Qualifications of postal candidates are inquired into
Two U S Civil Service Commission agents visited town to interview citizens about the qualifications of postmaster candidates to succeed the late Hunter N Kern. They came from Washington and plan to report to President Coolidge soon. Petitions supporting candidates were said to carry little weight with the administration.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Hunter N. Kern
Washington
Post Office
Coolidge
Bodies of Two Babies Found in Norfolk Waters
Two infant bodies were found in shallow river water under the Algonquin Park bridge in Norfolk Virginia. Fishermen brought the bodies to the surface from a galvanized iron bucket and police began a systematic drag of the river to search for additional victims.
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Norfolk Waters
Associated Press
Norfolk
Al‘gonquin “Park Bridge
Hach
Poison Found In Stomach Of Wilford Sweetin Trial
Mount Vernon Ill December 10 three and two tenths grains of poison were found in the viscera of Wilford Sweetin Dr W D McNally of Chicago testified in the trial of Lawrence M Hight and Mrs Elsie Sweetin charged with her husband’s murder He said two to three grains could cause death and the poison was odorless tasteless and soluble in any squid.
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Associated Press
Mount, Vernon
Ill
Wilford Sweetin
W. D. McNally
Chicago
Lawrence M. Hight
Elsie Sweetin
Mor timer In Farber Trial Faces Bond Question
Elias H. Mortimer chief government witness in the Farber trial is cross examined about an indictment in New York in May 1923 for violating the Volstead act. He said he posted a $5,000 bond and was later released by Mabel Willebrandt, with details unclear on the timing relative to Senate and grand jury testimony.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Elias H. Mortimer
Farber
York
Mortimer
Mabel W. Willebrandt
Grand Ry
Forbes
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