Chicago Roundup and World Championship Rodeo Opens August Fifteenth
Thousands of Americans plan to attend the Chicago Roundup and World Championship Rodeo at Grant Park Stadium under the Chicago Association of Commerce. The nine day event features cowboys from the West competing for $30,000 in prize money and world titles. Tex Austin will direct the contest following Wembley successes.
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Chicago
West
Chicago Association of Commerce
Big Grant Park
Tex Austin
Wembley
England
Hubby's Gain as Wife Lost at Bridge Club
A fragment notes a woman loses at the bridge club with emphasis on a husband gaining from the situation. The text mentions Duluth Werald as a name variant in a clipped humorous item.
Like Glass Alleys Mother said a Brookline lad
A Brookline boy complimented a woman in the Boston Transcript motif likening her eyes to marbles. The quip evokes a playful, old city tone with a child’s curious remark in a newspaper snippet.
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Brookline
Boston Transcript
Thousands Witness Klan Initiation Near Arlington
Thousands from Washington and nearby regions traveled by car streetcar and on foot to witness a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony and a 60 foot cross burning on the horse show grounds near Arlington. A smaller group of visiting klansmen stayed to join Virginia and District of Columbia members for the initiation event.
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Arlington
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Forest Fires Kill Five in Pacific Northwest
Reports from the Pacific Northwest say wildfires, the worst in years, have killed five people in British Columbia in the last 24 hours. Two men, J Cox and W Scovery, were found pouring gasoline on the embers of a burned house and shouting for a big fire after fighting fires for 36 hours near Newton Surrey. both were seriously burned and taken to a hospital.
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Pacific Northwest
San Francisco
Northwest
British Columbia
J. Cox
W. Scovery
Newton
Surrey
Au Hospital
Field Marshal French Will Excludes Widow, Children
The will of Sir John French, the earl of Ypres, leaves all property valued at 125000 dollars to Edward G. S. Cox, a life long friend, excluding his widow and two sons and daughter. The widow and heir refused to discuss the matter beyond noting the will's clear terms.
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London
Earl of
Ypres
John French
Edward G. S. Cox
Miners Link Hard and Soft Coal in Atlantic City
The United Mine Workers push a joint wage policy for hard coal and soft coal contracts. They demand government mediation consider the Jacksonville soft coal agreement and address 158000 hard coal miners and 500000 soft coal miners together. Two options exist: meet expenses or slow production.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
Four U S Dope Sleuths Arrested in Chicago Raids
Chicago police and federal agents arrested Col. Will Gray Beach chief agent of the federal narcotic division in northern Illinois and three assistants on charges of bartering drugs for loot from robber gangs. Special Agent C L Converse said the men confessed partially and twenty opium joints in Chinatown and other Chicago districts were raided. Those arrested with Beach were Dennis J. O'Brien Alonzo Baxter and Harry Dietrich.
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U. S
Chicago
Will Gray Beach
Federal Narcotic Division
Illinois
United States
C. L. Converse
Chinatown
Colonel Beach
Dennis J. O’brien
Alonzo Baxter
Harry Dietrich
Cinderella's Romance Ended as Adoption Declared Void
Mary Spas, daughter of Bohemian immigrants from Astoria, rose to New York life before Surrogate Daniel Noble voided her adoption by Edward W. Browning, a wealthy city realtor. Mary left court with her parents and Browning. rumors of an upcoming marriage were denied.
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Cinderella
New York
Mary Spas
Astoria
L. I
Edward W. Browning
Daniel Noble
Mary
Mr. Browning
Governors Seek Pardon for Warren T. McCray
Governors from 14 states plus seven jurors and 30 bank victims urged Attorney General Sargent to recommend a pardon for Warren T. McCray former Indiana governor. The attorney general appeared impressed by McCray’s long Indiana service record.
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Warren T. McCray
Washington
Sargent
Indiana
McCray
Girl from Queens Outdances Gypsies to Win Prize
A girl from Rosedale Queens outdanced a group of gypsy girls on their grounds in a grove near her home. She earned a green badge and a notched withe to be planted before the gypsy camp, signaling a stranger has bested the tribal dancers. The green withe remains until another defeat shatters the record.
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New York
Rosedale
Queens
Planteu Uinity
Dogs Haul Lumber In Alaska Winter Route
A team of five malamute dogs hauled lumber last winter from a mill on Grant Lake west of Cordova to the Alaska hillroad miles distant for transport to Seward and Anchorage markets. The shipment totaled 1,000 feet, averaging about three-quarters of a ton per load.
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Cordova
Alaska
Grant Lake
Here
Alaska Hillroad
Seward
Anchorage
Five Shot In Ambush After Ku Klux Meeting
Five men were shot, at least two seriously, in Framingham following a large Ku Klux meeting. Victims were attacked from ambush while standing in the road. The event marks a violent, politically charged incident tied to the rally.
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Framingham, Viass
Russia approves Lena Gold concession grant in Moscow
The Lena Gold fields concession provisionally granted to an Anglo American syndicate by the Russia soviet concessions committee in May was ratified by the council of commissars in Moscow.
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Moscow
Russia
Lena
Soviet Concessions Committee
Council of Commissars
Pottery Firms Seek Dismissal in Trust Appeal
Forty seven pottery companies filed a motion to dismiss the anti trust proceeding after the government lost in Federal courts of New York and appealed.
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Potteries Fight Trust Appeal
Washington
New York
Strange note on a borety that never seems to end
A fragment refers to a peculiar borety that eludes seeing through. The sentence hints at a puzzling phenomenon or object described with ambiguity and wonder. Further context is needed for a complete summary.
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French
Buffalo Enquirer
Grandmother
Cashmere
Riverdale Pharmacy
Ernest Kettler
East 137Th St. Riverdale, Ill
O. K
Rives Dale
Horace Hod
Reed
Silvertown Cord
Commander Cord
Goodrich
Prompt Tire and Battery Service
Mobile
Veedol
Texaco
Penn
GLOBE
G. J. Vulcanizing & Battery Shop
Garret Jacobsma
Washington Ave
Dolton
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