Washington Ledger Removed From Government Archives
The Revolutionary ledger of George Washington detailing eight years of expenses from June 1775 to the 1783 peace is taken from General Accounting Office files for use by American historians. It records expenses for reconnaissance, staff costs, household items, and military campaigns totaling 150 074 pounds and later dollars.
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Roland C. Davies
Associated Press
Washington
George Washington
Revolutionary Ledger
New Republic
Paris
General Accounting Office
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Mass
Jerseys
Pennsylvania
Germantown
Valley Forge
Detective Hancock in Suspended After Rialto Theater Incident
Detective Hancock and three officers narrate a confrontation with three youths at the Rialto theater. Leroy Stephenson alleges a gunshot damaged his Dodge on Broad Street and accuses Hancock of assault, leading to Hancock’s suspension. The article notes a baseball history stat about pitchers who started with hitless, runless first games.
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Leroy Stephenson
Marshall Riley
English Street
Field Bryant
Chestnut Street
Rialto Theatre
Broad Street
Nea
Piedmont
Young Stephenson
Stephenson
Mr. Stephenson
Hancock
Rialto Theater
Licemen
Detective Hancock
Mr. Hancock
Mr. Belton
Sheraton Hotel
Sheraton Place
Main Street
Belton
Smith
Elks Home
H. E Wade
Chief
Winston Man With Third Set Of Natural Teeth
Marler R. Dinkins of Winston-Salem describes a third set of teeth forming naturally after two prior sets. He previously wore a false plate after losing his second set at age 27. A new upper front tooth was already emerging and appeared normal, signaling a third set developing.
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Winston Man
Winston-Salem
Aug
Twin City
Marler R. Dinkins
Graf Zeppelin Sets Course for New York on 4000 Mile Flight
The Graf Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen at 3:25 am with 18 passengers including seven Americans and a stowaway among 59 aboard. The 4,000 mile voyage, planned to take 80 to 85 hours, heads west over Lake Constance toward Basle and the Mediterranean before crossing to Gibraltar and the Azores, with Dr. Eckener aiming for a late Sunday E.S.T. arrival.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lake Konstance
Ireland
Friedschshhafen
Eckener
New York
L Lakehurst
Konstanz
Lake Constance
Basle
Besancon
France
Lyons
Rhone
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Azores
Noted British Banker Found Dead in Bed
Sir Drummond Drummond Fraser, 82, prominent British banker and financial writer, was found dead in his bed with a cut throat in Blakeney Norfolk. An inquest ruled death by his own action while of unsound mind. He suffered a 1915 nervous breakdown after his sons’ war deaths and later widowhood and paralysis.
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Blankeney
Norfolk
Eng
Drummond Drummond Fraser
Zeppelin detainment and missing passenger cloud airship launch
A dirigible departed after 3 a m with a stowaway believed to have hidden in the hangar shaft, police unsure if he remained onboard. The ship carried 158 of 21 original passengers, including seven Americans from Chicago Syracuse California Michigan and Massachusetts, while Allen Miller and Mr Channing failed to sail.
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Zeppelin
Hans von Schiller
Allen Miller
New York
Mr. Channing
Berne
Nelson Morris
Chicago
Frank E. Nicholson
Syracuse
George E. Crouse
Janette Crouse
Richard C. Burke
California
Herbert S. Siebel
Saginaw, Mich
Joachim Rickard
Boston
Mass
Defiant Dog Track Owners Plan Northfield Opening
Cleveland reports that dog racing promoters from Chicago planned to open their Northfield track using a contribution wagering system despite opposition from Cyrus S Eaton C W Seiberling and sheriffs of two counties. Deputies Bollinger and Hanratty said arrests would be made. Prominent local businessmen like Eaton and Seiberling own large estates in Northfield.
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Cleveland
Cyrus S&s. Eaton
C. W. Seiberling
Chicago
Northfield Village
Jacob Bollinger
Akron
Joseph Hanratty
Cuvatoga County
Eaton
Setherling
Northfield
Hoover son Allan fully recovers for Rapidan trip
Allan Hoover, son of the president, who had a slight stomach disorder, was reported to have entirely recovered. He planned to accompany the presidential party on the weekend trip to the Rapidan river camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
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Washington
Allan Hoover
Rapidan River
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Jockey Laverne Fator Penalized at Aqueduct
Laverne Fator, leading the eastern jockeys, was set down by officials at the Aqueduct trek after riding his 32nd winner.
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Laverne Fator
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Washington Ledger
Miles Nervine
Dr.Fly Killer
Rexall Fountain
Our
Luxor
Woodburys
Lucky Tiger
Onic
Ben Hedges, Jr
Princeton
Hedges
Danny
Graf
Defiant Dog Track
Via
Southern Railway System
High Point, N.C
Crescent Limited
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