Kidnapped Boy Found in Lexington Hotel
Paul Little twelve son of Lexington capitalist E. B. Little was found locked in a hotel room after being held for ransom. A man listed as J. C. Cox of Cincinnati reserved the room. The boy telephoned home to report his safe location, and the ransom attempt ended when the father left cash in a Main Street garbage can and left the scene. The kidnapper, Mr. Cox, vanished after the hotel room key was returned.
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Lexington
Paul Little
E. BR. Little
Paul
Little
Probe High Oil Prices Urged by House Committee
Washington March 26 The federal trade commission is directed by a resolution favorably reported by the house judiciary committee to investigate and report not later than June 1 into the causes of recent advances in the prices of fuel oil kerosene gasoline and other petroleum products. The inquiry was urged by Representative Dyer of Missouri.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
House Judiciary Committee
Dyer
Missouri
Anti Bolshevik Troops Found Frozen to Death on Steppes
Moscow reports over 16 000 anti Bolshevik soldiers frozen to death on the steppes. The Soviet communique notes Red Army advances against General Denikin along the railway in the Caucasus front near the Katarinodar region.
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Steppes
Moscow
London
Red
DenisKine
Katerinodar
Caucasus
Root Accepts Tribunal Post in League of Nations Plan
London March 26 Elihu Root has agreed to join the committee for the London gathering of the League of Nations to draft the details for a permanent court of international justice.
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League of Nations Commission
London
Elihu Root
Council of
League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
Gold Shipment Reported to Bridge Atlantic With 20 Million Dollars
London reports a bullion market claim that 4 000 000 pounds in gold about 20 million dollars will be sent to the United States by week’s end. The Bank of England supplies 2 500 000 pounds with the remainder from other sources.
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London
America
Bank of England
Swiss plebiscite backs gambling ban by slim margin
Berne reports a referendum on banning gambling houses drew a roughly 50 000 vote in favor as the total turnout neared 500 000. In a Baltimore note, John s Key described as Francis Scott Key's grandson and last direct descendant passed away in Maryland on March 26 at age unknown.
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Switzerland
Switzernd
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Johns Key
Francis Scotty
Hie
Wilson Withdraws Federal Control of Coal Prices
President Wilson ends government control over maximum coal prices effective April 1 and endorses the majority coal commission report as the basis for wage-scale agreements between miners and operators. The move signals higher prices to absorb about a 27 percent rise and aims to stabilize fuel supply amid peacetime conditions.
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Washington
Wilson
The
Coal Commission
Governor Smith presses housing reform in Albany
Governor Smith urged the legislature to curb profiteering landlords and back local housing boards with a central state housing agency. He called for a constitutional amendment to extend state credit for affordable homes and laws allowing cities to acquire adjoining land and manage housing projects.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Corrupt Practice Bill Proposed in Senate by Borah
Washington reports a new corrupt practice bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Borah of Idaho. The measure seeks severe penalties for lavish money spending by candidates for public office and their supporters.
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Senate
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Serbian Army Demobilizes
Belgrade orders general demobilization signaling trust in the United States and a peaceful Adriatic settlement.
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Constantinople
Belgrade
United States
Adriatic
Reds Capture Big Rhine Fort in German Civil War Era
Armistice not fulfilled and cities bombarded as red army forces, led by the Rote Soldatenbund, push across the Lippe. Wesel and nearby forts shelled by nine inch guns. Belgian troops defend Fort Bluecher with casualties and wounded evacuated. German towns report capitulations while American travelers in Berlin race to leave Germany amid turmoil.
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Red Army
Reichswehr
Rote Soldatenbund
Berlin
Spartacans
Trotzky
London
The
Times
Rotterdam
Nieuwe Rotterdam Courant
Munster
Wesel
Lippe
Ander
Hagen
Dortmund
Hague
Handlesblad
Fort Bluecher
Gotha
Saxe-Goburg-Gotha
Ohrdruf
Washington
State Department
Germany
Aged Soldiers Save Fifty from Confederate Fire
In Pewee Valley Kentucky at six oclock a rebel yell signaled a fire that soon destroyed the Confederate home. Sergeant Gus Head led 100 veterans in a double quick march to the hospital rescuing fifty invalid comrades who were placed on litters of cats for evacuation. Many of the injured are not expected to survive.
