Rich caves found on Mexican land reported
Reports describe discoveries of ancient buried caves in Mexico. A Maya city near Santa Elena, Criatas, reportedly found by a government scientific party with inscriptions and artifacts. A second site on a Guerrero ranch yields petrified remains, artifacts, and cave halls. locals speculate a buried city and planned road access for tourism.
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Mexico
CIPY
Goea
Santa Elean
Criatas
Jullahusca
Guerrero
Borique
Juan Palacios
Poteluca Anen Puig
ParcMave
Nerur Palacios
Keim Universal
Tsaurlo Silva
State police enforce driving rules as traffic peaks in weekend exodus
State police and highway officials report a record traffic day as motorists crowd Connecticut highways. Superintendent Wiertey notes drivers must cooperate to ease congestion while authorities stage patrols and ramp improvements. Despite challenges, highway conditions compare favorably with other states and continued improvements are pledged.
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Connecticut
Hurley
Wiertey
Gar nsey Slated for Board Job In City Post
Fragmented page note indicates Garnsey slated for a board appointment related to the Twelfth District welfare building, with mention of Vincent Whitney and a resignation tied to a possible salary position tied to the board. The text references the Board of Appraisal and potential membership changes amid a staffing shift.
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Vinent Whitney
Emeneser
Appreisal
Studers al Arind
Rayer
Mrs Turner Endorsed as District Delegate
Mrs Bessie McTursox wife of James A Turner longtime president of Birth District Regalittean club was honored last night as head of the district Republican auxiliary. The group named delegates to the city convention, aiming to unite with men in decorating the new district home on Tooms Norman and Olive streets and to beautify the grounds.
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Mra
Bessie McTursox
James A. Turner
Regalittean Cliby
Ehab
Orguntarian
Tooms
Norman
Olive
Manet
False alarms in hunt for stabber keep police busy
Police sweep the city for a phantom stabber said to have wounded three girls, with detectives on duty at headquarters and patrols in all districts. False alarms flood the system, but citizens cooperate and keep lines open to aid the investigation.
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Cne
Cosgiun
Byersmin
Wtg
Patrick J. Mianagar
Exhausted man taken off sandbar after boat grounded
George YL T Linscott, about seventy, of 79 Husell Street, was rescued from his 32 foot motorboat grounded near Seaside Park after a heavy rainstorm. Harbormaster A Lamond hauled him from the vessel, which was badly damaged, and Linscott was returned home by auto after exposure.
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George YL T Linscott
Husell Street
Seasile Park
Ul A. Lamond
Linstott
Ter Lamond Janscott
Rik Anchorage
Ehere
Linscots
Linscott
Lamond
Linscortt
Telegram Frightens Family In Stamford Mystery
A Western Union telegram sent to Mrs. A J La France of New London prompted a husband and wife to travel to Stamford. It claimed a person named Maury Drury arrived at Stamford Hall, a sanitarium, but no trace of the supposed patient was found. Police searched nearby hotels and institutions without results. The case remains unexplained as the caller alleges a 17 year old girl from Worcester is involved.
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Western Union
A. J. LaFrance
New London
Mary
Water Street
Worcester
Mass
Coast Guard
Stamford
Stamford Hall
Maury Drury
Ward
Giak
Restaurant Employee Taken for Theft Freed
Webster owner of a restaurant at Faifield Park avenues reported to the Detive bureau that a counter worker, Ter s Troma, stole from the wash register Sunday night. Sergeant Joh J. Beery arrested Fraumbull at headquarters. Brain Wham FT rPuesdas aided the investigation as Stora testified.
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Fo Webster
Faifieland Park Avenues
Deurtive Bureau
Ters Troma
Joh J. Beery Arested
Eyiehike
Te Winiere
Iecuton
Miss Hao
Leaf litter value study to aid fire prevention efforts
Scientists led by Dr. Raphael Zon of the Lake States Forest Service and Minnesota experts plan to quantify the commercial value of leaf litter in Minnesota conifer forests. In a test plot, burlap floors collected needles to measure dry weight and water absorption, then chemical analysis will compare elements like calcium potassium and phosphorus to fertilizer equivalents to reveal the litter’s worth.
