Aged couple wed as dog dies before wedding
In St Louis on November 24 Greg ory Pressv 0 and Mrs Caroline Leismeister 70 prepared to marry at St Aloysius church. The death of Mrs Leismeisters dog Nigger a companion for years added pathos. Pressy said he would take the dogs place and the couple planned a modest reception and night of dancing before returning to Mrs Leismeisters five room cottage. Ten children approved the match, four unsure, with the union born of long companionship and shared loneliness after widowhood.
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St. Louis
Gregory Pressv
Caroline Leismeister
Leismeister
Pressy
Caroline
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Mrs. Leismeister
Preesy
Florisant
Germany
Cologne
Scholin to Compose Music for Unique Negro Cast of 30
Albert Scholin has been engaged to write music for The Chocolate Blondes, a production by Rector and Cooper. The show features an all-colored cast of 30 and will tour next season. Scholin completed three songs during their stay and signed for the rest to accompany the show.
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Albert Scholin
Stranded steamer Tentaisan Maro asks aid off Washington coast
Seattle reporters relay an SOS from the Japanese steamer Tentaisan Maru sent at 7:25 a m stating it is stranded off Grey Harbor on the Washington coast and requires immediate assistance.
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Seattle
Grey Harbor
Washington
Funeral services for Ernest Webberking
Funeral services for Ernest Webberking former Waterlnn resident killed in a Scranton Pa automobile accident last Saturday will be held at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church at 2 30 p m Rev Ray Leslie Smith and Rev Warren L Steeves officiating Brief prayers will be offered at the home of a daughter Mrs Otto Wendyard 268 Fowler Street Burial will be in Elmwood He was riding with his son Harry Webberking when their car was struck by a speeding vehicle causing his fatal injuries and his body will be transported from Waterloo
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Ernest Werberkinc
Ernest Werhberkine
Waterlnn
Scranton
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Ray Leslie Smith
Warren L. Steeves
Walnut Stireet Baptist Church
Otto Wendyard
Fowler Street
Elm
Wood
Webberking
Harry Webberking
Refuses to Pay Alimony Woman Faces Jail Time
Grace Ellicott of Los Angeles may be the first American woman jailed for failing to pay alimony. After a divorce suit and cross-claims, Judge Thomas Gould ordered $150 monthly support for husband William Elliott. She has not paid, risking imprisonment as an alimony defaulter.
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Grace VW. Ellicott
Los Angeles
United States
Thomas Gould
Elliott
Farm bloc finds plan to ubamate equalization fee
Washington nov 24 the senate farm bloc has agreed on a substitute for the McNary Haugen farm relief bill. It eliminates the equalization fee, funds surplus marketing from the treasury, and envisions a 200 million dollar appropriation for wheat and cotton surpluses, a five member federal farm board, and government loans to co operative warehouse plans with potential government handling of surpluses if requested. Some favor including all crops, others focus on corn and cotton, with an expected test cost near 300 million. The measure could be signed as an experimental step by president Coolidge if congress acts after reconvening next week.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Farm Bloc
United Press
Treasury
Brazil
Mchary-Haugen
Goulidge
Congress
Driver Hurt as Train Strikes Car on Tracks Near Rockwell
A car skidded onto a railway track one mile south of Rockwell last night and was struck by a train. Morris suffered a multiple skull fracture and a broken leg, while FP E McKillip of Omaha, who was riding in the car, was cut and bruised.
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Mason City
Cedar Bluffs
Woman and two men cut by flying glass in early crash
Mrs. John Hix and her brothers Henry and Philip Frank of Mount Auburn suffered facial cuts from windshield glass when their light sedan, driven by John Hix, collided with a motorcar driven by Jay R Elliott of Park Road at Fair and We w avenues and Riehl Street. They were taken to Allen Memorial hospital by police to ambulance. Also listed are marriage licenses for Ben Fawley and Lucille Brandt, and Kenneth Maust and Marie Clough.
