Eruption on Stromboli Kills and Injures Dozens
In Messina Italy a volcanic eruption on Stromboli island and a quake killed many and injured over fifty as lava and burning rocks struck villages around the Aeolian island. Authorities said activity later returned to normal and relief ships with officials, food, tents, and fire crews departed for Stromboli.
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Messina
Italy
Stromboli
Stromboli Island
San Bartolo
Stram‘boli
Tice
Tte
Flashes of Life and Brief News Snippets
Flashes from Shartlesville report the Horse Thieves association to disband after 68 years and a $300 treasury split. Ernestine Schumann-Heink plans to train forty girls to sing, urging early breathing methods to uncover voices. In Ste Perpetue a bear incident involved Gerard Fournier and a deer hunt, resulting in a decisive strike with rifle recovered. Westbury notes a four foot war heroine affecting Meadow Brook victory celebrations. Beatrice, 16, ridden by Winston Guest, aided British artillery in France and earned a gold medal.
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Shartlesville
Penna
Association For the Detection of
New York
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Westbury
Meadow Brook
Beatrice
Winston Guest
France
Devereux Milburn
A Funny Bridge Quip Captured by The Humorist
A witty exchange appears in the Humorist where a player laments losing his wemmer at bridge and the other retorts that it was all he had left to lose, highlighting clever wordplay and social humor.
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Humorist
Missouri crop report shows drought hits corn yield
The Missouri State Board of Agriculture and U S Department of Agriculture Economics release new monthly crop data. Corn condition at 24 percent with an 81 724 000 bushel yield, lowest in 30 years except 1901, amid August drought and limited rain. Oat crop 48 087000 bushels, wheat seeding 92 percent of last year, hay forecast 3 317 000 tons, farmers cutting livestock and poultry to carrying capacity. Farm labor surplus at 42 percent above normal.
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Missouri
State Board of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agricultural Economics
Skull in picture missed by searchers
New York report says a third skull may have been photographed unknowingly at White Island during the Norwegian Horn expedition. AP enlarged a landing photo revealing a well preserved skull among rocks, unnoticed by leaders, possibly tied to the Andree balloon mystery. A newspaper expedition previously found relics including a skull on White Island after missing Horn.
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New York
Gunnar Horn
Solomon August Andree
Jending
Associated Press
White Island
Oslo
London
Isbjoern
Cables
Roosevelt Proposal A Backward Step
Professor Irving Fisher calls Governor Roosevelt's plan to repeal the fifth amendment and rely on state control to end prohibition a backward move. He argues it would fail to shield dry states from wet ones and could revive bootlegging unless a federal framework or cross-state safeguards are established.
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New York
Roosevelt
Irving Fischer
Christian Science Monitor
Narraganset
R. I
United States
Warner
Dwight W. Morrow
Fisher
Market pauses after bullish run as stocks ease
The still convalescent stock market paused for a breathing spell after a strong midweek rally. Trading slumped with prices easing though some specialties rose, as investors digest September crop outlook and government estimates. Major names such as U S Steel and General Electric fell, while Coca Cola and National Steel gained modestly amid mixed corporate news and abundant money costs.
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Claud A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
U. 5S
Steel
American Can
American Telephone
General Eeletric
New York Central
Air Reduction
Johns Manville
American Water Works
Pacific Lighting
Stone and Webster
Gulf States Stel
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
Alllegd Chemical
Case
Vandadium
Oyster Wheeler
Gillette
National Steel
Coca Cola
Safeway
Shattuck
Community News Briefs From Versailles Area
EWS of The Community STOVER. Mr and Mrs Albert Angler departed for California Monday after visiting relatives. Miss Alice Mae Argenbright left for Columbia to enroll at Missouri University for winter term. Sheriff John Otten of Versailles was a business visitor Saturday. Miss Mary Scott of Lincoln spent time with her son Walter Scott. Mrs Dr Brady and daughter from Kansas City stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Gary last week. Lawrence Rueter of Denver was a guest of the Chester Brothers. Mrs George Tambke and daughter Miss Maxine visited Versailles Friday. G A Brunjes and children visited Jefferson City last week. Mr and Mrs HK Welpmen and Mrs Meyers vacationed in Concordia. Calmer note about Colthe Harrell leaving for Kansas City. Entertained Mr and Mrs Davis and daughter of Kansas City last Saturday. Homer Hampy of Florence was a business visitor Saturday. Forest Parker Cornelius Fajen and Alvin Bauer attended the circus in Jefferson City Tuesday. Mrs IW Beler and son Fred visited Bates County relatives. Dewey Blackman and son from Pleasant Hill stayed with Veach Williams family. Edwin Kraxberger returned home from Versailles ice plant to attend school here this winter. Mr and Mrs Charles Harris and son CGJ spent Sunday in Versailles with Mrs Morris' mother Mrs Green Huffman. Louis Windler and daughter Amelia visited Kansas City to see his daughter Mrs Ruf and Mr Ruf. Dr Weist and H H Holstan and two daughters motored to Sedalia Wednesday. Eugene Rowland departed last.
