Picnic Party Narrowly Escapes Real Tragedy
A department store picnic on the riverfront nearly ended in disaster when councilman Clayton Moss and Harry Ferry’s young son fell from a rowboat. Moss plunged in after the boy but both required rescue. an off duty swimmer and a human chain helped pull them to shore, leaving Moss exhausted but safe.
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J. W. Wolford &Bens Department
Clayton Moss
Junior
Harry Ferry
Mr. Moss
Moss
Litsie
Newberrry
Newberry Man
Texas town threatened as flood worsens in Rio Grande region
June 22 Brownsville Texas flood reports show Los Indios at risk after the San Benito levee breach. Mercedes and San Sebastian near isolation within 48 hours. Laredo reports Rio Grande drop but debris‑covered international bridge disrupts.
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Brownsville
Texas
San Benito
Los Indios
Rio Grande
Mercedes River
San Sebastian
Gulf Coast Line
Laredo
International Bridge
Nuevo
Mission
Pharr
Donna
San Juan
McAllen
Mercedes
Kelly Field
Look After the Children Look After the Children
A periodical spinal analysis is promoted to keep children healthy. It urges consulting a chiropractor with free consultation and spinal analysis offered to ensure the wellbeing of the next generation and, by extension, strong adults.
Contractor Raises Ante For Michigan Rail Work
Contractors plan a special train from Midland to Three Oaks Michigan for local and Jasonville workers. Departure moved to Sunday 8 pm after wage dispute resolved. Workers to earn 40 cents per hour for railway construction with over a hundred men from each town enrolled and more invited through James Wellers.
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Three Oaks
Mich
Jasonville
Midland
Monon Railway
Michigan
James Wellers
Fifty Thousand Clothing Workers Walk Out in Gotham
In New York City on June 22 fifty thousand workers in the men’s clothing industry walked out across the metropolitan area. The strike aimed to compel manufacturers to use registered union contractors, announced by Hyman Blumberg, chairman of the New York joint board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
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New York
Hyman Blumberg
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Lloyd George Defeated in Grand Committee Action
London June 22 The Lloyd George government was defeated in the grand committee of the house of commons as an amendment to the national health insurance bill was adopted. The defeat followed by Lords’ rejection of Palestine mandate policy signals possible resignation and political upheaval amid calls for general election.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
House of Lords
Earl of Balfour
Genoa
Hague
Russia
Ireland
Young Woman Sought After Man Found Dead By River
Authorities hunt a missing young woman after Benjamin Chambers of Peru community is found shot in the Pea River near Samson. Hair and garment fragments on a trestle suggest a struggle before the body was recovered after hours of searching.
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Samson
Ala
Benjamin Chambers
Peru
Planter
Pea River
Chambers
Perkins Returns Home As Legion Signs Catcher
Emmett Perkins, previously catching for the Bicknell team, arrived home this morning from Harrisburg Illinois. Rain forced the postponement of the game, and Perkins has signed to catch for the American Legion team in town.
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Emmett Perkins
Bicknell
Harrisburg
Ill
American Legion
Bankers summoned by federal grand jury in lumber probe
Subpoenas were issued to officials of major banks in New York Philadelphia New Orleans and Jacksonville Fla in a federal grand jury investigation into World War I surplus lumber contracts. The targets include heads and cashiers of banks tied to J L Phillips chairman of the Georgia Republican state committee who faces 25900 bail on conspiracy charges.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
New Orland
Jacksonville
Fla
J. L. Phillips
Georgia Republican State Committee
Liberty
Grand jury to rule on Phillips case next Thursday
Report states the grand jury will finish reviewing the Phillips case by next week and hand down its findings immediately after. The brief note hints at a prompt conclusion pending the jury's deliberations.
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Phillips
Driver asleep hits Buck Creek bridge in Greenfield
Otto Cook of Buck Creek township was riding in a car that struck the Buck Creek bridge at 2 AM, breaking bolts and sending the forty five foot span into the creek. The driver, returning from a dance, was uninjured and the road remains closed while a new bridge is built by county commissioners.
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Greenfield
Ind
Otto Cook
Buck Creek Township
Buck Creek
Cook
Fireworks Of Mount Vesuvius Rise In Peru? No, Rome 1200 feet
Mount Vesuvius has shown increased activity for several days with a crater cone erupting and lava flowing eleven yards wide from the northern side. A thick plume of smoke and incandescent debris reached about 1,200 feet, creating a striking spectacle while experts say the alarm is groundless.
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Rome
Vesuvius
Severa
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Browns
Ville, Texas
W. H. Scholl
Bours
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Gotham
Perkins
MT. Vesuvius
Laurel
J. W. Wolford & Sons
Linton
Dreamland
The
Pecos
Neal Hart
Dreamland Orchestra
King’s
King’s Garden
N. E
Nooper Leans
Lothes
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