Defense rests as Keyes testimony ties Admiral to plot
Ralph Keyes testified he overheard his wife and her mother discuss the admiral wanting to know if he could put his wife and Keyes out of the way. The trial of Mrs. Eaton for Admiral Joseph Eaton's murder resumes with defense expected to outline its case.
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Ralph Keyes
Eaton
Mrs. Eaton
Himsel
Plymouth
Mass
Jennie Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Admiral Haton
Boston
Washington
Alexandria
Ainsworth
Wallingford
Haton
Keyes
June
KU Women Must Learn Swimming For Credit
Lawrence Kan October 23 1920 University of Kansas requires all freshman and sophomore women to be proficient in swimming to earn physical education credits. A spring swimming tournament is planned in which the women will compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Department of Physical Education
Soldiers' Bodies Sent Home From Buckatunna Wreck
Four more of the seventeen bodies recovered from the Buckatunna Miss. wreck were sent to their homes while four others were buried in Mobile with full military honors. The deaths among the injured did not increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Buckatunna
Miss
Contract Let For Warsaw Road Letting
At the recent state road letting the Warsaw-Gainesville road contract was awarded to Shaughnessy Construction of Albany for $166,452.55. Arrangements are being made to begin work at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw Road
Warsaw
Gainesville
Shaughnnessy Construction Company
Albany
Mrs Jennie Eaton's Son-In-Law Testifies in Poison Case
The son-in-law provided startling testimony in a poisoning case involving Mrs Jennie Eaton. He described events surrounding the alleged poisoning and named key witnesses and timeline details.
No Drop in Beef Price Despite New Tariff
Charles W. Armour of Armour & Co. doubts the new beef tariff will lower prices. He argues relief depends on public behavior with veal and urges consumers to buy cheaper cuts to ease household costs. He notes South America supplying Europe and warns price drops hinge on cattle supply recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Armour
Kansas City
Missouri Corporation of Armour & Co
South America
Europe
Crow Exemption Case Reopened By Agriculture Dept
Washington department of agriculture reopens the crow case saying the bird historically condemned as destructive is valuable to farmers. Experts cite the crow's consumption of grasshoppers cutworms white grubs and other harmful insects reducing pest pressure on crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Civil War Veteran Lewis E. Taylor Kills Self in Hornell Home
Lewis E. Taylor, 78, a Civil War veteran, hanged himself at his Pine street home in Hornell New York last week. Found by family in the morning, he had been in ill health and temporarily insane. He tied velvet ribbons into a rope, attached one end to his bed post, and slipped the other around his neck, rolling from bed to cause strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Taylor
Pine Street
Hornell
N. Y
Mr. Taylor
Burglary Gang Shoots Westfield Watchman
Charles Ayres night watchman at Westfield Pennsylvania was shot through the hand by a burglar believed to be part of a gang attempting to rob the Westfield post office. Ayres confronted the assailant with his hand over the gun, the bullet pierced his hand, and he pursued the group while more shots rang out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ayres
Westfield
Ayres
Nome Storm Destroys Nation’s Endangering Beachfront
Nome Alaska was nearly wrecked by a severe storm that killed or displaced residents. Two miles of shoreline were devastated. five hundred houses were demolished with electric and telephone services cut. The loss reaches about 1.5 million dollars and outside aid is expected. Steamships Victoria and Corwin escaped damage by moving to open sea.
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Nome
Alaska
Victoria
Corwin
Roadstead
Stella Hodge Arrested At Erie Over Threatening Letter Scam
Stella Hodge was arrested in Erie for using mails to extort and defraud in connection with the Emil Amann murder case. She allegedly sent a death threat demanding $500 to H G Silcox of Philadelphia, and was jailed on $5,000 bail awaiting a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren
Post Office
Robert Lewis
H. G. Silcox
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Emil Amann
Preacher in Vaudeville Takes Lead in Self Writ Script
New Haven Oct 23 Rev Alexander Irvine pursues a vaudeville career after leaving the pulpit. He stars in The Parish of St Jude at the Bijou theater, saying the church no longer wants his message while vowing to continue crafting plays acting and writing books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Alexander Irvine
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
New York
Abducted 18-Year-Old Bride In Sharon Area
Mrs. Frank Desante, 18, married a week, was seized from her brother’s porch by three men in Sharpsville area. She was gagged and taken along Mercer Avenue. husband notified in Toledo. Warrants out for abductors as police identify suspects. Wedding had occurred in the alderman’s office with a second ceremony at St Bartholomew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Frank Desante
Sharpsville
Nere
Toledo
Mercer Avenue
Batavia Man Arrested After Dynamite Bite Incident
Anthony Litz, 22, of the Union Hotel Batavia, was arrested by New York Central detectives after a freight car with women's shoes and another with dynamite were broken into on a siding last week. He later bit into a dynamite stick at a Liberty Street saloon, spit it out when bitter, and handed the stick to the bartender. He claimed he thought it was chocolate when questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Litz
Union Hotel
Batavia
New York Central
Litz
Liberty Street
Oldest Byron Resident Killed by Fast Train
James Putnam aged 93, the oldest resident of Byron, was struck and fatally mangled by a fast New York Central train half a mile east of Byron station while walking on the tracks. A freight train on a separate track blocked the area. he likely did not hear the approaching fast train due to hearing loss. He leaves a wife, a son, and two daughters, all of Rochester, and had lived in South Byron for more than 65 years.
