President cancels California tour due to illness
Continued report notes the California program and Atlantic coast water trip likely canceled amid a presidential illness. Participants included Brig. General Charles H Sawyer, Secretary Work, George B Christian Jr, and Mr Harding. Secretary Christian’s notice to California officials expresses regret and gratitude for hospitality, with further illness updates to be shared by press.
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California
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Charlies H. Sawyer
Work
Interior Department
George B. Christian, Jr
Harding
Christia
Los Angeles
Catalina
San Diego
Harding Needs Indefinite Rest After Poisoning
The Associated Press reports President Harding, arrived in San Francisco after a two day bout with ptomaine poisoning. His physician Brigadier General Sawyer states he is much better but requires indefinite rest to regain strength. Diarrhea and stomach sickness accompanied the illness.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Harding
Sawyer
Zemo Advertises Skin Clearer Remedy
A vintage advertisement touts Zemo as a skin treatment available at drug stores for 35c or £1 for an extra bottle. It claims to clear Pimples Blackheads Blotches Eczema and Ringworm with a penetrating antiseptic liquid that is easily applied and inexpensive per use.
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Zemo
Klansmen interrupt Missoula church service in silent visit
Seven robed figures bearing Ku Klux Klan insignia entered St. Pauls African Methodist Episcopal church in Missoula Montana during an evening service and marched to the pulpit. They presented Rev Chester Reed with $20 for the church fund before departing quietly as the cowboy evangelist Rev Wilman preached.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
St. Paul's
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Chester Reed
Mr. Wilman
Rollin Dahlberg
Brother Dahlberg
Mr. Reed
President Harding possibly to speak Tuesday in San Francisco
Reports from General Sawyer and secretary George B. Christian Jr. indicate President Harding may address foreign affairs Tuesday in San Francisco though his schedule could be tightened due to lingering illness. The president, resting after ptomaine poisoning, arrived pale but improved, with cooler weather aiding his condition. A San Francisco arrival crowd and security briefed reporters as officials note Alaska crabs tainted by copper might have triggered the illness, while lack of exercise and rapid climate change may have worsened his susceptibility.
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Rolph
Sawyer
Navy Henderson
Alaska
Beattie
An Age of Speed From Ox-Team to Fast Aeroplane
Montana's rapid transport evolution from ox-teams and stagecoaches to steamers and railroads is recounted. The piece traces pioneer travel, river navigation, the railroad’s arrival, and the rise of electric trains and fast autos, highlighting a single generation's extraordinary pace of change. A youthful traveler who can go from New York to San Francisco in a day embodies this era.
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Yellowstone
Missouri
Fort Benton
Montana
Northwest
Iron Horse
Beaverhead County
Union Pacific
Paul Mitchell
New York
San Francisco
Three posses hunt for lost Montanan
Three posses search the Mission mountains near St Ignatius for 20 year old James Ashley who disappeared on a camping trip since Wednesday afternoon. His father leads one posse, Sheriff Green of Missoula heads another, and a third is composed of relatives seeking the missing youth.
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Associated Press
ST. Ignatius
Mont
Mission Mountains
James Ashley
Mission Range
Sheriff Green
Missoula
Boy Jail Breaker Is Again In Toils
Misoula July 29 Norman Reed a 15 year old youth who yesterday according to officers set fire to the county jail and escaped through a basement window was captured by a deputy sheriff at an early hour today The boy is held on delinquency charges and awaiting investigation into a fire officials believe he caused at a residence and barn he fled east from Missoula mounted on a horse he said he had stolen from a local dairy ranch
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Associated Press
Missoula
Norman Reed
Hhe Boy
Young Reed
Fire destroys Roche Harbor Lime plant on San Juan Island
A major blaze swept Roche Harbor Lime’s plant and wharves on San Juan Island, causing an estimated 750000 in damage. The fire damaged machine shops, warehouses, docks, stores, offices, a half mile of railway trestle, and 1000 barrels of lime. workmen’s cottages were saved by a tugboat crew who used a burning pile driver scow and dynamite to halt spread.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Roche Harbor Lime Company
San Juan Island
State School Mines Granted 150000 for Engineering Building
MISSOULA Mont July 29 The state board of education voted 520000 from bond funds to be spent across Montana. State School of Mines in Butte receives 170000 for an engineering building and ground improvements. Normal College in Dillon gets 260000 for library and gymnasium work plus heating plant. University at Missoula gets 90000 for remodeling and ground work. Details released by J H T Ryman Missoula board member.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
State Board of Education
Helena
Butte
State School of Mines
State Normal College
Dillon
State University At
J. H. T. Ryman
Tragic Sunday Crashes Kill 29 Across Three States
A Sunday crash spree leaves 29 dead as a driver’s attempt to cross ahead of a train triggers collisions. Four died near Iron Mountain Missouri when a car returning from Sunday school was struck at a crossing. In New York a Long Island train hit a returning car killing four including Miss Margaret E Lewis. Police charge gateman Edwin J Scott with homicide as gates reportedly were down.
