Berlin Faces Red Uprising as Food Supply Collapses
Berlin on July 28 faced a city near famine with thousands of shops closed and markets empty as farmers withheld supplies. Six Berlin city councilors urged Chancellor Cuno and federal action while crowds gathered in the streets. Prices surged and many residents hoarded marks which have little value amid reports of looming demonstrations by communists and nationalists.
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Berlin
Cuno
Saaid
Chetcellor
Eatromes
British Knight Plans to Ease Arid Foreign Threats London
Lieut Col Sir Broderick Hartwell, former British army officer, issues circular urging subscriptions of 12.50 or more for a whisky selling expedition at sea. He claims to ship 10,000 cages of whisky to a foreign port within a month, aboard a private ship under sealed orders. Far-fetched plans include returns of investment plus interest.
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London
Sir Broderick Hartwell
London Daily Express
Broderick
Eyaxonet
Great Danes Kill Boy Guarded Park In New Jersey
At Floral Park in North Bergen New Jersey a nine year old boy Joseph Genatt Jr slipped past a park gate to a picnic table. Two Great Danes trained as guards attacked him alongside half a dozen men armed with rocks. The assault severed his jugular vein and he bled to death during the attack. The boy’s brother Albert ten and John Binconi ten witnessed the savage incident as the dogs and assailants pounded him.
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New York
Floral Park
North Bergen
N. J
Joseph Genatt
Albert
John Biniconl
Baby Crawls From Crib Beneath Railroad Trains
Two year old Patrick Sallebury crawled from his crib near the New York Central railroad tracks in Buffalo. He climbed an embankment and was struck by a freight train. He survived but both legs were amputated.
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Buffalo
Patrick Sallebury
New York’ Central
Auto With Five Men Jumps Into Tree Top
Five men and an automobile were left suspended in tree branches thirty feet above ground near Oelwein on July 28. A derrick was brought to free them after the car left the highway bridge. The incident prompted officials to urge caution and better balance in preventive measures.
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Oelwein
Ifive
A. Trae
United States Steel chiefs plan six week push to end twelve hour day
Elbert H. Gary, chairman, summons presidents of all US Steel subsidiaries to New York to discuss eliminating the twelve hour workday. The plan aims to begin as quickly as possible, with start expected within six weeks as labor supply conditions improve. The move follows Harding’s public pledge to revise shifts and accelerate reforms.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Br. Gary
Harding
Tecoma
American Iron and Steel Institute
Gary
Mexico
Negro South
Philippines
Debentures Issued to Finance New Intermediate Credit Banks
Negotiations close in Washington for sale of 10 million dollars in debentures of the new Intermediate Credit banks to fund the new form credits system. Debentures carry 4 percent interest and mature in six months as the first in aseries of issues toward a total of 60 million dollars.
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Washington
con_ Brese
Parachutist dies during frontier days show in Cheyenne
Denver resident Kenneth Kall known as Diovalo, twenty four, died in Cheyenne Wyoming after a parachute jump failed to open at the Frontier Days show. He leapt from a plane head first and authorities suggest rope tangling caused the parachute to fail.
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Cheyenna, Wyo
Kenneth Kall
Denver
Diovalo
Circue
Kell
Wood Embroglio Triggers Boycott of U S Wares
San Miguel Bulacan province near Manila sees a boycott of American goods amid anti Wood policy sentiment directed at Gov Leonard Wood and American supporters. In Cincinnati many industries report renewed horn usage for short aura at the thirty sixth annual convention of the International Union of Horse Shoers. Budapest reports lightning struck a Protestant church near Nyleghy during services killing two.
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Wood
U. S
San Miguel
Bulacan
Manila
Leonard Wood
Cincinnati
International Union of Horse Shoere
Budapest
Tokay
President on Canadian soil
President Warren G. Harding told a Canadian audience in Stanley Park that the United States has no plan to annex Canada and urged Canadians not to pursue annexation of the United States. He spoke of enduring peace as a public will, not force, and warned against ventures to govern the land between the Great Lakes and the Rio Grande.
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Vancouver
Warren G. Harding
United States
Canada
Stanley Park
Unites States
Canade
Great Lakes
Rio Grande
Anthracite Strike Threatened After Wage Talks
An ultimatum issued in Atlantic City demands a closed shop and check-off across the anthracite industry. A strike on September 1 is threatened if the managers reject the proposal, as miners press for union terms during joint wage negotiations.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eighty Thousand Express Clerks Get Wage Increase
Eighty thousand clerks on the payrolls of American Railway Express and Southeastern Express were granted wage increases by the U S railroad labor board. The raises average amid the pay scale by cents per hour, amounting to about seven million dollars annually.
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Chicago
American Railway Express
Southeastern Express
United States Railroad Labor Board
U S Crew Seizes Soviet Captors Flees to Alaska
The crew of the trading schooner Ishum of Tacoma Washington overpowered guards aboard in Heria and brought the vessel to Nome Alaska after being held by Soviet authorities on charges of violating Russian commercial laws.
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U. S
Alaska
Nome
Taroma
Wash
Theria
Frota
No Postal Deficit for First Time in Years
Washington July 27 The Post Office department operates without a deficit for the first time in many years. Last year the department had a deficit of 12 million dollars for the fiscal year and for the year ending June 30 the deficit reached about 300 million dollars.
