Death toll from tornado rises across eight states
The tally climbs with dozens dead in Georgia and Illinois while Michigan Indiana and Ohio report widespread damage. Widespread wire outages hinder totals. Springfield Illinois reports thousands in damage and Georgia losses reach about 75 dead with 100 to 325 injured. Elmer Apperson, Kokomo Indiana businessman, dies of apoplexy at a speedway race in Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Central West
Alabama
Michigan Peninsula
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
Lancing
Bay City
Saginaw
Illinois
Springfield
Sangamon County
Georgia
la Grange
Mareh
Casuyalles
E. Apperson
Los Angeles
Cal
Elmer Apperson
Kokomo
Ind
Apperson Motor Car Company
Speedway
Chicago Garbage Men Walkout Shuts City Pickup
Municipal refuse collection halted as all workers at the Chicago reduction plant go on strike. Drivers, walkers, and clerks join the walkout demanding 85.00 a day. finance committee suggests 4.40, down from 4.00.
Senate votes for air mail route in post office bill
A senate committee amendment to the post office appropriation bill would establish a transcontinental air mail route from New York to San Francisco via Chicago Omaha and Philadelphia route proposals were debated. A Gay Louisiana amendment routing mail through Atlanta New Orleans Houston and Los Angeles was defeated on a point of order.
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Washington
Post Office
New York
San Francisco
Chicage
Omaha
Neb
Senate
Gay
Dem
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Townsend
Post Office Committee
Mob Lynchings Reported in Lexington Area
A Black man, Grant Smith, was fatally harmed by a mob on a bridge near Millersburg after confronting a fourteen year old white girl. The mob dragged him from a roadside and hanged him at a railroad bridge, then dispersed. Civil unrest followed a prior case in Lexington where Will Lockett faced trial for a similar crime. Police escorted the suspect from Ventive, Michigan to Plemmingsburg before the mob attack.
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Grant Smith
Lexington
Millersburg
Ruby Aniersi
Will Lockett
Ventive
Mich
W. Vowell
Plemingsburg
Ace Big Strike in Stockyards
Chicago March 30 A complete tieup of the union stockyards faced by rail and meat companies after an unauthorized strike by about 4000 cattle drivers feeders handlers and weighers seeking a flat 8 30 monthly increase. The Chicago Junction railway embargoed all stock ship ments except horses halting stockyard traffic and no cars moved.
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Chicago
Chicago Junction Railway
Mmn
Kankakee Population Rises 19 Percent in 1920 Census
Census figures show Kankakee at 16 721 residents, up 2 735 from 1910 for a 19 percent gain. Other cities listed include Winona Minnesota 19 148 up 500 or 3 percent and Yankton Dakota 5 024 up 1 237 or 82.7 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Kankakee
Winone
Minn
Soo
Yankton
New Attack Opened on U S Day Law Before Supreme Court
New Jersey Attorney General argues that three fourths of states have not ratified the prohibition amendment and that internal police power remains with the states. Case involves the eighteenth amendment and Volstead Act challenges plus a separate beer manufacture dispute.
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New Jersey
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Ew Jersey
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Christian Feigenspan
Newark
McCran
United States
Hiss Brief
Fragmented phrase on beverages and intoxicating liquors in legislation
The OCR fragment notes that the words beverage purposes describe the scope of a tax or regulation and that intoxicating liquors are a separate defined term within the act. It mentions congress or state legislature context and the legal phrasing around substance categories.
House of Commons moves second reading of Irish home rule bill
The second reading of the Irish home rule bill was moved by Ian Macpherson amid tension. The government, fearing Sinn Feiners might demonstrate, stationed special guards at Westminster to maintain order.
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London
House of Commons
Ian Macpherson
Ireland
Westminster
German Peace Near as Ruhr Strife Eases
Telegrams from Muenster report many Ruhr socialist rebels quit the fight with independents following a conference of Berlin trades unions and communists. Paul Levy of Frankfurt says the Communist party cannot win under present conditions and seeks to end the fight, while the government promises energetic measures against illegal acts.
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Copigen
Ruhr
Germany
Muenster
Essen
Berlin
Berlin Government and the Communists In the Ruhrre Sion
Paul Levy
Frankfort
Communist Party of Germany
Herr Levy
Fortmunn
Oberfeld
Bremen
Jury Filled from Courtroom Spectators in Cherry Case
Peremptory challenges depleted the panel so eight jurors were chosen and four more were selected from the audience to complete a twelve member jury for W A Cherry versus Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance. The sworn jury includes T D Woodburn William Palmer Mack Beenblossom Henderson Wallace William Matthews Charles G Tucker Charles Brower John Woods A M Gordon J H Steinbeck J W Jones and L L Lemley. The suit seeks damages for a claimed Colt death insured by County Mutual, denied by adjustor James Thompson who disputed lightning as the cause. The colt valued at $100. The next case is Fountain versus Hastie for damages from an automobile accident.
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W. A. Cherry
Washington
T. D. Woodburn
William Palmer
Mack Beenblossom
Henderson Wallace
William Matthews
Charles G. Tucker
Charles Brower
John Woods
A. M. Gordon
J. H. Steinbeck
J. W. Jones
L. L. Lemley
Cherry
Insurance Association
County Mutual
James Thompson
Lawrence J. Fountain
Irvin Hastie
Mrs Warren Moves to Ladora With Daughter
Mrs A Warren leaves her son W H Warren’s home where she had stayed since Christmas to make her home with her daughter Mrs Charles Heller in Ladora Iowa.
