Writer Forsyth Appears to Die by Own Action After Revue Accepted
New York reports actor and playwright Bertram Forsyth killed himself using illuminating gas in his upper west side apartment. A note to his wife and letters from Provincetown Players confirm his revue Powder and Patches was accepted for production. Police found papers revealing his struggle with nervous low mood and personal letters.
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York
Associated Press
Bertram Forsyth
Upper West Sice
Provincetown Players
Winchester
Oxford
Birh
French Radicals Shun Legion Fete In Holiday Week
French radicals urge supporters to work next Monday amid a holiday for the American Legion. Socialist officials in Paris’s red belt refuse to join official celebrations citing the murders of Sacco and Vanzetti as near, while Chalon-sur-Saone bans participation after the Sacco and Vanzetti murders.
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American Legion
Union of Socialist Municipal Couners
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Paris
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Iit Possible To Join In the Offichil
Messiday
Saco
Vauxetth
Chalon-Sur-Saone
Sacco
Vansetu
Second Descent in Cotton Is Checked
New Orleans September 16 By Associated Press a second provisional descent in cotton prices was checked after Washington announced no more price interval predictions Jardine said the department would issue none and cited a firm cotton position The rally ended with prices 9 to 16 points below yesterday's close A joint protest by five Southern agriculture commissioners from Georgia Texas Mississippi Louisiana and North Carolina followed the announcement urging continued farm price support efforts.
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Assoested Press
Washington
Berrefers of
Agriculture
Jardine
Stetercent
Cotter
Alpiost
Ayscultiate
Department of Such Forge
Agriglture
Georgia
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
North
Caroline
Brothers of War Reunite After Civil Split in West Virginia
Henry and Jonathan Roten, 66 years apart in reunion, fought for opposite sides in the Civil War. Henry joined the Confederates, fled to Texas after the war and bought a farm, while Jonathan served with Northern forces and returned home to Huntington. Recent family loss spurred a cautious reconciliation as they learned of each other’s fates.
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Huntington
W. Va
Associated Press
Henry
Jonathan Roten
Roten
Jonathan
Fort Worth
Texas
Seaside Park Boy Tours Abroad After Carmania Voyage
Nine year old Billy Keller son of Mr and Mrs Dennis F Keller of Waldemere avenue returns from Ireland England and France aboard the Carmania He praises Seaside Park fireworks over France notes misty Irish weather prefers Bridgeport England and Oxford or Cambridge for college enjoyed Havre Bastille Day but finds American fireworks better popular with first and third class travelers and will repeat schooling at Jefferson School next year.
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Billy” Keller
Dennis F. Keller
Waldemere Avenue
Carmania
Ireland
England
France
Keller
High Seas
Billy
Willam
Oxford
Cambridge
Havre
Seaside Park
Little William
Glors
Jefferson School
Lagain
Milford Public Schools
Carl Maddox
Actus
Washington
Arthur Battersby
Devon
Milora
Millfard Motor Mart
New Haven Avenue
Charles W. Simpson
Battereby
Afred Whitham
Walnut Beach
Isaac Walton
Devon Improvement Association
Samuel Herris
Stratford
Bridgeport Avenue
Spring Street
Connelly
Harrison and Gould
Fort Trumbull Beach
Death after boxing bout shocks Coast Guard academy
A Coast Guard board of inquiry and a coroner probe the death of George Worves twenty one after a boxing bout at the academy. The autopsy cites a lacera ted brain and ruptured artery from a blow by Earl Bullock. Worves was born in Brookville Pennsylvania and enlisted in New York City.
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New London
Associated Press
Coast Guard Board of
J. J. Destrond
Norwich
George Worves
Coast Guard Academy
Earl Bullock
Academy
Gordon T. Finley
Bullock
Varves
F. A. Zeusler
Arthur Hall
C. P. Knight
H. G. Hinckley
General Board of Inquiry
Coast Guard
Washington
Butlock
Charles Kaufrean
George Cheney
Ruilock
Brookville
New York City
Peter Vorves
Midland
Vorves
Connecticut
Charles Peguihlan
al Friedman
Boston
Hertford
War veteran sues opponents over school project
Jamestown Tennessee September 16 Sergeant Alvi C York World War hero files a 750000 damage suit against the Bank of Jamestown and a dozen prominent Fentress County citizens. York says his efforts to establish a mountain children’s school were thwarted by their opposition and any damages would fund the school.
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Jamestown
Tenn
Alvi C. York
Bank of
Fensiress County
York
Two Children Die After Gas Tank Explosion Jest
In Columbus Chile a misinterpreted jest led to a gasoline tank explosion that burned two children, William Junior and Mildred Klinkert, aged two and five. A nearby boy, Walter Kibbert, 16, lit a match after overhearing a remark by their mother, causing the blast that fatally burned William and Mildred. Walter sustained lighter injuries. The mother and neighbor were present in furs as investigators pursued the incident.
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Chile
Associated Press
Willam Junior
Mildred Klinkert
Wil Lam
Klinkert
Carson
Walter Kibbert
Childres
William
Mildred
Walter Wan
Devon Gains Reported In Number Of Pupils At Devon Schools
Enrollment figures from Devon and Walnut Beach Gremuy School show Devon at 514 pupils this term, up 56 from last year’s first day and 26 above any day last year. Walnut Beach enrolls 377, matching the first day of last year.
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Devon
Walnut Beach
Walnut Beach Gremuy School
Rogers
N. R. Hailey
Bethlehem
N. H
Sevon
Clase
Milford High School
David Hyde
Milford
Ruth Evarts
Maryter Wilson
Fort Trumbull Beach
Grace Wilcox
Legionnaires Gather in Paris for American Legion Convention
Delegations arrive from across the United States to greet General John J. Pershing and national commander Howard P. Savage in Paris. Legionnaires mingle near Cours De La Reine as Salvation Army and Knights of Columbus provide doughnuts coffee and cooling drinks while veterans recall battles and wartime memories.
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Paris
Associated Press
American Legion Convention
Armerica
France
John J. Pershing
Howard P. Savage
Legion
Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
Henad
Cours de la Reine
United States
Six More Entries In Air Race Reach Start
Roosevelt Field N Y September 16 Six more entries in the New York Spokane air derby alighted today while the Department of Commerce staff was augmented by four new representatives. Owners and pilots include Buhl Alister Marysville Michigan R Hudson Waco Whithoind Robert S Fore Concord New Hampshire R S Foss Waco10 Berry Bros Inc Metrolype OW Meyer waglerock Uesie Miller Des Mot Milter Eagferock H E Campbell Waco10 B G Knapp Ypelun Michigan E G Knopp
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Associated Press
Here
Department of Commerce
Buhl Alister
Bunt Aircraft Company
Marysville
Mich
R. Hudson
Waco Whithoind
Roberts. Fore
Concord
N. H
R. S. Foss
Waco-10
Berry Bros., Inc
Metrolype OW. Meyer, Waglerock
Uesie Miller
Des Mot
Milter
Eagferock
H. EB. Gampheil
Kans Ibland
H. E. Campbell
B. G Knapp
Ypelun
G. Knopp
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Darien
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Laure) Avenue
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N.Y
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Seward B. Price
Laurel Avenue
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