Chiefs in Africa Enslave Relatives
An AFP report from Freetown Sierra Leone describes widespread domestic slavery in the British Protectorate. Bishop G W Wright cites 219000 slaves tied to hereditary bonds and argues many are relatives. Slavery ordered to end by law but persists under harsh conditions and crude living.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
AFP
West Africa
G. W. Wright
Protectorate
Fréetown
Rishon Wright
Tknow
Legislative Council
Sierra Ledne
Bedtime Stories for Children Began on Buenos Aires Air
A feature for kids debuted in Buenos Aires with Station LOJ broadcasting bedtime tales from Grimm and Andersen nightly between 6 and 7 p.m. This United Press item notes a fresh children’s program on the air.
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Buenos Aires
United Press
LOJ
Bankers Gather for American Bankers Association Meet
More than 2300 bankers from across the United States planned to attend the American Bankers Association convention in Houston on October 24. Miller of Houston chaired arrangements with special trains from New York Chicago Kansas City Atlanta Cleveland and a Pacific Coast prospect. J W McIntosh, comptroller of the currency, and Melvin A Traylor, president of the First National Bank Chicago, expected to attend. reston of the Hemilvy National Bank Chattanooga Tenn. slated as next president if precedent holds.
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Houston
Tes
United States
American Bankers’ Association
Tout Miller
Miller
New York
Chi
Kansas
Atlanta
Cleveland
Pacific Coast
Ution
J. W. McIntosh
Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank
Chicago
Thomas Rreston
Hemiliy National Bank of Chattanon
Ruins of Canterbury Pilgrim Chapel Uncovered in Brentwood
London AP reports ivy removal reveals the tower of a 1241 Canterbury pilgrims chapel in Brentwood Essex. Built by St Osyth monks, it now stands forgotten amid adjacent buildings. Brentwood council seeks historic listing to preserve the remaining tower on the pilgrims route to Canterbury.
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London
Brentwood
Essex
St. Osyth's
St. Thomas A. Beckett
Canterbury
St. Osvth's
Private playing cards spark new design craze in London
London readers report Edmund Dulac, the artist, creating a private deck for Sir Edmund Davis of Chilham Castle near Canterbury. The cards feature the castle towers and roaming deer with a year mark, signaling a trend toward exclusive ownership of bespoke playing cards.
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London United Press
Edmund Dulac
Sir Edmund Davis
Chilham Castle
Edmund
Canterbury
Dulac
Edmund Davis
Welsh Language Faces Slow Decline in Wales
A London AP report cites the board of education warning Welsh may die out due to a faulty school system that teaches English to children before Welsh. Limited Welsh radio broadcasts and reliance on English in schools threaten Cymric usage, with parents blamed for viewing English as superior.
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London
Lléyd George
Board of Education
Wales
Engish Fife
Dublin
Circuit Judges to Meet on Federal Docket Delays
Washington United Press reports senior judges from the two federal circuit courts of appeal will meet, led by Chief Justice Taft, to discuss speeding federal cases. They aim to reduce delays, expedite civil and criminal matters, and address funding gaps from an incomplete deficiency bill that left March to July short.
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Washington
United Press
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
Taft
U. S. Supreme Court
Congress
Mary
Cusce
Magdeburg Appoints Pilot Car Officers for Visitors
Magdeburg Germany, a major central industrial city with 300000 residents, appoints ten special traffic experts to guide visiting motorists unfamiliar with the area. These pilot cars are a novel city service to aid strangers navigating Magdeburg's streets.
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Berlin
Magdebburg
Magdeburg
Germany
Passau
Passau Hosts One of World’s Largest Organs in Cathedral
In Passau Germany tourists can hear a massive pipe organ with 1000 pipes and 208 stops in the city’s renowned cathedral. The 1600th anniversary of the cathedral’s consecration will be celebrated this month with a local holiday and exhibition of historic treasures.
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Berlin
Passau
Leity’s
Villa Eden Circus Guests Visit Lawrence Amid Social Roundup
A large group from Villa Eden attended the Lawrence circus on Wednesday. Attendees included Mrs Anna Tornecen and children, Mr and Mrs Chas Davideon and family, and many others. Social visits continued with Lawrence callers and a community club social at the schoolhouse featuring songs, dialogues, and small performances.
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Lawrence
Anna Tornecen
Chas. Davideon
John Mughey
Chas. Douglas
Frank Schoenhofer
Con Vincent
Godfrey Reciz
William Torneden
Alma
Tien Torneden
Tonganoxie
Whursda Jere Crabb
Anne Torneden
Wilsam Tornedin
Fred Torneden
Grace Crabbs
H. A. Nallenbeck
Ernest Tornedon
Jere Geable
Kansas City
Roy Cenary
Chas, Mikesell
Nina ‘Smith
W. E. Pettengill
Grace Crabb
Anna Dehovan
Mackey
Kenneth Quinlan
Joh Zimmerli
Melvin Johnson
George
Henry Milleret
Emma Train
Cand
G. Seele
Aly Torneden
Topeka Land
Fern Brock
O'inne Mil
Budora Thuredar
Liszie Torneder
Lillian Tornalen
Seng
Joe
Erhenmhofer
W. FL Pattenvill
de. Watkins
Melvin Swingen
J.T. Hughey
Reetz
Mildred Strone
Torteden
William Torteden
Ch. Pavidon
Lawrence Shopness
Chicago Grain and Livestock Markets Report Oct 1
Wheat prices eased on slow North American export demand and mixed Canadian yield estimates while corn declined on anticipated poor quality harvest. Chicago hogs and cattle showed varied gains with top price activity for week reported alongside mixed grain market notes and New York financials.
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Chicago
North America
Europe
Thority
Canada
Chicago Livestock
Carrie
Wyoming
Soft Coal Mining Center Shifts in Seventh Month Tie-Up
Chicago AP reports the central competitive coal field feud between operators and miners remains firm as fall arrives. Ohio mines operate amid flareups while most union mines in Illinois and Indiana stay idle. Illinois operators fail to reach a settlement at Senemtee. Production shifts east as reserve stocks fall from 79.32 million to 70.11 million tons in three months. some workers return under temporary pacts as disputes persist.
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Chicago
Jacksonville
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Senemtee
West Virginia
Ennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Union
United States Bureau of Mines
Eration Bby
Ilinois
Debussy Posthumous Works Found in Paris
Paris AP reports that posthumous compositions by Claude Debussy were found among his papers with his widow. The suite Le Triomphe de Bacchus for orchestra will be published soon by a leading Parisian music house, with others to follow once engraved.
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Paris
Claude Debussy
Amon
Triomphe de Bacchus
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