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James Putnam
Byron
New York Central
Byron Station
Mr. Putnam
Rochester
South Byron
Woman's Skeleton Found in Paris Grave Mystery Looms
In Paris Illinois coroner Opens inquest after a woman's skeleton is unearthed in a front district. A skull fracture suggests foul play, burial appears hurried, skeleton found by builders near an old house site. Shoes and pearl buttons are the sole identifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ill
Epperson
Girls Stand In Post Holes To Halt Pole Work
In New Castle Pennsylvania on October 23 Miss Mary Hamilton and her sister Elizabeth blocked city employees by standing in post holes in the rain. They thwarted the plan to place telephone poles before the Hamilton property by order of the city council. After midnight the sisters hired laborers to fill the holes once workers left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Mary
Elizabeth Hamilton
C. E. Milholland
Hamilton
Elizabeth
Rhode Island Hen Wears Fur Coat Like Cat
A Rhode Island hen owned by Charles Ketterling of Sharon Pa wears a fur covering over its body with only wing feathers exposed. The three inch tail resembles an Angora cat tail and the bird often rushes about madly chasing the strange appendage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Charles Ketterling
Sharon
Pioneer Oil Man Hammond Dies Near Cuba N Y
Francis Eugene Hammond a pioneer driller and oilman of Allegany county and inventor of a method for measuring oil tank car capacity died at his home near Cuba New York after a several month illness. He was noted for advancing industry practices and oil transportation systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Eugene Hammond
Allegany County
Cuba
N. Y
Wreck Near Mobile Kills 25 Soldiers
A Mobile & Ohio special train carrying 175 soldiers from Fort Morgan and four officers derailed in a ravine 344 miles from Bucatunna and 70 miles from Mobile. The disaster left 25 dead, 20 fatally hurt, and 82 injured, including several crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile & Ohio
No. 4
Coast Artillery
Fort Morgan
Bucatunna
Miss
Peaches Prove Profitable on Delmarvit Peninsula
J. G. Harrison & Sons of Wilmington Del report a peach orchard under 100 acres shows a net profit of 25828.84 this year. The orchard has under 106000 trees and the company says about 82 cars or 19174 bushels were shipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmarvit Peninsula
J. G. Harrison & Sons
Wilmington
Del
Sulzer Proclaims Innocence After Impeachment Verdict
Six Governor William Sulzer issued a broad statement denying accusations and attacking Murphy and the impeachment court. He says he never asked Allan A. Ryan to see Willum Barnes Jr or Murphy to halt the trial. The court removed Sulzer on four articles while acquitting others and named a new governor, Lt. Gov. Glynn, who took the oath at 3 41 p m in Albany. The vote tallies showed party lines with 5 to 0 in disqualification and a 43 12 decision for removal marking the end of Sulzer’s brief governorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sulzer
Allan A. Ryan
William Barnes, Jr
Mr. Murphy
William Sulzer
Charles J. Murphy
Mr. Suizer
L. Colwell
Festimly
Frederick
Fra
Sweet
Frawley Prime
Unani
Stock Exchange
Court of Appeals
Cullen
Sulzer
Duhamel
Emerson
Heacock
McKnight
O’keefe
Palmer
Peckham
Seeley
Stivers
Thomas
Wheeler
New York
Martin H Glynn
Albany
Edgar M. Cullen
Glynn
Sulzer Accepts Assembly Nomination in Manhattan
Former Governor William Sulzer accepts the Progressive nomination for the Sixth district in Manhattan and plans a national lecture tour in November and December to fund his political fight against the bosses and the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulzer
Assembly
William Sulzer
Manhattan
New York City
United States
Nebraska Land Open for Homestead Drawings in Neb Forest
President Wilson signed the bill opening 200000 acres of grazing land in the Nebraska National Forest to homestead drawing starting October 17. Drawings occur October 29 at North Platte Valentine and Broken Bow with 64 acre lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Nebraska National Forest
North Platte
Valentine
Broken Bow
Neb
Nagging Leads Mercer Man to Seek Divorce in Butler
Joseph J. Fleming of Mercer township aged 60 filed for divorce in Butler alleging illness from lack of sleep caused by his wife's nightly nagging. He says she used profane language about his step-children and his former wife’s family after 22 years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Joseph J. Fleming
Mercer Township
Fleming
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American Press Association
Packer
the Weather Man
Stella Hodge
Erie
Defraud
Man
Pioneer Oil Man
Murphy
Court of Impeachment
Nebraska
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