St George Feast Tied to England and Historic St George Day Feats
London notes England marks St George Day while recalling historic sea raid at Zeebrugge and the Vindictive episode. The piece traces Saint George legends from dragon slaying to patronage by Norman kings and the Order of the Garter. It mentions Edward III, Henry V, and Windsor chapel.
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Associated Press
London
England
George
Roger
Keyes
Warwick
Carpenter
Zeebrugge
St. George
Edward
Poietiers
God
Cappadocia
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor
Brown-eyed people make better golfers claim
London observers say golf instructors generally favor brown-eyed players as better golfers. Notable brown-eyed champions include John Ball James Braid Harry Vardon Walter Hagen Bobby Jones Abe Mitchell Cyril Tollay and top women Joyce Wethered and Cecil Leitch.
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London
John Ball
James Braid
Harry Vardon
Walter Hagen
Bobby Jones
Abe Mitchell
Cyril Tollay
Joyce Wethered
Cecil Leitch
Notable Dates and Deaths Mixed Through Early Chronicles
A compact recapitulation of historical notes: Shakespeare’s death in Stratford on April 23 1616 reads alongside births and deaths of James Buchanan and Joseph Jefferson. It mentions Ibrahim Pacha’s Missolonghi assault and the 1924 Alton fire that destroyed the city hall, with related historic ties to Lincoln and Douglas debates.
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William Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
James Buchanan
United States
Coke Gap
Wheatland
Ibrahim Pacha
Missolonghi
Benjamin F. Franklin
Arizona
Joseph Jefferson
Palm Beach
Fla
Philadelphia
Zeebruge
Delaware & Hudson
New York
Alton
Lincoln
Douglas
Violet S Oberfeldt Society Editor Note
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt is listed as society editor with contact telephone number 70 in a society notes column.
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Violet S. Oberfeldt
Social Calendar Bridge Teat at Mrs Mann Home
Mrs O W Mann hosts a bridge gathering Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at her residence 2106 Roagrio arranged as a social calendar item for local residents.
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O. W. Mann
Bridge
Roagrio
The Abandoned Farm Addressed With Hope and Loss
An October scene recalls the abandoned farm with vivid imagery of forests asters and a sunlit river while readers track a year ending. Local notices recount travels to San Antonio Paris Dolores and Garlands of social events, including a Texan Party hosted by the Married Ladies Social Club with bridge prizes and a two course luncheon.
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Married Ladies Social Club
H. W. Johnston
French Suffragist Mme Kraemer Bach in Paris
Mme Kraemer Bach, petite general secretary of the Paris branch of the Union for Woman's Suffrage, discusses admission of the National Woman's Party to the International Suffrage Alliance. She explains the present constitution allows only one organization from each country and current U.S. groups are in the League of Woman Voters.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mme
Movies Not Harmful Says Eye Specialists at AMA
Dallas reports at the American Medical Association session that reading writing or working without eye fatigue shows no harm in moviegoing. Doctors Irvine Weymann and colleagues studied 150 people to gauge eye strain and vision accuracy under cinema viewing. A warning from Dr. Emil Bogen notes spider bites causing fever and systemic disturbances in fifteen treated cases.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
American Medical Association
A. I. Irvine
M. F. Weymann
Los Angeles
Emil Bogen
Los Angeles General Hospital
Opposition to Further Coinage of Special Commemoratives
Secretary Mellon opposes new commemorative or memorial coins funded by non government groups. He cautions such issues commercialize government money and risk counterfeiting. Two coins planned this year include a Sesqui Centennial Exposition design and a Battle of Bennington piece bearing a living president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Congress
Philadelphia
Bennngton
Vermont
Battle
Coolidge
English women plan London shop selling only men's attire
Inspired by a Paris success a group of English women discuss opening a London shop that offers men's wear. They believe women can meet male customers' tastes just as male dressmakers and milliners have in Paris.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
Federal Judge Rules War Risk Insurance Policy Nonlapsing
Portland April 23 Federal Judge Wolverton ruled that a policyholder with temporary total disability benefits remains covered for life of the policy. The decision denies the government's motion and could restore about a billion dollars in war risk insurance to beneficiaries. Frankie Walker sues to collect for her brother Fred Crocker’s policy.
