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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1922
Page
3
Washington reports a British protest to the State Department over continued seizures of British vessels by prohibition agents beyond the three mile limit. The Emerald, a Canadian registry schooner, is cited as evidence of violations amid British insistence on limits and jurisdiction.
Bernice Witt a six year old from Fulton Illinois was run over by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train near Morrison October 10. She fell in front of the engine and the cars passed over her but the trainmen freed her and she was uninjured. She walked to school as if nothing happened.
Die at Crossings, Chicago, Oct. 19. Six persons killed in crossing accidents in this district. A man and a woman, both unidentified, were burned to death when a taxicab was struck by a small train at Golf, a northern suburb. Two men were killed at Blue Island, and a woman and her daughter were killed Bear Gary.
General H H Bandholtz, U S four star, is reported to replace General Leonard Wood as governor general of the Philippines in January. Manuel Quezon, powerful Philippine senator and Bandholtz’s longtime friend, supports the appointment, having worked with him when Quezon was provincial governor.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. arrives in Battle Creek Michigan on Tuesday night and begins a rest at a sanitarium. He refuses to discuss his reasons for treatment. He dismisses questions about who is the greatest menace to the world. In Trenton New Jersey Harold Wilson stands trial for stealing from the mails. Prosecutors say he stole 4.25 dollars and a pair of ladies stockings. He denies the crime.
In Berwick Pennsylvania the Salvation Army will relocate its Sunday school of about 200 members to the Linden Hotel barroom, the largest room, after having to move from current quarters. The hotel’s former barroom will host the weekly lessons in a shift from its hotel usage.
Philadelphia October 9. Details emerge about two young men believed to be college students near Philadelphia who, per Earl Lewis of Saint Clairsville Ohio, "can save the lives of thirteen men." Lewis defends thirteen union miners charged with murder over John I Major's death in New Lafferty Ohio.
Danville October 19 More than 500 Masons from Central Pennsylvania gathered in Danville for the cornerstone relay of the Masonic Home. Grand Lodge members and over a dozen subordinate lodges attended as the new building, costing $50,000, was to be dedicated. Elk ruler J Edgar Masters made his first Danville lodge visit.
Boston doctors concluded the Syearola boy claimed as the son of Mrs. Clarence A. Smith of Dighton and Mrs. Eugene Choquette had never undergone eye surgery. Mrs. Smith alleges her missing son had an operation for crossed eyes. The note references two guides to political questions, inside and outside.
Colonel C. I Forbes, director of the United States veterans bureau, departed New Orleans with his staff after cancelling plans to address the Legion convention. Forbes, invited by American Logan and national commander Hanford MacNider, faced charges he arrived to influence the event at Harding's urging.
The veteran bureau head refused public comment on Parbes departure, saying his presence might embarrass the Legion official who invited him and that he did not feel compelled to speak publicly.
A 14 year old, Jogdick son of Brooklyn, was seized by police after riding the New York Central’s Twentieth Century Limited from Albany to Cleveland. He rode on the engine tender, drenched by water scoops between Buffalo and Cleveland, and was found in Cleveland polluted with grease and windburn.
A whimsical note laments Miter Binan in a bind with three pots all twiss seeking a twio-niz, reflecting a playful puzzle from Cincinnati Boquirer.
An old Lyon stage portrait recalls a woman who made herbal remedies for neighbors. Now a four story laboratory near her former home mass manufactures herbs for a global women’s medicine. The advert notes nearly 50 tons of herbs used last year in Lidla KB Finkham’s Vegetable Compound.
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