Arbuckle Jury Discharged After 41 Hours Deliberation
The Roscoe Arbuckle manslaughter jury failed to reach a verdict after 41 hours of deliberation. Foreman said the final ballot was 10 to 2 but gave no verdict direction. Retrial is set for January 9 as District Attorney Brady praised the fair trial and noted a lone woman juror influenced discussions.
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San Francisco
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Roscoe Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Brady
Rosecoe Arbuckle
Moves Family Wipes Out Town In Ohio
Lancaster Ohio reports George Fraitere who moved his wife and 15 children from Hocking county to North Berne two years ago doubling the population and changing a hamlet to a village, moved away and erased the town from maps. He ran a general store and held posts as mayor and postmaster. North Berne will receive mail by rural route. Petitions seek his return.
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George Fraitere
Hocking County
North Berne
Fraiuere
Fraitere
Gould estate left to Mrs Gould's children and issue
The residuary estate of Edith Kingdon Gould who died at her Lakewood country home is left in equal parts to her children and their issue after the death of George J. Gould. The will was filed for probate in Ocean County Surrogate's Office. The value of the estate is not stated.
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Toms River
N. J
Edith Kingdon Gould
Lakewood
George J. Gould
Ocean County
Rail plan would cut freight rates for farm products
Washington state officials report the interstate commerce commission accepted voluntary railroad proposals to inaugurate a 10 percent decrease in freight rates on most farm range and orchard goods nationwide outside New England.
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Washington, D. C
United States
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Methodist conference urges Sunday train shut down law
In Pine Bluff Arkansas the annual Methodist state conference adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass a bill banning train and newspaper operations on Sundays and requiring all businesses and amusements to close.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Methodist State Conference
Congress
Watermelons Brought Into Cape May by Local Gardener
John H. Hoffman of Fishing Creek drove into Cape May New Jersey with nine watermelons picked on his own Jersey farm. The unusual December display drew curious locals as Hoffman shared the harvest from his truck garden venture.
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Cape May
N. J
John H. Hoffman
Fishing Creek
Hoffman
Accused Slayer of Kaber Captured in Italy
Cleveland detectives report Vittoria Pizzelli captured in Ripalimosani Italy for the alleged stabbing death of Daniel Kaber wealthy publisher two years ago.
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Kaber
Cleveland, D
Vittoria Pizzelli
Daniel Kaber
Ripalimosani
Italy
Cleveland
Education week proclaimed by presidential decree
A Washington proclamation designates next week as Education week in the United States. The move comes as naval talks in Washington show friction over the tonnage ratio under the American limitation proposal, with Japan resisting upward revision.
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United States
Japan
Washington
The
Noted Iowa horticulturist Charles G Patton Dies at 89
Charles G Patton a leading Iowa horticulturist died at his Charles City home at eighty nine. The obituary notes his stature in horticulture and his age.
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Charles G. Patton
Iowa
Charles City
Turbulent World News From 1919 Dispatches
A Moscow report notes ruble depreciation with 200000 rubles per dollar. Austria may deploy British French and Italian troops to Burgenland for plebiscite order. Landru condemned to death for murder of ten women and a boy in Versailles. Berlin suffers blackout amid a workers strike. Prince of Wales visits Jodhpur while Almere welcomes him coldly. Italian destroyer Centauro lost off Atalla in a Mediterranean storm. German Imperial Bank notes rise by 1,277,772,000 marks. total 90,463,895,000. Mexican minister to Germany Alfredo Catarina arrived in Berlin. Lloyd George buys part of Churt estate near London. Anti Bolshevik forces surround Kiev amid fighting. Leguia’s forces defeated in Yurimaguas by revolutionaries. Irish unemployment fears grow per Thomas Johnston of Dobdhia.
Iowa News Briefs Highlight Fatalities and Local Affairs
Mrs. C. E. Efferson, wife of a Pomeroy Methodist minister, was killed by a freight train. Sanford Beadle of Oskaloosa died after a runaway incident. A franchise vote for Farmer's Mutual Telephone Co. in Emerson will have a second election. Ringling Bros. bought a 2100 pound gelding near Earlham for nearly $500. The Ney-Snyder elevator in Arion burned, with fire unclear in origin. Louis Zubick, long hospitalized in Carroll, died after a work injury at Templeton. Census data show 859,669 Iowans over ten work for a living. Butter production is projected to reach 112 million pounds this year. Mt. Ayr’s J. W. Conroy and Thomas A. Irish receive prison terms. Cedar Rapids appointees take over Consumer's Mercantile Co. bankruptcy. The Edson bill funds job rehabilitation aid. Iowa miners may gain a rescue station and mobile bureau cars for training.
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Sanford Beadle
Oskaloosa
Sam
Peter Munciner
Monticello
Emerson
Farmer's Mutual Telephone Company
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Earlham
Ringling Bros
Ney-Snyder
Arion
Louis Zubick
St. Anthony Hospital
Carroll
Zubick
Templeton
Milwaukee Railroad
Washington
W. B. Barney
Iowa
Mt. Ayr
Fort Madison
H. A. Fuller
Thomas A. Irish
Thomas A. Harris
Charles E. Byrnes
Cedar Rapids
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South Dakota
United States
Henry T. Reed
Board of Vocational Education
Edson
W. H Bender
George H. Allen
Iowa Sales Company
John Morris
Lee Stankee
Bureau of Mines
Ramseyer
United Mine Workers
H. Foster Bain
Bureau At Mines
Towan
Bureau
Absence and Occupation Shape Honest Hearts in Marriage
A discussion on whether a husband’s calling affects marriage finds lovers divided. Lightkeepers and farmers emerge as surprisingly solid spouses, while long absences tempt love or dullness. The piece notes copious shared work ties and cautions against rigid rest cures and deliberate separations.
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London Mail
Navy
British Islands
Love of liberty defined Lafayette’s fame and faith
Edward Everett extols Lafayette citing liberty as the source of his fame and the guiding principle of his life. He asks what sustained the youthful general, the answer being the living love of liberty. He notes Lafayette sacrificed power and rank to protect liberty under law.
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Lafayette
Liberty
Lherty
Sand
Edward Everett
Uncovering a Second Ancient Temple at Berras Greece
Greek archaeologists reveal an imposing temple at Berras Thes saly in excellent preservation. At 400 B.C. bronze inscriptions confirm the date and laws and resolutions are on tablets. Excavations continue after a prior temple discovery near Volo within a month.
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Berras
Thessaly
Jupiter
Olympia
Volo
Tinkeringa Lake Fissure Sealed by Forest Service Work
A fissure opened in Luamelin Lake within Santiam National Forest Linn County Oregon. Water volume dropped by two thirds before forest service workers began a repair that restored the lake. They laid a timbers patch at the lake bottom to stop the leak and secure the lake’s normal volume and appearance.
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Santiam National Forest
Linn County
Oregon
Forest Service
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