Fleetest Dogs In Alaska Speed Toward Nome
Anchorage and Alaska dispatch describe a dog relay to Nome carrying diphtheria serum. Dan Green leads a 42 mile leg from Tanana at 12:20 AM as temperatures plunge to 49 below zero. The story praises mushing dogs and notes care, feed, and grooming as vital to the failed or successful run.
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Xschorage
Alaska
Dan Green
Tanana
Anchorage
Atricken Nome
le Nord
Yukon
James Kalland
Leonard Sephala
Nervous confession hints at missing items and theft
The speaker voices suspicion of others and a secret desire, admitting a recent limp and noting their scissors and poirot shears may have been stolen. They speculate a shadowy thief acted in a dark night, while insisting the weather remains calm and the date is slightly past twenty.
Diphtheria Crisis Shuts Nome Schools and Quarantines
Nome Alaska on January 30 appeals for airlifted antitoxin as the diphtheria outbreak worsens. Mayor George Maynard says all schools are closed and the city endures strict quarantine while aid arrives. Hundreds of lives are at stake as anti toxin flown by airplane is deemed essential.
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Cnnternational
Nome
Alaska
George Maynard
Faye Twiee
Rescue of S-48 Crew From Stranded Submarine
Part of the crew of the stranded United States submarine S-48 was rescued by coast guardsmen and tugs as she freed from rocks near Portsmouth New Hampshire. The sub drifted in a northeast gale toward the inner harbor. a skeletal crew of 20 remained aboard and officials warned of possible sinking due to a hole in the hull.
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Bullntin
Aiewiational News Service
Portsmouth
N. H
Little Harbor
Offierr Land
Urene Locks
Washington
Jan
N. T
Navy Department
Naval Operations
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Nite Stables Coast Guard
Chatham
Mags
Gaston B Mean Guilty Of Conspiracy In Bribery Scheme
Gas ton B Mean detective and his lawyer Thomas B Felder were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to bribe government officials in a mall fraud case linked to the Crager Company. Mean received two years in Atlanta’s penitentiary and a $10,000 fine. Felder was fined $10,000 but spared prison. The verdict followed five hours and forty five minutes of deliberation.
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David PL
Sentinel International News Service
EEG
New York
Gaston Bo Means
Thomas B. Polder
United States District Court
Means
Felder
Lindley
Means I
Atlanta
Georgia
Buess
Méans
Elmer Jarnecke
Harry M. Daugherty
United States District Attorney
Hayward
John iTolley Clark
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Crager
Glass Casket Company
Jarnecke
Jarnecks
Isaac Fadorr
Chicago
Samuel Schmidt
Eight Franklin High graduates named in Smith Hughes program
Eight boys from Franklin High School completed the Smith Hughes trade course at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School in New Castle. Honors were presented by O. P. Brown as certificates were issued. Principal Frank K. Burton introduced the ceremony with the audience singing America and James Lamores of Lattingo Works delivering the keynote on entering industry.
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New Castle
Smith-Hughes
Benjamin Franklin
James Mati
Tony Ostrosky
Ray Bees
Hollis Burke
Chestiny Hetrick
Harold Dangerfield
Barry Goodheart
William Wheelit
Krantilim
O. P. Brown
Frank K. Burton
James K. Lamores
Llantingo
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Lamores
Lamoree
Miss Ellingson Prepared To Stand Trial In San Francisco
The 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson, dubbed the jazz maniac, is ordered to stand trial in superior court for her mother’s murder. Prosecutors expect a transfer to Ingleside jail while awaiting trial. Police tactics on obtaining her confession are under scrutiny, with defense challenging its admissibility.
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Copeland C. Berg
International
Berricos
San. Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Owl
San Quentin
Frank Murasky
Dorothy
Ingleside
Katheryn Sullivan
New York Towns Buried Under 18 Hours Snow Fall
Syracuse faced eighteen straight hours of heavy snow burying the city in 26 years of the worst fall. Thousands walked to work through three foot drifts while trains and trolleys were suspended and 1500 autos abandoned. A theatre roof collapsed soon after the last performance, narrowly avoiding fatalities.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Elmwood
Enuw
Albany
Olean
N. Y
Rochester
Wyica
Buffalo
Central
Lackawan
Erie
Binghamton
Endicott
Ally
Ches
Man who murdered girl electrocuted at Michigan City
Peter Virgalini was executed by electrocution in Michigan City for the September murder of nine year old Anna Tomsich. He walked to the death chamber with a steady pace, showing no visible signs of distress as his fate was sealed.
