Mystery of Bergdoll Pot of Gold Continues
Waren Pa July 30 federal inquiry seeks $105 000 from Grover Bergdoll escape funds. Alien Property Custodian Miller reports to the special committee that Bergdoll mother Mrs Bergdoll managed estates and buried or hidden the money after Grover fled to Maryland and later disappeared. Committee reviews investigation findings and prepares a minority report. Republicans back the report while Democrats plan potential opposition.
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Black Sox conspiracy trial opens with seeks five year terms
Chicago July 30 opening arguments in the Black Sox trial accuse players of a national sports plot to throw the 1919 World Series. State attorney requests five year sentences for the accused as jurors hear extensive conspiracy charges and testimony.
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Gimblers
Edward Vrindiville
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Julson
Atate
Joe Gedeon
St. Louin
Bauch
Prindville
Earth Choolie
Cole Willan
Mitriis
White Sox
Chbolk Coomadill
Cotte
Barna
Sioux Falls Press Padlocked by Sheriff
The Sioux Falls Press faced a sheriff lockout after a court action to halt the sale of the establishment. Officials reported the doors padlocked and the paper’s fate tied to a judgment requiring about $47,000 in funds to prevent the sale.
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Sioux Falls
Sid Geanke W. Eni
Riot in Oklahoma Penitentiary Leaves One Dead
Riot broke out Friday afternoon at the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester. One inmate was killed and several guards injured as the disturbance damaged facilities and wrecked parts of the prison.
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Oklahoma
McAlester
Okla
Rinck Whitehead
Re Tormer
Wittenburgh
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Fragmentary OCR text mentions a judge and governor with a political arrest context, plus scattered names and phrases. Core event details are unreadable. summarize exists only as disjoint names and quoted lines without verifiable facts.
Big Car Shortage Predicted By Howard In Neb
Geneva Nebraska July 30 Special The greatest car shortage in history is forecast within 60 days by J R Howard president of the American Farm Bureau Federation He says 700000 more cars will be needed to move the year crops than railroads can supply He also notes the St Lawrence Great Lakes waterway plan could bring ocean steamers closer within 1000 miles of Nebraska and cost as much as ten battleships Governor McKelvie and Dean E A Burnett spoke Burnett said there is no basis for a militia claim that Konrad wheat cannot become good flour.
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Neb
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
McKelvie
Dean E A. F Burnett
State Agricultural College
Dean Burnett
Iowa Leads In Men Going To Fort Snelling
Omaha dispatch reports 272 Iowa men, 14 Nebraska, and 54 South Dakota will attend the Citizens Training Camp at Fort Snelling Minnesota from August 1 to September 1. Major Fred N. Lemmon led the recruitment effort.
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Fort Snelling
Omaha
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Fred N. Lemmon
Lasker delays talk on selling ships owed by government
Chairman Lasker said the United States Mall Steamship company offer to buy nine ships will be considered only in an orderly way. He returned from an eight hour session with the House appropriations committee on a 125 million dollar appropriation and prioritized the appropriation matter over the ship sale.
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United States Mall Steamship Company
Shipping Board
Lasker
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United States Mall
Citizens Launch Move to Prevent Railroad Suspension
Harrison Ark July 29 Citizens businessmen and farmers along the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad launch a bid to stop suspension. The Citizens Protective League will raise funds by subscription to maintain rail service or form an operating company from local farmers and businessmen. About 100000 people could lose rail communication if the discontinuance takes effect.
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Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Citizens Protective League
Parcel Post Radium Worth 77009 Shipped From Denver
Denver July 29 One grain of radium valued at 77000 will be sent by registered mail today to Philadelphia for municipal hospitals. A second shipment will follow from the Radium Company of Colorado. The two grains amount to one fifteenth of the world’s annual output per vice president W L Kithill.
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Philadelphia
Radium Company of Colorado
W. L. Kithill
Dances End In Lockup As Night Attire Displays
At a road house raid in Chicago deputies found three couples dancing in pajamas and nightgowns. They were taken to the lockup after being put to bed.