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Pewee Valley
Sergt
Gus Head
Double Quick
Chicago Now a Large Town
Census figures show Chicago has grown by about 700,000 people in ten years, reaching 2,884,827 inhabitants. The 32 percent rise falls short of the hoped for 3,000,000 milestone.
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Chicago
Washington
War Department appoints Mrs. John B. Casserly director
The War Department announced the appointment of Mrs. John B. Casserly of San Francisco as director of women's relations. She will oversee employment of women in the army, welfare work, and duties of women employees in army establishments.
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War Dept. Post
Washington
War Department
John B. Casserly
San Francisco
Army
Indictment Dropped Against Shipping Board Official
The last indictment against Capt. John F. Blain former North Pacific district manager of the United States Shipping Board was dismissed in U S district court in Seattle Washington on March 29.
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Seattle
Wash
John F. Blain
North Pacific
United States Shipping Board
United States District Court
Lake Service Opens Between Cleveland and Detroit
Lake passenger steamship service will begin April 1 between Cleveland and Detroit announced by the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company. Daily trips will run after opening day.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company
Dublin Judge Allan Bell Is Slain In Dublin
London and Dublin dispatches report Magistrate Allan Bell who led an inquiry into Sinn Fein bank dealings was shot dead outside the Masonic club in Dublin. Four armed men pulled him from a tram car at Ball's Bridge and killed him, with his body taken to hospital. Bell also investigated the recent attempt on Lord Lieutenant Viscount French and other matters.
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America
United States
Allan Bell
London
Alan Bell
Sinn Fein
Masonic Club
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House of Commons
Bonard Law
Bell
Monkstown
Dublin Castle
Ball’s Bridge
Ball
Viscount French
Cynthia Curzon Engaged to Lieut Mosley in London
Announcement from London on March 27 states Lady Cynthia Curzon second daughter of Eric Curzon Kedleston will wed Lieut Oswald Ernald Mosley MP for the Harrow division of Middlesex. Mosley son of Sir Oswald Mosley is 24 and a former France service.
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London
Cynthia Curzon
Eric Curzon
Kedleston
Oswald Ernald Mosley
Harrow
Denver Clergy Call to End Ties With Interchurch Movement
Denver clergymen adopt resolutions urging the movement to sever all class connections and deplore aligning with any class. The action follows reports that John D Rockefeller and other business interests plan to unite churches to radicalism.
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Denver
Colo
Interchurch World Movement
John D. Rockefeller
Bolshevists Occupy Petchenka in Kola Peninsula Action
A force of 2000 Bolsheviks from Murmansk region occupied the town of Petchenka in the northwestern Kola peninsula, according to Tidens Tegn, dated March 29.
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Petchenka
Christiania
Murmansk
Kola Peninsula
Tidens Tegn
Reds Capture Kaikop in Kuban Region
London reports Bolsheviks have occupied Kaikop a town in Kuban Ciscaucasia according to a wireless message from the Moscow Soviet government.
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London
Kuban
Ciscaucasia
Moscow
The Walk to Emmaus Easter Message
A April Easter lesson outlines the story of two disciples on the Emmaus road. It covers their conversation with Jesus as he explains Scripture and reveals himself in the breaking of bread, proving Christ’s resurrection and urging belief among believers.
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Christ
Emmaus
Jesus
Jerusalem
Jesus of Nazareth
Israel
Reaching the Top Quote by Cobbett
A compact aphorism notes that much misery arises when people strive to reach the top by a single leap. It reflects a critique of ambition and its human costs attributed to Cobbett.
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Cobbett
Keep Straight On Spur Geon Motto
Obscure citation urges readers to “Keep Straight On” and “Turn to the right and keep straight on” attributed to Spur geon, suggesting a local moral or religious exhortation likely from a devotional column.
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Spurgeon
Be Wise Be Wiser Than Other People Quote
A concise apothegm attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield urging prudence in conduct and restraint in boasting, advising self improvement over public boasting.
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Earl of Chesterfield
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised in testimonial
Mrs. Lester E. Warner of Onalaska Wisconsin says months of back stomach pain and irregularities ended after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed health enabling full housework and urges others to try the remedy as a cure for female weakness.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Lester E. Warner
R. 1
Box 69
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Eatonic
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