Panic in crowd injures women waiting to view Valentino
Crowds gathered in the rain outside a New York church waited to view Rudolph Valentino's body when a panic erupted injuring several, including three women and three policemen. Funeral plans awaited his brother’s arrival from Italy.
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Valentino
New York
A. P
66Th Street
Broadway
Rudolph Valentino
Malachi
West 49Thtreet
Oodlawn
Alberto
Cdy
S. George Ullman
Anager
Hollywood
Calif
Sven
Mr. Ullman
Flashes of Life and Fashion Across Early 20th Century Dispatches
A jumble of brief items cuts through fashion, dance, and society life. Skirts shrink while ornate knee caps become a trend, New York hosts a dancing masters convention with Ned Wayburn’s jazz steps drawing attention, Mrs. Peaches Browning faces social limits, and Colonel Sam Park of Beaumont preserves his salary while funding leisure with oil and lumber income.
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New York
Ford
Virginia Ree
Henry
Ned Wayburn
Sam Park
Beaumont
Texas
Biarritz
Sam
Mexico Church State Clash Maintains Stalemate After Conference
The government and Catholic church remain at odds over religious provisions of the constitution. No resumption of services. economic boycott continues. Episkopate plans to press Congress for constitutional amendments while unsure of any further meeting with President Calles. The bishops dispute his priest registration remarks as inconsistent with their stance.
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Mexico City
A. P
Calles
Diaz
Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores
Michaacan
Congress
Episcopate
Tainted money used at polls is under fire
Columbus Ohio August 24 Thos J Duffy warned Ohio voters against tainted money shaping elections in a keynote at the democratic state platform convention He cited three million dollars spent in Pennsylvania and over a million in Illinois on Republican nominations and urged electors to rebuke boodlers and gangsters He accused the GOP administration of failing to aid farmers and cited a tariff toll of 426 million dollars to provide 125 million in protection
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Columbus
Ohio
Thos. J. Duffy
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
United States
Duffy
Hope to reveal whereabouts of missing Chicago student
Herman Lawrenz, of Foley Alabama, hopes a Pittsburgh message will locate his missing daughter Margaret Lawrenz who vanished while a University of Chicago student four months ago. He did not confirm sending money or reveal the Pittsburgh address, noting the small amount suggests a possible legitimate inquiry.
Ruston Woman Dies After Poison Drinking Tragedy
Edna Monroe a 21 year old Ruston resident died at St Francis Sanitarium after drinking bichloride of mercury at her home following a telephone quarrel with a young man. She was attended by her mother nurse Mrs Stella Monroe and survived by her parents two sisters and a brother. Funeral plans will be announced tonight as Ruston society mourns the loss of a popular young woman.
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Ruston
Edna Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
Stella Monroe
Ruston Overland
Ruston Society
Miss Monroe
Ruston High School
Frank Monroe
Ruston State Bank
Verna
Grace Monroe
Three Cases Disposed by Judge Sandel in District Court
Three cases were tried yesterday in district court before Judge Sandel. Lillie May Floyd, a Black woman, pleaded guilty to hurt with a sharp object and was sentenced to twelve months in jail. Annie May Coma, another Black woman, was convicted of disturbing the peace and fined fifty dollars with costs or thirty days. Isaac Green, listed as a Black man, was charged with manufacture and possession of whiskey, given sixty days and a two hundred fifty dollar fine or ninety days if default on payment.
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Jercy Sandel
Lillie May Floyd
West Monroe
Annie May Coma
Fairbanks
Isaac Green
Bros
Canton Police Chief Ousted In Washington County Turmoil
Canton Ohio erupts as Mayor Swarts fires Chief S A Lengel and two civil service figures amid Mellett murder probe. The Mellett civil suit against Mazer and Rodner follows. Roach accuses Prosecutor McClintock of hampering federal case.
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Canton
A. P
Mellett
Don R. Mellett
Louis Mazer
Ben Rodner
S. M. Swarts
S. A. Lengel
Price Jansen
John Burris
Civil Service Commission
Lengel
Jansen
Burris
Swarts
Joseph R. Roach
Chicago
Stark County Grand Jury
Roach
C. B. McClintock
B. McClintock
S. A. Lenger
Chief Ousted Over Alleged Liquor Conspiracy
McClintock defends position to Roach, pledging to act honestly and courageously as prior. Over fifty witnesses scheduled to testify before the grand jury. Federal warrant arrests planned yesterday were postponed pending forthcoming evidence, says Howell Lueck, assistant district attorney.
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McClintock
Roach
Howell Lueck
Tragic Mississippi Ax Murders Kill Four Children
Mrs. Scott Allen of Laurel Mississippi fatally harmed four of her children with an axe while the five children played at home. A Black neighbor saved the eldest boy, and deputies suspect mental illness. Mrs Allen is jailed in Bay Springs after the incident near Moss.
