Banker Denies Lawson Charges in Wall Street Probe
New York January 30 A sweeping denial of all Lawson charges against Pliny Fisk of Harvey Fisk and Sons was given before the leak inquiry. Fisk rejected connections with McAdoo and any pool for stock speculation, calling Lawson’s statements a disordered brain and urging perjury action if false. Lawson ordered to stay in touch with the committee.
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New York
Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
McAdoo
Wall Street
Pliny Fisk
Harvey Fisk and Sons
Fisk
Senator O
Archibald White
Wilson
Tlarvey Fisk and Sons
Deposed Costa Rican President Appeals to United States
Alfredo Gonzales, deposed president, seeks U.S. intervention as Federico Tinoco seizes provisional leadership in San Jose after a twelve hour revolution. U.S. officials report little ground for interference while Costa Rica’s capital and countryside remain quiet. The upheaval shocks a nation long seen as a Latin model.
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Washington
Alfredo Gonzales
Costa Rica
United States
Hoe
San Jose
Federico Tinoco
Tinoco
Gonzales
State Department
Nicaragua
Auto tag leak probes missing 1917 records
Springfield Hil Jan 30 After a day’s search through the box of 1917 automobile license tags and records of the state automobile department it was found that three tag sets are missing without entries showing who they were issued to An inquiry was started by Secretary of State Emmerson after a Chicago tip from a man alleged to be part of an auto thieves’ syndicate implicating an employee in the secretary’s office Tag 1922 was found in the possession of one band member though records did not show issuance Emmerson will continue to seek the leak source with no clear responsibility yet identified.
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Springfield
Hil
Theastate Automobile Department
Emmerson
Chicago
Forced civilian labor decree spreads through German front
Copenhagen dateline reports a copy from the Schieuwsche Grenzpost stating the general commanding the ninth German army corps orders all interned civilians and other nationals hostile to Germany to perform public labor in a system akin to German practices. The notice urges compliance across occupied areas and signals sweeping mobilization of civilian manpower.
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Copenhagen
London
Schieuwigsche Grenzpost
Ninth German Army Corps
Germany
Wilson Hints Action On Rail and Other Bills
President Wilson after capital talks believes action can be secured this session on many measures including railroad, education, revenue, flood control, land leasing, Porto Rico, export selling agencies, and federal employee pay. He backed extending civil service to postmasters and favored salary increases, while noting no insistence on any single rail form. A brief interlude with twenty Indians seeking greeting ended with a smile and interpreter.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
Poindexter
Burleson
Ransdell
Louisiana
Porto Rico
Webb
Pomerene
Reasa
Fathnaer
College Given Large Bequests
New York report lists $575,200 in appropriations from the John D. Rockefeller fund to American schools and colleges. Cornell College Town receives $100,000, DePauw University $150,000, Swarthmore $125,000. Negro education gets $197,500 with Fisk University $50,000 and Spelman $85,000 plus smaller gifts to southern institutions. Arkansas rural school agent funded at $2,700.
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New York
General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller
Cornell College
Arkansas State Department of Education
French Missionary De Foucauld Killed by Nomads
Paris special reports Father de Foucauld a French missionary and savant murdered by nomads in the Sahara where he lived for years. Once Vicomte Charles de Foucauld and an army officer he left service to study Morocco and the Vouareg in the Sahara. He wrote a standard work on his adventures and sought to teach hygiene with limited success.
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Paris
Father de Foucauld
Sahara
Charles de Foucauld
Morocco
France Uses Alcohol For Powder
Paris Special reports France requires 200000 gallons of alcohol daily to manufacture certain high explosives. If maintained, annual consumption would exceed prewar production by 12500000 gallons. The government has already bought 17500000 gallons abroad. Alcohol acts as a solvent in making powder for propulsive explosive in large caliber guns.
