Night Clerk Prank Unveiled By Traveling Man Cobb
A Gloucester Hotel night scene turns comic as Cobb, a traveling man, imitates a voice calling Night Clerk at 1 a.m. Ed the baggage smasher and Fletcher Russell cling to nerves until Cobb confesses. The joke links to past incidents involving Cobb and a police pursuit, with local mentions of Dillon's corpse episode and other town lore.
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Bir Warn
Gloucester Hotel
Knights of the Grip
Fletcher Russell
Russell
Mr. Russell
Bob May
Cobb
Mr. Cobb
Joe Williams
Darkey
Dillon's
Grove's Tonic Strengthens System Against Malaria
The Old Standard tonic GROVE'S TASTE! is advertised as a blood strengthening remedy that drives out malaria and builds up the system for adults and children.
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Grove's
Cariahee
German Cruiser and 10 Other Craft Sunk
London reports from the British Admiralty that ten armed patrol craft were destroyed in the North Sea along with the German auxiliary cruiser Marle equipped with 6 inch guns. Sixty four prisoners were rescued and no British losses occurred. Further details will follow on the return to base.
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London
Admiralty
Marle
North Sea
Cattegat
Minimum Hog Price Set At 15.50 Per Hundred Pounds
Chicago on November 3 reports preliminary moves by the federal Food Administration to fix fair meat prices. Joseph P. Cotten led talks with major livestock exchanges, agreeing on a minimum of 15.50 dollars per hundred pounds for hogs. Further minimums for other livestock, then maximum wholesale and perhaps retail prices, were promised.
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Chicago
Joseph P. Cotten
United States Food Administration
Demonstrations Against Germans in Brazil Turn Violent
In Rio de Janeiro on November 3 large anti German protests escalated with heavy damage. Curitiba and Sao Paulo report similar outbreaks. Brazil’s central rail guard units doubled, officers recalled, furloughs suspended. A spy of unknown nationality was arrested in Rio. In Kentucky a family tragedy followed a boy’s playful match igniting a powder can injuring Mrs B M Lucas and her son Fred. both died, another relative William Lucas severely burned but potentially recovering.
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Rio Janeiro
Curiyba
San Paulo
Central Railway
Brazil
B. M. Lucas
Fred
Whiteburg
William Lucas
Honorable Grosvenor Dies at 84 in Athens Ohio
The longtime Ohio congressman and Republican leader Hon Charles H Grosvenor died Tuesday at his Athens home aged 84. Meanwhile the Siamese government called for volunteers for a western front force to be sent to France and the commander will be trained in Belgium.
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Chas. H. Grosvenor
Congress
Ohio
Athens
France
Belgium
Leader in Low Prices advertises cash deals and delivery
W P Plyler of Mt Prospect announces high cash payments for eggs and produce, with weekly deliveries and no shop rents or partners. He seeks white peas, 500 bushels, and 26 head of calves or years old, urging readers to send a postcard with requests.
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W. P. Plyler
Mt. Prospect
Piles Cured in Six to Fourteen Days
Piles may be cured in six to fourteen days by a simple home remedy. The method is claimed to relieve symptoms without surgery, with several patients reporting noticeable improvement within a week. Medical experts warn to consult a physician if symptoms persist or worsen.
Washingtons dry fate ends old taverns legend fades
Washington went dry on Halloween amid wartime regulation and high liquor prices, as Baltimore 40 miles away anticipated a booming trade. The piece recalls Manhattan cocktails and gin rickles at Willard Raleigh and Shoreham, noting ancient statehouse drinking lore and a shift to near prohibition in the capital.
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Washington
Baltimore
David Lawrence
Greensboro News
New York Evening Post
Congress
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mades
Shoemakers
New Willard
Raleigh
Shorehome
Red Sea
Roach Receives Five Year Court Martial Sentence
Roy B. Roach of B company Second Infantry Alabama National Guard was sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth after a court martial for striking First Lieutenant Cowan. The case featured an unusual habeas corpus hearing in U.S. District Court seeking Roach’s release from military jurisdiction.
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Fort Leavenworth
Roy B. Roach
B Company
Second Infantry
Alabama National Guard
Roach
Cowan
Cnt
Birmingham
United States District Court
Boon brothers acquitted in Arapahoe murder case
In Pamlico County Bayboro Superior Court last week Negroes Will and Allen Boon were found not guilty of murdering their father George Boon and assaulting M F Grady at Arapahoe several weeks earlier. The jury cleared the brothers as Grady faced $1000 bond for investigation after claims he fired the fatal shot.
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Will and
Allen Boon
Pamlico County
M. F. Grady
Arapahoe
Bayboro
George Boon
Grady
Boon Brothers
British October casualties tally 82 thousand
October casualties for Britain reached 82 377 with breakdowns: officers killed or died of wounds 1 445. men killed or died of wounds 14 985. officers wounded or missing 4 188. men wounded or missing 61 814.
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E. C. Carpenter
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Constable Earnhardt
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Dr. Garfeld
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Boston
Karl Muck
United States
Parker B. Anderson
Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Dr. Mack
Department of Justice
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Kaiser
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Benton’s
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D. Watts
Pageland
S. R. Doster
Z. R. Ballance
Micro
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McCall Jewelry Co
Enterprise Truck Farm
Georgetown
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Manlius Aycock
Wedgefield
S. C
Leeper's Creek
Lincolnton
G. B. Goodson
M. A. Mahoney
Mitchell, Va
G. Nash
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J. D. Hunnicutt
Indian Trail
Hemby & Hemby
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W. T. Whitfield
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J. Rufus Creech
Pine Level
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Wingate
B. D. Austin
Wingate, N. C
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Henry Lily
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