Hylan's Defeat Shapes New York Political Chess
Edward W Pickard surveys New York mayoral battle noting Jimmie Walker defeats Mayor Hylan for the Democratic nomination. Gov. Al Smith's rising power in national Democratic politics is highlighted along with Hearst's failed bid to control the party.
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Hylan
Jimmie Walker
al Smith
Tammany
East
William Randolph Hearst
New York
Hearst
Albany
Walker
F. N. la Guardia
Frank D. Waterman
Waterman
John J. Lyons
W. M. Bennett
Atlantic States
Smith
French and Spanish Drive Against Rif Tribes Advances
Last week the French and Spanish forces advanced against Rif tribesmen with renewed central zone resistance. The French captured El Bibane fortress after fierce fighting in which Rif forces briefly regained it before a trench assault aided by 150 air bombers and many tanks.
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Tetuan
el Bibane
Krim
Agriculture secretary ends Armour Morris merger challenge
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine dismisses the 1923 merger complaint filed by the late Secretary Wallace. He says evidence shows the Armour Morris deal was consummated to cut costs and boost sales, with no monopoly or price manipulation against producers or consumers.
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Jardine
Armour and Morris
Wallace
Tonawanda centenarian Nancy Miller long remembered
Nancy Miller, a Tonawanda Seneca woman born in 1809 on Buffalo Creek, is described as Buffalo's oldest native and possibly the United States' oldest living person. The article recalls her childhood amid War of 1812 memories, old Buffalo life, and her long habit of basket weaving and tobacco use, with family details and a planned five generation photo.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Tonawanda Indian Reservation
Nancy Miller
Black Squirrel
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Xpress
Napoleon
Europe
Waterloo
Miller
Nicodemus Billy
Cattaraugus
Allegany
Tonawanda Reservation
Gold-Paved Highway for Nevada Motorists
Nevada motorists will drive on a road paved with gold matter in the mix between Ruth and Iily key towns in eastern Nevada. The gravel analysis reveals flour and flake gold in the material though not in profitable mining quantities. The paving firm uses the gold content as a decorative additive rather than a revenue source.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Ruth
Iily
Famous Violin Found in Vault In Weimar Bequest
A renowned Stradivarius, kept in a safe vault, passed to the Thuringian government after heirs sued for recovery. The case rested on a donor’s will granting heirs option rights on sale. The Supreme Court denied the claim after appeals. Herr Koempel, pupil of Spohr, had entrusted the instrument to the Asylum for the Blind and now it rests with Professor Reitz of the German National Theater Weimar.
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Weimar
Stracdivarius
Koempel
Weimar Court Theater
Supreme Court
Herr Koempel
Ludwig Spohr
Thuringian Asylum For the
Professor Reitz
Bears 24th Child in 24 Years in Yuma Arizona
Mrs Jose Sanchez of Yuma has born her twenty fourth child in twenty four years of married life. She is thirty eight and her husband fifty one. The twenty fourth child is a healthy girl. The other children are pursuing their usual household duties. Only seven of the twenty four children are living. All were born singly in consecutive years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Ariz
Jose Sanchez
Mummified Woman Is Puzzle to Italians
In Naples a naturally mummified body was unearthed at Vatella Salerno of Rosa Scarpa who died in 1912. Her clothing remained colored yet petrified as authorities opened neighboring grave it had decomposed. Locals deem a miracle due to soil chemistry and preservation despite decay in the other tomb.
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Naples
Vatella
Salerno
Rosa Scarpa
Suit Lasts 23 Years in Westernport Md Record
A Swanton farmer J R Wilt Garret county Md wore one suit of clothes for 23 years. He entered a Westernport clothing store in April 1902 for a replacement coat and vest, and received a new coat and vest for the old.
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Westernport
J. R. Wilt
Swanton
Garrett County
Who's Who Shows High College Graduation Rate
A survey finds that sixty three percent of people listed in Who's Who are college graduates, indicating a strong emphasis on higher education among notable figures. The statistic highlights education as a common credential among distinguished individuals.
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Bainbridge
Ohio
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Omaha Municipal
American Legion
Edward W. Pickard
Isconsin
Robert M. la Foullette
Robert M. Jr
Senate
Wilcox
Woodward
McCgovern
Toy Wilcox
United States
France
Joseph Caillaux
Washington
Henri Berenger
Louis Dausset
Paul Dupuy
Marquis Chambrun
M. Calllaux
Painleve
Smoot
Utah
American Debt Funding Commission
Senate Finance Committee
M. Caillaux
Mr. Churchill
United States Commission
America
Borah
Idaho
Moscow
Ermany
Great Britain
Germany
Western Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
League of Nations Assembly
Mosul
World Court For Settlement
League
Turkey
Trak
Mustapha Kemal
The
Interparliamentary Union
Shapurji Snaklatvala
House of Commons
Kellogg
Red
London
Kellorg
Saklatvala
Shenandoah
Naval Officers
Coolidge
Mitchell
Army
Navy Air Service
Myr. Coolidge
Rrussia
Canada
Winnipeg
Grain Futures Administration
Department of Agriculture
Black Sea
J. B P. Griffin
Chicago Board of Trade
Russia
Italy
B. W. Shaw
England
Plebes
West Point
Tonawanda
City of
Lees Troans
Ton-anda
Akron
Batavia
Thuringia
Wranglers
West
Shadeen
T. 1. Kegier
University of Wyoming
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