Hanging of Mexican Mayor Sparks Religious Violence
The mayor Humberto Cervartes of Nochistan is reported lynched after firing on a Catholic priest during a registration dispute. Archbishop del Rio fainted briefly while confirming about 5,000 children in Mexico City cathedral amid fears of church seizures. Catholics crowd churches as government weighs action, while lay committees plan to guard churches.
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Mexico City
Aguascalientes
el Universail Grafico
Nochistan
Zacatecas
Humberto Cervartes
Mexico
Ora del Rio
New Living Quarters in Local Rental Ads
Classified Rental Ads list multiple properties for rent including LIFTON six or seven room modern apartment with garage FREEMAN AV two four room flats MT AIRY four room modern with garage NORWOOD second floor flat with solarium five rooms porch and third floor two rooms DAYTON KY Sixth Ave three room modern furnished apartment and PRICE HILL five room modern brick house with city conveniences country surroundings built in garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Airy
Norwood
Dayton
Price Hill
Man Burned When Matches Ignite From Fall
Leroy Shope, 21, fell two stories from a Handley road roof while working Monday. A box of matches in his hip pocket ignited on impact, setting his clothes on fire. He was seriously burned and taken to a hospital in Toledo with a serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Leroy Shope
Handley Road
Five held in Roosevelt Hospital payroll hold up tied to Hell's Kitchen gang
Police round up five men linked to the Roosevelt Hospital payroll robbery on July 1. Four confess to roles in the hold up and related crimes, naming a Hell's Kitchen gang with further assaults in recent weeks. One member killed himself accidentally after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Lower West Side
Hell's Kitchen
Philip Obert
Duffy
Peter Mahoney
Bernard Frankel
Frenchy
Lee Hecker
Harry Stein
John Ward
Karrigan
McLaughlin
Murder charge placed against Voelker in Buffalo liquor poison case
Buffalo drug and law enforcement report a first degree murder charge filed against James G. Voelker, alleged poison liquor distributor tied to fourteen deaths. Authorities say Voelker knew he sold wood alcohol as poison, with at least twenty arrests tied to the investigation across Western New York and Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Guy B. Moore
James G. Voelker
Voelker
Moore
New York
Ontario
Buffalo-Niagara
Canadian
Gany
Belgium
Canada
Admitted assault at Mexico hotel as Peteet girl testifies
Luis Amador a Tijuana saloon keeper admitted in court that he attacked Clyde Peteet American girl at a hotel after meeting her and her family at his saloon. He claimed she made no resistance and said he did what any man would have done. Four other defendants were set to testify for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tijuana
Lower
California
Mexico
Luis Amador
Clyde Peteet
Audrey
Amador
Peteet
Thomas M. Peteet
San Diego
Llanos
Clyde
Jack Emery
Juanita Kizer
Jack Watkins
Thomas Peetet
Peetet
Audrey Peetet
Hotel Nacional
Paris Rally Condemns Sacco and Vanzetti Execution
Ten thousand Paris workers gathered at a mass meeting organized by the General Confederation of Labor to protest the looming execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Boston. The crowd urged martyrdom and mourning for the two defendants, labeling the hangmen of Sacco and Vanzetti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Sacco
Vanzetti
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Quest for Slayer Narrowed to Single Lead in Canton
Canton Ohio July 27. One obstacle remains before suspects in the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton News publisher, is revealed. Investigators say a single lead could crack a conspiracy of law violators while the hunt continues in Canton's underworld known as the jungle. The News vows to carry on the murder case with renewed effort and public pressure for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Don R. Mellett
Canton News
Mellett
Oran Slater
Cincinnati
Stark County
Harry Turner
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Slater
Earl Hexamer
C. B. McClintock
Day 3 Holding Own At Polls In Prohibition Primary
The Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals reports progress in congressional primaries as dry candidates lead or hold in several states. Illinois, Indiana, Oregon, New Jersey and Minnesota show varied results with dry gains and losses, while Barkley contends for a Senate seat as a dry candidate.
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Awashington
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Dakota
Charles Christopherson
Royal ‘C. Johnson
William Williamson
Ilinois
House
Senate
Methodist Board
Frank L. Smith
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Barkley
New Jersey
Minnesota
Drys
Kentucky
Ernst
Association Against the Prohibition
Millionaire Bond Forger Arrested in Cincinnati
Benjamin White, 40, of Chicago, was arrested on the street in Cincinnati for forging $150,000 in Illinois township bonds. Detectives Paul V. Ryan and Charles F. Ryan identified him from a prior police circular and memory. White confessed to the 1924 forgery and said jail brings relief from his guilt, noting he had sold about $100,000 of the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin White
Chicago
Cincinnati
Illinois
Paul V. Ryan
Charles F. Ryan
Crim & Ryan Agency
Fourth and Vine Streets
White
Paul Ryan
Ohio City Abolishes Police Force Over Funds Shortage
Warren, Ohio. City Council votes emergency measure to abolish the city police department citing no funds to pay officers. Police Chief B. J. Gillen and fourteen other officers are affected as sheriff of Trumbull County is asked to patrol and enforce laws.
