Two-year-old Edna H. dead in Tampa street collision
A head on crash on Seventh Street near 24th Street killed Edna H. and injured her family. Carl and Mrs Price and Miss Sarah Price suffered injuries. Edna’s parents mourn at a memorial service held in Oakwood cemetery.
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Edna
Carl H
Tampa
Fla
Burton
Gary
24Th Street
Price
Sarah
DeSoto
Seventh Street
Normal Street
U. Ier
M. BE. Shurch
Oakwood Cemetery
Christmas liquor shipments spark retailer reluctance
Fragmentary December report notes liquor shipments arriving near the Canadian border. Retailers and wholesalers discuss hesitation to distribute as rumors spread about a new themed line.
Bad Storm Sweeps Lower Mississippi
A storm last night and today swept along the lower Mississippi basin causing 31 deaths and about 70 injuries. It moved from eastern Arkansas through northwest Mississippi to northeast Louisiana, striking plantations and farming communities. In Monroe parish fourteen killed and multiple injured as Spencer village near the railroad was wiped out with seven dead and 23 injured.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Monroe
Morehouse
Union
Spencer
Monroe and
Little Rock
Republican Leader Attacks Newberry Nomination Fight
Senator Kenyon of Iowa charged Newberry of Michigan with extravagant spending to secure his nomination against Henryford. He said the vote on Newberry’s seat will occur after the holidays and blasted the social lobby for pressuring senators. He cited at least 263000 dollars spent and alleged violations of federal law while defending Republican principles.
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Washington
Dev
Kwenyon
Iowa
Thenatur Sewberry
Michigan
Henryford
Newberry
Senate
Congress
Ice on wires breaks many telephone poles
Ice on wires snapped countless telephone poles across central Illinois. Poles down between Springfield and Jacksonville 75, Springfield and Jacksonville 40, and Springfield and Taylorville 35. City service demoralized with 25 breaks in wires reported this morning.
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Cowry Associated Press
Springfield
Illinois
Jacksonville
Here
Taylorville
There Is a Santa Claus Belief and Truth About Christmas Spirit
The piece argues for telling children about Santa as a symbol of a living Christmas spirit rather than a deception. It asserts the universal presence of a loving, giving force, identifies Saint Nicholas with the Babe of Bethlehem, and urges heart to heart talks to share the philosophy of love through gifts. Adapted from Lionel B. Moses in The Rotarian.
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Saint Nicholas
Bethlehem
Santa Claus
Lionel B.’Moses
To Visit in Ohio
Mrs EB L Allison and daughter Miss Alice depart tonight for Kent Ohio for a two week visit at the home of Mrs Richard Lurcomb, her daughter.
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Ohio
EB. L. Allison
Alice
Kent
Richard Lurcomb
Fractured Hip Sidelights Bushnell Resident
Wm. Early aged man from Bushnell fractured his hip after slipping on ice while going downtown. He is father of John Early of South Randolph Street in the city.
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Wm. Early
Bushnell
John Early
South Randolph Street
Kline Purchases Eastman Will Dexter Farm for Fifty Thousand
R R Kline of Macomb buys 300 acres known as Eastman or old Will Dexter farm for 50000 dollars. The purchase includes the Eastman residence area on the farm and the Dexter mansion with about 240 acres of the original property. The deal appears in local notices among other classified items.
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Augusta
Til
Dee
R. R. Kline
Macomb
Eastman
Will Dexter
British Warships Ordered to Egypt as Tensions Rise
Malta dispatch reports two British warships given orders to proceed to Egypt with the Mediterranean fleet under alert. In Cairo, Sadi Pasha, nationalist leader, was escorted to Suez by British troops after defying authorities to cease political activity following a clash near his residence that left two supporters dead and six wounded.
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Malta
Egypt
Cairo
Sadi Pasha
Suez
Pasha
Holiday Bandits Roam Chicago Robbing Stores
Christmas robberies flood Chicago police reports with two delivery truck heists and a kidnapping. Three armed bandits seized gowns and wraps worth about 10000 and men’s apparel worth 5000, dumping the driver after freeing him. Archibald C Ruth of Des Moines was found unconscious beside his auto. robbers took 230 cash and jewelry amid possible skull fracture.
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Associated Pros
Chicago
Vlhicago Ban Ge Wuay
Archibalds C. Ruth
Des Moines
Ruth
State Tax Rate Sets 45 Cents With Limited Local Action
County clerks report the state tax rate is fixed at 45 cents for this year and cannot be spread across townships until railroad valuations from Springfield are received. The rate is five cents higher than last year, delaying fixed rates for roads, bridges, libraries, schools, and other taxes. The county levy will total 62 cents as funds are dangerously low.
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Springfield
Resignation Rumors Grow Over Hughes After Pacific Treaty Clash
Washington rumors fly that Secretary Hughes may resign after President Harding questioned if insular possessions and dominions apply to Japan. State Department and White House dispute interpretation as Borah, Reed, and Hearst press push for changes. Naval and diplomatic maneuvers remain unsettled as Tokyo weighs treaty implications.
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Frederick A. Stowe
Peoria ‘Transcript
Washington
Dast
Harding
State Department
Hughes
Insular
Empire of Japan
Borah
Reed
Hearst Press
Senate
Baron Kato
Japan
Tokio
Noa
Lodge
Pacific Ocean
United Kingdom
Great
Balfour
Pacific
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