Paris telephone exchanges flood paralyzing service
Paris faced heavy rains that flooded underground cables in multiple telephone exchanges. Engineers dried the lines and kept some rooms lit for two days to speed drying. Despite the mess, operators remained at their posts to preserve service, recalling wartime resolve amid the weather disruption.
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Alice Langelier
International News Service
Paris
Aig
Mademoiselle
Hilo
Paris Bath Queues Reflect Heat Wave and Health Limits
Parisians flock to swimming baths along the Seine amid hot days and limited sanitary facilities. In June, 44,879 used the old boat moored near the Chamber of Deputies, with half-hour queues. January saw 33,000 bathers pass the cashier and thousands attend swimming lessons. Across the narrative, weather extremes touch Madrid and Norwalk, with heat records and crop floods. a Danish infant makes a record flight from Bourget to Copenhagen, accompanied by his mother.
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Seine
Chamber of Deputies
Lickéimb
Bourget
Paris
Copenhagen
Alderman Frees Farmer Held For Shooting Boys
BRIE, Aug 15. Stanley Gorsen McKeas was held for shooting with intent on July 27 and dismissed at a hearing before Alderman Fred Schmidt. Vincent Sorick charged Gorsen with shooting his two sons while trespassing in a berry patch. The evidence showed a shot was fired but not conclusively tying Gorsen to the act.
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Brie
Stanley Gorsen
McKeas
Fred Schmidt
Vincent Sorick
Gorsen
Vincent
Stanley
Alderman Schmidt
ABE MARTIN Riffs on Petting and Auto Hugging
Abe Martin laments a rash of open hugging and petting after quick marriages. He imagines husbands demanding flawless intellects and warns that public affection may spoil traditional marriage roles. He recalls earlier modest displays and notes women’s consent to casual fondling amid modern liberal trends.
Foster's Weather Prognostication
Washington report predicts August 16 to 28 will bring the month's hottest spell with heat waves and storm activity across the continent. Damage to corn flax and northern grain is anticipated, followed by a cooler wave and widespread showers. A wet fall is likely on the Atlantic seaboard while North American wheat production for 1925 is expected to shrink, amid propaganda and market speculation.
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Washington
Cotton Belt
Gastéra
Atlantic
St. Lawrence Valley
Bermuda
Trussia
Woman Burned To Death In Irwin Home Tragedy
Frances I Kren, 67, of Irwin, burned when her clothing ignited from a lamp she carried. Family found her unconscious on the floor as flames spread in her dwelling early this morning. She leaves three sons and two daughters. Higgins Bros Greatest August for Sale ad follows.
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Jeannetts
Frances Icren
Irwin
Ste
Negro Drinks Canned Heat Lives To Grin
ERSE, Pa. Aug. 25 A man drinks canned heat from a store can and suffers poisoning. Professor Gibbs drinks six cans and is hospitalized but alerts doctors that six may not kill him. Authorities debate safe limits as Gibbs slowly recovers in hospital.
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Erse
Jerry Globe
East Seventeenth Street
Kim Thia
Heta
Walton League Convention Speakers Named for Williamsport Event
Williamport hosts the Izsak Walton League convention next month with speakers including Dr Henry Van Dyke of Princeton Herbert Hoover and Will Dilg. The Pennsylvania division reports a strong turnout as chapters form On to Williamsport committees for a three day gathering.
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International News Service
Williamsport
Izsak Walton League
Williamapore
Henry van Dyke
Princeton University
Herbert Hoover
Will Dilg
Izaaak Walton League of America
Weltonians
League
Pennsylvania
Willamaport
Ohio to vote on amendments and term changes
Columbus Aug 15 Two proposed amendments to Ohio's constitution addressing taxation and financing difficulties will appear before voters on November third. Alongside these is a proposed constitutional amendment on the length of terms for elective state and county offices. Other ballot issues will be local in scope.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nll
Troopers Seize $5,000 Beer Cargo in. Greensburg Dispatch
State troopers from group A seized a freight car beer cargo near Fitzhenry on the Pennsylvania railroad. The high test beverage, salvaged from a siding, was valued at about $5,000 and tied to a bootlegger.
