Cyanide gas fatality and rescue in Kansas City apartment
In Kansas City on July 31 cyanide gas used as a fumigant killed William E. Procell 45 and overcam e John Robert Gumb 6 in an apartment sealed by fumigator John Cooney. Gumb found unconscious among toys but revived by a physician. Wichita publisher Marcellus Murdock accepts aero nautical committee position with the U S Chamber of Commerce. Market Basket prize invites best fruit salad recipe.
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Kansas City
William E. Procell
Cook
John Robert Gumb
John Cooney
Robert Gumb
Wichita
Kan
Marcellus M. Murdock
The
Wichita Eagle
Aeronautical Committee
United States_Chamber of Commerce
Liner Vestris court finds delay in SOS and lists causes
London AP reports a court ruling on the Vestris disaster. The court says the distress call should have been sent earlier and examines factors including heavy weather, high winds, insufficient stability margin, and buoyancy reserve. It notes coal bunker flooding and pump inefficiency contributed to the ship listing.
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London
el At
Vestris
Perry News Roundup Troubled by Many Local Travels
Perry residents motored to Topeka for circus and visits while Williamstown baseball lost 5-3 to Perry. Numerous social calls to Perry from Topeka, Osceola, Lawrence, and Lenape, plus church and school events. Families, illnesses, and community activities fill the week with travel, parties, and gatherings across nearby towns.
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A. F. Debacker
Topeka
Richard O. Gilpin
Anita
Williamstown
Perry
Charley Gramse
Lucille Hay
Lolitta Hay
Lolitta
Mary. Stark
Frances Jennings
Gretchen Terry
Abanks
Oskaloosa
W. E.cain
Nedra Galbraith
Billie Cain
Billy Glover
Gerald Pray
Ralpey
Sylvester ‘Sutter
Roy Dent
Oscar McCoy
Kansas City
Cash
Paul Galbraith
Lawrence
Missouri
Dad
Union
Pacific
Koya
Dorothy ‘Buerman Vial
W. Lindamood
Dyttemore
Eir. Long
Willard Good
Wendell
Frankie Warne
Gerald Dick
Liella
Hay
Mary Stark
Charlotte Reiss
Dorothy
Good
Donald
Charles Stewart
Phyllis Good
Charles Hay
Miss. Ghetta Star
Wadeline ‘Strange
Crosby, Bros. & Co
Samuel Bullock
Portland
Ore
Charles Gramse
Doris Sturm
Earl Sturm
Rosemary Fowler
Thomas Fowler
A. Schlegel
Florence Bafford
Joe Hickey
Great Bend Lest
H. W. Gleseman
Williametown
Arthur Hayne
Lawrence Hospital
Mitchell
Jack Stines
Gerald
J. C.j Stines
Pineapple Crop Grows in Chicago Threatens City
AP reports a rising threat label the pineapple crop as a racketeer's bomb in Chicago. The piece notes increased production and effectiveness this year, with promises to menace property and health, and a higher number of bombings and damages in the first six months.
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Chicago
Rackets, Bombings Highlight Chicago 1929 Outlook
Beesley of the Chicago Employers Association reports higher 1929 damages than 1928 with January to July figures showing about 60 pineapple sites and 60, 1929 average damage of 1428 dollars. Racketeers fear, prosecutions limited. nine indicted from 135 racket court cases. Poultry Association meets August 1 at 8 pm in Chamber of Commerce building.
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Thomas Quinn
Beesley
Chicago Employer’s Association
John. A. Swanson
Tod
Chicago
The
Kaw Valley Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
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