More Girls in Roscoe Arbuckle Real Drama
San Francisco reports focus on the Arbuckle case as witnesses are sought for Labor Day party events. Lowell Sherman’s missing witness located in New York and may return. Michael Semnacher provides repeated claims about mistreatment of Miss Virginia Rappe. Brady's team questions him and searches for three unidentified party guests.
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Arbuckle
Man
Lowell Sherman
New York
al Semnacher
Joscoe Arbuckle
Duncan Matheson
Court of Justice
England to observe unemployment day amid unrest
London reports plans for unemployment Sunday on October 9 with meetings across England to push a national relief policy. Rioting flared outside a London police court as unemployed leaders faced unruly charges and a Glasgow communist, John MacLean, stood trial for sedition after urging action if food could not be obtained constitutionally.
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London
England
Aberdeen
John MacLean
Glasgow
Three Dead Men Found Beside Track Near St Louis
Three murdered men found within miles of each other in southern Illinois near a Missouri Pacific line. Two wear uniforms suggesting former soldiers. Robbery likely motive as police link the deaths to a single freight train. Victims unnamed. details describe crushed skulls and gunshot wounds.
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St. Louis
Ilinois
Bissouri Pacific
Skulla
Dupo
Halsey
School Mom by Day Cafe Singer by Night Weds Rich Physician
Chicago reports a school teacher Valerie Walker Marshall who sang in cabarets to support her son, then married Dr. Frank F. Hoff, a wealthy Chicago physician. The memoir notes a past board dispute over her salary and a reconnection with the doctor after illness. Her first husband died in 1918.
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Cafe
Rich
Chicago
Valera Walker Marshall
Frank F. Hoffpe
Board of Education
Ma Krshall
Hoffman
Marshall
Mexican Court in Hitch Over Oil Case Decision
Special Cable Dispatch from Mexico City reports the Supreme Court wrangling over the wording of the oil decision. The dispute centers on Article 37 non retroactivity and radicals pressuring to narrow the decision’s application.
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Special Cable Dispatch
Mexico City
Bitchen
Supreme Court
Bedbug Panic Hits Hotels and Homes Across Regions
A report describes a fast spreading bedbug problem described as a new pest imported by refugees from Ruswiah Persian and Tartar origins. It troubles hotel keepers families and palace staff, prompting widespread despair. The text notes the insect’s wings and five like body, and references future radio exchange plans involving British scouts and Antarctic expedition names.
Fatty Arbuckle autopsy testimony in murder trial
In San Francisco the preliminary hearing for Roscoe Arbuckle on Virginia Rappe’s murder charge opens with grim autopsy testimony. Dr. Strange details bruises and internal organs while noting peritoneal inflammation and a fatal rupture. Witnesses await further sessions as court excludes women from the room.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Sylvain J. Lazarus
Grizzly
Shelby Strange
Wiliam Qophuls
Grace Halston
Fatty
Arbuckle
Ralls
Fatty” Arbuck
Matthew Brady
Asalstan
Isidore Golden
Brennan
U'Ren
Lazarus
New York Scrubwomen and World News Highlights
A moving profile contrasts New York scrubwomen with harsh morning routines and dignity amid poverty. The piece touches service workers in Havana sugar markets, historic horse speed records, and imperial-era travels, interleaving local toil with distant events and political shifts.
Ireland Prepares for War amid Irish Republican Army Vows
Dublin reports indicate the Irish republican army is readying for renewed operations. An address from the commander in chief says troops may be recalled, and promises forceful action with national support. A prominent IRA member warns against surface impressions and notes readiness for a peace acceptable to a worthy nation.
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Dublin
Wilson
Lloyd George
de Valera
Thun
Irish Republican Army
Draft of British cabinet reply to De Valera sent to Irish cabinet
Gairloch Scotland report says a draft of the British cabinet reply will be sent to every Irish cabinet member delaying Ireland’s reply. The draft is likely the final letter and asks De Valera for a definite basis for conference. The government maintains Ireland must remain part of the empire amid mounting suspense after the meeting.
