Taylor's Murder Might Be Solved in 1922 Case
San Francisco reports former California governor Friend W Richardson hinted at a breakthrough in the William Desmond Taylor murder case. No actress named. Taylor, a Hollywood director, was shot in January 1922 at his bungalow as investigators weighed suspects Mabel Normand Edward Sands and Mary Miles Minter.
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San Francisco
The
San Francisco Call-Bulletin Today
Friend W. Richardson
California
William Desmond Taylor
Hollywood
Taylor
Hollywood Court
Mabel Normand
Edward Sands
Mary Miles Minter
Mise Normand
Miss Minter
Baron Fitts
Convict Woman For Running Unlicensed Chicago Orphanage
Chicago officials report the conviction of Mrs. Maud Dieden for operating a children home after license revocation. Juvenile protective association official Miss Harriet Comstock testified ten children removed from Dieden’s home died from malnutrition in other facilities, highlighting alleged neglect.
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Chicago
Maud Dieden
Harriet Comstock
The
Juvenile Protective Association
New Duke Buildings To Be Occupied In Full
Duke announces next September the new Gothic campus will be occupied as the existing old facilities revert to the women’s college. The hospital with 400 beds opens July 1 and the medical school starts October 1. other departments move to the adjoining 4,000 acre campus by fall.
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Duke University
University Hospital
University
School of Medicine
Duke
Woman’s College
Durham
W. P. Few
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Iuc Muviile VL Qin Utpaailumomloy
Coordinate College For Women
W. C. Davison
Law
Theology
Arts and Sciences
College For Women
New College
James B. Duke
Randolph County
Women's College
Society Note Miss Nancy Kirkman Visits For Holidays
Miss Nancy Kirkman arrived from New York City where she is connected with the public library and will spend the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Kirkman.
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Nancy Kirkman
New York City
Public Library
Mrs. P. V. Kirkman
State Game Farm to Boost Ring Neck Pheasants
North Carolina's State Game Farm at Asheboro will nearly double pheasant production next year as demand grows. Chas H England, state game warden, says 2,000 pheasants and 12,000 eggs will be raised and distributed. Long, a 40 year pheasant breeder, named assistant manager to lead propagation efforts.
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England
North Carolina
Long
British Columbia
Washington
Michigan
U. S. Biological Survey
Oil Output Reaches a Billion Barrels
Tulsa reports that 1929 oil production will top one billion barrels for the first time since the United States became the leading producer. Based on ten months official figures and December estimates, yearly output is forecast at about 1.902 trillion barrels, up from 889 million in 1923.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa World
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Lewarne Town Abandons Charter Over Compensation Act
Officials in Lewarne Richmond county resign and surrender the town charter due to an inability to meet the workmen's compensation act. Mayor E M Wath and five commissioners state they receive no pay and will not operate under the law, prompting a query to the attorney general on the council’s right to surrender. The industrial commission notes this is the first such refusal.
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Lewarne
Raleigh
Richmond County
State Industrial Commission
E. M. Wath
Matt H. Allen
Industrial Commission
Allen
Dennis Brummitt
Themdustrial Commission
Oldest Bible Commentary Book in Yakima Collection
H P Vermilye of Yakima owns a 1571 printed Bible commentary, one of the world’s oldest books. There were only 200 printing presses in existence at that time. The author Petti Vermilly was an ancestor of the present owner.
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Yakima, Wash
H. P. Vermilye
Petti M. Vermilli
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Lrocert & Myzns Tosacco Co
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