Showboats Begin Call On Summer River Tour
Nine flat bottom showboats operate along the Ohio Allegheny and Mississippi rivers this summer. The Cotton Blossom is the largest with 2000 seats. smaller craft like The Princess accommodate 500. In small river towns the calliope’s music draws crowds for light comedies and romance filled plays.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Allegheny
Illinois
Mississippi
Frenche
Byrant
Majestic
America
Columbia
Princess
Hawaii Eruptions Draw Joyful Public Response
In Honolulu on May 26 Associated Press reports signs of volcanic activity in Hawaii. Quakes, sulphur fumes and rising taxi rates draw crowds. Dr. T A Jaggar not alarmed, noting gentle quakes and booming tourism. Lava flows cause modest damage as families relocate briefly.
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Preas
Onolulu
Hawaii
T. A. Jaggar
Kilauea
Dr. Jaggar
England Faces Australia in Ashes Summer Test Series
England readies for the Ashes this summer as Australia arrives to defend the five match rubber. Fans compare interest to the baseball World Series with three day tests from 11 am to 6 30 pm including lunch and tea breaks.
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Associated Press
London
England
Australia
America
the Oval
Tobacco Trust Question From a Child
A small boy asks a grocer if a tobacco trust exists and is real. The grocer confirms the idea and notes a father wishes to be trusted with a can.
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Grocer
Beethoven Centenary Series to Feature in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra marks Beethoven’s death centenary with a fall program including eight symphonies and the Triple Concerto. The season opens in September under conductor Fritz Reiner with performances planned in Toledo, Cleveland, Washington, and a return trip to New York and other cities.
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Y. Associated Press
Cincinnati
Beethoven
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Grind
Tate
Frits
Reuter
Toledo
Cleveland
Washington
The
Symphony
New York
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Dayton
Tin Mine Reopened After Twenty Five Years in Corona
The Tem escal tin mine near Corona California resumes activity after being closed since 1892. Discovered ore dates to 1850 and the property passed to a London company in 1890. Noted British owners include Sir Henry Balfour and Sir John Stokes. A newly organized American company now operates the mine.
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Corona
Cal
Temescal
New York
Sir Henry Balfour
Sir John Stokes
Queen Mary Begins Sixtieth Year as Monarch
Saskatoon marks its first score of years as an incorporated city while Philadelphia hosts the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States. A New England foreign trade conference convenes in Boston, and James M. Lynch seeks re election as president of the International Typographical Union in today’s ballots.
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Queen Mary
Great Britain
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Philadelphia
General Synod of the Reformed Church
United States
New England
Boston
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
N. Y
International Typographical Union
Lawyer Misses Elevator In Running Joke
A Kansas City lawyer on the tenth floor jokes about a country client who rushed up ten flights after missing the elevator. The client explains he intended to ride but just missed the car in a humorous exchange from Everybody's Magazine.
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Kansas City
Everybody's Magazine
War declared prompt arrests in colonial outpost
An early World War wireless message commands a British post in Africa to arrest all enemy aliens. A later report lists Germans Belgians Spaniards Frenchmen Swedes Austrians and an American and asks who they are at war with. The anecdote appears in Everybody’s Magazine.
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Africa
Everybody's Magazine
Ozone Not Cupid Drives Spring Lovemaking In London
London reports the spring surge in affection is due to ozone rather than Cupid. British scientists told the Royal Society that seasonal ozone peaks energize lambs and nature, not psychoanalytic theories.
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Associated Press
London
Royal Society
Old Friends Reunite in Lovey Mary Cast Director
Culver City California May 26 three members of the film cast and the director of Lovey Mary reunite with former co stars Bessie Love Mary Jane Irving and Vivian Ogden sharing memories from stage and screen. King Baggott now directs the picture recalling their earlier reunion and joking about a familiar costume from Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
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Culver Cty
Cal
Lovey
Mary
Bessie Love
Mary Jane Irving
Miss Love
Vivian Ogden
Miss Hazy
Mrs. Wiggs
King Baggott
Miss Ogden
Baggott
Parish Guild Meets at Christ Church Wednesday
Social calendar notes Christ Church Parish Guild gathers at the rectory at 3 30 in the afternoon with a tea from 4 to 6 to honor newly joined church ladies. Thursday the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church meets with Mrs R A Millar at 3 pm in the afternoon.
