Rock-dusting Father John B Jones of Mines
John B Jones a mine safety engineer earned international fame as Rock Dust John for pioneering shale dust use to prevent coal dust explosions. While with the state and Old Ben Coal Corp he developed a rock dusting system adopted in 1917 and later spread nationwide and abroad, saving many miners.
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Associated Press
West Frankfort II
John B. Jones
Imine
Johnny Jones
State Department of Mines
Jones
Illinois
Old Ben Coal Corporation
United States
Growth of Kiwanis Clubs Across United States and Canada
The Kiwanis International secretary reports about 100000 members and 1530 clubs in major US and Canadian cities. In the past year over 131 new clubs formed, boosting membership by more than 4500. The movement funds hundreds of expositions, fairs, and youth clubs, and supports road-building bond issues totaling millions.
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Associated Press
Montreal
United States
Canada
Fred. C. W. Parker
Kiwanis International
Mr. Parker
Nat T. Frame
College of Agriculture
Morgantown
West Virginia
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Clubs
Cananada
International Conference on Oil Pollution Opens in Washington
A preliminary conference in Washington gathers experts from the United States and 14 other nations to address oil pollution in navigable waters. Led by Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, the meeting aims to craft an international agreement to curb discharges that foul beaches harbors and fisheries.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Japan
Denmark
Greece
Netherlands
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Portugal
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Stephen Davis
Department of Commerce
Arthur N. Young
Department of State
Maritime Nations
Notes of Sport Highlights from Early 19th Century Games
The clipping recalls a June snowstorm for the 1839 English Derby and mentions Dallas Texas hosting sixteen golf courses. It notes Northwestern University’s planned stadium readiness for next fall and a Shanghai billiards exhibition where Claude Falkiner scored 651 in 24 minutes. It also marks lacrosse’s 50th England introduction, Arnold Ryan’s relation to Paddy Ryan and John L Sullivan’s 1882 heavyweight win.
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Dallas
Texas
Northwestern University
Shanghai
Claude Falkiner
England
Montreal
Arnold Ryan
New York
Paddy Ryan
John L. Sullivan
Motion picture industry seen as bond to world peace
Call Milliken, former Maine governor and MPDA president, tells Kiwanis International that the motion picture industry can humanize nations and shorten gaps of distance and language. He envisions schoolchildren studying global life and history through film to bring universal peace closer.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Icturé” Ag
Kiwanis International
Ciill
Milliken
Singers and Scrub Women Energy Study Compared
Berlin reports measurements by Professors Loewy and Schroetter on energy use in music and manual labor. Scrub women burn eighty percent more energy while scrubbing than at rest, singers eighty three percent, while trombone players show sixty three percent versus pianists two hundred seventy percent.
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Berlin
Tuch
Loewy
Davos
Switzerland
Schroetter
Vienna
Scientific and Useful Discoveries and Inventions
A digest of scientific curiosities and tech advances. Taste testing with 1 part sugar in 10 000 parts water. Underwater snapshot photography aids ship rolling study. Medieval almond distillation shifts to apricot kernels. Engine boiler gains triple coal efficiency over 50 years. Microscopes reveal particles near five hundred thousandth of an inch. Atoms likely contain six million atoms. A pocket five color self feeding pencil with color indicator.
Boxing show planned in Chicago during Elks convention
Philadelphia promoters expect a large crowd for a 10 round bout between Georges Carpentier and Tommy Loughran at Sesquicentennial Stadium on June 17. Other notes mention Washington and Lee athletics since 1874, Henley regatta costs, Tacoma fishing pond plans, Texas League hitting tally, Hawaiians surf riding feats, and Izaak Walton reference.
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Chicago
The
Elks
Washington and Lee University
Tacoma
Izaak Waltons
Philadelphia
Georges Carpentier
Tommy Loughran
Sesquicentennial Stadium
Social Events Include Luncheon and Bridge Parties
Wednesday Miss Baillie Haisell will host a luncheon at noon to honor graduates Marjorie Fish Bailie Hisell Margaret Copeland and Kathleen Heaner. Thursday Mrs G L Hatley will host a bridge party at 3 pm for her daughter Mrs Walter G Hatley. Miss Corinne Hamilton hosts a bridge at 10 am at 820 Matamoros Street. Miss Odette Bunn to entertain at 3:30 pm with a bridge event.
