Travelers Subdue Colorado Bandit on Santa Fe Train
Passengers on a Santa Fe train between Las Animas and La Junta Colorado robbed by a masked bandit early Thursday morning captured the robber in a vestibule near La Junta. The conductor CBC dropped a signal. telegraph warning reached La Junta. The bandit named John Morgan said he secured about $400 with $70 unrecovered.
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Denver
Las Animas
la Junta
Colo
C. A. O’brien
John Morgan
Millerand An Easy Winner Becomes Seventh President
Versailles reports Alexandre Millerand invested as eleventh president of the Third Republic after Leon Bourgeois proclaimed him elected. The illness of Deschanel canceled the usual ceremony in Paris. Millerand received a massive Versailles ovation and pledged to serve under the constitution.
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Versailles
Alexandre Millerand
Third Republic
Leon Bourgeois
Senate
M. Deschanel
Paris
M. Millerand
M. Bourgeois
Terrorism Grows in Ireland Amid Rising Death Toll
In the last ten days fighting claims twenty two soldiers and police and eighteen Sinn Feiners killed. An ambush at Milltown Malley County Clare left two officers dead and four wounded as government forces face growing attacks and reprisals. An unidentified man labeled Spies beware was found in County Carlow. The official death toll reflects intensified terrorismo across the island.
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London
Anl
Sinn Fenners
Milltown Malley
County Clare
County Carlow
Ireland
Denton Murder Case in Los Angeles Secret Room
Police link a pistol to the death of Jacob Charles Denton a Los Angeles capitalist found buried in a secret cellar room at his house. Investigators search for three women connected to the case and fix Denton’s disappearance on August 1.
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Los Angeles
Jacob Charles Denter
Denton
Propagandists Active in Vienna Report Says Socialists Targeted
A secret report in Arbeiter Zeitung claims the Timaeian delegation funds propagandists to undermine the Socialist government. It notes aims to fuse Aws tris and Tonwery for political change and potential alliance shifts.
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Vienna
Youchi
Authentice
Arbeiter Zeltome
Timaeian
Sims
Propaganiia
Awstris
Tonwery
Murder Mystery in Texas A young woman found shot near overturned automobile
Police report a young woman, about 25, found dead by a Texas road five miles from Houston Thirvhiy morning. The scene included an overturned automobile nearby, indicating foul play and a possible car related homicide.
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Texas
Thouston
Tex
Houston
Bandits Hold Up United States Mall Truck, Escape in Auto
Bandits raided the United States Mall truck Thursday, escaping in a car with cash believed to be between 85000 and 20000 dollars. J N Unter is listed as postio meter in the report.
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Booth Bond, Inc
United States
Ae Wutoe Mobile
J. N.unter
Postiometer
Tropical Storm Strikes Louisiana Causing Damage and Delays
A tropical hurricane hit the Louisiana coast near Morgan City causing uprooted trees damaged buildings and crops and power line deaths. Bay St. Louis and Chef Menteur reported sixty mph winds with downed wires and delayed rail traffic. Gulf shipping resumed as eight ships departed and three arrived.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Morgan City
Teche
Louisville & Nashville
Here
Bay St. Louis
Chef Menteur
Gulf
Parade of aged veterans at G A R encampment in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis 15000 civil war veterans paraded on a roughly one mile route at the fifty fourth annual G A R encampment. Heat at 85 degrees made marching difficult and many veterans needed first aid for heat distress after their lengthy march.
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Indianapolis
Navy to Probe Samoan Government by Court of Inquiry
The Navy Department orders an official investigation into the naval administration of Samoa. A court of inquiry will lead the probe with Rear Admiral Charles F Hughes at its head.
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Navy
Washington
Naval Government
Pacific
Samoa
Navy Department
Charles F. Hughes
Quick Bank Robbery in Detroit Nets $380,000
Four armed men robbed the First State Bank in Detroit on Wednesday. In three minutes they entered, held up three employees and a customer, and escaped with about $380,000. Police investigate and search for suspects.
