Fires destroy a Berea barn. six horses perish
A large barn on Leon G Voorhees farm near Berea was destroyed by fire. Six horses were inside. The report notes other local items including deaths, missing persons, postmaster examinations, and a Marengo Holdup case with a gunfight.
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Leon G. Voorhees
Berea
David Mould
Sioux City
Tim le Quette
Des Moines
Story County
Iowa Fair Grounds
Ames
Towa
Civil Service Commission
Ainsworth
Allerton
Blanchard
Chester
Cumberland
Emerson
Everly
Farmington
Ionia
Lehigh
Linn Grove
Marinette
Riverton
Rudd
Tabor
Wapello
West Point
Zearing
Willian Palensky
Ocheyedan
Palenske
Round Lake
Rockafellow
J. S. Meredith
Lawrence
Atlantic
Thomas Meredith
Owen
Meredith
Iowa
Urbandale
Consolidated
Ira Reed
Marayigo
Marengo
Stewart
A. M. Lucas
William Cramer
Edward Cramer
Lucas
College Springs
Huff
Missouri
Hamilton
Missouri Bank
Cra- Mets
Shambaugh
F. W.mcdowell
Washington, D. C
William Z.,lewin
Capital City Coal Company
Pella
Fennema Farm
Record Heat Wave Ports U S Weather Bureau Says
Heat waves of unprecedented duration sweep the United States with Boston and Philadelphia showing elevated January to June temperatures while Chicago records its hottest July in 58 years. Des Moines and Des Moines would shift location by temperature. Western regions show deficits. Europe reports drought as sunspot theory remains uncertain.
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Washington
United States Weather Bureau
Central States
Rockies
Boston
Philadelphia
Alfred J. Henry
Weather Bureau
Virginia
New York
America
North Carolinna
Middle West
Des Moines
Missouri
Henry
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Europe
England
France
Sun Spots May Not Drive Temperature Changes
A scientist explains that solar spots do not perceptibly affect temperatures or rainfall. He notes atmospheric pressure centers may trigger temperature and precipitation shifts, while hot spells like this one do not guarantee a late fall. Prof Warren Smith and climatologist P C Day provide supporting context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
J. Warren Smith
P.C. Day
The
Weather Bureau
Widow's dip case costly theft in Flatbush court
Mrs. Mary Lukosewicz of Brooklyn charged 89 year old Alexander Bukantis with stealing her $3,440 savings after a bathing outing at Mill Island Jamaica Bay. She says the money vanished from her handbag while Bukantis kept custody at the beach. Bukantis pleads not guilty. bail set at $1,000 for later hearing.
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New York
Mary Lukosewicz
Brooklyn
Flatbush
Alexander
Bukantis
Mill ‘Island
Jamaica Bay
Hig
O'Neil
Child Falls Three Stories From Fire Escape
Seven year old Anna McCafferty of New York City fell 35 feet from a third floor fire escape while hanging washing. She survived the plunge though her mother fainted after seeing the fall and neighbors rushed in to aid both. The girl told her mother I hit the clothesline as she regained consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna McCafferty
New York City
Anon
Scars of War Heal as Forests Rebound in France
In Soissons France nature recovers rapidly replacing war scars with green growth. Areas once blasted show strong regrowth including the Chemin des Dames hillside. Verdun trench preservation required shelter as reality of time softens battle remnants. A separate note recalls Coroner Vaughn in Greenville stuck by resin from his wooden leg during a homicide inquest.
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Soissons
France
Nieuport
Belgium
Belfort
Verdun
Greenville
Vaughn
Luxurious Lumber Camps Catch Eye in Duluth Ad
A Duluth employment agency window ad promises private rooms spring beds choice cuisine steam heat electric light bath and showers and an electric laundry for lumber camp workers near Loretta Wisconsin. The foreign workers often cannot read English well and some locals doubt the claim while others warn against being fooled by such fancy facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Michigan Street
Bowery
Iplcago‘lambeeh
North Woods
Firemen Rescue Two Baby Monkeys From Treetop
Denver fire department rushed to a downtown scene to save two baby monkeys after they escaped a store. A crowd of about a score of youths and citizens tried to dislodge them before ladders hoses and rescue hooks were used.
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Denver
Smallest Folk Alive Reported in Bogulusa Births
Twine Smallest Folk Alive indicates twins Bakulusa La Bijlie and Jay Adams born to Mr and Mrs William Adams weighed 11 ounces at birth and regarded by local doctors as the smallest extant.
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Bogulusa
Bijlie
Jay Adams
Wiliam
Adams
Labor Day speech urges action to end idle twice
Detroit on Belle Isle hosts Secretary of Labor James J. Davis who urges mobilization to cut unemployment, speed road repair and public works, relax coal shortages, and break costly cycles in rail and industry. He condemns wage wars and advocates open shop while opposing living wage policies. Mourning famine abroad in Samara follows.
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Detroit
Mich
Labor
James J. Davis
Belle Isle
Harding
Great Central
Davis
Harding Addresses Army War College Opening
President Harding spoke at the fall term opening of the Army War College saying armed forces remain necessary though he hopes for less armament. He urged practical experience over theory and pledged officers in his audience would not be drafted while serving America. Weeks and Pershing accompanied him with short remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
War College
Sno
Hig
West ‘Virginia
West Virginia
America
Weeks
General Pershing
Root declines league job as international judge
New York reports Elhu Root has declined nomination to the League of Nations international court of justice citing age. The Italian consulate said he notified President Titon of the Italian senate. France Brazil Bolivia Venezuela and Uruguay had proposed him. John Bassett Moore is now proposed.
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New York
Elhu Root
International Court of Justice
League of Nations
Root
Titon
France
Brazil
Bolivian
Venezuela
Uruguay
John Bassett
Moore
Assembly
Council
Geneva
Colorado Miners Stand Fast Against Wage Cuts
In Walsenburg Colorado district No 15 of the United Mine Workers warned the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company miners will not accept wage reductions. The note indicates the potential spread of the strike to other company miners in Southern Colorado as district leadership John La McLennan issued statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsenburg
Col
Colorado, Fuel and Tron Company
Colorado
John la McLennan
United Mine Workers
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Alay Seeger
Nature
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Wis
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Russia
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Blamen
Troubié
Pershing
World Court
State Board
Bloomington
Til
Alton
Carl Johnson
Charleg
Leroy’ Crawford
Waukonda
Augusta Reed
Sioux - City
Houston
Charleston
Radolph A. Clement
Per Elphiny
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