Closing Holy Year Ceremony at St Peter's Rome
Pope Pius XI closed the Holy Year in St Peter's Basilica with the holy door shut after a mass procession of cardinals bishops and dignitaries. Thousands filled the basilica and square while bells across Rome proclaimed the jubilee ending and a Vatican encyclical urged church independence from lay civil powers.
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Pius XI
St. Peter
Mamoth
New Yorker
Cardinal Hayes
New York
Lillis
Kansas City
Hoban
Scranton
Drumm
Des Moines
Lawler
Lead
St. Peters Square
Bernini
St. Peter’s
Dante
St. Francis of Assissi
Knights of the Cape
St. Peter's
Vatican
Kingdom of Christ
Former Secretary Weeks Hurt in Railway Wreck
Former secretary of war John W. Weeks was slightly injured in a head on collision near Moncks Corner South Carolina. Four trainmen were believed killed and many passengers were shaken in the Christmas travel rush on two Atlantic Coast Line trains. Mrs Weeks was reported hurt with no other serious injuries noted.
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Associated Press
Charleston
S. C
John W. Weeks
Atlantic Coast Line
Moncks Corner
Wilmington
N. Y
Manchester Senator Banta Seeks Third Iowa District Congress
George S. Banta of Manchester announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Third Iowa district. A former senator in the 29th and 40th Iowa General Assemblies, he practiced law after Iowa University and has worked in newspapers in Iowa City and Wyoming. He returned to his home farm in 1913 and serves on the Manchester city council.
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Manchester
George
Banta
Iowa
Iowa University Law School
Iowa City
Wyoming
Feng Army Enters City of Tien Tsin After Battle
Peking reports Chen Li and Feng Yu Hsiang forces clash in Tien Tsin with thousands killed or wounded. Feng’s troops advance, Li Chin Lin’s civil governor’s forces retreat in disorder as looting erupts and foreign settlement guards the area. Sun Yueh named Tupan of Chihli to replace Li.
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Associated Press
Peking
Matschal Feng Yu-Hsiang
National Army
Tien Tsin Th
Li Chine- Lin
Chihli
Feng
Tien Tsin
Sun Yueh
Tupan
Ticket drawing at Hampton store ruled illegal
Hampton Indiana December 24 The retail merchants council ticket contest was declared illegal by Attorney General Gibson and the Franklin county attorney was ordered to seek an injunction to stop the drawing. Tickets issued with each dollar spent were placed in a box and five names drawn weekly for five dollars each. The contest would have awarded two automobiles and radios at its close on February 27.
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Hampton, In
Retail Merchants Council
Gibson
Franklin County
Marshalle Town
Court House Yard
Webster City
Freeman-Journal
Associated Charities
Christmas Payroll Stolen by Bandits Near Pittsburgh
Six armed men robbed the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company pay car at Mollenaner near Pittsburgh, taking 47900 in Christmas payroll. Guard I L Gump was critically wounded, shot in the abdomen, as bandits fled in an automobile. Paymaster Leroy Sutton and guard Guoup had just alighted from a special railroad pay car nearby.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Mollenaner
I. L. Gump
Leroy Sutton
Guoup
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Freight Train Derailment Delays Rock Island traffic at Tiskilwa
A Rock Island freight train derailment blocked one main line track at Tiskilwa Illinois delaying heavy Christmas passenger traffic by one to two hours. Officials said the wreck was not serious.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Tiskilwa
Farm Land in Iowa Worth Over Three Billion Dollars
Iowa state census bureau reports total farm land value at 3,643,152,242 dollars with buildings 925,598,928 dollars and machinery 147,065,075 dollars. Mortgage debt on owner-operated farms stands at 724,283,427 dollars, averaging 55.84 dollars per acre, as debts on other farms run 121,905 dollars.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Lou F. Morgans
State Census Bureau
Attorney General's Office
Murderers Given Life Terms at Pen
Clarence Olson of Minneapolis and Dorrance Lyons of Dubuque were sentenced to Fort Madison penitentiary for life for complicity in Deputy Sheriff Leo Hemmer's murder in the county jail. Lyons received first degree murder. Olson a second degree verdict.
