Haddam Town Seeks Identity of Floyd Collins Impostor
In Haddam Kansas on Feb 12 residents awaited confirmation from Cave City about a man who claimed to be Floyd Collins. The visitor arrived late yesterday and recited a tale of another man, bringing astonishment to local authorities about his true identity.
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Haddam
Kas
Kansas
Cave City
Floyd Collins
Collins
Kentucky
Sand Cave
H. T. Carmichael
Colling
Collin
Bangor
Pope Pius XII celebrates third coronation anniversary
Fifty thousand Catholics fill St. Peter's for the Pope Pius XII coronation anniversary. Cardinal Locatelli celebrates Mass, with royalty and papal family in reserved seats. Pope enters via sacrament chapel and returns to the Vatican in a palanquin.
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Pope Pius
Sistine Chapel
Rome
St. Peter’s
Cardinal Locatelli
Sacrament Chapel
Cardinal Hayes
Mundelein
Josephine
Belgium
Matilde
Saxony
Prince John
George
Bavaria
Godfrey
Austria
Peros
Pius
Vatican
Phigeliat Gangsters Revealed in Chicago Tong War
Police say a price list for murders and payouts spread through the Hip Sing and Leong Tong factions. John W. Clark, 23, of Pittsburgh, is named as paymaster and chauffeur with prosecutors planning trials in Pittsburgh and Chicago. Seven men are held on conspiracy charges after arrests at Hip Sing headquarters.
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Chicago
Hip Sing
John W. Clark
Pittsburgh
Clark
Hip Sings
Hin Sing
Moo Hing
John Steel
138 Buried Alive in German Mine Disaster
In Dortmund Germany an explosion in the Huee coal mines left 138 believed buried alive and 52 bodies recovered. Nine miners escaped, with nearly a hundred still missing as rescue crews battled the dangerous conditions. Dortmund coal mines supply fuel for a major Prussian industrial region employing about 10 000 workers in steel manufacture.
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Dortmund
Germany
Huee
Prussia
Mexican Gets A Five Year Term
Tereza Berar, a Lorain Mexican, was found guilty by a jury in Judge Thompson's court yesterday afternoon for stabbing to wound. He received a five year penitentiary sentence and will be transported within days.
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Tereza Berar
Lorain
Thompson
Auction Block in Zanesville Man Sells Self for Year
J T Cramer a 42 year old man with a wife and five children to support offers himself to the highest bidder for a year. He formerly lived in Newark and Nashport Ohio but moved to Zanesville last fall saying he has visited factories daily since Christmas seeking work without success.
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Zanesville
J. T. Cramer
Newark
Nashport
Ohio
Ohio Senate adopts joint committee for Coolidge inauguration
The Ohio Senate without funds authorization passes a house joint resolution to form a special eight member joint committee including Lieut. Gov. Lewis and Speaker Silver. The group will represent Ohio at President Coolidge's March 4 inauguration with three members from each house to be named later.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Lewis
Speaker Silver
Ohio
Coolidge
Shafer
van Wert
Firebombing Hits Niles Store Causing Heavy Loss
The Rounds and Marra store in Niles Ohio was bombed early today causing an estimated 83,5000 in damage. Fire officials investigated the blast as a deliberate act with authorities seeking suspects.
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Niles, O
Rounds
Marra
New York River Flood Threat rises in Hudson valley
Albany and the upper Hudson valley face a severe flood as the Trudson river exceeds 12 feet above normal and Mohawk River reaches 14 feet. Schoharie Creek ice breakup worsens conditions. riverfront streets flood and officials fear one of the worst floods in the area.
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Albany
N. Y
Trudson
Hudson Valley
Schenectady
Schoharie Creek
Missouri Bank Held Up Today in Martin City
In Martin City Missouri today a state bank was robbed shortly before noon. Bandits kidnapped bank employees and customers, forcing them into Kansas City. All wires were cut and no loot amount is known.
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Martin City
State Bank of
Kansas City
Gity Forgets Flags On Lincoln's Birthday
On Lincoln's Birthday the town failed to display the national colors as banks and the courthouse were closed Vincoma birthday was celebrated late with minimal flag displays only seven or eight flags seen in the business district and central fire station flag raised late.
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Court House
Central Fire Station
Examiner Reports Little Illicit Money in Township Accounts
Irving W. Young audits books of township trustees and justices of the peace finds minimal illegal cash draws. Some sums cover labor under misinterpreted rules. Detailed list includes Pierce 12.50, Friend 15, Newman 3 in Black River. Moehl 5, Shefield 5 in Camden. Tite 33.75 in Eaton. multiple small charges in Grafton and Wellington. Hastings of Penfield flagged for excess compensation. Prosecutor Baird to issue letters seeking reimbursement.