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Allinnwapolis
Raphael Zon
Lake States Forest Service
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Valentino in hospital after collapse at hotel
Valentino suffered a collapse yesterday at the Ambassadeur Hotel while with his valet. Doctors performed a double operation after Valentino was rushed to a hospital where flowers and sympathy messages from film friends were received.
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Valentino
Jatler
Gal Associates
Wile
Ambanggador
Pola Negri Arrives Careworn After Valentino Health News
Pola Negri, the film star, appeared on set in Los Angeles visibly worried over Rudolph Valentino’s condition. She said Valentino underwent surgery in New York for an infected appendix and gastric ulcer, and she intends to rush to his bedside once her current picture finishes.
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Los Angeles
August Li
Pola Negri
Travers-Laskeyudio
Rudolph Valenting
Sheik
Valentino
New York
Miss Negri
Radulph
New York Boxing Board Ruling Upholds State Authority
The State Athletic Commission issues permits to boxing exhibitions and decides whether bouts occur. The license committee cannot refuse a license on grounds contrary to the commission’s exclusive domain. If the committee denies licensing to Dempsey on Rule VII, Dempsey could seek mandamus relief.
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State Athletic Commission
Iin
At‘arnel-Eeveral
Coommittes Sill
Dempsey
Dempesy
Dempsey License Bid Denied for Tunney Bout
Reports from New York indicate the license committee denied Jack Dempsey a license to fight Gene Tunney. Attornies general’s ruling and legal challenges are cited. Attends at Albany and Aratoga Springs commentary remains unrevealed with no official comments from Dempsey’s camp.
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Aratoga Springs
Atlorne
al Osinger
Tunney
Lespatches
New York
Bet
Dempsey
Fac
al Othe
AFP
Jack Demp
Brookfield Man Believed to Have Died by Own Action
The Gods of Willich Ostrander of Brooktiel, missing since Saturday, was found yesterday near Brogkieohi wrds with a lead dawn from the hoy. Edward Kingman, medical examiner for Beocktied and Newtown, was also reported missing prior to transportation to a funeral home.
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Willich Ostrander
Brooktiel
Hoy
Edward
Kingman
Beocktied
Newtown
Heavy Rainfall Drenches Towns With 4.217 Inches in Day
Aur 16. CAIL reports 2.21 inches of rain in a single day causing damage and flash flooding. A weather center notes the total rainfall for the day reached 4.217 inches, the heaviest in two months, as an unusual rainstorm moved in from a low pressure system over the sea and tracked inland.
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Taven
Caily
Thialnity
Takes Pein
Missing Darien Boy Believed to Wander After Family Fight
A 10 year old Darien boy is missing after a family dispute with his parents and police, who suspect he wandered away following a quarrel with his siblings. He was last seen near fields toward Wee Burn golf club wearing a khaki suit and golf shoes. The boy has brown eyes and hair and reportedly carried about five dollars in his bank.
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Dalien
Samuel Enges
Rex Yean Oh
Finasell
Hallow Tree Row
Pairfield
Heymay
Rollies
Samuel
Hut
Inter
Nn Othe
Wee Burn
Westporter Held as Check-Passer in Rochester
Abed G. Southey of Westport, aged about 45, was arrested by detectives after an attempted pass of a worthless check at a Rochester department store. He claims to have recently returned from Florida where he made a fortune. Police say he is linked to a string of recent merchant losses and has lived in Westport as a real estate dealer.