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Gairloch
Scotland
de Valera
Ireland
Yanks Leaving Grant to Be 800 There
A thousand Camp Grant soldiers paraded in full gear and began moving to new posts. The 12th Infantry, 6th Infantry units, Battery B, and the 7th Engineer Training Company head to Fort Brady, Fort Snelling, Fort Taylor, and Fort Russell. When the 3rd Field Artillery departs next Tuesday, about 800 remain at Camp Grant, with many to be discharged within 90 days. Traveling canteens and moving picture machines ease the marches. Sundays will be rest days.
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Mici
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Minn
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Fort Taylor
Camp Grant
Man Held as Slayer of Three in Michigan
Cadillac Michigan Sept 24 Willam Kinney 47 a farmer living near Temple Clare county about 65 miles southwest of Cadillac was arrested Thursday noon for the murder of Mr and Mrs W L Monroe and daughter Neva at Dowagiac.
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Willam Kinney
Temple
Clare County
Mre
W. L. Monroe
Neva
Ldowuglac
Jessie Enck Indicted in Aurora Case of Embezzlement
Jessie Enck of Chicago and E H Johnson formerly of Wilmette were indicted by Kane county grand jury for embezzling about 12000 from Western United Gas Electric Company of Aurora. Johnson also faced indictment. A campaign has formed to collect and export native British Columbia pharmaceutical herbs and bark, employing former soldiers trained in industrial botany.
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Jessie Enck
Aurora
Jessie Kuck
Chicago
E H. Johnson
Wilmeity
Western United (Las & Electric Company
Kane County
Johnaan
Avamping
British Columbia
Harding Peace Plan Halted in Senate Committee
The Senate foreign relations committee delayed consideration of the Versailles treaty related plan and German separate treaty as lawmakers debated American participation in reparations. Senator Borah pressed for public clarity while chair Lachey consulted Secretary Hughes, amid signals the administration may withdraw Rhine troops upon ratification and seek renewed opposition safeguards.
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Congress
Germany
Senate
Rhine
Senator New
Harding
Borah
Lachee
For‘ien
State Department
Hughes
Universal Service
Kellogg
McCuimber
Brandegee
United States
Derrs Wife Says She Aimed to Disfigure Not Kill
Akron Ohio September 23 Minnie L Derr 42 confesses to Prosecutor that she intended to maim her husband Alvin R Derr a prominent merchant rather than kill him saying she wanted other women to despise him. She blamed soda for his death and cited fear of other women as motive.
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Ohio
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Shrieken
Art Doyle
Alvin R. Derr
US Judge in China Recalled Over Shanghai Conduct
Secretary of State Hughes recalled Charles Sumner Lobgingier a U S judge in China amid charges of overbearing rulings in Shanghai. The probe follows an incident in which William Fleming a Shanghai lawyer was jailed and fined after clashing with the judge. Lobgingier, a former Omaha resident, is in Washington to defend himself.
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Havana
Washington
Charles Sumner Lobgingter
United States Court
China
Shanghai
Hughes
Harding
William Fleming
Chorges Lobainglor
Pleming
Department of Justie
Omaha
Fortune found on man found dead in box car
A partially identified man killed in a Burlington box car in Alliance Nebraska Thursday had $1185.86 in silver and currency hidden on his body. A receipt shows a registered parcel was issued to Leroy Ro Bennett on September 20 at Cushman Montana, addressed to Mrs Lkh Bennett of Hollister Missouri.
Grace Hana frees son amid bail shortfall in Nebraska
In Omuahu Nebraska on September a mother Grace Hana cannot raise funds to bail both sons charged with auto stealing. She secures the release of Fred age 22 while Albert age 25 remains jailed without a girlfriend, unable to post bail.
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Neb
Grace Hana
Fred
Albert
Jal
$15,000,000 Extended to Minnesota Farmers
Washington reports that the War Finance Corporation announced advances totaling 15 million dollars to the Cooperative Ginwin Growers of Minnesota to aid in marketing the 1921 crops.
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Washington
Cooperative Ginwin Growers of
War Finance Corporation
Debs Pardon Recommendations May Go To Harding Next Week
Washington September 22 Attorney General Daugherty said recommendations on pardoning Eugene V Debs socialist leader imprisoned at Atlanta for war law violations have been completed and may be sent to President Harding next week.
