Tragic Mississippi River Pileup Kills Eight Near Quincy
Eight people die when a boat capsizes near a submerged piling by the Exelsior stove works dock in the Mississippi River near Quincy. Gladys Volmer and Norma Bardon are among the dead. several youths, including Arthur Bardon and David Volmer, are unaccounted or rescued. Heroic acts by Russell Conover and others helped save some survivors.
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Mississippi
Hx- Stove Manufacturing Co
Gladys Volmer Ote
David
Norma Bardon
Arthur Bardon
Bardon
Russell Shheafeleymond Conover
Idon
Minnie Barwife
Rdon
Renet
Odies
Gladys Volmer
Waard’s Island
Warren
David Volmer
Hannibal
Quincy
Rushville
Saturn
Baran
Volmer
Drew
Ohio
Beford
Arton
Conover
Russell
Five Bardon Children Mentioned After Boat Disaster
Volmer, a track layer for the C B and Q, stayed at the Bardon home with his five month old baby. Besides the two drowned boys, five Bardon children are named Lorena, Leroy, Hazel, Renetta and Harold, plus an elderly grandmother Mrs Herman Ellerbrake.
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Volmer
Bardon
Lorena
Telephone Exchange
Leroy
Tenk Hardware Company
Hazel
Renetta
Harold
Herman Ellerbrake
Band to Play at Big Ball Game for Orphanage Benefit
Arrangements are under way for a band to perform during the midafternoon ball game between north and south side business teams. The lineups are being finalized with announcements expected tomorrow. The event aims to raise a good sum for the orphanage, with refreshment stands planned and 3 oclock kickoff.
Ring stolen by smooth talking salesman in East Jackson
Mrs. Leslie Toland reported a diamond ring stolen Tuesday evening by a traveling salesman who called for silk hose orders. A warrant was issued for the thief, but he fled city. another salesman returned the ring and described the suspect.
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Leslie Toland
East Jackson Street
Declared Insane Mrs Paisley Adjudged Insane
Mrs Dwight Paisley of Scotland township was adjudged insane in county court yesterday. She will be removed to Peoria state hospital tomorrow by the sheriff and Mrs E L Sapp. A 27 year old mother, she has suffered religious mania for two weeks and now spends much time praying and singing. Her influenza illness of 1918 may have contributed to her delusion. She has a four year old child.
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Dwight Paisley
Scotland Township
Peoria State Hospital
E.L. Sapp
Paisley
John Sweeney
East Wheeler Street
Mason Couple Welcome 814 Pound Baby
Mr and Mrs Orville Mason of the Third ward are the parents of an 814 pound girl born at their home this morning.
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Orville Mason
Third Ward
Hogs Shipped by Clyde Applegate to Chicago
Clyde Applegate of the area south of the city shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago this morning. By-Stander want ads do pay.
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Clyde Applegate
Chicago
Tariff bill reading opens Congress heavy task ahead
The House began formal consideration of the general tariff bill with the 346 page document read aloud. Democratic members on the Ways and Means Committee denounced the bill as a conspiracy benefiting a few at humanity's expense and criticized limited time for study. They warned the bill would impact American commerce and world industry, while proposing a shift to American graduation as a tariff basis. The debate frames the bill as a clash over retrenchment and the government’s financial future.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Committee
Treasury
Treasury Secre
Frelinghuyny
New Jersey
Frelinggen
Mellon
Chicago Babies Die At Rate Of Fourteen A Day
Chicago experienced a daily death rate of 14 babies last week, up 15 percent from a year earlier, attributed to heat. Four deaths yesterday were linked to high temperatures and no immediate relief was forecast by the weather bureau.
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Chicago
Health Department
Weather Bureau
Lenin Imprisons Leon Trotsky Report Emerges
Paris dispatches say reports from quarters close to the Third Internationale indicate Leon Trotsky has been jailed by Premier Lenin after the congress. No official confirmation is available.
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Paris
Leon Trotski
Nikolai Lenine
Boy Born To Woerly Family On South Clay Street
Mr and Mrs Leo Woerly of South Clay street welcomed a 64 percent pound boy born last Saturday.
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Leo Woerly
South Clay Street
Slayer of Girl Feigns Insanity in Jail Confession Dispute
Edward Mundy, alleged killer of 10 year old Beatrice Kincaid, is said to be shaming insanity while jailed in Sangamon County. Prisoners urged him to renounce confession and feign insanity. Mundy, held for protection from Scott County residents, responds with I dont know or I dont remember and claims unclear military service and mother's status. Albert Lindsey buys a seven passenger Studebaker from Ball Bros. Bushnell and awards a garage contract to Frank Moon.
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Sangamon County
Associated Press
Springfield
Edward Mundy
Beatrice Kincaid
Mundy
Scott County
Albert Lindsey
Ball Bros
Bushnell
Passengver Studebaker
Frank Moon
Comet Special Wins Galesburg 100 Mile Race
Indianapolis driver M. A. Chandler in a Comet Special won the 100 mile auto speed test at the Galesburg District Fairgrounds on July 4. Chandler completed the distance in one hour thirty nine minutes.
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Galesburg
M. A. Chandler
Indianapolis
Galesburg District Fairgrounds
Chandler
Sheep Newsome To Leave Hospital After Fight Injuries
Ralph Sheep Newsome, a local colored resident, has been treated at St. Francis hospital for injuries from a fight with Alonzo Thorpe. Doctors say Newsome will be able to leave tomorrow and retain sight in both eyes. Thorpe was arrested on liquor selling charges and held in county jail without bonds.
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Ralph
Newsome
St. Francis Hospital
Alonzo Thorpe
Thorpe
Heat Records Hit Six Months in Illinois and Chicago
Springfield reports the past six months the warmest since 1880 with 1222 excess degrees and Peoria notes nine months the warmest in 69 years. Forecasters predict further heat as forest fires in Canada drive hazy conditions. Chicago records 82 as a hot day with heat blamed for 5 deaths and 12 prostrations. a factory laid off 5,000 workers.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Illinois
Clarence J. Root
United States Weather Bureau
Root
Peoria
Canada
Ilinois
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Costly Colmar crossing project stalled after deadly crash
Deadly collision at Colmar left Mr and Mrs Chester Phillips and their four year old daughter dead. A proposed elevated overpass 280 feet north would replace the dangerous crossing. County and railroad share the cost and land needs 214 acres. Final approval hinges on railroad signatures and state utilities commission action.
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Colmar
Chester Phillips
Engineering Corps
State Public Utilities Commission
Lamoyne Township
Utilities Commission
Heat Wave Persists in Mid Atlantic as Forecasts Remain Hot
Washington reports cooler conditions today in the Middle Atlantic but no relief soon from the heat wave gripping the lake and central valley regions. The Weather Bureau predicts a return to hot weather for the North and Middle Atlantic states. Miss Mildred Marrs observes a birthday yesterday on Roll Street.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Lake
Central Valley
North
Mildred Marrs
Roll Street
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Dolder
J. J. McCoy
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Paul Clancy
Templar
Lenine
Leon Trotsky
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