Progressive work of manufacturers revives business
New York August reports cheerful business sentiment with expanded manufacturing output and rising commodity prices. Railcar loadings reach one million for the fourth straight week, with freight traffic up sharply and carriers posting higher net incomes. Steel mills operate near 70-72 percent capacity, coke ovens rise in Pittsburgh, and price shifts include gains in sugar and industrial alcohol while oil shares lag. Open price cutting in autos creates unease despite strong profits, and labor tensions threaten coal output and bricklayer plasterer disputes hinder construction worth about 15 million dollars.
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Associated Press
New York
Pittsburgh
Wine Relation to Culture Prominent at Coblenz Exhibition
Coblenz August 21. Germany's largest wine exhibition runs to September 13 with a special "Wine and German Kultur" section. The event blends business, science, and culture, showcasing vineyards from across the empire and enabling visitors to trace winemaking from seed to bottle in a vast hall display.
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Coblenz
Germany
Empire
MacMillan Party Begins Arctic Retreat
The MacMillan Arctic expedition is retreating from the Arctic region. They have reached Igloo Handy, Greenland, with planes NA-2 and NA-3. NA-1 has been dismantled and the commander will not pursue further exploration in this area.
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Associated Press
Washington
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Arctic
Igloo Handy
Greenland
Mother held for trial in quart of milk theft
Eva Seidelman of 240 Grand Street Brooklyn is arraigned in Bridge Plaza court for stealing a quart of milk to feed her four children. She pleads guilty and cites poverty and unemployment. Magistrate Short orders $50 bail. she is remanded when bail not posted.
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New York
Eva Seidelman
Grand Street
Brooklyn
Bridge Plaza Court
Louis
Short
Summer conferences keep English colleges occupied
Oxford hosts a constant flow of guests during vacation for industrial conferences educational courses and commercial conventions while undergraduates live in rooms dine in halls and support college economies.
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Oxford
Eng
Reading courses draw 18000 in interior education program
More than eighteen thousand readers enrolled in one or more of the twenty nine reading courses offered by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Education. Parents groups, often PTA members, organize circles for reading and study using preschool child care courses prepared by specialists and supplied by the bureau.
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Education
Bureau
Marines Assigned to Guard Summer White House Found Asleep
Swampscott August 24 The marines guarding the summer White House were found asleep this morning charges of neglect of duty were brought and an investigation ordered. One marine left his post while another slept on duty. the detail includes 18 marines who maintain constant watch.
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Associated Press
Swanmpscott
Mass
White House
Friendly Enemies Among Spitzbergen Settlements
In Ny Aalesund and Long Year City tension exists as rival Norwegian settlements. Ny Aalesund boasts the world’s northernmost railway while the mine connects to the pier by a short track. Arctic graves near Amundsen’s plane site tell of a young mother and a two year old.
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Ny Aalesund
Spitzbergen
Kingsbay
New Aalesund
Aalesund
Norway
Long Year City
Ny-Aalesund
Spitzebergen
Amundsen
Simplicity Marks Lawson Funeral in Chicago
Victor Fremont Lawson publisher and world journalism figure judged by simplicity as funeral and burial in Chicago draw national newspaper notables. Associated Press wires silenced three minutes in respect.
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Chicago
Ill
Victor Fremont Lawson
Nation
Newspaper World
Associated Press
Philadelphia to Erect Memorial to W. J. Bryan Soon
The Philadelphia Record plans a national committee to fund and build a memorial to William Jennings Bryan. Josephus Daniels, Raleigh News and Observer publisher and Wilson secretary, is named as prospective chairman and would accept if Mrs Bryan and Bryan’s friends request it. The paper argues memorial should honor Bryan as a crusader and statesman, not narrow group tribute.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
William Jennings Bryan
Record
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Navy
Wilson
Bryan
Tennessee
Mr. Bryan
Daniel
Raleigh, N. C
Goose Egg Twins Surprise Hatching at Viscount Farm
In Viscount Saskatchewan Mrs J J Elliot discovered six goslings from five goose eggs, a single egg yielding a superb pair of birds. A half pound egg was included mainly as an experiment in the setting.
