Blazing Explosion Destroys Barge in Chicago River
A 135000 gallon blast on a Texas barge anchored in the Chicago river caused $300000 in damage. The inferno damaged nearby factories and homes as gasoline ignited the waterway. fire crews from north and west stations eventually contained the blaze. Five men aboard escaped with minor injuries. The fire started when dock fires spread to the barge.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Texas Company
Woos
Farmers Oppose Rail Rates Boost In West
Chicago July 19 The American Farm Bureau Federation mobilizes farm bureaus in 22 states to oppose 1 percent freight rate hike proposed by 73 western railroads. President Bradfire calls the move madness and says western and Midwestern farmers face higher costs harming economic recovery. Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission set for September 1.
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Chicago
Associated Firess
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dalk
PL Bradfire
West
Middlewest
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. W. Sandberg
Hareat
Ball Admits His Story Was a Fake in Chicago Murder Case
Detroit dispatch reports telegraph operator James M. Ball confessed to fabricating a telegram claiming Russell Scott killed Joseph Maurer to spare Scott from the gallows in Chicago. Ball said he created the hoax to aid Scott and his children, and only later admitted the truth.
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Detroit
Midh
Associated Press
James M. Ball
Joseph Maurer
Chicas
Russell Scott
Nat
Maurer
Scott
Chicago
Nex
Fenn Residence On West Main Partly Destroyed By Fire
The Lena Fenn residence at 664 West Main Street was partly destroyed by a fire that started about 10 o clock last night. Alarms came by telephone and an alarm box as flames were visible citywide. The stone building with a frame upper story burned heavily in the upper floor before firefighters arrived, leaving that section ruined and flooding the ground floor.
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Lena Fenn
West Mai Street
Floods in Korea Kill Many. Villages Near Seoul Wiped Out
Dispatches report floods subsiding in Korea after linking severe damage around Seoul. Numerous deaths and destroyed crops are noted, with no typhoid epidemic feared, as relief efforts begin in affected villages.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Korea
Seoul
German Note on Security to Be Delivered to Briand
Germany prepares a note on security to be delivered to Foreign Minister Briand tomorrow afternoon at 6 o clock. The Associated Press reports the note outlines Berlin's position and implications for European security.
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Associated, Press
Germany
Briand
K K Chiefs in Denver to Head Off Secession
Denver factions of the Ku Klux Klan voted to withdraw from the national order and form The Minute Men of America. National officers flight to Denver followed, with 44 local klans reportedly joining and surrendering charters. Dr John Galen Locke, Colorado grand dragon, was asked to lead the new group.
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Denver
Colo
Associated Press
Kn Kinux Klan
Wesf. Zambronn
National Attories
Iato
Washington
Denver Klan
Zumbruin
Denver Kinn
Naonal
The
Minute Men of
Ameries
Klana Inolorado
John Galen Locke
Klan
Colorado
Jocal Klan
Locke
Dr. Locke
Coo- Tate
Rho Klan
Atate
Menver
Klat
Bryan speaks for Tennessee anti evolution law in Pikeville
In Pikeville Tennessee Associated Press reports William Jennings Bryan addressing Sequatchie Valley residents at an open air gathering about the local anti evolution law and Tennessee culture. He condemns outsiders who insult Tennesseans as bigots and yokels while defending local values.
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Pikeville
Tenn
Associated Press
William J. Bryan
Sequatchie Valley
Montana Arro buys Pure Oil properties state wide
Great Falls reports that Arro, Inc. of Lewistown has purchased all Montana properties and business of Pure Oil, ending weeks of quiet negotiations. The deal, closed in Minneapolis, transfers Pure Oil stations and wholesale operations statewide, making Arro a leading independent marketer in the Rocky Mountain district.
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Great Falls
Arro, Oil & Refining Company
Lewistown
Monana
Pure Oil Company
HH. WH. Schwartz, Jr
Arro
Minneapolis
Minn
Mr. Schwartz
Yy &. H. Brown
J. Norris
Arra
Montana
Pure Oi
Arco
Continental
Mountain States
Helena
Schwartz
Pure Oi Company
Missoula
Tielena
Great Fails
Boxenvan
Miles City
Stanford
Roy
Rosebud
Menton
Wolf Creek
Marysville
Fast Helena
Sand Coulee
Stockett
Fairfield
Sun River
Fort Shaw
Rett
Salesville
Aroadus
Jordan
Whalesale
Troop Train and Freight Collision Near Santa Barbara
An engineer was killed and five passengers injured when a National Guard troop train on the Southern Pacific collided with a freight train at Sudden north of Santa Barbara. The engineer was A. W. Davie of San Luis Obispo, and the freight reportedly pulled out against orders, causing two cars to overturn.
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Angeles
Calif
Associated Press
National Guard
Souther Pacific
Sudden
Santa Barbara
A. W. Davie
San Louis Obispo
Crystal gazer prediction fails in Emmetsburg Iowa
Emmetsburg Iowa July 19. Madame Garcia the crystal gazer credited with past predictions guessed Friday and Saturday as the date for destruction of Emmetsburg. The town remained intact and many families left their homes while farmers avoided trading. Nervous citizens showed jumpiness though no disaster occurred. The erroneous forecast, said to originate in Washington, was printed by a local paper.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Associated Pressi
Madame Garcia
Crystal Gazer
Marding
California
Emmetaburg
Yowa
Washington
Chief Joseph Battlefield to Become National Monument
Impressive ceremonies at Glacier Park near Chinook Montana paid tribute to Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. Citizens pledged to urge Congress to designate the battlefield site a national monument and erect a shaft honoring General Miles and the Nez Perce veteran fighters.