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Irving W. Young
Justice of the Peace
Black River Township
C. C. Pierce
Charles S. Friend
R. E. Newman
Wellington
Ross Smith
Renouard Coal Co
Hastings of
Penfield
Hastings
D. A. Baird
Mrs Fitzgerald Dies Of Heart Trouble In Dayton
Mrs Cornelia M Fitzgerald aged 74 mother of Congressman Roy Fitzgerald died at St Elizabeths hospital Dayton from heart trouble and advanced age.
Mother and three children die from gas in Passaic home
Mrs Julia Candor and children Helen eight Anna seven Louis Jr five were found dead from gas poisoning in their Passaic New Jersey residence. Louis Candor who works nights returned home and found the bodies after gas escaped from open jets in the parlor and kitchen. Police say investigation continues but there is no evidence of suicide.
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Passaic
N. J
Julia Candor
Helen
Anna
Louis, Jr
Louis Candor
Candor
Waldo W Brown Resigns to Take Chicago Science Post
Waldo W Brown, a three year high school physics instructor, resigns and leaves for Chicago Saturday. He has been appointed to teach general science at a leading Chicago high school, a promotion earned through a competitive examination among many applicants.
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Waldo W. Brown
Chicago
Brown
Third Party Battle Among LaFollette Faction
In Brow Washington on February 12 a bitter fight erupted among LaFollette supporters as they push to form a permanent third party in the United States.
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Brow
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
United States
Baby Abandoned on Porch in Wellington Second in Two Months
A six week old girl baby was abandoned on a Wellington porch last night in a case that marks the second such incident in two months. A man left a basket at Willis Hines residence and fled in a car. Sheriff Underhill took the infant to be cared for until the probate court decides custody. He praised the baby’s health and beauty as his family grows attached.
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Wellington
Wellington T
Willis Hines
Mr. Hines
Underhill
Willard Morris 82 G A A Vet Civil War Veteran Funeral
Willard Morris 82 a G A A veteran died last night at his nephew Geo Roigs home 637 Dewey avenue where he had lived three years He served in Co FE 42nd C V I and was previously at a Colorado government sanitarium Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 pm from Sudro funeral home with the G A R in charge The Elyria Post V F W will pall bearers and graveside services V F W members meet at 8 pm to arrange attendance
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Willard Morris
Geo. Roig
Dewey Avenue
Co. FE. 42Na C. V. I
Government Sanitarium
Colorado
Sudro Funeral Home
Elyria Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Township Trustees Office
Explosion damages Hearst building engraving rooms
An explosion in the engraving room on the fourth floor of the Hearst building in Chicago injured six workers from the International News Service and the Chicago Evening American. A subsequent fire was quickly put out by firefighters and confined to the engraving area.
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Chicago
International News Service
Chicago Evening American
the American
Hearst
Edwin Fowell Dies Sudden at Murray Ridge
Edwin Fowell 56 died suddenly at his Murray Ridge home yesterday at 4 pm. A lifelong resident and respected citizen he leaves wife Ella two sons Walter of Brownhelm Rev Myron Fowell of New York City a daughter Gladys of Bay Village a brother Jay South Ridge and four sisters Mia A J Uthe Mrs Elver Gilson Elyria Mrs Fred Decker Murray Ridge and Mrs Charles Hasenflne Oberlin The funeral will be private with calls Friday afternoon or Saturday morning.
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Edwin Fowell
Murray Ridge
Ella
Walter
Brownhelm
Myron Fowell
New York City
Gladys
Bay Village
Jay
South Ridge
Fox Prodigy Under Federal Probe Revealed
Dr Frank H Gordon rose from a Lincoln dentist shop to broker $3 000 000 in silver fox contracts nationwide yielding 75 percent dividends to some investors now faces a federal investigation Bangor Maine Feb 12.
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FOX
Bangor
Maine
Frank H. Gordon
Lincoln
United States
Ice Jam Blasted to Save 300 Colebrook Homes
Volunteers dynamited ice jams on the Connecticut River preventing floodwaters from overrunning Colebrook New Hampshire. The surge threatened the north end and flooded the valley before the action saved 300 homes.
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Colebrook
N. H
Connecticut
Observed Holiday Closes New York Markets
The New York Stock Exchange and other local markets were closed for the observed holiday as day lines indicate. The report notes slowed trading and muted activity across major indices.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Eday
Linesia
Pastor Auld urges Hi Y youths to keep sacred fires burning
Rev William Muir Auld of the first Congregational church spoke at the Hi Y banquet at the Y M C A urging young men to have a sacred place to renew divine ideals. He warned that after leaving home youths may follow trends rather than convictions and asked what life will make of them. Continued on Page 2.
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William Muir Auld
First Congregational Church
Auld
Workman Sues for $10,000 Over Injuries at Lorain Glass Co
Marshall Week, now a Cleveland resident, sues Lorain Glass Co for 10000 alleging a co worker forced air into a compressor stove causing a gas flare that burned his hands and arms. He endured hospital treatment and permanent injury. company not a workers compensation subscriber.
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Marshall Week
Cleveland
Lorain Glass Co
Workman's Compensate Fund
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