Russian Princess Wins Entry To U. S.
Secretary Davis ordered New Orleans immigration authorities to admit Princess Ivan Tchernitschev of Russian aristocracy to the United States. Born in Louisville in 1881, she said she seeks her eight year old son and claimed American citizenship after a perilous voyage, partly as stowaway and stewardess.
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Washington
Jary
Davis
Bureau of Immigration
New Orleans
Ivan Tchernitschev
United States
Texandria
Louisville
Europe
Craschzno
New Novgoord
Tchernitschew
America
Department of Labor
White Lightning Saves Negro a Court Sentence
Roscoe Hughes, a Black resident of Sheffield, Missouri, credits a high profile ally with saving him from a court sentence after his service in the Eight. The report notes Hughes’s pride in his soldierly record as of June 13.
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WHITE
Kansas City
Roscoe Hughes
Sheffield
Mystery Masked Riders Parade Through Greenville
Three men in white robes rode through Greenville on horseback aloft in public view June 13. Officials denied Ku Klux Klan ties and suggested the stunt could be a hoax or an advertising ploy.
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Greenville
Ku Klux Klan
Cimarron Board Refuses to Dismiss Smoking School Leader
The Cimarron school board backs Kipling’s adage and refuses to fire W. N. Peck, superintendent, for cigar smoking and for belonging to a club where bridge whist is played, despite state superintendent Lorraine E. Wooster’s demand.
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Topeka
Kan
Cimarron
Kipling
Lorraine E. Wooster
W. N. Peck
Four Rules For A Happy Marriage
Cleveland June 13 Judge Florence B Allen, a famed American jurist, shares four rules for happy marriages. The wife should have a regular allowance, the husband should have a business partner in his wife, and the wife should never nag but work with him. She notes she has reconciled 101 couples and granted 246 divorces across her term, and urges caution against hasty marriages.
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Cleveland
Florence B. Allen
America
Allen Hag
Allen
Sunburn Links to Poison in Light Exposure
Paris reports Dr. F Greer explains that prolonged sun exposure causes cell inflammation and poison production. Large burns over a third of body surface are likely fatal, while lighter burns are treated by rotating exposed skin to allow safe light penetration.
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Paris
F. Greer
Annales de Medecene
Mother Rescues Son From 80 Foot Well Bucket
In Prescott Kansas on June 13 Billie Pruit 77 son of Irvin Pruit narrowly escaped death after falling headfirst into an 80 foot well half full of water. His sister held a rope to a tree as Billie climbed the curb to fetch water the rope slipped and he struck rocks. His mother Billie Pruit pulled him from the well in a water bucket.
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Prescott
Kan
Billie Pruit
Irvin Pruit
Billie
Trio of Police Begin Two Week Vacations
A trio of local police start their annual two weeks' vacations today. Officer John Moore of the day force, Motorcycle Officer H M Reynolds and Officer James Hagan of the night force will enjoy a respite from duty.
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John Moore
Day Force
H. M. Reynolds
James Hagan
Night Force
Mayes and London Answers Quip on Separation
A brief London Answers exchange features Mayes saying he will pursue a separation and his wife has not spoken to him for six months, followed by a retort that another wife may not be found. The dialogue reflects sharp social commentary on marriage and relationships.
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Mayes
London
Whale Bumping Common With Increase Of Them
Seattle reports say reduced whaling off the north Pacific coast has left big whales more visible near shore gatherings. Capt McKenzie of the Liberator notes whales slowed progress by surrounding ships. The Queen also encountered a school off Colvos rocks and whales rubbed plates amid a rough encounter.
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Seattle
North Pacific
McKenzie
Liberator
San Francisco
Queen
Ketchikan
Colvos Rocks
Gray Harbor
Wash
Bering Sea
Japan
Missouri claims title Mother of Authors with 54 writers
The Missouri claim to motherhood of authors lists fifty four writers identified as born in Missouri and skilled in the writing trade. Notables include Winston Churchill, Augustus Thomas, Rupert Hughes, Fannie Hurst, Sara Teasdale, Harold Bell Wright, Zoe Akins, Geo Creel and Mary C. Dillon with others named as Missouri born writers.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Missouri
Winston Churchill
Augustus Thomas
Rupert Hughes
Fannie Hurst
Sara Teasdale
Harold Bell Wright
Zoe Akins
Geo, Creel
Mary C. Dillon
William H. Hamby
Louis Dodge
Homer Cros
J. Breck
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U. S
France
Anthony P. Nugent
Roscoe
Nugent
Mysterious Riders
New England
Hanna
Johnston’s Thrift
New Castle Hardware Co
New Castle
Bank
Lawrence Savings & [Rustompany
Federal Reserve
Royal
C. P
Royal Baking Powder Co
William St
New York
Pestum Cereal Company, Inc
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Enridge Ellis
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Temple Bailey
Shirley L. Seifert
Hugh F. Grimstead
John Curran
Edna Kenton
Burris Jenkins
Maude Radford Warren
Missouri Writers’ Guild
Leigh Mitchel Hodges
Mary A. Owen
Louise Platte Hauche
James Newton Baskett
Emily Newell Blair
Corrine Harris Markey
Elizabeth P. Milbank
Clifford R. Knight
Dean L. Hefferman
Emmett F. Harte
Elinor Maxwell Farnham
James W. Earp
Sam Hellman
Father Tierney
Mary Blake Woodson
Catha Wells
Bagdasar K. Baghdigian
Ralph E. Mooney
Frederick C. Davis
Evelyn Campbell
Myrtle J. Trachsel
Claude Callan
Dale M. Brown
John E. Pickett
Missiouri
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