Coolidge Seeks Europe Stabilization Before Armament Talks
President Coolidge outlined his stance on disarmament, reparations, and foreign debts after leaving a Vermont hayfield. He favors a Dawes plan backed settlement in Europe, delaying armament talks until reparations are paid and stability returns, while seeking leniency toward France and Italy and planning a future conference with same nations as in Washington in 1921.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
Washington
Col. Coolidge
Germany
Europe
France
Italy
New York
United States
American Held by Mexicans on Ransom Demand
Gen Ortiz pursues bandits who captured American citizen R G Barrineau at Candela Mexico and hold him and a companion for a 4000 peso ransom. In Covington Kentucky an auto plunged through a bridge into De coursey Creek killing three and injuring two others.
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Washington
Ortiz
R. G. Barrineau
Candela
Mexico
Crown
Covington
Decoursey Creek
Russia Suffers Worst Flood in Twenty Years
Soviet Telegraph Agency reports a historic flood along the Amu Darya River across Turkestan and Bokhara. About 2,000 towns are flooded, prompting widespread damage and emergency evacuations.
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Riga
Latvia
Russia
Ohe
Soviet Telegraph Agency
Amu- Darya
Turkestan
Bokhara
Herriot Wins Chamber Confidence in Dawes Plan Vote
Paris reports the Chamber of Deputies approved Herriot’s government by 836 to 204 after a three day debate on the London conference action. Herriot defended the Dawes plan, criticized critics of America and Britain, and urged faith in American involvement to secure France’s just dues.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Chamber
London
Dawes
Poincare
Reparations Commission
America
France
Japanese Envoy Demands Redraft of Kazakh Note in Peking
Pekin reports say K Yosiwa Japanese minister to China and acting senior diplomat refused to circulate the Kazakh note on transferring the Russian legation to the Soviet government among diplomats. He urged a toned revision. The dean of the diplomatic corps would notify colleagues of exchanges. The U.S. would approve transfer if the Soviet government signs the 1901 protocol without implying recognition.
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Pekin
K. Yosiwa
China
L. M. Karakhan
Yoshizwa
Karakhan
United States
Drastic Penalties Sought for Smuggled Italians
New York Immigrant Commissioner Curran urged 81 Italians seized off a liner be given twenty years plus deportation. They were found aboard the schooner Susie B outside the 12 mile limit and refused to name the steamship involved. Curran said federal court action, a $10,000 fine, and deportation should follow the sentence.
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New York
Curran
Susie B
Italy
Brooklyn
Man Takes Rest in Essex as Van Delivers Chickens
Charles Tucker of Long Meadow Massachusetts traditionally stays with his cats and chickens during vacations. He chose Essex for a break this year and arrived to find a van delivering several crates of chickens to his residence.
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Middletown
Conn
Charles Tucker
Long Meadow
Mass
Lor
Essex
Lightning Strikes Illinois Power Plant Triggers Blackout
A lightning strike hit the Illinois Power and Light Co. plant in Bloomington causing a citywide blackout and outages in Normal Downs Colfax Leroy Meadows Gridley Chenoa Lexington and El Paso. Power was disrupted across multiple towns as crews worked to restore service.
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Illinois Power Plant
Bloomington
Illinois Power and Light Co
Normal
Downs
Colfax
Leroy
Kappa
Meadows
Gridley
Chenoa
Lexington
el Paso
Majestic Grounds on Sand Bank at Southampton Entrance
The giant steamship Majestic inbound from New York grounded on a sand bank at the entrance to Southampton water during low tide but was refloated shortly after with the aid of two tugs.
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Majestic
Sand Bank
Southampton
New York
Southampton Water
League of Nations hopes US delegate at disarmament talks
Officials at Geneva announced the League of Nations hopes the United States will send a delegate or observer to the assembly sessions to follow discussions on disarmament.
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League of Nations
United States
Assembly of the League
Geneva
Flyers Conquer Arctic Wastes Longest Leg From Iceland
Halifax reports Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut. Erik Nelson completed a trip from Iceland to Greenland in eleven hours and fifty five minutes. The two American flyers landed with Italian pilot Locatelli not mentioned in later advices. The flight began early morning and saw the group travel about 825 miles, with the Reid destroyer observing them about 250 miles from Iceland.
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Iceland
Halifax
Lowell H. Smith
Erik Nelson
Greenland
Lieut
Smith
Locatelli
Richmond
Reid
Lieut. Locatelli
Mrs Ferguson Nominated Texas Governor in Historic Primary
Mrs Miriam Ferguson the first woman nominated for Texas governor wins the Democratic primary over Felix Robertson. Election bureau tallies show about 725000 counted with total votes near 850000, heavier than any previous Texas election. The race centers on klan and anti klan issues and party realignments.
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Dallas
Tex
Miriam Ferguson
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Felix Robertson
Ferguson
Texas Election Bureau
Robertson
United States
Harle B. Mayfield
Nelson Lands at Skerja Fjord en route to Greenland
A Copenhagen dispatch says Lieut. Nelson of the American air corps briefly descended at Skerja Fjord after leaving Reykjavik. Lieut. Locatelli was reported flying with the Americans, close behind as the trio passed Reykjanes. Skerja Fjord lies southwest of Reykjavik, with Fredericksdal, Greenland about 825 miles farther.
