Gompers Returns to San Antonio After Illness
Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor travels from Laredo to San Antonio for treatment. Physicians report his condition as good with normal vitals but he will stay several days in a hotel suite awaiting further consultation and observation.
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San Antonio
Tex
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Laredo
Gompers
International Great Northern Railroad
St. Anthony
Cockrell
Mexico City
Frank Morrison
North
Calles
Mexico
Naturalization certificates issued for Lorain county entrants
Naturalization certificates for 129 individuals from 14 countries are ready in Lorain County. The group includes 243 dependents under 21, totaling 372 new American citizens. origins include 96 from Lorain and 26 from Elyria with Hungarians leading among nationalities.
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Elyria
Lorain
United States
Mable Marsh
Common Pleas Court
Lorain County
Crafton
Oberlin
Amherst
South Amherst
Brownhelm
Hungary
Austria
Poland
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Czecho- Slovakia
Greece
Germany
Bulgaria
Roumania
Turkey
Sweden
Jugo-Slavia
Rural and Village Schools Budget in Lorain County
Lorain county rural and village schools show 68161 more for bonds than last year while operating expenses drop by 7909. The total 1924 25 budget is 69092845 with 18812669 for bonds and 50281324 for operation. County totals exclude Elyria Lorain and Oberlin.
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Lo- Yain County
E. C. Seale
Elyria City
Lorain City
Oberlin Village
Seale
Amherst Township
Amherst Village
South Amherst
Avon
Avon Lake
Black River
Brighton
Brownhelm
Camden
Penfield
Pittsfield
Ridgeville
Rochester
Rochester Village
Russia
Sheffield Lake
Wellington
Lost key halts Scotland Yard Lost Property Office
London, Dec. 12. Scotland Yard reports its Lost Property Department has misplaced the key to its own office. Police observers note the irony as two locksmiths were seen picking the main entrance lock, while the public entered through a back doorway. The episode follows recent high profile thefts at the Yard.
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London
Scotland Yard
Deaths linked to suspected poison liquor in Lorain
A Lorain probe into the deaths of Mike Muller and two earlier cases links excessive drinking to suspected poisoned alcohol. Muller, 50, found dead at 2412 East 30th Street, had post mortem today while authorities review whether tainted liquor caused the deaths.
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Lorain
Mike Muller
East 30Th Street
William Friedman
Myles F. Perry
Muller
South Lorain
Cononer Perry
30Th Street
National Tube. Co
Herman Foster
Tillman Avenue
Cleveland
Tube Co
Ralph Knight
John Paziak
East 29Th Street
Tube Plant Works On Reduced 8.5 Percent Capacity Schedule
Lorain December 12 The National Tube Co announces next weeks operations at 85 percent capacity a three percent drop from this week and five percent from last week. Mill capacities listed include blower department coke plant Bessemer and open hearth butt mill 100 percent bloom 89 percent roll 85 percent lap 71 percent rail 41 percent.
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Lorain
W National Tube Co
Bessemer
Silky Shirt Theft Depletes Wardrobes
Atlanta on December 12 reports describe Morris Stochie of No 2 Fairview Road as into silk shirts. Eighteen silk shirts disappeared after a Sunday night theft. M C Wheeler and W R Walker of No 164 Sidney Street say most other clothes were stolen while they wore nightshirts.
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Atlanta
Morris Stochie
Fairview Road
M. C. Wheeler
W. R. Walker
Sidney Street
Foreign countries borrowed billion from U S bankers
The Federal Reserve Board reported foreign nations borrowed 1.100009 billion dollars from American bankers in the first eleven months of 1924, lifting peacetime overseas investments to about 10 billion. Most loans funded exchange stabilization and money reform, with four-fifths as new investments and two thirds by governments or corporations. Poland agreed to pay Britain 4.5 million pounds on war debts.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
France
United States
Federal Reserve
Londan
New York
Europe
Poland
London
Great Britain
Britain
Warsaw
England
Aged Woman Claims to Have Served Through Civil War As A Man
A Plattsburg woman aged near 100 recounts disguising herself as a male soldier in Company B of the Fifty-third Massachusetts during the Civil War. She says she later served in the Navy and told her tale to Red Cross investigators, citing birth as Mary Ann Murphy in 1840 and a lifelong quest for recognition and a pension.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Fifty-third
Massachusetts Regiment
Peter Johnson
Saul Hill
Johnston
American Red Cross
Abe
United States Navy
Only child brighter than those with brothers and sisters
In Chicago on December 12 Frank E Hand of the Independent Order of Foresters cites a study of 600 Iowa families showing that the average mental ability rises with smaller family size. Hand, a director of the Foresters Orphanage, notes only children outpace those with siblings by about 15 points in mental tests.
