Washington weighs claims plan as Hull rests after operation
Negotiations between the United States and Mexico reach a standstill while Washington reviews a plan to settle claims. Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, underwent a minor operation and is reported resting well. Director Hines of the Veterans Bureau announces a new approach granting stable compensation status to disabled former service members with a permanent medical examination and disability rating system.
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Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Sporting Firpo Seeks Dempsey Bout Postponement
Firpo favors delaying the Dempsey title fight to 1924 but offers to proceed on September 14 if the match is set then.
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Firpo
Severe hail destroys Nebraska wheat and corn fields
A severe hailstorm ruined unharvested wheat in Nebraska and stripped corn fields along a 60 mile stretch from eastern Lincoln County west along the North Platte river. The report notes widespread agricultural damage and disrupted harvest plans.
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Nebraska
Lincoln County
North Platte River
Foreign Rumors of Siberian Massacre Reach Nome
Reports brought to Nome by a ship captain claim a massacre in Siberia left about 100 people dead. The piece lists varied world developments from Canada to Mexico to Europe, reflecting a wide range of political and military tensions.
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Nome
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FTC Recommends Limits on Grain Futures Trading
The Federal Trade Commission urges new restrictions on grain futures trading on the Chicago Board. John A. Boyd, 48, was killed in San Antonio Texas when his cranking car ran over him. After a six week trial in Lewisburg West Virginia the jury in the William Blizzard case reported a deadlock and was discharged. Dr Miller R Hutchison supervising boll weevil eradication said calcium arsenate supply is the main obstacle for southern farmers. Jules Jusserand French ambassador to the United States and Mme Jusserand sail from New York for a two month Paris vacation.
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San Antonio
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Mobile
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Jules Jusserand
United States
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New York
France
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Illinois State News: Mixed local actions and statewide economic notes
A six acre tract in Aurora was bought for a new Catholic high school by Bishop Muldoon. Resignations and appointments shift leadership in Belvidere and West Aurora schools. A Wood River man is arrested over a bank run. Millikin University reports higher tuition costs per student. Illinois studies disclose housing commission activity and growing construction. A Madison County medical meeting announces honored guests. Communication upgades planned for DuPage motorcycle cops. Agriculture reports crop pests and replanting. State bank resources rise to over 2.25 billion with growth. Elk lodges plan a joint summer ceremonial. 500 candidates to be initiated. Joliet grocers fined for pharmacy law violations. Central Illinois Public Service gains stock control of Middle West Power for a 40,000 kilowatt plant in Grand Tower to serve southern Illinois.
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Missisippi
Jackson County
Gentral Unois Public Service Company
Illinois
Century-Old Plainfield Methodist Church Established
One hundred years ago this month the first Methodist church was established in Plainfield. The note lists multiple local events and civic items including resignations, new constructions, appointments, and local incidents affecting Illinois towns and notable figures of the era.
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Plainfield
Health crusade to visit Illinois county fairs
Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings director of public health at Springfield says five motorized field units with crews will tour Illinois county fairs this year. The teams will carry cinematograph films various exhibits and literature to spread good health information.
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Illinois
Isaac D. Rawlings
Springfield
James T. Berry Produces Record Wheat in Jersey County
James T. Berry on his farm north of Jerseyville yields the best wheat in Jersey county. The black hull variety produced 30 bushels per acre from 15 acres, with a market price of 88 cents per bushel. The elevator test record reached 6344 pounds to the bushel.
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Jersey County
James T. Berry
Jerseyville
Berry
President Harding Survives Crisis and Edges Toward Recovery
Dr. Charles E. Sawyer, Harding’s physician, reports the president has passed the crisis and is on the road to recovery. He notes toxin control and avoids predicting travel readiness, saying the crisis is over though precise return timing remains uncertain.
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San Francisco
Harding
Associated Press
Charles E. Sawyer
Sawyer
Washington
English Daily Mail Praises President Harding Recovery
A sympathetic Daily Mail editorial hopes for President Harding's recovery. The piece notes British interest is both personal and official and lauds him as a historic democratic ruler in the line from Washington to Roosevelt.
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London
Harding
Daily Mail
Republic
Washington
Adams
Monroe
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Destiny of Entente Set by Britain Says Paris Note
Paris reports the French ambassador says British opinion is very bad and Baldwin may declare a separate British policy toward Germany. France refuses further concessions and states the entente destiny rests with Britain.
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Germany
France
Senator Underwood Declares Candidacy for Presidency
Oscar W. Underwood, senior Alabama senator and minority leader, appointed by President Harding as U S representative to the disarmament conference, announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in a speech to the Alabama legislature.
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Harding
United States
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One Hundred Die In German Railroad Crash
Berlin reported that about one hundred people were killed at Kreinsen station when the Hamburg Munich express rammed a standing train. Forty four bodies were recovered at once and thirty four injured were hospitalized in Gottingen.
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Kreiensen
Hanover and
Cassel
Goettingen
Steamships Race to Land Immigrants at New York
Eight trans Atlantic liners entered the race to land immigrants before August quotas were filled and reached quarantine within four minutes. In the next two minutes three more vessels arrived for a total of eleven checked in at 72 08. Nine more arrived later.
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Mussolini Declares Formidable Invisible Army
Rome August 1 The fascist supreme council issued a bulletin praising Mussolini and highlighting a reserve militia of black shirts said to total 500000 men. The army is described as invisible and destined to assure the continuation of the fascist regime.
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Supreme Council of the Fascist Party
Mussolini
Signor Mussolini
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