Ireland in Flames as De Valera Headquarters Burned
Fire destroys the Gresham hotel headquarters of Eamonn de Valera in Dublin as the Free State launches a final assault on rebellion. About 2,000 rebels surrender after O’Connell Street fortress falls, with Cathal Drugha among the wounded captured. Belfast fighting resumes with sniping, and irregulars seize Cooloonley and Drogheda sees clashes.
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de Valera
New War
Belfast
Dublin
Gresham Hotel
Sackville Street
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Free State
O’connell Street
O'Connell Street
Cathal Drugha
Ireland
Countess Markiegwicz
Art O'Brien
Dail Eireann
Londo
S. T. O'Kelly
Dail
Paris
Sligo
Free
Shcff
Tullamore Bank
Drogheda
Tornado Rips Through St Charles and Surrounding Areas
A tornado devastated southern Gregory County and St Charles Nebraska causing one death Howard Hughes killed in a pool hall and his mother injured. Damage in St Charles estimated at 100000 with county losses over a million. many farm buildings destroyed and most town buildings wrecked except a school and one residence. Several injuries reported and Bloomfield Nebraska and George Iowa also struck by storms and fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
St. Charles
S. D
Gregory
Howard Hughes
Bloomfield
Neh
George
Statesman Dies at Capital in Nebraska Congressman
Washington July 7 Rep M. P. Kincaid Nebraska, now at the field hospital after a brief heart disease attack, was chairman of the house committee on litation and reclamation. His body will be shipped to his home in Nebraska.
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Washington
M. P
Willard to Meet Dempsey in Championship Bout
Wichita July 7. A bout between Jack Dempsey world heavyweight champion and Jess Willard former champion is virtually assured before October 1, said Ray Archer Willard's manager.
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Wichita
Kan
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Ray Archer
Kansas City
Willard
Kentucky Troops Deployed To Quell Mine Riot
Barbourville Kentucky Gov Fawin Morrow ordered troops move from Hopkinsville after county authorities warned mine at strip mine faced threats and local officials might be unable to handle it. Cavalry from Hopkinsville to use machine guns while infantry from Livermore carry field gear.
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Barbourville
Fawin Morrow
Hopkinsville
Livermore
Columbus
Ohio
Sater
Davis
Ohio Militia
New Lafferty
John Majors
Springfield
Peoria
George B. Arnold
State Department of Labor
Washington
Geological Survey
500 Trapped in Subway Tunnel Gas Fumes Cause Panic
In New York on Thursday nearly 500 passengers on an East Side Interborough Rapid Transit train were trapped 75 feet below the street in a gas filled tunnel. The crowd became frenzied as smoke spread and many were overcome while trying to escape. Three are believed dead. Police called it a near miracle that more were not trampled.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Sham Battle in Pittsburg Kills Spectator in July Celebration
A Fourth of July ceremony by American Legion members in Pittsburg Kansas ended in tragedy when steel jacketed bullets struck and killed 18 year old Glenn Harry and wounded two others, Mrs. Charles Debuy and Officer Edward O Connor, who were nearby in the crowd, prompting theories of a targeted shot.
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Pittsburg
Kan
American Legion
Glenn Harry
Charles Debuy
Edward O'Connor
Harding Talks to Students at Muskingum College
President Harding, in New Concord July 8, accepts the degree of doctor of laws from Muskingum College. He declares it America's duty to help the world, praises service as the highest ideal for college students, urging service to mankind.
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America
New Concord
Harding
Muskingum College
Bossy Steals Wallet From Ohio Woman
Mrs James Weatherson of Martins Ferry Ohio left $1000 in a buggy wallet while fetching a horse. Her cow Bossy ate the money then produced a pulpy mass of spent bills when the wallet was found missing.
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Ohio
Martins Ferry
James Weatherson
Strikes Spark Violent Clashes Across Midwest Rail Shops
Rail strikers threaten lynching and disrupt shops at Springfield Missouri as 63 workers are driven off site. Police remove 28 men loaded at barracks amid disputed claims. National Guard mobilized in three states and federal injunctions curb picketing.
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St. Louis
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Springfield
United States Rail Labor Board
Ben W. Slooper
Labor Board
Guard
Missouri
Mississippi
California
Illneis National Guard
Clinton
United States
Aurora
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
George A. Carpenter
U S Strikes Idle 1,250,000 Workers in Major Disruptions
Washington officials of the Department of Labor estimate more than 1,250,000 workers idle due to four major strikes. Coal miners 600,000, railroad shopmen 400,000, textiles in New England 80,000, and New York garment workers 10,000 to 20,000. Total earnings loss not calculable.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Department of Labor
New England
Garment
New York City
Harding's Cabinet Presses for Coal Strike Peace
President Harding's aides Hoover Davis and Fuall prepare an immediate push to force an agreement between coal operators and miners. Labor Secretary Davis met with anthracite operators as wage talks resumed. Shortages in New England and the Northwest prompt government intervention calls. Non union coal shipments from West Virginia halted by Norfolk and Western shopmen strike.
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Washington
Harding
Hoover
Davis
Fuall
Mooseheart
Department of Commerce
New England
Northwest
National Coal Conference
West
International Association of Machinists
Chicago
Johnstone
Rain saves the corn crop in Sterling Illinois
A 45 day drought across the region ended with Sunday rain, saving the corn crop in Sterling. Washington reports general crop improvements along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the Northwest east of the Rockies for late June. Small grains suffered from heat and dryness in parts of the belt, while irrigated crops fared better and Southern fields saw much needed work accomplished.
