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Government figures put unwary buyers losses from weak securities in New York at about 400 million dollars yearly. A gangster's aunt defends him as quiet and kindly amid his murders. Fort Charles Fort creates a new super checkers game with seven thousand squares and a thousand men. Russian caricaturist Catherine Barjansky discusses her craft and limits of mockery without admitting laughter in her eyes.
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New York
Fort—Charles Fort
Catherine Barjansky
God
Sinclair Lewis
Racket Problem Analyzed By Four Local Professors
Four university instructors from city hotbeds of learning discuss racketeering in a lighthearted piece on Coney Island and weigh in on causes and cures. Dr Doug Fryer cites social institutions. Dr Charley Shaw notes hero worship. Dr Jay Nash warns crime as play. Dr Walter Spahr calls for honest government.
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Doc
Doug. Fryer
Charley Shaw
Charley Shaw, Professor of Philosophy: ‘As Long As ‘Scarface
al’ Capone
Babe’ Ruth
Bobby’ Jones
Charley’ Lindbergh
Jay Nash
Walter Spahr
Tobe denies American fashion originator claim
Tobe, fashion director, denies there is a distinct American originator of fashions as in Paris. He argues Americans cannot match Paris results because clothes are crafted by scholars and artists, not drawn from air or haphazard invention.
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Tobe
America
Paris
Bach Cantata Echoes From Thomas Church in Leipzig
In Leipzig on Sundays during the current year listeners may hear Bach cantatas in the Thomas Church where he served as organist and choir director from 1723 to 1750. The Thomaner boys choir sings motettes Fridays at 1 30 and Saturdays at 6. Luther preached his reformation sermon in the Thomas Church.
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Leipzig
Johann Sebastian Bach
Thomas Church
Thomaner
Thomas School
Bach
Luther
Auto Disappears Into Quicksand Near Eureka Beach
Clam diggers are warned not to panic if they uncover parts of a car on the Eureka beach north of the city. Mrs. A R Porter drove onto the sand and the car sank beneath the surface when she went back to retrieve it. The note ends with a stray remark about government finances and schemes.
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International News Service
Eureka
Calif
Here
A. R. Porter
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers Revealed
Word list includes capitals and several clues covering geography gods and metals with entries like Colombia capital, God of love, and a range of terms from body parts to astronomy. The puzzle provides numerous plus signs of cross reference answers and a section titled Answer to Previous Puzzle.
Chess Becomes King Of Games In San Quentin
In San Quentin California chess overtakes checkers as the prison’s leading pastime with games in cells and yard. Champion Vincent J. Christy, a Los Angeles bandit serving five years to life, won 29 of 34 games in a July 1926 start. runner up Manuel Navarro, and Welby Hunt, sicked, withdrew.
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International News Service
San Quentin
Calif
Vincent J. Christy
Los Angeles
Christy
Poland
Manuel Navarro
Welby Hunt
Oregonian Becomes Champ Wood Chopper
Albany Oregon June 18 Pete McLaren world champion wood chopper won 50 dollars by cutting through a 58 inch circumference log in 2 minutes 45 seconds. He beat Paul Miller Roy Morlan and George W Hayes under the contest rule of two thirds of Miller’s time. McLaren won handily.
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Albany
Ore
Pete McLaren
Paul Miller
Roy Morlan
North Albany
George W. Hayes
McLaren
Beaver Incisors and a 1892 Bicycle Railway Plan
A fragment notes beaver incisors cut trees by rubbing edges with tooth surfaces. It mentions a 1892 company to build the Hotchkiss Bicycle Railway between Mt Holly and Smithville New Jersey. It also cites language guidance and a 1812 war anniversary, with miscellaneous lines on slavery and horoscopes.
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Hotchkiss
MT Holly
Smithville
N.J
Questioning history and riddle sentences
A triad of prompts asks where King John granted Magna Charta to English barons whether Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves and a brain teaser comparing the heart to a watchman.
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John
Bears increase in Flathead forests near Kalispell
In Kalispell Montana on June 18, deputy ranger supervisor Charles Hash reported rapid growth of bears of various colors in the Flathead forests. New game laws restrict trapping and hunting with dogs, allowing bears to be taken only by close shooting, with grizzlies posing the greatest danger.
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Kalispell
Mont
Flathead
Charles Hash
South Fork
Bruin
Brains Will Break In Rodent Camp Food Caches
An unnamed speaker notes that an unguarded camp overnight is unlikely to be found intact and warns that the brains will break anything to access food caches. The remark underscores caution about guarding supplies and the opportunistic behavior of the subjects.
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Hash
Boat Rams Catfish on Wa bash River in Indiana
In Terre Haute Indiana June 18 a motor boat on the Wabash River struck a 40 pound spoonbill catfish, stunning it. Occupants Carl Stahl Barney Delaney and Audie Powell hauled the fish aboard and later shared catfish steaks. The fish measured 48 inches with an 18 inch spoonbill and was likely the river’s largest spoonbill catfish.
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International News Service
Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash
Carl Stahl
Barney Delaney
Audie Powell
Ancient Log Fort Still Stands In Illinois
Woodbine Illinois reports a log fort with stockade still standing in fair condition from a hundred years ago built to guard settlers against Black Hawk led Indians. A spring supplying water rests within the refuge. A movement aims to rebuild it as a museum. it may be the last such relic in the Middle West. The article notes a mild crime wave with a dismissive line.
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Woodbine, Ill
Black Hawk
Middle West
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