Old Lyme Art Colony Exhibit Marks Lyme Art Association Anniversary
The summer exhibition at the Old Lyme town library runs Aug 14–25, celebrating the Lyme Art Association’s 19th anniversary. Works by H. W. Ranger and painters including Lawton Parker, Bruce Crane, Everett L. Warner, Percival Rosseau, Matilda Browne, Harry Hoffman, Edward Gregory Smith, Guy Wiggin, Charles Eberts, Frank A. Bicknell, Carlton Wiggin, Woodhull Adams, Ivan Olinsky, and others are shown, with noted landscapes, interiors, and a postcard gallery on the second floor.
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Old Lyme
H. W. Ranger
Lawton Parker
Bruce Crane
Everett L. Warner
Percival Rosseau
Key West
Edward Gregory Smith
Little Black Bridge
Guy Wiggin
Charles Eberts
Monhegan Island
Frank A. Bicknell
Carlton Wiggin
Cox Asks Hays for Campaign Fund Details
Governor Cox after arriving from Columbus requests information from Will H. Hays chairman of the Republican National Committee about Republican campaign funds. The exchange occurred in Dayton on August 22.
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Dayton
Ohio
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Cox
Columbus
Governor Cox Challenges Hays on Republican Funds Disclosure
Governor Cox states Mr. Hays’ statement does not deny the $15,000,000 Republican fund claim. He demands details on subdivisions and quotas, and says the Senate committee will press for the information. Cox to continue presenting finance evidence this week.
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Cox
Hays
Senate
Wireless music from Marconi yacht intrigues Naples crowd
In Naples on August 21 experts say the next US president might hear The Star Spangled Banner via wireless telephone from William Marconi aboard his yacht Electra. Marconi hosts dancers as London orchestra music is heard across the sea. He also uses the line for news from London and Neapolitan songs via phonograph telephone.
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Naples
United States
William Marconi
Mediterranean Sea
Marconi
London
March 3000 Bolshevik Prisoners March Into Warsaw
In Warsaw a public procession formed by a Polish guard marched 3000 Bolshevik prisoners across the Vistula into the city. The column included six Bolshevik guns drawn by rope-harnessed ponies, following a victory haul northwest of Warsaw early Friday.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Vistula River
Still Believes Wife Faithful After Brooklyn Tragedy
Percy Deverall, a Wheeling photographer, claims his wife Alice Deverall's death in a Brooklyn hotel was an accident. He says he never suspected infidelity and had heard his wife speak of Harold Eustis Ferry, a former aviation corps officer, but asserts there was only friendship. The bodies were found after Mrs Deverall traveled from Wheeling to Brooklyn to pack their goods.
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New York
Alice Deverall
Harold Eustis Ferry
Aviation Corps
Brooklyn
Percy Deverall
Wheeling
W. Va
Ferry
Deverall
Demand for 20 000 Allied Troops Faces Poland Aid
Paris dispatch reports Sir Reginald Tower, League of Nations high commissioner at Danzig, asking all nations to provide 20 000 troops before permitting unloading of munitions for Poland held at Danzig. French officials expect 6 000 more troops to be sufficient, with 2 000 already present, amid an extremist fringe.
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Associated Press
Reginald T. Tower
League of Nations
Danzig
Alled Nations
Poland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Reginald
Wool Handlers Threaten Strike in Boston Warehouses
More than 500 workers in Boston wool warehouses threaten a strike within a week if talks fail between the Boston Wool Trade Association and Wool Handlers Union wage committee. They seek $5 to $6 weekly raises on $28 to $29, an eight hour day with a half Saturday holiday, and reduce current 9 to 12 hour days.
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Boston
Boston Wool Trade Association
Wage Committee of
Labor notes report Boston union wage and event plans
Announcement at the Stablemen's Benevolent Association meeting says Public Works Commissioner Sullivan will replace the split hour system with straight hours. Boston Central Labor Union finances discuss campaign funding. Boston Division No. 1 Railroad Station Employees to meet with grand officers. A Labor Day demonstration is planned for Boston Common with speakers invited by the National Trades Council.
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Stablemen's Benevolent Association of the Cly of
Boston
St. Rose Hall
Sullivan
William Shaughnessy
Boston Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Building
Organized Labor Movement
P. Maree. Jennings
Brotherhood of Railroad
Puritan Fall
Friend Street
Parkman
Cantee
Cox Record Favored by A F L For President
Organized labor through the American Federation of Labor endorsed Governor Cox for President. The non partisan campaign committee report is signed by Samuel Gompers Matthew Woll and Frank Morrison and dated August 22 from Washington.
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Washington
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Cox
Samuel Gompers
Matthew Woll
Frank Morrison
Labor federation magnifies Cox in labor platform critique
The release to millions of organized labor members argues Cox shows clearer understanding of workers needs and a progressive platform closer to human rights, while Harding is criticized for vagueness. It cites Cox’s Ohio record of 59 labor-friendly measures and questions the cost of living rhetoric in Harding’s stance.
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Cox
Ohio
American Labor Movement
Workers of America
Our
Republic
Federation
Harding
Belmont Taxi Robbery Attack Ends With Arrest
A man was beaten near Prospect and Pleasant streets in Belmont after being followed from Boston by two men and a girl. The taxi driver was arrested. the other assailants escaped. The injured man, name withheld, was taken to Waltham Hospital. Police search Boston for the fleeing pair.
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Prospect
Pleasant Streets
Belmont
Boston
Shaughnessy
Belmont Police
Waltham Hospital
Bank Bandits Evade Posse Still At Large
Bank bandits after a $40 000 heist fled to East Longmeadow after a running gun battle with police. Investigators tracked two suspicious men seen near Breck farm with a taxi, while residents aided the manhunt and stocked patrols with shotguns and revolvers. Authorities doubt capture soon though surrounding towns were alerted.
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Conn
East Longmeadow
Frank W. Quilty
Frank T. Hurley
Connecticut
Captain Hurley
Connecticut State Police
Robert W. Bridgeman
Arthur Brunnell
Frank Nichols
Breck Farm
Joe Dilk
Frank L. Lataille
J. E. Grainger
Mr. Granger
Brakeman Killed in New London Yard Incident
Louis Deaulion aged 26, a railroad brakeman, was found dead in the midway yards of the New York New Haven and Hartford line in New London. The victim, listed as from St. Albans Vermont, was discovered by railroad workers early today.
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New London
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