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Ladies Aid~ Society. of the Christian Church
R. A. Millar
J. W. Black
Methodist Church
Poem of longing and quiet endurance to the evening star
The evening star is invoked for peace as life’s pains and loves pass. The poem contemplates time, mortality, and the endurance of light beyond humanity, set against a distant eternal dawn and a single brief earthly breath.
Car Caravan Heads to Austin for Rabies Treatment
An automobile caravan of 25 people from Mineral Wells left for Austin after drinking milk from a cow diagnosed with rabies. They seek medical treatment and vaccination after exposure.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
Austin
Inter State Commission Sets Valuation for Missouri Kansas Texas
The Interstate Commerce Commission places a tentative valuation of 40,960,195 dollars for owned property and 51,663,568 dollars for used property of the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway of Texas as of June 30, 1918.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Texas
Local business visit noted by Sterling and Morton in Sabinus Hidalgo
Sterling and Morton of Sabinus Hidalgo completed a brief business visit along Hidalgo avenue, with the event recorded as a short noted stop in the city. The report lists the participants by name and their association with the local enterprises involved.
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Carlos and
Jose
Morton
Sabinus Hidalgo
Ave’ N
Reservoir Burst Feared With Heavy Casualty Potential
A reservoir breach occurred causing fears of heavy casualties. Officials report possible collapse risk and are evacuating nearby residents as emergency crews respond to the scene.
Man Slaying Conviction Upheld for William L Crawford
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today affirmed the manslaughter conviction and five year sentence of William Lester Crawford, Dallas attorney, for shooting Paul O Day in September 1924. The decision closes an appeal that upheld the lower court ruling and the punishment.
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Austin
Tex
Criminal Court’ of ‘Appeals
William’ ‘Lester
Crawford
Dallass
Paul
International Banking Discussed at Texas Bankers Meeting
Roberto Riverell of Monterrey Mexico addressed the Texas Bankers Association during its 42nd annual convention in Galveston on May 26 discussing relations between Texas bankers and Northern Mexican institutions. The trust section of the association is set to meet this afternoon.
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Associated ™ Press
Galveston
Texas
Texas Bankers ‘Association
Lancaster Dies After Baseball Hit Behind Right Ear
Marvin Lancaster aged died yesterday after being struck behind the right ear by a baseball in Brownwood Texas. He died three minutes after the accident. His wife survives him.
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Preas
Brownwood
Tex
Marvin Lancaster
Tokachi Volcano Quiet After Deadly Monday Eruption
Tokyo May 2. Mt Tokachi on Hokkaido erupted Monday causing disastrous loss of life. Rescue efforts hampered by thick mist as 144 bodies were reported recovered.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Mt. Tokachi
Hokkaido
Boges and Snoges Weather Banter in The Progressive Grocer
A playful exchange features Boges without umbrella and raincoat asking about rain. Snoges replies rain is irrelevant as breakfast includes grapefruit every morning, reflecting a light hearted gag in the Progressive Grocer.
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Boges
Snoges
Magna Charta Day Observances Backed by World Leaders
In St Paul Minnesota J W Hamilton founder of the International Magna Charta Day association leads efforts to observe Magna Charta Day across English speaking nations. President Coolidge is honorary US president with a broader push to commemorate the shared origins of liberties on June 15 while Magna Charta Sunday is urged for the third Sunday in June. Prominent supporters include Dr Nicholas Murray Butler David Lloyd George Earl of Balfour and many other notable figures across the Seven Nations US Canada Newfoundia Great Britain Ireland South Africa Australia and New Zealand.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Haa
J. W. Hamilton
England
Mrz. Hamilton
Runnymede
Coolidge
United States
Hamilton
Canada
Newfoundiac
Great Britain
Irgaal
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Chas. W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Kintore
K. T
James Craig
May War Record by Moody in Georgetown Post
The Georgetown Post presents a war record by Moody featuring Ja gon, husband of Governor Ferguson, as part of a May coverage.
