New Tear Gas Test Fails Burglary Plot in NYC Jewelry Stores
Police staged a sham hold up to test a tear gas device for stores. A proprietor triggers a button releasing gas, temporarily blinding would be robbers who are led away by officers. Chapman, after study and writing, is said to be near a memoir and possible reprieve, with talks of a new trial or clemency. Rumors link him to a wireless message about a farmer witness slain by rivals, though details remain uncertain.
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New York City
Chapman
Ben Hance
Anderson
Wolfe
Hance
Indiana
Connecticut
Giant Cavalry Boot Marks 600th Guild Anniversary
In Doebeln Germany a colossal cavalry boot was built to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the boot-makers guild. Ten cow hides supplied the leather, the foot measures 5.9 feet and the shaft 16.4 feet. The boot will stay at the town hall as a lasting exhibit. Also noted is the Columbus voyage map in Paris National Library and Pittsburgh inventor C H Allen's tiny 18 grain engine with 165 parts.
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Doebeln
Germany
Legislature in Throes of Last Week Stampede
Atlanta August 18 The Georgia legislature is in the last week rush with both houses holding lengthy sessions to discharge a large calendar. Debate is limited to five minutes for most speeches and night sessions are held to speed action. Committees cut quorum size to finish final bills. votes on the first night session were not unanimous but passed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House
Sessson
Rules Committee
Senate
Chapman Studies As Pals Wreak Vengeance On Pair
The article notes a federal prisoner named Chapman receiving exceptional care and improving health after trial, with restricted daily routines and a secretive exercise schedule. A guard is posted for personal supervision during yard time, and his attorneys refused to reveal specifics.
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Chapman
Georgia roads blamed as worst by Frank Sheffield
Frank Sheffield urged Georgia to fund permanent road paving with gas tax if needed, arguing the current unpaved network harms motorists. He cited Shenandoah Valley routes and North Carolina roads as benchmarks and pressed for a pay-as-you-go plan or bonds to speed paving.
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Sheffield
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Mrs. Sheffield
North Carolina
Georgia
Highway Department
Too Much Hot Air in House by Georgia’s Youngest Member
Atlanta August 18 Rep John Wesley Weeks De Kalb county youngest member in the present legislature at 22 says he was elected after turning 21. He studies law at Emory University and notes fifty days in the house have given him a disillusioning view of the tremendous hot air that he says amounts to little.
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Representative Weeks
Atlanta
John Wesley Weeks
de Kalb
Weeks
Law School
Emory University
Spanish warships hunt sharks to save sardine fishery
Fragmentary OCR claims Spanish warships assigned to hunt sharks that have disrupted sardine industry. The text suggests tightening finances to protect livelihoods and avoid economic collapse.
A L Delegates Leave Tonight for Rome Meet
Three members of the John I. Mathis Post American Legion depart Americus tonight for the state convention in Rome. Delegates Walter Bell G W Thomas and John Wooten plan road sign campaigns and a Rome tourist camp survey to aid Americus citizens planning a similar facility.
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John I. Mathis
American Legion
Americus
Rome
Walter Bell
G. W. Thomas
John Wooten
Legion
South
Armory
Bell
la Societe Des 40 Horne
Six men raid St. Gerards hospital. loot liquor jewelry cash
In Newark on August 18 six men raided St. Gerards hospital escaping with liquor valued at 1150 dollars, jewelry worth 1800 dollars and 540 dollars in cash. The haul included 30 cases of assorted liquor and 20 cans of alcohol.
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Newark
N. J
St. Gerards Hospital
Senate approves bill to buy governor's bay mansion
Atlanta Aug 18 The Georgia Senate approved the house resolution to purchase The Prado property used as a residence by Governor Clifford Walker and his family restoring an official state owned governor's mansion.
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Atlanta
Senate
House
Prado
Clifford Walker
Georgia
Swimming's rising popularity shocks many this summer
The article notes growing interest in swimming as summer returns, while some people fail to attend events clothed, sparking mixed reactions about beach and pool culture and social norms.
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Help
An old ad claims calomel poisons the body and warns of its side effects. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable remedy that cleanses the liver without causing salivation. The ad guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer.
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Dodson
Grass Cookies Popular Egyptian Delicacy
In Luxor Egypt cookies with dry grass as the chief ingredient are a popular and economical Egyptian luncheon table delicacy. Makers say the cookies also combine several health giving qualities.
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Luxor
Egypt
Instrument of five strings blends violin and cello range
Prof Vladmir Karapetoff of Cornell University announces a five string instrument whose overall compass combines the ranges of violin and cello, promising new tonal possibilities for string players.
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Vladmir Karapetoff
Cornell University
Telephone Girl Now Well
Marshalltown Iowa reports a telephone operator who recovered after two years of bearing down pains and cramps in her legs with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills Her mother used it for change of life and she endorses the medicines for friends. Mrs P E Eve sts box 149 Marshalltown Ia and Mrs Clarence S Norton 18 Pierce St Dover NH share experiences about the tonic’s benefits.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
P. E. Evests
Fur traders of North Win battle with Arctic
Edmonton Alta August 18. Report from Jack Hornby Malcolm and Allan Stewart and Captain Critchell Bullock recounts a Mackenzie district fur expedition last year. The party was forced to live in a ground hole during winter as high winds prevented erecting a tent or shelter.
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North Win Batle
Arctic
Edmonton
Alta
Thisummer
Jack Hornby
Malcolm
Allan Stewart
Critchell Bullock
MacKenzie
Northwest Territories
Canada
Lemon Skin Whitening Tonic Promoted in Ad
An advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with Orchard White for a home skin whitening lotion. It claims a painless, fragrant blend that softens and beautifies skin, reduces freckles sunburn and tan, and is prepared by the user for best effect.
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Adv
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Paris
C. H. Allen
Pittsburg
Footloose
Carl Rupp
May Seymour
Q. R.S Rolls
Max Kortlander
Standing
Victor Arden
Tee Ine
Anteed
Melton Institute of Industrial Research
Frank Sheffield
Besssian
Wale
Bayes
Rayvar” Vile
Bayer
A.L
North Georgia City
Big Raul
Bill Bay
R. C. Ellis
G. C. Webb
Empire Loan & Trust Company
Americus, Georgia
Jackson and
Forsyth Streets
Barker Grocery
Mize Corner
Harris Grocery
Kotex
Kote
Il. H. H
Spring Street
Dela Vale
F. G. Beavers
Weil
Orm
Steen
sechley-St
W. H. Cobb
Jackson Street
Neon Buchanan
River Road
Curlee
Times-Recorder
Bragg
Western Metal Co
Bloomington
Ill
C. Street
Boston Mass
R. S. Broadhurst
Lamar St
Baker
Colbert
Freeman's Bicycle
N. Jackson
Reb
Americas
Jno
Jefferson St
J. HK. Cameron
Hill Street
J. B. Dorsey
Atlanta Trust Co
R. L. Maynard
P. B. Williford
Americus Business College
Lillian Braswell
Merritt Blag
Cotton Avenue
Bolton Brothers and Colored Drug Store
Barker Gro, CO
Toscott
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