Express Crashes Into Bus Near Painesville Killing Many
A New York Central eastbound express struck a crowded motorbus at the St. Clair street crossing in Painesville Ohio causing a pileup that left fourteen dead and a dozen injured. A second westbound Chicago bound train then slammed into the wreckage as flames erupted from a gas tank.
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Cleveland, O
New York Central
St. Clair Street
Painesville
Cleveland
Chicago
Parrish Truck Company
Fairport
Main
St. Clair
Frank Vandiz
Buffalo
Harvey Church Hanged for Double Slaying in Chicago
Harvey W. Church was executed for the murders of Edward J. Daugherty and Carl Ausmus in Chicago after one of Illinois' longest legal battles to block the death sentence. He killed two auto salesmen to steal a new car, luring them to his basement then beating them with a baseball bat. He buried one alive and dumped the other into the river handcuffed.
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Chicago
Harvey W. Church
Edward J. Daugherty
Carl Ausmus
Church
Illinois
Bernard J. Daugherty
Planes Used For Relief In Michigan Blizzard Sitrep
Airplanes from Grand Rapids aid Traverse City area as snowdrifts cut off districts risk food shortage. At Suttons Bay reservation Indians reportedly eating dogs. Settlers rely on cattle carcasses for sustenance. A relief train broke through the drifts, the first since the storm.
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Traverse City
Mich
Grand Rapids
Sutton’s Bay
Water Flood Cuts Power Across Dixon Illinois Area
Water from the Rock River flooded the Illinois Northern Utilities steam electric plant furnace rooms overnight, halting power for Dixon and surrounding cities. The city imports electricity from Joliet Public Service. about fifty families evacuated as the flood worsened.
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Dixon, Ill
Rock
Ilinois Northern Utiliies Steam Electric
Dixon
Sterling
Freeport
Oregon
Polo
Ashton
Nachusa
Franklin Grove
Forreston
Public Service Company of
Joliet
Two Million Dollar Seed Grain Appropriation
Washington March 6 An appropriation of 2 000 000 to purchase seed grain for farmers of the northwest who lost crops to last year’s drought was authorized by the house agriculture committee.
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Washington
Northwest
House Agriculture Committee
Kin of Redmond Slain, Belfast, March 6
Max Green, chairman of the Irish prison board, was shot and killed in Dublin. Green was son in law of the late John Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader.
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Redmond
Belfast
Max & Green
Irish Prison Board
Dublin
Green
John Redmond
Fordney outlines bonus plan aiding veterans and bank loans
Chairman Fordney reports a new bonus bill provision replacing cash payments for most veterans with loan access. Eligible holders of adjusted service certificates could borrow 50 percent of their prior adjusted service pay, at rates set for domestic and foreign service, from national banks or state-chartered banks and trust companies.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Messrs. Green
Longworth
Hawley
Treadway
Copley
Dr Hubert Work to Succeed Hays as Postmaster General
Washington reports an official White House announcement naming Dr Hubert Work of Colorado to succeed Postmaster General Will H Hays. President Harding asked Congress for about 1.11 million dollars to cover Post Office deficits next year, including a 1 million dollar item for new mail bags.
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Washington
White House
Hubert Work
Colorado
Will H. Hays
Harding
Congress
Post Office
Four Slayers Die in Chair at Tennessee Prison
Nashville March 3. Charles H. Petree Tom Christmas Otto Stevens and John McClure were electrocuted at the state prison within 25 minutes for the murder of George Lewis of Knoxville on May 30 1921. The men went to their deaths with prayers on their lips and all except Petree met death calmly.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles H. Petree
Tom Christmas
Otto Stevens
John McClure
State Prison
George Lewis
Knoxville
Petree
Henri Bataille Dies Noted Dramatist in Paris
Paris reports the death of Henri Bataille renowned dramatist announced from the city. The obituary notes his contributions to theater and his prominence in French literary circles.
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Henri Bataille
Paris
Ministers Immune From Alien Law Ruling
Federal Judge Mack held that wives and minor children of ministers of religious organizations, along with the ministers themselves, are immune from the provisions of the immigration quota law in a New York ruling dated March 7.
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New York
Mack
Submarine S-19 Rescues Five From Grace Clinton
United States submarine S-19 rushed to the burning fishing schooner Grace Clinton in Block Island sound and saved the five men aboard. The submarine brought the crew to New London, Conn.
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New London
Conn
United States
Grace Clinton
Block Island Sound
Industrial employment improves in February despite textile strike
The February survey of 231 industrial centers shows overall gains with employment up in most sectors. Major increases occur in Sioux City Omaha Johnstown New York Detroit and others while textiles drop due to strike activity in New England.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Wation
New England
Francis L Jones
Sioux City
Omaha
Johnstown
New York
Detroit
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Denver
Indianapolis
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Newark
Rochester
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Manchester
N. H
Memphis
San Francisco
Kansas City
St. Paul
Youngstown
Louisville
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
More Ships Ordered Out Washington Navy cuts planned destroyers
Secretary Denby announced 50 additional destroyers and nearly 60 auxiliary naval craft ordered out of commission to conserve fuel. This adds to 100 destroyers and 92 other ships already placed out of commission since he took office a year ago. The department has sold 57 obsolete ships and has 36 more for sale.
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Washington
Denby
Department
U S Farmers Set to Teach Russia Model Colony Plan
About 150 farmers sail from New York on the steamship Esthenia bound for Libau to receive 3,000 acres of land in Soviet Russia. Sixty hail from British Columbia wheat lands, the rest from across the United States gathered by the Society for Technical Aid to Russia to form a model farming community.
