Mary Jones Bible Journey Becomes Great Mission Tale
A Welsh girl Mary Jones walked twenty five miles to buy a Bible, inspiring the British and Foreign Bible Society which has spread the Gospel in hundreds of languages. The piece highlights the Her 12 year old journey and the society’s work across the world over 120 years.
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ranilon Way Jones
Jones
swance
ernest pen
Mary
John H. Allan peart
Mary Jones
cjoun spich
ted
amos Viesiman
saul
Ritgon
arios
China
adi
United Press
Madison
Lora Palmer
University of Wisconsin
Man detained after bonds tied to theft found
Milwaukee police hold a man linked to a three year old bond theft case after recovered items from a Minneapolis burglary surfaced. Suspect arrested near a brokerage where two tallway bonds were in question.
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Bs Thieg Press
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Poultry Show At Eagles Hall Receives High Praise
Judges from across the country rate Sheboygan's annual poultry and pet stock show at Eagles Hall as the best in the state and among the finest in the nation. George Hackett of Minneapolis and George Wells of Oshkosh laud its beauty, quality, and competitive entries, noting Milwaukee and Chicago as only outlets with higher counts but not superior quality. Herman Vanselow, pigeon judge, says the department matches top shows nationally, with entrants from major expositions. The event opened to a large crowd with a decorative hall and a new ladies’ rest room. Frank Binder displayed bird houses at the show.
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Shehovzan
Eagles halls
United States
George W. Hackett
Minneapolis
America
pat Sheboygan
Mr. Hackett
George M. Wells
Oshkosh
Hackett
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sheboygan
Herman Vansellow
Frank Binder
Geele avenue
Sachtjen Leaves Dry Staff to Join Legislature
Herman W. Sachtjen, Wisconsin state prohibition commissioner, resigns effective January 12 to enter the 1925 legislature as Dane County assemblyman and potential speaker. He cites dedication to legislative duties and his two years in the prohibition post.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Herman W. Sachtjen
Sachtjen
Dane county
Blaine
Safe Blower Killed in Post Office Raid Near Pittsburgh
Postmaster Herbert H. Park of Gibsonia shot and killed an unidentified safe blower during a running gun battle at his general store and post office near Pittsburgh. Park and a second robber engaged when the bandits fired nitroglycerine to open the safe. the second robber fled.
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United Pres
Pittsburgh
Herbert H. Park
Gibsonia
Park
Drop Investigation Of Madison Shooting Ends
Madison district attorney Philip La Follette dropped the investigation into the Madison shooting that left Corsican chemist Francis X Bernard dead and Lora Palmer severely wounded. He said authorities have nothing more to pursue and no inquest will be held. Palmer’s mother denied any engagement between Palmer and Bernard and said the relationship was only friendly.
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United Fress
Madison
Wis
Francis X. Bernard
Lora Palmer
University of Wisconsin
Philip FF
La Follette
Bernard
Miss Palmer
Pressey Madison
Cora Palmer
Tribing
Minnesota
sis
Mrs. Palmer
general hospital
Francis X. Bertard
Hibbing
Minn
EBy United Press
Superior
Madison, Wis
Jan
Philip Le Follette
Debt questions loom over Paris financial conference
British Chancellor informs French Finance Minister that Britain supports Bonar Law’s plan for near total debt cancellation with conditions including France abandoning a one billion gold marks transfer. United States seeks share in Dawes payments to cover Rhine occupation costs and war damages, as talks continue with Britain, France, and Italy amid muted official comment.
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A. L. BRADFORD
United Press
Paris
United States
alvision
finapes
Dawes
Winston hurchhill
M. Clementel
England
Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
France
bank of England
James A. Logan
Allereae
trayconters
Churchill
Clementel
Italy
Quai D’Orsay
Belgium
Brussels
Winston Churchill
Mysterious Laplander Oxekela Detained in Norfolk
A man claiming Lapland origin and the name Oxekela, unknown language, was identified after radio broadcast by a Finn. He drifted from Riga to Philadelphia, wandered jealously as a vagrant through Maryland, and ended in Norfolk where immigration authorities plan deportation.
