Happenings of the World Tersely Told
Washington brief highlights include Representative Aswell predicting a German revolution and a king within a year, Secretary Davis praising Coolidge for presidential bid credentials, and Slemp backing a world court. Other items note Mrs. Harding’s Washington home, anthracite strike talks, large hog slaughter totals, and political appointments.
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Representative Aswell
Louisiana
Coolidge
Washington
Germany
C. Bascom Slemp
President Coolidge
Railroad collision and other incidents across the nation
A car train crash near Gray's crossing Binghamton N Y kills six people and injures one others in fog. A riot in Pittsburgh suburb follows a parade leaving one klansman dead and many injured. U S mail planes finish coast to coast tests eight trips in five days. A couple Charles and Mrs Martin both 70 killed crossing tracks at Whitehall N Y in an auto. An insanity warrant filed in Oakland against James Lord prominent labor leader by wife. Mildew sunburn and windburn destroy about 200000 tons of California grapes from an estimated crop of 800000 tons announced in San Francisco.
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Gray’s Crossing
Binghamton
Erie Railroad
Charles E. Martin
Burlington
Whitehall
Oakland
Cal
James Lord
The
American Federation of Labor
Mary J. Lord
California
San Francisco
Notable Obituaries Across Nations and Professions
Personal Manager Ernst Windhorst nephew of Dr Ludwig Windhorst dies in Cincinnati Ohio. Kate Douglas Wiggin American author dies in Harrow England after illness on voyage began last June. Baron Tomosaburo Kato premier of Japan dies announced in Tokyo. Clinton Poston seventy six millionaire coal operator dies in Athens Ohio after long illness. Sir William Meredith justice of Ontario Supreme Court dies in Montreal. Ralph L Polk seventy two publisher of city directories dies in St Paul Minnesota after pneumonia. Richard Fulton Russell longtime American Shakespeare figure dies Staten Island hospital New York after long illness at seventy seven.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Harrow
England
Clinton 1. Poston
Athens, O
William Meredith
Supreme Court of Ontario
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal
Ralph L. Polk
Detroit
Mich
St. Paul
Minn
Richard Fulton Russell
Staten Island Hospital
New York
Bulgarian ambassador shot in Prague dies on operating table
Foreign M. Daskaloff, Bulgaria's ambassador, was shot by Atanas Nikoloff and died after surgery in Prague. The incident follows unrest across Europe with strikes, attacks on officials, and government crackdowns.
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M. Daskaloff
Prague
Atanas Nikoloff
Illinois Notables and Events Across The State
Joseph Condo a former state representative dies at Pana after decades in Republican politics. The Ninety-fifth Illinois infantry holds its Harvard reunion on September T with 17 Civil War veterans surviving. George W. Moore dies at Paris a banker and politician during Lorimer-Hopkins era. Russell Clark honored at Danville funeral with American Legion and Soldiers' Home attendees. Monmouth college breaks ground on a $200 000 gymnasium to be finished by spring. Bids opened for 661 miles of paving 15 bridges 44 miles of grading August 29 by Frank L. Sheets. Miss Susan Landers in Peoria survives a snake outbreak after opening a mailed package. Bloomington High School class of 1923 half will enter college next year. State seivers’ rescue work in Rock Island county curtailed for funding. Federal and state crews saved millions of fish from Mississippi shoreline last year. S L Brooks of Centralia Illinois shot on an Illinois Central freight train near Carbondale. robbery suspected as watch missing. Mrs Maury A. Jones of Walnut marks her 101st birthday despite hearing loss. Thirty thousand Klansmen convene at Rockford for Midwest pageant Klankraft September T and 8 with imperial wizard and others present.
