Dempsey Tunney Fight Draws Record Philadelphians
Philadelphia roars as Dempsey prepares to defend his heavyweight title against Gene Tunney in a bout expected to draw about 132000 fans and $1.75 million in gate, with Tunney admired for war record and rugged defense despite Dempsey’s edge in punching power.
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Philadelphia
Jack Dempsey
Gent Tunney
Dempsey
Australia
South America
Tex
Rickard
Tunney
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Jersey City
Georges Carpentier
Willard
Carpentier
Firpo
Blast in Youngstown building blamed on anarchist plot
A three story Youngstown business building was destroyed and surrounding homes damaged by a blast. Twenty injured, two severely, with glass and car damage across the area. Police traced the attack to a possible black hand threat tied to price cutting. Authorities suspect nitroglycerin or trinitrotoluol as the explosive.
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Black Hand
Youngstown
Fritz Braun
Frank Rogers
G. Silvestri
Silvestri
Miami Suffering After Lashing Hurricane's Fury
Descriptions of devastation along Miami's water front after a hurricane. The Ad venturer II. power vessel lies high and dry at the city yacht basin while the coast guard cutter No. 214 is stranded on shore by record high tides. The scene shows millions in damage and the aftermath continuing through night and Saturday.
Starving Americans Freed From Wuchang Siege
Mrs. F. E. Shepperd and two others, among twenty one Americans on starvation rations in Wuchang, are released and cross the Yangtse to Hankow. Gates to open for women and children tomorrow. capitulation of Wuchang imminent as bombardment continues and tensions rise between Northern and Cantonese forces.
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Hankow
F. E. Shepperd
Wuchang
Fumishing
Yangtse
Pirec
President Coolidge Talks With Bruce Barton About His Job
In a device of the era President Coolidge chats with Bruce Barton about the burdens of the presidency. A faintly humorous tale shows him receiving flowers from a young girl, caring for dogs Rob Roy and Prudence Prime, and remarking on saddle horses and changing clothes.
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Coolidge
Bruce Barton
White House
Rob Roy
Prudence Prime
Washington
Cooper for Governor Boosters Plan Newark Campaign Start
A large Cincinnati delegation is to travel by special train to Newark next Wednesday to hear Myers V. Cooper, Republican candidate for governor, inaugurate the fall campaign. A. C. Fry, vice president of the Hyde Park Cooper-for-Governor Club, says about 80 Cincinnatians want to attend and accommodations are being arranged.
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A. C. Fry
Hyde Park
Bond tracing in Daugherty case links Miller and King fees
New York report details the seizure release in the Harding era case. The prosecution traces a 10 000 Liberty bond from Richard Merton to Thomas W. Miller and links a 441 000 bond fee paid by John T. King via Goldman Sachs to Merton. The witnesses describe cash retainer and later bond payments amid allegations of conspiracy to defraud.
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New York
Richard Merton
Thomas W. Miller
Harry M. Daugherty
American Metal Company
John T. King
Merton
Miller
Daugherty
Harding
King Fee
Howard Sachs
Goldman, Sachs & Co
King
Florida hurricane toll rises with evacuees and losses
The Sebring dispatch reports 110 bodies found in Moorehaven with about 200 more feared dead from the Florida hurricane area. Evacuation plans threaten remaining residents as Red Cross coordinates relief. Pensacola Mobile and Miami confirm heavy property damage and major losses, with Miami area suffering extensive destruction and calls for aid.
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Sebring
Fla
Moorehaven
Beavis
National Red Cross
Florida
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Pensacola
Mobile
Miami
American Automobile Association
South
Great Miami
Florida begs aid to establish homes after hurricane
Gov. John W. Martin of Florida telegraphed The New York World News Service that relief teams report food clothing and medicine are available but thousands remain homeless and wounded needing financial help to rebuild homes. Estimates from the southern region indicate about 25 000 homeless.
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New York World News Service
New York
John W. Martin
Florida
New York World News Service Today
Banker Slays Family then Kills Himself in Warsaw
Edmund Statkiewicz, ex head of the Finance Ministry credit department and Bank of Poland director, shot his wife and two sons in his home doorway and hanged himself. Police suspect sudden insanity.
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Warsaw
Poland
Edmund Statkiewicz
Credit Department
Finance Ministry
Bank of Poland
Veterans in Blue Parade Through Drizzle in Des Moines
Two thousand Grand Army of the Republic veterans in blue marched through drizzle in Des Moines with Ft Des Moines regulars, flags, fife and drum. The 60th encampment drew thousands of schoolchildren, autos, and allied groups while leaders spoke at the capitol and campfire addresses followed.
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Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Ft. Des Moines
John B. Inman
State Capitol
The
Sons of Veterans
Iowa National Guard
S. R. van Sant
Louis Pilcher
John Tanner
James A. Moss
United States Flag Association
Fresider J. Cooplidge
South
Women’s Relief Corps
Indictment move in Temple hoax case targets McPherson
Los Angeles District Attorney Keyes announced a preliminary hearing for evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother Minnie Kennedy next Monday. He plans to seek an indictment against Kenneth G. Ormiston, the evangelist's former radio operator, who is believed near Chicago. Ormiston faces charges of conspiring to defeat justice in the disappearance case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
wAka. Keyes
Aimee Semple McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
Kenneth G. Ormiston
McPherson
Keyes
Ormiston
Carmel
Ralph Hersey
Santa Barbara
Evangelist
City Voters OK $116000 Sewer Bonds Despite Warnings
City Council approved a $116000 bond issuance to fund twenty one relief sewers amid renewed calls to curb bonded debt. Rose warned of revenue reduction and urged a long term coordinated program, while Matthews signaled opposition to future bond issues. A $100000 minor street improvement bond was also anticipated next meeting.
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Charles O. Rose
Rose
Stanley Matthews
Upson
Matthews
Martin Daly
Palos Street
Gilsey Avenue
Grand Vista Avenue
Herschel Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Iona Street
Lehman Road
Gibbon Street
Ravine
Seybold Alley
Irwin Place
Morse Street
Dixmuth Street
LaCrosse Avenue
Lear Street
Dick Street
Simpson Street
Dover Street
Lindsay Alley
Chickasaw Street
O'Bannon Street
Col. Sherrill
Daly
Robert Olin
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