Defense Starts Presenting Case In Murder Trial
The Chicago trial of William D. Shepherd continues with the state resting after Faiman's testimony and the defense beginning its evidence. Cross examination of Dr Charles C Faiman faced repeated clashes over admissibility of testimony about an alleged swindle tied to Farman in Minnesota before adulthood.
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International News Service
Chicago
Faiman
Charles C. Faiman
William D. Shepherd
Star Chamber
Farman
Minneapolis
Robert E. Crowe
William Stewart
Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Blind Local Girl Tops Class At St Marys With 98 Percent
Julia Catherine Quinn a totally blind thirteen year old daughter of Mrs. Mary Quinn 40 North Beaver street led her St Marys Parochial School class with a 98 percent term average. She lost sight in summer 1921 yet learned the touch system and uses a typewriter for written work.
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Julia Catherine Quinn
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Mary Quinn
North
Beaver Street
Me Marry Mush Murmurs Mae Her Account of English Skill
A fragment notes Mae Her’s command of English shows high school level composition ability. The passage highlights her remarkable mental development despite blindness and difficulty with written arithmetic calculations.
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Mae
Identified Pittsburgh River Death of Miss Julia Considine
The body of Julia Considine 28 of Washington Pennsylvania was identified after being recovered from the Monongahela River. Her brother Leo Considine said she came to Pittsburgh seeking work and appeared discouraged by failures. Authorities ruled death by drowning and not foul play. Funeral arrangements set for Saturday.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Julia Considine
Washington
Leo Considine
Outdoor season meals and quirky seasonal notes
Arthur Mometer describes a merry outdoor season with field lunches and playful food imagery. The text humorously references outdoor meals, weird combinations like coffee in ice cream, and warm weather as seventy nine degrees.
Train Wreck Toll Rises to Forty Five in New Jersey
Hackettstown N J June 19 The death toll in the Lackawanna Railroad wreck at Rockport near here grew to 45 with the death in Dover hospital of John Krincekitz 69 of Chicago.
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International News Service
Hackettstown
N. J
Lackawanna
Simplicity To Mark Funeral Of LaFollette
Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin dies ending a colorful political career and will lie in state in Madison. He returns home to rest away from politics, surrounded by family on Wyoming Avenue as people from all walks pay tribute in a quiet farewell.
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Kenneth Clark
International News Service
Washington
Robert Marion LaFollette
Wisconsin
Madison
Wyoming Avenue
Tornado Kills 28 in Altai Villages. Storm Haunts Black Sea
A southern Siberian storm devastated two Altai villages killing 28 and injuring hundreds. The same storm battered Black Sea shipping as it swept along the coast. Snow covered northern Russia for the first time in a century in June.
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International News Service
Moscow
Altai
Black Sea
Siberian
Russia
Crisis in China as Riots Spread in Shanghai and Canton
London dispatches report fresh anti foreign riots in Shanghai and Chang king with destruction of British and Japanese shops. A general strike for Canton was threatened while Tianjin feared a fast-approaching crisis. Chinese newspapers accuse the British consul of cruelties and new groups demand war on Great Britain.
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International News Service
London
Shanghai
Changking
Canton
Tien- Tsin
China
Great Britain
Baby Swallows Bolt Operation Saves His Life
Etheridge Sadler six year old of Fallis Oklahoma swallowed a three quarter inch stove bolt into his right lung while watching his father at work on May 13 Doctors at Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia removed the bolt with a bronchoscope in a life saving operation Jerome Sadler sent a telegram home noting Etheridge will live The landlord funded the trip to the hospital through his poverty.
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Philadelphia
Etheridge
Jerome Sadler
Fallis
Okla
Jefferson Hospital
Oklahoma
Sadler
Chevalier Jackson
Amundsen Plans Second Polar Flight
Copenhagen reports Captain Amundsen intends a new attempt to reach the North Pole after a reportedly reticent return to Spitzbergen. The dispatch notes valuable data gained and praise for his leadership while parliament and officials hail the expedition.
