Unidentified Strongman Robs Hardware Store Then Falls Adrift
A nameless man in Patterson July 3 attacked George Steel’s hardware store taking 700 dollars after tossing a 500 pound safe and ripping the door off. He knocked seven policemen, a streetcar conductor and two others down, leaped through a plate glass window, and was finally captured after a football tackle. He answered only All right as questions were asked and remains in critical condition with head injuries.
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Patterson
George Steel
Steel
Thomas ‘Tracy
Indian impostor Cluef White Elk jailed in England
Edgar Laplante, posing as an Indian chief named Cluef White Elk, was sentenced in Lugano to one year in prison and ordered to repay the Naanlan countess £250. He had allegedly taken £17,800 from a countess for lectures in Italy, claimed a Rome honor, and earlier toured England and Turk with Indian garb before being expelled from Istanbul.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Edgar Laplante
England
Cluef White Elk
Halifax
Engand
Walso
Laplante
Italy
Rome
Turk
Prince ‘of Wales
Endlan Elvet
Expect To Start Drilling Well At End Next Week
Col Rossiter told The News that drilling at North Well No 1 had been delayed by missing tools and two motors. Tools and motors are now in transit and arrival is expected soon, with spudding planned by the end of next week.
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Noth Well No
Col. Rossiter
Father Marries Daughter? No, Father Marries His Son
In Wairbury Nebraska on July 1 the Rev Leonard Brambaugh of the First Christian Church officiated at the marriage of his father John Brambaugh of Chester Nebraska to Edith B Clay of Batvyidere Nebraska.
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Wairbury
Leonard Brambaugh
First Christian Church
John Brampbraugh
Chester
Neb
Edith B.clay
Batvyidere
Very Sad Death Of Two Scotch Girls Drowned
Two Scottish women, Mary Martin and Minnie McAlpine, aged 22 and 25, drowned in a pond on Col. H. F. Deacon’s farm near Unionville Ontario. They had arrived from Glasgow last week and were employed there when Martin slipped into six feet of water and McAlpine attempted a rescue but both fatalities occurred.
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Unionville
Ont
Mary Martin
Canada
Glasgow
Scotland
Minnie McAlpine
Col. H. F. Deacon
Here
Miss Martin
Miss McAlpine
Boundary Commission finishes work in Ireland at Omagh
The Irish Boundary Commission completed its work yesterday at Omagh. It will travel to London today to hear further evidence as the process continues.
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Boundary Commission
Belfast
Ireland
Irish Boundary Commission
Omagh
London
Paris Council Approves Debt Commission to U.S.
Paris reports the Council of Ministers approved sending a French debt commission to the United States this summer to discuss financial issues and repay obligations.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
United States
French Chamber Votes Budget Six Months Behind Schedule
The French Chamber of Deputies ended an all night sitting at 7 05 this morning to approve the 1925 budget. The budget totals 23,175,000,000 francs in receipts and 33,168,000,000 francs in expenditures, a month and a half late before it moves to the Senate.
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Chamber of Deputies
Ater
Melock
Senate
Chamber
Miners Strike in Edmonton District Holds Firm
About 400 members of the Edmonton and District Miners Federation vote to stand on strike at the Beverley recreation grounds after Chinook mine offers only old scale. Creosoting plant workers join in protest demanding recognition. Police arrest James Thompson, Bert Tildesley, and Jabez Tyldesley for assault after Clover Bar mine incident.
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Edmonton
Edmonton and District Miner’s Federation
Beverley
Itsi
Eamonton’s
Clover Bar
Wireless ship to ship telephone talk debuts at sea
New York July 3 report says a German invention enabled wireless telephone conversations between passengers on different ships and with people on land. On the Columbus passengers spoke to friends aboard the Deutschland about 150 miles away. Toll for eight minutes was $2.50. The duplex set oper ates on a 1900 metre wavelength with rapid switch between sending and receiving.
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New York
Lloyd
Vner
Columbus
Deutschland
Prices Hold Steady as Wheat Market Slips in Winnipeg Trade
Prices remained near lows in Winnipeg trading on July 3 as western crop reports and limited export sales kept downward pressure. July closed 15 8 down at 154 5 8, October up to 1803 8, and December 1 2 higher at 127 4 2 while cash wheat showed strong demand and millers bought all offered.
