Prison guards dismissed in Joliet prison shakeup
Joliet Illinois August 5 four guards were discharged for inefficiency and negligence blamed for the escape of Henry Midget Fernekes from the state prison after a six hour inquiry. Capt Michael Leonard Frank Friend James Nolan and Robert Shaw were named. Bowen said there was no bribery suspected. The visiting room will be moved to a guard hall and an extra barred gate added. Governor Horner set a $1000 reward on Fernekes.
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Robert Shaw
Leonard
Bowen
Joseph E. Ragen
Frank D. Whipp
George F. Sehring
Fernekes
Altho
Henry Horner
Pearl River
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Slayings spark chase as ex-inmate Edwards is held
Kansas City police and Missouri patrolmen arrest Clarence Edwards, 34, former insane asylum inmate, near Leithville Missouri, after admitting he stomped to death Dr. Paul Rodgers, a 35 year old dentist. The body was found in Missouri river bottoms near Welborn. Edwards said the killing followed a drunken tussle. Swallow, Rodgers’ drinking companion, was questioned and released. Deputy Wyandotte county attorney filed a state murder warrant against Edwards as insanity questions loom.
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Kansas City
Kan
Clarence Edwards
Paul Rodgers
Edwards
Kansas
Missouri
Leithville
Jeff Edwards
Stanley Beatty
Capt. Beatty
Dr. Rodgers
Beatty
Henry
Red) Swallow
Rodgers
Capt
Missouri Hospital For the Insane
St. Joseph
Herbert Harris
Missouri River
Welborn
Kane
Harris
Swallow
National Guard Armory
T. P. Palmer
Wyandotte
Arthur J. Stanley, Jr
Whisky Supply Gaining on Us Raises Death Penalty Question
The trial raised the issue of the death penalty as the state contends whisky supply is increasing. Edwards was held in the Kansas City Kansas jail.
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Edwards
Kansas City
Kan
Typhoon Death Toll Rises Along South China Coast
Amoy China August 5 UP several hundred killed or drowned as the fiercest typhoon in years swept the South China coast wreaking heavy life and property losses across Fukien. The center near Cheanchow 100 miles north of Amoy brought inland floods submerging many villages and a second similar storm was reported approaching.
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Amoy
China
South China
Fukien
Cheanchow
Valley Thresher Notes and Social Gatherings Report
Valley Chronicle notes week of threshing activity and social visits. Families including Jellison, Bowen, Banks, Dunn, Wilson, Sanders, Kingery, and Frantz host and attend gatherings. threshing by John Smith and N F Thome units progresses from John Banks to Hallie Peterson. local wheat yields range 5 to 18 bushels per acre amid farm news and illnesses in the area.
Social Roundup of Local Visits and School Book Invoicing
Mrs Sick visited, and Mr Thome transacted business in the city. Cathy Det hley spent last week with Robert Wilson. Girls traveled across the state invoicing school textbooks for the coming year. Mrs Harry Bowen bought an Electrolux from Mr Craig of Stull on Wednesday. Emma Nieder and Fran ted Boerkircher of Kansas City visited Mrs Thome. Boerkircher, a nurse in training, is vacationing with relatives. Mr and Mrs Henry Beck and Mrs Roush of Lawrence, and Mrs Manley Hood from Wheeling visited John Banks Sunday afternoon. Alvin McKinney made a business trip to Colorado over the weekend, returning Tuesday.
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Sick
Mr. Thome
Cathy Ae
Carl Dethley
Robert Wilson
Tire State
Harry Bowen
Craig
Stull
Wednesda
Emma Nieder
Frantees Boerkircher
Kansas
Asas City
F. Thome
Wheeling
W. Va
John Banks
Alvin McKinney
Colorado
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Indian Village
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Highway 40
Green Bros
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Valley Chapel
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August Nieder
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Solon Markley
Charles Topping
A. G. Banks
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Schellhorn
Neal Banks
William
Jolly Stitchers Club
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Lone Star
Everett Kingery
Virginia
Globe
George Sanders
Topeka
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Fred Gray
Hugo Schellhornohn
Rose Neal Klinger
Denver
Ray Neal
Klinger
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Marvin Bond
Allen
Plains
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Mack Watts
Big Springs
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Fred Flory
Apple Pie
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Leonard Deay
Billy
Florence Christenson
W. J. Curtis
Mary Thome
Thome
Rence
St. Circus Grounds
Maay
Cai
Jram
Gharltan Insurance Agency
Houk & Green
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General Electric
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