Harding on the road to health after illness
President Harding rests comfortably in San Francisco as doctors report signs of improvement and easing lung issues after pneumonia and indigestion sparked concerns. Brigadier General Sawyer notes the fever has broken and breathing is less labored though care remains essential. Plans for a Panama trip are shelved with return planned overland.
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Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Harding
Charles E. Sawyer
Sawyer
Missing Cincinnati Girl Tied to Striking Stranger
Violet Terry, 13, of Colerain avenue, was last seen with a strange woman near her home. Detectives report the pair walked off, boarded a southbound street car, and a $19 loss from her mother's pocketbook was later noted. Police search continues with description of the woman, 35 to 40, in a black dress.
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Violet Terry
Colerain Avenue
Maggie Kortmayer
Hares and Bullerdick
Percy
Puccini Nephew Joins Council as Janitor and Listens to Music
A new janitor at the Council of Social Agencies reveals he is Puccini’s nephew. He is praised for work, tidying waste baskets, washing windows, and humming while he works. When asked his relation, he confirms he is the composer’s brother’s son and expresses fondness for listening to music rather than playing.
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Puccini
Council
Ousted Artist Burns Paintings in Street in New York
Ghilde De Rohan D Harcourt, dispossessed from his East 72nd street studio, tried to burn three oil paintings on the curb. A policeman kicked the blaze apart as a crowd watched, then an auction raised $15 for a music box and $2 for a deer skin rug.
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New York
Ghilde de Rohan D’ Harcourt
East 72Nd Street
D'Harcourt
Peace ruling may release Maish captives
Dublin August 1 court of appeals ruled no state of war exists in Ireland and prisoners held under military necessity can seek habeas corpus. Though the decision challenges government practices, legislation already passed to continue imprisonments for three months awaits assent. Kevin O Higgins warned potential release of 10 000 military detainees could force executive action by tomorrow.
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Dublin
Ireland
Court of Appeals
Nora Connolly ‘O’brien
Dail Eireann
Senate
Gene
Kevin O'Higgins
Home Affairs
Davis Announces Candidacy for President at Chicago Jamboree
Kansas Governor Jonathan M. Davis declares his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination after returning from Chicago. He says Kansas Democrats will back a solid delegation and affirms plans to aid without actively lining up the state’s national party choice. He notes influential supporters sought appointments during his visit.
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Davis
Associated Press
Chicago
Jonathan M. Davis
Homie
Kansas
Farm Loan Board
Henry Ford
League of Nations
League
Harding
Europe
Topeka
Kan
J. M. Davis
Wcr
Mmne
Thirty Years Without Mishap for New York Cab Driver
William Patrick Flaherty, a New York cab driver, completed thirty years with no accident or arrest. Police Commissioner Enright honored him at police headquarters with a platinum watch and praised him as a credit to the city.
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New York
William Patrick Flaherty
Enright
Flaherty
Grand Jury to Probe Failures of Three Ohio Firms
Hamilton County Prosecutor Charles S. Bell said the grand jury will investigate Beazell and Chatfield investment brokers along with Elbinger Shoe Company and the R. L. Dollings Company after their recent collapses cost stockholders and customers millions. The probe, led by Nelson Schwab, will review court records and hear from officers, creditors and customers, with indictments possible for forgery embezzlement and related offenses. The grand jury will wait for federal authorities to complete their examination before proceeding.
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Beazell and Chatfield
Elbinger Shoe Company
R. L. Dollings Company
Hamilton County Grand Jury
Charles S. Bell
Beazell & Chatfield
Grand Jury
Bell
Nelson Schwab
Criminal Department
Schwab
Beazell and
Chatfield
R. L. Collings Company
Dollings Files Amendment to Bankruptcy Schedules
Raymond L. Dollings, bankrupt Wyoming investment broker, filed an amendment listing unsecured creditors totaling 8037.86 led by his wife Mrs. R L Dollings with a claim over 7000. Dollings founded the R L Dollings Company now in Columbus under receivership amid an Attorney General Crabbe investigation.
