Former Crown Prince Grumbles At High Taxes And Large Estate
The ex Crown Prince, living as a private farmer near Berlin, complains of a 43 percent tax on his estate of about 27 000 acres near Oels Silesia. He says his home has about 120 rooms and needs a small army of servants, but he pursues sport and writing while planning a hunting trip to Austria and a possible Rocky Mountain visit with James Curwood.
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Lady Drummond Hay
United Sttates
Universal Service
Great Britain
London Dairy Express
Realix
Unter ‘An Linden
Oelx
Silesia
Berlin
Wales
Besulien
Austria
Germany
Cela
Frederick August
Saxony
Bernard Shaw
Kipling
Jack London
James Oliver Curwood
Curwood
Crown Prince
James Olver Curwood
Rocky Mountains
Prince of Wales
Police Board Reprimanded by Judge Over Criticism
Judge Beers and Buckley urged the Police Board to retract public criticisms of the court and withdraw them in the press. The board refused to publish the full text of Beers letter and hospital officials urged traffic restrictions near Bridgeport and St. Vincent’s. An accident involving Patrolman Morris and a driver named William Lynch led to deferred action on Lynch’s damage claim.
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Bridgeport Hospital
Grant Street
Common Council
St. Vincent's
Bridgeport
Morris
Main Street
William Lynch
Lynch
Bryan Thought Views Vindicated Parade Permit Policy
The city police department will no longer issue parade permits for vehicles or floats passing through crowded sections after a complaint from the Retailers group. Commissioner Oppel supported the decision citing danger to lives and property and potential fire department delay. Superintendent J Flanagan will enforce the new permit policy for future parades.
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Polices Department
Pees
Oppel
Trick J. Flanagan
Beach Laden with Fish Blights Brewster Beach Scene
Seventy five blackfish ranging from quarter ton to three tons died on Brewster beach Mass as boats ferried 25 more into the bay. Town officials debated whether to bury the carcasses to avert decomposition while potential buyers eyed the fish heads for their valuable oil. Hundreds of motorists and visitors watched the strange spectacle along the shoreline.
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Brewster
Mass
Trumbull Leads 800 Employees on Savin Rock Outing
Governor Trumbull led about 800 employees of the Trumbull company of Plainville on an outing at Savin Rock. Speeches on shop affairs were delivered during the event in New Haven on August 3.
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New Haven
Trumbull
Trumbull Company
Plainvilla
Savin Rock
Jones-Beckett wedding staged on theatre stage
Miss Beatrice Jones and Lawrence Beckett wed in a stage ceremony at Poli’s theatre performed by Justice Napolitano amid uproarious applause. The couple planned a big showy wedding, with confetti and a watermelon gift, then exited to a celebratory dinner as plans for a home were discussed.
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Beatrice Jones
High Street
Lawrence Beckett
Highland Avenue
Poli's
Emil A. Napolitano
Justice of the Peace
North
Washington Avenue
Jimmy” Conroy
Misa Beatrice Jones
Mendelsohn
Miss Jones
Samuel Maey
Olive Street
Mr. Beckett
Ruhamah Hansett
Evitts Lane
Napolitano
Beckett
James McCarthy
Charleston
Three Accidents Reported In Police Notes
Police report details three traffic incidents. Domenico Recchia and Edwin Rahn collided on Barnum avenue near Pixlee place. both machines were badly damaged. Mickey Roman’s car struck William Garner’s vehicle on Jon Brand street near John Street. Garner warned but Roman sped away. minor damage. William Baker’s car was lightly damaged when Jon Mason’s vehicle struck him at Courtland Street and Fairfield avenue intersection.
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Domenico Recchia
Lafayette i
New Haven
Jrear
Edwin M. Rahn
Wan Street
Stratford
Recchia
Barnum Avenue
Pixlee Place
William
V. Garner
Iranistan Avenue
Po- Nea
Mickey Roman
Salt Street
Jon Brand
John
Garner
Roman
William Baker
Sanford Avenue
Ben Mason
Hillside Avenue
Baker
Fairfield Avenue
Courtlands Street
Hallstones Rain Down Across Kentucky Tobacco Belt
Hallstones as large as hen eggs struck parts of three Kentucky counties on August 3, destroying between 750 and 1000 acres of tobacco and causing losses exceeding $100,000 to the white Burley tobacco crop.
