Turpentine Plant Explosion Kills Twelve in Pensacola
A Newport Tar and Turpentine Company plant explosion in Pensacola destroyed a million-dollar facility. Twelve workers were killed and ten injured as fire spread to adjacent buildings. Five more workers were unaccounted for. The blast occurred shortly after operations began, with witnesses reporting bodies amid flames and one man hurled from the building top.
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Pensacola
Fia
Newport Tar and Turpentine Company
Iowa Farmers Meet Debts and Liquidation Trends
Iowa farmers are meeting their debts as War Finance Corporation closings and bank data show. Only 3216.28 of 24,210,000 advanced in Iowa remains unpaid, with liquidation steady and expected losses under 50,000. Other states show similar reductions to about one percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
War Finance Corporation
Leo H. Paulger
Des Moines Agricultural Lo
Towa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Rhine Flood Tops Records as Damage Widens
Cologne reports the Rhine river surpassing all flood records with water levels well above the previous high. A late night drop raised hope, but a fresh surge washed away optimism as the flood expanded its damage range.
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Rhine
Cologne
Grandstand Collapse Injures 235 at Pasadena Parade
A New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena California ended in tragedy when a temporary private grandstand collapsed injuring 235 people. Over thirty severe injuries were treated in Pasadena Hospital. A spectator woman fell to her death nearby and two men were injured by a crashing horse.
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Pasadena
Cal
Pasadena Hospital
Iowa farmers holding corn in delayed market
Des Moines reports Governor Hammit will soon invite ten corn states to a January conference in Des Moines. Iowa, with the largest corn surplus, has only 10 percent marketed. Farmers store corn in baskets and wire fences while officials seek ways to move the undigested bounty to market.
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Des Moines
Hammit
Iowa
M. G.thornburg
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Rubber Prices and Wheat Trade Speech by Hoover
Secretary Hooker commented on rubber prices noting the best US path is to use less rubber and develop independent supply sources. He warned that trading wheat and cotton for rubber could set prices at about eight dollars per bushel for wheat and seventy five cents per pound for cotton based on production costs and consumer prices.
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Washington
United States
Hooker
Des Moines Parley Endorses Export Corporations for Farm Surplus
At Des Moines a joint agricultural meeting of bankers and farmers approved resolutions backing export corporations to market surplus crops. The all-Iowan conference urged action to create firms aiding marketing across tricultural products and to secure fair profits, urging legislative support.
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Des Moines
Export Corporation
Iowa
Enal
Roosevelt trophies found after long search in Near East
Officials of the Near East Relief report the Simpson Roosevelt Field museum expeditions trophies to Central Asia have been recovered intact after transit losses. The entire collection will be shipped to America on the first steamer. In Chicago New Year celebrations claim one life and a severely wounded woman.
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Batum
Georgian Republic
trans-Caucasia
Persia
Caspian Sea
Near East
Simpson-Roosevelt-Field Museum
Central Asia
America
Chicago Motor Toll Surges in 1925 Fatalities
Chicago coroner reports motor car deaths near 781 in 1925, about one hundred more than 1924, with two recent fatalities increasing the year’s total from 687 to 781 as Washington and President Coolidge weigh nominations for the American delegation to the League of Nations arms conference.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Emerge Motor Toll Greaver
Washington
John W. Davis
Coolidge
Missouri News Nuggets Recap From Boonville to Rolla
Boonville prepares for a $100,000 Kemper Military School dedication with a $40,000 pool on February 1 1926 Maj John L Grimm will speak as athletics leaders from Missouri Valley Conference schools and others attend. In Missouri State news a bank heist yields about 20028 dollars in Kansas City and a jury dismisses a Davi son case for lack of evidence topeka meteorologist warns of tornado threats and reinforced buildings while state salaries face timing issues and tax funds.
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Boonville
Col. F. Henderson
Missouri Reform School
Alton
Til
Western Military Academy
Kansas City
Argyle State Bank
Plaherty
Flaherty
Kanaix
D.ora
Mervteorologiat
United States
Topeka
Kan
Theaper
Murely
Walter J. Davidson
Kart Rindwone
Toy We Riekeer
Jeferson City
Frill
Treasury
Christos
Ales Fergene Codefin
Deushter
Nastor
Ted. C. Springer
Rardeat
Cape Girardean Feods
Epringer
St Louis
Boonville—rians
Kemper Military School
John L. Grimm
Fragmentary note on repair terms and tools
A fragment discusses a piece of wood used in mending a broke base. It mentions horizontal and vertical orientation and hints at measurements or alignment. The text is garbled, preserving only general references to repair work and tool usage.
Women of Middle Are Women of Middle
During the Change of Life many women suffer monthly. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised by Annie Kwinski of Milwaukee and Mrs. MaNtre Adams of Brewton for easing symptoms and restoring energy. Both report relief after using the product.
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Lyaia B.pinkhamn
Ihusband
Annie Kwinski
Ave
Milwaukee
Wis
Brewton
Alabama
Lydia E.pinkburn
MaTrre Adams
Downine Street
Ala
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Lington
Supreme Counciln Rite Masonry
Southern
St. Louis
H. W. Adell Maplewood
Louis Maag
Central Township
Pittsburgh
Garesie
Bagtad
Riza “Khan
Teberan
California City
Scretary of
Hoover
OWA
Parley
Roosevelt
Geor
Missouri News Nuggets
Rolla
Patrick B. ‘Loughlin
Rolla Hospital
O'Loushounty
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Dan O'Loughlin
Ireland
James
Daniel
Edward O'Louthlin
Nancy O'Loughlin
Mary O'Loughlin
Daniel O'Loughlin
Salt Lake City
Utah
Calvary Cemetery
Apie
Oor
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Crescent News
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War van
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