Funeral for William Jennings Bryan Opens at Church in D C
William Jennings Bryan rests in the Church of the Presidents in Washington with thousands filing by the flag draped bier. Government buildings are at half mast, the State Department closes, and Bryan’s body will lie until 3 PM before burial at Arlington.
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William K. Hutchinson
International News Service
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Potomac
Arlington
America
State Department
Bryan
Shoro
Commission Places Final Valuation On Railway Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission fixed a final valuation of 20,150,000 dollars for the Chicago Terre Haute and Southwestern Railroad as of June 30, 1916. The line operates 362 miles of track.
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Commission
International News Service
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Chicago, Terra Haute and Southwestern Railroad
Arm color talk in a playful 1920s chat
A humorous exchange about skin tone and tanning trends. A speaker asks about arm whitening and another replies arms are sunburnt from outdoor work. The dialogue satirizes fashion that prizes brown arms over pale skin and reflects era attitudes toward beauty and labor.
Prominent turfman under bail after deadly auto crash
In New York on July 31 Charles C. Frey a noted turfman formerly of Louisville Ky was released on $2000 bail after his car struck and killed Anna Beach 19 of Woodside NY Frey who was driving Wilda Bennetts private auto faced technical homicide charges Also in the car were Bennett and Albert Barringer Freys wife had sued last May alleging alienation of affections against the actress involved.
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International News Service
New York
Charles C. Frey
Louisville
Liberty Today
Anna Beach
Woodside
N. Y
Frey
Wilda Bennett
Miss Bennett
Albert Barringer
Attorctiva
Great Lakes scan seeks Drake Hotel bandit in theft probe
State authorities widen hunt for two captured bandits linked to the Drake Hotel holdup. A former seaman Melnechuck is sought on Great Lakes routes as police warn steamship captains and lake ports to watch for him. Authorities plan speedy trials for Joseph Holmes and Jack Wilson, with a date set by Chief Justice Hopkins.
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International News Service
Chicago
William Melnechuck
Drake Hotel
Moder
Great Lakes
Crowe
Milwaukee
Duluth
Detroit
Cleveland
Frank Hodkey
Polea
Melnechuck
Great Lakes Carriers’ Association
Melnochuck
Norfolk
New Orteang
Citie
Jacob H. Hopkins
Joseph Holmes
Jack Wilson
Woods
Crown
Death by Own Action Unidentified Victim In Reading
International News Service reports in Reading Pa that a 23 year old man, found shot at Tocca hotel last Tuesday, remains unidentified. Clues include a pocket book inscription nobody from nowhere and notes on a New York newspaper label. Chicago police may join inquiry to determine if the victim is Robert Scott or Philip Knox Knapp, with other cities also sending inquiries.
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International News Service
Heading
Hhis Bier
Toca
New York
Yaster
Chicago
Robert
Scott
Russell T” Scott
Philp Knox Knapp
Richmond
Logansport
Ind
Chattanooga
Skip Stop System To Start August 1
Eastbound street cars will abandon the Chestnut street stop and a midway stop will be added between Oak street and West Avenue. Elmira Avenue stops will be abandoned while the next east and west stops will be near Button Street. Prof and Mrs R H Johns of Park Avenue depart for California tonight to visit friends including Mr and Mrs Eldridge Asher of Hollywood. Prof Johns will return in two weeks.
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Ald
Park Avenue
California
Mric
Eldridgs Asher
Hollywood
Amd
Johns
Remuta
Record Tax Payments Made Here During Day
Taxpayers of New Castle rush to pay school taxes before discount ends at 5 p.m. Large corporations such as Carnegie Steel, American Sheet and Tin Plate, Standard Steel Car, and Pennsylvania Engineering show substantial payments. Treasurer Ira M. Ramsey says rebates for early payers require warrants from school district officials, delaying refunds.
