Former inmate of asylum kills wife and neighbor in Pine Bluff
Samuel C. McAdams a former patient at the state hospital for nervous diseases killed his wife by striking her with a chair and setting her clothing on fire. He then shot neighbor Joe D. Helton at his home, returned to his farm, killed his hunting dog, and fired at two boys fleeing in a truck after grabbing a gun. He had been released from Little Rock’s state institution about two years earlier.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Samuel C. McAdams
State Hospital
Joe D. Helton
Mcadams
Helton
Cat Little Rock
Prohibition Enforcement Called for by Buckner in New York
United States Attorney Emory R. Buckner urged strict enforcement or repeal of the prohibition law at a luncheon address to the Aldine Club in New York. He cited rising alcohol poisoning deaths in 1925 and blamed denatured alcohol diverted from legitimate channels for bootleg poisonings, noting federal steps under Prohibition Administrator Lincoln C. Andrews reduced bootleg poison distribution by half. He praised Andrews for dismantling a vast administrative pyramid in Washington.
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New York
United States
Emory R. Buckner
Aldine Club
Buckner
New York City
Lincoln C. Andrews
Gen Andrews
Washington
Japanese Funerals Are Long Drawn
A 19th century overview details Japanese funeral rites including Buddhist and Shinto practices. It describes procession roles, temple ceremonies, incense offering, liberation of birds, and distribution of flowers, with cremation as the common method and burial restricted inside city limits.
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Japan
India
China
Tokio
Davis Lamar and the Lamar Name in U S History
A reader rebutts a Post article linking a Davis Lamar to cited criminal convictions. The letter discusses alleged alias use before a Senate committee, notes prominent Lamar family members in law and politics, and urges correcting the record.
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Davis Lamar
Wolf
Wall Street
Senate Investigating Committee
Lamar
Davis Lewis
Finn
Supreme Court of the United States
John A. Campbell
Alabama
L. Q. C. Lamar
Mississippi
Joseph R. Lamar
Georgia
United States Congress
Bureau of Animal Industry Accomplished Great Work Last Year
The annual report from Atlanta dated December 18 notes three national emergencies faced by livestock with two foot and mouth disease outbreaks in California and Texas and the European fowl pest eradicated across nine states. It covers tuberculosis testing of 7,000,000 cattle with 3.1 percent condemned, low hog cholera due to preventive serums, and warns against new outbreaks with persistent watchfulness.
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Atlanta
Bureau of Animal Industry
California
Texas
United States
Foreign demand creates a milk industry in China
Chicago reports a new milk industry in China driven by foreign demand. Jersey cows and water buffalo crossed with European breeds yield high butter fat milk, though milk remains a luxury for Chinese men and only wealthy families drink it. Au-Young, director general of the Chinese bureau of economic information, notes much milk used in European concessions comes from cross bred cows.
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China
Jersey
N. Au-Young
Bureau of Economic Information
Au-Young
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