Wabash Flyer Sideswipes Freight Train West of Attica
Seven killed and nearly forty injured when the St Louis to New York Wabash flyer collided with a freight train four miles west of Attica. The Il-Pullman train derailed, several cars demolished, and victims burned by scalding steam. Identified dead include G. M. Borchard, Rabbi Goldberg, W. H. Mitchell, Addie Holloway. Injured rushed to hospitals in Danville, Lafayette, and nearby towns.
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Attica
St. Louis
New York
J. W. Newell
Webash Railroad
Pulmans
G. M. Borchard
Peru
Ind
Rabbi Goldberg
New York City
W.H. Mitchell
Addie Holloway
Toledo
Ohio
W. H. Holley
Decatur
F. Phillips
Detroit
Mich
Danville
Minois
Latte
Williamsport
West Lebanon
Lafayette
Car Runs Wild In Frisco Injuring Dozens In Accident
June 2 report says thirty five people were injured and three fatally after a street car ran down Market Street and collided with another vehicle. The wreck damaged three autos and left debris over a wide area.
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Frisco
Ban Francisco
Market Street
Sngiher
Armless ball player to appear at park game Tuesday
Armless ball player Frank Sickeown of Stephenville will headline an exhibition at the park Tuesday. He demonstrates that a man can overcome disability by writing shaving eating with a knife and fork driving a car and playing baseball.
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Haney
Frank Sickeown
Stephenville
Lucretia Lombard at the National Theatre
Therella Lombard advertised to appear at the Matignsl Theatre on Thursday Friday and Saturday then here Tuesday and Wednesday. The show promises exciting drama billed as beauty and the beast and will be seen by throngs at the Nationa venue.
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Therella Lombard
Surday
Matignsl
Thureday
Mendis
The
Nationa
Bishop Candler Opposes Union of Methodist Churches
Macon Ga June 2 Bishop Warren A Candler warned against unifying the Northern and Southern Methodist churches explaining the North has divided the Southern territory contrary to the separation agreement. He cited continued spiritual rifts and Megalamenia as reasons for opposition.
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Bishop Candler
Big Rain Falls
San Antonio
Methodist Churches
Macon
Methodist
Chattanooga
Warren A. Candler
Candler
Sheriff's Force Clean Up Captures Beer and Arrests
Sheriff’s force reports raids capturing 110 gallons of Choe beer and whiskey, 25 men arrested for liquor possession and drinking. A 403 North Ross raid yielded 15 gallons of Choc and 1.5 pints of whiskey with two men jailed. Another raid on a farm near oo cana found 75 gallons of Choc in a nestoe house, occupants named Zeke Garter and 14 negroes jailed at a crap game. Beer destroyed. detainees taken to Mexia for fines or indictments.
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Sheriff's Department
North Ross
Nestoe
Oocana
Zeke Garter
Mexia
San Antonio Flash Floods Flood City Streets
Heavy winds and heavy rain swamped San Antonio flooding streets and washing debris. Firemen rescued two children from a water surrounded house. Residents on Carolina Street prepared to flee but water subsided with little major damage.
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San Antonio
Texas
Carolina Street
Weather Outlook for East and Southwest Texas
East Texas Tonight and Tuesday are partly cloudy with possible showers. Southwest Texas remains partly cloudy and unsettled with chances of showers in the southeast.
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Texas
Senate Resolution Passes House Adjourning To Senate
Washington June 2 The House voted 221 to 157 to adjourn at 7 p m June 7 The resolution now goes to the Senate Coolidge signs tax bill today President signs the measure making it law
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Senate
Washington
House
Coolidge
Flood Strikes Austin Area With Wind and Hail
A heavy wind and hail storm near Austin caused crop damage as three inches of rain fell in thirty minutes and fruit trees, cotton, and grain suffered. The storm also damaged billboards along the area and flooded fields, with no injuries reported.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Boards
Atlanta
Georgia Hospital
Mexia oil field hit by wind and rain damages expected
Winds from the north and northwest struck the Mexia section around 3:00 PM bringing heavy rain. Damages were not fully learned but several more derricks are believed blown down in the oil field as the weather shifts toward clearer conditions promised after Monday night. In New York, Lewis Vicentini faces Johnny Dundee at Madison Square Garden in an eliminations series opener.
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Mexia
New York
Lewis Vicentini
Johnny Dundee
Madison Square Garden
Cotton crop lower than last May in Washington
The May 25 cotton crop condition was 65.6 percent of normal, down from 71 percent a year earlier and below the ten year May 25 average of 72.8 percent, per the Department of Agriculture. Seay of Hillsboro is visiting his aunt on East Main Street.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Seay
Hillsboro
Youthful Killers Backed by 15 Million for Defense
Chicago June 2 State's Attorney Crowe leads prosecution against Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb 19 year old millionaires sons who confessed to the murder of Robert Franks 14 Their parents prepare a insanity defense aided by an alleged 15 million dollars Darrow heads the defense and seeks to prove sanity while Leopold and Loeb express remorse and insist the crime was premeditated
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Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
International News Service
Albert Loeb
Sears, Roebuck& Co
Nathan Leopold
Jacob Franks
Chicago
Nathan
Leopold
Robert. Franks
University of Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Loeb
Young Franks
Clarence Darrow
Lelood
Darrow
Morris Paper Box Company
Albert H. Loeb
Multiaillionaire
Sears Roebuck Company
Crowe
Aultman Enters the Race For District Attorney
Hon L B Aultman of Byers and Aultman announces his candidacy for District Attorney in the 77th District subject to Democratic primaries. He cites support from Limestone and Freestone counties bar, vows to uphold laws and duties, and presents himself as an honest, capable public servant.
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L. B. Aultman
Aultman
Shriners Parade Delights Kansas City During Fiftyeth Convention
Caravans of Shriners in Oriental splendor marched through downtown Kansas City drawing crowds of about one hundred thousand. Traffic stalled near Union Station as pageant crowds formed and an additional fifty thousand dollars in revenue was anticipated for tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Almas
Finger Print Experts Investigate Milford Family Attack
Dallas report says June 2 Bertil fion experts traveled to Hillsboro to inspect the ax handle used in the assault on Roy Murray and his family near Milford last week. Officials dismiss the theory of two attackers as the investigation tightens.
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Milford
Dallas
Texas
Bertilfion
Hillsboro
Roy Murray
Baker elected head of Ex-Student Association
Baker of Dallas was elected president of the Ex-Students Association of the University in Texas Austin Texas.
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Baker
Austin
Texas
Rhodes
Baker of
Dallas
Ex-Students Association of the Texas University
Senate Charges Blink at Coolidge Over Muscle Shoals Plan
The Senate Agricultural Committee released a report alleging political motives behind Muscle Shoals disposition legislation tied to Henry Ford and President Coolidge. It accuses Ford of shifting support after perceived presidential favoritism and notes Ford’s withdrawal from the 1920s race amid pressure, while Fink’s failure to testify and Brookhart’s refusal to hear a prepared statement are described.
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Senate
Coolidge
Muscle Shoals
Ford
Washington
Henry Ford
Senate Agricultural Committee
Norris
Pio
Fink
Buffalo
Senate Committee
Vanderlip
Wheeler
Brookhart
Atorney
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