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Glacier Park
Jas
Oc Othe Bluffs
Snake River
Chinook
Mantaha
Xenophon
Red Napoleon
Joseph
Nez Perce
Nelson A. Miles
Atv
Montana
Congress
Nistoris
Miles
Cardinal Begin dies prime minister of Canadian Catholic church
Cardinal Begin, primate of the Catholic Church in Canada, died after a weeklong illness in Quebec. His rise from a Levis farmhouse to Laval University faculty and later to bishop of Chenuthml marked a swift, devoted career.
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Catholic Church
Quebec
Jaly
Associated Press
Louis Natalie
Levis
Sacred Sons of the Roman Catharte Church
Canada
Begin
Laval University
Montreal
French Post Surrenders as Riffs Advance in Morocco
Spanish and French forces in Morocco face mounting Rifian pressure as the French garrison at Rihana surrenders due to low munitions. French reinforcements arrive amid aerial bombardments while Abd-El-Krim’s forces push toward Fes and Ain Aicha. In the Spanish zone, rebels near Sti Dauszt suffer heavy losses after a failed bid to cut Spanish lines.
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Araish
Associated Press
Rihana
Oezzxn
Sheshuan
Io Moerorra
Morocco
Marshal Perain
Bir Hie
Toni
Madrid
Sti Dauszt
Fonidak
Army airmen begin night flight toward Pacific coast
Selfridge Field, Michigan reports the first leg of an air unit’s attempt to fly amony pursuit planes in formation at night. Major Thomas G Langher leads the first army pursuit group as they depart at daybreak toward Chicago after a daytime coast flight. Stops include Cheyenne, North Platte, Chicago, and Omaha en route to San Francisco if plans hold.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Associated Press
First Army
Pacific Coast
Thomas G. Langher
Cheyenne
Chicago
Omaha
Clicaga
Tawa City
North Platte
Revolt in Lisbon Quickly Crushed
A brief uprising in Lisbon was swiftly suppressed by government and naval forces. Authorities arrested rioters without gunfire. Several mutineers were killed or wounded in the short conflict that lasted only a few hours.
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Lisbon
Mane
Nraval
TRY TO SAVE OLDANAK DROWN FOUR PEOPLE DIED
Four people died while attempting to help a man believed to have suffered a heart attack at Warsaw's Talet in Ocean County Nebraska. The incident involved five young men and an older girl, with names Buchanan Wain and Andrews among the deceased. Others named were Red A Wood of Philadelphia and additional local bystanders.
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Ocean Cas
Tay W
Assoccatedl Press
Paresons
Mat
Warsaw
Talet
Buchanan
Wain
Sananeas
Samuel Andrews
Geeante
Red A. Weod
Philadelphia
Five Die As Train Strikes Car Near Brookfield
Five persons were killed instantly when a sedan carrying a group of occupants was struck by a New York Central passenger train at a grade crossing near Brookfield Ohio, about 100 miles north of Youngstown. Names listed include Matthew Severin Ngnes, 33, Joseph Babich, 52, Mary Morcich, 12, and others.
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Youngstown
Brookfield
Here
New York Central
Matthew Severin Ngnes Pever
Matthew Severity
Joseph Babich
Mary Morcich
Chicago gang battle tied two killings in saloon fight
Chicago July 19. A man is under arrest and another fought by police after a gang clash near a southside saloon left James Vanci dead. Grennatta and Vinci died in the melee. Witnesses scarce as investigation points to vendetta and a pipe-borne feud.
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Chicago
Associated Press
James Vanci
Mercy” Enright
Inbor Spader
Joe” Grenmatte
Grennatta
Vinci
Hordics
Otters
Vanci
Grennalla
Louis Berardi
Wien
United States Fleet 15 Nearing Australia
United States Fleet 15 moves toward Australia with maneuvers planned near Melbourne and Sydney. Navy officials report the group traveling in two divisions as it approaches Australian waters amid ongoing wartime operations.
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United States
Australia
Howe
Gye Parr Wil
Melbourne
Sydney
Eleven Die As Cage Rope Breaks At Mexican Mine
Eleven miners were killed when a shaft rope parted sending their cage crashing to the pit bottom at Cine Minas mine in Takeo Mexico City. The General Confederation of Workers demanded compensation for the victims, but mine operators refused, heightening strike talk.
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Mexico City
Saly W
Associated Press
Ainers
Te Hotton
Takeo
General Confederation of Workers
San Francisco Bay Area Shakes in Strong Earthquake
A sharp earthquake shock was felt across the San Francisco Bay region at 11 26 am today with no damage reported. Tremors were perceptible in San Francisco Oakland and towns along the peninsula to San Jose with churchgoers fleeing and a seismograph at Lick Observatory recording a one minute tremor.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
San Francisco Bay Region
Oakland
San Fratusiaco
San Jose
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Matteo
Lick
University of California
Mount Hamilton
Milo
Pacific Ocean
TWO SHIPS ASHORE OFF SABLE ISLAND
Halifax report: two steamers stranded on shoals near Sable Island amid dense fog and high seas. The French trawler Labrador and the freighter West Colas, about 4900 tons, sent urgent calls for aid. rescuers failed to reach due to conditions as crews remained aboard for safety.
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Halifax
N. S
Fress
Salle Island
Labrador
West Colas
Siip
Beatrice Barwon Sequel Teases Familiar Tale
Beatrice Barwon wrote a sequel to her panular serial The Vlagper Wife. The Independent notes her next chapter titled May Seyotour in Hootlinese, featuring characters readers know. First chapter appeared July 29.
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Beatrice Barwon
Panular
Vlagper
May Seyotour
Hootlense
Appeirs
the Independent
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