Multiple Crime, Politics, and Business News Across Regions
Aval Johnson, 15, missing from Leachville Arkansas, located in Elgin Nebraska after eight months with a theatrical company. Pablo Altendorff, labeled German spy by Mexico City paper, held in Mexico City on conspiracy charge with Gen Lucio Blanco. Ed Shanahan, 65, found dead in Albuquerque hotel with draft and cash on him. Phillip Lauricelli in San Francisco killed his mother in law Dolly Rollins, wounded wife Eva, then suicide. Request filed in St Louis court for receiver for Terminal Railroad Association by major rail lines. 300 foot flame from Standard Oil gas well near Bakersfield visible. Whisky theft ring uncovered in Owensboro Kentucky raided in St Louis. Mexico business ties near El Paso Juarez revived after Villa era. chambers of commerce discuss rebuilding US relations. Leading businessmen attend.
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Aval Johnson
Leachville
Ark
Elgin
Neb
Pablo Altendorff
el Universal
Mexico City
United States
Lucio Blanco
Phillip Lauricelli
San Francisco
Dolly Rollins
Eva
Terminal Railroad Association of
St. Louis
United States District Court
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Frisco
Rock Island
Standard Oil Company
Elk Hills
Bakersfield
Calif
Owensboro
DOJs Probe Of Textile Mills And Raisin Import Rise
The Department of Justice in Washington investigates the textile industry to see if mill closings stem from a conspiracy to keep prices high. Raisin imports from Spain jumped over 1 400 percent in the first six months of 1920 due to rising domestic demand. Malaga exports reached nearly 8 million pounds, surpassing total exports from 1913 to 1919.
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Department of Justice
Washington
United States
Spain
Malaga
Plague in Paris Lava Public Health Reports One Death Four Cases
A Paris outbreak of bubonic plague is confirmed with one death and four cases reported to health authorities. The day’s dispatches also note a deadly munitions depot explosion in Florence causing thirty two deaths and several injuries. A general strike halts Italian port activity as the battle for control of the Polish corridor continues.
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Paris
Florence
Italy
Rome
Naples
Genoa
Danzig
Great Britain
Free City
Garfield A. Wood
Detroit
Detroit Yacht Club
Solent
Isle of Wight
Yuangtsze
Shanghai
Terrible Tortures From Itching Skin Diseases No Relief Until Cause Removed
An old blood purifier 8. 8. 8. is advertised as curing severe eczema and skin disorders by killing disease germs and restoring healthy blood flow. The notice invites readers to request literature from Medical Adviser at Swift Laboratory Atlanta Georgia.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Youngster Marshall Makes His Word Good At Market
Five year old Marshall lives in a flat and often strays to the street. A neighbor notes his early foray into shopping and he returns with three pounds of potatoes a box of berries and two cantaloupes. He explains he had to get some sings and his mother later spanks him.
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Marshall
Height of Something or Other
A humorous line suggests an absurd image of a 200 pound cornfed girl jammed into a tin bathtub attached to a motorcycle. The note attributes the quip to Arkansas Thomas Cat.
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Arkansas
Thomas Cat
Dr position alters meaning when placed before or after name
The phrase notes that the meaning of the title Dr depends entirely on whether it is placed before or after a man's name, implying different conventions or interpretations in each case.
The Yelling Dentist Visit Causes Family Fracas
In a quiet sitting room a loud yell interrupts a visit as a girl trembles and a father disciplines his son Charles after the boy hides a bent pin. The boy confesses the scream was to test a supposed painist dentist and the father questions him, warning of consequences.
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Charles
Painies
Crim
Devoted Athlete Known for Aquatic Sports
A speaker notes the subject's strong dedication to water sports and his heavy drinking habit. The remarks highlight a contrast between athletic devotion and personal excess.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Ed Shanahan
Albuquerque
J. J. Flynn
South Sixth Street
Villa
Mexico
Chambers of Commerce
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Walter Winans
London
Henrietta Guy
Parsloes Park
Winans
Esteban Cantu
de la Huerta
Lower California
Juan Platt
Nogales
Lower
California
Tennessee
Senate
Susan B. Anthony
Charles Ponzi
Boston
Charles C. Allen
Charles Wilson
Pottsville
Wilson
Conrad Janke
Hartford
Polo Grounds
New York
Tony Bannock
Troll Coal Company
Fair Point
Ohio
Postum
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
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