Judge Dale and Lankford Murder Case On Burlington Train
Shelbyville Missouri judge J D Dale comments on transferring Francis Lankford to Adams county for murder indictments after Lankford confessed to Licht killing and wounding Bumster and Sheriff Simmons. Dale notes Missouri law prevents hanging and praises Adams county desire for punishment. He plans to visit Sheriff Simons in recovery before returning home. Dale previously secured 20 year term for Morgan in a Burlington train murder case.
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J. D. Dale
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Burlington
Lankford
Simmons
Robert Bumster
Francis Vacha
Francis Lankford
Adams County
Quincy
Missouri
Judge Dale
Clarence
Licht
Illinois
Bumster
Robert
Simons
Dale
Sherif Simons
Big Jim
Young Morgan
Quincy Boulevard Inspector Named in City County Conference
In a joint meeting of city and county officials Michael Gimmmerman was named inspector of the boulevard resurfacing project. The action followed a complaint about dirt along Locust street blocking water flow and flooding adjacent property.
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Michael Gimmmerman
Locust Street
Highwaymen Attack Dick Brothers Watchman at Brewery
Two young men tried to hold up the Dick Brothers brewery watchman at Ninth and York streets at midnight Thursday. They struck him with a bludgeon and demanded money and valuables. The watchman survived, nothing was taken, and no names or brewery contact could be obtained.
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Dick Brothers Brewery
Ninth
York Streets
Girl Injured When Shoulder Caught In Engine
Miss Carroll of near Broomfield eleven miles from Quincy injured Thursday morning when her shoulder caught in a gasoline engine. She rests at St Mary hospital with injuries expected to be diagnosed after examination today. The damage is believed to be a wrench shoulder and several bruises.
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Caroll
Broomfield
Quincy
St. Mary Hospital
Goethals Awarded John Fritz Medal in New York
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals builder of the Panama Canal received the John Fritz medal from four national engineering societies. The honor is the engineering profession s highest in America and marks the eighth Fritz medal he has earned in as many years.
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Goethals
New York
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
John Fritz
National Societies of Civil, Mining, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers
America
General Goethals
Minstrel Show Played At Berrian School By Parents
Berrian school hosted a large minstrel show Thursday evening under the Parent Teachers Association. The hall was filled with pupils, parents, and friends, and the performance will be repeated tonight. Participants included fathers of pupils with director George Stipp and accompanist Mrs. E Hoskins. The program featured Interlocutor Jake Hase and multiple vocal and musical numbers performed by the listed cast, including Virgil McDevitt, Everett Bexten, Otto Hoffman, Elmer Lampe, and others.
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Berrian School
George Stipp
E. Hoskins
E. Bexten
L. Fleer
R. Grossemeyer
W. Hoffman
Virgil McDevitt
Ed Hoskins
Lawrence Fleer
Everett Bexton
Elmer Lampe
Walter Hoffman
No Man’s Land
Otto Hoffman
Ralph Grussemeyer
Grussemeyer
Mickey
George Stipp, Jr
E. Bexton
R. Grussemeyer
Fragmentary remark about gallery pride and audience awe
A fragment notes a feeling of pride that elevates the gallery gods above the rest of the audience, suggesting a moment where the crowd fleetingly pales in comparison to the displayed excellence.
Tennessee Bay Lands Wearing Honor Medals
Sergeant Alvin C. York, of the 328th Infantry, who led seven men to kill twenty Germans and capture 132 prisoners, arrives in New York wearing the Congressional Medal of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre. His Pall Mall, Tennessee home is noted, and he is greeted by a Tennessee society committee. A banquet in his honor will feature Major General George Duncan and guest Joseph Cummings Chase, the government ordered painter.
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New
York
Tennessee Society
George §. Duncan
Joseph Cummings Chase
Sergeant York
Railway Clerks Seek Absolute Government Ownership
Just before adjournment of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks national convention in Cleveland a motion endorsing the Push plan was adopted. The plan, largely the work of Glenn Plumb of Chicago, proposes absolute government ownership of railways and a governing body appointed by the government.
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Cleveland
National Convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Glenn Plumb
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Committee
United States Senate
Railroads discuss profit sharing by operation elements
Officers and employees of the railroads outline a plan where profit from operation would be distributed among three elements of operation according to a set percentage table. The discussion centers on equitable sharing and governance of railway earnings.
Presbyterians Seek Closer Church Union
The Presbyterian church in the United States of America votes to begin negotiations for organic union with the Southern Presbyterians after a telegram of approval. Rev. R. H. Snowden calls the move the most progressive in 60 years as Martin Carey of the Order of Railway Conductors delivers a fraternal greeting.
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ST. Louis
Southern Presbyterians
All Presbyterian Churches
131St General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
R. H. Snowden
Martin Carey
Order of
Allies Reply To German League Note In Paris
In Paris on May 22 the Allied reply to the German note on the league of nations states that the council finds the covenant proposals more practical and better suited to securing the aims than the German plan.
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Associated Press
Paris
League of Nations
Feasibility of Separate Meditation Office Questioned
The proposal for a separate meditation office is deemed unfeasible due to lacking authority to preserve world peace. The discussion centers on creating an independent body with sufficient power to enforce peace.
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The
League
Bolshevik Denial of Riga and Dvinsk Capture Reaches London
A Bolshevik wireless message from Petrograd denies Riga and Dvinsk capture by anti Bolshevik forces. Copenhagen Lettish bureau says Riga occupied by Lettish troops. Dvinsk status unspecified. The piece ends with a quip about arrest.
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London
Petrograd
Riga
Dvinsk
Lettish Information Bureau
Copenhagen
Milier’s Antiseptic Oil Promises Fast Pain Relief
An old remedy claims rapid relief for rheumatic and neuralgic pains with internal and external use. It touts deep penetration and immediate effect, with demonstrations on leather. Sold by Herb Juice Medicine Co in 30c 60c and 1.00 sizes at drugstores.
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Herb Juice Medicine Co
Dru
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