Harris Convicted of Manslaughter in Wife Shooting
Joe Harris a 24 year old colored resident of East St. Louis was sentenced to two to twenty one years at Indiana State Reformatory after being convicted by a jury of manslaughter in the death of his wife Mrs Lora Harris in October 1921. He was arrested in Detroit Michigan and testified another man fired the fatal shot.
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Joe Harris
East St. Louis
Indiana State Reformatory
Lora Harris
Harris
Detroit
Mich
Seer buys typhoid germs in Chicago investigation
Assistant State's Attorney John Sbarbaro exposes ease of obtaining typhoid germs while probing the death of Billy McClintock. Judge Harry Olson led the case with claims germs were administered. Sbarbaro visited hospitals and labs with Billy’s foster father William Shepherd to verify purchases.
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United Press
Chicago
John Sbarbaro
Billy” McClintock
McClintock
Harry Olson
Robert E. Crowe
Sbarbaro
Sbarbar
Hold-up at Martindale Ave grocer nets $25
Three colored men escaped with $25 after a Wednesday night hold-up at R. E. Gransinger's grocery at 2202 Martindale Ave. Two of the men held Gransinger at gunpoint in the rear while another rifled the cash register and searched his pockets. Two passersby saw them flee.
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R. E. Gransinger
Martindale Ave
Lieut. Johnson
Liquor Ring Exposed After Freight Car Seizure in KC
Kansas City authorities uncover a liquor ring with a $20,000 freight car of high grade liquors traced from St Louis. Two men, H. F. Tiegh and James O Griggs, officers of a commission house, are arrested and deny knowledge of the shipment.
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United Press
Kansas City
St. Louis
H. F. Tiegh
James O. Griggs
Commission House
J. N. Thompson Dead Funeral Services Friday
J N Thompson 42 of 3040 N Capitol Ave dies after brief pneumonia illness. Oil operator with Kentucky interests. Funeral 1 30 p m Friday at Crown Hill Cemetery burial Methodist Hospital. Survived by widow mother son Emerson and brother W H Thompson Harrisburg Ill.
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J. N. Thompson
Capitol Ave
Crown Hill Cemetery
Mr. Thompson
Methodist Hospital
Kentucky
Clay County
Emerson Thompson
W. H. Thompson
Harrisburg
Ill
Mrs. Ed Jackson Hosts Spring Tea for State Assembly Wives
Mrs Ed Jackson entertained Thursday afternoon with an informal tea at the Governor's mansion for the wives of State Legislators and other State Assembly Women’s Club members. The house featured spring flowers and a music program by Mrs Archie Bobbitt.
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Ed Jackson
Governor’s Mansion
State Assembly Women’s Club
Mesdames
P. H. Wolfard
Robert Marsh
George V. Coffin
Arthur Robinson
C. B. Shultz
Frederick Schortemeier
L. C. Bowman
Henry N. Sherwood
Edward Franklin White
Shortest original board length puzzle
A carpenter sawed a board into three equal straight pieces. Each piece measured three quarters of a foot. Determine the minimum length of the original board. The last answer notes the path from point 1 to 2 with 12 intermediate dots.
Block to Return After Rochester Funeral
A. L. Block of L. Strauss & Co plans a late week return from Rochester New York after attending the funeral of his mother Mrs Sarah Weil age 80 who died Sunday Mrs Jerome Lyon of Indianapolis a granddaughter also survives
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A. L. Block
L. Strauss & Co
Rochester
N. Y
Sarah Weil
Jerome Lyon
Indianapolis
California Fig Syrup Ad Warns Mothers About Imitations
An advertisement urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup for babies and children to ease constipation and upset stomachs. It emphasizes the syrup's delicious taste, warns to say California to avoid imitations, and notes full dosing directions printed on the bottle.
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California
Remedies At Every Day Cut Prices Teee
A brief retail notice notes Remedies At Every Day cutting prices on assorted goods. The item highlights lower prices to attract shoppers in an ongoing sale.
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Hook
Hook's
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Green
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H. B. Kennedy
Brownsburg
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Circle
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Moore
Mofold
Eversharp
Credit Kay Jewelry Co
Washington Street
Wm. H. Armstrong Co
the Surgical Instrument House
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W. R. Beard & Co
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Patrick
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Foley
Mission
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Hill
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Ambre de
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Bliss
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Carter
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Haley
Fairyfoot
Horlick
Denby
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Lincoln Highway
Camel
la Fendrich
la Palmas
el Productos
Chancellors
Roi Tan
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