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Lexington
Southington rejects charter plan in special vote
In Southington a special election resulted in 590 voting against and 211 for the proposed charter to consolidate borough and town governments. This marks the third defeat of such consolidation, the previous failure occurring about twenty years ago.
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Meriden
Southington
Acquittal Sought in Mary Pickford Kidnapping Case
Defense lawyers for three men charged with plotting to kidnap Mary Pickford and demand 200000 dollars filed a motion for an instructed verdict of acquittal. Testimony focused on hotel room rentals tied to the alleged plot and police informant involvement as the case neared further proceedings.
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Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
J. ¥. Bedel
Stephens
Claude Holcomb
Adrian Wood
Louis Geck
Bodel
Bedel
Cloving
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Pius hopes Tacna Arica plebiscite leads to settlement
The pope expresses keen interest in the Tacna Arica plebiscite presided by General John J. Pershing, hoping for a satisfactory conclusion. In Paris Briand plans to meet Chamberlain in London to discuss responses to Stressmann on security.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Tacna-Arica
John J. Pershing
Paris
Austen Chamberlain
Briand
London
Stressmann
Cardinal Begin Dies Penniless After Long Quebec Career
The late Louis Cardinal Begin, once archbishop of Quebec and Canadian Catholic primate, died August 3 in Quebec. He left no personal estate and his will holds only small bequests to charity, revealing he died virtually penniless.
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Quebec
Louis, Cardinal Begin
Canada
Contemplated New York Cable on Eamon De Valera View
The Irish Republican followers of Eamon De Valera show no change anticipated in their attitude toward the Irish Free State government. De Valera stated this in a cable sent to the focal bureau of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic.
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New York
Eamon Joe Valera
de Valera
Focal Bureau
American Association For the Recognition
Midnight Ship Departures Gain Popularity With War-Era Sailings
An early war era trend shifts Atlantic steamers to midnight departures from port to boost patronage. Passengers enjoy social gatherings on the piers as ships sail at midnight, reducing travel time and avoiding crowded early morning boarding.
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Atlantic
Notes in cistern shed no light on death mystery
Mattoon Illinois August reports note fragments found with Miss Cora Stallman’s body offer threats and references to blackmail. Coroner Schilling directs inquiry toward deciphering letters while Cincinnati relatives say Miss Stallman likely took poison and died by her own hand. Funeral held in Cincinnati.
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Mattoon
Misa
Anna Stallman
Thomas Seaman
Liley
Chilcago
Miss Stallman
J. W
Kk's
Boss Weatfield
Seaman Home
Humboldt
Chicago
First National Bank of
John Fred
Pete
Seaman
Cincinnati
Schilling
Charles Fletchcher
Urbana
Cora Stallman
Ann Seaman
Brooklyn Doctor Lands Three Bass at Once
Dr. Ernest Keet of Jamaica L. I. landed three bass on a single cast with three flies at Baranc Lake in a new record for the region. One bass weighed two pounds and the other two each exceeded one pound. Local lore had seen three hooked before but never landed.
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Baranac Lake
Ernest Keet
Jamaica L. 1
Renowned Baritone Charles Clark Dies On Stage
Chicago August 3 Charles William Clark a noted baritone concert singer and Bush Conservatory professor died suddenly tonight while performing at a local theatre His wife died shortly afterward from the shock in this tragedy at the engagement
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Chicago
Charles William Clark
Bush Conservatory of Music
Governor Trumbull Plans Three Week Maine Camp Vacation
Governor Trumbull and his family will depart August 17 for a three week vacation at Moosehead Lake Maine where the executive maintains a camp.
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Hartford
Trumbull
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Stolen Automobiles Recovered in Stamford
Stamford police recovered two cars stolen from New York and detained three men named Walter Stark John Motner and Arnold Madsen of New York. Stark wrecked a car in Springdale and later failed to pay storage before returning with two accomplices. The men admitted they took the two cars.
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Stamford
New York
Walter Stark
John Motner
Arnold Madsen
Stark
Springdale
Bryn Mawr Graduate Engaged to Williams Professor
Lucretia Garfield, Bryn Mawr graduate, is betrothed to John Preston Comer, who will be an assistant professor of government at Williams College this fall after previously teaching political science at Southern Methodist University in Texas. The announcement was made by President Harry A. Garfield and Mrs. Garfield.
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Williamstown
Mass
Harry A. Garfield
WitNama College
Garfield
Lucretia
John Preston Comer
Misa Garfield
Bryn Mawr
Comer
Williams
Southern Methodist College
Texas
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