Postage, politics, and peril mark busy Washington week
In Washington this week experts estimate 18 billion postage stamps needed this year. The Isle of Pines treaty gains senate support while Cuba asserts title. Prohibition enforcement reports show 115000 cases tried with 92 thousand convictions and 15.7 million dollars in fines. Major incidents include a Lincoln courthouse killing, bootlegger violence, and a deadly New York tenement fire.
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Senate
Washington
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Dynamite Found At Harlan United Mine Workers Office
Night of January 29 intruders entered the district office in Harlan Kentucky using a passkey and stole the union’s complete set of books. A dynamite stick with a cap was found on January 1 hanging inside the building. An aerial rescue saved Rosal ia Gordon of Houston Texas during a parachute attempt before thousands of spectators.
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United Mine Workers
Harlan
Rosalia Gordon
Nouston
Tex
Miss Gordon
Congressman's Health Crisis and Noted Deaths Highlight Week
Personal Representative Dupre remains in serious condition in Washington after a stroke. John J. Murray, longtime musical theatre producer, died at his winter home in St Petersburg Florida after weeks of illness. Richard Trimble, longtime US Steel secretary treasurer, died in New York at age sixty six. Rev Mother Vincent de Paul, head of the gray nuns of the Sacred Heart in the United States, died of heart disease at the mother house in Melrose Park near Philadelphia.
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Dem
Washington
John J. Murray
Murray and Mack
St. Petersburg
Fla
Richard Trimble
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Vincent de Paul
The
Gray Nuns of the Sacred Ieart
United States
Melrose Park
Philadelphia
Illinois Happenings Highlight Local Births Marriages and Deaths
Mrs Anton Bartl marks ninety seven in Sterling. Anson W Kinnamon eighty one Civil War veteran and Mrs Mary Blankenship seventy nine of Ten Ga ment at Dana. Gas tragedy in Chicago kills three men and a woman in a cottage. Farm bureau summer program to expand gardens and raspberries led by University of Illinois experts. The $100000 estate of Fay Cramer Pike goes to Eugene R Pike husband and Lincoln Park board president.
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Anson W. Kinnamon
Marea
Mary Blankenship
Dana
South Aberdeen Street
Chicago
University of Illinois
Fay Cramer Pike
Eugene R. Pike
Lincoln Park Board
Illinois firms must pay pro rated motor vehicle license fee
Attorney General Brundage states that every Illinois carrier of passengers or freight in motor vehicles for hire on fixed routes must pay a pro rated license fee under section 9a. The opinion says section 9a applies to all vehicles, trailers and semi trailers used for hire, for both freight and passenger service, including second division vehicles.
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Illinois
Brundage
Emmerson
Springfield
Public Health Examines Nearly Ten Thousand Babies
The state department of public health at Springfield reported its field staff of physicians and nurses examined almost 10 000 babies last year. The findings showed more defects than healthy births, underscoring the need for regular early child health assessments by qualified doctors. McKenzie Cleland, longtime Chicago lawyer and reform advocate, died at his home on South Winchester Avenue. He served as Moody Bible Institute vice president and edited Newer Justice, a prison reform magazine. Born in Delhi New York, he was sixty four. John 2 Byrnes was elected Chicago Board of Education business manager for a four year term with a 12000 annual salary, and the board moved to reconsider the supervising architect role with Edgar A Martin, state architect under Governors Lowden and Small.
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Illinois
Francis G. Blair
Springfield
Blair
State Department of Public Health
McKenzie Cleland
South
Winchester Avenue
Chicago
Cleland
Moody Bible Institute
Mr. Cleland
Delhi
N. X
John 2. Byrnes
Board of Education of
Edgar A. Martin
Lowden and Small
Six Checker Taxi workers indicted for murder in Chicago
Grand jury charges six Checker Taxi employees with conspiracy and murder in the fatal shooting of Joe Rapparort and Leo Glistenson. James Mogley and David Ostron allegedly fired. Daniel Stanton James Foley John Sherbo and Sidney Mogley acted as guards.
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Checker Taxicab Company
Joe Rapparort
Leo Glistenson
Chicago
Joseph P. Savage
James Mogley
David Ostron
Daniel Stanton
James Foley
John Sherbo
Sidney Mogley
Mr. Savage
Centralized auditing could save Illinois counties millions
Professor M T Scovill of the University of Illinois at Urbana says counties outside Cook could save between 500000 and 1000000 dollars annually by a centralized auditing and accounting system. He heads the department of accountancy in the college of commerce and notes additional savings from fees and emoluments accruing to the counties rather than individual officers.
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Illinois
Cook County
M. T. Scovill
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Scovill
College of Commerce
University
Griffis Urges Bergdoll Punishment as Traitor Example
Lieut Corliss Griffis spoke in Chicago supporting the Bergdoll capture mission. He praised patriotism and modesty, saying Bergdoll should stay jailed where he is, perhaps in Fort Leavenworth, as a warning to traitors and a test of true love of country.
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Lieut Corliss Hooven Grifis
Chicago
Bergdoll
Lieut. Griffis
Dergdoll
Griffis
Fort Leavenworth
Notable Drop in Notifiable Diseases in January Report
January counts at Springfield show overall declines from 1923 with only typhoid, gonorrhea, and measles rising slightly. Notable diseases like pneumonia and influenza fall sharply. diphtheria and scarlet fever vary, while smallpox remains low. Totals run about 5 000 below 1923.
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State Department of Publc Health
Springfield
Say You Met In Philadelphia Banter From Colgate
A witty Colgate Banter exchange plays on misremembered travel. A speaker asks if another man recalls a meeting in Philadelphia, only to admit neither has ever been there. The back-and-forth highlights mistaken identity and humorous travel talk.
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Philadelphia
Colgate
A Safe and Sure Laxative Brandreth Pills
One or two taken at bed time will keep you in good condition. Entirely vegetable and advertised as a safe laxative.
Less Painful Wife Richard I Wish You’d Take Care of Baby
Dialogue from a Boston Tran script shows Madge asking Richard to watch the baby while she has a tooth pulled. He replies with a comic offer to watch the child while he goes to have a couple of teeth pulled.
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Richard
Madge
Boston Transcript
Cole's Carbolisalve Promises Fast Skin Relief
An advertisement for Cole's Carbolisalve claims quick relief from burning and itching skin diseases with instant burn pain stoppage and scarless healing. Available for 30 cents or 60 cents, with purchase through druggists or by sending 30 cents to The J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford, Illinois.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Il
Domestic Strife Highlighted by Courier Journal Quote
A Louisville Courier-Journal quotation depicts a tense domestic dispute with a husband who quits his government conciliator job and comes home to ongoing quarrels after long hours.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Mrs. Alice Van Arnam Endorses Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Davenport Iowa resident Mrs Alice Van Arnam praises Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for relief during and after middle life. She credits nine bottles with ending chronic right side pain and preventing distressing symptoms. She reports lasting health improvements and invites inquiries to the Buffalo New York medical hotel for advice or a trial packet.
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Davenport
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Alice van Arnam
Fourth St
Invalids
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