President Harding Plans Yellowstone Visit After Westward Tour
President Harding on a two day rest trip aboard his train from New Port R. I. with plans to visit Yellowstone Park entering Gardiner Montana. Mapher leads the party and will arrange motoring routes to catch geysers in action. In New Port a naval craft the Willsmont arrived after an explosion in its engine room killing four and injuring four others.
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President Harding
Harding
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner
Montana
Mapher
Mr. Mapher
New Port
R. L
Willsmont
Railroad Sold for Cost Of 23 Locomotives
Prague reports the state bought several private lines, including the Bustehrad line, for 34,000,000 crowns. The package contained 254 locomotives 224 tenders 830 passenger cars and 360 freight cars. Locomotives cost 1,500 crowns each passenger cars 600 000 crowns each and freight cars 350 000 crowns each. At current exchange 34,000,000 crowns equals 1,000,000 dollars.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bustehrad
Plague Rages in India Threatens Epidemic Spread
Plague sweeps through British India with panic in major cities. The outbreak began in December and March deaths reached 36,000 vs 14,423 for the prior four years. Authorities blame rats in grain stores and urge rat-proof warehouses and rodent destruction.
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Simla
India
British India
Banks Show Substantial Increase In Reserves Today
New York reports Clearing House Banks and Trust Companies show an increase in reserve of 12,000,125 for the week, up from 4,846,000 last week.
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New York
Weather outlook and hints of storms across regions
Chicago notes probable local thunder showers this afternoon and tonight with warmer temps Sunday in the northeast and southern central areas. Cloudy Sunday. Washington reports upper Mississippi valley forecast generally fair with normal temperatures for the week.
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Chicago
Washington, D
Mississippi Valley
Weather Summary Observations for the past 24 hours
Local observations report conditions over the last 24 hours ending 7 a.m. including temperature, wind, precipitation, and sky cover across the area. Reported values vary by station with notable differences in rainfall amounts and wind speeds.
Largest Solar Cameras to Photograph Eclipse
Pittsburg reports American scientists led by Dr. John A. Miller of Swarthmore College prepare to use two 6.5 inch aperture solar cameras with 15 foot focal length on a Central Mexico eclipse expedition. Each 18x18 inch plate will capture the brief 189 second event, with extra plates for contingencies.
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Pittsburg
John A. Miller
Swarthmore College
Mexico
Court Raiments Cost Men and Women Big Sums in London
The article notes that American attendees at the royal court in London faced high dress costs. Men paid about 200 dollars for silk velvet suits with knee breeches buckles and stockings, while women spent around 300 dollars on court gowns with trains feathers veils gloves and silk stockings. Regulations limit skirt height train length and veil length, with bouquets and fans optional.
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London
George
Mary
Mellon Arrives in London Quiet on Liquor Question
Andrew W. Mellon secretary of the treasury of the United States arrived in London from the Majestic. He said the United States would not relax the liquor question and no solution would occur until Congress meets.
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London
Andrew W.mellon
the Treasury of the
United States
Majestic
Congress
Oklahoma governor shifts focus after martial law lift
Oklahoma City reports Governor Walton moves attention from Okmulgee county to Ottawa county after a miner in Picher was allegedly subjected to an operation by a masked band. National Guard troops remain on standby. the miner, George Thompson, 38, is hospitalized in Miami after the incident.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Okmulgee County
Henrietta
Walton
Ottawa County
Oklahoma
Picher
National Guard
George Thompson
Miner
Miami
Thompson
Doc
Big Bass Jumps Into Preacher's Boat Near Eldora
In Eldora Iowa on June 30 Rev James P Burling of Des Moines visiting relatives had a black bass roughly three and a quarter pounds leap into his boat while he and his sister Miss Helen Burling fished near the old mill site The fish apparently sprang from the bank to escape and failed to judge the distance ending up aboard the boat in a surprising incident for the clergyman and his relative
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Eldora
James P. Burling
Des Moines
Helen Burling
Typhoon Trashes Manila Streets In Morning Sweep
Manila pressed by a typhoon that swept through the city this morning flooding many streets. Residents used canoes to navigate the waters as damage mounting across residential districts is reported.
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Manila
Smith and Richter Seek New Flight After Crash
In San Diego, Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant John B. Richter were forced to crash land when thick fog surrounded Rockwell Field. They had hoped to stay aloft four days and nights, and their first words after impact were, When can we try again? The crash halted the expedition as officials prepared to assess the damage and resumption plans.
