Six killed in Meopham air crash near Gravesend
A Junkers plane of Vale of Air Lines crashed near Meopham, four miles south of Gravesend, killing six people including Sir Edward Ward and Lady Ednam. Pilot Lt Col Henderson was famed. several titled society figures among the victims. Witnesses described a roar as wings separated and the fuselage plummeted.
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London
Edward Ward
Ednam
Heto
Dudley
Junkers
Vale of Air Lines Limited
Gravesend
George Ll. P. Henderson
Sir Edward
England
United States
Henrik Loeffler
Grosvenor Square
Mayfair
Mutiny Among Bulls Halts Market Advance
Stocks slipped as selloff disrupted four weeks of partial recovery led by major issues such as U S Steel American Telephone and American Gas. By afternoon, declines abated with some gains in Briggs Oils and coal and steel shares showing uneven recovery amid pool buying and grain and cotton pressures.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
Bull
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
American Gan
Vanadium
Worthington Pump
Briggs
Standard
WN. J
Houston
Union Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Colungson
Brine and Jackson Chase Endurance Flight Record
O'Brien and Jackson, former world endurance refueling champions, take off from Lambert-St. Louis Field aiming to regain the title held by the Hunter Brothers who stayed aloft 353 hours in Chicago. The two must stay airborne until August 14 to reclaim their record aboard The Greater St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Porest O'Brien
Dale Jackson
Hunter Brothrrs
Chicago
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Lambert Field
Hunter Brothers
O'Brien
Jackson
Greater St. Louis
P. V
Shorty) Chaffee
Chaffee
Bi Brewster
Cottager Exchange Sparks Rueful Reply
In a fragmentary exchange a cottager voices rueful humor as a hurried reply answers a taunt, suggesting social friction and a shared aim to defuse tension.
Go you've taken on old Morti- Mer for better or worse
Fragmentary OCR line shows a dialogue fragment mentioning Morti- Mer and a person named Mary. Context unclear, possibly a staged line or typo. No clear event, date, or organization identified for a full summary.
Bryan Station Spring Drying Stuns Kentucky Pioneers
The famed Bryan Station Spring in Lexington, Kentucky, site of legendary water carries by pioneer women during the 1782 siege, has run dry due to a prolonged drought. Storybooks recount the brave women crossing fire to fetch water for the fort as reinforcements arrived.
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Lexington
Bryan Station
Kentucky
Aurora Depositors Probe Failure Plan
Depositors of the Bank of Aurora, closed recently with deposits near a million dollars, were called to meet this afternoon to form a committee to probe the failure and pursue recovery from former officers. J. E. Cahill, regional supervisor of state bank liquidations, will attend. Revelations include that the bank held large state fund deposits and that Larry Brunk, the state treasurer, owed $23 500 on personal notes when the bank closed.
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Springfield
Bank of Aurora
J. E. Cahill
Larry Brunk J
Aurora
Vbank
Ex-Gonmet At Large Sought For Assault Hartville Mo
Vincent Gottengill 25 year old ex convict warned for a criminal attack on Mrs Mabel Burnett a widow of Hartville. Posses under Sheriff H J Crewse Wright county search near Lebanon and Grove Spring where he left his car at his father L W Gottengill s home. Released on parole last fall after two years of a five year sentence for a similar charge.
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Hartsville
Vincent Gottengill
Mabel Burnett
Hartville
H. J. Crewse
Wright County
Lebanon
Grove Spring
Here
L. W. Cottengill
Young Cottengill
Missouri
Grandma Mayor Lifts Blue Law in Lake Milton Dance Day
Mrs Pennola Jones 63 known as grandma mayor of Lake Milton Ohio moves to curb crime by removing the Sunday dancing ban She vows to show the young folks how to step and lead the town in new unofficial reform efforts amid opposition from reformers
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Pennola Jones
Grandma Mayor
Lake Milton
Ohio
Grave Question Wife and Husband Joke from Nottingham News
A Nottingham England humorous exchange reports a wife asking about a dog’s hole in the garden and a husband replying that the hole was made for him. The brief item plays on domestic wit and garden mischief with light tone.
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Fido
Nottingham
England
Bishop Cannon Secret Wedding in London
AP reports Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South wed Mrs. McCallum at Christ Church Mayfair last Tuesday afternoon. Officiant was Dr. Ferrari. The ceremony, kept secret, surprised Virginia friends who later learned Cannon and his bride were en route to Brazil via Madeira.
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London
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christle Church
Mayfair
McCallum
Ferrari
Cannon
Brasil
Medeira
Richmond
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Sydney Peters
Lawyer Counsel and Client at New Goblin Montreal
A cautious lawyer speaks to a client in a Montréal setting about seeking professional advice. The exchange centers on legal guidance rather than a direct decision or outcome, with attention to formal counsel and client expectations.
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New Goblin
Montreal
Widow of slain man beaten by prowler in Kansas City
Mrs. Lillian Redfern, 31, widow of James E. Redfern the itinerant missionary slain in February, was bound and beaten in her home by an unidentified man. He had approached her at City Market, left a threatening note and bloody fingerprints, then fled when a neighbor alerted others. The murder remains unsolved.
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Kansas City
Kas
Lillian Redfern
James E. Redfern
Wang You
Redfern
Find the can opener in modern method class
A classroom exchange reveals the first task in meal retrieval. The bishop, on Episcopal mission abroad, is identified as bishop of Africa, Brazil, Mexico and Cuba. Bishop Cannon and his wife wed by special license issued at the faculty office. Helen Hawley McCallum, widow of 210 East 68th Street, New York, is named the bride. Sir Henry Luin, editor of the Review of the Churches, helped secure the license through the archbishop of Canterbury.
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Africa
Brazil
Mexico
Cuba
Cannon
Helen Hawley McCallum
East 68Th Street
New York
Henry Luin
Review of the Churches
Archbishop of Canterbury
Martinsburg Man Admits Slaying Three Children
Taylor Hott, a Martinsburg laborer, confessed to killing his three children Gertrude Virginia 7 Calvin W 6 and Boyd Preston 6, saying his wife could not care for them. Their bodies were found in a quarry hole near Martinsburg, apparently strangled and thrown into water. autopsy showed Boyd Preston died of a fractured skull, not drowning.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Taylor Hott
Gertrude Virginia
Calvin W
Boyd Preston
Hott
Boyd Preston Hott
Irish stew joke at drill sergeant faceoff
An orderly sergeant questions four soldiers about dining room humor. One soldier complains the Irish stew is funny. The sergeant retorts asking why they aren’t laughing, highlighting a terse exchange in a military dining room scene.
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Lady Ednam
Fa Drug Co
BAYER
Hapsburg
Whitesport
Hungary
Archduke Otto
Financial News
Brine
St. Louisans
Hunter Bros
Kennerly & Stiegsmeyer
Jefferson Theater
Jefferson City, MO
Aimee
Ralph McPherson
Aimee Semple McPhearson
Middle West
Roberta Semple
Aurora Depositorg
Gonmet
Buen Humor
Madrid
Bishop Cannon
Methodist Episcopal
Virginia
Post-Tribune
Post- Tribune
West Virginia
Surker & Bosch
Nath
First National
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