Free State Troops Storm Four Courts in Dublin Siege
Irish Republic insurgents abandon parts of the Four Courts as Free State forces with heavy artillery breach walls and dome, seize Fowler Hall and two hotels, while skirmishes spread through Rutland Square and surrounding areas. Casualties mounting on both sides with civilians wounded.
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Collins
George McDonaugh
United Press
Publin
Irish Republic
Four Courts
Free State
Rory O'Connor
Fowler Hall
Lower Gardiner St
Rutland Square
Michael Collins
Free States
O'Connor
Dublin
Ireland
Lloyd George
Henderson
O'Connell
Cork
Nonsense Proverbs and Quips From TOM SIMS Columns
A collection of wit and aphorisms attributed to Tom Sims ranging from home life to travel, clothing, and employment. The piece blends humorous lines about happiness, disguise, fame, and everyday objects like porches and grease with stray thoughts on summer resorts and race horses.
Confusion Over Irish War Grows As Wires Fail
London reports chaotic war rumors with Dublin lines down. The Evening Standard cites Free State troops capturing Fowler Hall, a rebel stronghold. Also, James Connolly suspect identity misreported. Evening News names Robert Rudd as the other Irishman linked to the Wilson assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ireland
Dublin
Evening Standard
Free State
Fowler Hall
James Connolly
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson
Robert Rudd
Evening News Today
Rudd
Phantom rebel Michael Collins mobilizes troops for Ireland
United Press reports from London that Michael Collins, once feared across the empire as the phantom rebel, now leads troops on insurgents resisting the Irish Free State. The government in London instructed the mobilization as Britain recognizes the new state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Michael
Mickey) Collins
Great Britain
Uniforms Hamper Policewomen’s Community Work
Leo Rappaport urged the public safety board that uniforms hinder missionary efforts by Juvenile Court policewomen among parents of delinquent children. Mayor Shank ordered all women officers to wear uniforms by July 1, the board considered the issue. Also noted are a trial outcome for James Edwards, a fire department promotions for George Simmons and Charles Jones, and condolences for Ellerkamp and Naughton families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Rappaport
Juvenile Protective Association
Board of Public Safety
Shank
James Edwards
George F. Simmons
Fire Department
Charles F. Jones
Henry Ellerkamp
James Naughton
Ward peeling potatoes in jail as grand jury issues loom
Walter S. Ward under indictment for killing Clarence Peters begins kitchen duties at Westchester County jail. He works peeling potatoes while efforts to bring George S. Ward before the grand jury are abandoned and the jury may be dismissed tomorrow.
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White Plains
N. Y
Walter S. Ward
Clrence Peters
Westester
George S. Ward
Baker
Train Derails Near Prairie Home injuring crew and passengers
The Rock Island Flyer bound west plunged into a ditch near Prairie Home Nebraska. The engineer and fireman were seriously injured and about twenty passengers sustained injuries in the derailment this morning.
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Lincoln, Neb
Rock Island
Y M C A Stairway Fall Injures Youth
Isaac Goldman aged 15 of 1018 Maple Street fell on an outside stairway at the Y M C A building and plunged through a plate glass door. He was cut on the left wrist his chin and forehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Goldman
Maple St
Juvenile Arrest Over Fireworks Charge
Joseph Kooner a 15 year old of 2423 Prospect Street was arrested on a charge of using fireworks before a specified time. He was sent to the detention facility by authorities.
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Joseph Kooner
Prospect St
Henié
Playground crowds show changing times in city play areas
In a vintage scene a fountain draws the crowd at a city playground while a lower right photo hides it, illustrating evolving norms. The lower left image gives a glimpse of attendance, reflecting broader shifts in gender roles and public space use.
Austrian Rule Overthrown in Bloodless Revolution
Berlin reports state Austrian government has been overthrown in a bloodless revolution. Darmstadt hospitals filled with wounded and dead from pro republic demonstrations. Mobs attacked nationalists in Reichstag homes. police protecting the nationalists were assaulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Darmstadt
Republic
Playground staff short. five new instructors appointed
Mayor Shank announced a shortage of playground instructors after a report from R Walter Jrvis, superintendent of parks and recreation. He ordered five more instructors added, naming Helen Bedell, Katherine King, Louise Schneider, Hedwing Wernsing, Jeanette Nunamaker, and Joseph Edwards as hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
R. Walter Jrvis
Parks and Recreation
Helen Bedell
Fall Creek
Katherine King
Louise Schneider
Ringgold
Hedwing Wernsing
Riley
Jeanette Nun
Tetanus Fatal for Windfall Man at Local Hospital
Sidney Smith aged 53 of Windfall died at Robert Long Hospital from tetanus following a minor thumb injury. Dr. Paul Robinson attributed the death to the infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Smith
Robert Long Hospital
Paul Robinson
Iron Worker Walter Day Claimed by Two Wives
Walter Day a 46 year old structural iron worker fell sixty five feet from a beam at the Indianapolis Athletic Club construction. Two women claimed the body stating they were his wives, Mrs Ernie Day and Mrs Mary Frances Reno Day. The body remains in the city morgue as claims are sorted.