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Dubuque
Clarence Olson
Minneapolis
Dorrance Lyons
Leo Hemmer
Fort Madison
Lyons
Olson
Two Children Die as Hotel Burns in Oklahoma Fire
A three story frame hotel fire in Okmulgee Oklahoma killed Clem Wall 14 Lorena Wall 10 and Beatrice Mulberry 19 of Arkansas. The mother of the two children was critically burned and three others were injured while thirteen others escaped.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Dee
Clem Wall
Lorena Wall
Beatrice Mulberry
Arkansas
Recalled Ford Peace Ship trip sparks graft speculation
Elmer Davis and Rosika Schwimmer recount the Ford Peace Ship voyage amid a dispute over a book by Louis Lochner. The debate centers on graft claims tied to expenses run up by Gaston Planter and the disbursement officer, with critics noting lavish purchases charged to the party.
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Washington
PD. C
Elmer Davis
Ford Peace Party
E*mer
Mme
Rosika Schwimmer
Louis Lochner
Lochner
Peace Party
Mme. Schwimmer
Elmer
Gaston Planteff
Henry Ford
Rosika
Ford
Snow Predicted for Iowa Tonight and Christmas Chill
Light snow fell in Dubuque Charles City and Sioux City overnight. Forecasters expect more snow across Iowa tonight with colder temperatures on Christmas day. Lowest readings last night ranged from 14 to 26 degrees in cities including Charles City Dubuque Des Moines Keokuk and Sioux City.
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Dubuque
Charles City
Sioux City
Iowa
Davenport
Keokuk
Omaha
Minutes reveal Russia urged delay to avert war
Stanford historians report found July 24 1924 Russian ministry minutes translated by Robert C Binkley show Foreign Minister Sarzanov advised Serbia to refrain from armed resistance and ministers approved contacts to persuade Austria Hungary to grant Serbia a delay. The record suggests France had no collusion as Viviani met with Russia until the day before the Austro Serbian crisis.
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Iessa
Stanford University
Calif
Russia
Hoover War Library
Robert C. Binkley
Binkley
Serbia
Austria
Sarzanov
Sorzanov
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
France
Viviani
St Petersburg
Stanford
Christmas Robberies Hit Chicago Early This Season
Chicago police report more than fifty holdups in the 24 hours ending early today as bands of robbers flooded the city. No arrests, one possibly wounded, and incidents include a girl knocked down, elderly women beaten, a student robbed of 96 dollars, and a pair posing as a drug store clerk and manager during the hold ups.
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Peeney
Chicago
Christmas Bandit Rejects Sentiment in New York Heist
In New York on Christmas Eve a bandit who robbed a Broadway millinery shop of 900 dollars refused Pauline Turner and her sister’s plea for sentiment. He said nothing doing and clearly implied Christmas was no time for mercy. The proprietor reported the incident to police.
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Bandit
New York
Associated Press
Pauline Turner
Neponset Player Dies During High School Basketball Game
A fatal medical incident occurred at Shef field east of Moline when Neponset player Scott Gould collapsed during a game with Sheffield. Gould died minutes after being removed from the court, prompting the halt of play and a police investigation.
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Ill
Sheffield
Here
Neponset High
Scott Gould
Neponset
Christmas Gift Drives Spread Cheer Across Iowa
Des Moines reports show widespread charity as churches, unions, and clubs organize Christmas programs. Hospitals, veterans, and needy families receive gifts, with Good Fellow funds expanding aid and a Cedar Rapids tree lighting yielding festive civic pride amid winter snows.
Wilkins Aims Nonstop Flight Over Arctic Ice Pole
Captain George W Wilkins and companions plan a 1900 mile non stop flight over the Arctic toward the ice pole From Point Barrow Alaska to Spitsbergen The expedition would claim land for the United States if found Backers include the Detroit Aviation Society Henry Ford's engineering head and support from the American Geographical Society and government aid Involved aviators Lt John A MacReady and Lt James H Doolittle
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Associated Press
New York
George W. Wilkins
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
North Pole
Wilkins
Point Barerow
Alaska
Spitsbergen
United States
Arctic Sea
Detroit Aviation Society
Henry Ford
American Geographical Society
John A. MacReady
James H. Doolittle
Muddled OCR Note Reports Life Sentences and Crescent Orc?
An unclear clipping mentions a person named Clarence Dubuqu and references life sentences on Friday tied to a Crescent Orc by Fort IRA. The fragment also includes scattered dates and names such as Ming and Dorrance Lyons, with no coherent event or jurisdiction clearly identified.
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Dubuqu Clarence
Ming
Dorrance Lyons
Pila MassiMa
Fort Ira
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