Trial of Missouri bank president Gant amid missing funds
Kansas City report recounts the disappearance of about $636,000 from Centropolis Bank Blue Valley. Joseph R. Gant, former bank president, is ill and awaiting trial amid embezzlement and forgery charges. He had strong local ties, a modest home, and a public reputation, with investigators unable to locate most loan signers or the missing funds.
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Gant
Horatio Alger
Joe Gant
J. C. Gant
Gants
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Orient Railroad
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Joel Gant
General Hospital
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Chtef Nsed
Mexico
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Agai
Blue Valley
Funeral for Frank Rourke Held at St Agnes Church
Bricklayers masons and plasterers are summoned to attend the funeral for Frank Rourke of 249 Bath Street. The service will start Saturday at 9:00 AM from St Agnes church. D H Beattie secretary.
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Frank Rourke
Bath St
St. Agnes
D. H. Beattie
Ohio State to Air Evening Farm Program on WEOA
Ohio State University station WEAO will develop an evening radio program for farmers between six and eight. George Crane reports that 72 of 78 counties responded to a survey urging agricultural information broadcasts. About 13 593 radio receivers on farms are cited as increasing daily.
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WEAO
Ohio State University
Ohio
Toe
George Crane
Lagricultural College Expansion Service
Columbus
Makre
Catens
Crane
Northern Ohio corn shows poor sprouting in tests
Seed corn germination tests by agriculture teachers across Ohio indicate northern counties average 65 to 70 percent sprouting. Field dried corn performs higher, with 92 to 95 percent, while crib and shock corn drop to 63 and 53 percent respectively. overall old corn averages 68 to 70 percent.
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Vocasional
Ohio
Ohio State University Sa
Northwest
Filipino literary figure Partio DeLavera dies in Manila
Manila reports the death of Partio DeLavera, a leading Filipino literary figure, on March 27. Pretoria notes floods after the Tugela River rose, with fifty natives and several white people drowned and many settlers marooned.
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Manila
Partio DeLavera
Pretoria
South Africa
Tugela
Sandwichmen Form Union in London Trade Protest
London March 27. Men who carry sandwiches form a trade union to safeguard their interests. A well attended meeting heard protests about long hours and poor conditions. The average pay rate was quoted as seven pence for the act.
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London
Chicago
Beg Your Pardon Chronicle Telegram Erratum
An error appeared in the Chronicle-Telegram masthead noting a correction involving William McMullen and an incident. The notice explains the mistaken attribution and states the paper regrets the error and retraction of a stated claim.
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William McMullen
Chronicle-Telegram
William
Ler
Wales
George of
Esra
Chroniclewt
Denver Man to Move to Lorain Man
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a Denver man and a Lorain man with a 20 year term and a mustached figure asking a question about an automobile. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent details or context for a fuller summary.
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Denver
Lorain
J. BR Seaver
Valor
Prince Plans Cruise Amid Warship Reapportionment
Fragmented OCR notes claim a prince plans a March 27 voyage with references to Wales and a warship. Mentions cost Rs 30 million or more and a naval response. Includes stray phrases about tomorrow and a leader named Atrea, with vague ties to South Africa and South America and a relocated arrangement.
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London
Wales
South Amerea
Wet
Ng Hame
Peer
Local Briefs and Notices From Ohio Towns
BarnsVille Library hosts a book shower fundraiser by the Rotary Club to support a new library. Tiltonville posts a four percent notice for employees. lumber firm lands a contract for 142 tables and framing. Bucyrus reports a cargo incident and a fined driver in Mayor Hinman's traffic court.
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Jerse
Z. Ly
Bucyrus
Foral Lumber
Manufainring Company
Andrew Lute
Therzea
Broad Street
West Pyeni
Ross
Hin'isnn
Rural earth road drainage urged to cut isolation
Ohio figures show 48 006 miles of earth roads with winter and spring washouts. State director Louis Boulay warns township trustees to fix drainage and mud holes to prevent isolation and notes the so called mud tax is a hidden heavy burden.
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Ohio
Rudd Ray
Ohio Uniersity
L Oa Boulay
Viehna
Lorain Relief Bill Signed By Governor
Governor Donahey signed the Lorain relief bill providing 95 000 for rehabbing city property damaged by the tornado. The State Board of Control will administer funds with two commissioners to consult with city officials on spending.
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Lorain
Donaher
State Board of Control
Donahey
Cy cHielals
Governor Wild Veto Gas Bill Surprise
After noon at Columbus Doughes announced he would vote against the Ohio gas bill. He spoke to a delegation at the state capitol about the measure and its tax implications.
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Goveror Wild
Columbus
March
Doughes
Ohio Stace Auto
Judge Suspends Term At Lancaster For Boy Judge HC
Fragmented text notes a Lancaster probation matter with mentions of Walter Henes Avon Sundas marshal and Mayor Harry Drippie. The readable portions hint at a probate or court proceeding involving a boy judge, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Lancaster
Wusox
Walter Henes
Don
Avon Sundas Fe
Avon
Harry Drippie
Portra
Turmoil at Baltimore conference on church unity vote
Conference in turmoil as bishops clash over unification of Northern and Southern Episcopal Church groups. Bishop Warren A Candier faced attacks over forcing a record vote and delegate voting rights were challenged. Unification had previously been defeated 141 to to. Mrs James G Macpherson of Sagina Michigan named chairman of the nominating committee for the National League convention in Richmond April 8 22. League will elect first and second vice presidents and treasurer.
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Acls
Episcopal Church
South
Warren A. Candier
Atlanta
Unifiacion
James G. Macpherson
Sagina Mich
Michigan League of Women Voters
National League
Richmond
Various 1920s cultural notes on refugees carpets and society
The piece notes HC Jaquith urging American women not to send old shoes to Greek refugees. It highlights a massive Prague carpet by the Jedliocka Institute for Cripples designed to map Bohemia for Paris Exposition. It surveys divorce cruelty trends, and profiles Edith Wharton’s Arts and Letters medal and young stage director Kathryn Burnside.
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Ar East Relief
Greece
Cinderela
Prague
Jedliocka Institute For Cripples
Bohemia
Benes
School of Arts and Crafts
Edith Wharton
National Institute of Arts and Letters
United States
Wharton
Western film proves thrills without a gunfight
A lively western asks if a story can deliver melodrama without fights or villains. The answer comes in William K. Howard's The Code of the West with no pistols fired and stars Owen Moore Constance Bennett Mabel Ballin Charles Ogle and David Butler. Laura Jean Libbey’s screen debut is announced with four new film options.
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William K. Howard
Paramount
Owen Moore
Constance Bennett
Mabel Ballin
Charles Ogle
David Butler
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