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Paris
France
Tenpervice
Call Extended for Rev Chas Rowland at Payson
The Christian church plans to extend a call to Rev. Chas Rowland of Pleasant Hill who preached recently. If he accepts, the plan is to unite with the Christian church at Liberty with half the funds from each side, depending on agreeable terms. Rowland is the son in law of G W Lawrence, formerly of Payson, now in West Point. Council meets Fri Feb 2 at 4 pm in the Charles W Seymour High School auditorium to discuss library improvements and book donations for the high school library.
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Payson
Christian Church
Chas, Rowland
Pleasant Hill
Christian Church At Liberty
Rowland
G. W. Lawrence
West Point
Friends In Council
Charles W. Seymour High School
Theigh School Library
Nellie Hood
Knox City
Rose Cotty
John Curran
Kingston
E. J. Gabriel
Rochester
Minn
Gabriel
Mayo Brothers Hospital
J. KK. Seymour
Oklahoma City
Plymouth
Camp Point
Cecil Wampton
Hannibal
Hannibal Commercial College
O. E. Tlampton
Harry Thompson
Hose
Iris Spencer
Carrie Thompson
Robert Hood
Benj, Thompson
Bogus
Pittsfield Records and Local Notices in One Issue
The Pittsfield Hardware stock will be sold at sheriff's sale on Wednesday January 31 with James Carroll acting for the adjustment company collecting accounts and settling the business. Local clergy report Rev W R Lestie preaching on big lies and Balm for life’s bruises. Hooper’s death linked to Modern Woodmen membership with insurance to his two children. Residents Coleridge Binns and George D Burnard Co. staff in St Louis and rivals. Several residents travel for telegraph work and family updates. Epidemic illnesses and funerals strain local undertakers as several residents die and others visit relatives in nearby towns.
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Pittsfield
Ili
James Carroll
M. E
W. R. Lestie
George Harper
Carthage
Coleridge Binns
Richmond
Moa
Sansay City
Mr. Binns Io
George D. Burnard and Co
St. Louis
Floyd Ryder
Ted Little
Hannibal
Mississippi River
Pike County Telephone Company
Elsie Cooper
Alma
Christian University
Canton
Frank Beadle
Quincy
Duker Dry Goods
Tippetts
McDonnold
West Washington Street
James Hornback
West Fayette Street
Marcia. Doyle
Vandalia
J. R. Ghormley
Miss Doyle
Winter notes and local life across the region
Jacob Windtuillar returns from Fort Worth with eight and a half inches of snow and praise for Gid Pike county at a Winter resort. Sam Hirshewner visits with his brother Tron while L D Hirsheimer of Springfield recovers from grip. Harry Tanwlist couple buy spring tools in St Tewin. Prof Harry Meserve attends Boy Scouts meeting at Higbee high school gym as the Scouts adopt First Aids to the Injured. Rev Fenton Martina elected assistant scout master. Samuel Riley and Maggie Sullivan wed at St Marys Church with Fr Foley officiating and plan to reside in Kinderhook. Charles T Kenney and wife winter in San Antonio. Leonard, Alonzo’s brother, dies in Louisiana at seventy five. a printer by trade, long tied to Louisiana newspapers.
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Jacob Windtuillar
Fort Worth
Texas
Pike County
Sam Hirshewner
Tron
L. D. Hirsheimer
Springfield
Grip
Harry Tanwlist
St. Tewin
Prof
Harry
Maggie Sullivan
Martinsburg
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Foley
Kinderhook
Charles T. Kenney
Griggavilla
San Antonio
Qavar Leonard
Alonzo Leonard
Louisiana
Leonard
Community Notes From Chambersburg Illinois
Keokuk businessman J R Greaves visited town. Marriages include Boyd Metz and Elizabeth Burgenser in Mt Sterling. Local sick list includes David Metz Rev Walls and several Barrys Newhams Hobbs and Metz family members. Church revival ends with 18 adds. Basketball team lost at Chapin. Ina Barry returns from Beardstown for a visit.
