Rip Van Winkle Town Awakens in Illinois
Bernadete a Rip Van Winkle town near Spoon River, Illinois, wakes after a century of sleep as film scouts visit. The village, untouched by telephones or electricity, now sees automobiles and cameras, drawing tourists and movie crews while old residents adjust to a sudden rush of attention.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Bernadete
Yonder Hill
Spoon River
Edgar Lee Masters
Bloomington
Cr. L. Varnard
Colored Veterans Plan First National Reunion in Des Moines
Two thousand colored veterans who fought for the Union in 1865 will hold their first national reunion at the Grand Army encampment in Des Moines Iowa from September 24 to 29. Opening services will be held in colored churches with G A R veterans leading pulpits and music. A motor tour of the city is planned and attendees will visit the publishing plant of E T Meredith former U S secretary of agriculture.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republican
E. T. Meredith
U. S
Cholera Reduced in City of Petrograd
Cholera cases in Petrograd fall to near zero this summer due to sanitary measures by the American Relief Administration. Water purification with 250 tons of chloride of lime funded by the Red Cross aided the program, with 74 000 people involved in the preventive effort.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
American Relief Administration
American Red Cross
Russia
Review of General Leonard Wood by London Times
London dispatch praises General Leonard Wood as chairman of the Harding mission to the Philippines. It credits his courage, patience, experience, and prestige, asserting only a strong American soldier-statesman can untangle the Philippine tangle and steer progress toward prosperity and security.
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London
London Times
a_ dispatch
Manila
Leonard Wood
Harding
Philippines
Former minister to hang criminal in Des Moines showdown
Des Moines Iowa—Executive clemency may delay the hanging of Eugene Weeks, condemned for the Fosdick murder, as Sheriff Winifred E Robb of Polk County considers his duty to oversee the execution. Robb, a former pastor, resigning to avoid church embarrassment, cites biblical precedent and his belief in capital punishment while opposing hangings. The case also implicates Orrie Cross, Weeks’ accomplice, with a potential future execution date.
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Des Moines
Winifred E. Robb
168Th Infantry
Rainbow Division
Eugene Weeks
George Fosdick
Des Moines Grocer
Robb
Urbandale Federated Church
Polk County
Iowa
Orrie Cross
Fosdick
Chateau- Thierry
Sergy
Berlin Zoo Faces Bankruptcy and Winter Closure
Berlin authorities announce the Zoological Gardens will close to the public from Oct 1 to March 15 of next year due to financial crisis. An estimated 4,000,000 marks is needed to cover winter costs, with other German zoos facing similar measures amid economic strain. Concerns grow over animals being housed together during the winter.
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Berlin
Berlin Zoological Gardens
Germany
Commercial Men to Visit Mexico in Trade Congress Tour
The fifteenth annual Southern Commercial Congress will meet November 20 to 22 in Chicago with hosts the Chicago Association of Commerce and Illinois Manufacturers' Association. Afterward a Texas City conference on Mexican trade relations and a trade commission to Mexico City will follow as guests of the Mexican government. The Congress, founded in 1837, saw periods of inactivity until revived after Reconstruction and is now based in Washington.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Southern Commercial Congress
Chicago Association of Commerce
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Texas City
Tex
Mexico City
Atlanta
Washington
Capital
49 Counties Represented at Prohibition Conference Meet
Toronto hosts an international student conference of the International Prohibition Association November 24 to 29 with delegates from over 500 colleges in the United States and Canada. Speakers include Dr. R Hercod of Switzerland, Lief Jones of England, Jhananjan Nyogi of India, C C Weeks of London, and Ira Landrith of the Inter collegiate Prohibition Association.
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Toronto
Canada
International Prohibition Association
United States
Dr. R. Hercod
Switzerland
International Temperance Bureau
Lief Jones
England
United Kingdom Alliance
Jhananjan Nyogi
India
Bengal Social Service League
C. C. Weeks
London
World Student Federation Against Alcoholism
Ira Landrith
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Princess Xenia to Visit America with Greek Royal Couple
Paris reports Princess Xenia of Greece, niece of King Constantine, and her husband William Leeds Jr. may travel to the United States this autumn. The Leeds trust could pass a $40 million fortune to a male heir, or to New York Lying-In Hospital if no male issue arises.