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Walter Day
S. West St
Indianapolis Athletic Club
N. Meridian St
Day
Ernie Day
Bellevieu Place
Mary Frances Reno Day
West St
Jefferson County
Kentucky
A. O. Scudder
R.R. E
Rum smugglers signal as fire rumor sweeps coast
A radiogram from Capt. E. G. Baughman of the steamer Humboldt says no ship is on fire off Ventura as reported. He notes rum smugglers were signaling with rockets to allies ashore, triggering radio reports of a disaster at sea.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ventura
E. G. Baughman
Humboldt
Lords Ratify Treaties at Washington Conference
The House of Lords this afternoon passed the bill ratifying the treaties negotiated at the Washington conference, marking formal approval of the agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Lords
Miner Special Train Wrecked in Maryland
A special Western Maryland train carrying 105 striking miners, thirty women and children, and fifteen mine guards wrecked near Hendricks West Virginia after rolling down an embankment. Reports say the train overturned several times with unknown casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
W. Va
Maryland
Hendricks
Cumberland
Miners Order Closures of Danville Mines
Twenty one strip and wagon coal mines in the Danville district were ordered closed today by the Miners' Union officials. Mines operated with board permission under promise no coal would be shipped, affecting utilities such as the Danville Water Company and Illinois Traction System that rely on coal. In Pennsylvania, Sheriff Woodside said swift action would follow if strikers carry out plans to march on thirty mines in upper Allegheny County to oust non union workers, with troops deployed to Brownsville as tensions eased.
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Danville
Ill
Danville Water Company
Illinois Traction System
Robert G. Woodside
Allegheny County
Brownsville
Midnight Bridge Assault Ends Before Police Arrive
Sergeant Wooley on Indiana Ave bridge over Fall Creek heard a woman's scream at midnight. Jessie Robbins, 817 Locke St, reported Joe Hogan had fired at her from Fifteenth St. Hogan was disarmed and fled by Roger Fowler and Henry Bibbs before officers reached the scene.
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Wooley
Jessie Robbins
Locke St
Joe Hogan
Fifteenth St
Roger Fowler
Henry Bibbs
Hogan
Injunction May Be Thrown Out Of High Court
Clara Masson of Belgium owner of the Peacock wagon coal mine in Knox County seeks a federal injunction against the United Mine Workers of America and officials to stop interference with Indiana wagon mines. Judge Albert B. Anderson held the matter under advisement after defense contends Masson lacked Knox Circuit Court certification and ownership proof and that property value falls below federal jurisdiction. Harold Henderson argues Masson failed to meet state requirements. Henry Warrum counters the union policy committee never ordered the actions alleged.
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Clara Masson
Belgium
Peacock Wagon
Knox County
United Mine Workers of America
Albert B. Anderson
Indiana
Harold Henderson
Knox Circuit
Anderson
Henry Warrum
Harding calls parley to end miners strike
President Harding summoned coal operators and miners' representatives to a White House conference to settle the nation wide strike now in its thirteenth week. Secretary of Labor Davis announced the plan after meeting Harding and UMW president John L. Lewis. Lewis said miners would attend the opening session in Washington.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Man Injured By Auto As He Steps Off Street Car
A. B. Cochran, 42, of 1419 Hamilton Ave., was seriously injured when an automobile driven by Sylvester Tschean, 18, of 1945 N. La Salle St., struck him as he alighted from a Brookside street car. Cochran suffered injuries to the right eye and left side. Tschean was arrested on multiple charges including assault and battery, speeding, passing a street car while discharging passengers, violating the automobile license law and failing to display a title.
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A. B. Cochran
Hamilton Ave
Sylvester Tschean
N. la Salle St
Brookside
Cochran
Tschean
Deaf former dishwasher writes songs for music world
LeRoy Henderson, 29, once mocked as "The Dummy" by hotel staff in Colorado in 1915, now heads Gott & Henderson in Chicago. Deaf since age six, he writes lyrics and directs music for a publishing firm, proving handicaps can sharpen resolve. He credits Carl McIntosh for guiding his shift from writing to composing.
