Hoboes Use Real Pullman Cars
Chicago Aug 10 The rail strike may drive worry into homes but Dr Ben L Reitman vice president of the Hobo College for the Migratory Workers says plain hoboes have a long season of travel They sign up at Chicago to work far away The railroads ship them in Pullman cars with meals in dining cars They work a day or two then move on to another distant point Originating from employment agencies this See America First tour is kept going by quick signups Officials of the Burlington Route report 90 to 95 percent of new hires stay and say imposters are hard to slip by
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Chicago
White House
Ben L. Reitman
Hobo College For
Reitman
Burlington
Tragic Drowning of Parents and Infant Near Three Rivers
A Los Angeles family the Highlands drowned at Three Rivers California after their infant fell into the Kweah river. A passerby found a 3-year-old boy alone in a car and learned his mother and father were in the water while trying to save them. The father, working on the automobile, also jumped in to help. The bodies of Mr and Mrs Highland were recovered.
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California
Wasall
Cal
Roy E. Highland
Los Angeles
Three Rivers
Here
Kweah
Highland
Pennsylvania Sees First Frost and Local Strawberries
Williamsport reports the season's first frost and the last locally grown strawberries of the Beacon. Farmers arriving at market note frosts in foothill areas while city residents face coal strike disruptions. A market dealer offers the final home-grown berries at fifty cents a quart.
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Pennsylvania
Willamspott
Williamsport
Mary Abram dies from tetanus after rusty nail injury
In Philadelphia Aug 10 Mary Abram of Essington dies at University Hospital from tetanus after stepping on a rusty nail while playing last week. Coroner's office report notes infection set in and hospital efforts failed. Brit warship Iuleigh wrecked off Labrador coast. crew missing feared dead. Calcutta tender to Raleigh stands by.
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Philadelia
Mary Abram
Agen S
Essington
University Hospital
Nic
St.John F
Labrador
Admiral Sic Wu! Ham Paken
Point Anecr
Straits of Bette Isle
Calcut
Plane lands 3000 feet in Grand Canyon Rim
Washington Aug 10 The first airplane landing in the Grand Canyon of Arizona was made by Lieutenant R B Thomas of the fuel reserve corps at Tur Head Point Plateau near El To The landing piece was 3000 feet by the rim of the canyon The National Park Service announces This news item notes a historic arrival and hints at broader ideas about restoring Europe through tourism.
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Grand Canyo
Arizona
R. B. Thomas
Fuel Reserve Corps of Kansag
Tur + Head
Ponto Plateau
el To
National Park Service
Three in Family Killed at Crossing
In Maryland, at St Michaels, a Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic line train struck a car carrying Estelle Thompson 75, her daughter Mrs George E Pope 46, and her 10 year old grandson Benjamin. All three died instantly, four others survived unharmed.
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Elkton
Estelle Thompson
George E. Pope
Benjamin
Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad
St. Michaels
Maryland
Ocean City
The
Willows
Mortimer C. Lee
George Pope
Clairbourne
On the Shiftless Shift Laborers Debate Trolley Work
A historic cartoon style exchange shows laborers discussing their trolley track job. One worker jokes about quitting frequently while the other boisterously claims a solid task fixing the tracks amid bustling city life.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Kenosha Wisconsin report from a Mother praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for postnatal troubles. Mrs Ren PB Hansen of Symmonda Street credits the medicine with restoring strength and faith in its efficacy. The ad urges women to consider the remedy and to trial it fairly.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Lydia
Pinkham
Tineesae
Ren. PB. Hansen
Symmonda St
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Liars Pretty Well Matched And Genoa Monuments Feature
A humorous tale compares American poultry farming boasts to English methods with a barbed exchange about eggs and hens. Genoa la Superba highlights Balilla Mazzini and Columbus monuments as children learn patriotism and heroism in the old port city. In Pa a couple announces their marriage to a retired minister in Cortland.
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Knights of the Road
Europe
New Britain Herald
Dorothy Darnit
Dorothy
Bae Trywg
Charles McManus
Everett True
Meese
West Virginia Party
News-Times
Auniows
Fahrney
Seta M
Foeman
England
America
United States
Maister
Waal
Ipswich
Loiston Post
Anti-Saloon League
Ohio
Genoa
la Superba
Balilla
Mazzini
Columbus
Sersoton
James
Bestmer
Lake Ariel
James B. Bestmer
Cortland
N.Y
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Frederick
Philadelphia
Robeson
Seeger & Company
South Market St
Frederick, Md
Buckingham
Central Trust
James E. Doll
Ertilizer
Royster
F. & Royster Guano CO
Baltimore, MD
Royster's
East Patrick Street
Pearre
Prescription Store
Telephone
Market ST
Moberly
Patrick Sir
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