Way the Swedes Came to America
Detroit April 30 religious conditions in Sweden spurred migration to the United States from 1830 to 1873. Prof George H Stephenson University of Minnesota spoke on the Swedish immigration background noting church autonomy in America and clerical opposition to emigration. He cited social and land reforms, peasant dissatisfaction, and agents promoting movement as factors.
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Detroit
Mich
Sweden
United States
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
George H. Stephenson
University of Minnesota
Stephenson
America
Dee
Wreck in Kentucky Kills Engineer in Train Collision
In Kentucky near Quintey on April 29 engineer John Livelyington was killed when Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train No 2 wrecked. Fireman E Mitchell and several mail clerks and baggage men were badly bruised while passengers escaped serious injury.
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Kentucky
Associated Press
Portsmouth
John Livelyington
Chesapeake
Quintey
E. Mitchell
Nome
Gloria's wedding day sparks dreams of luxury and independence
Gloria Gordon, on the eve of her wedding to lawyer Dick Gregory, rejects traditional housework for a life of romance and wealth. She plans to outmaneuver expectations, aiming to keep Dick eager and her own independence while escaping the drudgery of her family home.
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Gloria Gordon
Gloria
Glory
Mrs. Gordon
Fife
Honeymoon Plans End In Montreal Shopping Trip
A couple reads as they debate a perfect honeymoon in the city full of shops. Dick suggests a quiet escape and the bride prefers a public city for seclusion, finally choosing Montreal for romance amid romantic street scenes as the train arrives. The scene ends with a kiss and a promise.
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Pey
Montreal
Richard Gregory
Six Weeks Courses Offered by Department of Fine Arts
The department of fine arts offers a six week summer session from April 30 to June 4 including elementary drawing design advanced drawing painting and teacher's art under Miss Emily J. Kramer of Butte a Montana State Normal graduate who holds an Ll. B La degree from the University of Wisconsin 1924 and is pursuing a MA at Teachers College Columbia University She will obtain her MA in June Mrs Bateman head of the department will spend the summer in California and return in the fall
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Fing Arte
Emily J. Kramer
Butte
Kramer
Butte High School
Montana State Normal
University of Wisconsin
Teachers College
University of Columbia
New York
Bateman
California
University
Fire Alarm Triggers Wild Dash Then Water Floods Station
A storm caused lightning to strike an alarm box in Houston. The false alarm sent the central station crew rushing out, only to return to find the firehouse flooded with six inches of water requiring pumps to clear it.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Central Station
No Evidence Leads to Dismissal in Auto Theft Case
Five defendants Martin Fox Wi Driscoll Thomas Delaney Gene Sullivan and Jack Donahue were charged on July 22, 1924 with taking an automobile without owner consent. Judge Lynch dismissed the case yesterday after County Attorney Downey argued there was insufficient evidence to proceed. The Associated Press reports Hughes denies a split with independent film producers rumor as he departs for Bermuda.
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Butte
Martin Fox
Driscoll
Thomas Delaney
Gene Sullivan
Jack Donahue
Jeremiah J. Lynch
T. EF. Downey
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