Seventeen Known Dead in Disaster at Rockmart
A deadly head on collision near Rockmart Ga left seventeen dead and fifteen injured as a Ponce De Leon passenger train failed to slow at a switch. Officials blamed engineer Robert M Pearce for the mishap amid a dramatic rescue and investigation.
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Rockmart Lace
Rts
SQ Niles
Rome
Royal Polh
Ponce de Leon
Cochten
Marche
Atlanta
Cedar Rockit
Patterson
Southern Railway
Robert M. Pearce
Tts
Ale
Jeloe Gillespie
Detroit
Mich
Red
Drookhaet
Carreng
Usafu
Voss
Fatty
Geeta Tardy
Miami
Bo T. Hale
Southern Taplist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Ky
Weather Bureau predicts wet Christmas across regions
The Weather Bureau warned of a wet Christmas with snow flurries in parts of the country. Rain expected in most of the eastern states including Tennessee and Kentucky with alerts issued for northwestern Ohio.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Death by drink and heartbreak linked to Vivienne Minor
New York reports describe William Folna Wilgus Jr. amid a fatal drinking episode connected to his former fiancée Vivienne Minor at the Martha Washington Hotel. Minor reportedly ingested poison and died after a troubled romance marked by excessive liquor and threats. Wilgus, son of a prominent engineer, spoke of love, strained family ties, and his efforts to bury Minor, while detailing his personal losses and battles with liquor. The piece also notes Wilgus’s wartime service and varied employments, including time in his father’s coal mine and with Company NS Seventh Regiment. A separate Bridgeport note covers Bassett Company employee life insurance totaling 400,000 for 500 workers.
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New York
William Folna Wilgus, Jr
M Vivienne Minor
Martha Washington
Wilens
Willianohn Wilgus
Wilgus
Mispin- Wee
Grand Central Terminal
Vie
France
Youngs Wilgus
Miss Minor
Greenwich Village
International New Service
Aise
Wileue
Tristle
Vivienne
Hiday
NS Seventh Regiment
Weedville
Monthold
Bridgeport
Bassett Company
Meriden Man's Body Found in Mount Carmel District
New Haven report states Meriden man employed at Hotel Mathis examined by Coroner Mix as possible link to John Mastriano death, body found in Mount Carmel Hamden area. Mastriano from Meriden, stock clerk at Hotel Mathis, last seen Sunday. head wound, pockets rifled, body icy and buried in snow. Police indicate arrests may follow. Trotsky rumor noted from Shanghai dispatch.
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New Haven
Predertels
Indel
Meriden
Hotel Mathis
BH Mix
Tiinden
John Mastriano
Mount Carmel
Hamden
Junees
Levi
Whitney
Carmel
Edel
Mix
Mastriane
Center Street
Mathis
Chit
Christmas Observance Delays The News Publication
The News will not be published tomorrow in observance of the Christmas holiday.
Ty Cobb to be honored by Augusta townsmen today
Augusta Georgia December 24 Ty Cobb will be honored on Broad Street in public square near the Confederate monument. The mayor council and civic leaders will attend as townspeople seek to vindicate Cobb amid accusations of corruption. Motion pictures will spread the tribute nationwide and Augusta will present Cobb with a Christmas gesture of faith and trust.
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Augusta
Broad Street
Ty Cobb
Cobb
United States
Augusti
Emperor Yoshihito dies. Hirohito becomes ruler
Tokyo reports the death of Emperor Yoshihito from bronchial pneumonia at Villa Hayama Palace at 3 a.m. He aged health in five years, had abdicated duties to Crown Prince Hirohito who now succeeds. Yoshihito, born August 24, 1909, married Princess Sadake in 1900 and fathered four sons. The era marked Japan's greatest progress since 680 B.C.
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Luther Histon
International New Service
Tokyo
Japan
N. S
Emperor of
Villa Haymna Palace
Yoshililo
Yoshihito
Tsuhito
Hirohito
Sadake
Morse Granted Divorce in Connecticut Superior Court
Frederick C. Morse of New Britain testified he left his wife eight years ago and has not returned, saying he urged his wife to live elsewhere. He was granted a divorce from Helen Doughty Morse of Plymouth on desertion grounds. The couple married in 1902 and had a daughter who died during the separation.
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Hartford
Dew
Frederick C. Morse
Britain
Tielen Doughty Morse
Plymouth
Thomaston
Morses
Prosperity optimism for new year notes improving business
Prosperity continues with favorable business conditions and optimistic outlook for the new year. The article cites vast deposits and banking resources, recording about 101 billion in resources and 21 billion in savings deposits, marking gains over the previous year amid divided payments and evolving financial measures.
Mellon Sees Prosperity to Pattern 1926 Outlook
Washington December 4 Secretary Mellon forecasts a prosperous new year with continued growth in corporate profits, restrained credit expansion, and well balanced production. He says the economic expansion remains sound, avoiding excess stocks, and anticipates favorable conditions unlikely to mirror prewar peaks.
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U.S
Washington
Dee
International
Mellon
America
Christmas Holiday Observed in Naugatuck
Christmas will be observed as a holiday in Naugatuck with factory work suspended and many stores closed until Monday. Barber shops open tonight until 9, then closed tomorrow. churches plan special services including a late night at St. Michael's. Banks and the Y will close. theaters offer matinee and evening shows. Collegian basketball game featured as a holiday attraction.