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Chicago
Murdering Veteran Police In Library at Gegar Rapids
Cedar Haplds Iowa July Spe chi Patrolman Frank Wilson was killed and Patrolmen James Dailey and William Milke shot by John Brooksmith an electrician in a library battle. Brooksmith, 40, is under arrest and deemed insane. Wilson had served many years and left a widow and three children.
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Dailey
Eurlier
Brecksmith
Woman tells all in Spurgin bank case in Chicago
Mrs. Mary Mc Hugh and her husband appeared at the state's attorney's office to testify about dealings with Warren C. Spurgin, former president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Co. They say they bought 1000 shares at 214 each, thanked him in a letter after profits, and had no further dealings. They were traveling from California to New York.
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Mary McHugh
Warren C. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Spurgin
Railroads to be supported under new bill
President Harding’s plan to rehabilitate railroads is embedded in a House bill introduced by Interstate Commerce Committee Chairman Winston. The bill creates no appropriation yet authorizes the War Finance Corporation to fund settlement of carriers’ claims against the government.
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House
Winston
Interstate Commerce Committee
War Anance Corporation
Col Goff to Head War Contracts Probe
Col Guy D Goff, assistant to the attorney general, will lead the Justice department's special bureau investigating wartime government contracts. Attorney General Daugherty announced the assignment amid broader wartime policy notes.
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Washington
Guy D. Gof
Justice Department
Daugherty
Immigrant son asked to mail funds home in college
Poorly legible clipping notes a scheme involving a Crabbow or Crawions family asking a son in college to send regular money to support relatives. It hints at financial pressures and a rumor about a minister and a wife’s fortune being mentioned in a convoluted financial scheme.
Sinn Fein Drafting Refusal To British Peace Terms
Sinn Fein in Dublin begins drafting a rejection of the principal terms in the British peace proposal. The Irish plan counter proposals on self government and Ulster relations, aiming to keep talks alive if main terms are rejected. A mid next week reply is anticipated. acceptance of an invitation to London could follow if Government terms loosen.
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Sinn Fein
Ulster
London
Lloyd George
de Valera
WIFE KILLER BEATS NOOSE BY STARVING
Andrew Brykajic, accused of killing his wife in January, died of starvation after a hunger strike in Chicago. He reportedly told the court he would outlast the hangman as guards moved him from jail to hospital. He had previously stolen an orange from a blind man on his first hospital day.
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Andrew Brykajic
Train blast kills Japanese staff chief
Tokio reports say outlaws blew up a Japanese military train near Nikolak killing Colonel Miwa chief of staff and many officers. Battles between the outlaws and Hunghuszes are under way, potentially delaying evacuation plans for parts of Elberia.
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Nikolak
Miwa
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Elberia
Private conduct questions loom over members aid to Thomas H. Matters
The piece questions professional men assisting Thomas H Matters to obtain a pardon and urges public accountability. It notes a rule against private actions that would shame one publicly and asks Congress to pass another peace resolution.
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Thomas H. Matters
Congress
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba in a Sunday talk
A London News item describes a Sunday school scene where a teacher asks about Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. A girl with apparent travel experience responds humorously about asking for towels and fine raiment and jokes about hotel rooms and managers.
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London News
Solomon
Sheba
Arrest of Gov Len Small Delays Warrant Servi ces
Warrants on indictments charging Gov Len Small with embezzlement and conspiracy sit in Sheriff Menser's safe with no immediate plan to serve. The sheriff will not act until Small returns to Springfield, who meanwhile travels the state inspecting highways and insists he will continue duties.
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Sprinfield
Len Small
Henry Menser
Springfield
Chicago
Harding signals plan to settle Mall Steamship case
President Harding expressed displeasure with the Shipping Board over the Mall Steamship seizure, now nullified by courts. Indications point to a peaceful settlement, with Harding telling House leaders at a White House dinner he will correct errors or injustices, a move seen as a reprimand to Chairman Lasker.
