14 Dec 1923
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1923
Page
1
Three thousand bandits led by Chen Yen Tek and Wang Han Ying captured Canho on Wednesday, looting houses and kidnapping the magistrate and education commissioner along with two other officers and over a hundred residents including many women, according to dispatches from Shanghai.
Associated Press reports internal revenue collector C W Anderson filed in federal court a tax lien against Charles W Morse of the Ler House With and L Streets NW Washington DC for 1 294 581 24. The lien was entered on the judgment roll. You can watch any day with a Herald ad.
The submarine S-26 grounded today near Executioner’s Rock, 23 miles east of Hell Gate, N.Y. A dispatch to the Navy Department said assistance was sent from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The item also notes a local social mention about a Friday night dance at Cockson’s Between the Bridges.
Washington reports wage schedules for the year starting January 1 will be substantially the same as last year with a slight increase, according to the navy board of review and approved by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt.
Boston woke to snow as temperatures dropped from 62 degrees yesterday to just above freezing. The snow fell through late morning, capping a December start that ran far warmer than normal with an average first ten days of 46.9 degrees compared with the normal 31.9.
Two bandits bound and gagged the paymaster of Michael Melody & Songs Co in Philadelphia and fled with 15 736 dollars destined for payroll envelopes. The incident occurred in the company office as the men prepared to distribute wages to workers. Police searched for the robbers.
Washington December 14 General campaign headquarters for President Coolidge will be established in Chicago on December 28. The move signals a centralized effort as the GOP prepares for the forthcoming election with a major base in Illinois.
A radio message from Boston reports the Gaston a small steamer lost its circulating pump and could not make headway in northerly gales and heavy seas. The vessel is said to be about fifty miles south by east of Cape Henry after leaving Norfolk for Havana on November 28.
The Philathea Class of the Methodist society held its Christmas celebration at Mrs. Richard Bridie’s home on Richards Avenue. A large gathering exchanged gifts after the business session, refreshments were served, and officers were elected for the semiannual term. The next meeting shifts to the first Thursday of each month, with plans for decorations and a Christmas tree on the square.
Runnin Pouncey, who drank poison last week, attacked his wife with an axe during a forenoon argument in Worcester. He told a nearby patrolman, I have killed my wife, then surrendered. Detectives found the dying woman in a closet. the couple wed in Ansonia, Connecticut last May.
Reports from El Paso indicate severe fighting between rebel outposts and federal troops along the march toward Mexico City. Information was received by the de la Huerta Junta and confirmed by Juarez government sources.
Bristol Va December 14 five prisoners led by John Hatfield 70 a veteran of the Hatfield McCoy feud escaped from Wise County jail last night. They are at large in the Cumberland mountains. The report notes no better stores in New England than here and mentions apparent goal sets.
The city council held a long session and heard three committees discuss the Pines winter sports project. They reviewed leasing options for five years at 200 yearly or buying for 5009, plus costs for a toboggan chute, ski jump, house move, flood lights, and attendants, with 1200 requested and 500 more to be raised.
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