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P. O
Washington
Post Office Department
America's Hope In Religion View of Ex President Wilson
Former President Woodrow Wilson writes for the Atlantic Monthly August issue warning that civilization cannot endure materially without spiritual renewal. The piece, titled She Read Away From Neovotation, urges a reevaluation of values to sustain society.
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America
Wilson
Boston
Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic Monthly
U S Market Report Livestock and Grain Prices
Week ending July 27 report from Washington shows live stock and grain markets with top hog price around 1.4 billion in Chicago bids. Prices listed for hogs, cattle, sheep, lambs, hay, bran, middlings, feeds, and grains across Minneapolis Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and central Iowa markets.
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Washington
Chicago
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
St. Louie
Prairie
St. Louis
Louis
Iowa
Kansas
Georgia
Ping Paints
Tom Watson
South Carolina
Texan
Virginia
Maryland
Eastern Shore
Chéerio
Twins
Young Americas
Not a Wheel Nor Heel Can Do Joy on Sunday in Ludington
Ludington mid July 2¢ prose cuting Attorney Virgil A Fitch ordered Maxon county enforcers to halt tourists entering or crossing the county Sunday. A local campaign to enforce the blue lawn law was to begin at the urging of church workers. Fitch said he will show no favoritism and questioned dancing on Sunday versus driving or eating ice cream as the lot goes on light.
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Ludington
Mid
Virgil A. Fitch
Maxon County
Former Service Man Slays Surgeon and Leaps to Death
Dr W E Shipp, 47, president of the Calhoun County Medical Society, was shot seven times in his Post Building office. Morria Werrin, 27, ex service man, killed himself by leaping from a six story window and fleeing to Nichole hospital 20 minutes later. Police seek motive.
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Biute Greek
W. 8. Shipp
Calhoun County Medical Society
Morria Werrin
Nichole Hospital
Berlin Money Panic as Mark Falls to 666,668 to Dollar
Panic sweeps Germany as the mark crashes to 8,600,000 per pound and 400,008 per dollar. Government and workers feel fear and confusion as currency collapses from official channels to ordinary homes. cations and dated notes indicate a chaotic monetary crisis.
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Berlin
Mark
Pnanic
Germany
Bulgarian Schools Praised by American Educators Visit
A party of American educators praised Bulgarian schools after studying them. They declared that theoretical and practical education were expertly combined in Bilgeria.
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Bilgeria
Senator Moses Backs Johnson Telegraph Message
Concord N H July 27 Senator Moses of New Hampshire telegraphed Senator Beam Johnson in support of Johnson's speech denouncing the world court. The message echoed a line about there being two of him anyway.
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Moses
Johnson
Concord
New Hampshire
Beam Johnson
World Court
Turbulent Iowa notes show crops, crime, and people
A garbled Iowa page reports diverse items from Chickasaw and Crawford counties. It mentions spraying cows, land deals, notable deaths, world travel plans, a suicide, a farm attack, a county hog breeders meeting, farm irrigation, an English conference at a university, corn stalk exhibits, highway paving opposition, and large telecom investments. Also noted are automobile costs, a banker’s bonus, cattle deals, a town picnic, an injured naval student, and a football field medical crisis.
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Chickasaw County
Crawford County
Este Unten
Ed Zeman
Humboldt Anita
South America
HM Wacher
Winethrop
Suicidde
Maral Gillrapie
Loomer Davidson
Blaine Smithson
Pers Ry
J. T. Willams
Correctionvilla
Cal
WiUnme
Taylor County
Alex Dunelts
New Market
Tama County
State University of Town
Foglish
Hateli
Sheldon
Board of Supervisora
Pocahontay County
Mixhway Commission
Gell
Des Moinea Brick and Tile Company
North
Des Moines
Towa
Wiliam HM
Storms
Mukden
Manchuria
Lie Standard Ol Company
Gleann O. Haynes
Orient
North Teing
Kennedy & Son
Will Sprola
Omaha
Boone
Polks
Owlas
Edgewood Park
Milton Wood
Iowa
United States Naval Hospital
Annapolis
Judge Dire Hing of London Put On Humorous Spotlight
London readers recount Judge Darling’s witty remarks and playful judgments in a series of anecdotes. A judge’s quips about calls to The Elephant Inn and a chauffeured license provoke laughter, highlighting a lighthearted side of the courtroom humor.
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Revkines
Distinctive Lady Lauded for Delicate Perfume Influence
An advertisement extols a refined woman’s charm tied to a perfume. It prescribes cleansing with Cuticura Soap and hot water, then dusting with Cuticura Powder to keep skin clear and healthy, highlighting the product line.
It Bounded Well, oO. F. Manley, Kansans Planter
A Kansas planter recounts a homestead tale where a neighbor who cannot read or write asks him to write a letter to Vermont folks. Manley prepares a pen, the neighbor hesitates, and the writer suggests using the word notwithstanding as a model, sparking a quip about writing.
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F. Manley
Vermont
Manley
A Budding Jokesmith
The Visitor asks if the boy will be a famous fit and the Fit Mother agrees noting potential. The dialogue imitates a playful early 20th century newspaper style with a nod to the Associated News agency.
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Dietor
Associated
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Barron Lake
Mich
Col
J. M. Johnson
John Monroe Johnson
Marlon
8. C
Rainbow Division Associaton
Indianapolis
One Hundred and Seventeenth Engineers
Wrigleys
Judge
Booklee
Douglas-Podin Corporation
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