Body Found In Cistern At Sister Farm
Miss Cora Stallman, former school teacher, was found dead in a cistern on her sister Anna Beaman’s farm near Mattoon Illinois. Investigators face a web of threatening letters and alleged KKK ties as poison tests and motive are explored.
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Matteon
Cora Brallman
Anna Beaman
P & Shilling
Mattoon
Cora Stallman
Stallman
Misa Stallman
Vnniversity of
Cincinnati
Mis Stallman
Plater
Thomas Seaman
Seaman
Ong
Batorday
Murdered Woman Found Beside Orange Road
The battered body of Mia Frances Agnes Wickham, 41, mother of four, was found in a ditch along a lonely road in the Orange Mountains near West Orange. Police quote a witness about the events at a restaurant where Wickham had been drinking. she reportedly fell at the curb when leaving.
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Mia
Frances Agnes Wickham
Orange Mountains
Weat Orange
Charles
Wickham
Ben
Judge Boyd Funeral Set For Tuesday In Cumberland
Andrew Hunter Boyd Sr retired last fall as chief judge of Maryland Court of Appeals and Fourth Judicial Circuit leader. Funeral planned for Tuesday at 4 p.m. from First Presbyterian Church, where he served as alder and board chairman for 54 years.
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Cumberland
Andrew Hunter Boyd
Maryland Court of Appeals
Fourth Judicial
First Presbyterian Church
Jamoa E. Moffatt
Canady
Hero
Petting Party Bandit Kills Three in Denver Robbery
A lone holdup man armed with a revolver forced four riders on an outlying boulevard to surrender valuables. He killed Miss Marie McCormick and Mrs. Julie Stearn and fatally wounded Fred Funkner before fleeing. Carl Parry was wounded. Police hunt the suspect tied to recent petting party robberies.
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Denver
Col
Ade
Svlvan
Hiven
Vas
Julie Stearn
Misa Marie McWuirmick
Mred Funkner
Carl Parry
Tharobhor
Ho Woney
Miga McCormick
Funkner
Stearna
Haynes Loses All Authority Over Liquor Supervision
Washington August 3 report states Prohibition Commissioner Haynes is relieved of authority over the supervision of intoxicating liquor as part of a Treasury reorganization. unclear details accompany the public disclosure in connection with the overhaul.
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Washington
Haynow
Treasury
Coolidge's Father Is Back At Work Again
Colonel John C. Coolidge, father of the president, clears shingles in Plymouth Vermont to tidy the yard ahead of a family visit. A separate Brooklyn blast shakes a four story building, causing panic and injuries as residents flee.
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Coolidge
Plymouth
Vermont
John C. Coolidge
Mia Yard
Women Barbers Enter Union Amid Chicago Debate
In Chicago on August 3, 800 women barbers are to be admitted into the men’s barber union per W. S. Laidig president. He says women have labored long hours for half the pay, while men earn about $20 weekly plus 60 percent of earnings above $42.
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Ghigago
Chicago
Union of
Men Barbers
Laidig
Ap Guarantes
PHONE TOLL RATES BACK TO 5 CENTS
Announcement by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company states tolls between Hagerstown and Williamsport drop from ten to five cents effective July 21. The reduction follows a measured distance of over six miles, with July bills crediting subscribers who paid ten cents since March 1, 1925. Citizens of Williamsport district had protested the ten cent rate leading to talks with officials.
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Hagerstown
Will Mameport Ia
Chesapeake and Poloman Telephone Company
Williamsport
Unions urged to back child labor amendment fight
Washington August 4 William Green head of the American Federation of Labor prepared a pamphlet for distribution to affiliated unions opposing child labor. It cites data showing over four million children aged 10 to 16 employed in the nation and argues protection is practical, achievable only through ratification of the pending constitutional amendment.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Pamphiet Anserla
Truck crashes into storefront in South Wotomac area
A truck driven by transfer man George Bloom struck the Martz Electric Company front in the South Wotomac area, smashing two large plaza windows and several mirrors. The crash occurred around 1 AM Saturday near the Maryland Theater corner, narrowly missing bystanders as dishes shattered and debris scattered.
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Martz Electric Company
Affordan South Wotomac
Georger Bloom
Wl ‘Oy
Atera
Maryland Theater
Inia
Slave Front
Riot Ends Klan Meeting In Westwood District
A clash in the Ingstand area after a Ku Klux Klan meeting led to the wrecking of a farmhouse, injuries from missiles, and three arrests for concealed weapons. State troops intervened to disperse the mob while Klansmen fled in cars. Victims Bernice Lee and Mary Wheeler aided to safety. Willian G. Moore, Verry W. Libby, and Roy Hall were seized with a rifle and two revolvers.
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Insington
Berg
Ku Klux Klan
Atala
Boston-Providence
Bernice Lee
Mary Wheeler
Waltham
Westwood Town
Framingham
Willian G. Moore
Everett
Verry W. Tibhby
Sudbury
Roy Hall
Libby
Hall
Trolley Car And Roadster In Crash Near Locust Point
Albert Snook of Irving in Spruce street escaped injury by a harrow margin when his Chevrolet roadster was badly damaged in a collision with the Frederick trolley car at Locust Point in South Potomac attract this morning. Snook, driving from his home, met the outbound trolley at the intersection where the accident occurred. He was bruised while his car was rendered out of commission.