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Dollings
Raymond L. Dollings
Wyoming
R.L. Dollings
R. L. Dollings Company
Columbus
Crabbe
Civic groups weigh bond drive for city projects and a new library
Representatives from the West End and East Fifth Street groups met in the Mayor's office to align support for bond issues on Eighth Street Viaduct Canal Boulevard and East Fifth Street projects. They opposed the $2.5 million library bond while trustees urged its urgency noting the 1868 building is obsolete.
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East Fifth Street
Central Parkaway Association
West End Improvement Association
East Fifth Street Extension Association
Concord
Eighth Street
Hornberger
Henry Ritter
Fifth Street
Carrel
N. D
Charles W. Handman
Canal Boulevard
Robert Doepke
Robert Taft
Donahey Defends Convicted Servants On Ontario Fishing Trip
Governor Donahey of Ohio describes two convicted murderers accompanying his fishing party as trusted workers and asserts he signs pardons for Earl Jennings and that C Zipriani works as a cook. He criticizes Canadian views on convicted men and outlines their roles on the trip in Coboconk Ontario with his six sons and the Coboconk warden.
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Toronto
Ont
Donahey
Ohio
Toronto Star Today
Ontario
Coboconk
Earl Jennings
C. Zipriani
Warden Thomas
Cobonok
Homer Price
Don
Preston Thomas
Ohio governor faces international issue over prisoners on fishing trip
In Columbus Ohio Governor Donahey and Warden Thomas face Canadian immigration scrutiny after two Ohio Penitentiary convicts joined a fishing party. Ottawa orders inquiry into entry of the two “trusties” while officials privately weigh pardons and custody rights.
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Columbus, CO
Donahey
P. E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Canada
Cook
Dominion
Price Russell
State Board of Clemency
Ohio
Execut
Ottawa
W. R. Little
Dominion Commissioner of Immigration
Coboconk Lake
Victoria County
United States
Automatic train control system tested on Pennsylvania lines
Philadelphia August 1 tests of an automatic train control system on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Lewiston Junction and Sunbury show promise for preventing collisions. The system, combining electrical pneumatic and mechanical devices, has operated on the Lewistown branch since July 11, slowing or stopping trains that approach too closely or with switches left open.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewiston Junction
Sunbury
Lewistown
Cuban Congress Adopts Resolution Amid Lottery Bill Clash
Washington reports Ambassador Crowder’s Havana return viewed as a protest against Cuban actions. The Cuban lottery bill and a sweeping anti American resolution prompted concern in the State Department and raised questions about Havana Washington relations. The resolution defends the lottery measure and asserts Cuban sovereignty while warning against foreign interference.
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Washington
Crowder
Havana
State Department
United States
General Crowder
Cuba
Harding
Abassador
Congress
Ex-Wife of Playwright Evicted From Old Mill Estate
In Oyster Bay New York on August 1 Mrs. Louis Sherwin ex-wife of playwright Louis Sherwin was evicted from The Old Mill on the North Shore after Beekman estate filed proceedings claiming six months of unpaid rent. She and her three teenage children faced homelessness, but she expected friends to help them find a home.
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Oyster Bay
N Be
Louis Sherwin
Beekman
Sherwin
Rumors Place Crowder Recall in Havana Amid Lottery Debate
From Havana July rumors, backed by New York sourcing via The New York Times, cite a plan to recall General Crowder the U. S. ambassador to Cuba. Cuba’s Congress passed the lottery law over President Zayas veto amid charges of foreign interference and misapplied scrutiny of the measure.
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Havana
Crowder
Cuba
New York
New York Times
General Crowder
United States
Congress
Zayas
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Matthews Engineering Company
Keletts
Louis J. Hinde
Mark Cosgray
Sandusky
Ralph Emery
Abraham L. Meyer
Pittsburgh
Matthews Company
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Pleasant Street
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