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Fred
Bates County
Dewey Blackman
Pleasant Hill
Wiliams
Veach Williams
Edwin Kraxberger
Versailles
Charles Harris
CG. J
Morris
Green Huffman
Louis Windler
Amelia
Kansas City
Ruf
Weist
H. H. Holstan
Sedalia
Eugene Rowland
Columbia
University
Elsie S. Woodin
Wray Williams and Son
Orlin Deppler
Bunceton
Hold Divpler
Ogal Taylor
Gene
Clarey
J. H. Williams
Quanah
Texas
Cass
Walter Scott
Charles Fajen
Jefferson City
H. H. Hawenah
Stover
B. T. Vickery
Hagenah
Wray Marriott
Pierce Chastain
K. C. Jones
Morgan County
Joe Marriott
Springfield
Warren Cooper
W. E. Law
Anton Ehlers
Leonard oKehring
St. Joseph
Bailey
Lee Rapp
Union
tSover
Charles Johnson
Syd
Bert Johnson
Eldon
Oliver
George Tambke
Charles. Higgins
California
G. A. Brunjes
Edgar Boschen
H.T. Bauer
Elgin
Free Epilepsy Treatment Offer To Help Sufferers
Reports describe a new treatment claimed to stop fits and attacks in epileptics. R Lepso of Apt 63 Island Ave Milwaukee Wisconsin offers the treatment and invites all sufferers to write for a free trial, stating age. Ady.
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R. Lepso
Apt
Island Ave
Milwaukee
Wise
Ady
Boonville Honors Slain Educator as Funeral Proclaimed
Lorc E. Chrane longtime Boonville superintendent killed by inmate Tony Vriski during a car ride across the Missouri River. Funeral services set at Kemper gym with 4000 capacity as businesses close and schools dismissed for a day of respect. Vriski recaptured and imprisoned at Jefferson City. he had a prior robbery sentence and had escaped in 1929.
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Boonville
Lorc. E. Chrane
Tony Vriski
Boonville Reformatory
Chrane
Vriski
Missouri River
Vrnski
Jefferson City
H. D. Quigg
Kemper Gymnasium
H. J. Rand
Methodist Church
Reformatory
St. Louis
Ziske
Death penalty sought in St Louis gang kidnapping case
Belleville Illinois September 11 state attorneys prepared to seek the death penalty as six alleged St Louis gangsters face trial on kidnapping charges in the Sam Scorfina case. Indictments name Frank Agrusa Vito Impastato Sara Manilla Baptisto Bommerito Mike Lombardo and Carl Fiorita with Fiorita not yet arrested. Trial set for October 1 for five defendants. Scorfina a wealthy grocer kidnapped near East St Louis and escaped near St Genevieve Missouri after guards slept.
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Belleville
St. Louis
Ran
Sam Sam Scorfina
Frank Agrusa
Vito Impastato
Sara Manilla
Baptisto Bommerito
Mike Lombardo
Carl Fiorita
Fiorita
Miller
Scorfina
Hast St. Louis
St. Genevieve
Stover Local Folks Gather For Labor Day Week Socials
Montgomery area residents hosted visitors from Versailles Quanah and Kansas City as Labor Day activities spanned communities. Families including the Williams Cass Fajen Marriott and Johnsons joined relatives in Stover Eldon Union and nearby towns for dinners, circus trips, and casual visits with multiple households hosting guests and local officials such as K C Jones seeking Morgan County office.
Adrian Bank Closure in Bates County Missouri
The Adrian Banking Company of Adrian Bates County closed by its board of directors. State finance commissioner L Cant ley notified. George W Wagner named assistant cashier. J M Reeder president. George U Friend sent to take charge. deposits loans and resources listed. Nearby Rich Hill bank failures cited as possible factor. Poultney Bigelow challenges Herbert Hoover to a series of feats on his 75th birthday in Saugerties New York.
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Adrian Banking Company
Adrian
Bates County
L. Cantley
J. M. Reeder
George Ernest Wagner
George WU
Rich Hill
Saugerties
N. Y
Poultney Bigelow
Herbert Hoover
Hudson
Ailler Plan To Improve Reformary Security Contemplates Walls And Guards
The article reports on proposals tied to the Howard County reformatories, including Governor Caulfield’s possible action to erect walls and station armed guards. It also suggests directing circuit judges to confine dangerous offenders in prison rather than reformatory placement. Vriski’s history is cited as warranting stricter confinement, with prison board noting potential private discussions with Vriski. It concludes with a note that the King of England holds a clerical post as Prebendary of St. David's Cathedral, enabling him to preach there.
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Chrane
Caulfield
Reformatory
Jones
Vriski
England
St. David's Cathedral
Judge Shifts 10 Washington Search For Crater Case
Investigation into the disappearance of Supreme Court Justice Joseph F. Crater shifted to Washington D C with a detective interviewing a woman. Police declined to reveal the woman’s identity. Chief Magistrate Corrigan ruled he had no authority to probe Crater’s disappearance. The district attorney sought Supreme Court permission to exhume Magistrate Andrew Macrety’s body to clarify death causes, prompted by Tamny leader Andrew Keating who warned of insinuations around Macrety.
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New York
Supreme Court
Joseph F. Crater
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
Mulrooney
Joseph Corrigan
Crater
Andrew Macrery
Andrew B. Keating
Tam Many
Macrety
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ST. K. Ribrapers
Adrian Bank
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Parison
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