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Detroit
First State Bank
Death Valley Death Report Reaches Los Angeles
A man named Patrick Hl Porsney perished in Death Valley after days of thirst. He was found near a water source reported roughly half a mile away, with details shared through a superintendent from the area.
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Death Valley
Los Angeles
Patrick Hl
Porsney
Coal Miners Strike Postponed in Washington
The Seattle area strike by SOCO miners employed daily in Washington coal mines scheduled for September 24 has been postponed as legal action is considered by authorities.
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Seattle
SOCO
Washinton
New York Socialist Assembly Members Expelled
Five Socialist lawmakers faced ouster in Albany on September 21 with three expelled and two offering resignations after votes 90 to 45 and 81 to 52. Dewitt and Orr contested the expulsion, Dewitt denouncing the body as un-American.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Louis Waldman
August Claessens
Charles Solomon
Kings County
Samuel A. Dewitt
Samuel Orr
Bronx
Waldman
House
Solomon
Claessens
Dewitt
Fruit crop rotting in Ber Rien county Michigan
A Chicago Daily News investigation reports half a million dollars of fruit from Ber Rien county Michigan wasted in five years. Experts say peaches pears apples plums and cantaloupes value near 810 million. much of the crop is fed to hogs or left to rot.
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Chicago
Berrien County
Mich
Chicago Daily News
Met
More Outrages Expected in Washington Warning
A mysterious warning received by the Washington Chines suggests possible bomb outrages in Washington and elsewhere, including Cheveland and Pittabirg, signaling anticipated terror incidents.
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Wishington
Shetrolt
Cheveland
Pittabirg
Washington Chines
Bomb Mystery Solved? Wall Street Blast Stumps Officials
New York officials concede the Wall Street explosion on September 16 remains unsolved after a 13 day probe. The blast caused thirty five lives and left many injured as investigators review evidence and pursue new leads.
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New York
Department of Justice
Chit
Detroit Auto Theft Ring Charged in Shipments Abroad
Six Detroit residents including a woman are charged with shipping over a $200000 value of stolen automobiles to Scandinavian countries. The group allegedly moved the vehicles from Detroit through eastern routes to overseas buyers.
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Detroit
East
Lithuania and Poland Agree to Cease Hostilities Pending League Resolution
London reports Poland and Lithuania will suspend hostilities while the League of Nations conducts an inquiry. The accord follows a council resolution urging a provisional frontier line, with both nations pledging to respect neutral zones as the dispute proceeds.
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London
Poland
Lithuania
Council
League of Nations
Supreme Council
Russia
League
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Voldemar
M. Voldemar
Council of the League
Finland
Aland Islands
John M. Hubbard Santa Claus of Chicago Retires
John M. Hubbard, assistant post master of Chicago, forced to retire by civil service rules after many years of service. He earned the nickname Santa Claus for ensuring every letter from poor Chicago children to the patron saint of Christmas received a reply.
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John M. Hubbard
Chicago
Civil Service
Santa Claus
Cheyenne Population Report Shows 15 820 Residents
The census bureau reports Cheyenne now has 15 820 residents, a rise from ten years ago by about 2500 people though the city remains 248 behind a 100 year old figure.
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Cheyenne
Census Bureau
Explosion in Chicago Tied to Anarchist Plot, Diplomat Notes
Chicago witnesses a Wall Street explosion described as part of a broad anarchist conspiracy. Report cites French industrial and banking diplomat Haron le Man dat Grancy as belief in the plot's aim. Authorities seek clues and detain suspects.