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Associated Press
Portland
Oregon
Wolverton
Ghee Aa Insurance
United
Frankie
Walker
Fred Crocker
Mayor warns of revolt if oppressive methods prevail
The mayor spoke of possible public revolt if legal enforcement becomes too oppressive. He noted his committee would not shirk duty and urged Congress to pass the pending bill to reestablish the prohibition bureau. He expected liquor treaties with Canada and Britain to aid in preventing liquor smuggling.
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Leity
Canada
Great ‘Britain
United States
Arkansas chief justice outlines enforcement methods
Texarkana Ark April 23 A McCulloch chief justice of Arkansas speaking before the Tri-State Bar Association convention for Texas Louisiana and Arkansas discussed legal methods of enforcement now available and disputed responsibility of criminal court procedure.
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Texarkana
Ark
A. McCulloch
Arkansas
Tri-State Bar Association
Texas
Louisiana
Texas Labor Federation backs Volstead modification resolution
Houston April 23 The Texas State Federation of Labor adopts a resolution favoring modification of the Volstead act. It also calls Governor Ferguson to convene a special session to enact legislation to validate bonds deemed invalid by the U S Supreme Court in Archer County cases.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Texas
Fergugon
U. S. .Supreme Court
Archer County Casas
Death List Rises to Eleven From Storm Toll
Associated Press reports Dallas on April 23 that the storm death toll in Texas has increased to eleven. Drownings occurred yesterday at Denton Creek near Gonzalez where two Negroes drowned crossing the creek on horseback and at the Concho River near San Angelo where a Mexican drowned while gathering driftwood.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Denton
Gonzalez
Concho River
San Angelo
Luke Parsons Dead Last Surviving John Brown Band Member
Luke Parsons, last survivor of the John Brown band and the Battle of Osawatomie, died at his Salina Kansas home after a lingering illness.
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Salina
Kansas
Luke Parsons
John Brown
Osawatomie
Farm Relief Bill Amended Defers Equalization Fee
Washington April 28 The house agricultural committee voted to amend the Haugen farm relief bill by deferring for two years the imposition of the equalization fee and tying it to rules that agricultural commodities be used to stabilize prices.
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Haugen Farm
Women Druggists Rise in German Pharmacology
Berlin reports growing acceptance of women in the drug trade as women apothecaries gain popularity. Despite mixed public opinion, more women enter the seven year pharmacology course and join the profession alongside men.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
TRYING CHRIST'S PRINCIPLES IN SEATTLE PRINTER'S COOPERATION
Seattle printer Clint W. Lee runs a cooperative plan at his Golden Rule shop. He distributes profits, shares 30 percent of net income with workers, pays union wages or better, offers paid vacations, min wages of 20 dollars for experienced women, group life and partial health insurance, stock purchase options, and a weekly Monday chapel service led by the company chaplain.
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Seattle
Clint W. Lee
Lee
Elliott Returns to Stage in En chantress
London April 23 Gertrude Elliott returns to the London stage in a translation of Karen Bramgan La Femme Fatale retitled En chantress She portrays the Countess d Antheor Miss Elliott is Lady Forbes Robertson in private life and sister of Maxine Elliott
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London
Gertrude Elliott
Karen Bramgan
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN IN PARIS AND ABOARD
The piece notes rising numbers of women taxi drivers in Paris and marks the Alaska Federation of Women's Clubs tenth anniversary. It also lists various milestones: Queen Anne as patron of the turf. women gaining municipal voting rights in Italy Spain and Greece. 86 year old Mrs. Walter Draper becoming a telephone operator in Oklahoma City. Mile. Lenglen to attend Court in London. a London shop named Jetsam opened by Louis N Parker’s daughter. dinner jackets becoming a London trend with diverse styles. and Boston lawyer Duren’s rapid court appearance after admission. It mentions Mrs Bilott Lynn as the first English woman aviator to fly commercially, though restricted from carrying paying passengers.
