Bond Swindle Exbanker Arrested Over Bond Defraud Scheme
Victor H Arnold a retired Madison banker promoting Christian teachings was arrested in New York on charges of using the mails to defraud bond investors. Authorities estimate losses could reach 750000 with ads misrepresenting bond sales by the Victor H Arnold Company. Arnold called his arrest persecution and blamed business enemies.
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Victor H. Arnold
Madison
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Chicago
Raymond Street
I Consin
Victor H. Arnold Company
Wisconsin
Gas Fumes Kill Two More Ohioans
Gas fumes from an open stove caused the deaths of Du winza Perez and his wife Her minia Perez in their Broadway street home. The couple, recent Spanish arrivals married four years, were found by roomers around 6 30 a m and were declared dead to have been dead several hours by Coroner T C Mc Quate after a post-mortem.
Reform Worker Dr Wilbur V Crafts Dies At 53
Washington December 27 Dr Wilbur V Crafts longtime head of the international reform bureau and a leading reformer died at his home from pneumonia contracted in Pittsburgh while on a lecture tour. He was 53. Crafts a disciple of Neal Dow championed prohibition and social reform for nearly fifty years. He called himself a professional reformer and said reforming people gives him pleasure.
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Wilbur V. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Pittsburg
Crafts
Neal Dow
Maine
Rail Telegraphers to Vote on Strike Over Wages
In St Louis on December 27 telegraphers on eleven western railways received permission to vote on strike if the railroad labor board denies a rehearing of their wage petition. Edward J. Manion, president of the union, announced the move after the board cut about 1.5 million dollars from the pay of 11,900 workers in the group.
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United States Railroad Labor Board
Edward J. Manion
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Labor Board
Lorain City Confesses to 40000 Dollar Judgment
Lorain city council authorized the city solicitor to confess judgment in civil suits by city employees for back salaries totaling 40000 dollars. After judgment, the city plans to raise funds as an emergency measure. The council also probed detention home expenditures before next year’s appropriation.
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Fatherless Tot (Continued from Page One)
A Louisiana tale of Leota and her father Watt Daniels amid Morehouse Parish murder rumors. Governor Parker pledges aid as investigations unfold, revealing long-buried hate, violence, and a widow’s quest for justice and a Christmas homecoming.
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Leata
Tug Disaster Off New York Channel Claims Seven Crew
Hull inspector says official probe will start after crew are recovered from the icy scene. A soller explosion is thought to have sunk the tug and seven men, with only Pay tosh found in a lone lifeboat. Ice encrusted body reveals little about the others. The Cornell had been sold to Syracuse buyers planning a trade on the New York barge canal.
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Paytosh
New York Barge Canal
What Plants Are About Men
An article discusses racial improvement linked to heredity environment and selection. It cites Luther Burbank and famous plant breeders as examples of deliberate human control shaping species, implying civilization rests on selecting the fit. The piece argues cooperation of heredity and environment drives progress.
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Chopping Roling and Fines Reported in Deanville
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a scene in Deanville involving chopping, white materials, and a legal case with seven men fined. The text mentions a total of $600 and attempts to evade or override penalties, concluding with references to detention or sentence terms.
Ponderotor Graduate Ends Life in Hanging Mystery
Desperate notes and fragmented text indicate a graduate named Ponderotor, age 27, tied to Middletown and Bellevue areas. The torn OCR shows a suicide by hanging with unclear surrounding details and possible admissions of distress or coercion.
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Ts. Dew
Middletown
Bellevue
Bergdoll menace aboard German ship toward Gulf port
Reports from New Orleans indicate feared fugitive A Graver Cleveland Bergdoll, described as America's most notorious war deserter, may be returning aboard a German steamer headed to a U S Gulf port. Authorities ordered searches at Mississippi passes for the vessel and Bergdoll with his bodyguard chauffeur.
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Labee
Cleveland Beredoll
America
Shacker
Gulf
United States
Mississippi River
Bergdall
Stocks Rise as Market Opens Strong in New York
The New York stock market opened strong with Studebaker rising to 1413-4, Maxwell to 495-34, U. S. Steel up 3-8 to 106 7-8, and Baldwin up to 1357-8. Consolidated Gas and Sears Roebuck fell, Missouri Pacific preferred and California Pete advanced. Bond and commodity quotes follow, with mixed results in petroleum and cattle markets and varied wheat and grain movements in Chicago.