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Chicago
Wall Street
Haron le Mandat Grancy
Swing Costs Decline Noted in Food Prices Across Cities
Department of Labor figures show a broad fall in food prices from mid July to mid August with potatoes down 44 percent and cabbage 41 percent. Sugar drops 14 percent while eggs rise 11 percent. pork chops up 5 percent. Across 51 cities, general price levels fall led by Minneapolis 11 percent and St Paul 10 percent declines. Industrial employment trends shift with auto manufacturing down 10 percent and woolen, leather sectors down 6 and 5 percent respectively, while car building and paper making rise. Payrolls also show mixed movement across nine declines and five gains.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Livestock Leaders Seek Federal Loan Relief
A Chicago conference of livestock producers packers and bankers pressed the federal reserve board for relief from anticipated curtailment of loans. They warned that calls on hundreds of millions in maturing loans this fall could devastate the western livestock industry without bank credit extensions.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve System
Chicago
West
Japs Plan to Continue Fight Over California Land Issue
Japanese representatives argue no permanent solution to the California problem before the US presidential election. They use press channels to oppose the referendum extending the exclusion of Japanese from land ownership in California and to bar leases and dummy corporations.
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California
Tokyo
United States
Minister Charged With Swindling at Honeymoon Hotel
Denver police arrest B Jenkinson a newly ordained Presbyterian minister at a hotel during his honeymoon with a Nebraska bride. Omaha authorities charge him in an oil stock swindle totaling over $20 000.
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Denver
Nebraska
B. Jenkinson
Omaha
Gradual Recession in Prices Reported by Treasury Secretary
Secretary of the Treasury Houston notes a gradual price decline is expected but foresees no sudden drop or clear end to cost pressures in coming years. He believes inflation will ease slowly without a sharp recession.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Poles Capture Lutek and Extend Front in Volhynia War
An official statement says Lutek in Warcuw Lutsk, forty miles east of Vindlak Volhynsk, has fallen to Polish forces. The report notes significant advances along a front of about 240 miles with Polish gains across the region.
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Lutek
Warcuw
Lutsk
Vindlak- Volhynsk
Red Circular Found Targeting Worcester Labor
Worcester police discover hundreds of copies of a red circular urging workers to refuse to wake handle or ship munition materials that could be used against the Soviet government in Russia. The pamphlet calls for refusal to assist military production and distribution efforts in the city.
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Worcester
Mass
Russa
No sport in hunting seal on Newfoundland coast
A rugged account from the Newfoundland coast details seal hunting as brutal, perilous work rather than sport. It describes the merciless gaff blows, red ice, crying seals, and the perilous ice floes driven by wind, with hunters relying on lookout lines from headland women to distant sentinels.
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Newfoundland
Ancient giant wombat skeleton found in Tasmanian marsh
A giant wombat skeleton from 20 000 to 30 000 years ago was found by farmer Lovett in the Mowbray marsh near Northwest Tasmania. Launceston museum expert Gott dates the specimen to over 20 000 years old, suggesting a creature larger than a mule with tusks and bearlike features. The find marks the only known specimen, with the animal possibly herbivorous and slow moving compared to today’s wombats.
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Tasmania
Mowbray
Lovett
Mr. Gott
Launceston Museum
London Daily Mail
Sugar Cane Growth and Harvest Process
Sugar cane requires abundant sun and water in rich soil. Stalks are planted in furrows with shoots and later suckers. At harvest, fields resemble core fields with larger plants, no tassels or ears, 12 months growth, color changes from green to reddish, leaves fall away. Hand-cut stalks are stripped and carried to the sugar mill in Menablar.
Milk and Meat Prevent Pellagra, Says Public Health Service
Recent public health service report states that lack of milk and fresh meat in diets is the principal cause of pellagra. Dr. Joseph Goldberger urges increasing dairy cattle in regions where pellagra is prevalent and establishing year round fresh meat markets.
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United States Public Health Service
Joseph Goldberger
Taking the Sunny Side Riddle From Fivery Street
A sunlit handshaking riddle from Bulwer Lytton asks which of two aides wins the sunny side and thus the younger man, clarifying a playful social custom on the shady and sunny sides of Fivery Street.
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Fivery Street
Bulwer Lytton
Incessant Trouble Draws Crowds Despite Peaceful Times
Despite constant talk of trouble and many seeking it, there remains plenty to go around for those who want conflict. The passage notes a steady stream of incidents drawing interest even when overall peace appears to hold.
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