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Winnipeg
Seaboard
Harley
Gordon Campbell Indicted In Fraud Case Over Oil Lands
Spokane July 1 Gordon Campbell discoverer of the Kevin Sunburst oilfields Montana was indicted by a federal grand jury on ten counts charging conspiracy fraud and using the mails for fraudulent pretenses. About 37000 was raised through alleged specific acts with investors paying 50 to 1700 each. Campbell already convicted for mail fraud faces two and a half years in Leavenworth and a $1000 fine awaiting appeal before possible transfer for trial.
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Spokane
United States
Gordon Campbell
Kevin-Sunburst
Montana
John A. Gellatly
Wenatehee
Great Falls
Mont
B.K. Wheeler
Campbell
Leavenworth
U. S
Tragedies Scatter Across Winnipeg Night Inquiries
Winnipeg July 38 An alleged murder a death by own action and a fatal shooting occupied police last night J Murphy of Vernon Michigan dies in hospital from injuries in a fight with Starry Ilions Both men employed by the Sheesley Shows Lions to be charged with murder Constable Holmes found dead with a self inflicted bullet wound A revolver lay beside him Peter Bignick wounded in a railway yard after arresting officer Bond fired in self defense Bignick shot in the stomach
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Winnipeg
J. Murphy
Vernon
Mich
Holmes
Stanton
Indiana
Carlton Street
Peter Bignick
C.P.R
Bond
Bignick
Count Vaspi to brief Washington on Italian financial crisis
The L'Empero reports a reliable source says former Tripol Governor Count Vaspi will depart Rome for Washington on a special mission to the United States government to discuss Italy's current financial situation.
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Rome
L’empero
Count Vaspi
Tripol
Washington
United States
Italy
Alberta Farm Loan Act Still Unused in Fort Saskatchewan
Edmonton reports the 1924 Alberta Farm Loan Act remains dormant as federal rural credit legislation stalls. The province has waited on Ottawa to implement a Dominion wide scheme, with no progress, maintaining the policy of waiting.
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Edmonton
Tmre
Ottawa
Walebinl
Massive Plains Indian War Dance At Macleod Festival
Five thousand spectators watched as Blood and Blackfeet tribes staged a dramatic mounted war dance at Macleod Alberta. The three day all Indian celebration drew thousands from four western provinces and Montana, with pageants, camps, and a police contingent guiding the event. A later letter hinted at continuing coverage.
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Macleod
Frederick Remington
Sanvitaavad
Hankradenna Weaeitan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lethbridge
Alta
Canada
Montana
Sarcees
Peigans
Assiniboinas
Macdonald
Para
Quebec Priests Tour West In Large Western Canada Mission
A 120 strong party of Quebec parish priests departs Montreal by rail on July 2 for a western tour. Led by Rev Father J A Ouellette the excursion visits Quebec officials and prominent eastern Canada figures, travels through Senneterre Amoa Lasaree Cochrane Moonbeam Minaki Winnipeg Edmonton and stops at several towns en route to Vancouver. The trip aims to share Quebec French Canadian messages and show western agricultural districts to aid future immigration guidance.
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Montreal
Lisson Francaise
Quebec
Canada
Montreal Torrow
Canadian National Railways
M. A. Sauve
Québec
L. Brown
Quebec Department of Agriculture
J. A. Ouellette
Federal Bureau of Colonization Missionaries
Quebec City
Cardinal Begin
Senneterre
Amoa
Lasaree
Cochrane
Moonbeam
Minaki
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Hovey
Prince Albert
Duck Lake
Rosthorn
Legal
Vancouver
Santa Barbara Shaken by Morning Earthquakes
July reports recount a series of earthquakes in Santa Barbara and Pasadena with shocks at 8:88 am and 10:16 am. minor damage noted near Bilings mansion just east of the city. tremors also felt in Los Angeles and 25 miles south of Santa Barbara with no major damage reported.
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Santa: Barbara
Cal
C.K. G. Bilings
Pasadena
Cals
Los Angeles
Vuria
Santa Barbara
Arctic explora tion ship breaks down off Quebec
Wireless messages received here report the exploration ship Arctic, which sailed from Quebec yesterday for northern waters, anchored this morning due to engine failure.
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Montreal
Arctic
Quebec
Iles
Liste
Riflrian Campaign Report Highlights Three Front Attacks
An official communiqué records intensified activity by the faction in Fez on July 3. Attacks targeted three principal settlements, signaling a broad escalation in the Rif conflict reported by French authorities.
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Fez
Iftlans
Pring Etpal
Earthquakes Reported in Chile Contain Two Shocks
A damaged notice notes two distinct earthquakes near Santiago Chile. The timing references 11:20 last night and mentions tremors felt in the Chill region, with unclear details.
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Santiago
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