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Washington
Harding
United States Shipping Board
United States Mall Steamship Company
House
White House
Lasker
Hara May Attend Conference in United States
Tokyo reports Premier Hara of Japan may travel to Washington for the disarmament conference if Premier Lloyd George attends. Japan debates venue and scope, with discussion of Far Eastern pact questions and arms control between London and Washington.
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Premie Hara
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Washington
Lloyd George
United States
Hara
London
Ancy
Ambiguity in Business Deal Sparks Press Exchange
A Houston Post excerpt shows a businessman reacting to suspected dishonest profit in a position. The reporter pressingly prompts him to continue and he insists he already exited the arrangement. The exchange hints at tension over consequences and accountability in a disputed transaction.
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Houston Post
London Courts and Divorce Proceedings Brief Humor
From London Opinion and the New York Sun a quip notes a man waiting five minutes while going to get divorced. The piece contrasts questions about compensation with a wartime injury claim and a rehabilitation worker who fell from a desk chair while asleep.
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Royalty and politics clash in European festival drama
The Detroit News quotes Polly Peachblow declaring herself queen of a festival while debating duties with Mr Mugite. The exchange hints at public expectations and broader issues facing European royalty after the war.
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Polly Peachblow
Mr. Mugite
Heven
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France Yields to Britain Over Silesia Standoff
Paris reports France capitulated to England in a Silesia dispute. London urged Briand to drop unilateral moves, and Paris agreed to push a joint note to Germany via the supreme council likely August 11. France seeks to save face while underlying Franco British rifts persist. The United States reportedly backs evacuation of Frankfurt as French troops remain.
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England
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Briand
London
Supreme Council
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Rhine
United States
Frankfort
Movie Tax Plea as Industry Seeks Tax Repeal
Washington July 30 delegates led by William A Brady urged the House Ways and Means Committee to repeal film taxes and admission taxes. They warned a sharp industry decline has halted big salaries with one third of studios closed and California output at 60 percent of normal.
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House Ways and Means Committee
William A. Brady
New York
National Association of the Mostion Picture Industry
Garner
Texas
Samuel B. Rogers
Fox Film Company
Mr. Rogers
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Douglas Fairbanks
Rogers
California
Mr. Hogera
Congress
Fire at Crook Terminal and Chicago Storage causes major loss
A large fire on the southern outskirts of Chicago on Thursday, likely started by spontaneous combustion, caused an estimated 1.5 million dollars in damage to the Crook Terminal warehouse and Chicago Storage and Transfer company. Two men sustained minor injuries while fighting the blaze.
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Chicago Storage and Transfer Company
The Burning Question in a Rainy Speech
Fragmentary dialogue from a London weekly piece features a scapebox orator delivering in rain. An urchin asks for the box he stands on to make a go cart, while comments on womanship and statecraft circulate among reformers and politicians.
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London News
American visitor recalls Madrid bull ring tale in Portage
A garbled reminiscence from Sonora Pilar Bereda describes a Spanish bullfight scene in New York and a visit to Madrid. The narrative mentions a visitor observing a bull chase a red cloak, the ring, and a black-eyed pate, ending with a wandering, reflective note.
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New York
Madrid
Northcliffe Seeks Senate Visit amid Washington Controversy
Lord Northcliffe, famed English publisher, spent Friday in Washington amid disputes over Curzon and a recalled ambassador dinner. He denounced a London interview as a lie, met President Harding, spoke to overseas writers, and attended a dinner hosted by Mrs. Edward M. McLean with many officials in attendance.
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Lord Northcliffe
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Lord Curzon
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
London
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State Department
Edward M. McLean
Lloyd George Attacks Northcliffe in Bitter Commons Debates
London reports Premier Lloyd George denounced Northcliffe as criminal malignity in a Commons clash that widens the feud with Lord Curzon. The piece notes debates over King's rights, foreign policy frictions, and a broader international row including questions about arbitration and imperial affairs.
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Lord Northcliffe
London Times
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