Washington plans for Cuba relief and other world events
Washington officials report ongoing arrangements for Cuban relief funding at the State Department not yet ready for announcement. Regulating liquor distributors, federal reserve policy defense, and budget figures for 1922 also feature in notices from Washington.
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Cuba
State Department
Washington
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Joint Congressional Commission
John Skelton Williams
Illinois State News Briefs Across Kane and Kendall Counties
Aurora opens new paved road linking Kane and Kendall counties. Metamora to dedicate old Woodford courthouse August 25 with ex-Gov Fifer keynote. Springfield to award 17 small bridges in St Clair county August 10 costing about 17000. Peoria reports fatal train crash near Pekin involving Tony Taylor family.
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Aurora
Here
Montgomery
Kane
Kendall
Elgin
DuPage County
Metamora
Woodford County
Joseph W. Fifer
Bloomington
Lincoln
Kelleville
Millstadt
Mascoutah
Smithton
Prairie du Long
Lebanon
O'Fallon
St. Clair County
D. O. Thomas
Springfield
Fox Lake
State Division of Highways
Lake County Superintendent of Highways
Peoria
Tony Taylor
Detroit
Mich
Bertha Gedeweldt
Cleve Gedeweldt
Pekin
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Chicago
Joliet Penitentiary
William Dickman
James Kelly
Nauvoo
Federal School For Vocational Training of
KR. H. Harpster
Federal Statistician
W. H. H. Miller
State Department of Registration and Education
Illinois
L. B. Congdon
Antioch
William Jennings Bryan
Frank King
Fred Mawkins
Bert Grice
Mason Sibley
Charles Richards
King
Steamer Alaska Sinks Off Blants Reef With Many Missing
The Alaska of the San Francisco and Portland line sank within 15 minutes after running ashore in dense fog 40 miles south of Eureka California. Reports say up to 40 passengers and 26 crew may be lost, with 26 passengers and 16 crew reported missing. Survivors await ships outside the harbor as search continues.
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Eureka
Cal
Alaska
San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company
Blant’s Reef
Here
Cable Bluff
Anyax
Ajax
Coast Guard
Ranger
Portland
Ore
Anyox
North Head
Charlie Watson
Parachute Jumper Killed During Pageant Jump
Sergt. Patrick Love, U S aviator stationed at Ran doul field, died after a parachute jump from a plane during the Pageant of Progress. He leaped from 2 000 feet and the wind drove the chute into the northeast pier tower. He died minutes after reaching the Emergency hospital. It was his first parachute jump and he wore a life preserver with plans to land in the water.
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Chicago
Patrick Love
U. S
Rantoul Field
German Denies Bergdoll Extradition Negotiations
German officials in Berlin deny reports that negotiations are concluded for handing over Grover Cleveland Bergdoll to U S authorities. They say no official discussion has occurred and Wilhelmstrasse cannot confirm if talks happened in Coblenz between American authorities and Berlin officials.
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Berlin
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
United States
Wilhelmstrasse
Coblenz
Hays to study big deficit in parcel post service
Postmaster General Will Hays says parcel post may cause a national deficit of 70 million dollars this year. Investigations by accountants and engineers are surveying the country to determine if parcel post is one of the two major losing ventures of the postal department.
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Washington
Arg
Will Hays
Post Office
Singers Replace Musicians In Motion Picture Halls
Chorus groups filled in for striking musicians in New York theaters with 70 voices in one venue and 40 in another as organs accompanied the films soloists performing between reels. Managers say the plan will run until the strike ends. A separate incident in San Francisco reports Benjamin Koen waking inside a third floor amusement house window and requiring half an hour for rescue.
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New York
San Francisco
Benjamin Koen
Candy Plant Fire Destroys Mount Vernon Factory
A fire at the candy plant of H. W. Faulkner in Mount Vernon Illinois Aug. 9 caused about $300,000 in losses. Investigators say the blaze started from spontaneous combustion.
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Mount Vernon
H. W. Faulkner
Religious faith found in 90 percent of soldiers studied
Senior Chaplain Dr. Henry Stussel Talbot examined effects of men killed in action in 1917-18 Argonne service. He reported that nine in ten carried a Bible cross prayer book or religious token, arguing religion was a real element even amid wartime fear and self doubt.
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Henry Stussel Talbot
Talbot
American Legion
Cupid’s Crusade Ends in Nebraska Legion Couple
Frank B. O’Connell, department adjutant of the American Legion of Nebraska, wed Miss Rachel N. Blodgett of Orleans after meeting in France during World War I. He edited a Le Mans soldier paper in 1918 while she served as a YMCA canteen worker. The couple married in Orleans and were celebrated in Lincoln. O’Connell later led the Lincoln Legion post and remains a prominent state figure.
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France
Frank B. O'Connell
American Legion of Nebraska
Rachel N. Blodgett
Orleans
Nebraska
Lincoln
O'Connell
le Mans
Sable
Cupid
O’connell
Legion
Lincoln Post
Department
Cornhusker Legionnaires
War brought work for her
Miss Abbey N. Hurley of Fargo North Dakota served as a district court clerk and stenographer during World War I. She stepped up when male staff enlisted, became deputy clerk in October 1919, helped form an American Legion auxiliary unit, and was elected secretary treasurer of the North Dakota department of the auxiliary. She is under twenty one.
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America
Abbey N. Hurley
Fargo
N. D
Miss Hurley
Bywiy
American Legion
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Blair
House Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Senate
McNay
War Finance Corporation
Great Britain
Apie
House
Grover Cleveland
Germany
Sid” Hatfield
West Virginia
Senator Kenyon
Iowa
Stephen J. Prenati
Oakland
Butte, Mont
Steve Bryan
Theodore Chronos
Hackensack
N. J
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Shadyside
Mount Prospect
Mercy
Army
Gorham
N. H
South Canon
Canon City
Colo
Sault Ste. Marie
General Thetric Company
Lynn
Mass
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth
Gordon's Landing
Dawson City
John A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
The
Knights of Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio
Beecher City
Tommy Felnido
Wood River
Dordara
Baltimore Coal Exchange
United States District Court
John D. Rockefeller
Dupont Powder Company
Uniontown
Louis Judeloyitz
Brooklyn
Enrico Caruso
Naples
Italy
Edgar Saltus
Bill Killifer
Alexander the Great
Chicago Cubs
John J. Evers
White Sox
K. M. Landis
Aussig
London
Russia
Lloyd George
Paris
Morocco
Trish
de Valera
Dublin
Dail Eirann
Riga
Cherngof
London Daily Express
Moscow
Odessa
Bari
Adriatic
Nador
Melilla
Madrid
Harvey
Supreme Council
Illinois State News
Chienzgo
Peter O. Gustavson
Miny
Tn P Antomobile
Joseph
Menard
Ay Nelson
North Ashhind Avenues
Pallee
Winets Paar Telephone Company
Falcon Band
Speed Kings of America
Pompeii
Urbana
Rock Island
Gus Pandrey
Rock River
California
Pacific
HAYS
Postmaster General
American Legion New Service
Dan Cupid
Nebraska Legion
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