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Christus
Naugatuck
Welock
St. Michael's Church
Wales Lines 15 Growing Weaker in Meriden
Meriden December 24 The condition of H Wales Lines a well known local citizen and prominent Masonic member remains unchanged he is steadily weakening with little hope for recovery In Rome the 24 December report says Sciacca inhabitants flee mountains after telluric disturbances earthquakes rocked the Selien region with a mountain top turning molten and erupting for two days locals fear further shocks
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Meriden
Wales
Masonic
Rome
Sciacca
Turana
Selieen
Identified Dead and Injured in R. R. Wreck
A December report lists identified dead and injured from southern railroad wrecks. Names include Dre. T. Hale of Louisville and I. R. Moss of Atlanta, with many others tied to Atlanta Rockmart Jacksonville and various Ohio Kentucky and Georgia locations. Injured persons appear across Atlanta Rockmart Rome Chattanooga and nearby towns with several in critical condition.
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Atlanta
Gin
Southern
Dre. T. Hale
Louisville
I. R. Moss
Ponce de Leon
W. L. Dynes
Rockimart
Leon I. Eyans
Strudebaker Automobile Company
Jacksonville
Lebanon
Goldie Williams
Aliee Wilanis
J. Wisenhunt
Aragon
Georgina Hardy
Toronto
Canada
George Hardy
Can
Decining
Chattanooga
Tenn
Meier
Detroit
Leap
Edward Wiseman
Lexington
E. Matis
E. J. Finley
Robert M. Pearce
Rome
Gia
Early Christmas Masses in Local Catholic Churches
Tomorrow the three borough churches St Francis St Hedwies and St Marys hold early services with multiple Mass times. At St Francis 5 6 7 30 9 40 and 10 30 oclock the 6 oclock mass is solemn high and the 10 20 oclock is a regular Sunday high mass. At St Hedwies mass times are 6 5 and 16 80 oclock the last being a high mass. At St Marys 6 8 and 10 30 oclock the 6 and 10 30 oclock are high masses.
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St. Francis
St. Hedwie’s
St. Mary's Church
Baseball bloc of congress asks Landis for fair trial
The baseball bloc in Congress urged Judge Landis to grant Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker a jury trial, denouncing Landis for publicizing charges and calling for an impartial review. Senators Harris Pepper Watson Couzens Harrison and others argued for justice and due process amid the ongoing scandal.
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William ®. Hetchinson
International News Service
Washington
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Congress
Kenneth M. Landis
Okeezar
Leonard
Cobb
Speaker
Aredit
Wiliam J. Harris
Geores
Coll
Senate
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
Jamesa. Watson
Indiana
James A. Couzens
Michigan
Pat Harrison
Missisippi
Pepper
Warris
Harris
Landis
Fand
Couzens
Thio
Judge Landis
Watson
Republian
Daediana
Colting
Johnson
Finiele
Am Thetrust Aul
Tris
Judge Landis Faces Baseball Bloc Plea for Fair Cobb Trial
Chicago December 24 Judge K M Landis declined when told the senate base ball bloc appealed to him to grant Ty Cobb and others a fair trial before a jury of base ball men. He responded with no comment further.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
Senate
Tim
Ty Cobb
Ris
Mellett Murder Case Seen as Threat to Free Press
Canton Ohio December 24 The Mellett murder trial heads for a jury verdict tonight as state prosecutor Henry Harter describes Don Mellett’s killing as a deeper attack on press freedom. He labels Rudner Mazer and McDermott as wolves and asserts motives tied to money. Defense argues no evidence shows the trio had reason to kill the editor and notes the absence of articles linking the murdered man to enemies. Mrs Mellett and the children attended the proceedings.
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Ty David Suentner
U.S
Canton
Ohio
Don BR. Mellett
Owl Press
Henry Harter
Pat McDermott
Mellett
McDermott
Harter
MoeDemmnott
Ben Rudner
Louis Mazer
Dinas
Len Rudner
Allegen
Don Mellett
Pat” McDermott
George Pengaly
Naud
McDermot
Rudner
Maestron
Steve Kagschalk
Pengaly
Kascholl
Homer Durand
Binkshow
Durand
Mazer
Endstar
One Man Trolley In Collision With An Auto
Bridgeport news item reports Kell Butler an executive of Howland Drygoods Co dead after a collision with a one man trolley on Stratford road. Miss Margaret Kinlin clerk at Howland is in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital. Butler drove from Brooklawn Club to give her a ride home. he was a 15 year Bridgeport resident, leaves wife and three children. The auto was operated by George Tarrant of Elmwood Road. Accident occurred in Fairfield town near city line.
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Bridgeport, Vec
Krank
Hutcler
Howland Drygoods Co
Margaret
Kimlin
St. Vincent's Hospital
Buller
Stratford Road
Kiulin
Margaret Smith
Friends of
Butler
Kinlin
Brooklawn Club
John G. Howland
Bridgeport
Batler
George Tarrant
Elmwood -Road
Fairfield
Whiskey for Christmas Present Case in Stamford
Edward J. Darling of Brooklyn was fined $200 and costs after claiming fifteen cases of Scotch whiskey found in a cay were a Christmas present from Boston. The judge ordered the whiskey destroyed.
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Stamford
Edward J. Darling
Brooklyn
N. Y
Boston
Samuel Young
Darling
Man Ordered to Pay Support in Pending Divorce
Hartford December 24 Ernest D Moguing of Terryville was ordered to pay 312 a week for his wife's support while a divorce action on misconduct grounds proceeds. His wife denies the charges.
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Hartford
Ernest D. Moguing
Terryville
Divorca
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