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Rochester
Abed G. Southey
Westport
Outhey
Florida
Southey
Westpore Bank and Trust Company
Ativities
Teapot Dome Case Appeals Under Fire
Washington August 16 The District of Columbia Court of Appeals faces a bid to dismiss the Teapot Dome indictments against Albert B Fall Edward J Doheny and other oil men The government contends a new law bars appeals to the circuit court and seeks remand to the district supreme court for trial on the merits
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Washington
APD
Cyuns
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
District Supreme Court
C P To Complete Rally Plans Soon
A meeting of the Republican Town committee is planned to arrange for Bridge s Republican bus. The session is expected Thursday or Friday. Hiram Bingham will attend with Tax Attorney award and executive osematory las Covergor John A. Trumbull. Lunch Saturday will be with them.
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Chartrand
Hiram Bingham
Osematory Las
John A. ‘Trumbull
Uprisings Halted as 60 Held in Catholic Plot
Police announced about 50 Catholics were arrested in federal district related to an alleged widescale uprising plan. Investigations tie the suspected plot to movements near the Mexican border and possible revolutionary activity. Evidence includes weapons and ammunition found in San Angel area.
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Amlexio Appy
Federal
Sunda
Henrique Metratla
Alifornia
Sundimy
San Ansel
Cathelics
San Fardata
Yeh Sr
N Angel
Canadian ship sights floating German mine
The Canadian cruiser reported sighting what was believed to be a German mine afloat at latitude 33 54 north longitude 50 25 west, about 900 miles east of Boston and 140 miles north of the trans Atlantic steamship route.
Police hunt for British writer behind Kitchener coffin hoax
Police search for a British writer linked to the Kitchener coffin hoax continues as investigators consider the empty coffin and a man named Frank Power. Reports say Power, a criminology student, admitted planning to recoup costs through a moving picture plot and disappeared. Scotland Yard cautions no further action.
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Spilsbury
Lehener
and Power
Power
Arthur Mechia Freeman
H. M.S. Mumpshire
Kitchenery
Moving Picture
Daily Mail
England
Morning Post
Thame
Kitchener
Westminster Gazette
Scotland Yard
Campaign offices opened by Tilson campaign in northeast
In August in New York the Republican national Congressional Committee and the Republican national senatorial committee opened campaign headquarters at the Motel McAlpin. Representative John Q Tilson of Connecticut, majority leader, will supervise campaigns across New England and mid-Atlantic states. Tilson said GOP effort would keep Republicans in control of Congress for two more years.
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York
Ohio River
McAlpin
Republican National Congressional Committee
Reepublican National Senatorial Committee
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Touse of Representatives
BUPEI
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Marysland
Maine
Tilson
Congress
Chicago St Paul Air Mail Halted Amid Cancellation
The article notes uncertainty over an immediate cancellation of the Chicago St Paul air mail service. Officials in Washington, led by Second Assistant Postmaster General Glover, await final word as to the scale of any disruption and terms of continuation under the contract.
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Chicago-St. Paul
Washington
Glover
Cost trimmed to build new school approved this week
Superintendent Carroll R Reed announced cost cuts for a Capitol Avenue area school planned as a one story six room building with later additions. Walrfield and Southport inspections are set for midweek to chart progress along with portable classrooms at Capitol school site.
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Carroll R. Reed
Walrfield
Southport
Havens
Reed
Tt Ja
Manta
Capitol Avenue
Rehrena
Capitol Achool
Maplewood School
Amon Ihose
Mary Mallon
Waltersville School
Webster School
Mallon
Philadelphia
President Coolidge
Miss Mallon Ig
Columbia
Miss Mallon
Bessie J. Howes
Elias Ntewe
Vare Declares He Is Out of Politics on Vacation
Representative William Vare of Pennsylvania returns from abroad aboard the Leviathan and says he is out of politics and on his vacation, declining to discuss Pennsylvania or national politics while accompanied by his daughter Beatrice.
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New York
William Vare
Pennsylvania
Chicago Faces Wave of Attacks by Morons
Chicago officials united with civic and religious leaders to curb a weeklong spree of moron attacks that killed one and wounded twelve. Four new assaults occurred last night targeting three young women aged fifteen to seventeen and a ten year old boy. A thirty seven year old man, father of three, is held by police in connection with the crimes.