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Associated Press
iGeorgetown
Texan
the. Post
Moody’ ‘S
Jagon
Ferguson
Arrests Expected in San Antonio Murder Case
AP reports authorities anticipate arrest of a former convict linked to the death of Mrs. Virginia Petty whose body was found near New Braunfels. The suspect reportedly accompanied Petty to New Braunfels last Saturday and drove her car back to San Antonio on Sunday.
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Associated. Press
San Antonio
Texas
Virginia Petty
San
Immersion Question Divides Northern Baptist Convention
In Washington on May 26 the Northern Baptist convention debated whether immersion should be required for church membership. Delegates from churches without immersion face potential exclusion as the body considers tabling a resolution and possible compromise to bridge moderates and modernists.
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Associated Press
Washington
Northern Baptist Convention
Aet
Northern Baptist Convention Tables Immersion Amendment
The Northern Baptist Church convention in Washington on May 26 voted to table a by law amendment that would require immersion as a prerequisite to church membership.
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Washington
Northern Baptist Church Convention
Shrine of House Bought for DAR Memorial in Newport News
Newport News Virginia May 26 The Surrey chapter Daughters of the American Revolution purchased an old square brick house in Burrey county reputed to be the oldest in the United States. It will be converted into a shrine to perpetuate memories of this region where American history began. The land once held the original English grant and the home of John Rolfe husband of Pocahontas. The buildings remain in remarkable preservation. For many years it has been owned and occupied by a Negro man.
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Associated Press
Newport ‘News
Burrey
United States
Surrey Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ot England
John. Rolfe
Pocahontas
Scaife Denied Offer of Bribe in Perjury Trial
Associated Press report from New York details a grand jury probe into Carroll's bathtub party. Witness Scaife denied offering Joyce Hawley $350 to claim no liquor was served, while Hawley allegedly sought payment for favorable testimony.
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Associated Press
New York
Augustus Thomas
Stirict
Warl Carroll
Carroll
Joyce Hawley
Miss Hawley
Perjury Trial Defense Rests in Earl Carroll Case
Testimony in the Earl Carroll perjury trial in New York ended today as the defense rested after the grand jury investigation of his bathtub party. The government presented testimony yesterday.
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New York
Earl. Carroll
Missing Man Sought In Corsicana Texas River Bottoms
County officials search Richland creek bottoms for Pruitt Duken meter aged 20 an employee of Fort son Brop Rice who disappeared Tuesday while on a truck route in the county with a Black man and a truck efforts also to locate the man and the truck
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Corsicana
Texas
Richland Creek
Pruitt Dukenmeter
Fortson: Brop
Rice
Richland
County
Senate Inquiry Opens on Nicaragua Situation
Washington May 26 informal inquiry into the Nicaraguan revolution began today by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Chairman Borah was directed to take the matter up with the State Department.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nicaragua
Senate Foreign Relations” Committee
Borah
State Department
Chicago hobby spawns envelope lining collection
Miss Yolanda Schaumburger of Chicago collects 106 envelope linings from a single batch of business mail. Her growing hobby reveals a thriving industry branch with designs from gold to rose tones, some echoing ancient and regal styles like Pompadour era fabrics.
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Chicago
King Tut
Robbery Report Sprinkled With Jumbled Names
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a robbery incident near a parkway with a vehicle, involving a victim and suspects described by garbled terms. The exact location, date, and identities are unclear due to transcription errors.
Antonio Meet Sets Fordham Leaders to Select
Voters in Houston Texas will meet in San Antonio Friday to complete a statewide ballot action. RB Brownaville reports the meeting is led by local chairman with a focus on liberty and party guidance for the May 26 event.
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Houston
Texas
Stata Teket
Antonio
iCre Brownaville
Old Race Is Found
An Associated Press report states a fragmentary artifact resembling a carved Mongolian shell was discovered. The item appears weathered and may relate to ancient maritime or trading contexts.
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