Leaked Pocketbook Fraud Suspect Nabbed in Lima
I Williams, aliases, arrested in Lima by Postoffice Inspector C Kile for raising money orders. He confessed to decades of fraud, targeting small towns, cashing spoofed orders through merchants. Williams to Toledo for hearing. trial set in Fort Wayne before Judge Anderson.
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Williams
Lima
Postoffice
C. Kile
United States
Kile
Lime
United States Post Office Department
Indianapolis
Anderson
Richmond
Marton
Warsaw
South Bend
Elkhart
Engineer Cuts Off His Foot With Knife in Wreck
Charles John Wood, a Burlington freight engineer based in 3T, Minnesota, demonstrated nerve and presence of mind after his train collided with a switch engine on Sunday. His left foot was trapped between the tender and the engine. he severed it with a knife and crawled clear. He was partly conscious when found and later recovered. doctors expect recovery.
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Paul, Minn
Charles John ‘Wood
Burlington
Angel visits spark Baptist sermon in Vincennes crowd
Walter Clark, 10, preached at the General Baptist church in Vincennes on Sunday night to a large congregation. Six weeks earlier the boy caused a stir by saying an angel told him to begin preaching. He plans to preach in Princeton next Sunday.
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Vincennes
Ind
Walter Clark
General Baptist Church
Princeton
Man in Jail Sleeps One Week After Conviction
John Fulcher, a Black man, has been asleep a week in his jail cell after conviction for stealing a cow but before sentencing. Doctors, including a hypnotist Dr. Isabelle Harris and an osteopath from Kirkeraville, tried to awaken him without success.
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Kansas City
Mon
Jan
John Fulcher
Isabelle Harris
Kirkeraville
Toy pistols cause city to ban in Virginia
Norfolk January 5 report says thirteen people dead and seven seriously injured from toy pistols in the city and vicinity since Christmas. Mayors of Norfolk Portsmouth and Berkeley order police to confiscate all toy pistols in possession of children. Representative Charles T. Biand introduces a bill prohibiting sale of firearms to anyone under 12 in Virginia.
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Norfolk
Thia City
Portsmouth
Berkeley
Charles T. Biand
No boxing allowed in Muncie says Governor Durbin
Governor Durbin announced there will be no prize fights in Muncie and has not notified the local police. He opposes boxing contests and has warned they will not be tolerated within the metropolitan police system. Indiana promoters had advertised bouts, but Superintendent Cashmore of the Mantle police force has allowed none to proceed.
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Durbin
Muncie
Jun
Metropolitan Police
Indiana Page
Cashmore
Mantle
Breakfast habits of healthy Europeans lessons for Americans
The article argues that Europeans such as Scotch Germans Irene and Italians avoid meat at breakfast. It promotes a simple plan: fruit, Grape-Nuts with cream, one or two soft eggs, a cup of Postum and coffee, plus hard toast. A two day trial is suggested to prove the benefits and make one feel fit.
Professional Bridegroom Charged With Bigamy in Newark Case
New York report outlines Thomas Bruce a geologist and mining engineer accused in New Jersey of bigamy. A wife recounts marriages to several women including Louise Howard and Miss Munnan, with Bruce described as a “professional bridegroom.” His lineage ties to Patrick Henry is noted. Judge Morris to rule on habeas corpus amid claims Bruce inherited $500,000 and kept multiple marriages alive.
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New York
Thomas Bruce
Hartimore
Newark
Mary Cecila Flannsn
Bruce
Seventy-nineth St
Uniesity
Pearl Arnold
Huth Deshon
Loulex Howand Bruce
Richmond
Pittsburg
Anna Christian
New Jersey
Louise Howard
Old Dominion
Munnan
Morris
United States Court
Prof
Virginia
Tragedy on the Baltimore & Ohio Train in Columbus
A two month old mulatto girl was found dead tied to the rear car of a Baltimore & Ohio train arriving from Cincinnati. Police seek Richard Boyer, missing since Saturday noon, with unclear motive. Emma Calve engagement reported in San Remo, and several births, deaths, and marriages noted among Columbus residents. Smallpox deaths recorded at City Hospital. quarantines issued for exposed occupants.
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio
Cincinnati
Richard Boyer
Clark & Woyer
Aie
N. Clinois
Emma Calve
San Remo
Julia Bois
Calve
New York
Boss
America
John Lemming
Kentucky Ave
A. Clark
Miners Back at Work in Anthracite Collieries
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania January 3 For the first time since the miners strike began a force of mine workers returned to work at the collieries Monday morning. Output is expected around 310000 tons with a goal to set January as a record month. Rail cars are ample and shipments to tidewater should be uninterrupted. Mines and collieries are in good condition with minimal delays from damaged workings.
