Police Could Have Turned The Tables In Paper Service
Investigation shows it was unnecessary for police to surveil J. P. Wynn and Constable Louis Omerberg, or surround Beck block, as papers could have been served by Omerberg when Dunn’s case dismissal occurred. The plan risked escape and possible bond forfeiture if duty failed.
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J. P. Wynn
Louis Omerberg
Beck
Omerberg
Weber
Donn
Fred B. Smith
Stoddard
Lim
Osmerberg
Rockford
Dunn
Night Riders Trial Details at Reelfoot Lake
Testimony depicts a night riders attack on Reelfoot Lake fish docks with estimates of 30 to 250 masked assailants. A defendant recalls being whipped and forced to run after the mob. Fred Burdick identifies Sam Applewhite among the riders as investigation continues. Additional column promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy.
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Reelfoot Lake
Martin Leonard
Shaw
Leonard
Fred Burdick
Sam Applewhite
Vandals Strike Grand Church in San Francisco
Vicious desecration at St. Dominick's church prompts priests and laity to feverish worry. Vandals entered via a rear window, tore altar vestments, scrawled blasphemous phrases, and stole clocks and missals from the sacristy before destroying items and scattering them in the transept. Police launched a determined search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
St. Dominick’s Church
Taft's Cousin Found After Hunting Misadventure
Dr Frederick Taft cousin of the president elect returned home in Berkeley after deputies searched the San Joaquin River island. He and Walter J Watson had gone hunting. their launch broke down in a marsh fifteen miles from a settlement and they were lost in winding sloughs for 24 hours. Taft weighs about 200 pounds and resembles his famous relative.
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Berkeley
Cal
Frederick Taft
San Joaquin River
Walter J. Watson
Taft
Home Made Cough Cure Recipe Worth Saving
A simple pine extract remedy mixed with granulated sugar syrup provides an inexpensive cough cure. The recipe uses Pinex in a pint bottle with water and sugar syrup, costing about 54 cents to make, and treats colds coughs and chest pains. Dose is a teaspoonful every one to three hours as needed, with claimed quick relief and no spoilage when corked.
Women Help Hargis State Rests Case
Irvine Kentucky December 22 Beach Hargis on trial for his life charged with murdering his father has drawn sympathy from many city women who sit behind his chair in court. The prosecution rested its case this morning, surprising the defense. A brief adjournment allowed Hargis to confer with lawyers before testifying in his own defense. Much testimony focused on ill feeling between father and son dating from a four year old assault and a quarrel before the shooting amid allegations of drinking that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine, Ky
Beach
Hargis
Patricide
Pittsburg Bribery Scandal Shocks City Officials
Pittsburg authorities disclose wholesale bribery and corruption charges against seven councilmen and two bankers, sparking a citywide crisis. Public Safety Director Lang says hearings will proceed, with many arrests expected after tomorrow’s preliminary examination. W. W. Ramsey and A. A. Vilsack, former German National Bank officials, implicated for conspiring to secure city deposits.
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Pittsburg
Lang
Brady
W. W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
German National Bank
Winona Minister Answers Last Call
Reverend Phillip Von Rohr a prominent German Lutheran leader and president of the German Lutheran Wisconsin Synod died suddenly at his Winona home. He was well known in La Crosse and the region for church work and was a personal friend of Reverend A T Gamm. Gamm will attend the funeral.
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Phillip von Rohr
Northwest
Wisconsin Synod
Winona
United Press
the Tribune
von Rohr
la Crosse
A. T. Gamm
Gamm
Post Office to Open Evenings Through Christmas
The post office will be open until 9 p m from now until Christmas with stamp sales until closing time. Hours begin at 7 30 a m and Christmas day it opens at 7 30 a m and closes at 11 00 o clock. There will be one delivery on Christmas as has been the custom for years.
Pope urges protection for Catholic immigrants to Minnesota
Dec 22 Rome. Archbishop Ireland urged by the pope to shield Catholic immigrants to Minnesota and the northwest with special zeal. The pontiff also praised Taft’s broad religious-minded outlook noted during the President-elect’s reception.
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Rome
Ireland
St. Paul
Minnesota
Northwest
Taft
Stretcher Price Schedule Briefly Noted
A compact price list shows stretcher rates descending from 6.40 to 2.00 across several entries. The values appear in sequence with minor misreadings but present a clear price ladder.
Hoodoo Trial Details of Thornton Hains Fight on Float
Eye witnesses describe a confrontation aboard a float during a shooting incident. Downes and Stevens testifying, Hains claims gentility, then yields revolver and belt to Downs. Testimony covers threats to Mrs Annis and whether the brother showed a gun in the crowd. Recess called to continue cross examination.
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Thornton Hains
Captain Hains
Regular Army
Gen. Hains
Baker
Annis
Stevens
Downs
Brothers Hains
Hains
Army
Darrin
McIntyre
Philippines
Mrs. Annis
A Winning Fight Campaign Needs Funds to End Plague
Charter members back a money drive to sustain the campaign for years and push the White Plague toward disappearance. A reference to the plague as a civilizational foe is paired with advertising for lower priced Cutters and Jackson Automobiles from La Crosse Plow Co. The ad implies gendered perceptions of humor in women.
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Jackson
la Crosse Plow Co
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Fies
Enna
Lifornia Yrup Co
Clark & Clark
Ull
Pearl i
Pllok
C. Evenson
Gov. Johnson
Doerflinger’s
Iles
F. R. Westen
K R. Weston, M. D
Caldwell
Shew
Foley
O. T. Erhart
Vandals
MAR Grand
Erhart
Stationery
RED Cross
Jeweler’s
LaCrosse
Wis
Nelson
Mrs. Annis, Hains
Hoodoo
Japan
Rayo
Mae Paper
Stan Bled Oil Company (Incorporated
Gertie Des. Wentworth-James
Cincinnati Times-Star
Wild Widow
England
Paul
Gertie de S. Wentworth-James
Milwaukee Free Press
Katherine Orbison
Honora
Katherine
Empire Book CO
Murray St
New York
Young's Drug Store Service
Young’s
Young's
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