Coolidge Hopes for Senate Control Aided by GOP Leaders
Washington July 23 Press predicts Coolidge gains in 1918 era. Senator Moss of New Hampshire foresees Republicans winning 18 of 29 senate seats across 17 states. Moss plans talks with leaders in New York and the Midwest to build campaigns in Michigan Illinois Minnesota Colorado and Montana. projections also include a New York victory for Coolidge with La Follette getting about 300000 votes in Greater New York City.
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George E. Durno
1. N.S
Washington
Coolidge
Long H
eSite
Rocky Tains
George H. Moss
New Hampshire
Senate
Monts
New York
Middle West
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Colorado
Montana
Moses
New York State
la Follette
New York City
Spencer
Missouri
Cameron
Arizona
Progressives Begin White List for 1924 Campaign
Washington July 28 Sen Robert Lafollette and campaign managers started compiling a white list of congress members and candidates nationwide to receive the Progressive Party endorsement. Endorsements will ignore party agitation. Remaining tasks include financing and organizing state units before Madison rest.
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Washington
Progressive Party
Robert M. Lafollette
Congress
LaFollette
Madison
Wis
U S Warns Persia Over Teheran Killing
The United States demanded prompt reparations and threatened withdrawal of diplomatic staff after the killing of Vice Consul Robert Imbrie in Teheran. The note, handed to Persian authorities by Joseph Kornfield, anchors U S calls for protection of nationals and officials.
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Washington
Persia
Robert Imbrie
Teheran
United States
State Department
Joseph Saul Kornfield
Imbrie
Pirates reported in Chesapeake Bay and dimmer drunks sentenced
A Pattie May captain reported a shot through his deck house near Norfolk and a boarding by a man believed to be a coast guard officer. In local court, three intoxication cases including Walter Brown Marvin Pullman and Pete Coss were fined for dimmer drinking with Brown admitting “we was lit up.”
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Norfolk
W. VA
Chesapeake Bay
Pattie May
Coast Guard
Walter Brown
Marvin Pullman
Pete Coss
Athens
Brown
Pullman
West End
Mariner
Ross
Helwig
Pete Ross
Herb Parker
L. A. Koons
Crowds Listen as Evangelist B McLendon Speaks in Beckley
Crowds estimated at 12 000 filled the big tent in Beckley West Virginia for the sermons of evangelist B McLendon. Officials say it was the largest religious gathering in the region to date.
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Beckley
W. Va
B. McLendon
West Virginia
British steamer rescues balloon Zodiac 1204 crew missing
The Leeces tershire reported off the Balearic Islands that it picked up the French balloon Zodiac No 1204 by wireless today with no trace of the crew aboard.
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Marseilles
France
Leecestershire
Balearic Islands
Mediterranean
Executioner Krauts Ends His Life in Prussia
In Prussia the executioner Krauts, known for sleeping with an ax and claiming he killed 125 people, killed himself. He viewed guillotining as an art and aimed to master it further. Also notes pigeon lineage with the Blue Rock as the source of all domestic varieties, listing fifty varieties.
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Brener
Prussia
Czech calendar cuts Austrian era holidays
Prague reports a revised calendar by the Czecho-Slovak government eliminating many religious holidays inherited from the Austrian empire. Officials cite a surplus of holidays hurting business and aim to streamline public observances.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Neal couple obtains marriage license in Kansas City
Kansas City reports Claud V. Neal aged 40 and Mrs. Nancy A. Piersee also 40 secured a marriage license locally. Earlier the two had already seen their children Joy and Dora wed two weeks prior, marking a cluster of recent marriages in the Neal-Piersee families.
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Kansas City
Neal
Claud V. Neal
Nancy A. Piersee
Joy
Reopening of Hamburg Zoo After Financial Closures
The famous Stellingen Zoo near Hamburg reopens for the first time since 1920. Financed largely by Henry and Lorenz Hagen, sons of Karl Hagenbeck the founder of 1907, the zoo resumes operations.
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Hamburg
Germany
Stellingen
Henry and
Lorenz Hagenback
Karl Hagenbeck
English Sailors Believed Whale Crossing Portents Ill Luck
Mariners once held that a whale crossing before the ship’s prow signaled bad fortune. The superstition tied to big ocean mammals reflected old beliefs about omens guiding voyage outcomes.
Wilton Police Arrest Vagrant Animals in Milton
Milton Mass police arrest a shaggy dirt covered pony and an Airedale terrier for vagrancy after being spotted galloping down a lane. The pony bore a cut breast from barbed wire while attempting to reach meadows. officer Duggan used a sack of oats to trap the pony as the dog resisted arrest.
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Milton
Mass
Airdale
Duggan
Brutal attack near Ohio river leaves pair dead and wounded
Carson Berhalter a 61 year old tailor and his son in law George W Mercer 26 a traveling salesman were found brutally clubbed while they slept in the shade beside the Ohio River Newport Kentucky. They were attacked by robbers the dog refused to desert its companion and the incident occurred Sunday likely fatally injuring Mercer.
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Cincinnati
Carson Berhalter
George W. Mercer
Ohio River
Berhalter
Newport
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