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Sask
J. J. Elliot
Dayton Bank Robber Admits Blue Masked HoldUp
Fred Nichola of Dayton a manufacturer confessed to police that he was the blue masked bandit who on August 14 robbed a North Dayton Savings Bank employee and escaped with 28000 dollars. He said he needed the money to aid his manufacturing business and that his adopted daughter’s presence at the bank during the holdup led to the arrest.
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Dayton
Ohio
Fred Nichola
North Dayton
Dayton Savings Bank and Trust Company
Amusing American tourist tales sweep London papers
London reports during the tourist season recounts of Americans boldly greeting royalty at Wembley and other escapades. A serious incident in the House of Lords saw a tourist fined for attempting to cut leather from the Woolsack.
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London
England
Wembley
House of Lords
Markets Louisville Cattle Hogs Sheep and Lambs Report
Markets from Louisville Kentucky show cattle 300 head slow and lower range with little change, hogs 1000 head 8 to 13.40 lower, sheep 2425 head 25 cents lower, lambs 31.20 and 25, ewes and wethers 13.75, sheep overall unchanged.
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The
Associated Press
Louisville
Miners Leader John L Lewis Accepts Open Forum at Hazelton
John L Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, accepts an invitation to a conference with miners and coal region citizens at Hazelton Pennsylvania. He calls for an open forum with press and public invited, to be held tomorrow. John T Scopes meanwhile reiterates that evolution is taught in public schools across the country.
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Lexington
John T. Scopes
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Hazelton
Penn
Lewis
German retailers eye installment sales expansion
Berlin reports German retailers expect a rise in business through installment plans. Some plan to study U S methods after sending a commission abroad. Prewar aristocrats opposed it. inflation and bans have shifted views though sellers fear swindlers and credit checks.
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Berlin
United States
Population of Moscow Grows 39 000 in a Year
Moscow's population on January 1 1925 reached 1 811 000 up from 1 772 000 a year earlier and 1 617 000 in 1912. The city area expanded to 71 250 acres from 43 700 in 1912. deaths fell to 27 083, marriages rose to 25 187, births slightly declined to 51 781. Personal crisis reports numbered 310 versus 360 in 1913.
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Washington
Moscow
Russian Information Bureau
U S Minister Found Dead in Montreal Hotel Room
Arthur D. Bailly Blanchard United States minister to Haiti since 1914 was found dead in his hotel bedroom in Montreal. The death was attributed to natural causes.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Arthur D. Bailly Blanchard
United States
Hayti
Increase in Cotton Production Expected
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture has announced a 424000 bale rise in the prospective cotton crop for the year. The forecasted production is 13000990 bales.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Art awards increase for Carnegie Institute exhibition
The Garden Club of Allegheny county adds 500 to the regular 3300 prize list for the best painting of flowers or gardens in the 24th International Exhibition of Paintings at Carnegie Institute. The jury will meet here September 25 to award the prize.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute
Garden Club of
Allegheny County
Boy Found With Internal Organs On Wrong Side In New Zealand
Doctors at Christ Church hospital report a six year old boy as exceptionally healthy yet his heart stomach and liver lie on the left side of the body. All organs are described as perfectly normal despite the unusual arrangement.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Chicago Police Seek Psychology to Curb Crime
Chicago authorities advocate treating crime as a mental health issue. Through the Psychopathic Laboratory of the Municipal Court, experts push psychology over brass knuckles, proposing offenders be treated as patients within a reform system.
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Chicago
Municipal Court of
Harry Olsen
Cook County
Berlin Professor Moll Wins Slander Suit With Illusion Test
Berlin professor Albert Moll, a noted psychophysicist, won a slander case against spiritualist Frau Rudloff. He argued that spiritual phenomena require scrutiny by state institutions and conducted courtroom experiments to show rational explanations for supposed miracles. The court ruled Moll not guilty.
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Berlin, Ger
Albert Moll
Berlin
Frau Rudloff
Techno-Physical Institute
Moll
Dr. Moll
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