Collapse at Pickwick Club Kills Eight In Boston
A wall collapse at the Pickwick club in Boston’s South End early today left at least eight dead and many trapped. Rescue crews battled debris as 18 were saved, with fears the final death toll could rise. a patrolman and a woman identified as Edith Jordan were among those found.
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Collange
Boston
Pick- ' Wick
Pickwick Club
Clear
Krieck
Edith Jordan
Chib
City Hospital
High schools to hear weekly assembly program on KEKU
The plan, proposed for 1925-26, calls for KEKU to radio broadcast a weekly assembly from participating high schools. Each 30 minute program would include seven musical numbers and a university professor’s talk from various departments. University authorities welcome school input from summer attendees.
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H. Gingham
KEKU
Ies
Aly
Ingham
Wheat Price Cut Prompts Bearish Grain Market Move
Chicago July 4. Prospects of a big crop in the United States and Canada pushed wheat prices down from 9 1 2 to 1 1 8 cents a bushel. Corn and oats fell while provisions rose 15 cents to 1 4 7. Winter wheat receipts exceeded export demand as plans for a large spring wheat surplus grew. a brokerages failure and rumors of a record corn crop pressured prices.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Europe
SE Louis
Linois
Funes
Topeka Holds Parade On Defense Day In 4th Celebrations
Topeka observed Independence Day with a parade and patriotic services. A detachment of the 114th Cavalry formed the color guard as veterans from World War I and the Spanish American War marched past a flag decorated avenue. Robert Stone addressed the crowd at the state house and Topeka recruitment stations pressed for enlistments for defense.
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Topeka
Veterans of War
114Th Cavalry
State House
Robert Stone
Metcalf Returns Home After Washington Service
Gen Metcalf who had served as commissioner of pensions in Washington DC for several months has resigned and returned home to Lawrence to handle business interests Mrs Metcalf and Miss Marguerite Bullene travel by car from Washington and expect to arrive mid next week Miss Francis remains in Kansas City spending the weekend
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Wilder S .Metcalf
Washington
D.c
Metcalf
Debts and Debt Talks Reach Smaller Powers
Washington reports the French cabinet plans to send a debt commission to Washington as part of a broader effort to complete a debt funding round. The United States urges smaller powers to follow suit and join in funding negotiations, aiming to stabilize international debt.
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Washington
A. P
Rampaging Cape Breton strike violence spreads across district
Looting arson and assaults erupt as United Mine Workers strike against British Empire Steel. A customs house raid yielded forty three kegs of rum and a wave of vandalism across Glace Bay New Aberdeen and surrounding areas. Troops and special police contend with forest shelters and scattered property damage as talks fail over wage increases and credit abolition.
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Sydney
N.S
Associated, Press
Cape ‘Breton
United Mine Workers
British Empire Steel Company
Sythe Company
Irig
Glace Bay
New Aberdeen
Nova Scotia
Tatradoe
Stores Closed Today in Observance of the Fourth
Most Lawrence businesses shut for the Fourth. Merchants who usually stay open Saturday night kept open until 9 pm last night. Timber, butcher shops, stores and bakeries reopened this morning but closed at noon for the day. Court house, city halls and other public buildings remained closed all day.
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Lawrence
Planning celebration in Woodland park for emancipation anniversary
Negro residents plan a two day emancipation celebration at Woodland park on Friday and Saturday July 31 and August 1. It marks the ninth annual event with Kansas City Kansas high school principal Jeff King as featured speaker and Mrs Dottie Ewing of Lawrence as soprano headliner. Dancing and baseball games are planned. Nicholas Allen is manager of the affair.
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Woodland Park
Jeff King
Kansas City
Kans
Tion
Dottie “Ewing
Lawrence
Nicholas Allen
City Defense Day Observance In Lawrence Test
Defense Day events in Lawrence include a 1 pm parade by local military units meeting at 12:45 pm at the Chamber of Commerce, a 2 pm address by Fred Veiland at Woodland Park, and a reading of the Declaration of Independence by Theodore Gardner.
