Empire cruise launches with royal flying boats
Plymouth: four Royal AW Ponce flying boats begin an Empire cruise covering 25000 miles over a year with stops in India Australia Hong Kong and Singapore. Elko: Wanda biplane piloted by Captain Frederick A. Giles crashes. minor injuries. Old Orchard: The Dawn returns after balance issues dumping 260 gallons fuel. Rio: Dieu donne Costes arrives in Brasilia en route to Port Natal.
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Plymouth
Eng
Royal AW Ponce
India
Australia
Hong Kong
Singapore
Elko
Nevada
Wanda
Frederick A. Giles
Detroit
New Zealand
Giles
Old Orchard
Maine
Europe
Wilmot Stutz
Price Goldsborough
Frances Grayson
Harry M. Jones
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Dieudonne Costes
Nungesser- Coll
Caravellah
Port Natal
Beauty of Rivers and Prairies Inspires Sermon
The article quotes a sermon by Mr. McLeod reflecting on the beauty of Tibet Thames Saskatchewan and Tiber and prairie life. It contrasts rivers and landscapes with spiritual ministry and cites Baruch Spinoza as a referenced life example.
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Tibet
Thames
Westminster Towers
Saskatchewan
Tiber
Leb
Musalem
Pittsburgh Fire Levels Six-Story Building After Devastating Blaze
A major fire in Pittsburgh damaged a six story building for four hours, injuring four firemen and causing heavy damage. The blaze drew 12 firefighters and disrupted downtown activity as crews battled the flames and evacuated the area.
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Pigburg
Pittsburg
Missouri Farmer Dies After 17 Hours Trapped In Well
In Kan, a 60-year-old Missouri farmer died yesterday after being trapped in a well for about seventeen hours. Rescue workers labored to lift rock and dirt from the shaft while doctors treated him, but he did not survive the cave-in.
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Kan
Lloyd Sf
Missouri
Chicago Prosecution Is Silly Says Hilton
A history professor and Ginn & Company publisher Henry T Hilton endorse W M McAndrews bid against charges of fostering pro British propaganda by using un American histories The Chicago board of education faces McAndrews trial on several anti American issue linked charges
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Chicago
W. M. McAndrew
Henry T. Hilton
Ginn & Company
David Muzzey
Board of Education
McAndrews
Convictions Quashed for Alex Glennie on Branding Charges
Last month Alex Glennie was convicted in Irvine on two charges of unlawful branding. Today the appeal heard before Judge Greene at the District Court quashed both convictions. Alex Mac Gregor appeared for the Crown, G M Blackstock for the appellant.
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Alex Glennie
Irivine
Glennie
Greene
District Court
Alex MacGregor
Crown
G. M. Blackstock
Schoolteacher Burned Trying to Extinguish Home Fire
Miss Victoria Narfarson, a district school teacher and sister of Saskatoon resident Mrs. Norman Fowler, suffered severe burns when a fire at Joe Humphrey's farm home, seven miles southwest of Rennown, Saskatchewan, spread after a coal smoulder caused a gas explosion. She fought the flames and her clothing ignited. she is under treatment at Humphrey's home and shows some improvement though a long recovery looms.
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Saskatoon
Joe Humphrey
Renown
Sask
Victoria Narfarson
Norman “Heck” Fowler
Humphrey
Narfarson
Sikorsky Dawn Hops to Europe from Old Orchard
Old Orchard Maine October 17 flight Dawn piloted by Sikorsky departed for Europe at 9 33 a m after a brief takeoff from the field the plane sped into overcast skies amid cheers from onlookers.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Sikorsky
Dawn
Europe
Clergyman Demands Bishop Barnes Be Cast Out
London oct 17 Canadian Press report: as Bishop Barnes of Birmingham spoke at St Pauls Cathedral a robed rector Rev Dr Bullock Webster rose in the transept and demanded the bishop be deposed and cast out of the Church until he recants his denounced view on Transubstantiation. The dispute centers on Barnes criticism of Transubstantiation doctrine.
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London
Barnes
Birmingham
St. Paul's Cathedral
Church of God
Bullock Webster
Carnival Prize Draw Nets Local Winners at Arena
Bill Conrad wins a Ford car while F Fisher receives a Chesterfield and J M Goode takes the Kel vinator. Mrs Neal hosts a phonograph at home as Queen Lil and nine year old Helen Davis draw the winning coupons before Mayor Bullivant and a packed crowd at the Arena.
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Bill Conrad
Assiniboia
Ford
F. Fisher
Belfast Street
Chesterfield
Kelvinator
J. M. Goode
Ardenade
Bullivent
Queen Lil
Helen Davis
Woodman Avenue
Bullivant
King James
Dr. Macleod
HoldUp Men Net $30,000 In Chicago Robberies
Chicago police faced a string of robberies with total loot around 30000 dollars including 25000 dollars in furs. A woman and man were arrested after a station agent was fired at at an elevated station during one heist. The suspects were identified as Mrs. Margaret Bayne and Herbert Smith.