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Laurel
A. P
Scott Allen
Moss
Jasper County
Allen
Bay Springs
Storm warning issued by Washington Bureau
Weather bulletin warns of a tropical disturbance at latitude 26 longitude 92 with appreciable intensity and small size likely to recur northward and reach the coast between Burwood La and Galveston late tonight or Wednesday morning with a small area of potential destructive effects. Further advices expected this afternoon.
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Washingteon
Weather Bureau
Burwood
Galveston
Angered man wrecks Pa bank with bomb
A man in working clothes detonated a bomb at Farm ers Deposit Savings Bank in Pittsburgh after his demand for $2,000 was refused. The interior was wrecked and at least one person was killed with several others injured or critically harmed as bystanders were nearby.
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Man
Pa. Bank
Pittsburg
A.P
Farmers Deposit Savings Bank
Western Reserve student questioned in Dorothy Kirk death
Relatives say Dorothy Kirk 21 died after being unknowingly drawn into a narcotics ring. A Western Reserve University medical student is questioned as detectives gather pills and assess whether the drugs were prescribed for other ailments. The case links a alleged narcotics network to a church acquaintance and a Paris upbringing.
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Clevpland
A. P
Western Reserve University
Dorothy Kirk
Loeb
Leopold
Knapp
Miss Kirk
Dorothy
Paris
France
America
Canal Fulton
Ohio
Cleveland
William Jackson
Car Found In Slaying Near Pineville Louisiana
The car owned by I H Tarver was found in a ditch fifteen miles from the crime scene on a Grant Parish road. Sheriff Downs said no clues were in the car and believed more than one person implicated. Miss Connie Slay remained in improved condition at a local hospital.
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A. P
I. H. Tarver
Tensas River
Tarver
Connie Slay
Holloway
Pineville
Stone Camp
Sims
Grant Parish
Miss Slay
Chicago Police Hunt For New Orleans Senator Tuerto
Chicago police launched a citywide search for Senator Noberto Tuerto a 50 year old wealthy cigar manufacturer from New Orleans who vanished August 16 after leaving the home of Manuel Desherow during a supposed downtown business deal. Police followed a tip that he might be in a Chicago hospital.
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Chicago
A. P.1
Noberto Tuerto
New Orleans
Tuerto
Manuel Desherow
Desherow
Day of Leisure For M P Emploes at Filhiol Park
Last night a Missouri Pacific mechanical department outing drew about 2500 employees and guests to Filhiol park in Monroe. Roosters organization of the Louisiana division hosted the event with a noon barbecue, river swimming, field events, band music, and a long evening dance despite rain.
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Monroe
Natchez
el Dorado
Missouri Pacific Employes Mechanical Department
Filhiol Park
Roosters
Louisiana Division
Man admits axe killing. jailed after Rhinehart tragedy
John Schmidt 37, a slave worker from Rhinehart La, killed his stepdaughter Ada Jolly 18 by crushing her skull with an axe then wounded his wife. Captured near the crime scene by LaSalle Parish deputies and jailed at Rapides Parish, he says he did not know why he did it and recalls a prior violent act last April.
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Alexandria
A. P
John Schmidt
Rhinehart
L. M. Davis
LaSalle Parish
Howard Davis
Monroe
Schmidt
Rapides Parish
Ada Jolly
LaSalle
Thinehart
Former Police Juror Dies After Poison Drinking
W D Cap Warren aged 65 a former Red River parish police juror died at his son D E Warren home after drinking poison The cause of death was ruled poison with uncertainty if it was intentional or accidental A drug store sale two hours earlier noted the proprietor warned him not to drink it and Warren replied that he loves life and would not danger his life
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Coushatta
A. P
W. D
Cap” Warren
Red River Parish
D. E. Warren
W. D. Hunter
W. L. Davis
Hands off policy in New York governor race announced
President Coolidge declared a hands off policy in the selection of the Republican nominee for New York governor this fall. After meetings with state Republican leaders at the summer White House officials said the conferences did not involve the governorship and the president does not plan to intervene.
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New York
Paul Smith
N. Y
A. P
Coolidge
White House
Death ends romance of millionaires after Mexico City death
Milwaukee banker and philanthropist’s second wife Mrs John F Howard dies in Mexico City hospital of double pneumonia and spinal meningitis. Ongoing Milwaukee suit seeks 125000 damages against the influenza and alleged enticement of Howard by the widow. The couple’s Venice encounter began a high profile union amid lawsuits over alimony and property.
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Milwaukee
A. P
Venice
United
John F. Howard
Haverhill
Mass
Howard
Eleanor B. Phillip
Frank B. Phillip
American
Essex County
Massachusetts
Phillips
South America
Mexico
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