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Illinois
New York
Associated Press
William J. Gottlieb
Gottlieb & Rabinowitz, Inc
Long Island
Long Beach
Margaret E. Lewis
Manhattan
Edwin J. Scott
Vera Tolley
Pittsburg
Gladys Miller
Brooklyn
Thelma Keough
Car and train collision in Alameda leaves two dead
An automobile was struck by a Southern Pacific electric train near Alameda Cal early today killing 65 year old Mrs Lillie Freeman and 5 year old Sheila Allen a granddaughter of Mrs Freeman. A third person died hours later and two others were seriously injured with the driver hospitalized in unconscious condition as authorities investigate the cause of the crash.
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Associated Press
Alameda
Cal
Southern Pacific
Lillie Freeman
Sheila Allen
Freeman
Two Die as 19 Hurt in Iowa Car Crashes
Two people died in Des Moines today and 17 others were injured in the last 24 hours in Des Moines area auto crashes. A third death occurred from a separate crash in Marshalltown, Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Marshalltown
Food Shortage Blames Allocation Failures In Cities
Imperfect organization in the allotment of cattle, potatoes and dairy products worsens food shortages in major cities. In Dusseldorf on July 29 demonstrations failed to materialize as occupation authorities kept order and residents enjoyed ordinary activities. Banks selling foreign currency to obtain marks faced limited supplies, with exchange peddlers offering small sums in large lots as people rush daily for marks like vegetables.
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Dusseldorf
Fifth Avenue
German ex-policemen sentenced to death by French court martial
German newspapers report Major Zormack and Lieutenants Keller and Knuth, former Essen policemen, sentenced to death by a French court martial at Werden for operating a dictograph near a French officer's villa. Swiss citizen M Schreiber, arrested recently, was provisionally released.
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Associated Press
Dusseldorf
Zormack
Keller
Knuth
Essen
Werden
Colonias
M. Schreiber
Belgians Occupy Hervest Dorsten Area in Germany
French report Belgium forces have occupied Hervest Dorsten on the Lippe river and advanced to Holsterhausen. Territory includes the Furst Leopold and Baldures mines and the Hervest Dorsten mine on the main express line to Holland, Münster, and North Germany.
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Associated Press
Cologne
Hervest-Dorsten
Lippe
Holsterhausen
Furst Leopold and Baldures
Germany
Holland
Munster
Belgians Arrest 10 Additional Germans
Duisberg July 29 The Belgians report arrest of ten more Germans and plan to force them to ride trains as guarantees against sabotage.
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Associated Press
Duisberg
Hughes to Plead Guilty of Murder
Hughes agrees to plead guilty to second degree murder on August 2 rather than face a jury. He indicates willingness to accept any advantage offered, despite his attorney's advice, and Walsh offers no comment on Hughes actions.
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Walsh
Waleh
Hughes
Christians Will Be Protected by Pact in Turkish Talks
In Lausanne on July 29 Turkey pledged to assure equitable treatment of Christians. Joseph C. Grew and Ismet Pasha discussed unresolved points of the Turk American treaty. Ismet signaled Turkey’s readiness to arbitrate property damage claims in defined fields while Grew stressed the principle of just compensation. The talks ended with mutual honors and signs of nearing agreement.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Turkey
Joseph C. Grew
Ismet Pasha
Ismet
Grew
United
States
United States
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