Countess Morner Testifies in Fallon Bribery Trial Scene
New York July 29 Countess Morner former Vegay Hop ains Jones musical comedy star and ex wife of millionaires testified for the government today in the Wallen bribery case. She described a crowded courtroom scene and her outfit from a white toque to a red and white gown as she testified that details of visits to an inn and Rendigs were discussed. The defense challenged her version and questioned whether the attorney's actions influenced the case.
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New York
Costs Mooner
Hopains Jones
Tevn Millionaires
Wliam Tm Wallen
Iui
Fallon
Trendigs
Sons of Revolution To Honor Coolidges
A ceremony plan by the Sons of the Revolution to place a memorial marker on the Plymouth school grounds, honoring Captain John Coolidge and President Calvin Coolidge, with ties to Plymouth and Bunker Hill. The event commemorates their oath of office and birthplace, per local notes.
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Sons of Revolution
Coolidges
Plymouth
Coolidge
John Coolidg
Bunker Hhs
Aston
Jw St
Police Seek Missing Child and Her Nurse
Police hunt for Dorothy Kay Blanchard a 4 year old missing in Cleveland with her nurse Mrs Mhoehe Wed believed kidnapped. A warrant charged the nurse and descriptive circulars are being prepared for a nationwide search spreading to Detroit and Ann Arbor seeking leads and relatives of the missing child.
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Cleveland
Dorothy Kay Blanchard
Earth Tremors Reported Near St Louis
Earth tremors were recorded at St Louis University Seismograph Station near 100 to 150 miles southeast of St Louis. The tremors began at around 4:40 p.m. and continued into the early evening, with observers noting slight shaking. No damage reported and authorities investigate the source.
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St. Louis
St. Louis University
Romance ends for Peggy Joyce and Count Morner
The Count and Miss Joyce recount a turbulent marriage begun in New York and Chicago. He claims no love after the wedding, while she faced demands for money and a titled life. Morner says he trusted her, but disputes claims of abuse and improper support.
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Count Morner
Morner
Touripaste Company
Chicago
Europe
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Yoon
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Chidako
New York
Flint
Count Gosta
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Atlantic Vitro
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Coyst
Sweden
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Stepmother Admits Killing Four Children
Anna Hauptrief, held in Hays county Jail in San Marcos on four murder charges and one of assault to murder, confesses to poisoning the children and her husband William Hauptrief of Goforth. The confession, signed in front of witnesses after confrontation with poison and a tipped can, was disclosed by District Attorney Fed Blundell.
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Austin
Tex
Anna Hauptrief
Hays
San Marcos
William Hauptrief
Goforth
Fed Blundell
Blundell
Courtesses Killing Girl In Ohio 2 Years Ago
Special in The Washington Post. Charles Flynn of West Bridgewater Pa confessed at Brooklyn police headquarters to murdering Mine Matte Kharda in Steubenente OR Marek Tag. He said he met the Cincinnati girl on a train then attacked her at Steps bénville when she refused his proposal. He killed her with a biadhiack. Copenhagen report adds unrelated political note.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles Flynn
West Bridgewater
Brooklyn
Matte Kharda
Steubenenté
Marek
Tag
Flynn
Cincinnati
Steps Bénville
Woman Tarred and Feathered Freed on Bail in Maryland
Mrs. Mary Shank of Myersville was released on $7,000 bond after tar and feathering Miss Dorothy Grandon of Martinsburg, West Virginia, with the victim remaining jailed on prior bail. The two women exchanged reconciliations and vowed mutual support if the case goes to court as details of the attack and ongoing legal actions emerge.
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Washington Post
Frederick
Mary Shank
Myersville
Dorothy Grandon
Martinsburo
W. Va
Victor Alexander
MidaXatown
Grandon
Viola Kennaty
Miss Grandon
Mrs. Shank
Lingh Shank
Atair Grich
Ex-Gov Dix Cleared Of Blame In California Accident
Former New York Governor John A. Dix, residing in Santa Barbara, was absolved of blame by a police inquiry after an automobile collision yesterday that seriously injured Mrs. Nettie Keating of San Francisco. Keating’s relatives declined to press charges.
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San Francisco
John A. Tex
New York State
Santa Barbara
Calif
Nettie Keating
Keating
Death Ray inventor faces blindness in English device tale
New York reports English inventor Harry Grindle Mathews, creator of the so called death ray, has been under treatment for failing eyesight during the past week. One eye is completely sightless and the other is markedly impaired, according to disclosed information.
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New York
Harry Grindell Mathews
Two Women Conquer Mount Robson First Ascent
Miss Annette E Ruck of Brooklyn and Mrs W A D Munday of Vancouver became the first women to scale Mount Robson 13068 feet in the Canadian Rockies. They reached the summit after leaving Berg Lake Camp at 3 30 a m and arriving at 4 30 p m the same day, returning to base tired and hungry.
