Spider Haines sits atop flagpole beating rivals for days
Denver’s Leroy Spider Haines, the world champion heavyweight long distance non stop pole sitter, marks fourteen days atop a flagpole as he fights weather and fatigue. Joe Powers in Chicago extends his own stay, eyeing a two week target to outlast Haines while considering a daring sea voyage next.
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United Press
Denver
Leroy
Spider” Haines
Spider
Snider
Py United
Chicago
Joe Pow
High
Powers
Kelly
Body of Utilities Official Found In Lake Near Morgan City
The body of James J. Leboeuf, superintendent of the Louisiana Public Utilities Co., was found weighted down in irons in a lake near Morgan City after he vanished Friday while reportedly borrowing a boat. Police report no known motive and the coroner labeled it murder at unknown hands. Also, the Royal Commission in Australia heard a charge that Wesley church Melbourne programs are monotonous, but Rev. J H Cain denied it noting a plebiscite showing church services preferred. discontinuance remains before the commission.
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Associated Press
Morgan City
James J. Leboeuf
Louisiana Public Utilities Company
Wesley Church
Melbourne
Royal Commission of Broadcasting In
Australia
J. H. Cain
2000 Butterflies Arrive From East Africa to America
Two thousand butterflies collected in tropical East Africa were shipped from Liverpool to America. Mounting of the specimens required 333 hours of spare-time work by A. Lovering of Clevedon England. The collection, valued at 2500 dollars, also includes thousands of beetles grasshoppers and other insects gathered by Lovering.
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East
Africa
Liverpool
America
A. Lovering
Clevedon
England
Lovering
Taxi Driver Held in Slaying of 2 Women
A taxicab driver suspected as a former sweetheart of Anne Grenville was arrested for questioning in the murder of Anne Grenville and Sadie Bell "Teddy" Dubois in St Paul. Police also questioned Charles M. Hutchinson and another man. Hutchinson helped locate the bodies with a cab driver.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Anne Grenville
Miss Grenville
Sadie Bell
Teddy” Dubois
Charles M. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Paris men copy hat brooches in bold fashion trend
In Paris a new style sees men wearing hat brooches once seen as feminine. Auto and motorcycle youths pin deceptive brooches on their berets, including motor mascots and animal or devil shapes in gold silver or enamel.
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Paris
Cigar Factories Close In Sympathy Strike
In Tampa on July 7, fifty cigar factories closed as 16 000 workers walked out in a one day sympathy strike for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. A large labor meeting was set for the afternoon to urge clemency for the condemned pair.
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Tampa
Fla
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomew Vanzetti
Massachusetts
London boy earns bravery medal for Thames rescue
Henry Morgan, a London schoolboy, saved an eight year old from drowning in the Thames and was awarded the Royal Humane Society bronze medal. His mother slapped him for arriving late to dinner unaware of his life saving. He had also earlier stopped a runaway horse.
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Henry Morgan
London
Thames
Henry
Royal Humane Society
Death 500 Miles Away Causes Two More Fatalities
A Chicago woman dies from a heart attack after learning of a sister-in-law's death 500 miles away in Omaha Nebraska. Her daughter Winifred, aged 24, dies after running for a doctor and is struck by a car. Neighbors later find the mother dead in her room.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Ellen Buckley
Winnifred
Paul Kelly Accepts Punishment After Manslaughter Conviction
Paul Kelly plans to start life anew after serving his manslaughter sentence in San Quentin for the Ray Raymond murder. His attorney, W S Gilbert, announced Kelly’s appeal was dismissed in the California Court of Appeal. Dorothy Mackaye, Raymond’s wife, received one to three years for being an accessory in the same murder.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Kelly
W. S. Gilbert
Gilbert
Kelly
San Quentin
Second District Court of Appeals
Ray Raymond
Dorothy Mackaye
Raymond
Miss Mackaye
Fire destroys three blocks at Rockaway Beach
Fire today destroyed three blocks of frame buildings along the ocean front at Rockaway Beach New York leaving about 150 persons home less Loss was estimated at between 100 000 and 200 000 dollars
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United Press
New York
Ocean Front
Rockaway Beach
Tommy Polly Held on Dallas Theft Charge
Dallas detectives arrested Tommy Polly on a felony theft charge. Polly about 18 allegedly stole clothing worth 70 dollars, after buying clothes from Blackburn Bros and sending a delivery boy to cash a check to pay for the package, then vanished with the goods.
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Tommy Polly
Dallas
Polly
Blackburn Bros
Jealous husband kills daughter wounds wife then commits suicide
Chicago July 7 Police say William Goeschell slain his 8 year old daughter in a fit of jealousy after finding his wife away from home and suspecting an affair He stabbed his wife in the throat then cut his own throat and likely will die Mrs Goeschell may live.
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United Presa
Chicago
William Goeschell
Goeschell
Mother's Friend Promises Easier Pregnancy for Expectant Mothers
A vintage advertisement promotes Mother's Friend as an external lubricant for expectant mothers. It claims three generations of use and urges readers to start now. Readers are asked to request a free booklet from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Georgia, mailed in plain envelopes.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Cardui Helps Comer's Woman and Daughter Recover
Mrs. C. H. Smith, of Comer Georgia, says she was weak and nervous and could hardly lift her hand. After using Cardui she reports a notable improvement and strength return. She also notes her young daughter, struck by flu related cramps, improved enough to stop the remedy after one bottle. Cardui has been used for over 50 years and is described as purely vegetable and mild.
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Comer
C. H. Smith
Cardui
Cardus
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