Today’s Apr 27 1882 anniversaries
Gen U S Grant born Point Pleasant Ohio died Mt McGregor New York July 23 1885. Speke and Grant left England 1860 to seek Nile sources. 1870 Capitol galleries collapse Richmond Virginia kills sixty. Emerson died Concord Massachusetts born Boston May 25 1803. Ireland Papal condemnation Irish plan of campaign 1888. Rollit bill for women franchise rejected 1892. Martial law in Ireland 1916. Gas mine explosion near Trinidad Colorado kills 120+ in 1917.
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U. S. Grant
United States
Point Pleasant
Mt. McGregor
N. Y
Speke
Grant
England
State Capitol
Richmond
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord
Mass
Boston
Ireland
Albert Rollit
Houes of Commons
Trinidad
Colo
Easy for Autoists in London Ontario Warm Car Interior
Popular Mechanics notes a London Ontario scheme where motorists pay a fee for a key to unlock street electric socket covers. A corded electric heater in the car connects to the post box, keeping the radiator from freezing and the cabin warm while the owner is away.
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London
Ontario
Popular Mechanics
Ferris Seeks Senate Nomination Against Gore
Scott Ferris, Missouri born congressman representing an Oklahoma district since 1907, is a Democratic figure known for leading the national congressional campaign committee. He trained as a lawyer in Kansas City after high school and holds sway with constituents at home. Whether his statewide support will beat veteran Senator Gore remains to be decided after the upcoming primary results.
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Scott Ferris
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
United States Senate
National Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Party
Ferris
Gore
How Diphtheria is Contracted
A short health notice explains how a cold can raise susceptibility to diphtheria and advises removing a child from school during outbreaks. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for the cold and a reduction of diphtheria risk.
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Chamberlain
Ohio Primaries Pivot On Harding Wood Clash In State
In Columbus on April 27 the heated Republican contest for state wide presidential preference is set as Warren G. Harding faces Major General Leonard Wood. Ballot lists show Harding delegates at large led by Willis Herrick Galvin and Daugherty. Wood at large by Turner and Boyd. Four at large slots. Democratic Cox unopposed for national delegates. a few Cleveland and Canton districts show district delegate contests amid local wet dry issues.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
United States
Leonard Wood
Chicago
General Wood
Harding
Frank B. Willis
Myron T. Herrick
John Galvin
Cincinnati
H. M. Daugherty
Wood
Edward C. Turner
William H. Boyd
Cleveland
Progressive Party
Community buying tests to be tried in Waterbury
Associated Press reports Waterbury will attempt community buying guided by public spirited citizens. It builds on a successful public market last year that served as an exchange for farm and garden goods. USDA valued the traded commodities at over 1,000,000 dollars, with August 1919 alone yielding 294,000 dollars in foods sold below current retail lists.
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Associated Press
Waterbury
Building Homes to Ease Philadelphia Rent Pressure
Philadelphia faces rising rents as shortages bite. Tenant groups, unions, builders, and mortgage firms partner under the Department of Public Welfare to plan six months of house building. Demand for camping grounds and cheap cottages grows near Philadelphia, with boats along the Schuylkill being converted into temporary homes.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Department of Public Welfare
Schuylkill River
UK Drapers Delegation Plans American Store Study Tour
A twenty member delegation from the Drapers Chamber of Trade of the United Kingdom sails for New York aboard the Celtic to tour the United States and study retail conditions in American stores. Guests of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, they represent Britain's largest dry goods and department stores and will observe American zone management practices.
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London
Drapers Chamber of Trade
United Kingdom
New York
United States
America
National Retail Dry Good Association
Social Calendar Items From Local Clubs
Violet S Oberfeldt notes social calendar with meetings this Tuesday and Wednesday. The Tuesday Music and Literary Club gathers at 4 PM at Mrs. A P Nye's home, the Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church meets at the Rectory at 4 PM, and the Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church attends at the church at 4 PM. Wednesday features Mrs T A Leyendecker hosting Auction Bridge at 3 30 PM and Christ Church Varied Guild hosting a White Sale at the Rectory from 4 to 7 PM.
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A. P. Nye
Christ Church
Sunbeam
The
Baptist Church
T. A. Leyendecker
Guild of
Russia's Railroad Needs Amid Wartime Strain
Moscow reports a 1920s survey showing Russia's rail system overextended. Needs include 15,000 locomotives and 460,000 cars, with only about half of prewar production currently available. Lines have shrunk by roughly 20 percent and repairs rise with aging rolling stock.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Robbia Peinek
Lramsportaggu
Erie Failroad Returns To Normal Service After Strike
Erie failroad officials report improved freight movements and near normal service after a strike. Other New Jersey shore lines issued optimistic reports. In Chicago district manufacturers dispute 90 percent claim, saying raw materials and shipments remain far below normal.