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Baillie
Haisell
Marjorie
Fish
Thureday
GL. Hatley
Walter G.’ Hatley
Corinne Hamilton
Matamoros ‘Street
Odette Bunn
Roses and arrivals color a quiet Texas town
A column of social notices notes departures for San Marcos Teachers College and arrivals in the city. It lists Miss Musia Salinas, Miss Francesca Farias, Miss Emma Hinojosa, Miss Lupe Cabrera, Miss Cecilia Garcia, Miss Victoria Cantu, Miss Rafaela Alanis, Rev. Dwight A. Sharpe and his bride, plus other visitors. The piece mentions travel to Austin for courses, visits to relatives, and updates on local church and school events. It ends with a social gathering at the Christian Church and a bridge party with rose decor and prize winners.
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San Marcos
Teachers College
Musia Salinas
Francisca Farias
Emma Hinojosa
Lupe Cabrera
Cecilia Garcia
Victoria Cantu
Rafaela Alanis
Dwight A. Sharpe
Bride of
Austin
City
Mr. Sharpe
The
Presbyterian Church
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Jail Diet for Bootleggers
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a 60 day jail term for Ray Carson and Thomas Nelson, reduced to 20 days by habeas corpus action, is not cruel or unusual punishment. The court found a bread and water diet during the first part of the sentence permissible under the U S constitution. The men appealed from the sentence but must now serve the full term.
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Associated ‘Press
Lincoln
United, States
Nebraska
Supreme. Court
Ray Carson
Thomas Nelso
Supreme Court
Hoffman Appeal Case in Texas Third Court of Appeals
Hoffman Construction Company of Roanland appeals in the Third Court of Appeals in its highway dispute with the state after efforts to settle were abandoned. The appeal was filed in the district court in Austin on June 9.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Hoffman Construction Company
Raatland
District Court
Third Court of Appeals
Carrier pigeon tale ties Ward to New York baker family
A carrier pigeon found in Bryn Athyn Pennsylvania carried a message allegedly from Walter Ward of a New York millionaire baking family. The note claimed Ward was held captive in a shack three miles above Trenton New Jersey on the east bank of the Delaware River. Ward had vanished about a month ago.
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Associated Pross
Philadelphia
Bryn Athyn
Pennsylvania
Walter Ward
New York
Ward
Trenton
N. J
Delaware River
Ruth Owen Leads in Fourth District Returns
Incomplete overnight totals from 18 counties in Florida's Fourth district as of 1 p.m. show Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen leading challenger W. J. Sears by 96 votes. The Associated Press report from Miami notes ongoing tabulation across counties.
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Miami
Fla
Ruth Bryan Owen
W. J. Sears
Four Burned to Death in Herrin Cottage Fire
A cottage fire in Herrin, Illinois, claimed the lives of James Stumm and his two daughters aged 11 and 8, while Mrs. Stumm and her baby boy were severely burned. The blaze destroyed the home today. Washington reports President Coolidge nominated William Tilson of Atlanta for a federal judgeship in Georgia over protests by both Georgia senators.
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Associated Preas
Herrin
Jane
James Stumm
Associated Press
Washington
Georgia
Coolidge
Willam Tilson
Atlanta
Middle District
Pinchot Claims Votes Delayed in Allegheny County Senate Bid
Governor Pinchot testified before the senate campaign funds committee recounting his defeat in the Pennsylvania primary. He said Allegheny county returns were held up by an election commission ruling for his opponent Senator Pepper and cited reports of false registration and fraud.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Senate Campaign Funds Committee Today
Allegheny County
Election Commission
Pepper
Honor guests listed for delightful occasion
The honor guests included Misses Anne McKinney Rebecca Roberta Biggle Julia Belle Deutz Gladys Sturgis Gladys Sauvignet Hazel Kepley Elizabeth Nye Mary Ryan Emilie Hassell Margaret Copeland Eugenia Copeland Alice Lee Mary Cook Claire Derby Bettie O'Brien of Mexico City Dorothy Sturgis Olivia Braden and the hostess Miss Marjorie Lou Fish.
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Marjorie Lou Fish
Anne McKinney
Rebecca
Roberta Biggio
Julia Belle Deutz
Gladys Sturgis
la France
Margaret Copeland
Bettle O’brien
Mexico City
Roberta Biggle
Gladys Sauvignet
Hazel Kepley
Elizabeth Nye
Mary Ryan
Emilie Hassell
Eugenia Copeland
Alice Lee
Mary Cook
Claire * Derby
Bettie O'Brien
Mexico
City
Dorothy Sturgis
Olivia Braden
Burkhart Pleads Guilty in Tulsa Ranch Killing Case
The Associated Press reports Pawhuska Oklahoma jury trial coverage. Burkhart pleads guilty to the killing of We Be Smith at Faletix ranch. He was named as handing over Moss of Tulsa in a whispered conversation during the proceedings.
