North Dakota notes from compact dispatches
Minot the North Dakota State Baptist convention closes by commending President Harding for calling the disarmament conference. Dickinson Normal School closes its first summer session July 20 with enrollment of 382, the largest on record. Mandan boys find lignite coal vein at training school proven to burn freely. Grand Forks funeral services held for H. N. Wells, pioneer hotel man, pneumonia victim. Bismarck Carl Smith barred from the city until 1950 after vagrancy arrest. Bismarck 10000 bail damage claims filed this year, about 1000 more than last year. Mandan John Popelka, 45, kills himself with shotgun following family pattern. Bowman schools face financial strain from lack of state funds. Fargo Col Gilbert W. Davis, 85, longtime North Dakota resident, dead.
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Minot
North Dakota State Baptist Convention
Harding
Dickinson
Normal School
Grand Forks
H. N. Wells
Bismarck
Carl Smith
Thas
Mandan
John Popelka
Bowman
Fargo
Gilbert W. Davis
North Dakota
Peary's Ship Roosevelt To Tow Maud To Seattle
The Roosevelt, the Peary expedition steamer, will proceed to the Bering Strait to assist Roald Amundsen's disabled ship Maud. The Maud, from St. Lawrence Island toward Dutch Harbor, Alaska, has lost a propeller in Arctic ice and will be towed to Seattle for repairs.
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North Pole
Amundsen
Seattle
Wash
Roosevelt
Robert Peary
Arctic
Beringstrait
Roald Amundsen
Maud
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Canadian Military Forces Cut Plan
Ottawa announces a 10 percent reduction in permanent forces after July 31 as part of economy measures. The size limit will be 3,600 officers and men, down from 4,000.
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Ottawa
Canada
Militia Department
Flavoring Extract Causes Sulut in Salisbury Suit
In Salisbury North Carolina Mrs Mellissa J Woodington sues for damages for alienation of husband s affections naming flavoring extracts as co respondents. She filed for 10000 against grocer W A Roseman alleging he sold to her husband fragrant extracts that caused neglect and abuse. Mr Woodington is not specified.
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Salisbury
N. C
Mellissa J. Woodington
Woodington
W. A. Roseman
Woodingtom
Drastic act defended after Sinn Fein deaths
Dublin widow Mrs. J. W. Lindsay, 60, sister of a Cork landowner abducted from Coachford, was executed after being found directly responsible for conveying information that led to the deaths of six Sinn Feiners and the 25 year penal sentence of a seventh. A defense letter from Dail Eireann cited she sought clemency from Major General Strickland, delaying the sentence, but executions continued. Her sister later appealed for aid in Irish newspapers.
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Dublin
J. W. Lindsay
Cork
Coachford
Lindsay
Dail Eireann
Defense Department
Strickland
Ireland
Mrs. Lindsay
Sir Peter
Dripsey
Dennis Murphy
James Barrett
Millionaire policeman shoots attorney in crowded court
In a Chicago courtroom Henry D. Kellogg known as the "millionaire policeman" shot attorney Lemuel O. Ackley and then killed himself. Ackley died en route to a hospital. Kellogg’s death was expected. The case stemmed from a farm title dispute over tax claims with Kellogg jailed for contempt for refusing to yield the property.
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Chicago
Henry D. Kellogg
Lemuel O. Ackley
Ackley
Kellogg
Convicts Riot Kills One at McAlester Prison
A prison uprising at McAlester Oklahoma left one convict dead and several guards injured. Rioters destroyed the shirt factory, smashed machinery and windows while convicts rushed guards who fired a single shot in self defense.
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Oklahoma
McAlester
Okla
State
Bandits flee with $2000 from Standard Oil auditor
Two men followed an auditor for Standard Oil through Minneapolis during his rounds visiting 31 filling stations. They followed him into a station at 3001 28th Avenue South, held him up and escaped with $2000.
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Minneapolis
Standard Oil Company
28Th Avenue South
Burke Chicago Boss Dies at 64 in Chicago
Robert Emmet Burke a leading Democratic figure and last election's Illinois Senate candidate died at age 64 in Chicago from complications of diabetes. Burke long chaired party efforts and was a prominent city political operator. He influenced local campaigns and Democratic strategy for decades.
