New York Police Round Up Auto Bandits in Nationwide Sting
Fifteen defendants disguised as mechanics started in three cars to nab members of a car theft ring active in New York and other cities. Two men, John W. Sherwood an insurance adjuster and Charles Rudy a chauffeur, were jailed on larceny charges as investigators traced stolen machines valued at 100000 in New York. A Baltimore recovered auto provided clues to curb interstate car theft traffic.
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Associated Press
New York
John W. Sherwood
Miladelphia Insurance Company
Ces
Charles Rudy
Lice
Baltimore
Joseph Rosenfield Company Files Voluntary Bankruptcy
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the U.S. district court in Memphis by the Joseph Rosenfield Company, dry goods dealers. The petition lists liabilities around 61000 dollars and assets near 59000. A. A. Insby was appointed receiver.
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Iby Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
United States District Court
Esterday
Joseph Rosenfield Company
City
A. A. Insby
Brother's Death Reveals Syracuse Chancellor Relative
John H. Day died in destitution in Anacortes Washington on December 28 and was buried by lodgers he ran a small hotel for. He was identified as the brother of James R Day chancellor of Syracuse University after a letter from Chancellor Day asked the death be investigated. Roscoe Day is his only son and has not been heard from since.
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Associated Press
Anacortes
Wash
John H. Day
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Day
Skagit County
Roscoe
Syracuse
George S. Merriam Dies at 71 in Springfield
Springfield obituary notes George S. Merriam aged 71 died yesterday. Son of Webster's dictionary founders, he edited the Christian Union from 1870 under Henry Ward Beecher. He lived in Springfield since 1875 and authored Life and Times of Samuel Bowles in 1885.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
George S. Merriam
The
Christian Union
Outlook
Henry Ward Beecher
Merriam
Samuel Bowles
What So Precious As a Healthy Baby
A promotional notice for Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin claims it improves digestion and relieves constipation in infants and families. It cites Mrs. James R. Rouse of Marinette Wisconsin and her son Howard as beneficiaries and offers a free sample by mailing a card to Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois.
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Dr. Caldwell
James R. Rouse
Marinette
Wis
Howard
W. B .Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
D and H President Praises Fast Resolution of Strike
President of the Delaware and Hudson R A expresses pleasure at the Federal Board of Mediation's swift action through W W Hanger. About 5 000 employees returned to work within 36 hours after the strike was declared.
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Delaware & Hudson R. A
W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation
Blue ribbon prizes won't draw Mobile fair exhibitors
Commission member Lar Schwarz argues for cash purses of at least ten thousand dollars for racing and stock show events. He says the city must offer substantial prizes to attract top horses cattle and other stock or exhibitors will stay away, making the fair a failure.
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Mobile
Lar Schwarz
Advertising Agencies Get Closer Together in New York
A plan uniting leading U S advertising agencies with the Outdoor Advertising Association was approved in convention in New York. The agreement aims at closer relations and a better working basis, resembling the existing ties between agencies and media. M P Gould of New York submitted the plan, approved by a committee chaired by George W Kleiser.
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New York
United States
Outdoor Advertising Association
M. P. Gould
George W. Kleiser
Kidney Trouble Warning From Diet Claims
An old health blurb warns Americans to monitor kidney strain from rich foods and uric acid buildup. It promotes Jad Salts or Rad Salts as a kidney flushing remedy taken each morning to relieve back pain, cloudy urine, and bladder disturbances, claiming safety and long use.
Trip 10 a Fair Lightened This Man's Drudgery
An educative exhibit offers practical lessons in efficiency and entertainment to relieve monotony in country life. The fair presentation highlights useful tips and engaging demonstrations for visitors.
Boosters to Pledge Support of the Mobile Fair
The Mobile Boosters' Club meets Friday at 7 30 p m in the Cawthon Hotel to pledge support for Mobile's Fair and consider urging the School Board to appoint a Mobile architect if the current agreement with the New Orleans firm ends. Mort H Baxter will outline plans for the fair's publicity.
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Mobile Boosters
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile
Mort H. Bixler
Boosters
Board of School Commissioners
New Orleans
Practical Education Shown At Meridian Fair Through Labor-Saving Machinery
South Mississippi visitors see a gasoline engine work from cream churning to corn shelling and wood cutting while a hydraulic ram demonstrates long-distance water lifting. The piece highlights fair object lessons in manual training agricultural education and domestic science.
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Aman
Mississippi
Alabama
iHm
United States
German Exhibit Plan Stalls Over Government Opposition
Berlin January 23. Albert Ballin head of Hamburg American Line says the abandonment of a German exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition was solely due to the negative attitude of the German government. Ballin also says his health is excellent contrary to reports.
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Associated Pres
Berlin
San Francisco
Albert Ballin
Ballin
Cap t. R. F. Kolb Well Received at Samson
Captain R. F. Kolb spoke at Samson Alabama delivering an engaging address to a large crowd. The event highlighted the fair as a key village entertainment outlet combining mules feats music and diverse amusements for a broad audience, underscoring the fair’s value in improving rural life.
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Meridian
Des Moines
Dallas
Taxi and touring-car collision on St. Michael and Conception
The taxi driven by Earle Lankford and a large touring car driven by L D Winters collided at St Michael and Conception streets Thursday night. The taxi carried a man and a woman in addition to its driver while Winters had only himself. No arrests were made and all occupants escaped unharmed in what was described as miraculous.
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Earle Lankford
L. D. Winters
St. Michael
Conception Streets
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Mobile, Ala
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General
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Country Life
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