Local Notes On Court, School And Stage Events
Amid quiet weather, Morris is cited for a capture, while Tommy OConnor faces a setback. Miss Elsie Smith returns to Ridgewood as Miss Hogan’s replacement. Miss Donovan resigns. Cora Gaskill joins city schools faculty with Olive Spangier filling Kate OLeary’s vacancy. Rotary president Wardleey welcomes a newborn. The school board schedules December 22 meetings. teachers’ pay enables early holidays. Public Service windows showcase an electrical rail toy. Eeeen ter hosts friends. Fox’s Over the Hill airs Saturday at the penitentiary. Business at McCulloch Court remains slow. Justice James notes a slump. Text levy bids for $125,000 are due Friday. total taxes drawn reach $132,000. board finances expected to dip $50,000 by January 1.
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Frank Whalen
Posse Pursues Suspect Amidst Cash Escape Plot
A pursuit surrounds a scene where a sum of 000 and 15 000 dollars is involved as lawmen chase a fleeing suspect after an escape. The narrative mentions a posse tracking the individual across uncertain terrain and streets.
Customs Guarantee Big Foreign Loan Authorized
Paris news reports the inter allied reparations commission has authorized a 1 billion international loan guaranteed by German customs to aid indemnity payments. The loan offers 7 percent interest over 50 years, sparking volatility in the Bourse and foreign exchange market as details circulated.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Reparations Commission
Inter-Dllied “Reparations Commission
Germany
Five Police Hunted as Officers Injured in Chase
In Chicago on December 13, the search for Terrible Tom O'Connor, serving life for murder, intensified after five police sergeants were injured when their high-powered car overturned in a ditch while pursuing a suspect toward Hartford Wisconsin. A arrest report said a suspect had been taken into custody in Hartford.
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Chicago
Tommy” O'Connor
Hartford
Wis
Bride from Yugoslavia Endures Abuse in Wisconsin Marriage
Alojsa Mikottis Buscaj, aged about 49, sailed from Yugoslavia to marry Anton Bascajc in Rockdale, Wisconsin. She faced arranged marriage, language barriers, and severe beating by a husband with at least five children. She seeks court relief and an injunction against the Rockdale employer, American Steel and Wire, to protect earnings while the divorce proceeds.
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Alojzja
Mikottis Buscaj
Alois Buskay
Jugo-Slavia
America
Greenwood
Wisconsin
Anton Bascajc
Rockdale
Buscal
Alois
American Steel and Wire Company
C M G Seeks Line Extension and Profit Retention
The article notes C M G requests extending its line and keeping excess profits from the new line for ten years. It mentions a sale where a work horse fetched 50 cents and a Paris note about French official war history volumes due in early 1922 covering the 1814 opening campaign.
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Mis
Paris
Campeigna
Susan Glaspell Discusses The Verge and Artful Life
New York dispatch profiles Susan Glaspell the novelist and playwright of The Verge. She and husband George Cram Cook founded the Provincetown Players and prefer privacy. She cites her early Des Moines start, best seller To Glory the Conquered, and collaboration on Suppressed Desires.
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New York
Susan Glaspell
America
Provincetown Players
Geogram Cook
Davenport
Des
New -York
Aoe Ass Tay
Watson Produces Hanging Letters In Senate Probe
Senator Watson of Georgia disclosed more than 200 letters and affidavits alleging executions of American soldiers in France by officers or on officer orders. He noted ongoing testimony and a recess as the committee reviews the documentary evidence. Letters also cite killings in U S Army camps with some from former officers. Captain A D Michaelson claimed to have hanged a U S soldier and awaits Washington input. A C Delow saw a man killed at Poplar Bluff Disciplinary Barracks. Raymond Hansey swore a soldier was hanged in France in 1920 without trial.
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France
Tom” Watson
Georgia
Senate
Watson
United States Army
A. D. Michaelson
Captain Michaelson
Department
A. C. Delow
Poplar Bluff
United States
Raymond Hansey
Redman
Ill
No Shaves Stirri ng Up Indian Riots In Calcutta
In Calcutta’s Howrah district barbers refuse to shave policemen deployed to quell uprisings. A barber who did shave a policeman was fined by leaders of the No Shave movement, fueling clashes between authorities and protesters.
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Calcutta
Howrah
India
Farragut dispute ends with architect’s exit at Joliet meeting
Chicago architect John D. Chubb severed relations with Joliet school board over Farragut school issues amid inspector Frank Conkling’s report of post completion defects. Board faced $42,900 in repairs and plumbing, wall and drainage problems, plus concerns about black dirt and buried debris. Ongoing talk with Ahlvin firm over final Washington school payment followed.
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John D. Chubb
Chicago
Farragut
City School Board
Chubb
A. O. Marshall
Frank Conkling
Farragut School
Joliet
Conkling
Mr. Conkling
Mr. Chubb
Luck Deserts Oldest Man
Paris reports Diuro Chemdin, a 146 year old Turk, is out of work as a piano tote. Though his birth records show 1778, doctors say he may live to 160. He is described as too old to continue chores yet too young to prove as the world’s oldest man.
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Paris
Diuro Chemdin
Constantinople
Docterg
New Man If Old One Fails Is Kessinger Plea
Senator Kessinger spoke at Crete town hall in his twenty third Will County Farm Bureau address emphasizing loyalty to organizations. He argued that the farmers movement targets manipulators and that membership binds delegates to state and national levels, pledging to support honest farmers and oppose those who oppose them.
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Cr. Kessinger
Crete
Will County Farm Bureau
Senator Kessinger
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Movement
Board of Trade
Army short of needed troops cited by general staff
United States Army manpower is 200000 short of what the chief of staff says is needed for public safety. Excluding Philippine scouts Alaska and China, the report notes 200000 short with 20000 more required for coast artillery. The general staff stresses citizen soldiery and training of the organized forces.
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United States
Washington
United Public Safety
Alaska
Chine
Sheriff Newkirk Leads Jail Sweep At County Jail
Sheriff Newkirk and deputies searched every cell for contraband including saw blades and morphine to deter a jail delivery. Seventeen federal prisoners in the east wing faced the search for Mann Act Harrison Drug Act and Volstead Act violations while other inmates were frisked and cleared.
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Sherif Newkirk
Husky
Nottman
James Rosenberg
William Barrowman
August Wrashe
Auto License Blanks For 1922 Are Ready
Auto license blanks for 1922 are ready with applications on hand at the office of Mrs. Campbell police matron and notary public. Mrs Campbell's office is on the second floor of police headquarters.
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Campbell
Police
Propr proprietress in Pomona notes December event
In Pomona California on December 13 a proprietress identified as Mrs J Tj is mentioned in a brief local notice. The fragment indicates an event or action tied to a business figure but lacks full context or details to specify nature or outcome.
University in danger appeal pledges funds
Vienna rector appeals for funds to avert disruption of university activities as financial shortfalls threaten operations and academic life. The appeal underscores the urgency of securing support to maintain ongoing programs and research.
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Vienna
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