Coolidge Credits Civil War For Current Prosperity In Virginia Speech
President Coolidge spoke at the Fredericksburg battlefield dedication arguing that Civil War outcomes and later U S help to foreign nations secured America's wealth and power. He cited 1900s wealth growth in the South and noted the nation’s rise in industry finance and commerce as the war’s lasting effect.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg and
Spottsylvania County
Coolidge
America
Washington
Senator Swanson
Virginia
Charles F. Hughes
Naval Operations
John H. Lejeune
Marine Corps
Briant H. Wells
Bland
Gov. Byrd
Mr. Coolidge
Representative Bland
Fredericksburg Battle Field
United States
Former Opera Star Isabelle Grant Ends Life in Chicago Hotel
Chicago report detail of Mrs Isabelle Grant a Louisville native once a European opera star who died by self inflicted poison in a YWCA hotel room. Police traced disappearance after she failed to audition with the Chicago Civic Opera Company and found a final letter blaming treatment of Kentucky pioneers' daughter.
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Chicago
Isabelle Grant
Louisville
Europe
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Grant
Mme. Aga’n
America
Kentucky
Walter Damrosch
Mme. Orgent
Julia Hauser
Dresden
Stadt Theater
Cologne
Phadrig Ago’n
Conductorless Schubert Symphony Amazes Cincinnati Audience
Fritz Reiner led a conductorless Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, with violins in a semicircle and woodwinds center stage. The nearly 100 player ensemble achieved precise attack and phrasing without a conductor, drawing praise from critics and the conductor.
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Robert Aura Smith
United States
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner
Franz Schubert
Emil Heermann
Reiner
Symphony
Persiphans
Russia
Register to vote in Cincinnati area elections
A notice urges residents of Cincinnati, Woor wood and St. Bernard to register to vote for the November 6 presidential and other contests. Today is the final registration day with hours 8 am to 2 pm and 4 to 9 pm at polling places.
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United States
Cincinnati
Woorwood
St. Bernard
You Are Next Sign Scares Ohio Farmer Horses Painted
In Painesville Ohio on October 19, farmer Steve Koren found seven of his twelve riding horses painted red blue green and yellow. A crudely lettered placard on the barn door read You are next. Sheriff Edward Rasmussen investigated the incident for Lake County authorities.
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Painesville, .O
Steve Koren
Willoughby
Edward Rasmussen
Lake County
Countess Sues King’s “Cousin” for Divorce in Chicago
Countess Josephine de Bosdari, married last May to Count Anthony de Bosdari who is said to be a second cousin of the Italian king, files for divorce in Chicago amid charges of infidelity and desertion. A cross-bill denies cohabitation after October 12 and disputes the relief sought. She was born Josephine Fish, daughter of Mrs. Charles Corsant.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Josephine de Bosdari
Anthony de Bosdari
London
Count de Bosdari
Josephine Fish
Charles K. Corsant
Switzerland
Bosardi
Los Angeles
Smith Campaign Attacks on Oil Lease Renewal
Alfred E. Smith denounces the renewal of the Salt Creek oil lease by Hubert Work, then Interior Secretary and now RNC chairman, as invalid and allegedly suppressed until after the election. He accuses Work of responsibility for the renewal and questions the timing of a key attorney general ruling.
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Salt Creek
Sinclair
Chicago
Hubert Work
Interior
Alfred E. Smith
West
Work
Republican National Committee
Sargent
Coolidge
Walsh
Montana
Hickman Hanged for Marian Parker Murder at San Quentin
William Edward Hickman paid his debt to the state by being hanged at San Quentin at 10 10 am for the 1926 murder of Marian Parker in Los Angeles. He walked to the gallows in a measured stride, collapsed before the trap, was strangled, and died within half a minute after the execution began.
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San Quentin
Cal
William Edward Hickman
William A. Fleming
James B. Holohan
Hickman
George O'Brien
D. J. Oliver
Los Angeles
Oliver
Welby Hunt
C. Ivy Toms
Rosehill
Hunt
Toms
Postmaster and Assistant Suspended Over Hoover Campaign Mail
Washington reports a wave of whispering campaign charges leading to the suspension of Lansford Pennsylvania Postmaster Robert H. Stickler and Assistant Postmaster Mrs. Bessie Stickler. Investigators allege anti Hoover circulars were canceled to obscure origin with a cork cancel, delivered to the Lansford post office by a congressman's chauffeur. Representative Everett Kent denied involvement.
