Estranged Wife of New Orleans Broker Levels Accusation
Mrs Cecile Ware wife of a New Orleans cotton exchange member has sworn out a warrant charging Clark G Kuney former Three Lakes banker with larceny of 92000. She says she loaned the funds to market a Wisconsin crop. Kuney is jailed in Fort Myers Florida on similar charges. He faces a divorce suit filed by James Ware.
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Chicago
Cecile Ware
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Clark G. Kuney
Three Lakes
Wis
Kuney
Wisconsin
Fort Myers
Fla
Kaney
James Ware
Long Lost Son Frank Sapp Located in Philippines
A Danville mother’s letter to Manila police leads to locating her son Frank Sapp who enlisted 25 years ago and stayed in the Philippines. He operated a Camiguin sawmill and rafted natives to safety during a volcanic panic. a PathFinder report confirmed his presence. A forthcoming reply from the police and a return letter to Mrs. Sapp are planned.
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Manila
Danville
Frank Sapp
Philippines
Coast Guard
Pathfinder
Babuyan Islands
Camiguin
Babuyan
Babupan Islands
Camiguin Island
Sapp
Meat Supply To Last America Only Fifteen Years
At the Scottish cattle breeding conference in Edinburgh Major E N Wentworth of Armours Bureau Chicago said the United States has surpassed sheep and mutton consumption relative to production and is at beef balance. He predicted British colonies may export to the US within 15 years as industrial demand rises and wages stay high. He doubted pork and bacon would return as US imports but expected beef sheep lamb and dairy products to become markets.
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Edinburgh
E. N. Wentworth
Armour’s Bureau
Chicago
United States
Major Wentworth
Merica
Father and Son Movement gains world reach
Walter W. Head of Omaha reports the Father and Son Movement spreading globally through Y M C A channels. He notes over 20 nations observe Father and Son Week and more than 3,000,000 fathers and sons in the U S joined events last year. Head links world brotherhood to peace and outlines plans for National Father and Son Week during November 9-16. The Y M C A World Committee and Boys' Work Division will cooperate, with E M Robinson coordinating.
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Geneva
Switzerland
America
Walter W. Head
Omaha
United States
American Bankers’ Association
Y.M
Fathers and Sons
Providence
R. L
Head
Y. M C
Boys’ Work Division
E. M. Robinson
Jellyfish Stop Swimmer in Sea Off Husum
In Husum Germany on August 16 a swarm of jellyfish forced endurance swimmer Otto Kemmerich to abandon a North Sea race after three and a half hours of pain. He finished ashore exhausted with a badly swollen body. Butchers plan a Chicago convention to discuss financial strains.
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Husum
Germany
Otto Kemmerich
North Sea
Tifton Contractor Drops Dead While Working in Uplands
Kane Goff of Tifton Ga a contractor with the Florida East Coast railroad dropped dead while going to work in the Uplands area. Physicians said heart trouble caused the unexpected death. The death occurred after a call from Okeechobee earlier today in Orlando Florida.
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Tifton
Uplands
Orlando
Fla
Okechobee
Kane Goff
Tifton Ga
Florida East Coast Railroad
Cotton opens as Americus warehouses take in bales
At noon today 119 bales of new cotton were weighed at Americus warehouses with more expected before night. Gins operate in all parts of the county as picking continues and the season is expected to open in full next week with bales rolling steadily.
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Americus
Italian Aviator Locatelli Reaches Iceland Flight Post
Hornafjordur Iceland August 16 Lieutenant Locatelli Italian aviator completed a trans Atlantic flight and landed at noon arriving from Thorshaven.
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Thorshaven
Farcex Island
Hoefn
Hornafjord
Iceland
Locatelli
Arcex
Island
Williamson Reinstated in Cotton State League Scandal
HATTIESBURG Miss August 16 Buddy Williamson star pitcher of the Hattiesburg team in the Cotton State League was reinstated after a Friday suspension for playing with Joe Jackson at Americus Ga The league president Franks Scott ordered the reinstatement finding Williamson a free agent at the time he played with Jackson Jackson has been outlawed by organized baseball.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Buddy Williamson
Joe Jackson
Americus
Williamson
Franks Scott
League
Jackson
Methodist Baracas To Have Visitors
Methodist Baraca class members will host visiting Baraca guests from another class Sunday morning. Robt. G. Glover, president, said a snappy program is planned and efforts will entertain the visitors. Members unable to walk will be provided autos. all members should arrive promptly at the class hour.
