Mexican Bandit Frees Americans
The eighty five employees of the La Corona Oil company near Tecero in the Tampico district were released after being seized by rebel General Gorocabe. The incident, linked to pressure on Obregon’s recognition efforts, drew cryptic reports from Consul Shaw and Charge Summerlin in Mexico City.
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Consul Shaw
Charge Summerlin
Mexico City
A. Bruce Bielaski
Mexico
Obregon
United States
Harding to Press Plain Talk at Meeting on Coal Crisis
President Harding plans to speak frankly at a meeting aimed at forcing federal action to regulate the coal mining industry. Allies say his patience with the industry is nearly exhausted and he will urge measures to halt public bilking and restore production, with cabinet aides guiding the session.
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Harding
Coal
Where To Go Tonight Features Bur n Em Up Barnes
Listings announce Tonight's shows including Johnny Hines in Burn em Up Barnes at REGENT with Queen of the Turf and Irene Castle in No Trespassing, plus an all star cast in Poverty of Riches at Penn.
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Johnny Hines
Barnes
Nixon
Irene Castle
PENN
Shopmen's Strike Likely Averted After Parley Today
Railroad labor board moves to curb alleged evasion of the transportation act as only 19 of 201 Class A roads faced citations. A conference today may yield pledges to abolish the practice, with union leaders declining comment while a strike call remains in abeyance awaiting outcomes.
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B. M. Jewell
Railway Employes Department
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Maintenance of Way
W. Hooper
Hooper
Birthday Editor Membership Coupon Printing
The Birthday Editor invites readers to fill out the coupon and mail to The Birthday Editor at The New Castle News. Includes instructions to write plainly, provide name, and send in the coupon to be placed on the membership roll and published at the proper time. Address and school attended fields noted.
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New Castle News
New Castle
Regulation of Retail Prices to Curb Profiteering
Senator Norris proposed a drastic move to regulate retail prices on all importable products through a 99 percent tax on the difference between import costs and final retail price. The plan aims to curb profiteering on imports and push American goods to compete with cheaper foreign items.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate
Norris
Flying Squadron Meetings End With Noted Speakers
The Flying Squadron closes this evening at Central Presbyterian Church with Rev Oliver Wayne Stewart of Chicago and Rev Norma C Brown of Bloomington Ill. Stewart, a renowned preacher, and Brown the Illinois Senate’s first female chaplain, will deliver messages to local residents. James H Woertendyke of Chicago spoke last night on enforcement of the 18th Amendment, offering a federal perspective based on nationwide study.
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Chicago
Norma C. Brown
Bloomington
Ill
Illinois Senate
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Stewart
Rev. Brown
James H. Woertendyke
Woertendyke
Flying Squadron
Arrests at Ellwood City carnival prompt clashes
State Police Officer Wyatt escorted attorney M J Kraus to custody for interfering. Chief Clark of Ellwood City arrested Wyatt after Constable French laid hands on Kraus at the crowd’s start. Kraus, a bystander, had charges dropped. County authorities moved prisoners to New Castle as a raiding party, including Detective J M Dunlap and five state police officers, faced the gathered crowd.
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Ellwood City
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New Castle
J. M. Dunlap
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W. G. Graham
Samuel Smith
B. F. Myers
James Ellison
Alex. Johnson
Walter Bannon
Nick Meshatta
Frank Johnston
Alec Sabo Shows Improvement After Self Inflicted Wound
Alec Sabo of the Old Country club ground is improving at City hospital in Ellwood City Pa after shooting himself through the lung during a despondent spell over his wife and children. Doctors expect recovery from the injury and consider the wound non fatal to personal safety.
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Alec Sabo
Old Country Club Ground
City Hospital
De Valera Active in Dublin Irregulars Report
A dispatch reports Eamonn De Valera actively fighting with the Irish Republican irregulars in Dublin. He is said to have enlisted in a Dublin brigade, and the army’s official paper confirms his active service. A separate note mentions sugar cane hosts 227 insect varieties.
