West Indian hurricane disaster described in Florida and beyond
The review recounts the Florida hurricane that struck from Miami to Pensacola with 500 plus dead and 6000 injured. It notes extensive property damage, mass homelessness, and massive relief efforts led by the Red Cross aided by Navy ships. It also mentions related storms in the Bahamas and Paraguay, and other international news items of the era.
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Gulf
Pensacola
Mobile
Fort Lauderdale
Hollywood
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Miami Beach
Biscayne Bay
Coral Gables
United States
Dade County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Davie
United States Navy
Downe
Charleston
Cassin
Henry M. Baker
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Lake Okeechobee
St. Petersburg
Bahama Islands
Bimini
Buenos Aires
Encarnacion
Paraguay
Parana River
Prochement Talks Between France and Germany Draw Plans
Been and Stresemann travel from Geneva toward a border town to map a rap prochement that could benefit both nations and Europe. Briand gains cabinet approval to push the accord while Stresemann returns to Berlin to counter Nationalists and Communists. The plan reportedly includes issuing Reich railway debentures under the Dawes framework with France set to receive 780 million gold marks to stabilize the franc.
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Germany
Europe
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Berlin
Summerall Named Next Army Chief of Staff
RESIDENT COOLIDGE approves Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall as Army chief of staff to succeed Maj. Gen. John L. Hines in December. Summerall rose from colonel in World War I, commanded artillery brigades and the First Division in France, and is seen as a stern disciplined leader respected for action. Eight thousand Civil War veterans attend the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Des Moines with auxiliary members and families pushing total visitors to about 50,000, enjoying entertainment and unit reunions.
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Coolidge
Charles P. Summerall
John L. Hines
Summerall
France
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa City
General Robert Lee Howire Dies in Columbus Ohio
AJ General Robert Lee Howire commander of the Fifth corps area United States army died in Columbus Ohio after an operation. He gained fame in Indian warfare in the Northwest earning a congressional medal of honor, in the Philippine revolt and in actions on the Mexican border and World War I.
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Robert Lee Howire
Fifth Corps
United States Army
Columbus
Ohio
Northwest
Tunney Becomes World Heavyweight Champion in Philadelphia
Ex marine ENE Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey in ten rounds at the Philadelphia stadium. Attendance reaches 182000 with gate receipts near 2000000 dollars. Dempsey loses power and distance judgment. Tunney wins on points amid broad public approval aside from slot of Dempsey bets.
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Ene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Philadelphia
Dempsey
Tunney
Mesmerism Promises Painless Tooth Extractions
The article explains a form of suggestion based painless dentistry. Patients gaze at a letter on an optician card then imagine it vividly. After achieving mental focus the dentist can use forceps without causing pain.
Shakespeare Tops Vienna State Drama Subscribers Vote
The 2000 yearly subscribers to Vienna's State Drama favored Shakespeare first for the next season. A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merchant of Venice Macbeth Coriolanus and The Taming of the Shrew were chosen. Oscar Wilde placed second with Lady Windermere's Fan with other writers following.
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Vienna
Shakespeare
Burgtheatre
Macbeth
Coriolanus
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere
Schiller
Ibsen
Schnitzler
Rostand
Hebbel
Grillparzer
Wilde
Bayer Aspirin Warning Ad Declares Genuine Source
Demand Bayer Aspirin only from trusted sources. The notice urges buyers to look for the Bayer name on packaging or tablets to ensure authenticity and safety proven by physicians for 96 years. Imitations may be dangerous.
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Bayer
Poetic Intoxicant Revived Man In Coffin At Shrine
In Kameido Japan a patrol found a man believed dead in a shrine precinct. A coffin was arranged and carried to the village office but the man revived en route and began to sing and dance. He is a 23 year old who was intoxicated by viewing cherry blossoms.
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Japan
Kameido
women drivers organize in Paterson to prevent accidents
Three hundred women in Paterson New Jersey who completed a safety first course for women drivers have formed a group to prevent road and home accidents. The members, restricted to those who pass an examination, received demonstrations on automobile mechanical parts and safety practices.
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Paterson
N. J
Language in Ireland and Irish language use
The Irish speak English or Irish. Irish is a Celtic language now used by a larger share of Ireland’s people. Use declined from the 18th century until 1901 when 4.5 percent, 20 058 people, could speak Irish. Pupils learning Irish in schools are rising.
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Ireland
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