Water to wine claims roil at Columbia University
AP dispatch reports two Belgian visitors demonstrating a secret substance at Columbia that allegedly turns water into wine. The claim, promoted by lawyer C Brutney and officer George Vingerhoets, involves mixing the substance with water and sugar to produce alcohol in days. Other items note a junk dealer paying for a plane crash, a glass-house belief by Mrs. Ward Leigh, Rockefeller anecdotes, and a Rockefeller foundation study on college inferiority.
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Associated Press
New York
Columbia University
C. Brutneye
George Vingerhoets
Chemical
Nyack
N. Y
Ward Leigh
Oom
Rockefeller Foundation
Foundation
Funeral Rites For Grant Kidde Held On Saturday
Funeral services for Grant Kibby former Grafton resident killed in a Morgantown mine accident were held Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev John Lowther presided. The body was taken to Harrisville for burial with a grave side service. Attendees included many Grafton residents. Widow raised in the city survives with five sons seven brothers three sisters and the father in Parkersburg.
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Grant Kibby
Grafton
Morgantown
John Lowther
M. B
Harrisville
Parkersburg
Many Dismissed By New State Official
Atlanta June 27 Several of the 400 employees of the state department of agriculture dismissed by the new commissioner Eugene Talmadge indicate they will not accept their dismissals because their commissions do not expire for months. Talmadge said he discharged the employees to fulfill his clean up pledge and claimed legal authority for dismissing contracts extending beyond the fiscal year. Felix B Boswell director of the bureau of markets among those who indicated they would remain.
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Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Felix B. Boswell
Bureau of Markets
Untitled Fragment Reflects Elusive Telephony Note
A fragmented OCR line hints at a telephony related note or inquiry. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to specify the event or person involved.
Price For Murder Tumbles In Bootleg War Tales
Cleveland's bloody corner at Woodland Avenue and East 25th Street, site of numerous bootleg killings, is highlighted with Police Chief Jacob Grant vowing to stop the bootleggers war in the city.
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Cleveland
Woodland Ave
25Th St
Jacob Grant
Underworld
Woodland Avenue
E. 26Th Street
Murder on the cheap: Cleveland hires killers for ten dollars
Bonita Witt reports in Cleveland on the rise of professional murderers during the bootleg era. Prices have fallen from fifty dollars to twenty five as rival bootleg rings hire hitmen to protect turf on Woodland Avenue and East 26th Street. Police chief Jacob Graut vows swift action while grafted gangs push killings in the so called Roaring Third.
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Cleveland
United States
Binney
Canada
Trotzky and Zinovieff To Be Dropped by Party
Moscow reports that Leon Trotzky and Gregory Zinovieff face expulsion from the all-Russian Communist Party. They are charged with attempts to break party unity amid international tensions, reaction to China’s revolution, and aiding anti-Soviet agitation. The presidium of the central control committee has asked for their dismissal.
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Moscow
Russia
all-Russian
Communist Party
Leon ‘Trotzky
Gregory Zinovieff
Soviet Union
Central Control Committee
Inas
Party Trusts Followed on Disciplinary Recommendations
In recent months the party has issued multiple warnings and discipline for several figures. Today the likelihood increased that the committee’s recommendations will be enacted and enforced.
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Zaueh Ag
Local Woman Passes Away In City
Nestor 69 widow of Isaac Nestor died Friday night at 9 45 at home of daughter Mrs H C Breas after a lingering illness. Survived by Wesley Alonzo James Nes tor. Mrs W A Mitchell Mrs H C Breedlove and Mrs J A Robinson all residents of the city. Funeral at Breedlove home 231 W Washington today at 2 30 with Rev S L Postlethwait and Rev J Howard Anderson officiating. Interment Bluemont Cemetery Bartlett Funeral in charge.
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Nestor
Isaac Nestor
H. C. Breas
Breedlove
West Wins Street
United Brethren Church
Wesley
Alonzo
James Nestor
W. A. Mitchell
H. C. Breedlove
J. A. Robinson
Washington Street
L. Postlethwait
J. Howard Anderson
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Bluemont Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Affair Rumor Affects Classroom Teacher and Student
A fragmented exchange hints at an alleged affair involving a teacher and a student named Tommy. The dialogue suggests the teacher suspects Tommy has learned of a hidden note or essay about affection for the teacher, while Tommy deflects and his mother intervenes. The fragment implies tension and parental involvement in the situation.
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Tommy
Prince Serge Mdivani to defend title in New York suit
Prince Serge Mdivani husband of Pola Negri plans to sue a magazine for 100000 dollars in New York claiming a paper he sent proves his noble title. The Times notes he seeks to establish lineage as a prince dating back to 1753 while contemporaries dispute royal blood claims.
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Los Angeles
Serge M'divani
the Times
M'divani
Pola Negri
New York
M’divani
Firat
Fomer
Untitled fragmented news items mix in New York
A scrambled OCR fragment mentions General J. G. Hall, Radio America, and Manuel Q. dent of a Philippine senate, plus Owen D. Young and a Stockholm trip. It includes a 20 year old pilot in a Shelbyville crash, and references police, a film star Rod La Rocque, Prince Edward Island politics, and a liquor sale proposal.
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Asmoclateat Direct Radio
J. G. Halident
Radio America
New York
Manuel Qdent
Philippine Senate
Ila
Owen D. Young
Tater Chamber of Commerce
Stockholm
Mhang
Shelbyville
Inn
lJose Gandarotn
Mexico
Rod la Rocque
Holly
Prince Edward Island
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