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New Castle
Bream
Carnegie.Steel Company
American Sheat and Tin Plate Company
New Castle Works
Standard Steel Car Company
Pennsylvania Engineering
Ira M. Ramsey
Resson
Ramesy
Aged Couple In Fatal Accident Near Blairsville
Aged couple Mr. and Mrs. George Cribbs, aged 85 and 89, died when their carriage plunged over an embankment as horses bolted near the Cribbs farm in Blairsville, Pa. They were driving home last night and were killed almost instantly. Survived by four sons including O. L. Cribbs, a railroad freight agent in Greensboro, Pa. C. S. Cribbs of Denver. A. A. Cribbs of St Paul. and W. O. Cribbs of Shalbyville, Ind.
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International Mews Service
Blairsville
George Cribbs
Cribbs
O.L. Cribbs
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crap Shooters Roundup Leads to Fines in Croton District
Officers Harper and Moore nabbed three players in a Croton district craps game last night. Tekin, Matteo had sentence suspended. Massey and James Wale each paid fines of 100.
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Moore
Letera
Syling
Croton
Tekin
Matteo
Mike Massey
James Wale
Coolidge May Face Involvement in Coal Wage Talks
Atlantic City service reports the coal wage dispute between operators and miners, with arbitration urged by employers and rejected by the unions. President Coolidge may be drawn in as the joint conference plans adjournment to Tuesday for formal replies. Miss Charlotte Andrews remains seriously ill in Shenango Valley hospital.
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Agutuat
Charlotte Andrews
Court Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Man Fatally Shot After Philadelphia Siege by Police
Dominic Malura died from ten bullet wounds after a two hour standoff with more than 50 officers in Philadelphia. Two policemen were wounded as Malura fired at least 30 shots from six weapons before a ruse by Inspector John Blackburn allowed officers to breach the cellar. Police say the man, aged 60, may have been intoxicated during a birthday celebration.
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Matura
Pennsylvania Hospital
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Blackburn
Malura
Maiira
Dr King May Be Selected To Succeed Benn
Harrisburg dispatch notes political shifts at the state capitol after James S. Benn is removed from the public service commission. Dr Clyde L. King, secretary of the commonwealth, is expected as his successor, with Pinchot holding a working majority as five of seven commissioners have been named by the governor.
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Scattergood
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J. George Becht
Department of Public Instruction
Evane and
Martle
American Government Desires Caillaux in Washington on French Debt
Washington July 31 The American government hopes Joseph Caillaux the French finance minister will travel to Washington next month to negotiate funding France wartime debt of 84 billion francs amid collapsed Anglo French talks in London. Treasury officials fear uncoordinated talks with un authorized French negotiators.
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George R. Holmes
Mews
Washington
Joseph Caillaux
France
Pavia
London
Parméntier
Jusxers
Daeschner
Britain
Hold Artists Model Amid Aftermath Of Wild Chase Death
New York July 31 A 20-year-old artist model Miss Labette refused to name two companions in a stolen car that killed 15-year-old Jerome Mangan after a high speed chase. She was arrested for homicide as detectives pursued the roadster and gunfire echoed through several blocks before it crashed near Mulberry Street. The fugitives fled, leaving Labette behind. Meanwhile Earl Bishop and wife with son James plan a ten day motor trip to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Cleveland after they depart Saturday.
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Linternationalews Service
New York
Mazle Labette
Jerome Mangan
Miss Labette
Mulberry Street
Ha- Hoy
Earl Bishop
James
Ray Street
C. E. Patterson
Chestnut Street
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Claveland
Death Record Fragments Include Several Names on Local Streets
Partial death notice lists Robert James Cochran and Emmett McCart among others with scattered street references on South Beaver Spring and Patterson Wilks areas. Fragmentary text suggests an obituary notice or public death record with names and locales.
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Robert James Cochran
Avert British Coal Strike At Eleventh Hour
Britain’s coal strike was averted at the eleventh hour as mine owners suspended notice for two weeks and miners’ leaders ordered continued work. The move came with a government subsidy pledge of 50 million dollars to maintain the current wage scale through spring.
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England
Teds
Search Woods For Baby Girl Missing Since Last Tuesday
More than 200 neighbors state and county police and scouts search woods near Dryville for 23 month old Jeannie Behm missing since Tuesday. Authorities consider possible hit and run hospital transfer and rule out kidnapping. depth of woods and exposure raise fears she may be dead.
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Reading
Woada
Dryville
Jeannie Behm
Pennsylvania
Jeannie
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