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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
7
Cortlandt Bleecker remarks on the modern girl's morals during a lunch at Dark Harbor. A contemporary chat includes a modern girl in an ultra modern bathing suit saying her hired chaperon caught her kissing a married man. She says she discharged her chaperon.
A Boston Transcript report notes a husband sought revenge in a divorce suit by compelling the judge to grant him custody of the wife’s Pekinese dog. The outcome highlights the unusual petition and its legal result in the court ruling.
London reports General MacReady warns troops in martial law zones that lawlessness will be punished by courts martial and possible execution for serious offenses. Bishop Cohalan replies to critics of Irish republic recognition, arguing action and context over wartime violence and urging US recognition through De Valera if necessary.
Dublin reports renewed violence across Ireland with two soldiers killed and four wounded when a Sinn Fein ambush near Mitchelstown hit a two lorry detachment. Seventy Sinn Feiners attacked Foulks Mills Barracks, while Constable Shannon died and two officers were wounded in a Swanston County Cavan ambush. Dublin Castle also announced a Sinn Fein ammunition store seizure.
Herbert Hoover appealed to Opera House crowds to fund food and clothing for 3.5 million starving children in fourteen European nations. Countess Szecheny and other donors including Mrs Harriman and Paul Warburg contributed large sums, pushing afternoon total toward 700000.
A sensational sequence unfolds as Sophia Taylor known as Beautiful Babs lies wounded after George A Kelly fatally shoots her and then dies by his own hand. Eva Luscombe and Lucille Maude Friend had earlier died in separate incidents, with Eva perishing in a New York fire and Lucille in Glasgow. Victor Luscombe reportedly dies of a broken heart while Babs fights for life. Doctors say Babs has a fighting chance if no complications arise.
Paris dispatch reports the French dispatch boat Bar Le Duc ran aground near Cape Doro on December 14. It is believed about 20 crew members drowned while seventy were rescued as the vessel was lost.
New York December 20 United Press Dr Edward A Rumely was found guilty on two counts for concealing German ownership of the New York Evening Mail He borrowed 1451700 from the imperial German government to buy an interest in the paper The verdict says no arrangement made that Germany owned or controlled the stock He faces up to two years in prison or a 10000 fine and plans to appeal He will be sentenced Monday at 2 pm
John Willers a former captain in the 48th U S infantry faces possible prison after a court martial on Governors Island concluded his trial for desertion and embezzlement of 5000 dollars from his company. His claim of being one of 300 German spies was contradicted by an Indiana uncle’s testimony.
Zion City Hl Dec 20 United Press Dr George Gillmeyer arreigned charged with smoking in court. Defense claimed he merely held a cigar in his mouth to keep warm as the cold air caused breath to be mistaken for smoke. Court imposed the usual $10 fine.
Residents in Vienna will stagger lunch times with even numbered houses eating at 11 30 and odd numbers at 12 00 to reduce strain on ruminating plants. The note mentions a seven year closure to tourist travel and potential land clearing to increase productive farming.
Chicago reports say bandits fear women after several encounters. Miss Grace Curry, 19, refused to surrender. Maude Lindthal fought a bandit and both were harmed. Police note drug use increases. Hyde Park Bandit Victims Association advises calm, quick actions and reporting details to aid identification.
Mrs. Vu K. Chapman discovered a burglar ransacking her bedroom in Denver. She screamed, frightening the intruder who fled. Her husband returned home several hours later to find her unconscious.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels urges a universal peace plan to halt naval armament. He calls for a world alliance open to Austria and Germany later, and favors a three-nation or four-nation bloc to limit battleship construction.
The Plymouth Rubber Company of Canton Massachusetts with 1,500,000 capital faced a creditors' petition in federal court on Saturday. The plant declines due to inventory shrinkage and weak demand. An official declined to provide figures on assets or sales.
Yeo Cheow, a Chinese national, confessed killer of Tom Holland and John Federden in Cheyenne last September. He was sentenced Saturday to be hanged at the state penitentiary in Kawling on the morning of March 11.
John Devens, a San Francisco based mining man, was killed about November 22 in the state of Mexico according to information received today by the state department from the American embassy in Mexico City.
Captain Charles Hall, 104, Eau Claire's oldest resident and former steamboat pilot, died Friday in Eau Claire Wisconsin.
In Miami on December 20 the U S labor board ruled the Esch Cummins transportation act excludes interurban and electric lines, narrowing its reach beyond the framers intent. Senator Cummins of Iowa said the act aimed to cover all freight lines and suggested the law may need amendment if the board's interpretation holds.
John Quincy Adams kept strict hours at the White House with lights out at ten. He rose early, swam with his son in summer, and walked to the Capitol before breakfast. A keen astronomy student, he used a rooftop telescope and planted trees. He urged Congress to send seeds to constituents.
Pimply faces may improve with Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water. Wash off in five minutes and continue daily use to keep skin clear. Include Cuticura Talcum for daily toilet care.
A page boy at a major London hotel protests a wage fine for a trivial act. He warns the manager that any further fines would force his resignation, even joking about quitting if fined again. The manager, weak with shock, gasps as the boy delivers the quip.
Patent era advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh and no other diseases. It explains internal action through the blood to mucous surfaces, reducing inflammation and restoring normal conditions. Circulars free from F. H. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
In London at Olympia a worldwide jamboree gathered scouts from many nations. An incident with a Highland soldier on an underground train near Paddington sparked a humorous exchange as a young wolf cub offered a seat and the man replied he was not a girl guide.
The Nine Worthies are grouped into three Gentiles Hector of Troy Alexander the Great Julius Caesar three Jews Joshua David Judas Maccabeus and three Christians King Arthur Charlemagne Godfrey of Bouillon. The note explains their legendary status and roles in history.
A woman and her son wait at a North Side meat market counter as the cutter prepares lamb chops. The boy asks for welnies, and the mother hushes him, saying they must buy something different for company.
Mrs Dora Williams recalls severe stomach trouble lasting over a year and ten months bedridden before Eatonic eased her symptoms. The ad promotes Eatonie to remove excess acidity and gas after meals with a big box priced cheaply under a druggist guarantee.
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