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International News Service
London
Eamonn de Valera
Dublin
the Standard
Irish Republican Army
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Four Courts fall sparks heavy fighting in Dublin
Irish Regulars drive through Dublin after the fall of the Four Courts as clashes spread to outposts and counties. Casualties reported light for Republicans, about 150 Free State dead and wounded. De Valera reportedly fights with irregulars. British troops fire on Talbot Street. Provisional government appeals for support amid unrest.
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London
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Drill Removed From Jaw Of Trenton Woman
Mrs. Frank H. Winner of Trenton says a broken dental drill was lodged in her jaw for eight weeks before a portion of it was removed. She admits she was the winner. The incident occurred in Trenton New Jersey on June 30.
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International News Service
Trenton
N. J
Frank H. Winner
Burns Always Wrote Down What He Had Finished
The poet Burns memorized his verses before composing them and when he began to write he faced only the task of recording what he had already completed.
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Burns
Death of 2-Year-Old Antionette Caravella
Antionette Caravella, aged 2, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pasquale Caravella of 106 Sennett Street, died this morning at home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 o clock from St Vitus church with interment in St Vitus cemetery.
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North Union bans married women and underage teachers
North Union township in Fayette county bars married women from teaching and limits hires in high schools to those 21 or older. The board closed doors to married women and will ask current holders to resign, noting a surge of applicants and predicting wider adoption by other townships for the 1922-23 term.
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North Union Township
Fayette County
Board of Education
Lynching Tree Has Disappeared
Memorial Day services at the old Rural Cemetery in Santa Rosa report the removal of the hangman’s tree where the three Slayers of Sheriff James Petray and detectives Lester Dorman and Miles Jackson were lynched. The locust tree was cut down by cemetery officials amid Grand Army of the Republic protests and a rush by visitors seeking souvenirs.
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International News Service
Santa Rosa
Cal
Old Rural Cemetery
James Petray
Lester Dorman
Miles Jackson
Cemetery Association
Grand Army of the Republic
College Puts Ban on All Nicotine
Cotner University in Lincoln suburb enforces a strict no smoking rule. Eleven athletes and one debater lose honors including five football sweaters and a golden key for forensics after admitting guilt. Names were not released though some accused may be from faculty families.
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Neb
Cotner University
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Poincare to Unveil French Monument at Jonchery
Paris reports Premier Raymond Poincare will unveil a monument at Jonchery near the Swiss border on July 16 to honor corporal Peugeot the first Frenchman killed in the war. Peugeot was shot while on sentry duty as Uhlans invaded the district shortly before Germany declared war. The grave will receive the military medal and the croix de guerre.
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Raymond Poincare
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Uhlang
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France
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Apple Crop Insurance Sparks Heavy Losses in Martinsburg
Insurance men report booming business in Martinsburg as a new per barrel apple crop policy underwrites hundreds of thousands of dollars. The policy sets a rate of 30 dollars per 1009 valuation with nine cents per barrel for fruit valued at three dollars. Coverage runs from issue date to October 20 and insures apples by variety.
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International News Service
Martinsburg
States to Exhibit at Brazil Centennial Exposition
San Francisco June 30 Twenty nine states and many cities will send missions and exhibits to Brazil's Centennial Exposition opening September 7 and running to March 31 1923 The U S government plans two buildings costing 1 000 000 for federal and citizen exhibits Brazil is friendly says Sampaio noting Brazil’s constitution resembles the U S with a four year presidential term and that coffee consumption totals 20 000 000 sacks yearly with the United States consuming half.
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International News Service
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United States
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Sebastiao Sampaio
Sampaio
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Don Pedro II
Philadelphia
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Heavy Sale Of Fake Degrees Revealed In Europe
London reports charges by George E. Maclean that agents promote fake American university diplomas. He cites the Oriental University of Washington DC, its charter battles in Virginia, and U S State Department cautions. Chicago is named as another notorious center.
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Tiny Maxwell Dies After Car Wreck in Norristown
NORRISTOWN Pa June 30 Help the others never mind me were the words of Tiny Maxwell sports writer and athlete as he lay pinned under the wreck of his big motor car fatally injured Maxwell died today in Montgomery hospital Seven ribs tore his lungs hip dislocated but he cried Help the others Bob Maxwell died as he lived Game.
