Coolidge's Father Is Laid to Rest
Plymouth VI reports the funeral of Col John Calvin Coolidge held at the family home with simple rites as the President returned to Washington. The service was conducted without hymns or church services per the colonel’s wishes. Congress and officials offered condolences while property details hint at transfers to Calvin Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
John Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
United States
Coolidge
Washington
John White
Almple
Colonel Coolidge
Calvin
White House
Congress
Senate
Dale
Rep
House
Garret
Dem
Tenn
Calvin G. Coolidge
Colonel Cooldge
Washington Briefs and Civil Policy Debates
The House voted against inserting an amendment in the District of Columbia appropriation bill to withhold salaries of teachers or officials who permit disrespect to the Bible or government. President Coolidge seeks better US Mexico ties. Senator Deneen urges action over slow river and harbor projects. Coolidge reportedly accepts a wildcat shipment note for Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains. Proposals favoring local option votes by congressional district in wine and beer are introduced by Representative Hu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
District of Columbia
Hang Army Officer for Girl's Murder
Manila reports Second Lieut. John W. Thompson of the U S Army was hanged at Fort McKinley for the killing of his seventeen year old fiancée Miss Audrey Burleigh. The 25 year old officer was the first American officer executed in peace time after a court martial found him guilty of first degree murder. Thompson, a West Point graduate, killed Burleigh in Manila on April 5 1925, saying he could not marry her due to his insufficient salary. He confessed after a signed deposition and was sent to his parents in Far Rockaway New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
John
Thompson
United States Army
Fort McKinley
Audrey Burleigh
Hamilton P. Calmes
Medical Corps
Miss Burleigh
Military Academy
West Point
Far Rockaway
N.Y
Army
Thomas
Alaska Trade Shows Huge U S Made Good Deal
Trade figures compiled by John C. McBride show Alaska exported 62 228 785 worth of products in 1925, with a favorable trade balance of 29 024 224. Commerce totaled 95 428 246, imports 88 199 511, and exports 7 199 935. Gold silver and copper production rose while fish output fell from 88 168 845 in 1924 to 87 600 451 in 1925 due to a small Bristol Bay salmon run and government restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
John C. McBride
United States
Bristol Bay
Pastors Expelled in Mexico City
The department of interior announces that 202 foreign clergymen have been expelled from Mexico under the rule that only native born ministers may officiate in church services. A majority of those expelled were Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Department of Interior
Mexico
Leading railroad figure William W. Winley dies in Wheaton
William W. Winley, recently retired president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, prominent railroad authority, died suddenly of pneumonia at his Wheaton Illinois home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton
Ill
William WH. Winley
Chicago & Northwestern ‘Railway
Three Voters Red Out To Elect Five In Village
Fragmentary text shows a village election, listing five positions and voters set to choose. Readable names or specifics are unclear, but the item centers on a local village ballot and candidacy.
Population estimates place US at 117 185 817 July 1
The census bureau estimates the continental United States will reach 117,185,817 inhabitants by July 1, an increase of 11,426,197 since 1920. It notes gains since last July amount to 1,757,723 and lists state populations from Alabama to Wyoming, with New York and Pennsylvania retaining first and second ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
New York
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Town
Kentucky
Louwisiana
Maine
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Sunday Baseball Now Legal in Kentucky
The Kentucky legislature on its last day before adjournment overrode Governor Fields veto to repeal parts of the blue law, legalizing Sunday baseball for semiprofessional and professional teams. The Strange Hamilton law repeal passed the Senate and House with margins exceeding constitutional requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Frankfort
Fields
Strange-Hamilton
Wields
Bis
Senate
House
Tear bullets wow Chicago police chief praises new ammo
Police Chief Faints Testing tear bullets invented by a Cleveland chemist. He recovered and urged buying 500 bullets for officers at 50 cents each. The ammunition, fired from revolvers, fumes cause temporary stupor within 15 feet. Chief Shoemaker and Sergt Hogan were briefly ejected after a test shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wi- Nam Shoemaker
Cleveland
Chief Shoemaker
Detective Bureau
Sergt
Joseph B. Hogan
Paroled convict robs 60 homes in St Louis
James Beauvaski thirty five a parolee confessed to police he had burglarized sixty residences in St Louis since last November 80 the day he was released from Joliet prison where he served part of an indeterminate sentence stemming from a Peoria burglary conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
James Beauvaski
Joliet (I.) Prison
Peoria
Ill
Mexicans Kill Rex ATEN in Mexican Conflict
American consul in Mazatlan reported to the embassy that Rex Aten was killed in Nayarit during clashes involving Mexican forces. The terse dispatch notes the incident as part of ongoing unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mazetlan
Sere
Rex. Aten
Nayarit
Rear Admiral Beatty Dies After Influenza Attack
Rear Admiral Brank Edmund Beatty, retired, died in Charleston after an influenza illness. He was born in Azatlan, Wisconsin, in 1858 and died in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty
Charleston
Brank’ Edmund
Azatlan
Wis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Family Cemetery
Washington Briefs
Middle West
Deneen
War Department
West
Great Smoky Mountain
Seattle
Bertha K. Landes
J. S. Thompson
U. S
Hampton Roads
United States Army Air Service
Vou
Sabine I’nss
University of Ilinola
Hopking
Rudolph Wellkomen
Walter
England
New
Manchuria
Agnes O'Laughlin
Rebecca, Greathouse
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!