Fakers Expose Relics of Booth Hoax Cited by Fay
Springfield March 28 Five alleged skulls of John Wilkes Booth are on display while twenty Booths have died, says H W Fay custodian of Lincoln's tomb. He debunks claims Booth survived and outlived Lincoln. Fay outlines Booth's final death at the Garrett farm and cites official identification of the body. Nes Moines report notes tax lien filings and a bank measure signed by Governor Hammill aimed at public funds.
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William St. Reasa
George
Dea
Regan
Vicim's
Ty Thomas A. Jones
Potomac
Baker
Secret Service
Wwe
West Chester High School Notes and Events Listed
West Chester High School reports track chosen over spring football after a Wednesday mile and a half run. Outdoor training is possible as weather improves. Girls host and entertain boys and faculty at the gym with games and punch and wafers. Sophomores plan a dinner for board members, juniors stage the play Poor Father on April 2 and 3. The history class recalls a Germany event in 1971 and a Paris exit in a parachute.
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New School Board
Cnes
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Paris
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Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Distant Stars Found Far Hotter Than the Sun
Dr. C. G. Abbot of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory reports measurements estimating temperatures of ten bright stars. Beta Rigel shows about 16,000 C, Vega 14,000 C, Sirius 11,000 C, Procyon 9,000 C, with Capella 5,800 C and Betelgeuse 2,600 C among others.
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Mar
C. G. Abbot
Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
Abbot
Beta Rigel
Vega
Sirius
Procvon
Capella
Aldebaran
Beta Pegasi
Betelgeuse
Alpha Herculis
Dr. Abbot
E. F. Nichols
Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Narrow Street on Screen at Fox Theatre
Warner Bros adapts The Narrow Street at Fox Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Dorothy DeVore shines as Doris while Matt Moore plays Simon Haldane in a brisk mystery romance. Beaudine directs with Josephson adapting the screenplay, delivering a lively translation of the popular novel.
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Matt Moore
Dorothy Devore
David Butler
Russel Simpson
George Peirce
Gertrude Short
Tempe Pigott
Kate Toncray
Filipinos Read More Newspapers and Magazines
The Bureau of Posts reports rising readership with the weight of second class mail matter and postage for papers and magazines more than doubling from 1918 to 1924 in Manila.
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Manila
Bureau of Posts
Critics liken rodeos to Spanish bullfights in cruelty
In Chicago March 28 a statement from BE Whitehead of the Colorado Bureau of Child and Animal Protection, issued by George W. Scott for an American Humane Association committee, condemns rodeos as entertainment for bloodthirsty crowds. It alleges rodeo stunts exceed old cattle-range practices and cause suffering, injury, and death to animals, with men often drawn into violence by choice.
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Chicago
BE. K. Whitehead
Colorado Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Geerge
WW. Scott
American Humane Association
Mr. Whitehead
Drake athletic director Tug Wilson ill in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Tug Wilson Drake University athletic director is seriously ill with influenzal illness or similar. Other items note H A Knepper’s death in Sioux City at 58, and Gold Star Memorial Highway commission advancing county organization plans. a Cedar Rapids painter injured by a collapsing smokestack. a Marion bakery fire causing about 10500 dollars in damage. and Schuyler Colfax Jr a former mayor of South Bend and Kodak cinema head dies in New York.
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Des Moines
Kenneth L
Tug) Wilson
Drake University
Gold Star Memorial Highway Commission
Rochester
Schuyler Colfax, Jr
South Bend
Cinematic Department
Eastman Kodak Company
New York
London Fails in Fog Exterminator by Suction Fans
London attempts to clear fog with suction fans feeding a condenser box that drains soot and dirt. Inventors concede impracticality as 750 condensers would be needed and costs could reach 25 million dollars making tests unlikely to succeed. London County Council seeks inventor support and financing for further trials.
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London
Mar
London County Council
Edwards acquitted in slaying case at Heasemer
Dr. George T. Edwards of Heasemer Alabama was acquitted of the slaying charge. In Lincoln Nebraska General John J. Pershing arrived for a brief vacation before his duties overseeing the Tacna Arica plebiscite. A Loyola seismograph recorded an earthquake estimated to be 1700 miles north of New Orleans.
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George T. Edwards
Lincoln, Neb
John J. Pershing
Lincoln
Tacna-Arica
New Orleans
Loyola
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