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Nelson
Skerja Fjord
London
Copenhagen
Lieut
Reykjavik
Lieut. Locatelli
Reykjanes
Reyk
Soviet Ambassador Rejects U S Stand On Legation Transfer
In Pekin the Japanese legation discussed Karakhan’s reply to the U S demand that the old Czarist legation be turned over to the Soviet government not implying recognition. The note remains with K Yoshizawa as the senior diplomat. Tokyo may be asked to decide. The American legation regards its duty fulfilled after informing Karakhan of Washington’s stance.
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Washington
Passenger Killed in Airplane Crash near Amityville
David Morris of Youngstown Ohio was killed when a five passenger biplane carrying Wayne Green and Arthur Berry left 2000 feet up and dived toward the landing field in Amityville. Green, a professional pilot, and Berry of Brooklyn were injured with Berry seriously hurt.
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Amityville, N
David Morris
Youngstown
Wayne Green
Arthur Berry
Brooklyn
Ten Die as Louisiana Tornado Hits St Patrick Church
A tornado demolished St Patrick’s Church at Patricks Louisiana killing ten people and injuring nine as worshipers gathered for a church festival planned for the afternoon. The storm also damaged a saw mill in Garyville and razed a ball park at Lutcher. Rescue crews worked to remove victims within hours.
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New Orleans
St. Phillip'’s
Patricks
St. Patrick
Mississippi River
Lutcher
Garyville
Fire destroys bridge and 18 cars near Martinsburg
A derailment caused a fire that consumed the Opequon Bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio main line near Martinsburg West Virginia. Five gasoline and oil tank cars and 138 carloads of merchandise were lost in the blaze.
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Cumberland
Opequon Bridge
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Martinsburg
W. Va
Expert Aero Engineer Disappears in California Mystery
Chicago based aero engineer and ignition expert Frank Albert Howe vanished from his San Diego home. His family asks for public help in locating him. El Paso group drops fight on rail merger with Southern Pacific Southwestern. merger plan passed 18 to 4.
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Chicago
Ill
Frank Albert Howe
San Diego
Cal
el Paso
Tex
el Paso Citizens’ Committee
Southern Pacific-Southwestern
Sproule
Southern Pacific
Wealth lies in production says conference board
The National Industrial Conference Board based in New York City argues that the United States gains real wealth from annual production rather than accumulated gold, highlighting the value of productive output.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
New York City
Mole-Catching Record Broken by Hershel Leuty
Hershel Leuty, son of Lawrence Leuty near here, breaks last year’s mole catching record. This year he has caught 347 moles, compared with 207 moles the previous year.
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Kell
Sil
Hershel Leuty
Lawrence Leuty
Here
Hershel
Three Men Die in Family Feud on Highway
Three men were killed and one wounded in a public highway battle east of Tulsa Oklahoma twenty one miles, ending a family feud that began over an argument between children.
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Tulsa
Account Book Reveals Hudsons Bay Trade With Northern Indians
Toronto Globe reports recovered 1830 35 records from a Timiskaming trading post show Hudsons Bay Company agents supplying Indians for Moose Factory voyages. Entries list payments in goods for long trips, with prices for flour rum cloth sugar and barter items reflecting era values.
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Hudson’s Bay company/s
Ontario
Lake Timiskaming
Moose Factory
James Bay
Timiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway
Timiskaming
Toronto Globe
Sails to See Mother at One Hundred Nine
Tom Brennan, eighty five, an active accessory salesman, sails to Ireland to visit his centenarian mother, who jokingly claims she is busy and refuses to visit him. His boss orders him to prepare immediately, noting the unlikely ages of mother and son. Brennan plans to return in the fall.
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Tom” Brennan
Ireland
Tom
Brennan
Dublin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Knocking Hubby’s Book Causes Quiet Night Out
Mr and Mrs Author plan an evening out with a new nurse in charge. Mrs Author notices the nurse reading in the nursery and learns the husband gave her his last book. She insists she must stay awake until the couple returns.
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Hubby
Squaring Things
An inveterate poker player seeks advice about his wife’s quiet, wary looks after he stays out late. The old married owl counsels a simple fix. The husband should meet her gaze evenly.
Malaria Mentions Across Ancient Texts Through History
The article notes malaria known long before its name, with references in Orphic poems before 1000 B C. It cites Deaderick and Homer’s Iliad and Aristophanes Wasps as allusions to malaria, and Goroff linking AAT inscriptions at Denderah to the disease.
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Deaderick
Aristophanes
Goroff
Temple of
Denderah
Bass
Impatient landlord objects to tavern scene
The Kansas City Star quotes a Petunia tavern landlord angrily accusing a patron of loitering and eavesdropping, asking if he is trying to impersonate an officer as he disrupts conversations from morning till night.
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Petunia
Kansas City Star
Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in Glasgow
Mrs Maccig Waller of Glasgow Kentucky says long standing side pain and nervous weakness improved after four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports restored appetite strength and ability to work again after previous medical doubts.
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Glasgow
Kentucky
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wife confronts husband over errands and bills
A domestic vignette from the Louisville Courier Journal shows a wife scolding her husband after he leaves a home to settle small debts. The dialogue mentions an installment man, a newspaper carrier, and a milk man delivering bills, with EF reportedly paying out spare change.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root
For years druggists note the strong record of Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is promoted as a physician’s prescription strengthening medicine that supports the kidneys liver and bladder. It has stood the test of years and is sold on its merit.
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Kilmer
Shun Non-Essentials Declares Time Wasted
Lord Chesterfield urges readers not to waste time ransacking trivial or remote historical material. He mocks blockheads who read only the dull, unimportant parts and favors avoiding needless rummaging.
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Blockheads
Lord Chesterfield
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