Navy to Stage Big Maneuvers Across Atlantic and Pacific
Los Angeles reports a 1924 Navy plan described as the greatest peacetime mobilization since World War I. More than 150 warships will cruise from San Pedro to Vasquez Sound and Panama, with battle fleets, scouting groups, and base forces staging strategic problems, tactical drills, and long liberty runs through May.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Seattle
Robert ®. Coontz
United States
San Pedro
Vasquez Sound
Porto Rico
United States Battle Fleet
Samuel
Robingon
Panama
John V. Chase
Balboa
Canal
Atlantic
M. A. McCully
Hampton Roads
Montgomery M. Taylor
Colon
Pacific
Coontz
West Indies
Gulf
South Atlantic
Culebra Bay
Bat
Tle
Guantanamo
Cuba
Panama Canal
West Coast
New York
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Boy Wanderer Lives on Apple Diet Three Weeks
Minneapolis police recovered fifteen year old John Kump who left Chicago to see the world and lived on apples for three weeks begging for fruit. His parents wired transport home to Chicago.
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Boy Wanderer
Minneapolis
John Kump
Chicago
Bride Deceived Quits Husband After Runaway Wedding
A New York stenographer, Stephene Tichy Weller, aged eighteen, left her new husband William McKinley Weller after ten days of marriage. She traveled from Woodhaven to Buffalo with him following a rapid elopement, only to discover he was unemployed ironworker and not an iron manufacturer. She returned to her parents in Queens and plans to sue for dissolution.
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New York
William McKinley Weller
Stephene Tichy
Woodhaven Avenue
Woodhaven
Queens
Bertha Tichy
Cleveland
Weller
Grand Central Station
Buffalo
Will
Robert Harvey
Nebraska
State Land Commissioner’s Office
Lincoln
South Omaha
Karl Drake
Ordin Valley
Agricultural Committee
The
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Platte Valley
Kearney
Charles Weston
Mount Carroll
Hay Springs
Paul C. Perryman
Ord
George Frater
North Dlatte
Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs
Beatrice
Joseph White
Gretna
Lodge Pole
Ldresident
William Octingen
Ae Eee
C. EB. Vaughn
St. W
Edward
Creighton
Omaha
Texas
Florida
Michigan
Idaho
Alaska
Chicago
Walter Bull
Ruth Saunders
Marie Kroeger
Elkhorn
Douglas County Farm Extension Bureau
H. O. Werner
State College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Johanna Anderson
Benedict
HH. J. Gramlich
Animal Husbandry Department
Agricultural College, University of Nebraska
Sudan
Irving J. Cutter
University College of Medicine
London
Secret Service
Alexandria
Presbyterian Church
John Welch
Welch
Johnson County Sunday School Association
Crab Orchard
trans-Missouri
Blackbird
Missouri
Burt
Cuming
Dakota
French Colonel Receives Ninth Citation for Moroc can Service
Paris report says Colonel Count Gabriel de Chambrun, linked to Lafayette and Longworth families, earned his ninth citation from Marshal Lyautey for brilliant conduct in the Moroccan campaign. It notes his leadership at Djebel Idian and on difficult terrain, with calm bravery and quick judgment. The piece also touches on Atlas tribes, recent Spanish defeats, and Chambrun’s earlier World War I service in the United States.
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Paris
Gabriel de Chambrun
Lafayette
Clara Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Marshal Lyautey
Djebel Idian
Atlas Mountains
Count de Chambrun
Alt [Deezzen
France
War College
Washington
Prize Flivver Kills Its Owner in Kansas Crash
In Wichita Kansas W C F Ginette died after a flatbed flivver he won for 25 cents overturned on the road between Baxter and Columbus He was fatally injured and died at a Columbus hospital relatives said the car overturned and Ginette was found at the scene.
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Wichita
Kans
W. C. F. Ginette
Baxter
Columbus
Ginette
Pedestrians urged to carry lights in Massillon after dark
Massillon residents told by Coroner T H Shorb to carry lights after dark as two pedestrians were killed in traffic in one day. Dr Myers added a two foot walking space with raised curb is needed along paved roads for safety.
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Massillon
Ohio
T. H. Shorb
Myers
Viscount Lascelles Collects Old Glass
Viscount Lascelles, husband of Princess Mary, is an avid collector of antique glass.
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Y Viscount Lascelles
Princess Mary
German Town Adopts New Tuition Fee Plan
In Oelde Germany the town school system operates on a barter basis with pupils paying high school fees in butter or barley. Residents from nearby areas provide one pound of butter monthly while country pupils may offer either butter or forty pounds of barley monthly. Funds collected aid winter coal and partially reimburse teachers who accept barter.
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Munster
Germany
Oelde
Here
Quelde
Flag of India Leader to Jail
In Napur India authorities arrest a group for displaying the national flag. The jail houses an increasing number of Indians as demonstrations continue.
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Napur
India
Nebraska Items Highlight Diverse Civic Events
Nebraska brief items report Omaha hosts first kennel show November 16 17 and a large state teachers convention. Beatrice hosts firemen and a bank meeting in Omaha, with multiple civic events including a golden wedding anniversary and naturalization cases.
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Nebraska Kennel Club
Omaha
Nebraska College of Medicine
Custer County
Kouitz
Beatrice
Bellevue
Washington
Dodge County
Milton Miller
Everett Buckingham
South Omaha Stock Yards Company
Nebraska
Professor Barbour
University of Nebraska Authority On
Keith
L. L. Strough
Leatrice
State Board of Control
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
South Dakota
American Beet Sugar Company
Grand Island
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Cedar
Knox
Boyd
Keya Paha
Pierce
William Cook
Albion
Nellie M. Welsh
Central City
Superior
Humboldt
Bloomfield Ice Company
A. Vanness
Florence
James I. Woodward
Woodward
Postal Service
Dan J. Riley
State Bankers’ Association
Floyd Andrews
Liberty
Mr. Andrews
GOOD BUNGALOW FOR ANY PLACE
William A. Radford outlines a practical bungalow suited for urban or rural sites, detailing layout, rooms, landscaping, and durable finishes. He advises hiring a reputable contractor for a single contract to oversee the entire project and stresses comfort over showy trim.
Bill for Burning Martyrs
The bill for burning the three eminent martyrs of England is preserved in the British museum. It lists charges for wood fagots twelve shillings, one load forze fagots three shillings fourpence, carriage twenty shillings sixpence, a post twenty eight pence four, two chains eighty eight pence four, two tables sixpence, laborers twenty eight threepence, total one pound six shillings eight pence.
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England
British Museum
Cranmer
Latimer
Ridley
Oysters wiped out by dumped explosives shock Whitstable beds
A London letter blames wartime demobilization for dumping explosives at sea near Whitstable. Chemical damage si gnals years of oyster mortality and claims millions in losses to the oyster and fishing industries as Whitstable beds struggle to recover.
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London
Whitstable
Detroit News
Royal Handshake Sparks Unwanted Attention Amid Olympic Row
Fortunato Catalan ran 100 yards in 945 seconds at the Far East Olympic games and earned a royal handshake from Prince Chichibu. The gesture triggers crowds seeking the hand of the prince’s guest, creating persistent attention and belief in diplomatic prestige.
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Fortunato Catalan
Chichibu
Japan
Fortunato
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J. P
Morgan
Corsair
Count
Polar
Equator
California
Nebraska Briefs
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
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