Reincarnated Dickens Hero Aided By Police On West Side
An 15 year old orphan, William Peters, claimed to be the reincarnation of Oliver Tryist and said he spent most of his life in public institutions. He told of being forced to pick pockets and burglarize homes on Long Island before escaping. Police held him for the children's society after a patrolman found him near collapse.
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New York
Oliver Tryist
Dickens
Ay West Side
William Peters
Fagin
Children’s Society
Long Island
Broadway
Lawyer Says Men Illegally Jailed In Habeas Corpus Action
Attorney R R B Smith filed a habeas corpus petition in the Portl Hfth District Court Wednesday on behalf of J C Long and Florencio Navarro. They allege unlawful detention by Sheriff Meedda of Atascosa County after bail was denied following an examining trial. The writ is returnable at 9 30 Saturday. Long is accused of killing George A Strickland on November 17 in the Kenney pasture area. Navarro faces a charge in the Bustamente case in Jourdanton on November 9.
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Portl
Hfth District Court
R. R B. Smith
Attorner
Atascosa
Bexar
J. C. Long
Florencio Navarro
Meedda
Atascosa County
Justice Court
A. N. Steinle
Long
George A. Strickland
Kenney Pasture
Navarro
Bustamente
Jourdanton
Cancer Victims Speak Through Artificial Larynx
In Baltimore on December 3, Dr John E MacKenty of New York disclosed experiments with recipients of artificial larynges. Cancer patients with throat operations who lost their vocal apparatus now breathe through neck holes and use the device to speak clearly, producing a voice described as almost human and audible across a sizable room.
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Baltimore
John E. MacKenty
New York
Grown ups study reference books at City Library
Mrs Frances Humphrey librarian notes rising non circulating reference book use by San Antonio residents, excluding students. New titles include Chronicles of America edited by Allen Johnson and The History of Texas by Louis J Wortham. Periodicals added include Foreign Affairs and Theater Arts.
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San Antonio
Frances Humphrey
Humphrey
Allen Johnson
Charles Dawn
Encyclopedia Britannica Company
Alexander Speltz
New Encyclopedia of
Waldo Seiden Pratt
New Times
Yortory
History of Texas
Louis J. Wortham
Lbrary
Foreign Affairs
Motor Life
English Journal
Printer’s Ink
Theater Arts
Araganine
Educational Digest
Patent News
Reservists invited to infantry classes at St Anthony hotel
Thirty four reserve officers signaled intent to attend infantry problem and conference classes led by Capt. Lee Hannicutt at the St Anthony hotel army room on second and fourth Tuesdays monthly at 5 p.m. open to all reserve officers. list of attendees includes Col I Orevelius and many Lieut. Colonels Majors and First Lieutenants from Inf ORC Eng ORC and Ade ORC.
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St. Anthony
Lee ¥. Hannicutt
I. Orevelius
Inf-Org
W. B. Puttle
Sylvan Lang
Vel Stephens
Treorc
Ralph H. Durkee
Jack R. Burke
Pew G. Lyman
Ene-ORC; Maj. ©iliam A.Tummer, Inf-ORC; i John_G. Gordiky
E. BP. Williston
John E. Weber
William W. Holden
Sta D. Davis
Jaz H. Peairs
Joan L. Hill
R. 8. Quick
Eng-Orc
William R. Castle II
Eng-Org
Frank EB. Washburn
Inf -Org
William Green
Raymon Keck
BR. J. Meskill
Inforc
Ira I. Davis
Ade-Orc
A. G. Deutsch
Frank G. Ragsdale
Inf Orc
Clay McFarland
Inf-Orc
Cyril Dalkewitz
Calvin G. Cloud
H. E. Jarrell
R.O. Harpole
F. 8. Ellison
Roy E. Page
Frank M. Woods
E. P. White
W. C. Lafield
Inorc
New Zealand Radio Record Set by Sutton in Port Arthur
Port Arthur Ont Dec 3 AV Sutton set a local long distance radio reception record at 4 30 am hearing a code message dispatched by FD Bell Waihemo New Zealand. Sutton listened clearly for about 40 minutes to the signals, marking a notable early broadcasting achievement.
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Port Arthur
Ont
P. Sutton
FD. Bell
Waihemo
Newland
Sutton
Rebels Bid to Recover Dead Chieftain Fails at Chico
In Mexico the rebel band led by Tuan Jose attempts to retake the body of Emiliano Ortez from police in the mining town of El Chico. The assault ends in repulse with Jose wounded and captured as troops had earlier routed the group.
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Mexico City
Fl Chico
Pachuca
Emiliano Ortez
Tuan Jose
Jose
Train fall kills oil field worker near San Angelo
The body of Michael Dwyer, 53, Tulsa oil field worker, is held for directions from Pennsylvania relatives. He died yesterday after being found beside the Orient railroad track with both feet severed above the ankles. Dwyer said he fell from an oil train en route to the Reeves county field while asleep.
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San. Angelo
Tex
Dee
Michael Dwyer
Tulsa
Pennsylvania
Dwyer
Reaton County
Americans drink Canadian liquors to U S trade figures
Ottawa December 3 More than 3 080 000 gallons of ale and beer and 258 813 gallons of whiskey left Canada for the United States in the last twelve months according to a Dominion Bureau of Statistics trade bulletin. The total value of these beverages is 9 584 705 dollars of which 4 700 000 dollars is the valuation of the whiskey.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Galveston
Texas Steamers
San Jacinto
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H. R. Mallory
Havana
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Tampa
St. Petersburg
Wpor
Mallory
W. V. Pittman
City National Bank
Samers
Ieny Alfreight
Crockett
Sistermaker
Mother Song Linde
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Ory
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Foster-Milburn Co
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Buffalo
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