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Norfolk
W. Va
Oxekela
Riga
Lapland
Professor Oxekela
Philadelphia
Maryland
Walsh charges sordid movement to defeat child labor amendment
Senator Thomas J. Walsh accused a sickening and sordid campaign organized to defeat ratification of the child labor amendment. He linked the effort to the National Association of Manufacturers and its counsel James Emery, with lobbyists like Mulhall, claiming they sought to block labor protections for money and power.
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Walsh
Weill
United Press
Washington
senate
Thomas J. Walsh
Ite
National Association of Manufacturers
James Emery
Mulhall
Emery
Explosion at booster station injures many in Cincinnati
An acetylene torch ignited natural gas fumes at a booster tank in Cincinnati causing a blast that injured numerous workers and perilously endangered hundreds. Rescue was hampered by debris and fumes as police and ambulances removed the injured. none were expected to die, with losses around 5000 dollars.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Heir To Fortune Was A Deck Hand
William Tracy, 34, a deck hand on a Delaware River boat, learned his father James J. Tracy had died in Los Angeles leaving him 157,000 dollars. Tracy already holds 117,000 and earns 125 dollars a month. he plans to stay in Wilmington, marry later, and has not chosen a wife.
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Unites Press
Wilmington
Del
William Tracy
Tracy
James J. Tracy
Los Angeles
Woman Found Lying After Fall Into Gleaming Pit at Car Barns
Mrs. Pohl trapped in a cleaning pit at the car barns, found semi conscious by C Voelker. She suffered a brain concussion and a facial gash but expected to recover, with no witnesses to the accident and the foreman citing a stool catching on the pit edge as the likely cause.
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Mra
August Pohl
Touth street
St. Nicholas hospital
ii. C. Voelker
Mr. Voelker
J. L. Curtis
August P . Kardener
Walter
Sacrifice and Rise of the Ponselle Sisters at the Met
Carmela Ponselle, long a supportive figure, guides younger sister Rosa to Met stages after early Meriden beginnings. The piece traces Carmela's sacrifices through vaudeville to Rosa's Caruso era triumph, culminating in a Metropolitan concert reunion praised by patrons and officials.
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FRANK GETTY
United reser
Corr Ap
New York
Carmela
Roga Ponsette
Meriden
Conn
Ponsette
Rosa
Rosa Ponselle
fmva
beneft
Cardinal Hayes
mela
Annie Lauri
Catholic Guild
Otto TH Kahn
bank
fiat ii Metropatitan
Jean
Connecticu
Ruéce
Carmela Po
Resolution Denounces Ford Attacks on Cooperative Movement
National Council of Farmers Cooperative Marketing Associations adopted a resolution condemning Henry Ford and his Dearborn Independent for unfounded attacks on the cooperative movement. Jugge R. Binham was reelected chairman. L. L. Lawler joined the executive committee. HQ shifted from Chicago to Washington. The group urged FTC action against unfair tobacco practices and opposed federal farm aid regulation for now.
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United Press
Washington
co- operative marketing movement
Henry Ford
Dearborn Independent
National Council of Farmers Co- operative Marketing Associations
Jugge R. W. Binham
Louisville
L. L. Lawler
San Francisco
J. H. Barber
Chicago
co-operative
federal trade commission
American Tobacco company
Imperial Tobacco company of Great Britain
congress
Total Solar Eclipse to Darken Milwaukee January 24
Milwaukee will experience a total solar eclipse at 7 11 morning January 24, a claim by Marquette University astronomer Father Kramer. He notes the obscuration will cover most of the city and linger beyond dawn, with partial darkness extending across the region.
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United Preen
Milwaukee
waukea
R. Kramer
Marquette
accordi
Kramer
ainee
Exports Exceed DiPd Records in 1924 Report
United States trade data show exports totaling over 4.6 billion dollars in 1924, a twelve percent rise from 1933 and a 115 percent increase since the war year. Imports stood at about 3.58 billion, five percent below 1923 levels.
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United Press
Washington
United States
mors
bition
department of
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