Explosion devastates Wall Street heart in New York
A noon blast in the financial district near Broadway wrecks parts of J P Morgan & Co banking house the subtreasury and assay office killing 29 and injuring over 200. Authorities call it likely an infernal machine with radical bombing, while JPMorgan officials say it appears accidental from a collision.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Wall Street
Broad
Department of Justice
Financial District
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan
Morgan Office
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Governor's Island
William J. Burns Detective Agency
Burns
Austria seeks union with Germany under League plan
Vienna reports Chancellor Carl Renner announced that Austria will request removal of the prohibition on uniting with Germany. The move is to be presented to the League of Nations council at its November meeting in Paris, announced in an address at Linz.
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Austria
Germany
Vienna
Iemoval
Council of the
League of Nations
Paris
Carl Renner
Republi
Lansbruck
Bank Robbery in Iowa Sioux City Reported
Bank robbers dynamited the Pierre bank of Linn Grove and stole 10000 in United States bonds plus 1000 in cash early Thursday. Police are securing the county while the bandits flee in a motor car.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Pierre
Linn Grove
Here
United States
Woman Ends Forty Day Fast in Roseburg
Mrs. J. M. Lane of Roseburg completed a forty day fast. She consumed only orange and lemon juice and water during the period. Lane had been suffering from chronic stomach trouble.
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Roseburg
Ore
J. M. Lane
Airplane Crashes Into Tree in Northfield Exhibition Flight
A sensational crash during an exhibition flight near Northfield resulted in the death of the pilot MaseLient Havec Spencer of the U S A. A passenger sustained minor injuries as the plane struck a tree while attempting a landing.
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Northfield
MaseLient
Havec Spencer
Trunk Mystery Body Found Near International Boundary
Workers in Calexico report locating a body on the Mexican side of the border about a mile from town. The remains were placed in a trunk and transported to Mexico for further handling.
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Mexicao
International Line
Mexicall
Lynch faces murder indictment and lynching incident in Texas
Texane Lynch Negro in Houston was indicted on murder charges for Sheriff Joe Snow of Hrasora county. A mob of 900 inmates reportedly freed him from Angleton jail and hanged him, following the indictment.
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Houston
Tex
Oscar Hensley
Joe Snow
Hrasora County
Jall
Angleton
Seek to Prevent Cable Monopoly Exposed at Conference
American commissioners opening a study at the state department on international cable control aim to curb British dominance of routes on the east coast of South America. They seek equitable solutions to keep peacetime transmissions free from overseas censorship and strengthen U.S. access to global cables through the Far East and western routes.
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Washington
International Communications Conference
State Department
South America
United States
Western Union Telegraph Company
Minami
Fla
Barbadoes
Great Britain
Far East
Europe
Paris
London
International Postal Union
Marshal Petain Weds Madame Hardon in Paris
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, head of French armies and Verdun veteran, married Madame Hardon in a Paris ceremony Tuesday morning. He is a prominent national figure and former commander during the later stages of the Great War.
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Marshal Petain
Paris
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Verdun
Madame Hardon
Gas disabled most soldiers in World War hospitals
Washington Gas was responsible for more gas related injuries than any other agency in the war, with 260,112 admissions to hospitals and BB,080 being gas cases.
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Washington
War Department
Colonel House Returns From Europe to New York
Col H M House and Mire arrived in New York aboard the White Star liner Olympic after a European trip. Reporters grilled him with questions as he dodged, displaying his usual dexterity in handling interviews.
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Colonel House
Europe
New York
Col. H. M. House
Mire
House
Olympic
Republicans Win Victory in Maine
Republicans swept Maine on Monday by 65 000 to 70 000 votes capturing state and congressional tickets in a landslide. Democrats dispute that the result reflects overall sentiment, pointing to dynamics with women voters and national dissatisfaction with the administration.
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Portland
Maine
League of Nations
Maine signals GOP victory in Senate pattern pledge
Senator Harding said Maine’s election results show the American people favor representative government under the constitution and back the Republican party. He stated Maine leads in declaring for American unmortgaged to the old world and ready to serve humanity as American conscience.
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Marlon
Harding
Maine
Republican Party
Dynamite Plant Guarded Near Turin
Authorities in Turin strengthen guard at the Avignilian dynamite works thirteen miles west of the city amid industrial tensions. The garrison and troops with machine pistols were deployed as a preventive measure to deter possible worker takeovers.
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Turin
Italy
Avignilian
Yardmen Strike Continues. Chicago Union Leader Denies End
John Corman president of the Chicago Yardmen association denies reports that the strike ending April 1 had been called off. The union remains active and reiterates demands as yardwork actions persist in Chicago.