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Lawrence
Woodland
Chamber of Commerce
R. V. Rickard
Jnational Guard
Massachusetts Street
Willj
Thirteenth Street
Parehig
Woodland Park
Fred Veiland
Theodore Gardner
Bus and street car collide on Seventh and New Hampshire
A Santa Fe street car on the station line was slightly damaged when an Interstate bus collided with it at Seventh and New Hampshire streets last night about 11:50 oclock. The street car was moving west on Seventh while the bus crossed Seventh and New Hampshire. one front wheel of the street car was knocked off the track.
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Santa Fe
Seventh
New Hampshire
Man Thrown From Motorcycle on Hay Bridge Incident
Harry Woods was thrown from his motorcycle near the hay bridge around 6 50 p m after a tire caught a streetcar track and skidded. Officer Smith escorted him to the police station. a doctor dressed a knee gash. He was later taken home by city officers. the wound was not considered dangerous.
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Harry Woods
Hay Bridge
Gite
Smith
Lawrence
Lawrence Old Folks Home receives state license for 1925 26
The Lawrence Old Folks Home was granted its state license for 1925 26 after meeting all state requirements. Rev Frank Bechtle of Ottawa and C B Owen and Mrs Trene Smith of Lawrence are the sole solicitors this year. Miss Edna Kreader of the Esther Home for India girls will depart Monday for San Diego to visit, planning to return mid past and bring back Lolita Russell who has been with her grandmother. Dr Albright the Chiropractor.
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Lawrence
Edna Kreader
Esther Home
San Diego
Kresder
Russell
Houses crumble in Japanese quake near Kobe
Tokio July 4 reports say numerous houses collapsed when a somewhat severe earthquake struck Yonaga about 100 miles west of Kobe. No casualties were reported.
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Tokio
Yonaga
Kobe
Dayton In Evolution Trial Dyns With Federal Interference Debate
Dayton Tennessee July 4 Three prosecution lawyers say Tennessee sovereignty shields local affairs and criminal law from federal control while defense plans seek to move the Scopes trial to federal court. Lawyers on both sides say federal interference is unlikely as Dayton prepares for the jury trial.
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Dayton, Tenn
Tennessee
Tis
United State
Wallace
G. Haggard
J.G. McKenzie
Ben T. McKenzie
Moverof Iefense
Dayton
John T. Scopes
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Woodland park trustees move to offer to city
Woodland park trustees authorize renewed efforts to obtain stockholder approval for offering the grounds to the city in exchange for spending 25 000 to 30 000 on park improvements. Stockholders meet at the Chamber of Commerce and assign M A Gortill J J Eddy and J B Holmes to work details.
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Woodland Park
Chamber of Commerce
M. A. Gortill
J.J. Eddy
J.b.holmes
Asia Municipal Park
Santa Fe
Quiet Fourth of July for Coolidges at Marblehead
Swampscott Mass July 4 President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge chose a quiet Fourth of July day to honor the national observance and the president s fifty third birthday Their plans included a Mayflower voyage with close friends while flash memories marked the passing year since their younger son Gavin Jr fell ill and died Local celebrations and a Marblehead harbor scene with a sea voyage marked the occasion and birthday greetings flooded in from neighbors
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Swampscott
Mass
A. P
President Coolidge
Washington
Potomac’ River
Simmer White Horse
Election of Spanish War Veterans delegates postponed
Delegates to the national encampment to be held in September at St Petersburg Fla will be chosen at a Lawrence post meeting in August due to light attendance. Mrs F B Dodds has been named delegate by the auxiliary. In other items Boy Scouts camped out last night at Green's cabin east of Lawrence on the Kaw river and will spend today there.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Lawrence Post
B. Dodds
Jthe
Auxiliary of the
Boy-Scouts
Green’s Cabin
Lain
Kaw River
Mid West Cooler Ends Heat Wave Across Region
Chicago July 4 The Middle West cooling trend arrived with winds and storms after three days of extreme heat that caused several deaths and numerous fires. Cloudbursts and drownings added to casualty figures as showers were expected later, with cooler conditions spreading to the Great Lakes and lower Ohio regions and lighter rainfall across the Mississippi Valleys.
