Man Charged in Death of Wife at Texas Dairy Farm
J. F. Hogan, 45, dairyman, remained in jail in Edinburg on murder charges after his 57-year-old wife was found dead at his dairy farm. Autopsy showed a fatal head wound and evidence of strangulation. A sack covered the body, which was dressed in overalls and a denim jumper. A bloodstained club was found nearby. Hogan claimed his wife left him and described a horseback ride on November 13. Relatives in San Antonio reported her disappearance. a posse later found the grave in brush near the home.
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Texas
J. F. Hogan
Edinburgo
Eb. Hogan
Sheriff's Office
San Antonio
H. B. O Brien
R. A. Ritchie
Hogan
Jerry Hogan
D. R. Handley
Hagen
Hawthornes Wife Censors Hawthorne Notebooks
Yale professor Randall Stewart argues Mrs Nathaniel Hawthorne edited her husbands notebooks to fit propriety and morality. Findings appear in The American Notebooks by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Yale University Press.
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Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Randall Stewart
Yale
Yale University Press
Dancer Theresa Flower Rescued After River Suicide Attempt
In New York City Theresa Flower a pretty dancer and violinist plunged into the North River two months after her fiancé’s death. She struggled with tugboat deck hand James Clifford who rescued her. The incident follows a period of grief and despondency for Flower.
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New York
Theresa Flower
James Clifford
Paris Star Dead in Seine Jump
Paris on December 3 reports that Marcelle, a noted movie and stage actress with the Comedie Francaise, committed suicide by jumping into the Seine amid ill health reports.
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Paris
Marcelle
Comedie Francais
Seine
Untitled Old Time Patent Cold Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes a famous tablet for colds claiming overnight relief by expelling cold germs and reducing fever and headache. It touts a proprietary quinine formula and immediate action, with emphasis on quick response and symptom relief.
Black and White Ointment Skin Soap Ad
An old advertisement promotes Black and White Ointment and Skin Soap as a duo to kill beneath skin eczema parasites. The copy touts quick results, a 25 cent price per item, and a four money back guarantee to entice buyers.
Man's death by own action fatal to girl in Texas
In Taylor Texas Max Kleinman ended his life by wrapping in sheets and using a gas tube. A 19 year old waitress Lydia Quezon died from injuries in the explosion sparked as two others were hurt. Kleinman was dead before the blast and investigators described the deadly incident as self inflicted.
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Taylor
Texas
Max Kleinman
Lydia Quezon
Dallas
Kleinman
Oscar Lau
A. Schwarz-Buhler
Court toact in texas sui court review days
The supreme court returned from a two week recess with decisions in most of the 34 cases on the docket and orders in 34 more up for review. It may settle the validity of governor Sterling's restrictions on oil production in East Texas and review a challenge by motor vehicle contract carriers to state authority. Other disputes include railroad rules on foreign shipments and tax treatment of property bonuses.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sterling
Texas
Milla
New Orleans
Texas Gulf Ports
Masons of Texas Open Convocation in Waco
Masons of Texas opened the eighty third annual convocation of the Grand Royal Arch chapter at Waco with sessions to run December fifth through the week. The grand council and royal arch sessions were to begin with a grand judge meeting Wednesday and conclude Thursday night.
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Waco
Masons
Hollywood Morals Defended by Billy Sunday
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist, spent two weeks examining Hollywood and declared the town the most slandered and maligned in the country. He argued that a few fools do not represent the entire film colony and defended its morals amid criticism.
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Hollywood
Billy Sunday
Miners Urge Tariff Change In Letter To Hoover
Ellis Searles of the United Mine Workers of America protested free imports of coal from Canada Great Britain and Germany in a letter to President Hoover He urged reconsideration of the treasury provision excepting such imports from the two dollar per ton levy in the last revenue bill.
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Washington, D. C
Canada
Great Britain
Germany
Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers of America
Hoover
Treasury
TexasSpecial marks 17th anniversary of Texas Special
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas railway celebrated the 17th anniversary of the Texas Special, the crack train linking Texas cities with Kansas City and St. Louis. Since the train’s 1915 inauguration, the city has more than doubled its population. Ed Brendel, division passenger agent, spoke at the event.
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Texas Cities
Kansas City
St. Louis
Ed Brendel
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