Hoodlums Kill Chicago Policeman in Soft Drink Parlor
Off duty Chicago policeman William Rumbler was shot during a daring gun battle with three bandits in James Purcell's soft drink parlor. A blood stained cap on the floor and a jammed pistol marked his end, as detectives doubt the slain officer was killed by rival gangsters.
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United Press
Chicago
James Purcell
William Rumbler
Rumbler
John Ertzmeyer
Sters
New York Gunman Jack Diamond Wounded Fatally by Enemies
Jack Legs Diamond lay near death from four bullet wounds after two unknown assailants lured him to a Monticello Hotel room. Police tied a possible motive to rivalries and his return from abroad, with Marian Roberts revealing a trap set for him.
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United Press
New York
Jack
Diamond
Monticello
Edward P. Mulrooney
Germany
Broadway
Mulrooney
Marian Roberts
Prom Roberts
Sweet ‘Heart
Great Man and The Call for Humble Travel Guides
A fragment reflecting Emersonian thought on how society should approach greatness not with poverty or awe but as a guiding force. The quote contrasts reverence with practical guidance and suggests wisdom in recognizing value like limestone or coal in everyday landscapes.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love racketeer Perry hunted across Arkansas
Police traced fugitive George W. E. Perry known as the love racketeer sought for the slaying of his wife near Lac du Flambeau Wis. His movements led from St. Louis to Arkansas with reports of alleged marriages in Belleville Eldorado and Blytheville and a possible path toward Texas as a garage man identified his photo. One wife resided in Eldorado Illinois.
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United Press
Hot Springs
Ark
George W. BE. Perry
Cora Belle Hackett
Lac du Flambeau
Wis
Perry
St. Louis
Here
Texas
Belleville
Arkansas
Anna
Ijl
Blyethesville
Blythesville
Eldorado
Ill
Two Chicago Gunmen Land in Jail Second Time
William Three Fingered Jack White and George Red Barker were jailed again as Chicago pursues public enemies. Capone remained free despite raids targeting Cicero gangster sanctuaries. White Barker and Claude Maddox faced gun charges and Alfred Lingle murder inquiry linked suspects. Thirty others on gambling charges slated for hearings Thursday.
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Chicago
William
Jack’ White
George “Red” Barker
Scarface al Capone
Cicero
Capone
White
Barker
Claude Maddox
Alfred Lingle
Spanish Veterans Invite Civil War Veterans Tuesday
Samuel M. Wright Camp 116 will meet Tuesday evening October 14 at 7 o clock in the city hall Marion and extend invitation to all civil war veterans their wives or widows to join. Transportation will be provided for those unable to travel by calling Harry Peebles or E H Forbush. All members urged to attend.
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Samuel M. Wright
Marion
Harry Peebles
E. H. Forbush
Civil War Notebook Lost by Correspondent in Baltimore Dispatch
Franklin Indiana reports note that a Cincinnati Daily Gazette issue from August 19, 1864, shows a dispatch dated Baltimore August 17. The writer says they were captured by guerrillas in the Shenandoah Valley, escaped, and describes skirmishing but cannot recall details due to a lost notebook.
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United Press
Franklin
Ind
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
William Israel
Baltimore
Shenandoah Valley
Drastic Cure The Only Cure for Civilization Is More Civilization
A witty quotation attributed to Woman's Home Companion frames civilization as self-perpetuating. The aphorism emphasizes ongoing cultural progress as its own remedy.
State staff man pledges support for hospital
Tony Lovelace adjutant of Samuel M. Wright Camp 116 announces a letter from E. H. Houch Peoria Department Adjutant for Spanish War veterans pledging state support for a Veterans Hospital in Southern Illinois, preferably Marion, following Lovelace’s appeals to civic bodies.
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Tony Lovelace
Samuel M. Wright
E. H. Houch
Peoria
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Mr. Lovelace
Marion
Five Men and Woman Jailed for Murder of Farmer and Son
In Sparta Wisconsin six suspects including farmer Ellsworth Rebell and his nephew John Rebell face custody over the Friday night gun duel that wounded Alva Straight and killed his eight year old son Virgil. The woman, Mrs Elio Burns of Peoria Illinois, and four men allegedly aided in farm raids.