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Mount Robson
Mount Robin
Canadian Rockies
Annette
E_ Ruck
Brooklyn
W. A. D. Munday
Vancouver
B. C
Alping Club
Hungary
Tipsy Crows Reveal Abandoned Still in Clearfield County
Harrisburg July 20 five inebriated crows were seen around a pine near Clover Run, Clearfield County, leading to the discovery of an abandoned still. W J Delansky, assistant game protector, tracked the birds and found cow and crow tracks and mash evidence showing both animals had fed on the mash. Seth E Gordon, secretary of the State board of game commissioners, released the report.
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Harrisburg
Clover Run
Clearfield County
Seth E. Gordon
State Board of Game Commissioners
W. J. Delansky
Delansky
Two Officers Shot Dead in Auto Near Wilmington
In Brunswick County North Carolina a posse found Deputy U S Marshal Lilly and City Prohibition Agent Leon George dead in their car four miles from Phoenix after reports of a battle with bootleggers. George, 52, had 25 years on the force and three in prohibition work. Lilly, about 45, left a wife and several children.
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Wilmington
N. C
Phoenix
Brunawick County
United States
Lilly
Leon George
George
Brunawieck County
Police Department
Wins 16 Year Battle for Son Pardon in Tennessee
Nashville July 29 a Tennessee mother Mrs Sam Hatfield 63 won a long fight to have her son Lon Hatfield pardoned for the 1908 murder of a minister. She addressed Gov Peay and parole board and was told he would grant the pardon as a Christmas present.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Sam Hatfield
Parole Board
Austin Peay
Hatfield
Lon Flatfield
Too. Peay
Readhouse Killing Sought Youths After East Mansfield Death
Police hunt eight youths linked to a Readhouse killing in East Mansfield. One youth is believed to have fired the fatal shot after intruders cut the telephone wire and demanded money from Mrs. Clara Williams, who refused. Her son Leslie tried to defend her. a revolver was drawn and knocked aside as the woman was shot.
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Mansfield
Mass
Clara Williams
East Mansfield
Death Penalty Carried Out in Charleston State Prison
Jyrdl Vandenheck a former resident of Lawrence Massachusetts and Renfrew Ontario was executed in the electric chair at Charleston State Prison shortly after being convicted in June 1923 for the murder of Gillian Scarman of Lawrence Scarman’s body bore two bullet wounds. He fled to Belgium after the crime and later went to Canada where he was arrested at Renfrew Ontario in February 1923.
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Canada
Renfrew
Ont
Gems Stolen From Pullman Berth in Transit
Three packets of diamonds valued at 20060 and 5600 dollars were stolen from a Pullman berth aboard a train en route from Columbus to this city. Harry Cohen of Cohen, Perlmutter and Skeska, New York, reported the loss to local police, claiming a man he met in Columbus accompanied him to the train.
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Pullman
Columbus
Ohio
Harry Cohen
Cohen
Three Liquor Craft Seized by New York Police
New York harbor police seized three motor craft linked to rum running in New York waters. The Rex was found abandoned off Bayonne New Jersey, the Elisabeth Wilcor off Hal Holt Point in Long Island Sound, and the On Time captured at Jones Inlet. Four men aboard the On Time were arrested.
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Rex
Bayonne
N. J
Elisabeth Wilcor
Hallet's Point
Long Teland Senna
Jones Inlet
Uggder
Marine
Customs
Bennett and wife held for grand jury in Hoffman killing
In Chattanooga July 29 W H Bennet and his wife Hate Bennet were held to the grand jury after a district court hearing over the death of Miss Augusta Hoffman a modiste who vanished in 1916. Detectives say a skeletal grave site behind the Bennetts’ former home contains her false teeth and eyeglasses. the couple claims she left the country after marrying.
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W. H. Bennett
Hate Bennett
Augusta Hoffman
W.F. McQaurhy
Hoffman
Bennetts
Miss Hoffman
Knoxville
Misa Hoffman
Milk Sold at One Cent a Quart in Price War
Wichita Kansas July 29 milk sold at two leading grocery stores for one cent a quart as a result of a milk war across the city.
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Wichita
Kans
Looser Garments Decreed for Men in 1925 Styles
Cedar Point Ohio July 29. Dressers up men to wear looser coats with longer collars and wider lapels if styles approved for spring and summer 1925 by the American Designers association are adopted. Trousers will be a little looser, vests plain single breasted and slightly higher cut. Materials will be subdued shades and mostly simple in design.
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Cedar Point
Ohio
American Designers Association
National Association of Merchant Tailors of America
Charles H. Taft
Erie
Hit
Man Is Handcuffed And Kidnapped by Pat
Allanta police chase two men linked to an alleged kidnapping and assault on B. Dutton, 47, of Egan Park. Dutton and his daughter were at home when a man forced him outside, handcuffed him, and placed him in a vehicle after presenting an apparent warrant on a vagrancy charge.
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B. Dutton
Egan Park
Atlanta
Jlo Muapend
Knowles
Dulten
Patton Pris
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