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Chicago
Margaret Bayne
Herbert Smith
Smith
Two Girls Die After Car Chase Shooting on Rhodes Avenue
Chicago police report at Rhodes Avenue on the south side two 19 year old girls Catherine Stadler and Margaret Martin shot to death and thrown from a speeding car with Wilfred Winters dead at the wheel. Winters had a bullet in his right temple and a revolver found near him. Neighbors heard revolver fire around 1 am. Mrs Martin suspects Winters killed Margaret for refusing marriage and then killed Stadler before taking his own life.
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Chicago
Wilfred Winters
Catherine Stadler
Margaret Martin
Rhodes Avenue
Winter
Martin
Miss Stadler
Winters
Miss Martin
Wm. J. Martin
Margaret
Stadler
Historic German Castle Destroyed
Fire at the historic castle of Baffing near Ansburg claimed five lives yesterday evening. Baron Graven reuths hosted a hunting party when the blaze began. the roof and tower collapsed trapping guests. Several others were seriously injured.
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Berlin
Baffing
Ansburg
Marie Prevost Sues For Divorce From Kenneth Harlan
Marie Prevost files for divorce in Los Angeles charging extreme mental cruelty by Kenneth Harlan. She says he furnished no amusement stayed out late and was jealously unreasonable and that his conduct made her ill and unable to act.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Marie Prevost
Kenneth Harlan
Miss Prevost
Mack Sennett
Harlan
Grief Stricken Actress Seeks Death After Husband's Remarriage
New York October 17. Helen Mce Closkey, 26, a motion picture actress, wore her bridal veil and jumped from a second story window seeking death over her divorced husband’s remarriage. She survived with possible skull fracture and a broken arm and was hospitalized.
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New York
Helen Mce Closkey
Channel hoax disclosed by London physician Dorothy Logan
London physician Dorothy Cochrane Logan confessed to the News of the World that she did not swim the English Channel. She admitted the feat was a hoax to expose fakes and promote a certified international channel swim commission. Her trainer supported her story and a prior prize offer was returned.
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London
News of the World
Dorothy Cochrane Logan
Mona McLelan
Gertrude Ederle
New York
Horace Gray
Hythe
England
Cape Gris Nez
France
Logan
News of the World 2
Miss Ederle
Wheat market eases as harvest resumes in Western Canada
Western Canada harvest resumes eased wheat trading with higher offerings and a bearish tone. Domestic demand remained slow while export activity stayed light. barley showed strong inquiry at unchanged prices and rye traded in the lower grades.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Pricas
Children Parade in Medicine Hat Impresses Crowds
The Saturday parade drew 574 children from Riverside Park to the Arena in a vivid pageant of scales and eras. Mothers earned praise for costumes as Harry Matthews and Bish Harding coordinated the event with smooth planning. Winners were judged by age groups, with prize reveals by King James and Queen Lil and children treated to ice cream at the Arena.
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Medicine Hat
Mothers of Medicine
Fifth Avenue
Harry Matthews
Bish”’ Harding
Mr Et Ola Ek Et Ae
Most UA Licuil
James
Lil
Bob Sekger
John Underwood
King's Court
Bob Lauder
Canadian Mint
King James
Queen Lil
Mother Country To Take Second Place Predicts McKenna
London reports that The Financial Ones editorials on Canada's rising prosperity cite employment gains since 1924. Reginald McKenna, visiting Canada, states the day will come when the Mother Country takes second place to Canada but praises unchanged feelings and relations.
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McKenna
Canada
Financial Times
London
C. P. Cable
Dominion
Reginald McKenna
the Exchequer of
Great Britain
Toronto
Peking Out of Danger Amid War Front Shifts
Reports from Peking indicate no confirmation of hostile troops near the capital and experts deem the threat ended as Northern troops regain ground. Martial law is proclaimed in Peking with Shansi air raids reported south of the capital. Tang Jao Ching, defeated provincial chieftain, is arrested in Foochow and sent to Nanking after graft accusations.
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Peking
England
Tokio
Rengo
China
Chang Tso Ling
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Foochow
Tang Jau Ching
Nanking
Tang Hsu Ching
Death of local sports figure John Y. Carley at Victoria Park
John Y. Carley, known sportsman and former physical director of the YMCA, was found dead in a comfort station at Victoria Park. The body hung from a beam, and police reported the death occurred early today. Carley previously resided in Hamilton and later moved to Ewin City.
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Kitchener
John Y. Carley
Ewin City
Victoria Park
Carley
M.C.A
Hamilton
Four Injured in Crossing Collision Near Herbert
James Sander of Waldeck and his son Fritz 18 were among four injured when their touring car was struck by a C P R freight train at a level crossing one mile west of Herbert. Hernan and Jake Trotski, Waldeck residents, were also hurt and admitted to Swift Current hospital. All the injured were expected to recover, the car wrecked in the crash.
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Moose Jaw
James Sander
Waldeck
Fritz
Hernan
Jake Trotski
Swift Current Hospital
Mille
Herbert
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