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Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Hardingext
Daugherty
Dignity and Suffering in Arbuckle Trial
Rev W K Guthrie reflecting on the Joscoe Arbuckle case laments the spectacle and crowding media in a San Francisco court. He condemns public fascination and urges true justice, noting the age’s shaken foundations and the need for restraint and moral consideration.
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Sahil
Arbuckle
Arbuckie
Founding Ku Klux Klan Organizer Albert Hice Cited
Albert Hice, chief judicial officer and organizer, noted as a founder of the original Ku Klux Klan formed during Reconstruction after the Civil War.
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KU Klux Klan
Albert Hice
Fol
Sailors Accused in San Diego Vice War Rumor
Secretary Denby instructed Admiral Eberle to investigate reports that naval officers were called stool pigeons in a San Diego vice crackdown. The probe follows testimony by Judge Be. J. Davis who alleged decoy schemes used to lure women.
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Washington
Denby
W. Eberle
Pacific Fleet
Oo Investinaty
Cal
BE. J. Davis
Rancher Murdered Over Rentals Dispute
Mitchell, DB Rept. 20 notes George Clistrom, 55, a rancher of Weassington Springs, was fatally shot Thursday morning by Fale Barr, 21, after a rentals dispute. Barr allegedly shot Clistrom through the leg with a shotgun, and he died before a doctor arrived. Barr was arrested and will be held without bail pending a coroner's inquest likely Friday. Clistrom is survived by a widow and eight children.
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George Clistrom
Weassington Springs
Fale Barr
Barr
Clistrom
Clixtrom
Germans seek death for food profiteers and smugglers
Sept 24 report from Herlin states a Bavarian parliamentary resolution calls for the death penalty for food grafters and profiteers who illegally export food from Germany. The measure urges Berlin to push a central authority to enforce capital punishment for cross border traders raising prices through export.
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Herlin
Germany
Berlin
Detroit teams excel in international drilling contest
In the Odd Bellows drilling competition held with the grand lodge convention, Canton Auto of Detroit won first in class A while Canton Jersen of Michigan placed in class B. ties and details limited by readable text.
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Toronto
Odd Bellows
Bondutood Ty. Day
Canton Auto
Detroit
Canton Jersen
Aliehigun
Cina
Fragmentary Tale of a Village Pet Master and Cat
A fragment describes a village scene where a cat awakens its master each morning to hunt. The narrative mentions the cat watching the yard and returning home at night, reflecting a daily routine and bond between pet and owner.
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Chemmuty
Town
Lookalike Bank Robber Tangles Iowa Arrest
Earl, a Mitchell, South Dakota man, was mistaken for a bank robber after authorities compared his appearance to the bandit’s photo. He was jailed in Council Bluffs then sent to Des Moines for processing as a suspect, while the real robber used a similar name. Local police noted the striking resemblance and weight match as the mix up unfolded.
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Council Bluffs
Specelal
Des Moines
Hubert Earl
Earl
Mitchell
Bertillon
Har
Karl Ja
Marl
Sunday Swats and Church Vices In Grim Sermon
A Sunday feature quotes sharp moral quips about churchgoers and vice. It lampoons ticket sellers, whisky, robbers, and hypocrisy while urging reflection and fear of judgment. The collection includes jabs at pastors, believers, and indulgence.
Harding Asks Writ of Habeas Corpus
Topeka Kan Rept. Harding of Chicago requests a habeas corpus writ claiming no such office as assistant secretary to the president exists He was accused of impersonating a presidential officer and asserting a relation to the president while serving a Leavenworth sentence.
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Topeka
Kan
Riverent A. Harding
Chicago
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Harding
Wood's nomination to Senate for Philippines governor general
Washington dispatch reports the nomination of the son of Major General Leonard Wood of Massachusetts as governor general of the Philippines. The formality was sent to the Senate by executive authority as part of the confirmation process.
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Wood
Senate
Washington
Leonard Wood
Massachusetts
Philippines
Eablont Hetil Fig
Rail bonds sold by U S government for 30 298 500
A report states the United States sold rail bonds totaling 30 298 500 in a government issue announced alongside earlier 80 209 500 in a separate certificate sale. Details are unclear due to garbled text, with several names and figures appearing distorted.
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Washington
Ralse Road Car Trust
Ty de Wie Pina Corporation
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