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Chicago
John Corman
Chicago Yardmen's Association
Awitchmen's
Epidemic Investigation Arrives in Kingston Jamaica
Johns Hopkins expert arrives in Kingston Jamaica to determine whether the prevailing illness is smallpox or cowpox as health authorities monitor the outbreak.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Doubla
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Belgium Accepts Franco Belgian Military Agreement
Belgium reformed its foreign office to accept the Franco Belgian military pact which becomes effective immediately. Seven killed and eight wounded in explosion aboard the Japanese battle cruiser Hartuna during maneuvers in Muran bay.
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Belgium
Paris
Baron de Gaffier d'Hestroy
France
Foreign Office
Honolulu
Hartuna
Muroran Bay
Bolshevik Gains Convert in Italy Spreads Across Factories
In Milan and Turin the Bolshevik influence grows as textile mills and the chemical and boot factories fall under operatives control. Rioting in Trieste ends with restored order by nightfall as workers, unions, and socialist leaders seek settlements while warning that discipline remains unsettled.
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Milan
Italy
Triest
Turin
Labor Confederation
Socialist Parliamentary Party
Socialist Party
Labor Conference
Meridian man killed after jail abduction by mob
Will Echols, an African American man recently convicted in the Henry W. Davis case, was taken from Quitman jail by a small party of men. He was dragged two miles into the country and struck to death.
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Meridian
Miss
Will Echols
Henry W. Davis
Quitman
Thaddeus H Caraway Upsets Kirby For renomination
Thaddeus H Caraway of Arkansas defeats United States Senator William F Kirby to secure renomination. The Japanese affairs issue features in crisis reporting, with Tokyo commentary noting tensions between Japan and America as matters reach a head in the Weekly Merald of Asia.
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Thaddeus H. Caraway
Arkansas
United States
William F. Kirby
Tokyo
Japan
Ameren
Merald of Asia
Publiation
Plot to assassinate Obregon uncovered in U S
A plot to assassinate General Alvaro Obregon president elect of Mexico and Generals Calles Serrano and Hil was uncovered in the United States with alleged plans to carry out the murder.
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Obregon
San Antonio
Texas
Alvaro Obregon
Republic of Mexico
Generala Bilas Calles
Francisco Serrano
Benjamin Hil
United States
League of Nations to establish permanent world court
The League of Nations on September 14 released the draft charter for a permanent international court of justice. The council will study the proposal and later submit recommendations to the assembly. The text outlines a fifteen member court with nine year terms seated in The Hague and sessions starting June 15 each year.
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London
League of Nations
Court of International Justice
Hague Committee of Justice
Elihu Root
Council of the League
League
Council
Assembly of the League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
Court of Arbitration
Special Tribunals of Arbitration
Council of the League of Nations
Hague
The
President Wilson Reviews Veterans Parade From White House
President Wilson sat in a wheelchair on the east portico of the White House to review a parade of World War veterans. Mrs. Wilson read aloud to him while he waited for the march to begin.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Mra. Wilson
Cox Charges Slush Fund Trial Headlines Boise Tour
Governor Cox of Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate, alleges a slush fund from twenty million to unknown sums used to defeat him during his Idaho and eastern Oregon tour. Two aviators died near Cleveland as air mail pilot Walker Stevens and mechanic Russell Thomas perished when their plane burst into flames at altitude in Pemberton Ohio.
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Cox
Boise
Ohio
Idaho
Oregon
Cleveland
Air Mail
Walker Stevens
Russell Thomas
Pemberton
Refused to Sit and Mourn Becomes Basket Artist in Faribault
A whitehaired blind Minneapolis woman, once a police matron, defies despair. After four months of state training in handwork at Faribault she learned basket weaving. In her small apartment she crafts baskets rapidly and cheerfully, living self supported and adding to the world’s cheer despite blindness.
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Minneapolis Journal
Faribault
Minstrels and their world in medieval troubadour lore
The article describes troubadours or trovatore in medieval Europe, origin in Provence and Italy, and their role beside chivalry. It depicts castle feasts with torches, wine, and the minstrel at center stage singing original songs. It notes themes of valor legends and courtly love.
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Italy
Provence
France
Minarel
Landmark Windmill on Wimbledon Common Loses Sails
The famous windmill on Wimbledon Common near London has had its four sails removed due to age. A local conservator advised removing them to reduce danger to the mill structure and residents in the mill house below. The windmill now presents an unfamiliar appearance without its sails.
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Winbledon Common
London
Pioneer Pullman Car Introduced for Railroad Travel
In 1883 the Pioneer, named by the inventor, became the first Pullman car operated on a railroad. The car, built on the same frame as the Pullman coach, represented a great convenience in travel and was first used in the United States.
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United States
Comic previews and a home cure ad headline pastiche
The passage mocks 19th century ads and jokes about corn cures and onion tears. It references a corn-cure ad advising against lockjaw and a comic line from the New York Herald. It notes a tomato mishap and a New York inventor’s incandescent lamp paired with a hair dryer to heat hair.
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New York Herald
New York
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