German seaplane lands at New York Harbor near Liberty Statue
The Dornier Wal, captained by Wolfgang von Gronau with three crew, landed at 2 45 p.m. from Halifax after a Halifax to New York crossing. The flight covered almost six hundred miles along the fore line, averaging over one hundred miles per hour. A police air unit escorted the landing as harbor craft saluted the Atlantic crossing’s arrival at the Battery.
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York
Wolfgang von Gronau
New York Harbor
Halifax
Germany
Atlantic
New England States
Battery
New York
Police Department Flying Corps
Harbor Crafh
Endurance Flyers Contracts Draw Fire From O'Brien
Louis Aug 26 AP For est O'Brien of Jackson and O'Brien said Bill Pickens, promoter for Dale Jackson and O'Brien, was overestimating bookings totaling 37000 for display flights at state fairs. O'Brien accused Pickens of pipe dreaming and said he will exclude from plans while reconditioning his ship for sight seeing. He noted the flyers earned about 8800 in the air with only 2100 received by him from 7000 oil company, 1000 spark plug company and 3500 public subscriptions.
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Louis
Forest O'Brien
Jackson and
O'Brien
Bill Pickens
Dale Jackson
Pickens
Jackson
O’brien
Ohie
Sedalia
O’brine
War veteran Behrendt leads police raids on gambling dens
August F Behrendt a world war veteran with the Kansas City Police Department helped arrest over 50 liquor law violators and gambling frequenters in nine raids. He fought hand to hand and helped destroy gambling equipment. Behrendt serves as a member of the citys police commission. Roy McKinney manager of the Dutch Mill golf course in Columbia visited his parents.
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Kansas City
F. Behrendt
Behrendt
Roy McKinney
Dutch Mill
Columbia
Woman Healed After 25 Years Shares Rectal Cure Story
Mrs George Wilkinson of 142 Chestnut Street Richmond Missouri says a long battle with piles and rectal troubles ended after 25 years. She urges sufferers to contact The Thornton Minor Clinic in Kansas City for a free copyrighted book explaining a safe mild treatment that has helped over 40,000 people. No cost or obligation.
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George Wilkinson
Chestnut St
Richmond
Thornton & Minor Clinic
McGee St
Kansas City
Ady
Bias of Life and Society In Brief Notables
A mixed set of brief items notes rising savings in Brooklyn banks over ten months and a large concert demand indicating public confidence. It also reports union progress in London, the War Council’s valuation of Balfour’s estate, and later mentions August Heckscher’s birthday camp event with a cake of 83 candles. It lists Who’s Who in America and includes short blurbs about celebrities such as Babe Ruth and Gene Tunney.
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Associated Press
New York
Phillip A. Benson
Dime Savings Bank of
Brooklyn
London
Council of the Trades Union Congress
George Engles
Balfour
Pear
James W. Gerard
T Jean
Africa
Plekskill
August Heckscher
Adams Corner
Who’s Who In
America
Bobby Jones
Lon Chaney Mystery Maan of the Films Dead
Lon Chaney the Mystery Man of the Films dies after a career in grotesque roles. He signed a five year contract earlier this year and retreated from public life, shunning interviews and premieres while maintaining a tight circle and close friends including General Smedley Butler and Eddie Griffin. He starred in The Miracle Man The Hunchback of Notre Dame Phantom of the Opera Laugh Clown Laugh and The Unholy Three.
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Hell Morgan
The
Chaney
Speakies
Ferror
Life and Death Matter of Phigrity in San Francisco
In San Francisco a 25-year-old artist Irving S Johnston with infantile paralysis died after a respiratory machine was removed to save Marty Jean McCulloch who also needed it. Physicians in haste said the man had prior claim and he was returned to the respirator but she died. Citizens demand respirators in all hospitals to prevent recurrence.
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San Francisco
Irving S. Johnston
Marty Jean McCulloch
Civil War Vets Plan Final Will and Funds Debate
Cincinnati August 26 AP The Grand Army of the Republic at its sixty fourth encampment debated disposal of a permanent 32000 fund delaying action for another year and considering use for Grant's tomb Clara Barton memorials or covering operating costs. Fewer than a thousand veterans likely attend the next major event the parade. Police chase proceeds after Main Street Bank Kansas City robbery with 10500 taken by a lone gunman behind a newspaper wrapped revolver and a return getaway car.