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Chicago
Frank E. Hand
Independent Order of Foresters
Iowa
Mr. Hand
Foresters
Oakville
Ont
Ancient Ur statue and papyrus found by joint expedition
A clay portrait of a goddess from Ur of the Chaldes dated around 6,500 years ago was unearthed by the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum. The joint dig also yielded papyrus fragments with part of the Gospel of St Matthew dating around 250 A D.
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Philadelphia
Father Abraham
Ur of the Chaldes
University of Pennsylvania
British Museum of London
Naming a Hotel in Elyria Draws Public Contest
The city of Elyria invites names for the new hotel housed in the old Topliff building on Broad Street. A $10 prize awaits the suggestion judged best by editors, with Dr. N. D. Backus leasing the property and L. M. S. Co. remodeling it into a modern hostelry. Send ideas to the Chronicle-Telegram. Contest closes Saturday, Dec. 20.
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Elyrians
Elyria
Topliff
Broad Street
Chronicle-Telegram
Infant Found in Traveling Bag At Big Four Depot
In Wellington the two week old boy was abandoned in a black traveling bag behind the Big Four depot stove. Mayor Gott and Sheriff Underhill lead the probe with two clues involving a young couple and a woman seen at the station.
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Oberlin
Wellington
Big Four
Fred Underhill
F. D. Dyer
Lorain Judge Criticizes Prosecutor and Police
Lorain Dec 12 Judge J F Strenich released one woman from jail and dismissed charges against three others in a case tied to an alleged disorderly house. He criticized Police Prosecutor William Friedman and the police for making dubious affidavits and arresting without sufficient evidence.
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Lorain
J. F. Strenich
William Friedman
Police Department
Ohio Spiritualist Association meets to discuss medium certificates
Members of the Ohio Spiritualist Association open their convention at the Southern hotel in Columbus to consider granting certificates to mediums and renewing existing certificates. Meetings will continue through Saturday and Sunday.
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Columbus
Ohio Spiritualist Association
Southern Hotel
Collision on Middle Avenue Injures Auto Twenty20
A slippery pavement caused a collision between a car driven by Prince Thompson of Stop 80 Oberlin Road and another vehicle whose driver claimed to be from Cleveland at Middle Avenue and Fourth Street last night. Both autos sustained minor damage.
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Prince Thompson
Oberlin Road
Cleveland
Middle Avenue
Fourth Street
Boston University Grants Degrees to Mrs Coolidge and Dr Talbott
Boston December 12 Mrs Calvin Coolidge was awarded a Doctor of Laws by Boston University at Old South Church exercises. Also honored were Dr Marion Talbott dean of women at Chicago and BU graduate. President Merlin praised Mrs Coolidge and Dr Talbott noting their public service and achievements.
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Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Boston University
Marion Talbott
Chicago
Lemuel H. Merlin
Old South Church
Copley Square
Lucy Jenkins
Franklin
University
Merlin
Tabbott
Georgia
America
Restraining Order Sought Over Avon Farm Lease
Carl J. Snyder lessee of a 28.5 acre Avon village farm filed in Common Pleas for a restraint on John Snyder, owner, from selling the property until May 1936. He says he verbally leased year to year and made crop handling improvements that would not benefit him until next year, claiming a sale would disadvantage him.
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Carl J. Snyder
Avon Village
Common Pleas Court
John Snyder
Ohio Air Policeman's Plane Teeters To Be Grounded
Columbus police air unit faces removal as question mounts over operability and safety amid a chaotic report of an attached aircraft feared to be misused for crime. Local officials debate how to proceed with the aerial guard despite unclear plans.
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