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Sterling
Ill
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Agriculture Department
Corn
Mountain
Pacific Coast
Three Men Confess Jewel Theft From Rowan Home
In Los Angeles on July 8 police said three men confessed to stealing jewelry valued at 25000 from Mrs. Valentine Rowan during a burglary at the Rowan residence on June 1.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Valentine Rowan
Rowan
Watch repairs rush as Mexican decree changes clocks
In Guadalajara watchmakers and sign painters work hard to update timepieces. President Obregon orders hours counted from one to four and faces on public clocks and railroad workers must switch to a 24 hour display. Private watches may stay as is.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
War Chief Warns of Pacifist Threat to U S
Assistant Secretary of War William Ainsworth (sic) addresses dedication of Loudoun county World War I dead memorial in Leesburg Virginia warning pacifists and internationalists seek to destroy Americanism. He calls for reconstruction era unity and continued strength to lead world peace.
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Leesburg
United States
Wainwright
Loudoun County
Republic
America
De Valera Calls British Keen on Irish Attack Plea
Eamonn De Valera, commander in chief of Irish insurgents, claims Britain instigated the attack to offset the assassination of Marshal Henry Wilson. He says many Irish will not submit and that some supporters send felicitations to the United States praising independence battles of 1776.
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London
United States
Eamons de Valera
de Valera
Vield
Henry H. Wilson
America
Leonard Wins in Eighth Round Over Rocky Kansas
Benny Leonard remains undisputed lightweight champion after stopping Rocky Kansas of Buffalo in the eighth round. Kansas quit with a broken left arm he suffered in the third round as twenty five thousand spectators in Michigan City witnessed the bout.
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Michigan City
Ind
Benny Leonard
Rocky Kansas
Buffalo
Kansas
Swordfish Beats Whale Off Point Sur In Ocean clash
Frank McDonald custodian of the San Francisco customs house reports a half hour battle off Point Sur below Monterey between a whale and a swordfish. The swordfish emerged victorious in the unusual marine encounter.
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San Francisco
Cal
Point Sur
Monterey
Frank McDonald
McDonald
Notable Events Across World and Nation in Brief
This round of news notes deaths of Ernest Leidiger and Harvey F. Miller, Harding’s White House return, rising U S food prices, Vatican gendarme mutiny, Nanty-Glo fire with 25 000 loss injuring twenty, a plaster ceiling collapse in Honolulu, Rockefeller’s 83rd birthday, Lenglen’s tennis victory, cross continental flight plans, Pacific Northwest wildfires, a Richmond airman killed, Vera Cruz martial law, Canadian shopmen strike talk, and a Trenton bootlegging raid with Burns presence.
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Ernest Leideger
Leidiger Brewing Company
Merrill, Wis
Harding
White House
Washington
Ohio
United States
Department of Labor
Vatican
Rome
Nanty-Glo
Johnstown
Star Motion Picture Theater
Honolulu
John D. Rockefeller
Harvey F. Miller
New York
Fairbanks Company
Hutchison, Kan
Burton
Kan
Jack Lewis D'Arcy
Louise D‘arcy
J. P. Morgan
Birmingham
Ala
John Dupee
Chicago
Schwartz, Dupee & Co
Plaza Hotel
Suzanne Lenglen
Molla Mallory
America
Mile
Lenglen
Mrs. Maulory
London
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Cal
James H. Doolittle
L. S. Andrews
Kelly Field
Pacific Northwest
George C. Pinsley
Richmond
Mount Clemens
Mich
Pinsley
Selfridge Field
Vera Cruz
Mex
Red Union of Revolutionary Tenants
Heron Proal
Military
James Somerville
Machinists’ Union
Moose Jaw
Sask
Vancouver
Montreal
Trenton
N. J
William J. Burns
United States Secret Service
Trainmen Injured in Rail Accident Near Odenville
Three mail car workers and an engine crewmember were slightly injured when a Western Air Line passenger train from New York derailed near Odenville Alabama. No fatalities were reported. Emergency crews responded, and investigators began examining the wreckage and track conditions. The incident disrupted service on the line with repairs pending.
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Atlanta
Weuboard
New York
Odenville
Alu
Market Prices for Grains and Livestock Reported
Grain prices list hard spring and soft winter wheats with patent grades and warehouse delivery, plus hay classifications with timothy and clover mixes. Livestock values cover prime to plain steers, heifers, yearlings, cows, calves, hogs, and sheep with range prices and quality notes.
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Timothy
Rope of gopher tails on display in Helena Montana
A 19 foot rope of 3 000 gopher tails was made by Blackfoot chief Split Ear and assistants near Browning Montana. The display at the Montana extension director’s office awaits shipment to the U S Department of Agriculture. Indians have destroyed around 1 400 rodents as part of a rodent control campaign.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Montana Extension
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Split-Ear
Browning
Glacier County
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Representative Kincaid
Nebraska
Dempsey
Watch
Lynn J. Frazier
Tike Bsn
Lynn
Frazier
North Dakota
Senator McCumber
Kentucky
Morrow
Madisonville
Bossy
Jewell
Baltimore & Qwhio
J. C. Molter
Hubert Classen
United States Railway Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Strke
Ilea
Clinton, Til
William.itzwilliam
James Fitzpatric
James, Jr
Fitzpatrick
Smith
Wesley Davis
Monticello
C. W. Lindsey
Charles Dil
James A. Crum
F. E. Taylor
Frederick E. Taylor
First Baptist Church of
Indianapolis
Northern Baptist Convention
Doctor Taylor
Illinois
Warng
War Department
Weeks
Perching
Leonard
Lydia E. Pinkham
T. A. Landry
Donaldsonville
Holland
Western Canada
Canada
Inada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
W. S. Nethery
East Rich St
Columbus, Ohio
M. J. Johnstone
Monument PL
Lndlasapolis, Ind
Dept
Saizetiee- Dewl
Dean
Dery
Boesry
Harry Gregory
W. Martin St
East Palestine
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
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