Life Primitive in Lincoln Country
Dr William E B Barton of Oak Park Illinois notes life in Lincoln country remains primitive in parts yet modern touches exist. He rode a White River ferry as Lincoln did while tracing the family journey from Kentucky to the son’s burial, observing a hybrid of old and new in Ohio and Indiana with powered launches guiding scows and weather boarded log churches.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
White River
Petersburg
Ind
William EB. Barton
Oak Park
Ill
National Council of Congregational Churches
Barton
Lincoln
Springfield
Springfield, Jr
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Boys Run Stolen Ford In Ditch Near Marcia and Lafayette
A Ford stolen from Clarks' park during a ball game was driven into a ditch near Marcia and Lafayette streets last night. Two boys jumped onto another machine with three youths and escaped a pursuing man in his car. The vehicle was owned by P. Y. Dowling of the Virginia apartment.
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Marcia
Lafayette
Clarks’ Park
P.y Dowling
Virginia
Strange contrast afforded in Rio
Rio de Janeiro faces a gallant but losing battle against rising living costs. Prices for food clothing and housing have doubled or tripled in the past year while wages lag. Fairs offer cheaper staples, yet downtown wealth shows lavish displays. immigration continues as labor shortages hamper expansion.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Minister of Transportation
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Rio
Rio Branco
Europe
Death of Edwin M. Hood Veteran AP Diplomatic Reporter
Edwin M. Hood, 65, longtime Associated Press Washington correspondent, died at his home after a period of ill health. Hood joined AP as a messenger and rose through diplomacy and state affairs beats, earning respect from secretaries of state and diplomats. He influenced policy by advising Secretary Hay during the Moorish crisis with the Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead message.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edwin M. Hood
Hood
McKinley
Navy
Hay
Perdicaris
Raisuli
Morocco
Royal Coffin Found Aboard Bremen Now Constantinople
A long ago tale of a royal coffin aboard the Bremen resurfaced as the ship, renamed Constantinople, runs between Sandy Hook and the Golden Horn. In its hold investigators found a lavish casket lined with silk and adorned with gold and silver. The note recalls William Hohenzollern’s travels and the imperial suite once aboard.
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Bremen
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Europe
Constantinople
Sandy Hook
Golden Horn
William Last
Bernhardt Home to Become Dance Hall on Belle Isle
Paris reports the late Sarah Bernhardt’s Belle-Isle country house sold for about 350 900 francs to a buyer planning a summer hotel with a jazz band and dancing on the first floor this season. The mayor had hoped a municipal Bernhardt museum would be formed, but the sale proceeded.
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Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Belle-Isle
Brittany
Paleis
Little Island
Bernhardt
Governor Dixon plays down Roosevelt county trouble report
Elena Aug 9 Gov Joseph M Dixon said he attached no importance to reports of farm labor unrest in Roosevelt county Mont near the North Dakota line He noted no contact with authorities since Dan Noble county agent wired the U S marshal asking federal help Bainville is about 509 miles away for a fuller letter Noble said large numbers of farm labor agitators are causing trouble and local authorities are unable to handle the situation urging federal assistance for harvest labor conditions in Northeastern Montana.
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Associated Press
Elena
Joseph M. Dixon
Roosevelt County
Mont
North Dakota
Dan Noble
U. S. Marshal's Office
Noble
Dixon
U. S
Rolla Duncan
Bainville
Marshal Duncan
Montana
Thousands Attend Stevensville Cemetery Picnic in Montana
In Stevensville Montana thousands attended the annual cemetery picnic with visitors from Bitter Root valley and cities like Butte Helena and Anaconda. The event featured a parade with prize stock from a two day dairy show followed by sports baseball and a rodeo. Speaker Harry H Parsons of Missoula addressed the crowd before picnic lunches. The creamery picnic began after a fire at Bitter Root Co operative Creamery and was started by John G Howe to unite farmers.
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Associated Press
Stevensville
Mont
Montana
Bitter Root
Butte
Helena
Anaconda
Harry H. Parsons
Issoula
John G. Howe
Bitter Root Co-operative Creamery
Weather Trends Report: Low Pressure Drift North East
The lowest pressure center sits over the plateau and extends northeast toward Central Montana. Fair weather predominates with light showers in British Columbia and the Idaho panhandle area. Temperatures rose across provinces east of the Rockies and along the eastern slope.
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Montana
British Columbia
Panhandle
Idaho
Rockies
Hearing August 21 On Tax Commission Fight
Judge W H Poorman set August 21 as the hearing date for Joseph Oker’s petition seeking an alternative writ of mandate against the old board of equalization. Oker asks the board to function or show cause why it should not. The old board ceased Feb 5, when the new equalization board appointed by Gov. Dixon took jurisdiction, a status later declared invalid by Judge Joseph R Jackson.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
W. H. Poorman
Lewis and Clark District Court
Joseph Oker
Board of Equalization
Oker
Equalisation Board
Joseph Dixon
Joseph R. Jackson
Butte
Building a First-Class Battle Man Cost Soars
A fragment notes that the cost of building a premier battle ship today is over six times higher than the price of using Isinglass in Europe to refine wines and other fermented liquors.
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Europe
Rankin to Address State Firemen Today at Montana Meeting
About 25 delegates gathered in Hamilton for the State Firemen's association annual meeting. The session adjourned early and the group attended the Creamery picnic at Stevensville, the Bitter Root valley's largest gathering where they were guests of honor. Tomorrow Attorney General Rankin will address the firemen. Chiefs from all larger departments in the state attended the session.
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Associated Press
Hamilton
Mont
State Firemen’s Association
Stevensville
Bitter Root Valley
Rankin
Argentina ends death penalty. crime rises in Bubenos Aires
Argentina abolished the death penalty about a year ago and violence has increased in this city. A bill to restore the death penalty has been introduced in congress amid the surge in crime.
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Bubenos Atires
Argentina
Congress
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