Grim Tragedy and Deaths Linked to Marital Strife
In Woodmere New York English actor Guy Phillips faced a grim scene as his wife Jean killed herself and two children Norma and Chubby with gas after inviting the rival Mrs. Joseph J. Seltzer to the home. Phillips, overwhelmed by gas, called police and stated a tragedy of sacrificing love. In Boston Massachusetts Mrs. Charles J Prescott leaped from the 31st floor of the Hotel New Yorker after leaving a farewell note expressing disdain.
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Woodmere
N. Y
Long Island
Guy Phillips
Jean
Eugene O'Neill
Harold R. King
Nassau County
Norma
Phillips
Himslf
Joseph J. Seltzer
Philipps
Edwards
New York
Charles J. Prescott
Boston
New Yorker
Beatrice Gardiner
Prescott
Cambridge
Prison Football Game Riot Leaves One Feared Dead
In Montgomery Alabama a prison football game sparked a riot at Speigner prison. One convict was killed and twenty three wounded as guards fired to quell the disturbance. An escapee named Reuben Titman fled toward the prison farm. Carl Singleton of Marshall county died serving one to two years for larceny and burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Speigner
A. B. Smith
Reuben. Titman
Carl Singleton
Marshall County
Kidnapping Victim Rescued After Five Days of Torture
Herman F. Rutstein, a Boston theatrical supply dealer, described five days of captivity and torture after being kidnapped for a $50,000 ransom. A police raid freed him from a summer cottage in Hull Massachusetts. Six others linked to the gang were being sought in Providence and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Mass
Herman F. Rutstein
Boston
Rutstein
Providence
New York
Three Negroes Killed by Posse Near Fugitive Hunt
In Senatobia Mississippi a posse seeking Jesse Williams shot and killed three African Americans and wounded two others after surrounding the home of a man identified as Judge Crawford at midnight. Crawford and two of his sons died, Crawford's wife and another son were wounded.
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Senatobia
Miss
Jesse Williams
Walker Williams
J. T. Dixon
Crawford
Goods Not Cash for German Debts
Chancellor Franz von Papen urged converting Germany's foreign debts into in kind payments. He told the United Economic Associations of Westphalia that creditors must accept German goods and open markets, arguing that a large outflow of foreign money is impossible and tariff barriers must fall to avoid crippling German initiative.
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Berlin
Germany
Franz von Papen
United Economic Associations of
Westphalia
Rifle Clubs
Paderborn
Herr- von Papen
Charged With Two Wives, He Finds He Hasn't Any
Chicago. George Sapyta, 53, was arraigned on a charge of having two wives. Judge Jay A. Schiller ruled he was married to neither, noting his divorce from Elizabeth Sayota voided the first marriage and thus left him with no wife. Bernice Sapyta had brought the charge.
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Chicago
George Sapyta
Jay A. Schiller
Bernice Sapyta
Sapyta
Elizabeth Sayota
Bernice
Australian Gold Mine Discoverer Dies at 80
Sydney obituary for William Ford who with partner Arthur Bayley discovered the Colgardie gold mines. Ford aged eighty led a life of prospecting while the Colgardie mines have produced about $500,000,000 in gold to date.
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Sydney
Australia
William Ford
Arthur Bayley
Colgardie
Ford
Collgardie
Deacon Resigns After Near Beer Vote in Alabama
In Tuscaloosa Alabama the Holt Baptist church demanded the resignation of Deacon K Callahan after a near beer bill passage vote in the legislature. He complied with the request.
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Alabama Deacon
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Holt Baptist Church
K. Callahan
State Building Boom Brightens Nebraska Slump
State and local governments push a $5,291,841 expense plan for 17 institutions as Omaha and Nebraska communities push roads water and power projects. Cities hire hundreds of workers, waterlines expand in Grand Island Beatrice and Cambridge boosts pools and power plants, with Atkinson Osage oil fields and new refineries fueling activity.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Grand Island
Beatrice
Cambridge
Long Pine
Bayard
Hoth Canyon
St. Edward
Ainsworth
Interstate Power Co
Atkinson
Osage
Wyoming
Harrison
Crawford
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Scottsbluff
Union Pacific Railroad
Gering
Kearney
Nebraska Cement Co
Superior
Norfolk
Brodgen Bowl
Seward
Lexington
Nebraska in sound financial condition says state official
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith told L. A. Griffin of Poor's Publishing in New York City that Nebraska has no bonded indebtedness no registered state warrants and no outstanding indebtedness beyond current claims. He noted slow interest payments by some subdivisions but no defaults and cited a paid for capitol building plus extensive highway miles funded without bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. H. Smith
L. A. Griffin
Poor’s Publishing Company
New York City
Smith
Griffin
the Inquirer
Corn yield report and Ak-Sar-Ben show entries
Herman Klemss of Se ward district notes a 14 acre field of corn on his farm yielding 94 bushels per acre on newly broken ground. Over 600 4 H club youths have entered stock for the Ak Sar Ben show opening in Omaha on October 29, a new record for the event. Entries have been received from twenty two states.
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Herman Klemss
Seward
Omaha
Walnut tree yields 60 bushels on farm of Clyde Ellis
A 70 foot walnut tree on Clyde Ellis and wife’s farm near St Edward produced 60 bushels of walnuts picked by a wedding party. The scene followed a community work day in Fairmont with streets being surfaced. A two dollar money order to Wathena, Kansas, sent 19 years ago from Washington returned to John Kern.
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Fairmont
John Kern
Wathena
Kas
Washington
Kern
Petitions Seek Sunday Movie Shows in Beatrice
Petitions with more than 2500 signatures are on file with Beatrice city commissioners seeking Sunday moving picture shows. Advocates say the commissioner may call a special election amend ordinances or permit Sunday shows under the current ordinance which they claim does not bar them. The petition collected 856 signatures.
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Beatrice
Potato harvest underway at Alliance with small tubers
A protracted dry spell has reduced the crop size at Alliance as laborers, including many Pine Ridge Indians and other needy workers, are paid 2 cents a bushel for picking potatoes. Relief agencies provide free storage while workers receive a tenth of the harvest.
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Alliance
Pine Ridge Reservation
Inman Residents Eye Hay Burners To Cut Coal Costs
Farmers around Inman plan winter burning of wild hay, wood, buffalo chips, corn and stalks to save coal. Ranchers seek old fashioned hay burners described as long wash boiler like devices flipped on cook stoves. One hay charge can heat intensely for up to thirty minutes, risking stove warp.
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Inman
Nebraska Farm Wages Fall Amid Weak Demand
Nebraska farm wages without room and board fell to 1.40 a day in October from 1.50 in July and 2.00 in October 1931. Nationally farm wages are the lowest in 30 years with demand at 60.8 percent of normal and supply at 123.6 percent. Nebraska demand is 58 percent of normal and supply 129 percent.
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Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Mississippi
Georgia
Massachusetts
Department
Nebraska corn yield outlook boosts 1926 crop to large total
A 26 bushel per acre average corn yield is forecast for Nebraska, yielding about 81.96 million bushels this year. A. E. Anderson notes higher prospective production than last month, offset by region gains and a 1926-30 average of 224.66 million. He adds labor is ample for husking and farm wages average about $20 with board.
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Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a fat loss remedy. It claims women can shed fat in three weeks by taking a half teaspoon in hot water each morning, with added promises of energy, clearer skin, and a younger feeling. The product is sold by druggists and offers a money back guarantee.
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America
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