Middletown Robbery Attempt Captured at Local Bookstore
Gordon Wall and Benjamin Fishburn entered the George Schadt bookstore on South Union Street by removing a transom pane and were caught in the act by Dr. I K Deckard and Harry Gill. Wall confessed after Fishburn escaped with a small amount of money recovered.
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Gordon Wall
Benjamin Fishsburn
George Schadt
Yincroft Building
South Union Street
I. K. Deckard
HarryGill
Young
Fishburn
Wall
Lieut
C. G. Brenneman
Avia Hon
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Clayton Hoffman
D. I. Barnhill
Tremont
Frank Shenfeld
William Dintaman
R. T. Young
Lorain
Ohio
Morris Binnen
New York City
Isaac Alberstadt
Kate Weaver
Webster Weaver
Lancaster
King
North Union Street
Fuller Bergtresser
Florence Saul
Spring Street
Pittsburgh
Mrs Julia Geraghty Granted Divorce in Newport
Mrs Julia French Geraghty daughter of Mrs Leroy French was granted a divorce from John Geraghty by Judge Doran in the Superior Court. The husband offered no defense to years of alleged nonsupport and custody of their six year old son was awarded to Mrs Geraghty. The elopement of Julian French with Geraghty in 1911 caused a Newport social stir.
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Associated Press
Newport
R. 1
Julia French Geraghty
Leroy French
Doran
John Geraghty
Geraghty
Julian French
Massachusetts
Kansas strip pits begin coal production under state control
Pittsburg reports the start of coal mining in Crawford county strip pits under state receivership. Volunteers and guards protect workers as four pits open with more crews ordered. Governor Allen directs first shipment to western Kansas. Colonel Hoisington leads troops in the pits.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Kansas
Henry J. Allen
Crawford County
Perry M. Hoisington
4Th
Kansas Infantry
Neverseas
France
H. Hubert
Allen
American Beet Sugar Moves Eastward To Ease Famine
Thirty thousand tons of American beet sugar from the central states is now moving to Atlantic coast states to relieve the eastern sugar shortage this month. The Sugar Equalization Board said adequate relief must wait for Cuban sugar to move in, likely in January. The beet sugar crop is being marketed in the central west to justify the eastward shipment. Berlin authorities forbid marriages between British soldiers and German girls except with government permits.
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Associated Press
New York
Central States
Atlantic Coast
Sugar Equalization Board
Atlantic Seaboard
Central
West
Berlin
Cologne
Widow contests Shonts will over large estate share
Within a day of being named temporary administrator of the Shonts estate, Mrs. Milla D. Shonts announces intention to contest the will. The document leaves the bulk to Amanda C. Thomas of New York, citing previous provisions for the wife who has been separated from Theodore P. Shonts. Interest from $100,000 cash is directed to two daughters, the Duchess re Chaulmes and Mrs Rutherford Bingham.
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Milla D. Shonts
Theodore P. Shonts
Shonts
Amanda C. Thomas
New York
Re ‘Chaulmes
Rutherford Bingham
200 Blue Laws Violators Held by Baltimore Magistrate
Baltimore on December 2 reported the first Sunday enforcement of the two century old blue laws. Police Magistrate Schroeder postponed hearings until February 1 guiding action by grand jury indictments or high court rulings. Over 200 arrests and 400 summonses followed the order with two hundred held for grand jury action and varied minor violations noted.
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Baltimore
Schroeder
Judge Block
Orphans’ Court
Demolition of Victory Arch Starts in New York
Crowds gather as Garden City Wrecking Company begins tearing down the Victory Arch, the wood and plaster memorial on Fifth Avenue at Twenty Fourth Street. The equestrian statue is removed by pulley and a motor truck, traffic redirected, with completion expected within a week.
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New York
America
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Garden City
Twenty-fifth Street
Worth Monument
Broadway
Blood transfusion saves woman after attempted murder
Mrs Flor ence A Robinson, shot by Grover Cleveland Gordon who had alienated her from her husband, is recovering at Casualty Hospital after blood from the would be killer was transfused to save her. Gordon, who claimed to love the woman, offered his blood and hoped for punishment of his act.
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Washington
Florence A. Robinson
Grover Cleveland
Gordon
Robinson
Mrs. Robinson
34 Million Pounds U. S. Beef For Sale
Washington announces the War Department will sell the army surplus frozen beef totaling about 24,215,000 pounds. Sales benefit American consumers and are open to municipalities, buying clubs, state and local institutions, hotels, restaurants, and retailers at twenty percent below Chicago quotations. minimum order 50,000 pounds.
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Washington
War Department
Chicago
Newberry to Appear in Court Over 1918 Campaign Indictment
Federal officers move toward an early trial of 135 men charged in the 1918 Tru man Newberry campaign corruption case. Several defendants pleaded guilty, others appeared voluntarily, and Newberry is set to appear next Monday, with arraignments to continue through the week ending December 8.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Truman H. Newberry
Newberry
G. W. Sessions
Judge Sessions
James ©. Murfin
Detroit
Newberry Counsel
Sanato
Fire at Manville Farm Blamed on Bolshevists
Fire destroyed barns outbuildings house and livestock on the Manville farm of Joseph and John Pirrozi causing an estimated loss of $20,000. The Pirrozi brothers had angered strikers at the Johns Manville plant and were threatened after aiding the company with strike breakers. Joseph Pirrozi blames Bolshevists for the blaze and says they had threatened to burn him out.
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Somerville
N. J
Joseph
John Piri
Manville
H. W. Johns-Manville Company
Pirrozzi Brothers
Joseph Pirrozzi
Bolshevists
Mass Fatal Clash Reported in Chihuahua Front
El Paso reports a large raid near Santa Rosalia where 1 000 Villa forces attacked the Eightieth Federal regiment at Rancho Espejo. Dr. I M Gomez, an aviator, confirms the event and says Carranza authorities censored details.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Felipe Angeles
Francisco Villa
Federal Army
Rancho Espejo
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
I. M. Gomez
Los Angeles
France
Angeles
Gomez
Carranza
Rivas
Marroqui
Santo Sanchez
Illinois Steel Closes Furnaces Over Coal Shortage
Four blast furnaces and two plants of the Illinois Steel Company shut today due to coal supply failure. Two thousand workers are laid off but will be reassigned to other company departments, officials said.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
D'Annunzio Troops on Way to Sebenico
Dispatches from Belgrade report a destroyer and a transport carrying 1,000 Gabriele D'Annunzio troops left Fiume, likely bound to occupy Sebenico, as of Saturday.
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D’annunzio
Sebenico
London
Belgrade
Gabriele D’annunzio
Fiume
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Beli
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Victory Arch
Shot
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Peffer Street
Daniel Cless
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North Front Street
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Front St
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Maple Leaf
Jas, Doan
Melrose Street
William Mars
Melrose St
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Charles R. Pye
N. 6Th St
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