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Robt. G. Glover
Glover
Hand organ used in English church near Wortham
In Trottiscliffe, a small parish church uses a barrel organ for services and weddings. The instrument can play 69 hymn tunes and is operated by the sexton turning the handle.
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Wortham
Eng
Trottiscliffe
World flyer may be indefinitely delayed in Iceland
Washington August 16. Department from Reykjavik of the American world fliers may be indefinitely delayed to await improved weather conditions, indicated in a message to Major General Patrick head of the air service, front Lieut. Lowell H. Smith flight commander. The message dated yesterday from Reykjavik said new delays due to ice and other circumstances and added the fliers will leave as soon as practicable.
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Washington
Department
Reykjavik
Patrick
Air Service
Lowell H. Smith
Duke's International Hospital Tokyo Receives 75000 Gift
Tokio August 16. Duke's International Hospital in Tokyo run by the American Episcopal Mission Board led by Dr. R B Teusler has been given 75000 dollars by the Japan Red Cross via the Department of Home Affairs. The donation honors the hospital's aid to Japanese charity patients after last September's earthquake and fire. Dr Teusler is in America raising funds for reconstruction after the institution burned in the September conflagration.
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Tokio
Duke’s International Hospital
American Episcopal Mission Board
R. B. Teusler
Japan Red Cross
Department of Home Affairs
Baptism Planned Sunday at McMath's Mill
Rev. E. T. Moore announced baptismal services for Sunday at 3 o'clock in McMath's Mill. Reports say the number of candidates is not yet known. Candidates were converted during the revival at Rehoboth church on Dawson road four miles from Americus. The meetings, led by Moore, drew large crowds with fifteen joining by profession or letter and Preston Orchestra providing music. The revival spirit is described as the strongest in Rehoboth history.
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E. T. Moore
McMath’s Mill
Rehoboth Church
Dawson Road
Americus
Moore
Preston
Rehoboth
Leroy Murray Gets Deserved Promotion
Americas friends of LeRoy Murray will be interested in the announcement from Atlanta that he has been transferred from Jacksonville Florida to Washington D C by the Nunnally company. He becomes district manager for the Nunnally company in Washington Richmond and Norfolk. He is the younger son of Dr Emmett Murray and has long served Nunnally in Atlanta Birmingham and Jacksonville. His promotion places him in charge of Nunnally interests in the District of Columbia and Virginia.
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Americas
LeRoy Murray
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Iton
Nunnally Company
Murray
Washington
Richmond
Norfolk
Mr. Murray
Emmett Murray
Nunnally
Birmingham
Nannally
District of Columbia
State of
Virginia
German securities climb rapidly in New York market
Report notes sharp gains in imperial government securities as Dawes plan prospects boost demand. German 5 per cent war loan bonds rise from $5 per million marks to $1 750, Prussian 31 2 per cent pre war consols advance to $4 000, Berlin 4 per cent bonds to $12 000, and City of Hamburg bonds offer $50 cash per $1 paid.
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New York
United States
Paris
London
Germany
Berlin
City of Hamburg
Body of missing deputy found near Rome
The body of Giacomo Matteotti, socialist deputy who disappeared June 12, was found five miles from Rome. Newspapers declare today.
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Rome
Giacomo Matteotti
Outler Party Back From Arkansas Trip
Rev and Mrs John M Outler and family return home after a two week motor trip through the Ozark Hills Arkansas They visited their daughter Mrs C L Dyer in Siloam Springs and called at Nodl Sulphur Springs Stillwell and Dripping Springs They observed a vinegar factory at Rogers Ark and notes on grape cultivation near Tontitown one site offering 2 ee per hundred for cranes eld boner price cited as 65 to 70 dollars per ton
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John M. Outer
Orack Hills
Arkansas
Americus
S Loam
Springs
Ark
Cutler
Rogers Ark
Tontitowny
Welch Corporation
Unknown man may be woman's slayer in Los Angeles
Police have testimony that Mrs. Iva Martin, who lived in the house with McCoy and Mrs. Theresa Mors, heard the shot and saw two men leave just before Mrs. Mors was found dead. She identified one man as not McCoy and caught only a glimpse of the other.