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Chambersburg
Ili
J. R. Greaves
Keokuk
Iowa
Boyd Metz
Henry Metz
Elizabeth Burgenser
Versailles
Mt. Sterling
David Metz
Walls
James Arry
Mary Barry
Sarah
Isaac Newingham
Hanny Elledge, Jr
Jesse Smith
Helen Hobbs
Zella Metz
Gene Brown
Louisville
J. W. Chenoweth
H. V. Irving
Alma Brooks
Vera Todd
Christian Church
Robert Barry
J. Hobbs
Nate Mea- Laughlin
Lincoln Metz
Joseph Morton
Chapin
Ina Barry
Beardstown
Man who thinks he knows it all never says I am from Mie sour
A curt remark notes the boastful person avoids admitting origins as he claims universal knowledge. The line playfully questions self imported certainty and self awareness. It hints at pride and identity without naming any real place.
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Miesour
Photo Plays Today Shows Variety of Silent Films
Princess The Matrimanias with Douglas Fairbanks at the fore, Belasco June Caprice in A Mudd ern Cinderella continues, Savoy presents East Is East with Florence Turner, Gem features His Model Wife and Eternal Challenge plus East Is East with Florence Turner, Star Marie Doro in Oliver Twist, Quincy offers Mary Ainslee and Francis McDonald in The Lure of the Rose, Colonial presents Ben Wilson and Francelia Billington in The Mainspring.
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Princess
Douglas Fairbanks
Belasco
June Caprice
Savoy
Florence Turner
Gem
Marie Doro
Oliver Twist
Quincy
Mary Ainslee
Francis McDonald
Ben Wilson
Francelia Billington
The Theaters Orpheum Vaudeville Empire Hippodrome
The piece lists venues The Theaters Orpheum Vaudeville Empire Hippodrome and Lyceum number as a program note. It reads like a theater timetable or listing of showhouses and an event sequence without specific dates or performances.
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Orpheum
Empire-Hippodrome
Bohemian Orchestra
Lyceum
Palmyra mourns Charles Neuman as services held at home
Funeral services for Charles Neuman were conducted at his Palmyra residence under the German Benevolent lodge with pallbearers listed. Rev. Barbee led the service at 2 pm, burial followed at Greenwood. Local clergy preached, with rapid activity by Odd Fellows and community visitors noted. The high school basketball team returned from Kirksville and prepared for a Friday home game against Shelbina, a team Palmyra has yet to beat.
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Charles Neuman
German Benevolent Lodge
John E. Best
Chas, Retti
Simon Hirner
Wiliam Meiers
Frank Diemer
Ed. Schnitzer
T. M. Barbee
Greenwood Cemeter
J. T. Bloom
Christian Church
Christian Church of
Rushville
Johnson
Hannibal
Palmyra
E. H. Pratt
Chicago
S. Price Spratt
Nelsonville
Bier and Company
Neubauer
Baptist Church
George Neuman
St. Louis
Chas. Neuman
Kirksville
Shelbina
Sweden and Russia Build Large Bridge Connection
A nearly mile long bridge is under construction by Sweden and Russia over the Tornea river at the Sweden Finland apex in the Gulf of Bothnia. The Swedish government handles the work to secure material, linking the two rail systems from Stockholm to Vladivostok with no train change. An elevated cable line for mails and parcels nears completion to replace challenged river lighters during thaw, farming, and winter.
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Helsingfors
Russia
Tornea
Sweden
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Stockholm
Vladivostok
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Boston
Wisk
Rep
Campbell
New
Willard
McAke
Wiss. Lawcen
U. S
Auto Tag
Puzzle Emmerson
College
Christian Churches of
Payson and Liberty
Beulah Howard
Bluff Hall
Near Seehorn
Harvey L. Scott
Brandeld Regulator Co
Lamar Ridge
Atlanta, Ga
American Mutual Star
Mweneey Grae Pingetion
Wuian
Derefla
Triangle
Fine Arts
Broadway
Lone Star
Mutual
William Russell
Christie
Peter & Pinkelmann
Nyse Ae Ae
Cha Hanna Eae
the Bohemian Orchestra
Josef Mach
James Hart
Signor Bartolotta
Empire-Hippodrome Theater
Quincy Young People’s Lyceum Association
Fairbanks
Constance Talmadge
Princess Theater
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