Death Toll Rises in Yale Rural School Fire Disaster
In Hobart Oklahoma a Christmas Eve fire at the Babb Switch rural school killed 33 people and injured 20 others. Among the dead is Mrs Florence Hill the teacher who stayed to help her charges. Survivors recall a tragic scene as flames spread and exits failed. Funeral services for sixteen victims planned tomorrow.
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Hobart
Okla
A. P
Babb Switch Rural School
T. C. Coffey
Babb’s
Coffey
Florence Hill
Sante
Christmas Tree Fire Damages Home In Northwest Street
A fire sparked by lighted candles on a Christmas tree damaged the home of William Stackhouse on E Street Northwest. The blaze caused 3100 in damage while Fire Marshal George Watson's cautions on holiday illumination were largely followed. Six other alarms sounded in the afternoon with no major incidents. two locals and one false alarm also occurred.
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William Stackhouse
E Street
George Watson
Little Milford Bank Scandal Casts Christmas Shade
Mil ford, Indiana, grapples with a $200000 bank collapse after trusted banker James Shepard, known as Jim, confessed to stealing funds from the Milford Bank and from the Methodist church. Citizens mourn vanished savings, canceled Christmas plans, and the town confronts shattered faith in a local leadership figure.
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Washington Post
Milford
Ind
James T. Shepard
James Shepard
Jim
Santa Claus
Santa
Capital Man's $3,000,000 Stock Transfer Revealed
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company founder born in Hughesville Pa. in the Civil War era is linked to a $3 million stock transfer. The beneficiaries reside across West Virginia, Virginia, and Ohio with about 50 in Columbus and a few in Pennsylvania. Ritter confirms the transfer to attorneys and says regional gatherings were mentioned by counsel though he lacks specifics. He has lived in Washington for twelve years and remains in close business contact without holding an office.
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Hughesville
Ritter
West Virginia
W. M. Ritter
Virginia
Clyde Shipman
Oliver Pryor
Edward R. Pryor
John Gwinn
H. F. Hartley
John Reagan
Maben
W. Va
Daniel R. Gortner
McClure
Pearl Stevenson
Fremont
Lena Kopp
Huntington
Ada Agee
Williamson
Lillian St. Clair
James French Strother
Welch
Spencer D. Shipman
Fitzpatrick
R. L.hooker
W. J. Osborne
Bluefield
A. T. Crockett
Oxley
B. H. Morrison
A. A. Kopp
H. J. Reed
Giles Caldwell
Princeton
L. O. Bailey
H. W. Shawhan
Beckley
C. W. McCoy
Grundy
Dan E. Tickle
W. Agee
William N. Cummins
Red Jacket
E. L. Mosby
Joseph T. Hays
William B. Rosas
Hurley
Dollie Ann Price
O'Keefe
Charles F. Gortner
Robert Oden
Paul D. Ritter
Carolina L. Boak
William Kaparakis
Clifford Napper
Washington, D. C
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Washington
Tifia City
Nitroglycerin Found on Man After Fatal Double Shooting
Randolph New York December 25 a bottle with two ounces of nitroglycerin was found in clothing from Peter McLarney the man who fatally shot his former wife Dorothy Anderson McLarney wounded two others and then killed himself after a revolver duel with Patrolman W A Bragg Mrs Grace V Anderson and her son John Anderson were shot and are recovering Frank A Vanderlip ill with typhoid fever at his country home Scarborough New York December 25 doctors say two more days remain before the crisis passes
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Randolph
N. Y
Peter McLarney
Dorothy Anderson McLarney McLarney
W. A. Bragg
Grace V. Anderson
McLarney
John Anderson
University of New York
Scarborough
Frank A. Vanderlip
Norman Barnesby
Maid Wid Signed McIntoge Will Called in Inquiry
First medical report awaited as inquiry proceeds into the death of a domestic servant. Examination of the body may take weeks, with Shepherd expected to return.
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Shepherd
Don Manuel Tellez Likely Envoy to U S
Special to The Washington Post Chicago December 25. Western officials prepared for a full inquiry into William Nelson McClintock's death with medical experts reporting initial findings while prosecutors prepare subpoenas for witnesses including maid Mary Gartner. The article also discusses potential Mexican envoy appointments for Don Manuel Tellez and other diplomats, and outlines the autopsy plan to determine whether typhoid or poison caused McClintock's death.
