Desperate Michigan convicts escape from reformatory
Twenty five inmates of Michigan State Reformatory in Tonia Mich break from the jail during a bold assault. They overpowered guards in the dormitory and seized control, with many believed armed as authorities feared. The breakout, traced to weeks of planning, left the institution in disarray as escapees fled in cars.
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Michigan State Reformatory
Tonia
Mich
Fry
Institution
St Detroit
Deadlock in coal talks persists after 17 weeks LuMson
Reported proceedings from Thursday’s meeting show no shift in the coal strike deadlock. Miners and government officials offer no new proposals and no concessions. Churchill refuses to renew subsidies while miners vow to continue the fight. Deserving police and guards recapture escaped inmates after a prison breakout reported in Detroit.
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LuMson
Winston Churchill
A. J. Cook
Miners
Federatio
Chigte
Churchill
Thomas Richards
Gold vein found in Gem Lake district near Manitoba Ontario border
Gold showing across a vein three and a half to four feet wide was found in the Gem Lake district near the Ontario boundary in the Lake Winnipeg mining area. The discovery has been optioned to a Winnipeg syndicate for $100,000, prompting prospectors from Ontario and Manitoba to rush to the new field.
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Winnipeg
Gem Lake
Lake Winnipeg
Ontario
Manitoba
Runaway Team Stopped by Quick Act of Edna Embree
Young reporter Miss Edna Embree witnessed a runaway Democrat team bolt in front of Rae's hardware store. She rode down, seized a bridle, and, after circling the horses twice in a dust filled run, halted the pair with bystanders aiding. Her rapid action prevented potential harm to children and mothers nearby.
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Edna Embree
Rae
Eagle Attacks Two Week Old in Clackmannan
In Clackmannan Scotland an eagle attacked two week old Betty Patterson while walking with her mother and a friend. The bird grabbed at the child five times before workmen with sticks drove it off.
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Clackmannan
Scotland
Betty Patterson
Tillies Vacation Ends as Sells-Floto Elephant Returns
Spokane reports Tillie the 16 day vacationing 15 year old Sells-Floto elephant has been captured near Cranbrook and sent to Eugene to resume shows. Zeck Terrell keeper Jimmie Dooley and aides escorted Tillie from Cranbrook to Spokane. The $329.27 Spokane to Eugene ticket was paid in advance. Tillie will rejoin the circus in a couple days while Indians and guides pursue remaining elephants Charlie Ka and Myrtle.
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Spokane
Ilse
Eugene
Ore
Cranbrook
B.C
Spokane International Railroad
Union Pacific
Tillie
Dooley
Charlie Ka
Myrtle
Ralph Davis
Spud’ Griffin
Gardiner
Kansas
New Low Record for October Wheat in Winnipeg Market
October wheat prices fell to a new low as the Winnipeg grain market showed weakness and selling pressure. The October future dropped to 1.31 1 2, closing weak at 1.31 1 8, with December 1.28 5 8 and May 1.33 1 2, as Chicago selling unwinds spreads and cash trade remained light.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Imperial Oil Burdett No 1 Well Reaches 1700 Feet
Bow Island August 27. Imperial Oil Company's Burdett No 1 well in section 11-11w4 is down 1,700 feet with steady progress. The rotary rig speeds operations and the crew expects completion early in September if no misfortune develops. Prob. 9 East and Warm. Temperature 74.
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Bow Island
Imperial Oil Company
Burdett No 1
Glinting Political Enemies Trial in Turkish Courts
European legal circles watch the recent executions of seventeen Turks accused of plotting against Mustapha Kemal and the Turkish government. Critics say the independence tribunal acts as a purge under the guise of legality, resembling a Russian cheka rather than a western court.
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London
Mustapha Kemal
Europe
Turkey
Iself
Tribunal of Independence
Chief of Aeronautics Official Dies in Delaware River Crash
Philadelphia August 28 Commander John Rogers former assistant chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and notable for the San Francisco to Hawaii attempt died when his plane struck an air pocket side slipped and dropped into the Delaware River near the navy yard field. Mechanic Samuel Schultz of Philadelphia is hospitalized with a broken back and severe cuts. Eyewitnesses differ in accounts but most say the craft fell under 100 feet into shallow water.
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Philadelphia
John Rogers
Bureau of Aeronautics
San Francisco
Hawaii
Delaware River
Navy Yard Field
Isis
Samuel Schultz
Naval Hospital
Rogers
Government Should Do for Fishing and Agriculture
Plymouth Nova Scotia August 28 W N Mackenzie King urged government action to treat fishing and agriculture like manufacturing. Hecalled for better markets for fish, noted Liberal support for old age pensions, and criticized Meighen and Byng while praising postal revenue gains. The speech linked maritime needs to national policy and constitutional drama.
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Plymouth
N.S
W. N. Mackenzie King
Liberal Party
Boards of Trade and
Chambers of Commerce
Great Britain
Europe
Canada
Wine
Maritimes
Mr. King
Senate
Commons
King
Lord Byng
Mr. Meighen
Governor General
Upper
Lower Canada
Lord Durham
Maritime Provinces
Royal
Hon W Motherwell to Speak in Brooks and City Rooms
Former Minister of Agriculture in Mackenzie King government Hon W Motherwell will address Dr Gershaw at Brooks Monday evening and speak at the Liberal Committee Rooms Monday afternoon at three o'clock. A short stopover in the constituency is planned on his return from the coast with meetings arranged on short notice.
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King
W. R. Motherwell
Agriculture
Mackenzie King
Dr. Gershaw
Brooks
Motherwell
Agriculture more secure in Dominion says Archibald
Ottawa August 28 B Archibald Director of Dominion Experimental Farms says agriculture across the Dominion is more secure now than in years past and constitutes about one third of the national wealth He outlines experiments at the farms and notes potential gains from unchanged wheat acreage including higher yields and a possible 10000 dollar increase in national revenue.
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Ottawa
Dominion
B. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Archibald
Canada
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Winnipeg Syndicate
EAGLE
Earl of Lathom
Lancashire
May Cambridge
Earl
Imperial Oil CO
Burdett
U.S. Bureau OF Aeronautics
Liberal
Columas
W. Motherwell
Mexico City
Magnio Martinez
Valley of Mexico
Amecameca
Merrill Callow
W. N. Taylor
Noble
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