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Avvoviated
York
Ffrat
Uct
New Jersey
Uction
Chicago
Odd Fellows Celebrate First Anniversary in America
Local Odd Fellows mark the first anniversary of the order in America with a Thursday evening event at the Soldiers Club Roof Gardens. An interesting programme has been prepared for attendees.
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Odd Fellowship
America
Odd Fellows
Soldiers Ciub
Local Residents Tour City and Travel Homeward
General Mention and Mrs. F. S. Ulmer of San Luis Potosi Mexico stay at the Hamilton while others including Mr. and Mrs. George M. Kenedy with daughter Hope depart for San Antonio. Mrs. Tarver travels to Austin for weeks with relatives. several others plan visits or returns, including Miss Julia Merriman and Judge Welhausen visiting relatives in the city.
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F. S. Ulmer
San Lue Potosi
Mexico
City
Hamilton
George
M. Kenedy
Jittie
Daughiey
Hope
San Antonio
Laredo
E. Rex Tarver
Austin
Texas
J. BD. Merriman
Welhausen
Encinals
Alfred Matthews
Odd and Interesting Facts From An Old Text
A compilation of curiosities covers Egyptain symbols of fidelity and the origin of biscuit, notes on cigarette consumption in the United States, Inuit living habits atop a soapstone dwelling, and a remarkable Alaska Canada boundary marked along the meridian across 600 miles with fixed markers.
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Alaska
Canada
One Year Ago Today Honors and Changes Worldwide
AP reports a ceremony marking a cemetery dedication in France and a public release by Washington of the revised Covenant text of the League of Nations. The items reflect postwar commemorations and shifts in international governance.
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Washington
League of Nations
Bolshevik Revolt Begun in Belgrade Report
London dated April 27 reports a Bolshevik uprising in Jugoslavia. Central News cites Rome despatches via Trieste that machine guns active in Velgrade with hundreds slain, riots at Laibach and Agram. Also notes U S Senate approval of Versailles provisions linking Ireland to self government and the death of tyranny in Ireland by Monsignor Fogarty in an Irish sermon.
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Associated Press
London
Jugo- Slavia
Rome
Trieste
Velwrade
Laibach
Agram
Menage
Ireland
United States Senate
Treland
League of Nations
Michael Fogarty
Killaloe
Soldiers revolt in Mexico as 60000 rise against Carranza
In Agua Prieta Sonora on April 27 more than 60000 Mexican troops are reported to have revolted against the Carranza government. Military headquarters said nearly half of the force has joined the revolutionary forces of Sonora.
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Sonora
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Carranza
City Without Gas After Costly Explosion
An explosion in the engine room of a city gas plant near Uy Associated Press in Iowa killed one person and injured six others. The blast, which shook the entire town, caused the fire that destroyed ice storage. Gas service may be absent for several days as repairs proceed.
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Uy Associated Press
Ies Masses
Iowa
Ines
Oe OterMstill
Maine
Freshman UT students to serve meals at 45 cent limit
Four University of Texas home economics freshmen must prepare and serve a meal to four guests with a second girl as waitress. They must keep costs to 45 cents per plate and later reduce to 25 cents. Total preparation time is limited to one and a half hours.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Whitress
Secretary Post Directly Accused Over Immigration Law
Washington reports that Louis Post assistant secretary of labor was charged with violating the law concerning aliens and their contempt for the government and attempts to overthrow it. The accusation came before a House rules committee hearing led by Chairman Jennings of the Republican immigration committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louis Post
N’ying
Cualman Jenuas
Hvpnublican
Personal greetings from traveling business visitors
B. J. Leyendecker and 8. T. Phelps returned yesterday from a business trip to East Texas. L. H. Bruni and M. H. Rodriguez Bruni are visitors in the city on business. Gen. Samuel G. Cuellar left last night for San Antonio on a short business trip. Sam De Haan of Boston, guest of Matias de Llano of the Mexican Products Co., left last night for San Antonio.
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B. J. Leyendecker
T. Phelps
Texas
L. H. Bruni
M. H. Rodriguez i Bruni
Samuel G. Cuellar
San Antonio
Sam de Haan
Boston
Matias de Llano
The
Mexican Products Co
Oldest US Freemasonry work by Franklin titled Book of Constitutions
Benjamin Franklin authored the earliest study of Freemasonry in the United States, published under the title The Book of Constitutions. The work outlines lodge governance and fraternal principles influencing early American Masonic practice.
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United States
Benjamin Franklin
Smuggle in Arms Report Draws Near East Warning
Smuggling of arms to the Turkish Nationalist Army via Trebizond from Constantinople is alleged by J P Ryan Near East relief worker. Wagons carry cargo nightly past Near East Relief orphanage toward Braingan and Sivas amid French and British indifference, with Americans seen as the only nation the Turks respect.