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New York
Esthenia
Baltic American Line
Libau
Soviet Russia
British Columbia
Society For Technical
Russia
United States
Tipperary Gas Works Seized by Transport Union
The Irish transport workers union in Tipperary seized the gas works and raised the red flag. The plant manager was replaced by a former employee who had been dismissed.
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Tipperary
Irish Transport Workers’ Union
Northwestern University Receives $600,000 Grant
New York March 7 Northwestern university has been given $600,000 from the John D Rockefeller general educational fund toward its $2,000,000 fund.
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Northwestern U
New York
Northwestern University
John D. Rockefeller General Educational Fund
Houlihan Rumored for Federal Judgeship in Illinois
Persistent Chicago rumors claim Francis J. Houlihan, age 57, born in Ogdensburg New York, may be named to the federal bench in the northern district of Illinois to succeed Judge Landis after 30 years in Chicago.
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Chicago
Francis J. Houlihan
Tlinois
Landis
Mr. Houlihan
Ogdensburg
N. Y
U S Market Report March 4 1922 Grain Live Stock Prices
Market report for week ending March 2 1922 with quoted prices for feeds farm grains and hay in cities including New York Philadelphia Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City and Cincinnati. Includes fruit vegetables grain live stock and dairy price movements and weekly comparisons.
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Washington
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Memphis
Prairie
Buffalo
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Winnipeg
Boston
Seek Father and Two Sons In Detroit Mystery
Police launched a search at the request of Mrs. Barbara Besse for her husband Ray Besse and their two sons Rayburn eight and Lieudonie six who vanished after a threat. He was last seen walking with the children toward the Detroit river near Orleans street where footprints of two children and a man were found. Besse had been drinking recently, according to the wife.
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Detroit
Mich
Barbara Besse
Ray Besse
Rayburn
Lieudonie
Bessie
Besse
Egypt Granted Freedom to Forge Its Institutions
London March 2 Prime Minister Lloyd George told the house of commons that Britain’s protectorate over Egypt is free to develop national institutions suited to Egyptian aspirations. He said the Egyptian government should enact the necessary legislation.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Egypt
Yap treaty ratified by Senate in vote of 67 to 22
Washington March 3 The Yap treaty was ratified by the Senate without reservations or amendments. The roll call showed 67 voting for ratification and 22 against.
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Washington
Senate
Indiana name Wahsaya Ogebayanquet dies at 118 in Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie March 7 Mrs. John Whalden known by the Indian name Wahsaya Ogebayanquet died at her home near here at age 118. She was born close to the place of her death and lived a remarkable long life in the area.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
John ‘Whalden
Wahsaya Ogebayanquet
Here
Woman Mayor Struck in Fairport Faces Injury
Dr. Amy Kaukonen mayor of Fairport sustained a black eye after being struck in the face by an unidentified man who fled the scene. Village officers report the incident occurred on March 7.
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Fairport
Amy Kaukonen
The Lessons From Amos On Luxury And Judgment
The lesson outlines Amos against Samaria’s upper class luxury and self indulgence. It cites Jeroboam II era prosperity, warns of impending judgment, and calls repentance to blunt national and church complacency. It frames temperance beyond drink to worldly pleasures and social indifference.
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Amos
Kingdom
Israel
Jeroboam II
Samaria
America
Calneh
Hamath
Europe
Russia
Joseph
Ephraim
Manasseh
Abide in Him Proclamation Quoted Verse
A devotional line invites believers to remain in Christ so they may have confidence at His appearing. The text from I John 2 28 emphasizes faithful living and readiness for the Lord's return.
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John
Great Mischiefs and Human Folly Cited by Burke
A Burke quip on mischief attributes it to folly, meanness, and vanity rather than greed or ambition, illustrating a moral view on human faults.
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Burke
Chance to Be Saved. Don’t despair of a student with one clear idea
Editorial urges persistence in teaching and faith in a student who holds a single, strong idea as a path to success. It argues hope remains when effort aligns with clarity of purpose and educator guidance supports progress.
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Emmons
Works for Child Must Keep Well
Chicago woman Mary Enrico shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her serious health issues after doctors advised surgery. The testimony notes initial left side pain spreading to both sides and her return to work as a power sewing machine operator and mother.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Mary Enrico
Carpenter St
Illinois
Lydia E. Pinkham
Enrico
A Fair Trade Cartoon Buys Car and Accessory
A salesman praises a bus while a buyer negotiates a deal to include a small additional item with the car. The buyer recalls having bought a second-hand machine before and suggests swapping it for the car with the extra item.
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Cartoons Magazine
Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Promotes Trio Beauty Aids
An advertisement touts Cuti cura Talcum Powder as a versatile antiseptic talcum in the Cuticura Toilet Trio alongside Soap and Ointment. It claims the powder freshens heavy skin, perfumes lightly, and renders other perfumes superfluous.
It Must Have Been for Your Money
A dramatic exchange unfolds with a demand to deny marriage for money. A timorous gaze meets the challenge as the counterclaim is spoken, revealing motives and social tension through a sharp courtroom style moment.
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London
Truth About Self Shared Through Others Thefts
A man tends to reveal truths about others rather than himself, opting to tell stories that reflect on others instead of his own life. This tendency shapes how he presents facts and perceptions to those around him.
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Knox
U.S
U. S
Bureau of Markets and Crops
Commons
PP. B. Litzwatir
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Western Newspaper Union
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King PI
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