Actress Edith Davis shoots husband during domestic dispute
In New York at 63 West Forty-ninth Street, Edith Davis known as Edith Parker shot Allen Davis three times during a dining room argument with two men present. Davis survived after surgery for a jaw wound and a shoulder wound. Mrs. Davis claimed she intended to kill herself and would not discuss motives.
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New York
Edith Davis
Edith Parker
West Forty-ninth Street
Allen Davis
Anderson
Grivvtel
Troops Pursue Rum Smugglers After Fatal Shootings
National Guard units and armed citizens hunted a smugglers' party at Moss Landing nine miles from Salinas following a gunfight that killed posse member N. H. Rader and wounded Sheriff W. W. Dyer and traffic officer Harry Livingston. Troops searched hay fields and marshes around Del Monte encampment for the suspects.
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Salinas
Cal
State National Guard
del Monte
Moss Landing
N. H. Rader
W. W. Dyer
Harry Livingston
Baroness Ver mehren Falls to Death at Ritz Carlton
Helen Baroness Ver mehren of Java Dutch Indies died after falling from the seventh floor window of her New York City hotel apartment. The incident occurred at the Ritz Carlton, with authorities investigating the circumstances of the fatal fall.
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New York
Helen
Vermehren
Java
Dutch Indies
Ritz-Carlton
Tickled to Death as a Victorian Critique of Flattery
The Literary Digest cites Bishop Hall from 1634 describing flatterers as smooth talkers who coax self value and tickle friends to death. The phrase reflects the era’s moral warnings about deceit and vanity in social interactions.
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Times
Bishop Hall
Ibanez Marries Widow of Chilean Diplomat in Mentone
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the Spanish novelist, and Dona Elena Ortuzar Bulnes, widow of a Chilean diplomat, wed at Mentone. Blasco Ibanez had previously lost his first wife in Valencia in January after a long illness he attributed to the seizure of his property over his anti monarch and military writings.
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Ibanez
Nice
France
Vicente Blasco E Ibanez
Elena Ortuzar Bulnes
Mentone
Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Valencia
Spain
Rockefeller Plays Golf on 86th Birthday in Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller turned eighty six on Wednesday at Pocantico Hills. The oil magnate spent a quiet day with family at his home in Tarrytown, and a message said he is well and grateful for the year ahead.
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John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
West Africa Uses Mortar Grinding for Wheat Flour
Native West African wheat is converted into flour by pounding the grain on wooden mortars as there are no dour mills in the region.
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West Africa
Ex-Convict Seized After Threats to Mrs Obenchain
Deputy sheriffs rushed to Madelynn Obenchain’s bungalow in Los Angeles where Paul Roman, an ex convict then in the county jail, was seized. Obenchain, formerly of Evanston IL, faced three trials for the death of J Belton Kennedy. Roman met her in prison and allegedly warned of possible shooting.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madelynn Obenchain
Paul Roman
Madelynn
Judge Indicted Over Jackson Bank Failure
U S Judge J W Ross of the Federal District Court for western Tennessee banker Thomas B Carroll and John M Carroll timber broker W L Cawthon are charged by a Madison county grand jury with embezzlement forgery and fraudulent breach of trust in connection with the collapse of People s Savings Bank of Jackson which closed after a reported shortage exceeding 300000 Indictments name Ross as accessory to the alleged offenses and cite irregularities tied to the bank failure.
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U. S
Jackson, Tenn
J. W. Ross
Federal District Court For
Tennessee
Thomas B. Carroll
John M. Carroll
Ww. L. Cawthon
People’s Savings Bank of Jackson
Madison County
Madison County Grand Jury
Ross
Weaving Authority Echoes at Stevens Stone Mill Display
A brief proverb asserts that appearances of authority often mask self-serving haste, noting that some claim control while the mule drives the pace, as cited at the Stevens Stone Mill display.
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Stevens Stone Mill
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