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Press
Pawhuska
Okla
Burkhart
Rita
Smith
Faletix
Monet
Judi Beta
Moss
Tulsa
Slayer executed as Willie Martin testifies on killings
In Little Rock on June 9 Willie Martin convicted of murdering Lena Bleving was electrocuted at the Arkansas state penitentiary with family members present as witnesses. Albert Jones, a Black man, was also electrocuted for murdering a Black woman. Martin confessed to killing Mrs. Bleving after being strapped but denied knowledge of other deaths he was suspected in.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Cushing
Willie Martin
Lena
Bleving
Arkansas
State
Albert Jones
Martin
Old Pedestrian Weston Found in Street in a Dazed Condition
Edward Weston an 88 year old long distance pedestrian famous for walking from Boston to Washington for Lincoln's inauguration was found in the streets of New York in a dazed state. He could not explain his presence and said he does not remember leaving his Philadelphia home.
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Associated Press
New York
Edward Weston
Boston
Washington
Lincoln
Weston
Philadelphia
Crawfish Stop Autos Block Traffic Across Highway
Reports from Burwick on the Atchafalaya River say crawfish moving across a highway delay cars as they cross the road in Morgan City and nearby areas.
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Associated Press
Oo Morgan City
Burwick
Atchafalaya River
Little Girl Requests Pink Dye For Mother's Diet
A brief domestic quip from The Progressive Grocer notes a child asking for pink dye, with the merchant asking if it is for woolen or cotton goods. The girl explains it is for her mother's stomach as she diets, to achieve a pretty color.
Thunder, By
A fragmented line shows a terse note about a person named in a ledger or column. The readable bits mention a stance or endorsement and a sense of extension or extent in a short form. The text is too incomplete to confirm details.
Two Killings and Wounding in Oklahoma Gunfight
In Picher Oklahoma on June 9 a gun battle left Leon Fournoy and Charles Mayes dead and Grover McCleary wounded. Police officer Wiltham Schmoottichbach and Deputy Sheriff M L Wolsey killed Fournoy and Mayes. McCleary was accidentally shot while aiding others. The incident ended a night marked by drunken revelry and attempted town shooting.
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Associated Press
Pichor
Okla
Léon Flournoy
Charles Mayes
Grover’ “McCleary
Fournoy
Mayes
Wiltham Schmoottichbach
M.L. Woolsey
McCleary
New York Central Plans Consolidation of Subsidiaries
The New York Central railway informs plans to consolidate its main subsidiaries the Michigan Central Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis and the Cincinnati Northern through long term leases. It also intends to raise authorized capital stock from 400 million to 500 million.
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New York
New-York Central Railroad Company
Michigan Central
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
First woman railroad president elected in Louisiana
Mrs Sarah Edenborn was elected to succeed her husband as president of the Louisiana Railroad and Navigation Company, which runs 350 miles in Louisiana. Queen Victoria's Bible at Norwich Cathedral and Queen Helena of Italy as a mountaineer are noted. the article compares women’s strength to men at 67 to 100.
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Victoria
Norwich
Helena
Italy
Sarah Edenborn
Louisiana
Railroad “and”. Navigation Company
Never Failing Supply At Country Vacation Train Sendoff
A fond husband sees his wife and children off for a country vacation. As she boards the train he asks for reading material. She declines fiction and says she will rely on his letter from home for updates.
Local Officials Appoint Sheriff Deputy Today
Local officers receive deputization as area district administrator Colonel approves actions. The nod formalizes enforcement roles for the region today.
Desertion Charge of French Foreign Legion Draws AP Notice
An Associated Press report notes a life saving expectation tied to a charge of desertion from the French Foreign Legion. The brief item marks a legal or disciplinary action affecting a serviceman in the foreign unit.
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Foreign Legion
Bargain Auto Sale Ad Promises Quick Closing
Group of text fragment advertises car sale with urgency and limited time phrasing. Mentions berries and prices in shorthand. Contains odd punctuation and incomplete phrases.
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Fernandes Moreno
Corpus Christi
H. O. Ostrom
M. M. Leyendecker, Jr
University
Mrs. Black
Uvalde
Mr. Black
Phyllis Ellis
Abraham G. Palacios
Austin Military School
W. T. Killam
Rochester
St. Louis
Julia Katherine Killam
Norman
Oklahoma
Oklahoma University
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
First Presbyterian Church
M. T. Sharpe
Rupp
Fort McIntosh
Methodist
Holding Institute Grounds
Hoffman
Mrs. Owen
Pawhuska’ Court
Associated: Press
Alens
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