Faint clues of protest spark call for jury inquiry
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a death judged by a jury, referencing a governor and district attorney, amid protest lines and calls for a grand jury investigation. Mentions of a burned mutilated body and a lynching in a southern city hint at violent crime and official scrutiny.
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Hoeey
Bald
Rhan
Ordan
Vernor
Bilbo
Shepherd
Tory
Fo Tgerand
Hattlesty
Brave Fight For Life Of Infant With Peanut Lodged In Lung
A half year old child from Avenue, Ernest H. Nichols, lay at Wash County Hospital in dangerous condition from pneumonia traced to a peanut lodged in his lung. The peanut was removed by Dr. Frat N Eming from Philadelphia using special instruments. The infant’s condition improved slightly after surgery, though pneumonia lingered. X rays revealed the peanut had been lodged for about ten days before discovery.
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Ernest H. Nichols
Wash County Hospital
Tommy
Frat Neming
Smithsburg Man Receives Large State Tax Refunds
Smithsburg resident Jacques, Sr. receives a tax refund of 9,928.50 from the Department, with a 9,186.97 refund listed for Kerstown Bank and a headline largest refund totaling 254,269.19 to Mrs. Jane J. Cook of Baltimore. Jacques says the publication is the first he knew of any reimbursement.
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Eelor Jacques
Smithsburg
rKerstown Bank
Mr. Jacques
Prisoners Learn Honesty In 'Pen'
Warden of Sing Bing, POSSINING, says a new program reshapes inmates. About one fifth of prisoners admit to honesty under the facility's behavior initiative, with early results noted in January.
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Lewis ~Lawen
Sing Bing
Slayer of sheriff found slain as guard hunted
The captured Konvict, hunted by Mississippi troops, is linked to the murder of Sheriff J D Duvall at his home on a prison farm. Five National Guard companies were mobilized to assist the search for the suspect and restore order in the area.
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Mississippi
Sher
J.D. Duvall
National Guardamen
Local fruit juice firm linked to intoxicating wine claim
An announcement of local interest discusses a national juice firm selling non alcoholic wines and a possible case for sale of illicitly designed intoxicating beverages. Damron indicated prosecutions may follow if an implied understanding is proven during sales talks to customers.
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Geller
Virela
Tos
Damron
Fair election this Saturday at Hagerstown Association
The Hagerstown Association will hold its annual officers and directors election Saturday afternoon with balloting starting at 1 o clock. The current board led by President Harry E Hester is expected to run unopposed on the same ticket after a profitable year to October yielding about 6000 dollars.
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Othcers
Hagerstown Association
Harry E. Hester
Sigiknhiders
1928 Building Record Totals 691234 From 1927 Data
The year s building record compiled by William Slee elty shows total construction costs of 691 234 with 27 080 49 private garages 215 610 for 16 single dwellings 76 900 for 20 small buildings 22 650 for three service stations 218 044 for alterations and improvements 107 000 for two churches 14 000 and one apartment 8 000. In 1927 there were 54 single dwellings at 294 083 and 20 double dwellings at 98 300.
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Slee
Ad Offers $10 For Blood to Save Life
An unusual classified ad from Hanover seeks a donor to submit to blood transfusion for Mrs Emma Wallick of Littlestown who is in critical condition. Her husband and brother have already donated during the past Pacent months, and the ad offers $10 to the donor.
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Te A. Hanover
Mray
Emma Wallick
Littlestown
King George Shows Signs of Improvement Amid Ill Health
London reports an optimist note on King George as doctors confirm continued improvement. Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks, closest to Buckingham Palace, says he feels reassured and left for a brief holiday in the south of France, stating the worst of the illness is over.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
William Joynson-Hicks
France
Pud Uo
Unemployed Storm Ford Auto Plant Riot Online
A Ford Motor Company employment office at Fordson, Detroit, drew an estimated 32,000 job seekers responding to news of openings. The crowd clogged the building area, with guards attempting to form a line as workers waited through the night in snow before doors opened.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Fordson
Ford
No Cameras Or Wires At Trial In York Witchcraft Murder
York court officials ban cameras and telegraph instruments from the courtroom for the upcoming witchcraft murder trial. Judge Henry Niles recommended the restriction, aiming to prevent distractions during proceedings next week.
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York
Henry Niles
Postponed Meetings As Grippe Spreads In State
Widespread grippe forces cancellation of Rural Women and Club meetings in Hagerstown and Washington. Beaver Creek Community and Poultry Club postponed to February. Schools to stay closed until Monday with possible extension. Health Service notes potential second wave and cites state case increases including Michigan, West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Maryland.
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Hagerstown
Wash
Mins Ardath Martin
Beaver"Creek
Inoultry Club
Public Health Service
Michigan
West Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
New Jersey
Maryland
Death in Chicago Cold Wave Strikes City
A brutal cold wave grips Chicago as temperatures plunge to zero and below. Daniel Tannard, night yardmaster for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, dies of a heart attack believed caused by the cold, while two other men are hospitalized in an unconscious state. The cold spell moves eastward as Williamsport contractor Willimty Giler, a former board of education member, heads to Baltimore for hospitalization and possible operation.
