Flood victims rise as Cumberland swallows Nashville area
The Cumberland River floods Nashville causing hundreds more to flee homes. Water nears 55 feet with a forecast of 55.5 to 56 feet by Friday or Saturday as 2,500 city rocks and 4,000 to 5,900 people are affected. Relief funds of 10,900 are sought while trains and bridges face disruptions. Police report no deaths yet.
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J. W. Smith
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Here
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Securities boom and international loans lift 1926 market
The year saw growth in investment funds and bond buyers, with fewer large receiverships and reorganizations of major firms like Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul. Belgian stabilization bonds and U S central bank credits supported global finance, while large issues from Standard Oil New Jersey and others dominated the market.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
American Writing Paper Company
Florida
Belgium
Federal Reserve
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
New York
Chile Copper Company
Chile
Uruguay
Brazil
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Yokohama
Atlantic Coast Line
The
Southern Railway
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
National Cash Register Company
T’*c Water Associated Oil Company
Senator Borah urges withdrawal of forces from Nicaragua
The senator argued against intervention in Nicaragua, citing fears of harming sovereignty and warning against entangling with private American interests. He urged protection of Americans while withdrawing once it is safe, and cited Obregon endorsing non intervention and vigilance against being tricked into force.
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Diaz
Nicaragua
Borah
al ® Ro Obregon
Mexico
Obregon
Bie
Three Butte Tots Rescue Companions From Ice Hole
A trio of young Butte girls rescued a younger companion who slipped through thin ice near a spring fed pond. They replaced her wet clothing with mittens and escorted her to the Lightfoot home where she was warmed and cared for, averting possible drowning. The ice around the hole was solid elsewhere and the break was linked to spring flow.
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Olive
Lightfoot
Oil Companies Call for Time Extension on Mexican Concessions
A coalition including Humble Oil Refining, Standard Oil affiliates, Trans-Continental Petroleum, and others urged Mexico to extend the deadline for formalizing a protective concession. They argued the proposed terms do not safeguard pre-1917 property rights and require amendments to meet stated protections.
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Humble Oil Refining Company
Inland Oil Transport Company
Mexican Gulf
Mexican Petroleum
Tuxpan Petroleum Company
New England Fuel and Oil Company
Tamiha Petroleum Company
Standard Oi Company of California
Richmond Petroleum Company
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Trans-Continental Petroleum Company
Butte Whistles Herald New Year With Mighty Echoes
In Butte the annual New Year organ like chorus of the Steward and Original mine whistles fills the district with a rising crescendo. The first note signals dawn while rivalry among hoists heightens the celebration and echoes cascade across hills and streets. The tradition links to civic pride and past events, with the sound signaling both welcome and warnings through the years.
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Butte
Ha Hiehlands
Continental Divide
Butte Hill
Steward
Origital
London
London Tower
Weert
Cornelius F. Kelley
Anaconda Company
Whities
Montana
North Butte
Bryan
Roosevelt
New York
Marcus Daly
Lowden warns of peril to representative government
Frank O. Lowden, former Illinois governor, told the American Political Science Association in St. Louis that representative government is under attack worldwide and must be reformed on a scientific basis. He urged permanent under secretaries in every department to sustain governance across administrations.
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United States
United Steel Works Corporation
Rheineelibe Union
Great Sinnes Industries
Hugo Sinnes
Germany
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
American Political Science Association
The Mine Whistles Welcome the New Year
The tones of the mine whistles reflect the occasion, whether pleasure or pain, yet never carry more gladness than when they sound a welcome to the New Year.
McPherson case in limbo as grand jury hears new witnesses
The McPherson disappearance case faces possible dismissal as key witness Mrs Wiseman shifts stories and implicates Roland Rich Woolley. Prosecutors say the principal witness collapsed, making convictions unlikely and withdrawal probable. Woolley and Wiseman will testify tomorrow as the grand jury probes Miss X involvement.
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Keyes
Wiseman
Miss X
McPherson
Woolley
Los Angeles
Peace and Moral Disarmament Urged by President Coolidge
President Coolidge argues that mere armament reduction won’t secure peace and calls for moral disarmament. He stresses changing hearts of individuals and nations, reliance on international covenants, and courage to trust others over fear. The speech contrasts independence with global responsibility and emphasizes national character over prosperity.
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Mr. Coolidge
Washington
America
Washington Acts to Create Airshipd Cafe for Travel
Washington on Dec 29 announced the air navigation code to regulate all United States air travel with the new year. The commerce department will license aircraft and certify airworthiness, require pilot and mechanic examinations, enforce operating rules, and set license terms from one to three years with penalties for violations.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Hoover
Kent
Kansas City Slayings Baffle Police Seek Suspect Harris
Police pursued leads in a trio of strangulation deaths in Kansas City as detectives linked the cases to Adrian Harris a suspect in Seattle Portland and Corner Bluffs. A pickup order circulated describing Harris as about 180 pounds five feet eight inches tall and aged 30 to 40.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Adrian Harris
Seattle
Portland
Corner Bluffs
Iowa
Germania Harpin
Bonnie Pace
Harris
Root Endows Foreign Affairs Journal Fund
Elihu Root turns over the Woodrow Wilson foundation prize a check for 25000 to the council of foreign relations to create an endowment for foreign affairs income to sustain the quarterly Foreign Affairs journal edited by Archibald Carey Coolidge and Hamilton Fish Armstrong at Harvard University.
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Associated Press
New York
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Council of Foreign Relations
Foreign Affairs
Archibald Carey Coolidge
Harvard University
Hamilton Fish Armstrong
Automobiles Arriving in Shanghai from Major Countries
In the recent month Shanghai received passenger cars from the United States and Canada totaling 132, from Great Britain 18, and from France 35. The counts highlight cross border trade activity and consumer demand influencing regional markets.
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Shanghai
United States
Canada
Great Britain
France
Walkerville Matron Jennie Kelseth Dies After Illness
Mrs Jennie B Kelseth native of Wisconsin and Montana resident for 12 years dies at 216 Williams Street Walkerville after a long illness. Survived by husband H D Kelseth two daughters Pearl and Ruby three sons Harry Amber and Martin her father John A Johnson and sister Mrs Jane Holland all of Butte. Funeral Sunday at 1 34 pm from home to Mount Bethel Church with services at 2 pm by Rev Spencer and interment Mount View Cemetery.
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Jennie B. Kelseth
Wisconsin
Montana
Williams Street
Walkerville
H. D. Kelseth
Pearl Kelseth
Ruby Kelseth
Harry
Amber
Martin Kelseth
John A. Johnson
Jane Holland
Butte
Graft Seen To Roil Chicago Politics Says U S Attorney
Edwis A. Olson, the federal district attorney, says graft in the 1 percent northern Illinois counties totals about 30 million dollars annually. He credits prohibition with creating new graft flows, notes many padlocked places, and asserts enforcement hinges on local law enforcement cooperation.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Edwis A. Olson
Washington
Olson
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