Christmas Gift Display At Local Store
Shoppers prepared for holiday gifting as a local shop showcases an array of diamonds, watches, rings, leather goods, toilet sets, umbrellas, and novelties. The advertisement promises reasonable prices to ease present selection concerns for both men and women.
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Santa
Toyland
S. K. White
Latrobe Street
S. K. White's
Pittsburgh Livestock and Produce Prices December Market
Pittsburgh markets report U S Department of Agriculture figures for livestock and produce. Hoges and cattle steadiness noted with mix of small runs and weights. lambs weaker. Produce demand fair with varied carload offerings and price ranges across apples cabbage onions and potatoes.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Virginia Baldwins
New York Baldwins
Wealthies
Virginia Starks
West Virginia
Grimes Golden
Ohio Baldwing
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Soviets Flee Canton as Sino Soviet Rift Deepens
Amid Canton turmoil South China factions sever ties with the Soviet Union in a sweeping purge from the Yangtze Valley southward. Vice Consul Hassis is believed executed. Soviets ordered from Hankow and Shanghai. Soviet staff, including three consulate members and ten women, have left for Vladivostok with Shanghai as a moving deadline.
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Peking
Canton
South China
Hassis
Yangtze Valley
Hankow
Shanghai
Vladivo
Exiled Soviet staff from Hankow to Vladivostok
Twenty two members of the Soviet consulate staff expelled from Hankow were interned at the Soviet consulate and will depart for Vladivostok on Thursday. Another group including Consul General Kovlovsky will leave then.
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Stok
Siberia
Japan
Hankow
Vladivostok
Kovlovsky
Purnell Followers Await Miracle Burial Postponed
In Benton Harbor on December 20 followers of Benjamin Purnell of the House of David await a sign of resurrection as health officials postpone the burial to tomorrow after three days without life signs. The cult's leader died Friday and officials say the body will be buried tomorrow per state law.
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Benton Harbor
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Purnell
Woman slays child then kills herself in Brooklyn apartment
A unnamed woman in Brooklyn threw a four year old girl from a sixth floor window then jumped herself. Both died. The child clutched a doll as a maid heard a scream and saw the window crash shut. Neither woman nor child had been seen by building residents before the tragedy.
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New York
Brooklyn
Plans For Coolidge Cuban Trip Arranged
Plans for President Coolidge trip to Havana for the Pan American conference next month are taking shape under the direction of the State Department. Secretary Kellogg is directing preparations and coordinating with officials ahead of the conference.
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Washington
Coolidge
Havana
State Department
Kellogg
Coolidge Receiving Honors Upon Havana Arrival
Descriptions say the president will be given full ceremonial honors on his entry into Havana after disembarking the battleship Texas. The trip is portrayed as one of the most ceremonious the nation can offer to its head of state.
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New York
Africa
Jackques Edouard Chable
Coolidge
Texas
Havana
Two Trainmen Killed as Engine Explodes in Warren Pa
Two trainmen were killed when a local Pennsylvania railroad engine jumped the tracks and its boiler exploded. The locomotive rolled down a 30 foot embankment while a coach with about 20 passengers remained on the rails. the passengers were uninjured. The United States flag was protested. Chicago's plan to use 2000 garbage wagons for flag display spurs debate on Old Glory’s decorative use.
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Warren
Pennsylvania Ger
Sengerg
United States
Chicago
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