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Chicago
Elvic
Quy
Three Lexington youths held for stolen auto
Three youths are held by Stamford police for Lexington authorities in Massachusetts. Charged with taking a car without the owner's consent, the suspects are Charles Breslin twenty five Charles Garaian nine and Frederic Modyana twenty three all of Lexington. The car belonged to Mary Anna Cavanaugh of 362 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington who Breslin told police yesterday.
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Stamford
Lexington
Mass
Charles Breslin
Charles Garaian
Bwenlsnine
Mrederlel Modyana
Twerrtr-Iwn
Mlay Anna Cavanaugh
Massachusetts Avenue
Breslin
Jason
Americans Blame Americans for Ill Feeling Says Hurst
New York August 16 Fannie Hurst returning from Europe recommends the government embargo on American tourists to Europe. She argues that Americans become overly provocative abroad, causing ill feeling in France and elsewhere.
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Fannie Hurst
Europe
New York
Europa
Norwalk Man in Canada Case Leads to Trial
Witnesses accuse Padula and Barrella of planning to beat a person after a card game brawl at 47 Lexington Avenue. Barrella and Clement wield knives. Padula linked with fugitive drive to Canada. Prosecution cites self defense as defense. inquest hears conflicting testimony as Norwalk relatives report departures during the trial preparations.
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Gilards Barre
Lila
Padula
Barrella
Clement
Turrella
Lexington Avenue
Nicholas DiPao
Fratino
Canada
Barretla
Clementi
Paula
Darrella
Theo
Tiarrella
Padalo
Barrela
Sar
Ty Norwalk
Norwalk
Petting Party Sighting Sparks Courtroom Amid Mutonsy Scandal
In Myre Haili witnesses describe a disturbing scene as a wife’s autopsy is detailed. Dr Urenk testifies while reporters, Charlotte Mills and others fill the crowded room. Senator Himpser and Pfeiffes clash with the defense before Judge Leary calls for order.
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Myre
Haili
Frank
Charlotte Mills
Urenk
David
Leary
Tie Hench
eYoutee Heath
Lenglen Manager Seeks New Stars For European Tour
Suzanne Lenglen’s promoter eyes a European swing featuring Red Grange in exhibition play. Tour plans include matches in England France and Germany with American peers, though financial estimates remain undecided as negotiations continue.
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Lenglen
Suzanne
Oregin
Red” Grange
Miss. Lenglen
Europe
Byte
Hwo O
Yen Amertos
England
France
Germany
Toumen
Dempsey Suit Reveals Bout Pact Breaches
New York August 18 AP attorneys for Jack Kenyns former manager of heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey announced a suit for 383 335 53 against the champion. The complaint cites contracts with Hickard for a Dempsey vs Tunney and Dempsey vs Harrs, with Dempsey to receive large sums but allegedly failing to comply. The filing also notes a guaranteed 1 3 percent of net profits from events.
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New York
Jack Kenyns
Jack Dempsey
Ween
Suummons
Dempsey
Tri Camp
Saratoga
Kearns
Tee Hickard
Atrives
Variety of Stratford Death Notices From 1926
A cluster of funeral and death notices from Stratford dated August 14 to 18 1926. Entries reference John Domeracki Elizabeth Thorpe Jamie Connor Higgins and others with funeral times and burial details including St Michael Archangel and Sound Beach cemeteries. Acknowledgments note gratitude for support and condolences from families and friends.
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Bubannam
A. Burnhim
Black Riork Ave
Bomeracki
John Domeracki
Steuben Street
St. Michael Archangel
St. Michael's Cemedy
Booth Street
Stratford
Conantin Cemetery
Sound Beach
Conn
Otis
Dennis Otis
Milnestre
St. Augustine's Church
St. Michaels Cemetery
New Maven Pavers
Thorpe
Suldenis
Elizabeth
Willow
Dazen Thorpe
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Myrtle Avenue
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Ariington
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Wekland Avenue
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St. Michael's Cemenny
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Fairfield Ave
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