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A. Warren
W. H. Warren
Ladora
Iowa
Charles Heller
Mrs Samuel Wolf to Be Buried Here
Mrs Samuel Wolf aged 86 died Monday evening in Chicago at her son Thomas Wolf’s home after a hip fracture. Funeral services will be 2 30 pm at Woodford chapel in Washington with the funeral party arriving tomorrow morning. Survived by two sons Thomas Wolf Chicago and Charles Wolf Cheyenne two daughters Mae and Lida Wolf Chicago and one brother Mose Robinson Little Rock Kansas. The family lived in Washington for years and Mr Wolf died in Chicago March 15 1919.
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Samuel Wolf
Chicago
Thomas Wolf
Washington
Woodford Chapel
Wolf
Funeral Services for John E Clifton Held at Woodford Chapel
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 30 for John E Clifton at the Woodford chapel with Rev Leslie Mont ford in charge. Interment followed at Brighton cemetery.
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John E. Clifton
Woodford Chapel
Leslie Mountford
Brighton Cemetery
Services of Passion Week Opened at Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church opened Passion Week services with an organ prelude a song service and a duet by Miss Nelson and Miss Walker The pastor preached on The First Temptation from Genesis 3 13 and urged prayers for blessing Tonight's 7 25 prelude begins followed by the sermon The Lords Supper will be celebrated Thursday with a brief illustrated sermon on Christ's life planned for Wednesday.
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Presbyterian Church
Miss Nelson
Miss Walker
Christ
Local News Notes and Advertisements
Bosch high tension magneto on the Chandler Six noted. Mrs. John Lowash returns to Bright on after visiting Rt. H. Paul and Lloyd Maxwell. Bevins Motor Co. Mrs. C. B. Foster travels to Davenport to visit Dr. A. L. Syverud. Bruns Seed Store promotes Lawn Grass mix and onion sets. Plumly's sells Singer sewing machines new and used. Gladiola and Deana bulbs offered. Mrs. John Davis and daughter visit Verdi with Des Moines acquaintance. West Chester trip planned for Dodder family.
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John Davis
Ed Gibson
Des Moines
Assembly Committee Report Requests NY Legislature Vacant
An Assembly committee urges that the New York Legislature be declared vacant. The report cites alleged misconduct and calls for immediate vacancy to enable constitutional or legal action and new elections. Authorities urged include state leaders and relevant oversight bodies.
Peace talks hint as Soviet minister opens Poland route
In Albany on March 10 the committee sustained charges of unfitness against five socialist state assembly members and urged seats be vacated. A separate dispatch from London notes Foreign Minister Litvinov informed Poland of willingness to begin peace negotiations on April 10 as Poland proposed.
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Evening Journal
Albany
Danto
State Assembly
London
Liteherin
Poland
Special price on Early Bliss Triumph Seed Potatoes at Bruns Seed
Bruns Seed Store advertises special pricing on Early Bliss Triumph Seed Potatoes. Mrs. Boyd Humble travels to Columbus Junction to visit Mrs. Lloyd Marshall for the day. Bruns Seed Store features rooted sprouted hyacinth tulip daffodil and narcissus bulbs. A local family group visits for a birthday dinner with Robertson relatives. Parsons College Girls Glee Club performs Friday night with free will offering.
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Bliss Triumph
Bruns Seed Store
Boyd Humble
Columbus Junction
Lloyd Marshall
Parsons College Girls’ Glee Club
Sale of Household Goods Friday Afternoon
Sale of household goods on Friday afternoon April 2 at 2 o clock weather permitting on the lot back of the old Methodist church or at the parsonage if poured. Items include leather davenport sectional bookcases dining table rugs beds cabinets desks guitar tables and more. J A Glendening 309 West 2nd St D F Macon Auctioneer 372 eod
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Old Methodist Church
J. A. Glendenning
West 2Nd St
D. F. Macon
Notice of Settlement for Lemley Co
We have sold our business and wish to settle all our accounts. Please call at the store to pay cash or we will take your note. We appreciate a settlement soon to avoid calling on everyone who owes us. J. W. Lemley for the Lemley Co 3777
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J. W. Lemley
Lemley Co
Michigan Senator Will Not Return Until Conviction Questions Resolved
Washington March 80 Newberry of Michigan will not resume his seat in the senate until questions arising from his conviction in a Michigan election conspiracy are disposed of. He said he will resume his activities only after all matters are cleared up.
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Washington
Newberry
Michigan
Senate
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Wlinois
Municipal Reduction Plant
Packers
Supreme Court
Ruhr Valley
John Clifton
Bosch
Chandler
John Lowash
Brighton
Rt. H. Paul
Lloyd Maxwell
Goodyear and
Bevins Motor Co
Singer Sewing Machines
Plumly’s
Bruns ‘Seed Store
H. M. Dodder
Daryl
Nelle Dodder
West Chester
Mi Ram
NEW York Legislature
Ralph J. Robertson
Miss Lorene
Near West Chester
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