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Greensburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fitzhenry
Here
Vegetable Compound Earns Praise From Clearfield Woman
Mrs Rush Fullerton of 5255 2nd Street Clearfield Pennsylvania testifies that Edie kinks and Vegetable Compound relieved her pain and restored strength. She says it builds up the system, boosts appetite, and eases nervous irritability and urges readers to try it.
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Clearfield
Rush Fullerton
2Nd Street
N Y Cinderella Receives Three Marriage Proposals
New York August 15 Mary Spas once a twentieth century Cinderella for seven days received three marriage offers in today s mail The first came from a coal hills suitor in Carbondale Parle who admitted the picture would she marry him No 2 was from a Nantucket Mass mechanic who admired Mary Pickford and thought Spas resembled her The third offer was from a Broadway New York dancer who sought her as wife and dancing partner Mary said she would reject them all.
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International News Service
New York
Mary Spas
Cinderella
Coal Hills
Carboxdale
Parle
Mary
Nantucket
Mass
Mary Pickford
Mary Spaz
Broadway
Forgetful Cow Shot by Owner jailed in West Virginia
CLANKSBURG W Ya Aug 15 Angered coal miner John Alexander Jackson a negro shot his cow four times when it did not return for milking He began a 60 day jail sentence after paying a 69 fine.
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Clanksburg
John Alexander Jackson
Jackson
Mines Treated To Prevent Explosions
Harrisburg report states sixty two mines in the Pennsylvania bituminous field have been dusted to curb explosion risk over the past year. Secretary Joseph Z Walsh notes rapid adoption, with only four treated a year ago as rock dusting spreads under federal and state guidance.
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Paterna
Harrisburg
Pannsylvania Bituminours
Joseph Z. Walsh
Walsh
Federal Bureau of Mings
Bruceton
West Point Candidates Named for Military Academy Exams
The War Department announced the list of candidates designated for West Point Military Academy examinations starting March 1926. From Ohio Dana Gibson Barber Green Camp Mack Vorhees first alternate Pindlay Pennsylvania Thomas Miffin 25 W Hinckley Avenue Ridley Park Charles Weir first alternate Avondale United States at large designated by President Coolidge Thomas R Shannah Fort Wayne Mich Calvin J Boal Palmyra N J William E Kneass Jr Presidio of Monterey Calif Louis H Kilbourne Oklahoma City Okla
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Cinternational News Service
Washington
West Point Miliary Academy
War Department
Ohio
Dana Gibson Barber
Mack Vorhees
Pindlay
Pennsylvania
Thamas Miffin
Hinckley Avenue
Ridley Park
Charles
Weir
Avondale
United States
Conlidge
Thomas R. Shannah
Fort Wayne
Mich
Calvin J. Boal
Palmyra
N. J
William E. Kneass, Jr
Presidio of
Monterey
Cal
Louis HI
Kilebourne
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mrs Bryan Opposes Memorial Drive for W J Bryan
Mrs Bryan rejects a nationwide fundraising drive to build a Florida memorial for W J Bryan. She approves only a memorial in Arlington Cemetery Washington. Miss Dionysa Bryan Evans, Erran’s goddaughter, announced the Florida plan. A site on Lake Okeechobee Clewiston Florida was donated for the monument showing Bryan with Bible and children.
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New York
W. J. Bryan
Florida
Artington
Washington
Dionysa Bryan Evans
Erran
Lake Okeechobee
Clewiston
Fin
Memorial fund drive fuels subscriptions and prize epitaph plan
Miss Evans stated to the committee that several thousand dollars have already been subscribed for the memorial. The committee expects to boost support by offering prizes for a fitting epitaph.
Huge Coal Merger Planned In South
Lexington Kentucky August 13 plans to consolidate Kentucky and West Virginia coal mines into a 500 million dollar company producing about 150.9 million tons of coal per year await questionnaire returns from operators. Announcement by I E Johnson secretary of the Kentucky Coal Operators Exchange said today.
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Lexington
Kentucky
West Virginia
I.E. Johnson
Kezacd Coal Operators’ Exchange
Germans After Seized Property in U S Territory
The German government renewed efforts to recover property of its citizens seized by the United States during World War I. The German ambassador presented a formal note to Secretary Kellogg seeking opening negotiations on the issue, but the State Department released no comment beyond acknowledging receipt and consideration.
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Waskington
Utaps
United States
Noa
Kellogg
State Department
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