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John Hix
Henry
Philip Frank
Mount Auburn
Jay R
Elliott
Park Road
Fair
Wew Avenue
Riehil Street
Allen Memorial Hospital
Lee Smith
Walter Sipe
Ben Fawley
Marshalltown
Lucille Brandt
Dysart
Kenneth Maust
Waterloo
Marie Clough
Gangland Raids Hit Chicago’s Genna Gang Leaders
Chicago dispatch reports police raids on gangland haunts netting forty Chicago gangsters including Pete Genna, last of the Genna brothers, amid talks of truces as feds plan deportations. Arraignments follow for fourteen, while Gunfire and a fatal shooting mark the ongoing police drive in a violent underworld feud.
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Chicago
Pete” Genna
Genna Brothers
Genna Gang
U. S
Joseph Aiello
North Side
Frank Herbert
Ed Herbert
Capone
Aiello
Two Ames Students Suspended After Rum Raid
Ames Iowa November 24 suspensions issued by the Iowa State College governing committee following the November 7 Sigma Chi liquor raid. Arthur Koester Sioux Falls and Clarence Boeke Hubbard admitted owning liquor found in their rooms and received suspensions until next September and March respectively. Boeke was fraternity president. Cases against Donald Allen Manley Rice Roy Grant were dismissed. Charles A Funk’s case was postponed.
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Ames
Arthur Koester
Sioux Falls
Clarence Boeke
Hubbard
Iowa State College
Sigma Chi
G. B. MacDonald
Boeke
Donald Allen
Dow City
Manley Rice
Roy Grant
Keokuk
Charles A. Funk
Ottumwa
Blackbird Becomes Pet in Iowa Home
Humboldt Iowa November 24 A blackbird found as a very young bird by Miss Nellie Pinney city librarian has been kept as a winter pet at the A A Pinney home. The bird refused to migrate with others and now stays content in a cage following household members for meals.
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Humboldt
A. A. Piney
Nellie Pinney
Pinney
Fire Alarms Report At Park Avenue And Franklin
Wednesday at 5 02 p m an automobile fire alarm was triggered by W Q Card at Park avenue and Franklin. Cause traced to engine backfiring. Minor damage estimated at $15.
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W. Q. Card
Park Avenue
Franklin
Temperatures Forecast for Wednesday Through Thursday
Readable fragments indicate temperature highs and lows for Wednesday and Thursday with times around 7 am. The text remains unclear on exact numbers, locations, or conditions.
Judge Defies State Rule on Releasing Prisoners
Des Moines reports Judge T J Sellers remitted sentences for good jail behavior, prompting Attorney Sey John Fletcher to say judges cannot release prisoners once sentences begin. Assistant County Attorney Mason Ladd faced a contempt threat when objecting to two misdemeanor releases, while Judge Sellers asserted the attorney general cannot dictate court action unless overruled by a higher court.
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Des Moines
T. J. Sellers
Sey John Fletcher
Mason Ladd
Sellers
Notes From Dead Girl Bare Love s Forlorn Tragedy
Police release letters written by Anna Schuster 22 a nurse describing despair over fiancé Walter Cummings 22 a salesman who admitted paying for the unborn child and spurning marriage four roommates held on disorderly conduct charges as investigators review the case The notes dated November 16 and 22 reveal pleas for mercy and a demand for a wedding ring to ease her deathly resolve
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Rockville Centre
Anna Schuster
Walter Cummings
Lewis J. Smith
Cummings
Miss Schuster
Walter
Sparkplug Company Names New President in Flint
Flint on November second announces the appointment of B W Deguichard as president of A C Sparkplug Company, a General Motors subsidiary. H H Curtice to succeed Deguichard. Deguichard fills vacancy caused by the Paris death of Albert Champion. In Des Moines, John Riley, 28, dies in a slate fall at Dallas coal mine near Granger. 60 to 90 miners escape injury.
