Pretty Daughter of a Minister Sold by White Slavers
New York report details a notorious white slavery case. Marie Klein, 18, daughter of Rev. Charles Klein, was coerced, robbed, and placed on an auction block by Vincenzo Neapolitano known as Jimmy Naples. She endured torture before recovery in a hospital. Naples faced potential homicide charges as investigation continues.
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New York
Jimmy Naptes
Marie Klein
Charles Klein
Nappanach
Jimmy Naples
Miss Klein
Fordham Road
Bronx
Ameo
Neapolitano
Williambridge
Minx Klein
Napoles
Naples
Courage Behind Cowardice Earns Medal In War Time
A soldier long branded a coward shows hidden courage under fire when besting two German machine gunners after panic. He deserts to man a gun, kills the gunners, returns to trench, and later earns an honor amid post war reflection on fear and bravery.
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Washington Post
Rom
New York Magistrate Warns 5000 Girls Lured Each Year
Magistrate J. March tells the seventh annual conference of the New York State Association of Magistrates that about five thousand innocent girls are lured from virtue in New York City yearly. He questions where this supply comes from and urges action, noting reform will be slow. Other speakers urge suppression of dance halls, religious influence, and improved parole to reform offenders rather than repeated workhouse cycles.
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New York
New York City
J. Marah
March
Willis K. Gillette
Rochester
John J
Train collision kills Stallings in Holden incident
John Stallings was killed and Charles Butcher injured when a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train struck a wagon they were riding across the track at Holden. A team of mules hitched to the wagon also died in the crash.
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John Stallings
Charles Butcher
Chesapeake and Ohio
Holden
Aone Talent Presents Fine Play At Salem
The operetta The Hulking Bee staged by George Kerneoley and Miss Leah Davis was presented by home talent at the auditorium Thursday night. A fine audience witnessed the performance with strong character work by Cecil Youngan Mina Ernestine Randolph E Stanley Young George Comeeley Russell Davis Bealth Wilson Edith Pepper. The songs and little folk parts pleased the crowd though many found the play short. News notes include James A Bumgardner returning from Mt Clemens with Jacob Randolph ill but improving, political chatter ahead of city elections, potential candidates for mayor chief of police street and water commissioner, and the Wells Fargo free delivery extension. The final preparations are underway for The Passing of the Third Floor Back at the College auditorium next Tuesday by the Christian Endeavor Society of the Seventh Day Baptist church.
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Salem
George Kerneoley
Leah Davis
Wlricfly
Cecil Youngan
Mina Ernestine Randolph
Jeruala
E. Stanley Young
George Comeeley
Russell Davis
Miss Bealth Wilson
Edith Pepper
College Auditorium
Christian Endeavor Society
Seventh Day Baptist Church
House Approves Shackleford Road Aid Bill for States
The House passed the Shackleford bill proposing a $25,000,000 federal aid program to assist state rural post road construction and maintenance. It outlines state administration through highway departments, with funds allocated by population and rural route mileage, and requires plans and estimates. The measure, seen as a beginning toward broader good roads progress, notes large total highway costs and modest federal support.
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Foyak
Washington
Hove of Representatives
House
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Treasury
Nates
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Minols
Indiana
Own
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Gary Hand
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Yils~ Yours
Montana
Ne Waska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Guth Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Weshington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
United States
Apecial Committee
Prcent Congress
Senate
Evangelist Fred Brininstool to Preach Two Weekly Sermons
Beginning tomorrow night in Bridgeport Baptist church, the Rev. Fred E. Brininstool of Wheeling will conduct evangelistic services twice daily for two weeks. He is praised as one of the country’s best gospel evangelists with a fire for souls and noted for wide spread conviction and conversions. Clergy expect strong turnout from Clarksburg and nearby towns. services set for both afternoon and evening each day.
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Bridgeport
Fred E. Briningtonl
Wheeling
Bridgeport Baptist Church
Brininstool
Clarksburg
Sperry Receives Safety Medal At Museum Dinner
The American Museum of Safety honored Elmer A. Sperry with the Scientific American medal for advances in gyroscope stabilizers aiding marine and aerial travel. Medals went to Wilbur Fisk of Travelers Insurance and Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, plus others for improving worker health and safety.
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New York Sun
Elmer A. Sperry
M. G
American Museum of Safety
Waldorf-Astoria
George B. Cortelyou
Consolidated Gas Company
Anthony N. Brady
E. H. Harriman
Frederick Remeen Hutton
Columbia University
A. Elmer A. Sperry
Scientifc
Travelers Insurance Company
Wilbur C. Fisk
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
Louis Livingston Seaman
William A. , Fairburn
Diamond Match Company
Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific Railway Company
John O'Brien
Chicago and Eastern Timers
Union Traction Company
Anderson
Ind
John E. Hancock
Fiske Memorial dormitory bequest at Princeton
President Wilson authorized by the will of Marie Antoinette Fiske to direct one third of her estate after other bequests are settled for the Fiske Memories dormitory at Princeton University in memory of her son who graduated there. Mrs. Fiske died in Los Angeles January 29.
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Wanen
Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson i
Marie Antoinette Fiske
Princeton University
Fiske
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AONE
James A. Bumgardner
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Jacob Randolph
Mr. Randolph
Joseph H. Moore
B. F. Wilkinson
David Galn
Amos Cooper
Cooper
Jess
Hs Friends
W. B. Leonard
Doddridge
Grant
Harrison County
Bristol
Tenmile
Robert West
Salem Express
Plavius Josephus Ehret
Ehret
Woman's Christian Temperance , Union
United Brethren Church
G W. Ware
J. Huffman Davis
Wells Fargo Company
Nervase
Sam
Bill
Elmer Sperry
C. B. Srey
Fiske Memorial
Wilson
Parsons-Layders
R. T. Lowndes
the Ideal Studio
Friendlanders
Renumq
Snyder Furniture
Globe Finger-Siegel Company
Pears Shoe Company
Palace Furniture Company
Hayman Greenhouse Company
Hall and
Bradford Lynch and Company
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