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Wilkusbarre
Une Coltleries
Tidewater
Hill appointed minister to Switzerland in State Department move
Washington January 5 Dr David Jayne Hill first assistant secretary of state named minister to Switzerland Prof Arthur Sherburne Mardy nominated minister to Spain Charles Pageryan named minister to Brazil to be sent to Portugal Francia Loomis, present minister to Portugal, assigned to take Dr Hill's place as US assistant secretary of state Italy
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Washington
David Jayne Hill
Switzerland
Arthur Sherburne Mardy
Spain
Charles Pageryan
Brazil
Portugal
Francia 3
Loomis
Hilla Plice
Itale
Railroad wage talks delay fringe group wage rise
Railroad unions the Order of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors met in St Louis to receive company replies to their demand for a 20 percent wage increase. The demand, made December 20, covers every western railway system west of Chicago and seeks higher pay for all members.
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Louis
Meade
Chivam
Alaska gold strike reported near Chicken Creek
U S commissioner Graff writes that a vast gold quartz ledge in Alaska has been traced MM miles in the Forty Mile district near Chicken Creek. He describes the find as the largest strike of the kind ever made in Alaska and notes many messages of gold coming in from Seattle and other points.
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Seattle
Wash
Tan
Forty Mile
U.S
Graff
Alaska
Rugged German Hirsh Ottenheimer Dies at 82 in New Jersey
Hirsh Ottenheimer born in Stuttgart in April 186? died at his New Jersey home Sunday night at 82. He came to America about 30 years ago, lived in Cincinnati before settling in New Jersey. Generations of the Ottenheimer family survived him, including his sons Samuel and Henry and daughter Mrs Kaufman and her granddaughter Mrs Segar.
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Hirsh Ottenheimer
New Jersey
Mr. Ottenheimer
Stuttgart
Germany
America
Cincinnati
Inatanpolis
Uttenheiner
Utenheiner
Samuel
Henry
Rearta
Panay ‘Kautman
Burglary at Bastion Grocery St. Louis Moz Jan 5
Burglars robbed the Bastion grocery store in St. Louis on Monday. A flour sack containing 100 pennies was taken. The event was reported from Mu. Jan 5 and involves a small cash misappropriation. The police investigation is noted but details are limited.
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ST. Louis
Bastion
Narrow Escape as Daly Family Survives Fire in Brazil
In Brazil Indiana early Monday a fire at John Daly’s home destroyed the dwelling while the Daly family narrowly escaped cremation. A defective honey caused the blaze, and local authorities report the family’s survival with the house lost. Enthusier meeting at a cooperative window glass factory in Muncie attracted several hundred dollars in subscriptions. Local capitalists promise funds once workers’ subscriptions are in. Construction on the new factory may start in the spring.
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Brazil
Ind
John Daly
Muncie
Herrick Out for Governor
Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland announces his candidacy for Ohio governor saying he will accept if Republicans ask him to run this year. The report notes his readiness to take on the duties and responsibilities of the office.
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Herrick
Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Bargains In Upright Planes At Baldwin's
Bargains in upright planes advertised as slightly used at Baldwin's. Teaser notice repeats ad copy about sending a notice to THE SUN. Includes address cue Ohio Street and a phone line with a price of zero dollars.
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Baldwin
Odell May Become Head Of Big Concern In New York
New York June 5 The political circle again cites Gov Odell declining a gubernatorial nomination and becoming president of Pueblo mail steamship company in New York offices Friends say he will retire after term to head a 20 million concern while continuing party support Also mentions January strawberries harvest in Doublin county North Carolina with shipments northward fetching 1 to 3 a basket
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New York
Odell
Pueblo Mail Steamship Company
E. H. Hartiman
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Pacife Mall
Norfolk
Voublin County
N.C
Doublin
Anderson Nabbed in Indiana Elopement Case
SEYMOUR Ind Jan 5 Rome Anderson of Surprise Ind was arrested in Bedford after eloping with a local girl. They were brought back to Seymour as the strike commission prepares to resume hearings. Also notes report a miner killed by a fall west of Brazil Ind and misc local advertisements and notices.
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Anderson
Seymour
Ind
Rome Anderson
Bedford
Brazil
San
Golden Uadler
Elate
Here
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