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Washington
Lansford
Robert H. Stickler
Bessie Stickler
Congress
Everett Kent
Reparations Talks With Poincare Churchill Continue in Paris
In Paris on October 19 S Parker Gilbert Jr. met with Premier Poincare and Winston Churchill to discuss a definitive settlement of the reparations problem. A committee of experts was to be formed, with a meeting set for December 15. J P Morgan joined the luncheon at the British Embassy, signaling interest by France and Britain in American participation.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Germany
Geneva
Morgan
France
England
Hoover denial debunks Bilbo claim of dancing with a black woman
George Akerson, aide to Herbert Hoover, called Governor Bilbo’s report untrue and indecent. He stated Hoover never left the train during flood relief trips to Mississippi and only received a memorial from locals in Mound Bayou.
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Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Herbert Hoover
Mound Bayou
Hoover General Headquarters
Bilgo
George Akerson
Akerson
Hoover
United States
Sherrill Names New Purchaser for City Office
Charles E Lex Jr 4015 LaCrosse Madisonville to become City Purchasing Agent replacing Ernst Von Bargen who was dismissed by Col Sherrill The appointment takes effect November 1 Stephan W McGrath City Treasurer will supervise the office until then Lex a Cornell mechanical engineering graduate 1909 served as an Ordnance Department officer in the war and later worked in Cincinnati with C L Harrison at manufacturing surveys and as secretary at Cincinnati Victor Company with ties to Shaper Kinsey companies and purchasing roles
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Charles E. Lex, Jr
LaCrosse Avenue
Madisonville
Ernst von Bargen
Col. Sherrill
Lex
Stephan W. McGrath
Cornell
Ordnance Department
Cincinnati
C. L. Harrison
Cincinnati Victor Company
Cincinnati Shaper Company
E. A. Kinsey Company
Heiress' Two Infant Sons Die in Roof Garden Tragedy
Mrs. Milton S. Waldman heiress to Guggenheim fortune waited in the Surrey rooftop penthouse when her two sons aged 14 months and four years fell from the east coping of the thirteen story building. Witness Eugene Hames said the elder pulled the younger toward the ledge and both fell as Mrs. Waldman reportedly sat on the parapet. The cause and conditions remained unclear as investigators examined the dismantled parapet and removed flower boxes.
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New York World News Service
New York
Milton S. Waldman
Benjamin Guggenheim
Surrey
East Seventy-sixth Street
London
Cleveland
London Mercury
Joseph Hitler
Terrance
Benjamin
Eugene Hames
England
Waldman
Hotel Plaza
The
Plaza
Cornelius R. Love, Jr
Love
Louis M. Josephthal
Graf Zeppelin to visit Cincinnati next week
Telegram from Judge Nippert to Mayor Seasongood confirms the Graf Zeppelin will pass over Cincinnati midweek at about 7 pm though it will not land here due to local field limits. Dr Eckener plans a low skyline pass then proceed toward St Louis as it crosses the Alleghenies and Ohio Valley.
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Graf Zeppelin
Cincinnati
W. C. Culkins
Chamber of Commerce
Alfred K. Nippert
Washington
Eckener
Queen City
Dr. Eckener
St. Louis
Lakehurst
N. J
Jersey Flats
Alleghenies
Pittsburgh
Valley of the Ohio
Count Zeppelin
Missouri
Seasongood
Hugh Allen
Plan Under Way To Audi0 Plainville School Merger
Plainville School Board studies annexation with Cincinnati Board of Education after a survey by Dr. Ganders of the University of Cincinnati. About 800 children would be affected as Plainville overlaps with Madisonville Public School. Dale Park School ownership by Mariemont Company could influence merger talks. Authorities seek deed clarity before any decision.