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Rodney Dutcher
United News
Chicago
Colorado
LeRoy Henderson
Caen
Gott & Henderson
la Salle St
Gott
Henderson
Senderson
Durango
Wolo
West
Silverton
Cal
Carl McIntosh
Salt Lake City
McIntosh
Salt Sage City
Specimen Ballots Found Used as Real Votes in Ninth Ward
Recount in the Sixth and Seventh precincts of the Ninth ward reveals irregular ballots in the recent Republican primary. Officials note yellow sample ballots voted alongside pink official ballots, with initials, mutilation, or pen additions. Some ballots reference candidates and numbers, including a vote for a new senator and for Benjamin S Pierce, with markings by clerks and observers.
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Ninth Ward
New
Benjamins. Pierce
F O'Reilly
Oriental St
Frank Boing
Shank-Tutewiler
Carl Shank
Harry D. Tutewiler
Willamh
Weebe
Felix F. Bryant
Edward F. King
Charles L. Allen
William Hanley
William Graham Harmening
Albert J. Middleton
McKinley Club
Paul B. Middleton
E. Pratt St
Vigorous Note On Bandits To Mexico
United Press report from Washington states a stronger note to the Mexican government over bandit activity near Tampico will be sent late today if no reply arrives to earlier notes. Secretary Hughes notes no word from Consul Shaw regarding the Cortez Oil Company camp raid and 40 workers. Summerlin in Mexico City has not conveyed updates.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Washington
Tampico
State Department
Hughes
Shaw
Cortez
Summerlin
Mexico City
Bruce Bielaski
Kidnapping Seen As Political Move In Mexico
Governor Jose G. Parres of Morelos labeled the kidnapping of A. Bruce Bielaski former FBI chief and Mexican lawyer Jesus Barcena near Cuernavaca a political act to discredit the Obregon administration rather than ordinary banditry.
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Mexico City
Jose G. Parres
Morelos
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
American Department of Justice
Jesus Barcena
Obregon
Cuernavaca
Fires Sweep Mexicali Calexico Border Town
Fires swept Mexicali and Calexico for a second time in a week destroying property valued at 500000 dollars. Snipers believed to be Mexican bandits fired on the blaze as the Owl Cafe and the stockade, two well known border sites, were destroyed.
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Calexico
Cal
Mexicali
Owl
Warships to Mexico debated at State Department
Washington state department officials said dispatching American warships to Tampico depends on further reports from Mexico City and Tampico.
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Washington
Tampico
Mexico City
State Department
Douglas pleads guilty to gambling fined $25 in city court
Robert Douglass was arrested last Saturday at 18 W Market St room 5 after police testified they overheard telephone bets on horse races. He pleaded guilty to gaming and was fined $25 and costs with judgment withheld on related charges. eight other defendants faced separate rulings.
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Robert Douglass
W. Market St
Douglass
Disabled Veterans Meet in San Francisco Convention
At the second annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War in San Francisco, Capt. John H. Dykes reported from Washington. Petitions urged abolition of the Camp Sherman Ohio cantonment plan for disabled veterans. About 1 000 resolutions were prepared for the gathering.
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San Francisco
Calif
John H. Dykes
Washington
Camp Sherman
Ohio
State Board Issues 176 Teaching Licenses Yesterday
The State board of education issued 176 teachers licenses yesterday with 24 high school life licenses and 30 elementary life licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Hovell
City Car Service Extends to Newly Annexed Broad Ripple
Mayor Shank announced street car service will extend from Forty-Sixth Street to Broad Ripple Park overriding a prior order. If no remonstrance, improvements to street, sewer, alley and sidewalk will follow along with police and fire protection promises. Delegation leaders included Carl Buddenbaum, William H. Archer, and J. Edward Morris.
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Shank
Broad Ripple
Forty-Sixth St
Broad Ripple Park
Board of Public Works
Fifty-Fourth St
Carl Buddenbaum
Agricultural bloc wins test vote on farm tariff rise
In Washington on June 28 the Republican agricultural tariff bloc won a first test vote on higher farm product tariffs. The measure calls for about 60 percent higher rates on cattle and the agricultural schedule. The tally stood 49 to 12 with scattered support from Southwestern Democrats.
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Washington
Fragmented Street Observations From Local Ledger
Witness notes describe a man with a bottle challenging police on a city street, foreigners occupying market stands, a woman fleeing into the street with a canary cage and photos during a garage fire, a shoe shiner on S Meridian Street, and three women on Washington Street seen fishing for a baby buggy.
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Tom Sims
Millionaitre
Hubby
Mt. Everest
Babe Ruth
Connolly
Mickey
United Preas
Ward
Tetanus
MINER
Pittsburgh
Indiana Ave
Lowing
Mexico
R. A
W. B
S. Meridian St
Washington St
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