Bryan at Rest in Arlington
Report of William Jennings Bryan’s funeral at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington and Arlington National Cemetery. Describes service details, military escort limits, and burial under rain with era’s solemn rites and public mourning across states. Includes clergy roles, hymns, processional facts, and crowd reception at Union Station and the church.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lend Briev
John JL Stsov
Wew
York Avenue Presbyterias Church
Doctor OO
Lord
Doctor Alace
Doctor Bloom
Chopin
Anington National
Meece
New York Avenue
Arington National Cemetery
Dayton, Tenn
Union Station
Apartora
Tennessee
Virginia
Joseph R. Sizco
New York State
Joseph R.bizoo
Svas
Herrse
Arlington
Bryan
Bryan Woul
Dunlap
Tucksonville
Ator
Charles B
Holl
Debts Talks Between France and Britain Collapse
London and Paris broke off four days of talks on debt funding. Britain proposed a temporary three to four year arrangement for France to pay £65,000,000 annually until France’s capacity is known, but Joseph Caillaux refused. The breakdown likely affects Washington funding negotiations and may delay resumption until next year.
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Parla
London
France
Joseph Caillaux
Washington
Nation May Acquire New Warfare Weapon
The Navy department authorized Dr. Edwin R. Scott of San Francisco to carry out ultraviolet ray experiments. Scott claimed the method could set trees on fire, burn through two inches of steel, and be aimed to a mile distant up to 20 miles.
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Washington
Navy Department
Edwin R. Scott
San Francisco
Scott
Sensational daylight raid at Drake Hotel Chicago
Frank Blair Rodkey, a Drake hotel clerk, was killed during a daring daylight assault by masked bandits at the Drake hotel in Chicago. Two robbers were shot dead, a third captured, two escaped, and about $10,000 seized as bystanders panicked in the street.
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Chicago
Frank Blair Rodkey
Drake Hotel
Draka Hotel
New Canadian Grain Law Now Effective in Quebec
A Canada Gazette proclamation brings into force the new Canadian grain act. It introduces changes to elevator operations and grading and weighing of grain with the government empowered to place terminal elevators under a commission.
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Canada Gazette
American Miners Stand by British Workers
American miners replied to Frank Hodges of the British Mineral Union with a cable promising solidarity in the threatened British miners strike and pledging to support any action directed by the international federation.
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London
Frank Hodges
British Mineral Union
International Federation
Shipping Board to Sell 200 Vessels to Ford for Scrap
The Shipping Board was advised by Attorney General Sargent it can sell 200 vessels for scrapping to Henry Ford. President Palmer of Fleet Corporation recommended the deal. Ford offered 1 700 000 dollars for the lot.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Sargent
Henry Ford
Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Ford Hug
No Truth in Ramor Mellon Resigning Cabinet Plan
Secretary Mellon denied reports he would resign from the cabinet, stating there is no truth to claims he contemplated stepping down. He spoke while spending the summer at Bouthamy ton, L. I., reiterating his commitment to duties.
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Ramor Mellon
New York
Mellon
Pittsburg Star Foe Grabs World Record Glory
Harry Grab of Pittsburgh earned a world record as Greb, a prominent boxer, delivered a decisive knockout in Tulsa Oklahoma. The bout drew crowds and drew attention to his rising career in the ring.
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Greb
Aryant
Tulsa
Okla
Harry Grab
Pittsburgh
Reeirelghe
Attending Jennings MV Event Noted
Reading fragment shows names Kunin and Willan linked with Jennings MV in a travel or meeting context. No clear date or place provided. reads as a brief item noting attendance by these individuals at a Jennings MV related matter.
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Willan
Jennings
Kunin
Madden outlines vast tax slash plan to cut millions
Representative Madden of Illinois, after a long talk with President Coolidge, forecasts a tax reduction of at least 950 million dollars. The program would cut surtax maximum to 20 percent, abolish inheritance and gift taxes, reduce lower brackets, and end theater and club taxes. He claims a treasury surplus of 878 million and urges applying yearly surpluses and foreign debt payments to cut national debts.
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Madden
Illinois
Coolidge
No Plans To Seize Coal Mines Stated By President Coolidge
President Coolidge says no plans by the bureau of mines or any government agency contemplate seizure of anthracite mines. Operators and miners disagree on wage scales and operations. In the hard coal fields, actions are suspended as of September 1, and the president reiterates there is no government authority to seize mines beyond protecting the government and public.
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Swampacott
Mass
Coolidge
Bureau of Mines
Cooldge
Last of French Troops Leave German Territory
The Ruhr excavation by the French is finished after two years of occupation. The last French soldier departed the industrial Ruhr area, ending eastern occupation. A parade at Kesen marked the final official act and the tricolor came down, prompting widespread celebration.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Germany
Efstern
Kesen
Thousands of Germans expelled from Poland
Schnelnemuhl Germany. Scenes of heart rent as thousands of Germans are sent back to Germany from a great camp in Poland. Poles ordered to cross borders back into their homeland after the Upper Silesian plebiscite of 1920 favored Germany. At least 50,000 Germans reported deported.
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Schnelnemuhl
Germany
Poland
British Labor Defeated on Unemployment Benefit Amendment
The House of Commons passed the unemployment insurance measure despite Labour opposition. The rejected Labour motion to refuse the amendment would have deprived about 70,000 unemployed people of benefits. The Labour party condemned the outcome and protested the vote.