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Bob’ Maxwell
Danish custom ties ring to fingers for weddings
In Denmark engaged girls wear a plain gold ring on the left hand third finger. Upon marriage the ring is moved to the right hand third finger.
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Denmark
Iron in Blood Enables Ploughshare Like Tool Weight
Report notes that the iron content of the blood from 42 men could form a ploughshare weighing 24 pounds, illustrating an unusual estimation of iron supply.
Whadda Ya See Lawn Mowing Spree In Town
The rain over the past two days spurred widespread grass cutting with many motor owners brushing off pitches as they finish trips on newly oiled highways. Citizens discuss milk fund appeals, Fourth of July plans unfold, and locals observe a lively mix of pedestrians, students, ex soldiers, barbers, newsboys, and readers at Mill and Washington streets.
Montana Seeks To Improve Primaries
Helena June 30 Montana moves to replace the present primary law with a new measure to improve primaries. The plan would hold county and State conventions with explicit rules in law. Delegates would be chosen by precinct primaries and county conventions, with State conventions nominating state and congressional offices.
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International News Service
Helena
Mont
Montana
Soldiers Try To Trap Miners At Cabin Creek
National Guard troops with state police and deputy sheriffs moved into the Cabin Creek field early in the day to encircle an armed group of about 75 miners near Crown Hill. Troops cut off escape routes as efforts intensified to surround the miners and force a junction this afternoon.
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International News Service
Charleston
W. Va
National Guard
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Dry Creek Branch
Crown Hill
Two Huge Turtles Are Caught By Floridans
Tampa Florida reports the prize turtle catch of the season as Mr and Mrs B S Campbell and Mr and Mrs F W Dixon land a 400 pound turtle and two 200 pound specimens. The note calls June the turtle laying month and describes how hunters flip and haul the catch home.
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International News Service
Tampa
Fla
B. S. Campbell
F. W. Dixon
Fifteen Thousand Die in U S Fires Last Year
A national tally reports fifteen thousand fatalities from fires across the United States during the previous year, highlighting the scale of residential and urban blaze losses nationwide.
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United States
Norway weighs railway electrification options
Norway studies potential pathways to electrify its rail network. Authorities examine power supply, infrastructure needs, and cost implications for a shift toward electric traction across major routes.
Woman Lives as Man for Three Weeks in Frederick Police Case
Edith L. Roberts of Frederick claims to have lived as a man for three weeks enjoying street life and cigars. An officer stopped her, a physician rejected the claim, and Magistrate J Grahame Johnson found the plea unavailing leading her to return to female dress.
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Edith L. Roberts
John Adams
J. Grahame Johnson
Miss Roberts
McDevitt Appointed Judge by Governor Sproul
Philadelphia June 30 Harry S McDevitt secretary to Gov Sproul was named to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of President Judge John M Patterson of the Court of Common Pleas His resignation takes effect today The appointment and Judge Shoemaker's commission were sent to Harrisburg Gov Sproul may choose James S McCoy as his new private secretary.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Harry S. McDevitt
Gee. Brroul
Thevennor
John M. Patterson
Court of Common Pleas Court
Shoemaker
Harrisburg
Sproul
James S. McCoy
State Department of Health
McDevitt
French Paper Opposes Dempsey Carp Match
Paris June 30 L Auto questions a second Carp entier Dempsey bout. The sporting journal argues the match is unfair to Carp entier and lacks sport ing interest. It asks readers to vote on a return bout by printing ballot blanks.
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Paris
L’auto
Paris Sporting Journal
Carpentier
London Scientist Proposes Insect Aided Garden Defense
A London scientist advocates training harmless insects to attack pests that damage garden crops, offering a biological method to reduce crop harm. The plan envisions using natural enemies to curb pests without chemical controls.
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London
Indians in Oregon Count Reaches 4590 in Census
Census data shows 4,590 Indians living in Oregon. This figure reflects the final tally of Native residents in the state.
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Oregon
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