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Los Angeles
Iva Martin
McCoy
Theresa Mors
Darrow Wins Point In Franks Hearing On Leopold Doubt
Chicago August 16 The Franks hearing turned into a two hour exchange as Clarence Darrow and Dr D Singer clashed over questions to Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Singer admitted he asked no questions when the youths were underage and said his conclusions rested on observations only. He argued that their current age marks a critical period for potential mental illness and suggested a split personality could indicate mental disorder.
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Chicago
Franks
Clarence Darrow
D. Singer
Robert E. Crowe
Darrow
Singer
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Dentists Meet in Americus August 20
The Third District Dental Society will convene in Americus on Wednesday August 20 with sessions starting at 10 o'clock. Noted visitors include Dr John Smeltzer of Atlanta and Dr H H Williamson of Albany, delivering talks on detecting incipient lesions and the fundamentals of child development nutrition.
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District Dental Society
Americus
John Smeltzer
Atlanta
H. H. Wilkianson
Albany
Pr. Smeltzer
Williamson
The
Society
J. M. Adams
Fitzgerald
Victor Grubbs
Cordele
W. A. Newsome
P. Davis
Bathing Beauties To Be Here Monday
Stuart Prather of the Windsor hotel announced a party of bathing girls will arrive in Americus Monday. The group, led by Jacksonville Mayor John T. Alsop and Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce members, tours Georgia ahead of the Georgia Florida get together in Jacksonville later this month. Prather will arrange a welcome gathering and the visitors may parade briefly to foster Georgia Florida goodwill. Mayor Alsop, a Mercer alumnus and former football captain, also sang bass in a Macon church quartet.
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Stuart Prather
Windsor Hotel
Americus
John T. Alsop
Jacksonville
Mayor Alsop
Georgia
Florida
Mercer University
Mulberry Street
French and Belgian Workers to Leave Ruhr Occupation Extended
London reports August 16 1925 set as evacuation date for the Ruhr. France agrees to extend occupation by one year and drop linked economic demands. Premier Herriot dates the extra twelve months. Belgian and French will withdraw 400 nationals from German railways immediately, retaining a small staff for occupation needs.
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London
Ruhr
Plymouth
Germany
France
Herriot
Dawes Pleased by German Evacuation Plan
Chicago August 16 General Charles G Dawes head of the American experts who drafted the Dawes plan of reservations welcomed news that Germany had accepted the evacuation plan.
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Chicago
Chas. G. Dawes
Dawes
Clark County Schools Eye Mid Winter Vacation Plan
In Winchester Kentucky Clark county schools will adopt a mid winter break this winter, shortening summer vacations. Superintendent Paris Akin says the plan boosts attendance and education for rural students by closing during the worst winter months while teachers can attend schools then. The term openings: August 4 to December 19, with a March 16 to June 5 second term.
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Winchester
Clark County
Paris Akin
Akin
Mirage Deceives Colorado Throng
Loveland Colorado August 16 a remarkable mirage appeared on Fourth Street a principal thoroughfare forming a deep pool of water in the middle of the street A crowd gathered as motorists swerved to avoid the illusion The water reflected passing cars but the pool itself was not found after closer inspection
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Loveland
Colo
Fourth Street
Plan to prevent premature burial in Parliament
London reports a bill to stop burial alive by requiring medical inspection of a corpse before death certification and a thorough inquiry into the cause. The cost would be charged to the deceased’s estate, reflecting the era’s concern with funerary accuracy.
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London
Semsaltia
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Big
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Cecil Ware
Philippine Islands
Little Joe
Wess
Nan Richardson
Yonkers
N. Y
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Clarksburg
W. V
World Brotherhood
Father and Son Committee
Butchers
Lieut
AEM
Cotton State League
Lieut. Smith
Japped Cposs
American Hospital
Episcopal International Institution
William J Pavis
Boston
Outler
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Loeb
Dr. Singer
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Mirage
Colorado
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