Revival of Pony Express Ride Sparks Identity Debate
The St Joseph and San Francisco route is revived this fall with riders retracing the 1860 journey. Contenders for the first rider differ between Johnnie Fry, John Burnett and Sailor William Richardson, with a determined young woman backing Richardson after uncovering dated records. Authorities note changes from the original ride as motorcars race past on modern highways.
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St. Joseph
San Francisco
Johnnie Fry
John Burnett
William Richardson
Richardson
Deanlly
Tohnoe Fry
Mr. Fry
Fry
Plains
Pony Express
Pacific Coast
Pany
Missouri River
Seneca
Kan
Petrograd Population Rebounds Toward Million Mark
Petrograd has reached about 1,065,000 inhabitants in a new census, up from 740,000 in 1920, signaling a revival after war losses and revolutions. Factories reopen, the port operates, and Muscovites relocate to Petrograd, boosting numbers though business conditions remain uneven.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Pompeii
Mosso
Navy plans 1924 gunboats cruisers subs build
Washington reports the Navy department will ask Congress for eight cruisers four river gunboats and three cruiser submarines for 1924. Plan aims to maximize cruiser effectiveness within a 10000 ton limit and would mirror the Detroit design for the cruisers.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Departments
Budget Bureau
General Board
Denby
China
Department
Congress
Hay Fire From Wind Tosses Hay Onto Power Line
Hay blown by wind was hurled onto a power line and set ablaze, causing a fire that rolled down a hill in a Livermore area field. The incident describes hay catching fire after being lifted by a whirlwind and landing on the line, sparking flames across the flat range.
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Livermore
Cal
Hoosier News Briefly Told Across Indiana
A collage of short items from many towns notes Purdue livestock talks by GH King on pure bred stock for economy, county court actions in Vanderburgh, liquor raids in Shelbyville, Jeffersonville playground plans, Goshen tax and highway issues, Owens bridge expansion at Columbus, road surveys in Huntington, bids on Vigo county roads, and Paul Dresser memorial prep in Perre Haute among other local updates.
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Salem
GH. King
Purdue University
Washington County ‘Hog Breeders’ Association
King
Washington County Association
Huaneville
Philip
Gould
Vanderberg
John O.hunger
Farmers’ Bank of
Cloverdale
Brookside Park
Indianapolis
Frank Racobs
Mollie Lewis Brower
Homer E. Hendricks
Shelbyville
Charles Hardebeck
Shelby County
H. F. Gray
Hardebeck
A. F. Gray
Marion
Frank Chalves
Grant Circuit Court
Trustees and Advisory Board of
Jefferson Township
Curry Road
State Board of Tax Commissioners
South Bend
South Bend Post No
American Legion
Jeffersonville
Jack Seitz
Jefferson Community Service
Revolutionary
Ohio River
Goshen
Joteph C. Beck
Railway Mail ‘Service
Chicago
Cleveland
New York Central
Indiana
John B. Seitz
Robert Bracken
The
Central
Midland Railroad
Muncie
Broa
Chicago & Southeastern Railroad
A. B. Anderson
Greencastle
Charles
A. Rockwell
State Board
Department of the
Indiana’ Knights
Lawrence W. Seasman
Columbus
Owens
Flatrock River
Hullington
Huntington
Wabash
Manchester
Fort Wayne
Columbia City
A. N. Farmer
United States
Somerset
Northern Indiana Power Company
Iine
Perre Haute
Paul Dresser
T. Wlancko
G. P. Wilker
Purdue’ University
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Cook County
Ilinois
Gladys Rahn
Gladys
St. Joseph, Mo
Sailor
Petrograd Popula
Subs Navy
Panama Canal
Japan
Hoosier
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