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Plainville
Plainville School
Cincinnati Board of Education
Cincinnati Board
A. 8. Ganders
College of Education
University of Cincinnati
Plainville Board
Cincinnati
Madisonville
Dale Park
Mariemont Company
Mariemont
Light Seen on Night of Hopson Crash Likely From Ship
The burned Airmail plane and cremated body of William C. Hopson were found three miles east of Polk Pennsylvania. Hopson, flying the New York to Cleveland mail route, was due in Cleveland at 3 am yesterday. Residents reported a bright light at 2 am as the craft passed a hill, but investigators said no flares were used and the illumination came from the aircraft itself.
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Polk
William C. Hopson
Here
Hopson
New York
Cleveland
Ohio City
Pennsylvania
Clarion
Cincinnati registration hits new high in first three days
An increase of one third over 1924 in Cincinnati registration for the first three days this year sets a new record. The total for men and women reaches 176,472, up 45,000 from 131,445 registered in the same period four years ago, with 74,023 women, up from 42,554 in 1924.
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Cincinnati
Child Kidnapped and Assaulted Near Mattoon
Della Mae Clark, twelve, was found wandering on a highway in a dazed condition after more than twenty four hours in captivity. Two youths, Ernest Schaffer and Everett Curtner, were arrested on charges of abducting and attacking her. The girl was abducted Wednesday after school and later recovered by a farmer. Both suspects are held on five thousand dollar bonds awaiting a ten day hearing.
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Mattoon
Della Mae Clark
Ernest Schaffer
Montrose
Everett Curtner
Cumberland County
Schaffer
Curtner
Della Mae
Prohibition Debate Ties Raskob to Treasury Promise
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith, VP of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, says Gov Smith if elected President would appoint John J Raskob as Secretary of the Treasury. She notes Raskob as leading anti prohibitionist in the Smith campaign and questions enforcement of Prohibition.
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Chicago
Ida B. Wise Smith
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Gov. Smith
John J. Raskob
Smith
the Treasury
Prohibition Department
Treasury Department
Hoover
John Raskob
Intolerance charges cloak scheme in Smith era fuels bigotry claims
Washington Oct 19 Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South issued a statement accusing Democratic charges of religious intolerance of being a political tactic to arouse anti Smith sentiment. He quoted Catholic publications and warned the campaign risks fostering anti Catholic bias in America.
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Smith
Washington
James Cannorm, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Gov. Smith
Cannon
the Missionary
Catholic Missionary Union
Cardinal Hayes
Catholic Union and Times
Diocese of
Buffalo
N. Y
Jewish O'Hern
Catholic Union
Bishop Cannon
Lord
Christ
Alfred Emanuel Smith
America
British Navy Pilot Vanishes While Crossing Atlantic from Newfoundland
Lieut Commander H C MacDonald has been missing for over two days after beginning a perilous flight from Newfoundland to England. A steamer Hardenburg reported locating him 700 miles east of St Johns, and hope remains with his wife and friends recalling rescue stories of past trans ocean flights. The press debates safety measures but officials hesitate to curb scientific progress.
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London
H. C. MacDonald
Newfoundland
England
Hardenbjurg
St. Johns
Hope
Harry Hawker
MacDonald
United Kingdom
France
Ireland
Scotland
Officer Dies in National Guard Plane Flight
Lieut. Harry Robertson of Elyria died in a National Guard aircraft en route from Akron to Cleveland. Pilot Lieut. Charles Cummings reported Robertson slumped in the cockpit about halfway between Akron and Cleveland and could not find a safe landing. Despite airport and hospital efforts, revival failed.
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Cleveland
Harry Robertson
Elyria
National Guard
Akron
Charles Cummings
Robertson
Indiana Anti-Saloon League Leader Freed After Pardon
E S Shumaker superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League was jailed for contempt of the Indiana Supreme Court but pardoned by Governor Ed Jackson after a $250 fine was paid. The release came as Gilliam questioned the governor's legal authority to pardon in a contempt case and a motion sought to compel execution of the sentence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
E. S. Shumaker
Anti-Saloon League
State Penal Farm
State Supreme Court
Ed. Jackson
South Bend
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Ralph Howard
Shumaker
Liberty
Arthur L. Gilliam
Indiana
Supreme Court
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