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Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Grant
Riverside Drive
New York City
Clara Barton
Boys In Blue
Kansas City
Main Street State Bank
Rooder
Edward J. Mealy
Lane
Main Street
Haskell Indian Is New Track Champion
Witton Charles from Haskell Institute Kansas earns the all around track and field title at Pittsburgh. Wilson overtakes Big Jim Stewart in a dramatic finish for the championship final event. Joe Hall of Florida places third with Munger fifth in pole vault, the lightest man at 140 pounds delivering a standout vault.
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Pittsburgh
Witton Charles
Smewy Oneida
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kas
America
Wilson
Jim Stewart
Harlow Robert
Stanford University
Joe Hall
University of Florida
Sunson
Hall
Munger
Airmen set for Arctic Franklin mystery flight from Ottawa
Major L. Burwash and pilot W. E. Gilbert launched from Fort Hearne toward King Williams land to investigate the fate of Sir John Franklin and 129 expedition members. Officials later said the mission was not to reach the magnetic pole but to shed light on the Franklin expedition mystery.
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Ottawa
Northland
Sir John Franklin
L. Tf. Burwash
W. E. Gilbert
Fort Hearne
King Williams Land
Department of the Interior
Lost Arctic explorer mystery ends in long wait for fiancée
A Swedish woman, Anna Chartier, waited 16 years for her fiancé Nils Strindberg, brother of Eric Strindberg of Portsmouth, after he and Auguste Andree vanished in the 1897 Arctic balloon expedition. Bodies later found, leaving her to remarry a New Hampshire professor. The article notes Strindberg brothers Tore and Sven in Stockholm and mentions a pigeon message from the ill fated voyage. Also reports funeral plans for Mrs. D A Colyer in Wyoming with family attendees.
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Portsmouth
Arctic
Auguste Andree
Eric Strindberg
Nils Strinberg
Andree
Anna Chartier
Nils
New Hampshire College
Haughtrey
Explorer
Knut Franenkel
Tore Strindberg
Sven
Curaotr
Stockholm
Eric
Stock market swells as motion picture stocks lift overall
The New York market opened sluggish under pressure from agricultural and oil shares but moved higher after Warner Bros. receivership dismissal and a Fox Film Stockholders report. Gains of 2 to 3 points appeared in Air Reduction, Mathieson Alkali, American Telephone, North American, and others while utilities showed strength. International Telephone weakened. Several social notes followed about the Johnston and Young families visiting Colorado and Missouri residents hosting guests.
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Claude A. Jagger
New York
Warner Bros
Fox Film
Vmarket
Fox
Loews
Paramount
Mathieson Alkali
American Telephone
North American
Standard Gas
Vanadiur
Byers
Norfolk and Western
New York Central
Dupont
Gillette
Eastman Kodak
Naional Biscuit
U. S. Steel
American
Can
General Electric
International Telephone
New Day Dream Perfume Sparks School Romance
Mary recounts a junior party night where Jim Hardy, the popular athlete, becomes captivated by her as she uses New Day Dream perfume. The ad-like narrative promotes the fragrance as a tool to win a man, urging readers to buy Petite 60 cent-size flasks from their druggist.
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Mary
Kim Hardy
Jim
Jim Hardy
New Trial Sought for Waitress and Companion in Death Penalty Case
Irene Schroeder and W. Glenn Dague appeal to Pennsylvania's Supreme Court seeking new trials after their death sentences for the December killing of Highway Patrol Corporal Brady Paul. Attorneys say they will petition Governor Fisher for clemency if the appeal fails. execution dates not set. Schroeder would be the first woman executed in the state’s electric chair.
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Pittsburgh
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Cami
T the Electric Chair
State Supreme Court
Brady Paul
New Castle-Butler Road
Fisher
Pardon Board
Supreme Court
Lawrence County
Supreme Carr
Schroeder
Pennsylvania
Bayer Aspirin Offers Fast Relief For Headaches
Advertising copy states aspirin relieves headaches and neuralgia, urging readers to carry a pocket tin and keep a larger size at home while following proven directions for pain relief.
Blind Girl Drowns After Stumbling Into Open Well
Funeral services were held for Flora Osborne, nine, of Well ington near Lexington Missouri, who drowned after stumbling into an open cistern. The blind child’s body was recovered hours later, as authorities noted she wandered into the well on a Sunday incident.
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Lexington
Flora Osborne
Frank Osborne
WellIngton
Fire destroys multiple buildings in Fordland New Jersey
Fire in Fordland Missouri destroyed two stores a restaurant and a hotel causing total losses about 10000 dollars. The blaze began at a general store run by Justice of the Peace Frank Wright and was partly insured.
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Fordland
Justice of the Peace
Frank Wright
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