Terre Haute Mine Strike Violence Halts Driver Threat
Terre Haute June 27 A driver for Aherns Coal was held up by armed men and warned to stop delivering coal. The assailants fled. sheriff and deputies searched with no trace found. Kerns Coal says roads to the city from nearby mines were picketed by striking miners, but coal delivery will continue.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Herrin
Ill
Hercules Acton
Aherns Coal Company
Xewr
Acton
Wimen
Dkbm
Caigpaties
Kerns ‘Goal Company
Kerns Company
Here
William Rockefeller Laid To Rest In Sleepy Hollow
William Rockefeller brother of John D Rockefeller was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery after a simple ceremony at Rockwood Hall North Tarrytown. The Episcopal rite was read with no music or eulogy in deference to his wishes, attended only by family and a few friends.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
William Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
America
Sleepy Hollow
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockwood Hall
Rockefeller
North Tarrytown
Ways and Means Head S10 Quit Congress
Washington June 27 Announcement by Representative Fordney of Michigan that he will not seek re election to the house this fall means the probable elevation of Representative Green of Iowa to the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee after March 4 1923. Green ranks next to Fordney in seniority and has served eleven years in the house plus seventeen years as a judge in Iowa. Longworth of Ohio is next in order and may aspire to the chairmanship. his non continuous service places him below Green.
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Washington
Fordney
Michigan
House
Representative Green
Iowa
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Longworth
Ohio
Marriage by Cable Sparks U S Entry Rule
In New York on June 27 a Frenchwoman Mlle Hahn produced a Nebraska marriage certificate for Lester Matheus claiming she is his wife. Officials require a regular ceremony before entry. Judge Bryan had sent the question to Alsace and received the answer by mail, then forwarded the certificate.
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New York
Nebraska
Mile
Hahn
Hahlsbach
Alsace
Saxonia
Mlle
Wilbur E. Bryan
Cedar County
Lester M. Matheus
American Expeditionary Forces
St. Helena
Neb
America
Mabeus
United States
Bryan
Mademoiselle
Lester Matheus
Mysterious Cow Racket Slows Louisville Phone Line
A Cumberland Telephone operator heard moans after answering a call from Bourbon Stockyards. Lt. Wiggington found several cows in a call station and one had knocked over the telephone.
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Louisville
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bourbon
C. K. Wiggington
Not So Bad as it Could Be Car Tale
The Louisville Courier Journal recalls a near miss involving the Juggernaut car with humor about missing a muffler cut-out to add sting to injury. The piece plays on irony and local tone.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Work in Michigan for Many More Workers
Last Sunday about two hundred men from this city and Jasonville left Midland by special train to Dowagiac Michigan for railway construction work. A contractor’s agent and James Wellers arranged the effort. Telegrams from Will Mavity and Sam Inman say 95 more men are needed with Monon Railway transportation to Michigan City. Pay is about forty cents per hour. contact Kellogg Grego, 608 South Dearborn Street Chicago, and Monon officials for details.
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Jasonville
Midland
Monon
Dowagiac
Mich
James Wellers
Daily Citizen
Will Mavity
Sam Inman
Michigan
Dowagiac, Mich
Citizen
Coal famine feared if coal strike lasts in US
Providence June 27 George Otis Smith director of the United States geological survey warned that paralysis of industry and transportation on a nationwide scale is distant only if the coal strike continues. He urged basic reforms in the coal industry and urged cooperation between mine workers and operators, criticizing owners and labor leaders for monopolistic attitudes.
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Providence
R. I
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
National Conference On Social Work
Smith
Britton retains welterweight title with controversial KO call
New York June 27 Jack Britton world welterweight champion successfully defended his title against Benny Leonard light weight champion in a fifteen round match. Referee Patsy Haley ruled that Leonard struck Britton after he went down on one knee in the thirteenth round. Britton fell to a knee after 2 minutes 42 seconds and the referee began counting. Leonard then landed a left to Britton’s body. Britton claimed a foul blow occurred but the official did not see one. Britton remained in his corner unhurt.
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New York
Jack Britton
Benny Leonard
Britton
Van Fleet Confirmed to Federal Trade Commission
Washington June 27 The senate confirmed Vernon W. Van Fleet of Indiana as a member of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday marking a key appointment in federal regulation.
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Washington
Vernon W. van Fleet
Indiana
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Seems to Be Nature's Law in a Witty Quip
A quip on human resilience and wealth from Oliver Wendell Holmes argues that society quickly rebounds after disasters. The speaker notes that even if cities burned to ashes, new fortunes would emerge within a short time, especially in profitable trades like potash.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Nation to end year with slight excess receipts over outlays
The Harding administration is expected to finish the fiscal year June 30 with a small excess of ordinary receipts over ordinary disbursements. Receipts for the year total about 4,050,875,000, exceeding ordinary disbursements and interest charges by 343,000,000, though heavy year-end payments loom.
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Washington
Harding
Plea Filed Against Youngstown Mayor Oles
Columbus, June 27. Governor Davis is asked to remove Mayor George Oles on graft and illegal election charges filed by Thomas M. Falcon of Youngstown. Graft stems from licensing refusal for a carnival company and later receiving animals. illegal election claims he was not a resident. Oles calls Falcon's action a “fine take-a-lick job” and says animals were sent to him to be returned. Falcon labels Oles as “a bald headed bird.”
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Columbus
Ohio
George Oles
Youngstown
Harry L. Davis
Thomas M. Falson
Oles
Carnival
Carnival Company
Falcon
Davis
Tail spin kills two Marine Airmen at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pennsylvania June 27 Captain George D Hamilton Washington and Sergeant G R Martin Buffalo N C were killed when the army plane they piloted in circling 3000 feet above the Gettysburg battle field went into a tail spin and crashed. They were attached to the Fifth Marines arriving for maneuvers and were scouting for a landing place. The captain was instantly killed and the sergeant died later in a hospital. Hamilton served as a major in World War I and held a congressional medal, aged 27 and noted as a prominent athlete.
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Gettysburg
George D. Hamilton
Washington
G. R. Martin
Buffalo
N. C
Army
Hamilton
Martin
Fifth Marines
Tentative plans for Linton community sale set
The Linton Ad Club plans a big sales day with four page circular advertising the event. Members work in unison to ensure success and promote real bargains, prizes, music, and specialty features expected to make it the biggest sale in Linton’s history.
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Linton Ad Club
Linton
One Day In The City Of Pleasures And Bargains
A fragment notes countryside residents travel to the city to spend a single day enjoying pleasures and bargains. The readable text suggests a local shopping or festival atmosphere inviting visitors from rural areas to partake in city events.
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Doris Kenyon
Thomas Meighan
Paramount Picture
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Booth Tarkington
Middle West
the Grand Orchestra
Rockefel
Ler
Ways and
Congress
Able Committee
Longworth Long
Alsace Maid
Michgan
O. K
Geological Survey
van Fleet
Quster
Youngs
Marine Corps
J. W. Wolford & Sons
Perncon
Fentad
Universal
W. H. Scholl
Othes
King’s
King’s Garden
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