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United Press
Sparta
Wis
Alva Straight
Farmer
Virgil
Elio Burns
Peoria
Ill
Straight
George Fish
Fish
Streight
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers Meeting Planned
Centralia Illinois October 23 plans completed for Wednesday meeting of the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers. Numerous educational leaders will attend with speakers including Mrs Holland Swagler of Chicago first vice president of the School Parent Teachers Association Mrs EB W Jackson of Chicago and Mrs George Rudy of Mattoon.
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de Nibedt
Pre ‘Centralia
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Holland Swagler
Chicago
S]inolg Parent-Teachers’ Association
W. Jackson
George Rudy
Mattoon
85 Cent Robbery Ends With Murder Charge Against Man
Chicago reports a robbery netting 85 cents led to the arrest of Peter Petkunas alias Roy Peters for the murder of Gustave Poet at a Springfield Illinois dance hall. After a car pursuit and a brief shootout injuring Santio Garcia, Petkunas surrendered and was held to face murder charges. Fred Duke of Evanston linked to the escape vehicle.
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United Press
Chicago
Peter Petkunas
Roy Peters
Gustave Poet
Springfield
Ill
Petkunas
Roy Reinhartsen
West Side
Reinhartsen
William Selhorn
Santio Garcia
John J. Farrell
Deering Street
Peet
Spring Valley
Farrell
Etkunas
Peters
Bureau County
Jack Applen
Fred Duké
Convict Seeks Pardon to Claim Million Estate Abroad
Louis Vargas of Chicago asks the Illinois Board of Pardons for a pardon to enable travel to Venezuela and collect a rumored million dollar estate left by relatives. Vargas, paroled in 1928 for larceny, claims U.S. citizenship status and passport needs require a pardon. The board also weighs fifty other applications including murder cases from Williamson County.
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Springfield
Ill
Venezuela
State Board of Pardons
Louis Vargas
Chicago
Vargas
United States
Williamson County
Curley Brummet
Cliff Hatcher
Bad Eye Calvin
Woman flier seeks transcontinental speed record
Mrs Keith Miller British aviator left Curtis Airport Valley Stream at 6 30 A M on a westward flight to beat last week's transcontinental speed mark set by Miss Laura Ingalls She aimed for Indianapolis Wichita and Los Angeles with a refuel stop at Albuquerque New Mexico flying an Eagle Rock bullet monoplane
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United Press
New York
Keith Miller
Curtis Airport
Valley Stream
L. I
West Coast
Laura Ingalls
Indianapolis
Albuquerque
N. M
London to Hit at Old Dobbin Amid Traffic Crackdown
London reports plans to bar horse vehicles and delivery vans during rush hours under a new road traffic scheme. Traffic commissioners will control tramcars buses taxicabs and motor coaches in defined areas to ease congestion. Bus service speedups and taxicab reductions are possible while motor coaches regulation is yet to be decided.
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Herbert Morrison
Raz il Federals Drive Rebels Back on Rio Fronts
Rio de Janeiro October 13 Rebels advancing from the north and south have been driven back by federal forces. Government troops entered Minas Gerais from Sao Paulo and captured the Jaguara Bridge, a key link to Central Brazil, after routing rebels at Ribeira in Parana.
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United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Sano Paulo
Ministry of Justice
Minas Geraes
Ribeeira
Parnana
Minas Gereaes
Sao Paulo
Jaguara Bridge
Brazil
Mob Methods Differ In Two Communities
Two mob incidents in Alabama and Georgia ended differently after swift actions. In Huntsville a mass of 1000 plus armed lynchers faced state militiamen and tear gas, while in Cartersville a masked group abducted John Willie Clark from jail and hanged him at a pole, with legal action prompted but delayed. Read The Illinois Baptist.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Huntsville
G. E. Henderson
H. E. Ross
Cartersville
John
Willie Clark
Joe Ben Jenkins
Carteraville
Graves
Jenkins
Clark
Fulton County
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