Wife With Gun Visits Author at Valparaiso
In Valparaiso Indiana on November 16 P A Gant author of the Pay Crises faced an incident as a 30 year old student and his wife burst into his home with a revolver and were disarmed. Mrs Huston claimed maternal concern and said she was not harming anyone. Police took her to her home and no charges were filed. Mr Gant and Mrs Huston had ties to Valparaiso University and the incident stemmed from a claimed misread of a professor’s actions. The author’s wife and husband were formerly instructors at the university.
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Valparaiso
Ind
A. Gant
Ernest
Huston
Fourth Ave
Union St. Iate
Pat Kenyon
George Nelson
Bertha Benson
Eighth Ave
Nelson
Celty
Frank Fuqua
Blackwood Returns From China Trip as Tariff Talks Open
Henry Blackwood special deputy at the local customs office returned from five visits in Shanghai. He aided a member of the American delegation to the Chinese tariff commission for a disarmament conference. The commission announced a new tariff schedule effective December 1, with Chinese customs receipts rising by 10.8 million dollars annually. He was accompanied by Mrs. Blackwood.
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Henry Blackwood
Shanghai
Blackwood
Millionaire Red to Serve Prison Term
Chicago November 1 William Bross Millionaire faces one to five years in the state prison for violation of Illinois espionage law. His appeal and those of 18 other Communist Party members for a stay of execution were denied by Justice Floyd Thompson and the Supreme Court clerk on the order for commitment to the group.
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Chicago
Willam Bross
Communist Party
Floyd Thompson
Supreme Court
14 Year Old Slayer to Be Executed in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City reports indicate 14 year old Ridge, a Black youth, will be electrocuted tomorrow after pleading guilty to a brutal murder near Mrs. George Adair's residence.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Mcprison
Ridge
George Adair
Blood Transfusion Fails to Save Child in City Hospital
Transfusion of blood from Harry G OBrien to Robert Norman 13 proved futile. The boy died early Thursday after suffering internal hemorrhages. His father, sole survivor, lives at 2415 Jackson St. An autopsy will be held Thursday.
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Harry G. O'Brien
Robert Norman
City Hospital
Jackson St
Federal Employees Dance Planned at Union Ball
A special meeting of Federal Employees' Union No. 3 will host an entertainment and dance at the A. O. U. W. hall 1409 Ninth Ave at 8 p m Friday. All federal employees are urged to attend regardless of union membership.
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Employer’ Union
A. O. U. W. Ball
Ninth Ave
Conservatives Dominant in England Election Returns
London reports Premier Bonar Law's Conservatives poised for a large majority likely near 40 seats in the new House as Labour surges threaten Liberal strength. Lloyd George, Asquith, and Clynes win re-election. Lady Astor holds her seat. Churchill loses in Dundee amid shifting party balance.
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London
Bonar Law
New House
Labor
Asquith Iberals
Asquith Mberals
Lloyd Georgians
Lloyd George
Lady Astor
Virginia
Capt. Brennan
Wheral
Dr. Babty
Poor
Wintringham
Asquith
Clynes
Cuno to Head Berlin Cabinet in New Government
Wilhelm Cuno, director general of Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt, accepted President Ebert's offer to form a new German cabinet. He will likely select associates from industrial sectors and invite top business figures. Cuno, born July 2 1876 in Supl Thüringia, has served in government since 1907 and contributed to wartime economic measures and the empire food department.
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Carl D. Groat
Berlin
Wilhelm Cuno
Hamburg- American Steamship Company
Ebert
Cuno
Herr Cuno
Supl
Thuringia
Treasury Department
Empire Food Department
Treves
Belgium
Versailles
Preliminary Practice for Police Pistol Championship
Preliminary practice starts next Wednesday with the 12 top scorers forming six two man teams for the playoff on November 25. Prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Blood transfusion saves life of sporty bull terrier
Major a Boston bull terrier in Oakland is saved by the first blood transfusion operation on a dog. Apache French supplied the blood for the procedure performed by Dra. G. W. Nelson and Dra. N. J. Nelson. Major will recover though his pedigree as a pure Boston bull remains to be decided.
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Oakland
Cal
Major
Airedale
Dra. G. W
N. J. Nelson
Flyer saves life after plane collapse over city
Lieutenant Frank D. B. Tyndall piloting a Boeing Army pursuit plane failed a wing break during a roll at about a mile altitude. He jumped with a parachute, landed safely on Harbor Island, and described the harrowing descent as crowds watched from Spokane Street bridge. The incident, second in history to a prior Dayton rescue, occurred above a busy city street with no damage to the wrecked craft.