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Flint, Mich
Pym
B. W. Deguichard
A. C. Sparkplug Company
Alfred F. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Sparkplug
H. H. Curtice
Deguichard
Paris
Albert Champion
Des Moines
John , Riley
Dallas
Granger
Remus Murder Trial Rests Day as Jury Tours Park
Cincinnati report on November murder trial pause with George Remus and jurors visiting Eden Park while prosecutors prepare final case. State outlines conspiracy theory while Remus boasts of thanks and peace of mind amid proceedings. Klug, a key witness, clashed with testimony as the defense challenges the conspiracy evidence.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Remus
Wham Henry Harrison
Imogene
Eden
Shook
Khag
George Blug
Eden Park
Klug
Labor Terrorists Blamed for Shooting of New York Garment Man
New York on November 24 INS reports labor terrorists struck again. Jacob A. Noyer aged 40 a partner in a garment business and father of three was shot dead on the street as panicked citizens fled the hail of bullets. Noyer had served as a delegate for the Amalgamated Garment Workers during the war and was active in strike actions. Peak suspects were under arrest.
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New York
INS
Jacob A. Noyer
Neyer
Amalgamated Garment Workers
First of Alabama Floggers Convicted
Luverne Alabama Nov 24 Gregory, the first of 43 percent defend ants to be tried for masked injuries in Crenshaw county, was found guilty today by a jury in circuit court.
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Luverne
Als
Shek By
Gregory
Crenshaw
Cheerless Thanksgiving for Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray
In the death cell Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray face a grim holiday. Snyder is visited briefly by her mother and remains despondent yet calm. Gray, with no visitors, spends his time reading and praying as the appellate court decision is awaited. A special prison dinner features baked chicken.
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Aheao
Priests to Attend Church Dedication in Des Moines
More than 100 priests from Iowa and other states will attend a high pontifical mass on December 4 for the dedication of St John’s Catholic church a $200 000 structure Rt Rev Archbishop Keane Dubuque Bishops Heenan Bronx City and Drumm Des Moines and Rev M S McNamara Des Moines will officiate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
St John’s Catholic Church
Keane
Dubuque
Heenan
Bronx City
Drumm
McNamara
German Ambassador to U S Receives Pope in Rome
Pope Pius received Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz-Gaffron retiring ambassador to Italy who will head the Washington embassy, and Frau von Prittwitz-Gaffron. The audience was cordial and the pontiff said he envied visiting the United States, a long cherished wish.
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Rome
Pius
Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz-Gaffron
Italy
Washingon
Frau von Prittwitz-Gaffron
United States
Governor Adams Moves to End Colorado Miner Strike
Denver reports Gov William Adams seeks to end the coal strike after Weld county coroner jury absolves state police in the Columbine mine deaths. He plans to push industrial commission mediation with miners and operators before the panel, while memorial services for Ludlow victims loom nearby.
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Denver
Colo
Wiliam
Adama
I. W
Colorado
Weld County
Columbine
Adams
Colorado Industrial Commission
State Industrial Commission
Weld
New Fords Arrive in Indianapolis for Dealers View
Indianapolis Ford dealers reported the first new model Fords arriving in the city. Dealers were summoned to a conference at the Ford assembly plant to view the cars Friday morning and expect to drive them on Indianapolis streets next week. Detroit information says public display likely December 2, with exact specifications tightly guarded and models driven from base in the dark Tuesday night.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ford
Detroit
Queen Marie Accepts Honorary Presidency for Pacific Highway Plan
Portland, Ore. Nov 24 Samuel Hill of Seattle announced Queen Marie of Roumania would accept honorary presidency of a new association to beautify the Pacific highway from Vancouver Island to Mexico. Hill hosted her on her visit last year and says the plan aims to improve the route with public support and funding.
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Portland
Ore
Samuel Hill
Seattle
Queen Marie of
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