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Paris
Alaska Federation of Women's Clubs
Queen Anne of
England
Italy
Spain
Greece
Walter Draper
Old Soldiers
Oklahoma City
Mile
Lenglen
London
Jetsam
Louis N. Parker
Henrietta Duncan Dwyren
Duren
Boston
Seven Negroes Burned to Death in Philadelphia Tenement Fire
Fire swept a southeast Philadelphia tenement early this morning killing seven people: four children, two women, and a man. Fire marshals report the blaze likely incendiary with large stacks of paper found in an unoccupied first floor store.
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Associated . Press
Philadelphia
Ncendiary
Pardon Sought for Ranges of Outlaws in Texas
The Texas State Federation of Labor adopted no resolution urging Governor Ferguson to pardon five Mexicans and one American sentenced to life for aiding a Mexican revolution and smuggling arms. A border deputy sheriff was killed. protests blocked earlier pardon plans.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
State Federation
Ferguson
Porfirio Diaz
State
Rangel
Caine
L W. W
Dimmit County
Candelario Ortiz
Buck
Huerta
Mexico
Spain
Fried to Get Tablet at St George's Society Dinner
At the 156th annual St George s Society of New York dinner at the Waldorf a bronze tablet will be presented to Captain George Fried of the Roosevelt for the heroic rescue of the Antonoe crew. The society recently gave Fried a $1 000 check and invites notables including President Coolidge Sir Eyre Howard the British ambassador Governor Smith and John W Davis to the banquet.
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New York
St. George’s Society of
Waldorf
George Fried
Roosevelt
Fried
President Coolidge
Eyme Howard
Washington
Smith
John W., Davis
Big Seizure of Alcohol in Cleveland Ohio
Federal dry agents seized thirty drums of alcohol valued at one hundred thousand dollars in Cleveland Ohio. The drums were labeled oil and had been shipped from New York to the Cleveland Paint and Varnish Co Ltd. Three men were arrested in the operation conducted on April 23.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, QO
New York
Cleveland Paint & Varnist Co
Woman Found Guilty of Murder Gets Five Years
Houston Texas April 23 Mrs Dorothy Henderson 30 charged with murder in the killing of malecomb grege 82 last October was found guilty by a jury today and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Mra
Dorothy Henderson
Malecomb Grege
State Penitentiary
Will of the late John Sealy in Galveston Texas
The will of banker oilman and philanthropist John Sealy in Galveston provides 220000 for specific relatives and trends. Half of the residuary estate is left to the Sealy and Smith foundation for John Sealy Hospital, a charity founded by his father, with the other half to Mrs Jennie Sealy Smith and trustees Waverly Smith and Charles Peek. The estate is valued at about nine million dollars.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
John Sealy
Philanthropiat
Sealy’ and Smith Foundation
John’ Sealy
Jennie Sealy Smith
Waverly Smith
Charles Peek
Thorndike Calls Law To Cap Play Runs At Six Weeks
London April 23 Associated Press says Bybil Thorndike urges a law to limit plays to six weeks. She notes Saint Joan ran over a year in England and says the monotony of long runs strains actors even when they work other times.
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Associated Press
London
Bybil Thorndike
Miss Thorndike
Saint Joan
England
Investigation Underway After Madisonville Incident
National Guard units mobilize in Hopkins County as investigators press a probe into a reported attack involving a 16 year old and several named individuals. Witnesses indicate the inquiry should be brief.
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Associated ‘Press
Madisonville
National Guard Hopkins
Pland
Gan An
Hollis
Bunyan
Reed
Fragmentary note hints at historical subject and wartime events
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions Zeebrugge raid and World War II era terms mixed with personal names. Readable items reference Edwin and Mia Optimist with scattered dates. The text is too fragmentary to determine a coherent event or full identities.
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Edwin
Mar
Post
America
Zeebrugge
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J. K. Evetts
Cotulla
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