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Warren
Warren City
Trumbull County
Pollice
B. J. Gillen
Gale Drives Seaboard Woes and Illinois Senate Funds
A massive gale up the Seaboard triggers reports of boats missing and ships in distress while Illinois politics reveal campaign outlays. Senator McKinley’s renomination bid cost about 350000 dollars with total primary spending around a million, far exceeding prior benchmarks as investigations detail cross-faction support and alleged thuggish tactics in Cook County.
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Florida
Seaboard
Chicago
William B. McKinley
Illinois
Senate
Allen F. Moore
Frank L. Smith
McKinley
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Newberry
Brennan
George E. Brennan
Roy O. West
Republican National Committee
Cook County
Deneen
Republican Party
West
Samuel Insull
Crowe-Barrett
Moody urges Ferguson to quit Texas governorship
Texas demands that Governor Miriam A. Ferguson resign immediately after her defeat. Attorney General Daniel Moody, who won the Democratic nomination, says she is not keeping their campaign pledge to quit promptly. Moody noted he cannot force her to resign and said the public should decide how to act at the ballot box. Moody tied his vow to her promise to resign if he defeated her by 25 000 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
Moody
Ferguson
Daniel Moody
Junior Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Man requests death sentence in Philadelphia Municipal Court
A 26 year old man dressed neatly asked Judge Lewis to send him to the electric chair, claiming he is incurably criminal. He said he has spent most of his life in penal institutions since age two and has never known freedom for long, admitting repeated frauds in multiple states.
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Philadelphia
William M. Lewis
William M. Moore
Boston
New York
Mt. Holyoke
Mass
Moore
Countess Karolyi seeks mandamus to compel embassy pay review
Countess Karolyi through lawyers wins DC Supreme Court order for a Friday hearing on a writ of mandamus against Secretary Kellogg. The case aims to force instruction of the American embassy at Paris to revise her pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Karolyi
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Kellogg
Paris
United States
Coolidge Urges Tolerance in Americans Abroad
President Coolidge exhorts Americans overseas to avoid provoking foreign animosity. He calls for educated, respectful travelers, sympathy for war-torn economies, and restraint from unwarranted criticism while noting aviation plans with Edsel Ford and visits at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
United States
White Pines Camp
President Coolidge
Edsel Ford
Detroit
Ford
Mr. Ford
White House
Balustrade Collapse Injures Dozens At Coney Island Fireworks
On July 27 in New York 250000 spectators watched a fireworks display when a twenty-foot section of concrete balustrade on stairs from the boardwalk to the beach collapsed. At least fifty were injured with three seriously hurt as concrete and debris rained onto the sand and crowd. Three were taken to Coney Island Hospital and first aid was given to others. identified victims included Anthony Pisano and Mrs. Millie Kruchkow among the injured.
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New York World News Service
New York
Coney Island
Coney Island Hospital
Anthony Pisano
Millie Kruchkow
Countess Salm-Hoogstraeten Applies for Passport to Europe
Countess Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten formerly Millicent Rogers applied for a passport and planned to sail August 6 for a visit to France and Italy. She has spent the summer at Southampton Long Island and left for Europe March 12 after filing separation proceedings.
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Countess Salm
Riverhead
N.Y
Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Millicent Rogers
France
Italy
Southampton
Long Island
Europe
Florida Caribbean storm hammers coast and sinks ships
A Caribbean-origin storm battered Florida’s east coast with winds near 100 mph causing coastal damage, ship distress, and crop loss. Miami reported $1,000,000 in damage, Palm Beach suffered significant wave and roof damage, with forty yachts sinking in Lake Worth and multiple vessels in distress near Jupiter Inlet.
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Miami
Mneman
Palm Beach
Ocean Drive
Sea Front Boulevard
Yacht Club
Lake Worth
Orizaba
Ansaldo
Wilhelm A. Reidhmann
Jupiter Inlet
Houston
Tex
Rotterdam
Seminole
New York
Jacksonville
Ulua
Biefrost
Sun
Anchorage
Miami Beach
Phil Pomeroy
Bimini
Zulieta
Brunswick
Hialeh
Gulf Refining Company
J. M. Guffey
Port Arthur
Port Here
Charleston
Virginia Capes
Tampa
Cedar Keys
Postal Telegraph Company
Ft. Pierce
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lake Wales
Key West
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Presidential Palace
Hell’s Kitchen Gang
Ness
Avers
U. S
Charles Krichbaum
Common Pleas Court
City Police and Civil Service Commission
Paeero Million Itario
Ohio City
Col. Smith
Paul Smith
White Pines
Richard Washburn Child
Child
Adirondacks
President's Air Board
Dwight Morrow
New York Banker
Army
Navy
Col
William Mitchell
Coney Alang Stair
Palm
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Florida East
Atlantic Seaboard
Jupiter
Tropical Radio Corporation
Secundo
Gulf of Mexico
West Harshaw
Willett
Avondale
Galveston
London
Apt. L. Corraine
Mobile
New Orleans
Savannah
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