Atlantic Hotel Fire Claims Three Lives in Long Branch
A blaze at the Atlantic Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey killed two firemen and a 16 year old girl and injured several others as 600 guests fled the dining room and servants quarters. The hotel, recently sold by Harry Glazer, suffered $30,000 to $40,000 in damage as a ship at sea raised the alarm after observers spotted smoke.
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Long Branch
N. J
New Atlantic
Ocean Avenue
Leona Allen
Poli
Harry Glazer
Ocean
Jailed Pickford Kidnap Plotters Get Ten to Life
Superior Judge Victor McLucas sentenced C. Z Stephens and Claude Holcomb to ten years to life in San Quentin for plotting to kidnap film star Mary Pickford. Adrian Wood was acquitted. Stephens and Holcomb denied probation and a new trial. defense filed an appeal. Jurors warned Wood after verdict.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Victor
Pie Proven Real Food Says Nutrition Expert
Chicago reported R. H. Shaw of the American Baking Association announced six months of rat tests. One group fed custard pie, the other a diet of rice potatoes cabbage spinach and bread. Pie-fed rats gained weight faster.
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Chicago
R. H. Shaw
American Baking Association
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Bee attack leaves farmer in critical condition
Lumberton New Jersey farmer Joseph Shade is inCritical condition after being stung by a swarm of bees he was attempting to capture. Physicians say he was stung more than 300 times and fainted on his doorstep as the bees attacked.
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Lumberton
N. J
Joseph Shade
Physicans
Market Report Notes Mixed Flour Prices in Philadelphia
Markets show quiet activity in Philadelphia flour with winter ranges around 7.75 to 8.25 per unit. Quotes mention spring contract levels near 97 while Fed prices hover near 1080, indicating modest trading and unsettled futures.
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Philadelphia
Fragmentary sports update with scattered data
Readable fragments show a 19 60s style time stamp and scattered numbers. The text hints at a scoreboard style item with a 13 value and a 40 minute mark. Names and clear event details are missing in the legible portions.
Corn to Rubber: Scientists Eye Synthetic Tires
Dr. James F. Norris, president of the American Chemical Society, told a Los Angeles meeting that corn and wheat derivatives could yield synthetic rubber if rubber prices stay high. He noted acetone from grain and crude petroleum as bases, warning corn growers would then face oil-company competition, while a new tetra ethyl gasoline motor promises doubled mileage in Army trials.
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James F. Norris
American Chemical Society
Los Angeles
Calif
Kansas
Norris
Middle West
United States Army
Camp Holabird
A. W. Harrington
Motor Transport Division
Quartermaster Corps
Harrington
Service clubs aid community life beyond luncheons
The essay defends service organizations like Rotary Lions Kiwanis Exchange Optimist and Round Table as assets for modern communities. It argues they drive real public welfare, foster community spirit, and unite members to act beyond mere social gatherings.
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United States
Canada
Rotary
Lions
Kiwanis
Exchange Optimist
Round Table
Chapman’s Pal Involved in Double Shooting Deaths
In Muneto Indiana Don Hance and his wife were shot dead by a man identified as George Dutch Anderson, an associate of Gerald Chapman the famed robber. Anderson, escaped from Atlanta prison where he served time for mail robbery. Charles Wolfe was caught by police while driving through town. Chapman and Anderson had stayed at the Hance home for months before Chapman's previous escape.
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Faenza
Italy
Bendandi
Lfe
America
Faenza Dispatch
Professor Bendandi
Europe
United States
Central America
Orient
Muneto
Ind
Don Hance
Hance
George
Dutch” Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Connecticut
New Britain, Conn
Anderson
Chapman
Atlanta
Charles
Wolfe
Dance
Barn Fire Destroys $200,000 Delchester Dairy Barn
Fire swept through the model dairy barn at Delchester Farm seven miles from West Chester Pennsylvania, destroying a 1912 steel brick concrete structure valued up to $250,000 with modern cattle facilities. Dr. Thomas G. Ashton and Wynnewood home, now abroad, faces heavy loss estimates.
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America
West Chester
I’a
Thomas G. Ashton
West Chester Pike
Edgemont
Delchester Farm
Ashton
Wynnewood
Europe
Coolidge Aims to Cut Government Expenses for 1927 Budget
President Coolidge urges lower costs as he prepares a new budget. Estimates place government expenses from 50 million to 400 million dollars for the upcoming session. Congress will meet in December to consider departmental appropriations and the overall fiscal plan.
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