Man cites full moon to explain wife washing shirts
In Chicago March 25 a divorce suit cites moon and stars regulating housework. Joseph Tranka claims his wife washed shirts only on full moon nights, arguing planetary influence dictated meals and chores. He fled the home, left work, and asked for support. judge Holmes urged Mrs. Tranka to move on and “forget the moon.”
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International News
Chicago
Holmes
Joseph Tranka
Tranka
South Side
Woman 103 Dies Not, Colds At Movies in Chicago
Mrs Abbie Tall aged 103 is in good spirits but under the weather after catching a cold at a movie in Chicago. Born in 1818 in Holden Massachusetts she moved to Aurora Illinois in 1856. She has lived with daughter Mrs O M Barth in Chicago the last three years. She has four living children 12 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren. Mrs Barth notes Mama’s motto is keep busy.
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Abbie Tall
Holden
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Illinois
Aurora
O. M. Barth
Nall
Trenton
Dorothy Miller
Dorothy
Countess Brunette d Usseaux Wardrobe Stuns Monte Carlo
The Countess Brunette d Usseaux, an English woman, reportedly owns six hundred gowns. She frequents Monte Carlo and Nice this season, taking five promenades daily in a different gown each time. In over a month she has not worn the same dress twice.
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Onte Carlo
Brunette d’Usseaux
Monte Carlo
Nice
Conspiracy Seen To Bring Labor To Its Knees
Michael D. Cain, president of the Columbus Federation of Labor, told unemployed workers that a conspiracy exists to bring labor to its knees, blaming the National Chamber of Commerce and employers for the current business downturn. He urged organization and cooperation as the sole solution.
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International News
Columbus
Ohio
National Chamber of Commerce
Michael D. Cain
Columbus Federation of Labor
Cain
President Harding's Sister Returns To Her Home
Miss Abigail Harding returns home after visiting her brother President Harding in Washington. The brief stay at the White House drew marked attention, and she signified plans to visit him often during his term. A Washington photograph captured the moment.
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United States
Abigail Harding
Harding
White House
Washington
Whisky Business By Radio Latest Bootleger Move
Chicago, March 24. Radio experts search for a bootleg gang selling liquor by wireless. An amateur operator tipped off officials after overhearing operators in Twenty second street being warned to deliver whiskey by Thursday or face no pay. Prohibition officials have had a Maywood institution under observation as the city to listen for liquor orders by wireless.
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Chicago
Twenty-second Street
Maywood
Sted
Crap game raid nets small fine in court tale
Kansas City Kansas March 24 in a police court raid on a crap game Charles Campbell forty three was fined three dollars after gambling dice rolled snake eyes with the judge remarking roll these bones for your fine Campbell admitted not being a good shooter and paid the amount in court description highlights the playful exchange and the outcomes of the case.
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International News
Kansas City
Kan
Charles Campbell
Herrod
Campbell
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Praised
Mrs Anna Stein of Covington Kentucky reports her son’s cough improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad claims relief for bronchitis coughs croup whooping cough and other chest throat irritations with a few doses. Sold widely.
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Foley
Anna Stein
Western Ave
Covington, Ky
Doexa
Austrian Soldiers Now Jobless in Vienna
A Red Cross report from Vienna reports 6200 former Austrian officers and soldiers unemployed since the armistice. Many are starving or beggars. some are recorded as beggars with dogs, including a former captain near the Karnterring. Generals and others with only military skills face survival with little other work.
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International News
Vienna
American Red Cross
Beau Drummel
Wounded Men Institute boosts training in Austria
The new Wounded Men's Institute elevates vocational training for men across education levels and trades. Agriculture is encouraged amid Austria's agricultural decline, with experts predicting intensified cultivation could help Austria become self supporting for food within ten years.
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Austria
Five Die as Bethlehem Steel Blast Kills Workers
Five men are dead and three missing after a blast furnace slip at the Bethlehem Steel Company plant in Steelton, Harrisburg. Rescue efforts continue as authorities investigate the accident and identify the victims.
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Harrisburg
Steelton
Bethlehem Steel Company
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