State Engineer Jacobs and Brother-In-Law Stabbed in New Orleans
Jacobs 47 chief engineer for the board of state engineers and his brother in law Arthur Henry 36 were stabbed during a dispute at Jacobs home in New Orleans Christmas Eve. Henry is in serious condition after multiple stab wounds to head shoulders and body. Jacobs suffered a lesser injury above the eye. A large hunting knife was recovered from the basement.
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New Orleans
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Board of State Engineers
Arthur Henry
Charity Hospital
Henry
Ously
Rain on Christmas Day Follows Clear Weather
Following several days of mild clear weather Christmas brings a dreary day with leaden skies and a light drizzle. The temperature falls as the rain continues at times turning heavier.
Santa Claus of Adirondacks Distributes 30000 Toys
Sam Caplan, a Brooklyn toy salesman, spent 26 years aiding needy children in Stony Creek and nearby Adirondack villages. On Christmas Eve he and assistants handed out nearly 30,000 toys along with clothing and food, visiting families on welfare lists from towns miles away.
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Sam Caplan
Brooklyn
Sam E. Caplan
Caplan
Mary
Johnny Jones
Santa Claus
Adirondacks
Rebecca
Bertram
Coplan
North Creek
Montgomery Ward Buys 300000 Wash Dresses in Record Order
Montgomery Ward announced a plant wide purchase of 300000 cotton percale wash dresses, the largest single order to date, sourced from two factories and designed to be up to date. Production runs day and night to meet demand and dresses will sell at about twenty percent below typical prices. The order could outfit every woman over fifteen in a city as large as Washington, D. C.
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Montgomery Ward
Washington, D. C
English memory expert sells head for study after death
An English memory expert agreed to have his head preserved for scientific study after death, receiving $5,000 for the planned experiment. The decision aims to provide researchers with insights into brain function and memory.
Check on Hoboes Shows Most Beg to Escape Work
Louisville welfare and police departments test panhandlers to determine motive. Seven of twelve beggars examined are deemed unworthy of cash assistance, with cases studied by social workers after police court arraignments. Relief or punishment follows, with chronic beggars sent to the workhouse and addicts given treatment.
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Louisville
International dispute over sinking of rum runner I'm Alone
Hearing scheduled next week in Washington will feature one American and one Canadian Supreme Court representative to resolve the Canada US claim of 386803 for the vessel sunk by the coast guard off the Gulf Coast. The US argues the ship was within reach of American jurisdiction despite Canadian registry. Also notes Alaska Nome gold yield since 1898.
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Coast Guard
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Louisiana
Canada
Dexter
New York
van DeVanter
Lyman Poore Duff
Canadian Supreme Court
Inquiry Commission
One Killed And Several Injured In Car Accident
A crash on a bridge at Dugdemonia Creek on the Winnfield-Ruston highway left one elderly woman dead and several others seriously hurt. Among the victims were residents of Minden. a man near death mentioned Marksville. Police found Christmas presents among the belongings. The truck driver’s identity was not learned.
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Dugdemonia Creek
Winnfield-Ruston
Fitz-Faith
Minden
Sam Life
Marksville
Chicago's Garden City nickname aids coat of arms
In 1869 Chicago began a broad park program and by then total park acreage reached 1887 acres. The city adopted the nickname Garden City, which remains emblazoned on its municipal coat of arms.
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Chicago
Will Duncan suffers hip fracture in automobile collision
X rays show Will Duncan, son in law of W A Whitfield Sr of Monroe, fractured hip when his car met another east of Calhoun. He also suffered shock. He had recently had a heart attack at El Dorado and was being driven home for Christmas. Jack Allen drove Duncan’s car. Ralph Ashwander, 16, of Hanceville Alabama, drove the other vehicle.
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Will Duncan
W. A. Whitfield, Sr
Monroe
Calhoun
Duncan
el Dorado
Ark
Jack Allen
Ralph Ashwander
Hanceville
Ala
Soul Stations opened in Vienna workers’ housing
Rooms for religious meetings have been opened in 12 city owned apartment houses bombarded in the February civil war. The archbishop of Vienna has urged extending these stations for the cure of souls to all city owned flats.
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