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Washington Post
Chicago
William Nelson McClintock
Ludwig Hekteen
University of Chicago
William D. McNally
William H. Burmeister
Oscar Wolf
Crowe
Mary Gartner
Kenilworth
McClintoc
Wiliam D. Shepherd
Calles
Senor Tellez
Coolidge
Hughes
Tellez
el Imparcial
Mexico City
Washington
Japan
China
Legation
Col
Manuel Perez Romero
Mexico
United States
Ramon P. Denegri
New York
Denegri
Agriculture
Obregon
Treasury
Pani
France
Irish Envoy's Son to Become Farmer
The 18 year old son of Prof. Timothy Smiddy, Irish Free State minister to the United States, plans to study modern farming in Canada after a visit to Washington and Canadian cities. He intends to enter an agricultural school at Guelph or Montreal, then settle on a Canadian farm as his life work. He is described as ambitious and self reliant, already at Albert Agricultural College in Dublin and optimistic about Canada’s future for his career.
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Timothy Smiddy
United States
Irish Free State
Washington
Canada
Dominion
Guelph
Montreal
Smiddy
Albert Agricultural College
Dublin
Statements by Miss Pope Denied by Shepherd
In Albuquerque on December 25 William D. Shepherd foster father of William N. McClintock rejects Chicago reports. He says Miss Isabelle Pope was in Billy's room and that Dr Stolp two nurses Mrs Shepherd and he were present as Billy died. He notes Billy was unconscious days before death and that Pope spoke with him a week before he died. He denies a coolness between Mrs Shepherd and Miss Pope and says Billy insisted on delaying marriage until recovery. He and Mrs Shepherd supported the marriage despite objections.
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James B. Davidson
Shepherd
Robert H. Stoll
Chicago
Stoll
Albuquerque
N. M
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Isabelle Pope
Billy
Miss Pope
Cold Christmas Grips Nation With Record Low Temps
Across Ohio and major cities from Columbus to Chicago and Indianapolis, Christmas Day temperatures plunged to record lows. In Ohio some areas logged 3 to 14 degrees below zero with fatalities and many injuries linked to the freeze. Chicago marked six degrees below zero, its coldest Christmas in 50 years, while Cleveland’s 53 year record fell to five below. Port Clinton reported 11 to 14 below, and Indianapolis saw four below with a slow morning rise.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. P
Port Clinton
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Weather Bureau
Chicago
North American Company to spend 41.5 million on 1925 utilities expansion
New York December 25 Expenditures totaling about 41 500 000 will be made by the North American Company for expansion of its public utility properties across the United States in 1925 F L Dame president announced Plans call for 26 1 million in the northern Ohio district around Cleveland 11 million in the Illinois Missouri area centered in St Louis and 10 million for Wisconsin and Michigan Electric and coal properties in Kentucky will be improved at 500 000 A stock dividend policy will provide about 3 0 million with the rest from bond and preferred stock sales Subsidiaries have sold 16 500 000 in 6 per cent bonds in the last two months to investors The 1925 projects include a 400 000 horsepower Avon Ohio station and a Cleveland steam heat plant with further distribution extensions Officials say the company foresees strong expansion ahead
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New York
North American
United States
F. L. Dame
Ohio
Cleveland
Illinois- Missouri
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kentucky
Dame
Avon
North American Company
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Hohatl i
American Ice Company
Jim” Shepard
Methodist Church
Shepard
Vanderlip
Subpena
Don Manuel Tellez
U. S
Rufus B. Stolp
James B. Herrick
McClintock
George E Gorman
Wolff
Salvation Army
St. NW
Spirit of
Yuletide
Ernest FR. Hoss
Gag
Dunkirk
Sheriden Fields
Aun
Central
South Florida
Laffornia
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Julius Garfinckel & Co
Their
Victor Entertainment
Victrola
Victor Records
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
de Pachmann
Bob
Paul Whiteman
Victor
New Victor Records
Victor Company
Red Seal Records
Masetta
Lucrezia Bori
Vebed'sseau
Vamey
Musetta
Schumann
Frans
Chop
Prane
Chopin
Sciaben
Mengelberg
Selbest
Bilharmonic
Schubert
Rosamande
Vladimir de Pachmann
Vladimir de Pein
Freeland Kendrick
Keneks
Rapidfire
Mandy
Tennessee Billy Murray
Ed Smalle
Crete
Billy Murray
Senate
The
Brox Sisters
Dance
Indiana
Ktterey Heri
American Dance Orchestra
Dan Gregory
Jack Chapman
Drake Hotel
George Oben
Victrrola J20tr Company
Camden
Nakie Talking Machine Co. of Canada, Ltd
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