Figures Reveal Rise And Fall Of Shenandoah
The barograph from the airship Shenandoah debris shows a dramatic ascent from 888 feet to 2,080 feet by 4:11 am, then a rapid climb to 6,085 feet by 4:46 am before a swift descent. An inquiry board convenes to determine responsibility for the wreck, with the time prior to disaster under review.
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Shenandoah
Inquiry Board
Shenandosh
Ohio
Facom
Iydnutas
Binuteaaar
Haterp
Baptist Union Opens Session in Butler Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Baptist Union opened its annual conference at the First Baptist church in Butler and will stay in session through Friday. W. F. Stanting of Donora is to be ordained as a minister during the conference, presided over by Rev. W. S. Hottel of Altoona.
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International News Service
R Butler
Pennsylvania Baptist Union
First Baptist Church
W. FL Stanting
Donora
Hey
W. S. Hottel
Altoonn
Explosion Wrecks McKeesport Shoe Shop
In McKeesport Pennsylvania a four story building's front and surrounding houses were damaged by a blast believed to be dynamite. The unoccupied shop belonged to Joseph Palmer an Italian. Police note downward force and a blown hole outside the shop. Palmer denied threats or Black Hand harassment and could not explain the blast.
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International News
Servic
Palmer
First Straw Hat Made Here By Young Girl
The Panama hat claims an odd origin as South American craft, not Panama. Tourists introduced the hat to America, said to have been first woven by a tribe of weavers descended from several peoples.
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Panama
South America
Bucador
Colombia
Peru
America
First American Straw Hat Origin and Early Machinery
The text traces hat making from enslaved workers under Spanish explorer Pizarro to Betsy Metcalf of Providence R I, who in 1788 created the first American straw hat. It notes hats were hand made until 1665, then Bodsworth introduced a sewing machine, followed by rapid improvements and a French inventor’s use of gelatine to stiffen brims.
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Pizarro
Betsy Metcalf
Providence
R. Z
Bodsworth
Cyclist Death Halts Tientsin Streetcar Traffic
A cyclist died after a collision with a street car in Tientsin, causing a daylong disruption to street car service as mourners laid the coffin on the track. The street car company paid compensation to resume operations amid a crowd of onlookers and grieving relatives.
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Tientsin
Tsin
Sept
Butter Eggs And Poultry Market Prices Report
New York market notes vary in live poultry prices with tucks and fowls listed, butter prices firm for unsalted creamery grades, milks and extras cited. Cheese pricing shows specials, grades and firsts with wholesale milk within a 201 210 mile zone and per 100 pounds pricing details.
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New York
Milik Young Americas 25. S Merket
Hennery
First State Bank Meeting Tonight
Stockholders and depository of the First State Bank of New Castle hold a meeting at 7:30 in the House of Savoia. Officials hope to raise funds to refinance and reopen with state banking department approval. A record attendance is expected. Moscow dispatch notes ban on selling historic documents in paper bags. archives managers ordered to halt sales and vendors must switch to prosaic packaging.
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First State Bank of
New Castle
House of Savoia
State Banking Department
Moscow
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Fat Reduction Promises From A French Scientist
A sensational advertisement claims a simple, safe weight loss method named Sangrena can remove fat quickly. It features a testimonial tone by a woman named Tani and urges readers to mail $1.50 to Scientific Research Laboratories in New York for the product, promising dramatic results and renewed vitality.
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Tani
Tomei
Wiley Uke
Tnt
Pico
Luce
Ban4tena
Von
Scientific Rersearch Laboratories
LoRea
Nyc
Irate Briton Seeks Arrest Of MacDonald
A middle aged man with papers demanded a warrant for the arrest of Stanley Baldwin Ramsay MacDonald and crown law officers in London. Justice Finlay dismissed the frivolous application noting false grounds and wasted court time. The unidentified applicant left muttering that the poor have no friends in court.
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International New Sesviney London
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
The
Crown
Justice Winlay
Justice Finlay
Plans to Electrify West Mexican Coast
Plans for electrification along the western coast of Mexico are advanced. Surveys for proposed dams and power transmission lines have been completed and readings for the funding and construction of the project are underway. The initiative aims to expand electrical service across the region.
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West
Mexican Coast
Los Machis
Mexico
Weal
United Sugar Company Proposes Major Cross Basin Dam
Gnited Sugar Company of Les Morhis 3 outlines a project to build a dam on the Fuerte River near the Sinaloa Chihhuahua border and a hydro electric plant with power lines to remote camps in Chihuanas. The plan would store water to irrigate about 400,000 acres and supply vast electric power at an estimated cost of ten million dollars.
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Gnited Sugar Company
Les Morhis 3
Fuerte Hiver
Sinaloa-Chihhuahua
Tulsslan
Chihuanas
United Sugar Company
Fuerte River
United States
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