Diary of Girl Who Killed Mother in San Francisco
In San Francisco on January 16 1925 16 year old Dorothy Ellingson confessed to murdering her mother Anna Ellingson who had threatened to send her to a reform school. The diary entries reveal a clash of old fashioned discipline with teen rebellion including late nights dancing and alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Owen
San Fancisco
Anna Ellingson
Dorothy Ellingson
Dorothy
Wiulip
Ruth
Ben
Marriage Promoter Swindled Suitors Convicted
Ernest E. Swartz, a self-styled marriage promoter, was convicted in federal court in Los Angeles for mail fraud. He used photos of motion picture stars to lure bachelors from the West, kept transportation money, and failed to deliver promised mail order brides. Sydney S. Barker of Medford, Oregon testified for the government.
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Los Angeles
Ernest E. Swartz
St. Paul
Sydney S. Barker
Medford
Ore
Theatres Open War on Radio Broadcasting
New York reports a brewing clash between theater managers and actors against radio broadcasts by stage stars. Executives debate contract clauses while radio and phonograph firms enjoy boosted record and cabinet sales from broadcasting programs by Brunswick and Victrola artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Royle
New York
Actors Equity Association
Brunswick
Victrola
Honograph
Fom
John McCormack
McCormack
Daniel Frohman
McCoy's Liver Oil Tablets Promise Quick Weight Gain
An advertising claim touts McCoy's Liver Oil Tablets as a superior alternative to cod liver oil, promising 5 to 10 pounds gain in 30 days with four tablets daily. The ad notes a money back guarantee and lists drug stores where to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
Schramm-Johson Drug Stores Co
Cook Dr Co
Temple Pharmacy
Any & Druggists
America
McCoy's
Vhildren
Citizens Raise Rumpus Over Chicago Smoke
Chicago officials face public outcry over winter smoke as the smoke abatement commission estimates a $50 annual per family laundry cost and an $8 million annual fuel loss. Health worries rise with claims of children’s lung impact.
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C. L. Scott
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Herman Bundesen
Senate and societies in session with open conventions
Today in Washington the Senate and House meet at noon while the American Engineering council opens a two day convention and the American Society of Newspaper Editors holds its annual meeting. The Senate debates a Cuba sovereignty treaty over the Isle of Pines and criticizes nearby acquaintances. Broadway figures recall protests from a year ago against moving pictures affecting legitimate theater. Analysts predict radio broadcasting frictions will ease similarly.
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American Engineering Council
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Senate
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Prosecution Hints in Baseball Bribery Case Arising
District Attorney Joab H. Banton promised prompt action against Jimmy O Connell and Cozy Dolan for roles in the 1924 bribery scandal if Baseball Commissioner Landis provides evidence of a crime under New York law. He cited a state code section that makes baseball bribery a felony punishable by one to five years’ imprisonment and fines up to $10 000.
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New York
Jimmy O’connell
Cozy Dolan
Joab H. Banton
Landis
Banton
Mitchell Testifies for Aero Department Creation
Brigadier General Mitchell testified before the house military committee that a cabinet headed department of aeronautics would unify air services and save government costs. He said personnel training could be better conducted by a separate department, despite opposition from Secretary Weeks.
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Mitchell
Washington
Army Air Service
House Military Committee
Department of Aeronautics
Weeks
Lincoln trial opens in Geneva for double murder case
The Warren J. Lincoln trial began in Geneva Illinois for the two year old deaths of his wife Lina Lincoln and her father Byron L Shoup. His lawyers plan to enter an insanity plea.
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Lincoln
Geneva
Ill
Warren J. Linceln
Fae Tae
Lina
Byron L. Shoup
ei@uit
Murderer Hanged in Mound City for Daisy Wilson Murder
Lee Connors a 22 year old Cairozro man was hanged today for the July 21 murder of Daisy Wilson an 18 year old girl from Ville Bridge in Mound City Indiana authorities announced the execution carried out after legal proceedings.
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Mound City
Lee Connors
Cairozro
Daisy Wilson
Ville Bridge
Snow Plow Opens Roads in Idaho Travel Area
A Metammon report notes a state highway caterpillar tractor with snow plow entered from the north and began retracing toward Pocatello. The route from Voé utello to Lava Hot Springs is opened, while Lava to McCammon was cleared with a horse drawn plow last weekend. Officials warn the track may be too narrow for two-way traffic and further widening is needed between McCammon and Lava.
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Tribune
Metammoun
Idaho
Metammon
Pocatello
Voé@utello
Lava Hot Springs
Lava
McCammon
Vieaitetto
Trovton
Here
Locatello
Bancroft Birthday Party Celebrates Eleven Years
A birthday party for LeVen Nelson marked her eleventh birthday with friends gathering at her home on Wednesday afternoon. Attendees included Vera Rigby Marsha Jenkins Etta Laramore Lois Gilbert Woodrom Rowland and Constance Van Sloveten. The event featured lemonade cake and candy.
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Tribune Secial
Rariy Bancroft
LeVen Nelson
Vera Rigby
Marsha Jenkins
Etta Laramore
Lois Gilbert
Woodrom Rowland
Constance van Sloveten
Thelma Brangham
Pocatello
E. Wilson
L. D. S. Theological
Fred Corbet
Urge Apportionment for New Link of Idaho Highway
N B Pettibone of Grangeville urged a $75 000 apportionment for a 12 mile link of the South Fork road in Idaho county to connect with the North and South highway at Grangeville and the Lewis and Clark highway at Kooskia. He argues the undeveloped mining districts Elk City Dixie Oio Grande and Buffalo Hump need access for future growth. The request was to be presented to state and federal highway officials including W J Hall H Parcell Fred Morrell and R H Rutledge Ogden and J P Martin.
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Boise
Idaho County
Grangeville
Kooskia
N. BE. Pettibone
W. J. Hall
Pettibone Nennary
Elk City
Dixie
Oio Grande
Buffalo Hump
Pettibone
Houston
State Department of Public Works
H. Parcell
Northwestern
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Fred Morrell
Missoula
R. H. Rutledge
Ogden
B. J. Finch
Bureau of Public Roads
J. P. Martin
Miners' Boarding House Keeper Sells Claims for 7500
Mrs F Bresnahan of Tonopah Nevada who housed two claim seekers sold four Monte Cristo range claims worth pay dirt for 7500 dollars after the men located them thirty miles away. The buyers learned of the sale yesterday.
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Tonopah
Nev
F. Bresnahan
Monte Cristo Range
Star Damage Suit Settled Out of Court in Marion
Roy O. Moore and EF. H. Brush publishers of the Star settled a $1,000,600 damage suit against Frank A. Vanderlip of New York out of court. The case arose from Vanderlip's Briarcliff speech alleging the paper paid President Harding an exorbitant price. Formal papers will be filed in the U S district court in the lower New York district soon. Vanderlip is reportedly ill with typhoid fever and unable to comment.
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Moore
Brush
Harding
Star
United States District Court
New York
Ohio
Vanderlip
H. EB. Benedict
Brush and Moore
Paanobers
The
Briarcliff
Mount Rainier Name Change Vote Sparks Controversy
Washington January 15 AP report states the House Public Lands Committee voted 9 to 4 to refuse reporting a Senate bill that would rename Mount Rainier to Mount Tacoma, signaling a decisive setback in the name dispute.
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Mount Rainier
Washington
House Public Lands Committee
Senate
Mount Rainier, Wash
Mount Tacoma
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