Water Restored as St Louis Pumps End Strike
Police reopened the Bissell Point pumping station and soon Rocks Station as a city water crisis eased. Mayor Dickmann pledged full water and fire protection while union leader Harry Kline organized a one hour demonstration.
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ST. Louis
John B. Dean
Bissell Point
Rocks
Harry F. Kline
Striking International Union of Operating Engineers
American Federation of Labor
Kline
City Infirmary
Homer G. Phillips
Robert Koch
Dickmann
AFL
Asst
Andrew Ayleward
Richmond divorce cites Townsend pension plan dispute
Hugh Pearson sues Mary Marjorie Pearson in Richmond California divorce filing claiming constant quarreling over his refusal to join the Townsend movement and drawing on a $200 monthly pension plan cited in the suit.
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Richmond
Cal
Hugh Pearson
Mary Marjorie
Vincent Epworth League Convenes Sunday Meeting
The Vincent Epworth League held its second church meeting on Sunday December 11 with nineteen members present. After songs and prayers Reverend Paul spoke on the Epworth League’s purpose. Loretta Lewis led a discussion on The Present Crisis and Its Causes. Next meeting is December 18 at 7 00 PM with Lucille Senning leading on Consumers Co operatives Their Origin and Principles.
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Vincent Epworth League
Paul
Epworth League
Loretta Lewis
Lucille Senning
Texas City Has Odd Ordinances Fort Worth satire
Fort Worth residents face odd city laws that remain on the books though seldom enforced. A cigarette stub on a street could incur a $100 fine, blue laws keep theaters running on Sunday, and minor infractions like hissing at a villain or misaligned parked cars carry penalties.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Passion For Neatness Probably Saves Life
Mrs. Lawrence Genaro, a wealthy Dallas widow, credits her habit of neatness with saving her life. Returning home from a trip she had her car washed on the driveway without moving the vehicle, and the washing dampened a dynamite stick attached to the engine by unknown persons, preventing an explosion when the motor started.
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Dallas
Tex
Lawrence Genaro
Local ordinances describe risky horse acts and penalties
A city ordinance targets loud whistling or ringing to frighten horses and allows further punishment for throwing dead horses in the river, keeping over 50 pounds of dynamite at home, breaking or racing a horse on streets, and getting drunk on horseback. These penalties sit apart from state and federal laws.
Ruth Neiding and Martin Hacker Marry in Napoleon Ceremony
Ruth Neiding daughter of Mr and Mrs William Neiding wed Martin H Hacker of Oberlin in a Napolean ceremony held Friday December 2 attended by Mr and Mrs Frank Maley of Oberlin. Ruth, a Pittsfield native, graduated Oberlin High School in 1933 and worked for Worthington Dry Cleaning Co Elyria. Hacker works at East Oberlin Market and they plan to reside in a new home in East Oberlin.
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Pittsfield
William Neiding
Ruth
Martin H. Hacker
Oberlin
Napoleon
Frank Maley
Wisdom Seekers
Community Church
Worthington Dry Cleaning Co
Elyria
East Oberlin
Murrayville barber fined for firework smuggling
Murrayville British Columbia barber Thomas F. Alex was fined 50 dollars after customs officers found 893 small packs of firecrackers concealed in his car while crossing the border from the United States.
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Murrayville
B. C
Thomas F. Alex
Barber
United States
Frosh and Senior Frosh at Northwestern Split by Status
Frosh at Northwestern University mix with seniors as Stanley Frosh from Denver is a junior while his brother Alvin Frosh is a senior indicating a family with both junior and senior standing among freshman level students.
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Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Frosh
Stanley Frosh
Denver
Alvin Frosh
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Vincent Epworth
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H. T. Dewhirst
House of David
George B. Gould
St. Joseph
Mich
William Holbrook
Benton Harbor
Acme
Texas City
Beechwood
Pocahontas
Ashle Murbach Coal
Nou
Lorain County
Ohio
Lorain
MR. Simmons
Standard Oil
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