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International News Service
Copenhagen
Amundsen
North Pole
Social Demokraten
Spitzbergen
Pole
Stoerking
Skattum
M. Salvesen
Norway
Salvesen
Death of La Follette reshapes national politics
Washington dispatch says Sen. La Follette's death triggers major shifts in party dynamics. Leaders foresee collapse of the independent third party movement he spawned, erosion of insurgent senate bloc, and new chances for regular Republican organizations to gain control, especially in Wisconsin and the Northwest.
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Sen. la Follette
Washington
la Follette
Third Party
LaFollette
Senate
Wisconsin
Northwest
Wiscon
Woman Witnesses First Hanging In Cook County
In Chicago June 19 a woman bypassed guards at Cook county jail to witness the hanging of Willie Sams, a policeman killer. Dressed in male disguise she confessed morbid curiosity but was not detained. Sams spoke his last words, asking forgiveness as the trap released him.
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International News Service
Chicago
Cook County
Willie Sams
Charles Peters
Katheryn de Naoulet
Sams
Lieutenant Ellsworth Hero In Polar Flight Rescue
Lieutenant Lincoln Ellsworth, the Ohio aviator who joined Roald Amundsen toward the North Pole, saved two expedition members from drowning when Amundsen’s plane iced in. Norwegian naval attaché Commander Christian Prestrud praised Ellsworth’s resolve and hinted at a possible new pole expedition, possibly with an airship.
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David M. Church
Ellsworth
Amundsen
Lieutenant Governor Will Attend New Castle Centennial
Lieutenant Governor David J Davis of Pennsylvania will be the opening day speaker on Centennial Day in New Castle from June 29 to July 4. A former 28th Division colonel and adjutant, he later led American Legion activities and now serves as Pennsylvania Senate president.
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New Castle
David J Davis
Pennsylvania
Davis
Charles H. Muir
American Legion
Senate
St Marys School Closes Term With 34 Eighth Grade Certificates
St Marys parochial school will award certificates to 34 pupils who completed eighth grade work at the annual closing exercises in the school hall at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon. The regular term ended today and promotion cards were given to seven lower grades.
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St. Mary’s Parochial School
Norway Hails Amundsen Return From Pole Mission
Norway proclaimed Amundsen a national hero as he and four crew members returned to Kings Bay from a 28 day missing period near the North Pole. A Danish steamer carried them home and plans to attempt another polar flight were hinted as crowds cheered in Oslo and national anthems sounded.
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Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Amundsen
MacMillan Plans Arctic Study and Lost Continent Search
Commander Donald B. MacMillan prepares a ninth Arctic expedition starting from Wiscasset Maine with Eskimo photography and Arctic life studies. A search will be made for a supposed lost continent rich in coal and minerals possibly inhabited by humans, aided by the National Geographic Society. Baseball will be introduced to the Eskimos by Maynard Owen Williams as part of the Arctic season.
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Donald B. MacMillan
Far North
MacMillan
Peary
North Pole
National Geos Graphie Society
New England
Viking
Eskimos
Maynard Owen Williams
The
Geographic Society
Williams
Extremely Glas Amundsen Safe Says MacMillan
A report notes that the Glas Amundsen remains extremely secure while MacMillan asserts its safety and capability. The source emphasizes confidence in the vessel's protections and operational integrity.
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Glas Amundsen
MacMillan
Amundsen Explores To Greenland Base Plan Remains
Commander Donald Baxter MacMillan announces departure for a ninth Arctic expedition from Wiscasset Maine on Saturday. He praises Amundsen and confirms plans to establish a polar base at Cape Thomas Hubbard on Axel Heiberg Island and base Etah at Greenland’s northern tip while awaiting further exploration.
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Donald Baxter MacMillan
Arctic
Amundsen
Cape Columbia
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Axel Hiebere
Etah
Greenland
World’s Christian Union Convention Opens In Scotland
In Edinburgh on June 19 five hundred delegates from fifty two nationalities joined Miss Anna Adams Gordon of Evanston Illinois at the opening session of the twelfth world convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union held in Scotland.
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International News Service
Edinburgh
Scotland
Anna Adams Gordon
Evanston
Ill
The
Women's Christian Temperance Union
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