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Paris
Xenia
Greece
Constantine
William Leeds
New York
Christopher
Young Leeds
Prince
Princess Christopher
United States
Prince Christopher
America
England
Leeds
Switzerland
Polish Orphans Rescued By Japan Red Cross In Vladivostok Effort
The Japan Red Cross Society, already repatriating Polish orphans from Siberia, plans to rescue about 400 more. Gathered by the Society for the Relief of Polish Orphans at Vladivostok, they will be transported to Danzig by the Japan Red Cross Society.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan Red Cross Society
Siberia
Society For the Relief
Vladivostok
Danzig
Kobe to Build Electric Underground Railway
Kobe Japan city council agreed to fund preliminary investigations for an electric underground line about five miles from east to west. Promoters say extensions would follow as needed.
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Kobe
Associated Press
Japan
Unter den Linden Throngs Saturate Berlin Tours
Berlin abuzz with sightseers as rubberneck wagons ply Unter den Linden. Guides tout English and German tours while cafés spill crowds onto sidewalks and vendors line the boulevard from Brandenburg Gate to the Royal Castle.
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Associated Press
Berlin
White House
Ebert
Wilhelm Street
Spree
Panama Canal
Unter den Linden
Coney Island
Doorn
Atlantic City
Brandeburg Gate
Royal Castle
Avarice Drives Majority of 1921 Arrests in Pennsylvania Police Report
Harrisburg report shows avarice as the leading cause of crime in 1921 with 5550 arrests under theft and robbery. Recklessness accounts for 4289 auto law violations, while alcohol fueled 1270 offenses. Most offenders were single men, many first offenders, ages 20 to 36 dominated, with 12 202 men and 706 women affected.
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Harrisburg
Pennsyvania State Police
Disarmament Plan Offers Jobs in Britain Scrapping Warships
Washington conference yields work for thousands of idle men in London as eleven battleships light cruisers and smaller vessels are set to be dismantled under the naval limitation treaty. The task will take many months of labor.
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London
Britain
Rumors of Settlement Hover Over Railroad Strike
Persistent rumors of a partial settlement in the railroad strike circulate as Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio is expected in Chicago to confer with Western executives. Union leaders stay tight lipped while shop craft chiefs are in the city. Government injunction served on Federated Shop Crafts leaders.
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Chicago
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Western Railroad
B. M. Jewell
Federated Shop Crafts
Bank conspiracy indicts four Kentucky businessmen
Grand jury in Minfordville Kentucky indicts W V Bell bank president Ree tor Johns George Dennison and Charlie Hunt on conspiracy in the June 8 robbery of the Bank of Canmer. Lambert and his chauffeur already indicted and Lambert allegedly confesses.
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Minfordville
Bank of
Robert Lambert
Louisville
Canmer
Lambert
Rumors Rise of Constantine Abdication in Europe
Reports from Paris and other capitals say King Constantine may abdicate. Observers see a motive to encourage former Premier Venizelos to return to Athens and form a coalition to restore order in Greece.
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Paris
Constantine
Venizelos
Athens
Greece
Mrs Harding’s Condition Improves Then Worsens
Washington reports showed Mrs. Warren G. Harding ill with organic trouble from a cold. Officials said her condition was not alarming, but later serious complications arose last night and eased by morning as doctors assessed her. Dr Carl Sawyer joined consultants in Washington.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
White House
Harding
Carl Sawyer
Marion, C
Senate votes to keep coal commission study on nationalization
Washington reports the senate approved by 30 to 19 to retain the coal commission provision authorizing a study of the wisdom of nationalizing the coal industry as proposed.
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Washington
Senate
Coal Commission
Elopers Found Near Glasgow After Night Search
Carolyn Shuster an 18 year old daughter of W Morgan Shuster and William Morris 18 son of a Glasgow merchant were found at a farm house north of Glasgow with Champion Roger Dickinson. The trio planned to elope to Nashville but a search party located them after their vehicle broke down.
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Glasgow
Carolyn Shuster
W. Morgan Shuster
Century Company
Here
William Morris
Roger Dickinson
Morris
Miss Shuster
Nashville
Kentucky gas wholesalers allowed bond to keep one cent tax
Kentucky gasoline wholesalers may post bonds to the state and keep collecting the one cent per gallon tax. The State Tax Commission warned county clerks that without payment the tax would be charged to the retailers instead.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
State Tax Commission
Teaching a Boy Manners Across Age Groups
The piece advises parents to model courteous behavior for boys from youth to adulthood. It emphasizes male responsibility to women, such as offering seats and assisting with packages, and notes fathers often influence sons more effectively than mothers in instilling good breeding. It warns that neglect in boyhood makes manners harder to learn later.
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