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London
House of Commons
Pitt
Labor Party
Agreement Reached in British Coal Crisis
London miners called off their general strike after Premier Stanley Baldwin promised a measure described as invention to the iminog, allowing owners to maintain current wage agreements for another nine months.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Do Fancy Shooting New York and Fort Lilden Nod Report
Fragmented report notes thirteen shots fired from an anti aircraft gun in a tent at Fort Lilden Nod. Brig Gen Join son Hutgood described the scene as the event appears in the damaged text.
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New York
Fort ‘Lilden
Joinson
Hutgood
U S Government Market Quotations July 24 Summary
Washington reports weekly market quotes for fruits vegetables and grains. Prices listed include sacked cobbler potatoes 9.22-25 per 14 pounds, yellow onions 4.50-6.50, imperial valley cantaloupes 1.26-2.00 per standard 46s, Liberta peaches 2.00-3.00 per bushel basket, and No 1 dark Northern wheat at Minneapolis 1.57-1.77. Additional figures cover No 2 red winter wheat in Chicago and St Louis, No 2 hard winter wheat in multiple cities, corn oats and hay prices across Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Omaha, dairy butter prices in New York and Wisconsin cheese, plus live stock prices in Chicago with hogs, steers cows calves veal lambs and weights.
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Washington
Kaneas
Middle West
Imperial Valley
California
Georgia
Minneapolis
Chicago
At. Louie
Kansas City
St. Louis
Kanaue City
Jt Louis
Omaha
Loula
New York
Korwlis
Border Prohibition Patrol Aims to Halt Liquor Smuggling
Assistant Secretary Lipcols Andrews leads a strengthened border barrier push to end liquor smuggling. Federal authorities plan a coordinated border patrol with Interior agents to trace shipments to their destinations and enforce the administration plan against the liquor industry.
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Waakinton
Arrangements Made to Ratify Chinese Treaty
Washington arrangements are being made at the State department for the formal exchange of ratifications of the 1915 Chinese treaty signed at the Washington Conference. The treaty provides for a commission to revise Chinese customs to provide a per cent ad valorem duty on imports.
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Washington
State Department
Alepower
China
Klan Abandons Parade Plan in Washington Aug 4
The Ku Klux Klan abandons plans for a Washington parade set for August 4 citing internal disputes. The event, once advertised to draw thousands of Klansmen, will not be held and organizers point to within group differences as the cause.
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Klan
Washington
Paeticnl
Lafollette Jr Enters Wisconsin Senate Bid
Robert M Lafollette Jr thirty, son of the late Wisconsin senator, announces his candidacy for United States senator. He states I am a candidate and will justify a quiet movement in due time. The La Follette name links to a prominent Wisconsin political legacy.
Doctors Lose Licenses in New Haven Revocation Case
Connecticut health board revokes practice certificates of four physicians after grand jury findings. The case proceeds to higher court for review as the state Supreme Court of Errors upholds the panel’s action.
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New Haven
Conn
Loatite Board
Gt Health
Sueprema Court of Errors
Canada to Pay Big Sam in Sealed Obligation Details
Canada will pay 20 million dollars in obligations tied to a motion involving New York in September. The payment arrangements will be handled by a refinancing entity. Authorities indicated the bulk of the sum will be allocated to the New York matter.
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Canada
Big Sam
Toronto
New York
Refidanelag
Iowa State News highlights from Woodbury county area
Iowa State News notes Woodbury county pig club members, bank reopenings, a governor speech at Town Plata fair, and a Soldiers' Day feature. It reports school budget cuts, National Guard rifle range plans at Camp Dodge, county meter service, road funding priorities, cooperative creamery progress, and tax issues. It covers flour purchases, crop yields in Linn County, highway paving, Des Moines real estate, dairy storage, butter entries, and agricultural expansions.
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Woodbury County
Finteh
Gunnell Savings Bank
Tima
Plata
Ohd
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
Busineas
Estherville
Taheir
Dea Matnes
Park Cot
Alva McKelg
Warlan
Towa
Bank of America
New York City
Linn County
J. A. Reed
Jefferson Highway
Polk County
Hoo
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Loca Trades and Labor Temple
Iowa Dairy Marketing Association
United States Cavalry
Fort Des Moinea
Augustalet
Towa Horticulturists
Hordlc Ntural Society
Seanon Ag
MilHong
Iowa
J. C. McClune
Executive Council
Thora
Town
Union
United States
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegtable Compound Endorsed by Woman
A Columbia South Carolina woman testifies after three years of illness that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved backache nervousness and other menopause symptoms. She notes improved health during the Change of Life and urges others to start treatment early to avoid prolonged suffering. A country wide survey collected reports from over 200000 readers with 98 percent benefitted.
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Columbia
8. C
Aida
Pinkham
A. Houuay
South Carolina
B. Pinkham
Rhasera
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Avary 10
Ita
Map Long in Making Faces Long Preparation Delays
The topographical map of the United States has been under preparation and construction for 40 years and will not be complete until 105. This long project involves ongoing work by national mapping agencies and related cartographic teams.
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United States
Handy Handicap Willesden Wife Headlines
A breezy London Tit-Bita item notes a playful anecdote about a husband and wife pair in social circles. The short sketch hints at domestic banter and lighthearted humor typical of the era.
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Willesden
London
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