Bebe Daniels Engaged to Charles Paddock
Film star Bebe Daniels announced her engagement to famed sprinter Charles Paddock. She said no wedding would occur for at least a year, plans to finish two pictures and take a two month trip abroad. Daniels praised Paddock as one of the finest men she has ever met.
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Canton, CO
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Vic Donahey
Cincinnati
Mellett
Ora Slater
C. B. McClintock
Stark County
H. J. Burton
Columbus
Canton Daily News
Burton
Underworld
S. A
Lengel
Civil Service Commission
H. C. Pontius
Slater and McClintock
Bebe Daniels
Charles Paddock
Los Angeles
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Storm Devastates Western Massachusetts Killing Four
A July 18 cyclone-like storm in Adams and Springfield, Massachusetts, caused four deaths and extensive damage. Victims include Marie Angie Dubois and two Springfield men drowned by a canoe incident and falling trees. The Asbury Methodist Church steeple collapsed as roofs ripped from buildings and widespread outages followed.
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Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Adams
Marie Angie Dubois
Soturno Mantani
George Guillotte
West Springfield
Joseph Trudeau
Berkshires
West Spring
Asbury Methodist Church
Dental College
Columbus
Harvey C. Highman
Ohio State University
Ernest G. Davis
Perry Farm
Delaware
Bomb Damages Chicago Jail as Prison Escape Plot Falters
A dynamite blast rocked Chicago’s old jail today as hundreds of inmates were nearly released from confinement. Guards and prisoners were thrown to the floors, a wall breached, and a bull pen gate bolted as authorities contained the scene. If timed differently, the plot could have freed dozens on death row.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Frank Ouhale
Henry J
Bull Pen
Ouhale
Herriot Begins Task of Forming New Ministry in France
Paris July 18 Eduard Herriot president of the Chamber of Deputies accepts the task of forming a new French government at the request of President Doumergue He aims to conclude by Monday night and faces a seventh cabinet crisis amid financial woes that have shortened ministries and tested a superman’s patience in cabinet making.
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Paris
Eduard Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
France
Doumergue
Herriot
M. Herriot
Parachute Drop Sets New World Record at Grisard Field
Lieut. Paul DeWeese leaped from 3,300 feet and landed after ten and one fourth seconds covering 1,600 feet in a delayed parachute jump. Officials from the University of Cincinnati timed and photographed the feat. The previous record was 1,500 feet at Mitchel Field last year.
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Paul DeWeese
Grisard Field
University of Cincinnati
Clarence I. Lubin
Laurence R. Culver
Willi Carl Osterbrock
Charles Andrea
Randall Rose
Mitchel Field
Long Island
N. Y
American Relief Workers Fight Tartars in Armenian Ranch Stand
Two Near East Relief workers Paul Phillips and his wife faced raiders in Russian Armenia. Phillips fired on Tartars as 20 to 30 fighters attacked a ranch near Karakalls, while cavalry from relief efforts arrived at dusk to drive off the invaders and rescue the family and orphans.
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Tartar
Cavalry
Constantinople
Paul H. Phillips
Seattle
Wash
Erivan
Phillips
Karakalls
Azerbaijan
William Cronin
New Haven
Conn
Five Die in Kentucky Shootings and Related Deaths
A series of Kentucky violence leaves five dead including a 15 year old girl in Klondike. Victims cited: Louie Vance and George Bright in Glasgow, Harry Collins a Glasgow policeman, Alice Short in Klondike, Billy Dowell in Leitchfield. Arthur McAllister hunted for Vance killings. Barbourville policeman killed disarming youths.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Glasgow
Arthur McAllister
Barbourville
Klondike
Dick Vance
McAlister
Mack Smith
Vances
Bright
Corbin
Garrard Philpot
Child
Short Girl
Carl Faris
Billy Dowel
Faris
Leitchfield
Dowel
What Kind of Fish Does Coolidge Catch at Osgoood Lake
A report from White Pine Camp New York July 18 notes a controversy over whether President Coolidge caught pike or a similar lake fish at Osgoode Lake. Gov. Smith will mount the fish as a state museum exhibit with a sign crediting Coolidge and the Adirondacks.
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Glen Tucker
New York World News Service
White Pine Camp
N. Y
Smithsonian Institute
Izaak Walton
Coolidge
Osgood Lake
Davis
Gov. Smith
Albany
State Museum
Department of Education
President Coolidge
Adirondacks
Ed Corbin
Grover Cleveland
Oscar Otis
Tupper Lake
Saranac Lake
First Presbyterian Church
Plattsburg
High honor paid Rev. Brograuig anniversary
A silver jubilee for Rev. Antonine Brockhuis OFM pastor of St. George Church Corryville drew 500 parishioners. A $2,500 check from friends was given by ex Judge Edward T. Dixon. Nicholas Longworth spoke, praising Father Brockhuis’s public spirited work and the country’s future depends on such men.
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Antonine Brockhuis
St. George Church
Corryville
Father Antonine
Edward T. Dixon
DROWNINGS MARK HEAT WAVE AT CINCINNATI
During a heat wave in Cincinnati three drownings occurred as crowds sweltered at riverfront parks and resorts. FERGUSON SCHULTZ 21 of Covington drowned while bathing at Broadway foot. WILLIAM SCHILL 48 of Oakley drowned in the Ohio River near Melbourne Kentucky. HARRY W SMITH 19 of Price Hill drowned at Star Lake Wisconsin.
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Ferguson Schultz
West Fourth Street
Covington
Broadway
William Schill
Oakley Hotel
Cardiff Avenue
Oakley
Ohio River
Melbourne
Harry. W. Smith
Greenwell Avenue
Price Hill
Star Lake
Wis
Schultz
Robert Day
Day
Doward Sheridan
James Harris
Refrain of Little Annie Rooney Final Journey of Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn famed for Little Annie Rooney dies aged 57 after a lingering illness at his College Point summer home. His funeral procession includes three limousines to Calvary Cemetery. sister Anastasia Campbell attends. Flynn wrote some 100 songs and began as a circus clown before joining Gus Edwards Musical Shows.
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New York World News Service
New York
John H
Johnny) Flynn
Walter B. Cooke
Calvary Cemetery
Anastasia Campbell
Flynn
College Point
L. I
Little Annie Rooney
Nie
Joe
Johnny Flynn
Barnum & Bakley
Gus Edwards
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