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Michigan City
Vanlerntional News Service
Fed
Peter Virgalini
Anna Tomsich
Marriage Licenses Recorded In Various Counties
Aba Mabeseee cree ees Florence Tore i Chartes Deegan. Minnie Baird Pittsburgh Edward BD. Harrison New Castle Louise K Wetvel New Castle.
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Florence
Tore i
Chartes
Deegan
Minnie Baird
Pittsburgh
Edward BD. Harrison
New Castle
Louise K, Wetvel
Berkshire hog record weighs 535 pounds in Pennsylvania
Report from Harlansburg states butcher HG Cunningham hung a Berkshire hog weighing 535 pounds on January 2. The sleek hog fed on corn, with Mr Cunningham and M G Gallagher noting it as possibly the county and era’s largest Berkshire hog butchered in Lawrence County.
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Pennsylvania
Cunningham
Harlansburg
Berkshire
Conningham Land
Gallagher
Sven
Sega
Lawrence Cannydu
Biorkshire
Loot Taken From Frew Store Found With Chapman
War Savings Stamps and bonds taken in the Frew Furniture store robbery are found on the bandit Gerald Chapman after a gunfight in Muncie Indiana. The stamps include 1923 issues with New Castle post office numbers 03992 and 9003, traced to two young girls and their mother. Bonds from American Water Works and Electric Company are identified as Frew’s property and to be returned to the local postmaster Norris.
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Gerald Chapman
Wao
Frew Furniture Company
Mancie
Ind
Post Office
Norris
Muncie
Chapman
American Waterworks & Electric Company
Frew Safe
New Castle
Winchester
Frew Company
Howard F
Odi
Frew
Duvil
Believ
jChepman
Rease
Passier Statin
Liantpmunt Dysart l
Fleexer
Negtuinnock River
Elm Street Y W Bible Class Organized With Leader Team
A community Bible class was organized at Elm Street Y M W A last evening with Mrs Eleanor Yates as president and Miss Loense Farrow as secretary. The group voted to become a permanent organization to meet a long standing need in the community. Those interested are invited to attend the next meeting on Friday evening February 6. The five chapter of Genesis will be discussed. Mr Randolph Baker will teach as instructor.
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Elm Street
Y. W
Eleanor Yates
Loense Farrow
Ta O
APL
Capler
Randolph Baker
Gee Pfs
Death notices and listed survivors in unclear format
Fragmentary death record items mention ages and partial addresses multiple names and places but details are garbled and incomplete making full interpretation difficult. No coherent single event or clear relationships emerge from the scattered fragments.
Mountainous Sea Drives Schooner From Sandy Hook
Severe seas drove a four masted schooner aground on a sand bar at Sandy Hook's eastern end. Captain Joseph Barnes and four crew members remained aboard as coast guards rigged a rescue line. the captain and two crew members refused to abandon ship.
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Sand Bar
Bulleton International News Service
Seabright
N. Juan
Commack
Sinny Hook
Thal
Joseph Barnes
Local News Fragments Create Confusing Snapshots
A garbled report details several incidents including a poisoning case at Aphens Ma, a death in Wellsville, and accidents in Williamsport and Conway yards. Names such as Emma Hough, Blanch Mash, Grace Minsie, and Nick Mifes appear amid unclear contexts and dates, with police investigations ongoing and multiple injuries reported.
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TY Ampeg Bell Telephone
Dteims
Bandit
Arthur Mometer
Helen Keller
Elmyra
Cincinnati
Dling
Alaskan
NEW Castle News
Gaston B. Mean
Atlanta, Ga
iLawyer
Franklin High
Miss Ellingson
Asa
Morrikon
Os Wilde
Ler
Murasky
Harry Ween
Lon Avenue
Blanche Nellieouner
Takewood
Calgary
Alberta
David N. Broanemin
Northharty
Joseph Hawter McCaner
WL A
Sandy Hook
Emma Hough
Taling
Aphens
Miler
Sara
Redwand L. Cohfek
News Terry
Wellsville
Miss Blanch Mash
Ay Ali
Marion
Wits Cinee
Potter Co
Grace Minsie Skin
Dope
Nick Mifes
Iras
Conway Yards
Trent
Ss En Laine
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