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Chicago
Yan
Daniel Tannard
Chicago, and
Northwestern Railroad
Willim ty,Giler
Williamsport
Board of Education
Will Mo Ty Baltimba
Racketeer lover arrested after life of crime ends
Johanna Bruce says she is at the end of her trail as Memphis court orders her husband Frank Devers alias Bubbling Over and accomplices to be captured. The couple had drawn $3500 in hundreds and diamond jewelry during their spree, after she quit a $22.50 weekly soda clerk job in St Paul Minnesota. Devers faces charges for a railway mail messenger holdup at Hibbing Minnesota two years earlier.
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Johanna Bruce
Eschow
Memphis
Tenn
Frank Devers
Allag
Tom Underwood
Johanna
Wweek
St. Paul
Mihn
Dever
Kidnapping Case Linked By Slain Girl’s Belongings
Salt Lake City January 2 The hat shoes and galoshes worn by June Nelson twelve were found missing with the body of the girl recovered yesterday from a shallow canal on the city outskirts. Police and deputies intensified the hunt for the slayer who abducted her near her father’s confectionery store. A pair of gloves in a stolen car near a canal bridge could not be identified by the mother as her daughter’s. Authorities believe the killer knew the victim and killed to avoid detection. No footprints in snow and no witnesses to the abduction hinder the investigation as investigators suspect burial from a car crossing the canal bridge.
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Salt
Lake City
Jan
June Nelson
Charles H. Neleson
June
Ban on Handshakes Amid Grippe in Monterrey
A dispatch from Monterrey reports a rapid grippe spread prompting city authorities to take extreme measures including a ban on handshakes. About ten thousand cases of grippe have been recorded in Monterrey alone as Sanitary authorities act to curb further ravages.
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Mexico City
Universal Tedey
Grippe
Monterrey
Giant Plane Continues Flight After Record Attempt
A giant monoplane refuels in midair as it attempts to extend the endurance record. From San Diego to the Metropolitan Airport in Los Angeles, the crewworks to keep the craft aloft for weeks. At 3:24 a.m. twenty hours after takeoff the craft reached the third waypoint toward the existing 60 hour 7 minute mark, averaging 75 mph and covering 1600 miles.
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Los
Angeles
Diego
Metropolitan
Army
Fokker
Mark
Mississippi Valley
Rosé Hoyt
Dyer
del Mar
California
Girl Sets Aim at New Endurance Air Record
Miss Bobby Trout, an 18 year old aviatrix from Los Angeles, took to the sky at 6:00 a.m. to attempt breaking the women's endurance record. The current record stands at 5 hours and 6 minutes, set last month at Roosevelt Field, New York, by Viola Gentry.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bobby Trout
Timoplane
Roosevelt Field
New York
Viola Gentry
Plane Sends Fuel to Itself In Air Flight Attempt
Blaine M. Tuxhorn attempted an endurance flight from Marshall in an open cockpit monoplane using an air fueled catapult system. The device hurled four gallon fuel containers into the air, caught them midair, and pumped gasoline into the plane as the containers descended by parachute. In Columbia two influenza patients and two others escaped from the state penitentiary hospital by cutting a hole through a wall with a hearth poker and a steel chisel.
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Marshall
Blaine M. Tuxhorn
Br. Tuxborn
Columbia
S. C
Fire hose purchase approved for all fire companies
A council meeting last night approved buying new fire hose for all fire companies. Councilman Harry Schuoker chaired the committee as representatives from each company attended bids from hose manufacturers. The hoses will be ordered at Thursday night’s meeting to improve readiness for fires.
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Harry Schuoker
Herrick the U S Ambassador to France III ill in Cleveland
Myron T Herrick American ambassador to France lies ill at his estate in Gates Mills near Cleveland with bronchitis and asthma like influenza. Doctors Phillips and others are on call as Herrick, 74, fights a serious but improving condition after a prior operation that allowed his return from Paris. He remains a beloved figure in France for staying in Paris during the war and guiding Lindbergh’s 1927 arrival.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
Mills
Herrick
Paris
France
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
le Bourget Field
New York
Br. Herrick
Council Meets Radio Dealers for Citywide Reception Fix
The Mayor and City Council plan a special meeting to address radio disturbance in the city. Local radio dealers will attend to assist in solving the perplexing problem and discuss forming a commission of experts to study and educate on improving reception.
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Reuben Musey
Prince aids relief for British coal miners
London dispatch notes efforts to assist coal miners in Britain with relief measures. The fragment mentions friends and a prince, indicating a charitable or supportive action during the period.
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London
Port roads and bridge funding debate rises in Chestertown
Fragmentary OCR recounts a discussion of road and bridge projects, funding and building plans near Chestertown. References to central building, normal schools, and a comptroller proposal hint at tighter control and a public vote, with several garbled terms and phrases from the original article.
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Schoo Chestertown
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