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Studebaker
Maxwell
U. S. Steel
Baldwin
Consolidated Gas
Sears Roebuck
Missouri Pacific
California Pete
Political Turmoil Sparks Calls for Public Hearings in Louisiana
Officials discuss potential hearings as authorities prepare to address a wave of arrests. Attorneys general weigh statutes while suspects face possible imprisonment and transfers to Texas. Residents monitor developments across parishes amid uncertainty about legal actions.
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To Teta
Texas
Auto Suggestion Exponent Heads for United States
Dr Emile Coue renowned for auto suggestion sails to New York aboard the Majestic. He plans lectures in New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Washington and expects calls from seeking patients. He promotes happiness healing and happy marriages through suggestion.
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Doe
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Relivan
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French Objection in Europe Trials and German Response
German officials fear a French move to seize the Ruhr and Rhineland with British acquiescence rumored. Italy may withdraw opposition if Britain agrees, raising risk of strikes and unrest across Germany as disarmament talks proceed. In Washington the Senate weighs a world economic and disarmament conference proposal. Meigs county court records a moonshine seizure tax dispute involving a Thomas Fork coal company.
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Washi Gpon
Henry Cabot
Senate
Borah
Mardleport
Thomas Fork
Meigs County
Death of Mrs. Alvernon Squire Buried in Kipton
Ex Kipton resident Mrs Alvernon Squire 77 died in Ashland on Monday funeral services were held in Ashland and Kipton with interment in Kipton cemetery She lived on a Kipton area farm 54 years then moved to Ashland eight years ago She is survived by two sons W C Squire of Shelby and R S Squire of Ashland Washington Dec 27 President Harding received a tiny splinter of wood claimed as part of the cross of Jesus Christ
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R. S. Squire
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Columbus appoints Hazel R Thomas confidential stenographer
Det. announces appointment of Miss Hazel R Thomas as confidential stenographer in Columbus by Secretary of state-elect Thad H Brown. Other notes include Olivia Stone in Cincinnati who earned a hospital graduation certificate and plans to return to New York to practice nursing. Dayton reports include Carl Duffy fined for reckless driving and a case involving Louis Baeches alleged bartender. Jackson notes former KFagies treasurer W W Worthman found guilty of embezzlement. Lima records include a county court filing total of 21 654 since February term 1560.
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Elis Kinkead
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Dayton
Carl Duffy
Powell
Lima
Common Pleas Court
Alfen County
College of Medicine at Iowa Receives 2.5 Million Gift
Cedar Rapids reports the General Education Board and the Rockefeller Foundation jointly donated 2.5 million dollars to the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City. The funds will support a new hospital and laboratory facilities, announced by Walter A. Jessup, president of the university.
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Iowa
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Colege of Medicine
University of Iowa At
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Walter A. Jessup
Uniy
Elyria Movie Attracts Many
The moving picture Adopts a Baby at the American theatre draws large crowds. Local players Jim Necran Naomi Sanders Don Granger and Jannie Robson Young star in a well plotted film with scenes of a Chronicle Telegraph office showing modern newspaper work. The picture runs through the week.
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Jim NeCran
Henpeck
Jannie Robson Young
Jarry Snodgrass
Naomi Sanders
Don Granger
Chronicle-Telegram
Observer
Cyclone Rages Through Mississippi Towns
A cyclone swept through Edwards area near Vicksburg early today killing four people and blowing down five cabins. Five negro children are reported missing and may have been blown away.
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Edwards
Fras
Belden Area Christmas Activities and Local Fires
Sunday School Christmas exercises were held at the church and club house with a tree for children and good attendance. Local families and visitors shared Christmas gatherings. several residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Pfeiffer and Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, hosted relatives. A woman is sought over recent fires destroying two barns and an dwelling, with losses totaling about 14,000 dollars.
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J. Monosmith
LaGrange
Price
Henry Barth
Bud
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