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Albert Snook
Irving
Spruce Street
hia-Chavrolet
Frederick
Locust Point
South Potomac
Snook
Cerignola Rocked by Aftershocks and Mass Prayer
Cerignola Italy Aug 2 earth tremors again rattle the city and more than 20000 residents join a mass appeal to Holy Mary of Miplata for protection from destruction. The quake damaged several land lead buildings. most homes remain standing as fear grips the 25000 population in Foggia province southern Italy. An August civil term opens with Judge Franna presiding over cases.
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Cerignola
Italy
Holy Mary
Miplata
Valer
Cervignola
Foggia
Maly
Black man given years in house of correction for exposure
In polles court Judge Juntley J. Kent Bower sentenced Herbert Slawart, colored, to two years in the House of Correction after five women and one man testified about the alleged exposure. The defendant had a prior similar sentence about five years ago, for a year on a previous charge.
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House of Corrac
Ula
Herbert Slawart
Juntley J. Kent Bower
Polles Court
Girl Held for Larceny in WV Connection
A young girl identified as Minis Sager was apprehended by deputies in Musuiro Yatera and Bow era for larceny. She is accused of stealing 136 dollars from her estranged husband and claimed she traveled with a young man toward her parents in West Virginia after visiting her husband and brother in Washington.
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Minis Sager
Musuio Yatera
Bowera
Toan
Hells
Hockville
Moulgowary
Sha Ia
Claioa Sveta
Sherif
Waalthagton
Yong
Sha
West Virginia
White Chief Receives Silver Bracelet of Hokl Tribe
W. P. Wachter known as Chief Komatke of the Hoki tribe in Arizona received a silver bracelet and chief insignia. The Board of Trade in Phoenix sent the bracelet with a letter. The silver comes from American money melted by Bokt Indians and is engraved with Hokl symbols. Wachter and two others were made chiefs in a ceremonial at Phoenix on their way to the coast for the Sloria STAT HOON event.
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W. P. Wachter
Elty
Angola
Arizona
Komatke
Mr. Wachter
Board of Trade
Om Phoenis
Indiana
Wachter
Phoaniz
Vanderbilts Gems Stolen In Europe Capers
London report states Vanderbilt matron Mrs. Carnels and her daughter Grace were traveling from Prague to Marianbad for a cure when $30,000 Vanderbilt earrings vanished. Early advices suggest theft by three white men, with the theft linked to European society circles. Mrs Mary Jones, labor advocate, has recovered from an inflammatory rheumatism attack during a California visit.
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London
Carnels
Vanderbilt
New York Society
Europe
Grace
Prigue
Marianbad
Guards Fowls With Shotgun
Perslatont chicken thipyca narrowly planed furnishing a target for a land aé shot When they returned to the pramigon of L. A. Kretaingee, 1913 Vive aila Avenua, about 2 o'clock thtat morning. Mr. Kretsinger, who tiaa a large flock of chickens, said le di not know it way of hla chickens had been taken. The hloves were ob tha coop avant an hour earlier and werd heacd by wefehvers, who raised an aleem. They fed and returned near 2 o'clock. Squawking chickens aroused neigh- Wara again and also Kretsinger, who red several shots at the thieves. At comp to word Ware to raid other chick er coups in the section of Halfway.
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L. A. Kretaingee
Kretsinger
Hloves
Wefehvers
Roundup in Chicago Nets Nearly Sixty Suspects
In Chicago on August 3 detectives raided robber hangouts and illegal grog dens, rounding up nearly 60 gunmen and bootleggers after the Draka Hotel robbery that left three men dead, two of them hobnail shoes.
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Chicago
Draka Hotel
Holly
Counsel Will Make Strange Plea To Jury In Insanity Hearing
Chicago August 3 A new term yeell shock will be added to legal and scientific vocabularies if the insanity hearing for Russell Scott proceeds today before Judge Joseph 8 David. Scott, convicted ten months ago for the murder of Joseph a Maurer, faces the gallows as experts testify on his condition described by his attorneys as insane. The defense seeks to limit arguments to sanity, while the state presents twenty witnesses including laymen and alienists.
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Chicago
Yeell
Joseph
David
Russell Scott
Scott
Irv
Joseph A. Maurer
Alain
Cook County
Ontario
David Lag
Seoul
Bui
Sunday Ball Question Considered at State House
Boston lawmakers debated a ballot item for 2024 statewide election seeking public approval of Sunday baseball. The hearing touched on timing and legality as supporters urged voters to weigh in on the proposal.
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Boston
Union Bricklayers Strike Halts Two Projects in Mint District
In Miami on August 3, the George A. Fuller Construction Company of Mint and New York resumed work with nonunion labor after a two day strike by local bricklayers and plasterers on two Mint district contracts. The move followed the union action and involved nonunion workers filling in on the sites.
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Miami
Fla
Minint Distriet
George A. Fuller
Rich man charged in alive after lab explosion
Maury Schwartz, vice president and general manager of Padhe Colin Jay Company, survived a laboratory explosion at Walwit Creek last Thursday. Dental expert A J Nighos said the body is not Schwartz. Investigators say $180,000 in life insurance was involved. District Attorney announced withdrawal of petition for funeral and warned that Mrs Schwartz alleges murder. rumors spread around the incident.
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San Francisco
Maury Schwartz
Anode
Padhe Colin Jay Company
Walwit Creek
Sherif
A. J. Nighos
da Betrwarte
Aidwarte
Subwarta
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WHITE
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