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Chicago
A. P
Middle West
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
Weacher
Elks Bowling Scores Highlight Edmondson and Shimmons
Edmondson rolled 266 251 233 270 for a 1020 set while Shimmons posted 246 246 228 956. High men included Edmondson at Robt, Berger 202 as local diving into Fourth of July events. Mr and Mrs Sam W Nelson arrive from Chicago to spend the holiday with Mrs Nelson’s parents. Mrs T A Cordry heads to Kansas City for weekend with daughter. Mr and Mrs Thomas Robertson also depart for Kansas City for the weekend.
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Robt
Berger
Sam W. Nelson
Chicago
iChicago
I Nelson
W. K. Edger
T. A. Cordry
Charles Kinnamon
Kansas City
Thomas Robertson
Nation's Defenses Are Inspected Today
Washington July 4 The three party army of the United States was undergoing a second test of plans for mustering the army in event of war. Unit commanders in the regular army national guard and organized reserves were testing their plans to assemble units as if called to theaters. Practically every large town and many smaller communities participated in the muster.
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Army of the
United States
Regular Army
National Guard
Intorestec
Eit
Lawrence Vacation Bible School closes second year
About forty to sixty parents attended each school as the Lawrence Council on Religious Recreation completed the four week term of the second annual Vacation Bible School. Programs at Quincy Cordley and Pinckney ward schools featured student participation in crafts history telling and Bible lessons. Ice cream treats were handed out after the closing ceremonies. Toys crafted by children will be sent as Christmas gifts to children in distant lands. Miss S. Stover supervised the program.
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Lawrence Vacation Bible
Lawrence Council On Religious
Quincy
Cordley
Pinckney Ward
Theourneil
Bible School
Lawrence
Ilistant
Stover
Frank Dimery Dead in Lawrence Jail Office
Frank Dimery a 62 year old man prominent in Lawrence as a respected Black community figure died suddenly of heart disease at the office of Dr H G Cabbell while seeking relief from illness He had served as janitor for the Journal World for over thirty years leaving a large family including twelve children and multiple siblings Funeral is set for 2 30 this Tuesday at St Luke s A M E church Also noted are items on a mosquito infestation in England and Mrs Alice Ott from Gardner visiting Lawrence.
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Frank Dimery
Lawrence
H. G. Cabbell
Dimery
Journal-World
State House Force
Topeka
Lizzie Diners
Western Star Lodge No. 1
The
Colored Knights Templar
Colored Knights of Pythias Lodge
Lawr Ney
St. Luke's A. M. E. Church
Ninth
New York Streets
Braden Heads Lawrence Religious School Board
The Lawrence Council on Religions Education reelected S B Braden as dean of the school of religion at a dinner meeting at Weidemann's. Dr Edward Hislop was reelected president. H H Lane secretary. W J Baumgartner treasurer. The faculty now includes Braden, Rev Charles W Thomas and Rev Arnold. Plans for expansion and more courses were discussed.
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Lawrence Council On Religions: Education
S.B. Braden
School of Religion
Weidemann
Edward Hislop
First Methodist Church
H. H. Lane
W. J. Baumgartner
Braden
Charles W. Thomas
Arnold
School of Religio
Rand
Es Areden
S. B. Braden
Jardine Logan tree named oldest juniper in world
Logan Utah July 4 Aggociated Press a giant juniper tree in Logan Canyon declared oldest and largest of its kind. christened Juniper Jardine in a Utah Agricultural College reunion ceremony attended by Secretary of Agriculture William M Jardine.
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Utah
Ta Horior
William M. Jardine
Logan Canyon
Here
Juniper Jardine
California
Jardine
Utah Agricultural College
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Mid West
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Gardner
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Braden Dean
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Giant Tree
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Forest Park
Coffeyville
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Hetkman
Joe Heckman
Ottawa
Roy« Flory
Quenemac
Jess Eikenberry
Lone Star
J. W. Eikerberry
Wilson Eikenberry
Sm. Eikenberry
Liberty
John Eikenberry
Ella DeTar
Open School of Navigation
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F.C. Weed
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D. B. Heizer
Byron “Cohn
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Bonner Springs
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