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Boeing Airplane Company
Frank DB. Tyndall
Army Air Services
Duwamish River
Bookaneet
Tyndall
Harbor Island
Ile
Rosing Works
Army Air Service
HW. B. Harris
Dayton
Ohio
Spokane St
State Probes Gordon Case at McLean Hospital Visit
Acting Governor Alvin T. Fuller toured McLean Hospital in Waverly to inspect Dorothy Gordon the Boston heiress and to probe the six month confinement of Misa Gordon amid charges she was placed in the asylum without clear justification. The move marks an official inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the detention and whether due process was followed.
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Boston
Alvin T. Fuller
McLean Insane Hospital
Waverly
Dorothy Gordon
Misa Gordon
Fuller
Senator Jones to Address Spanish War Vets Meeting
United States Senator Wesley L. Jones is scheduled to speak to Fortson Thygesen camp United Spanish War Veterans and the ladies auxiliary at Roosevelt hall Thursday night. His attendance depends on finishing Olympia business in time.
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United States
Wesley L. Jones
Fortson-Thygesen Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Roosevelt Hall
Senator Jones
Olympia
Drink Water If Kidneys Hurt
An aging health note warns that excess meat strains kidneys and urges daily use of Jad Balae a grape lemon juice lithia tonic to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys. It claims improved urinary function and reduced irritation with a glass of water each morning. Drink plenty of water at all times.
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Enys
City official leaps and dies in fall from hospital window
Kelsey a city inspector in the city engineer department died after leaping from a second story window at Minor Hospital on Wednesday night. He suffered a delusion of being pursued by secret service men and crashed 17 feet to the ground. He was 41 and had worked for the city two years, with no local relatives.
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Kelsey
Secret Service
Kelney
B. B. Brookbank
11Th Ave. N
Norway
Easter Island Mysteries From Giants to Lost Civilizations
The piece outlines Easter Island in the Pacific, noting Chilean penal colonies, a population around 1,260 to 1,500, and major statues up to 80 feet tall. It describes uniform colossal heads, carved from volcanic rock, massive stone houses with inscribed tablets, and hieroglyphics. Some scholars link the relics to extinct civilizations or a vanished continent.
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Chile
Ho Bess
Ephinx
Tsland
Telend
Easter Island
Island
Isand
Kaeter Island
Harding Sees Liberal Shift in Prohibition Enforcement
President Harding writes Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson that enforcement laws may be liberalized. Robinson conveyed that he does not expect abolition but predicts public opinion shifting, reducing prohibition’s political leverage as enforcement is eased.
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New York
Harding
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
World temperance forecast by Mies Gordon
Philadelphia reports Anna Gordon predicts global dry era by 1930 and bone dry by 1940. She outlines a twelve nation calendar pushing prohibition from 1922 to 1940, naming Uruguay Argentina Chile Austria Denmark Germany Great Britain France Japan and others.
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Philadelphia
Mies
Anna A. Gordon
Gordon
Uruguay
Argentine
Chile
Austria
Denmark
Germany
Great Britain
France
Japan
Brazil
Africa
Mexico
Italy
Spain
China
Cuba
Wood War Starts Again in City Council Hearing
In a Wednesday hearing before the public safety committee retail wood dealers opposed millmen petition to amend the wood load ordinance from 64 cubic feet and 128 feet on a doubled load to a minimum load. Retail dealers argued the current ordinance suffices and mirrors statutes in other cities after several arrests for selling larger loads.
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Council Public Safety
Legends of a vanished continent and ash preserved statues
The narrator recalls a colossal volcanic eruption that buried a continent under ash and left survivors bowing images of fallen comrades before the gods. Most statues lie feet deep in ash, suggesting the eruption may have erased the civilization. If the island vanished, the mystery would join the ghost of a mighty past.
Pyramid Pile Suppositories Advertising Pitch
An old classified style ad promotes Pyramid Pile Suppositories for piles with claims of relief from itching pain and protrusion. It urges readers to ask a pharmacist for a 60 cent box and offers a trial by sending name and address to a sender at 623 Pyramid.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Advertisement
An old style ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable laxative substitute for calomel. It claims they improve skin tone and vitality, cleanse the liver and bowels, and prevent dangerous after effects. The copy highlights pink skin, bright eyes, and buoyancy with nightly use. Millions of boxes sold annually for 150 and 300, according to the ad.
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Heela
Brown- White Shoe Co
Anaes
Univesity Street
S. P. Randolph
Seattle
Bia
C. J. Kelsey
Gus Brown
Michael Stern
Penn Brook
Second Avenue
Yesler Way
Smith
Man
Roy Street
the Cornish
Moron Olsen
Exchange
Althea Thurston
Daily Broad
Mary Katherine Reety
God
Percival Wilde
Cornish School
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National Rose Society
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