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Associated Press
New York
Mustapha Kemel Pasha
Comsetantinople
Trebizond
J. P. Ryan
Muncie
Ind
Mr. Jiyan
Constantinople
Near East
Braingan
Sivas
Mustapha Kemel
Armenia
Batum
France
England
Promoter Counseled Woman on Stock Purchase
A Wichita Falls promoter advised a young lady to buy a $10 stock share after a court encounter involving a wary investor. The report sketches the scene as an Assoc Press dispatch from Wichita Falls Texas dated April 26.
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Assictrted Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Wichita Wats
Iceland Seeks League of Nations Membership
Washington April 27 Iceland has asked permission to join the League of nations signaling its status as a completely independent state and drawing attention to its new international recognition.
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Ireland
Washington
Iceland
League of Nations
Megantic Voyage Echoes 1854 Golden Age Steamer Link
Sydney March 27 Associated Press reports the Megantic's recent departure to Liverpool via New Zealand Panama Canal West Indies and New York recalls the 1854 Golden Age wooden paddle steamer of the New York and Australian Steam Navigation Company. Golden Age sailed Melbourne to Panama via Sydney Tahiti in May 1854 and reached England in 66 days with 300 passengers and gold dust.
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Associated Press
Sydney
White Star
Megantic
Liverpool
New Zealand
Panama Canal
West Indies
New York
Golden Age
New York and Australian Steam Navigation Company
Panama
mMnt
Oita
Equal Rights League Urges Bans on Lynching and Jim Crow
Chicago April 27. The Equal Rights League adopted a resolution urging Republican and Democratic National conventions to include drastic laws against lynching mob violence Jim Crow laws technical disfranchisement and white slavery in their platforms.
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Chicago
Equal Rights League
Aid for Rural Texas Schools Shows State Support
The State Board of Education allotted 681642 to 1766 rural schools from a 2 million dollar fund for the fiscal year. The board also purchased 461051 in school bonds and 23000 Pearsall street improvement bonds for the permanent school fund.
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Iy Associated Press
Austin
Texas
State Board of Eucation
Pearsall Street
Bread Is Mostly Water and A Note On Bridge Etiquette
An ordinary loaf of white bread is nearly half water. When riding, the Chinese hold the bridge in the right hand, the opposite to our custom.
RAT-SNAP Rat Killer Ad Promises Fast Complete Elimination
An industrial era advertisement claims RAT SNAP kills rats quickly by poisoning, dries the carcass, and leaves no odor. The cake form breaks into pieces for placement along rat travel paths and is marketed as safes for pets, available in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes. Sold by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co. and Sanitary Grocery with guarantee.
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A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Hartford consecrates new auxiliary bishop John C. Murray
Prelates and priests from several states gathered in Hartford to witness the consecration of Rt. Rev. John C. Murray as auxiliary bishop of the Hartford diocese. The ceremony will be held in St. Joseph's Cathedral with all church rites. Murray serves as chancellor of the Hartford diocese and will assist Bishop John J. Nilan.
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Hartford
Conn
Roman Catholi Church
John C. Murray
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
John J. Nilan
Oscar Underwood Chosen Leader Amid Party Turmoil
The article reports Oscar Underwood selected as leader with Hitchcock retiring. It notes friction within the Democrats led by Seater Stubbs and Liencrats as they weigh unity and a postponed peace address while planning a later conference to unify the minority.
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Ofa Wadi
Las
Tan Pul Gl
Iel Gmgoth
Ntuninhst
de Leeder Ee
Seater Stubbs
Wiguard
Wisserawe
Beldes Eleodse
Netty
Oppose Granting of Bonus to Soldiers
An unsigned opinion piece argues against paying a soldiers' bonus, claiming it would burden the government budget, lead to waste, and disrupt production. The author cites potential economic strain and distrusts the proposed benefit.
Search for Missing Virginia Woffs Haw in Chisago
Hundreds of searchers scoured Chisago today for traces of Virginia Woffs Haw a young girl and daughter of an attorney who vanished Monday morning while en route to school. The inquiry centers on the missing child as authorities and volunteers follow leads across the town and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Cheago
Chisago
Virginia iWoffshaw
Shanghai International Settlement elects council members
The Shanghai International Settlement council election results show Sterling Fessenden retaining a seat amid a largely foreign population of about 25,000. Chinese residents seek representation as property tax contributions fund roughly 85 percent of revenues, with the voting right tied to tax payments and to be revisited later this year.
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Savet- Rrit- Mh
Uunzens
Yhg Jafsieesad
Prinicipal Council of the International Settleini
Shanghai
Sterling Fessenden
Ian Inenmbper
Jo A. Ranson
Ines
RAT SNAP Claims Rid of Rats for Farmer in New Jersey
John Simpkins of Annandam New Jersey writes that rats cost him hundreds annually. He tried dogs, ferrets, poison with limited success. After using RAT SNAP he reports no live rats, dead rats dry without odor. Package sizes 25 cents one dollar. Sold by A Deutz City Drug Co and Sanitary.
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John Simpkins
Annandam
N. J
A. Deutz & Ether
City Drug Co
Sanitary
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