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Burke
Chicago
Robert Emmet Burke
United States
Ilinois
Harding Starts for Mountains
President Harding left Washington aboard the Mayflower for an absence exceeding a week. He will rest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire during the trip and downtime.
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Harding
Washington
Mayflower
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Mill City Gas Explosions Injure Dozens in Downtown Minneapolis
A sequence of seven gas explosions in downtown Minneapolis injures scores, with over 60 seriously hurt and six near death. Fires break out at Donaldson department store and nearby shops as sewer gas and street blasts destroy storefronts, with looting reported at a wrecked cigar store. Fire chiefs fear sewer-wide spread. currents shut off to prevent more blasts. Fifteen years earlier a similar event had caused extensive sewer fires.
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Minneapolis
Fire Department
Donaldson
United Cigar Store
Nicollet Avenue
Stiles
Fifth Street
Seventh Street
Weld & Sons Jewelry
Joseph H
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company
Aliso Street
Spaniards Besieged by Morocco Rebel Force
Madrid reports Spanish forces at Mt Arruit in Morocco are in a precarious position. The remnant of General Navarro’s column is surrounded by rebel tribesmen. Air sorties locate the besieged force and drop munitions while Navarro’s positions endure heavy shelling.
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Madrid
Mt. Arruit
Morocco
Navarros
Greeks Shell Turkish Forts at Trebizond
Greek warships bombarded Turkish forts at Trebizond for about forty minutes, an official announcement said the forts answered with vigorous fire.
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Athens
Trebizond
Body recovery effort for Purdue president in Canada
Calgary Swiss guided search teams organized to recover the body of W. E. Stone president of Purdue who fell from Mount Ean on July 16. The Calgary Herald reports a Trail Centre camp rescue party returning to Banff with Dr Stone's widow. His son plans to reach Mount Eanon from Banff to continue the search.
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Calgary
Asia
W. E. Stone
Purdue University
Mount Ean
Calgary Herald
Trail Centre Camp
Banff
Famine and Riot Sweep Russia Amid Mass Starvation
Vast famine in Russia triggers riots and looting as refugees from the Volga region swarm across the country toward Moscow. Reports claim more than 10,000,000 people suffer, with Petrograd and Tambov scenes of deadly demonstrations and army cutbacks fueling unrest. Isvestia tallies show 6,500,000 displaced in Tambov, Penza, and Wareness regions.
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London
Russia
Volga
Leon Trotsky
Pet
Moscow
Petrograd
Tamboy
Isvestia
Fenza
Wareness
Embassy Bars Northcliffe After Invitations Withdrawn
A British statement from the Embassy in Washington says Lord Northcliffe faced withdrawal of invitations to stop at the British embassy and attend a dinner, "for reasons of which he is not aware." It hints that Lord Curzon's methods, known in India, are used here and ties the cancellation to the Northcliffe Curzon controversy.
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Washington
Lord Northcliffe
India
Lord Curzon
Wealthy Banker Divorces Burglar Maid Alias
Heil, a Chicago banker, has been granted a divorce from Mrs. Etta B. Heil known as the burglar maid after she confessed stealing ninety thousand dollars from homes where she had posed as a maid.
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Chicago
Joseph 8. Heil
Etta B. Heil
Insects Make Music and Creatures’ Immortality Debated
The article explains insect sounds from wing vibrations and stridulating organs. It cites experts like Weismann to discuss creature immortality, noting Hydra and protozoa may avoid natural death through regenerative processes and stable mortal parts.
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Weismann
New York Herald
No Shoes for Traveling From Blueberry Camp
A group from Chicago Tribune recounts a camping trip near a station to pick blueberries. Traveling through swamp, feet got wet and a log near a fire held shoes and socks. The sleeper woke to find footwear burned, riding home barefoot on the train while passengers amused.
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Chicago Tribune
Yes We Girls Will Teach Next Year Mentioned In Restroom
Topeka Capital quotes a group of girls in a restroom as saying yes all of we girls are going to teach next year. The fragment captures a humorous and practical remark about anticipated teaching roles among students.
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Topeka Capital
How to Drill Hard Steel and Temper Tools
A historical note explains heating a drill to even heat, removing the sense, touching the tip to quicksilver, and quenching in water to cut hardest steel. It adds a quick tempering method for small tools by heating red hot and inserting into a potato, then bringing to correct temper to remove brittleness.
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