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San Diego
Calif
Lowell H. Smith
John B.uichter
Rockwell Field
Lynching Fails But Negro Gets Death Penalty in Savannah
Walter Lee, a Black man, was found guilty of attacking two white women and sentenced to the gallows. A mob besieged the county jail amid the case, one man killed and another wounded as martial law was imposed and Governor Heldrim ordered the prisoner moved to the courthouse under heavy guard.
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Savannah
Walter Lee
Heldrim
Lee
Chatham County
Dixon
Turtle Branded in 1773 Is Now Found Alive
Washington reports a turtle left in the Tonga Islands by Captain James Cook in 1772 was found last month by Captain E. T Pollock governor of American Samoa. The aged creature was described as blind and stiff, creaking like an ox cart when it moved.
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Washington
Tonga Islands
James Cook
Jersey Cow Sets Canadian Butter Production Record
A Jersey cow owned by a Montreal man has broken Canadian records by producing 1200 pounds of butter in a single year, showcasing high yield and dairy efficiency.
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Jersey
Montreal
Flower Mission Closes Month of Service in Iowa Prisons
Des Moines reports the thirty eighth annual Flower Mission of the Iowa W C T U ends June. Under Marie L Jones the program distributed blossoms to inmates across state institutions with gospel services at Fort Madison prison and bouquets tied with white ribbons bearing scripture verses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Women's Christian Temperance Union
Marie L. Jones
Cascade
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Des Moines Ice Truck Drivers Strike for Higher Wages
Des Moines June 30 ice wagon and truck drivers walked out demanding wage increases. Local labor action halts deliveries as the strike spreads among hauling workers.
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Des Moines
Stolen Goods Ring Tied to Creston Purchasers
Jesse Gash was arrested on charges of receiving stolen goods after purchases from a box car burglary tied to Creston. Frank Conine faced a $50 fine in Judge Adam Pickett’s court after pleading guilty to petit larceny and purchasing two pairs of shoes and a shirt in the Burlington rail raid. Officers continue locating other suspects and recovering stolen items, with warrants pending.
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Jesse Gash
Collings
Gash
Squire Pickett
Frank Conine
Justice Court
Adam Pickett
Burlington
Conine
Pickett
Patonsburg
London
Mildred Smith
Ai Fine
Faulks
Four Burlington route workers arraigned on box car theft charges
L. F. Taylor Alfred Hamilton Harry Bliss and Neil Dickey were arraigned before Justice Adam Pickett on breaking and entering a box car theft. They waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to the next grand jury session on August 28. Bonds were posted and they remain free pending further action. Special agents Fairweather Dowell Falke and Finsch aided local officers in the investigation. One suspect aimed to swap large tires for smaller ones at a Creston garage but the deal fell through after arrest.
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Burlington Route
L. F. Taylor
Alfred Hamilton
Harry Bliss
Neil Dickey
Justice of the ePace
Adam Pickett
Burlington
Sta’ting
Russia and Japan Open Conversation in Tokio
Talks begin in Tokio as Japan represented by Toshihiko Kawakami and the Soviet Union by A A Joffe seek a common basis for a possible third conference. The formal opening occurred this afternoon to advance dialogue between the two nations.
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Russia
Japan
Tokio
Toshihiko Kawakami
Warsaw
A. A. Joffe
Time bomb kills nine in Germany
A time bomb exploded on a passenger car near Dusseldorf Germany on June 30 killing nine people. Between twenty five and fifty soldiers were injured on a train in the same incident as authorities in Brussels ordered full efforts to locate the assailant.
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Germany
Dussiedorf
Brussels
Ruquoy
Huge Photographs Show Shores of Lake Michigan
Chicago curator Frank M. Woodruff plans a 250 mile ethnological panorama in Lincoln Park’s Free National History Museum. The exhibit will span dunes to north woods with the largest photograph ever made as a long background and a life like diorama of regional fauna including bison foxes and rabbits.
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Chicago
Indiana
Calumet Lake
Woods
Illinois
Frank M. Woodruff
Free National History Museum
Lincoln Park
Miller
North Woods
Woodruff
White Man's Justice to Be Taken to Arctic
Edmonton sends Judge Lucien Dubue and a judicial party to Herschel Island in the Attic to try eleven Eskimos for murder. It marks the first murder trial of Eskimos in their own country after prior trials abroad. Eskimo tribes from the western Arctic are represented. prisoners were delivered by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and brought by dog teams over long distances.
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Edmonton
Alta
Lucien Dubue
Herschel Island
Hershel Island
Arctic
Herschel
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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