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Rock Island County
Mississippi River
Beekeepers Attend Memorial Cavalcade at Marengo
International beekeepers join a 50-car caravan to Marengo in memory of Dr. C C Miller whose bee culture work earned him prominence among peers during the National Beekeepers Chautauqua session at Lake Mendota Wisconsin. Julius Tosenwald Sears Roebuck head faces Chicago property valuation figures with a 2 000 000 dollar assessment. half taxable at 87 74 per 2100, tax possibly 77 400 if not changed by reviewers. A ghost haunting Fred Young’s Moline home may end when water mains are repaired as engineers locate a leak undermin ing pavements and causing unexplained noises.
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Marengo
C. C. Miller
Julius Tosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Board of Review
Tie
Fred Young
Moline
Young
Illinois soccer talks plan state wide tournament
Shelby county leads state soybean acreage with 20000. Illinois soccer clubs urged to send reps to Gillespie to discuss a Gillespie club plan for a state wide Frank Farrington cup tournament.
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Ilinois
Gillespie
Frank Farrington
Typhoid Deaths Investigated in Peoria and Legion Plans
An epidemic of typhoid fever is under investigation by the Peoria health department with 16 cases reported. TR W Nauss of the state health department cooperates with local authorities amid a theory that contaminated milk sparked the outbreak. Marion American Legion plans to buy a gun caisson timber and harness as a memorial and utility, funded by subscriptions.
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Peoria Health Department
TR. W. Nauss
State Department of Public Health
Marion American Legion
J. M. Mosley
Kemp Sues Mother-in-law Over Alleged Alienation of Affections
Virgil I. Kemp of Lane files suit in Delaware County Circuit Court at Clinton seeking 25000 dollars in damages from his mother-in-law Elva Bay. He alleges alienation of his wife's affections and says the marriage was peaceful before her interference.
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Virgil I. Kemp
Lane
Delaware County
Clinton
Elva Bay
Kemp
Baltimore woman to repair Illinois battle flags at capitol
Miss Julia Beckford of Baltimore is expected in Springfield early September to begin mending battle flags carried by Illinois troops at Shiloh Vicksburg and Pea Ridge. Many flags are torn and fragile after years of service.
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Julia Beckford
Baltimore
Springfield
Illinois
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Pea Ridsee
Springfield man sues over wife s affections and damages
Walter Dalton of Springfield sues Bruce Slinker for 10000 dollars alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Mrs Dalton has filed a cruelty suit against her husband. Slinker is a cousin of Mrs Dalton living in Los Angeles California. Southern Illinois agriculture suffers as farmers turn to mining and city work for better pay. landowners struggle to secure tenants.
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Walter Dalton
Springfield
Bruce Slinker
Illinois
Madden Plans Out In Taxes To Cut Income Rates
Chicago congressman Martin B Madden, chair of the house appropriations committee, said he will urge Congress at the December session to lower income taxes. He proposes a broad relief plan not limited to surtax cuts and cites past government economies turning deficits into surpluses as justification.
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Washington
Martin B., Madden
Chicago
House Appropriations
Mellon
Congress
Madden
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Dog Bambino Guards Harding Vault After Funeral
A small dog that sheltered by President Harding’s casket during the funeral returned to the tomb on Monday and was adopted by the guards. Soldiers had driven it away the day after the service, despite Mrs. Harding’s request not to molest the animal. The dog has been named Bambino.
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Harding
Marion
President Harding
French Mine Delivers First Ruhr Coal Under Occupation
Dortmund August 28 French occupation authorities begin mining coal in Ruhr for first time since January. French forces seize five Victor mine shafts and issue ultimatum to 5 000 workers demanding continued work for occupiers or transfer of control. Most German personnel choose not to continue after the deadline.
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Dortmund
Victor
Auto Plunges 250 Feet. Three Die Near Ventura
Los Angeles reports say an automobile collided with another car and plunged over a 250 foot embankment on the Ojal Gerade ten miles east of Ventura. Three people died including Thomas Castro and Mr and Mrs Manuel Velasquez. The Velasquez children were seriously injured.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ojal Gerade
Ventura
Thomas Castro
Manuel Velasquez
Velasquez
Tigers kill 1603 in India last year across jungles
Calcutta reports that India’s jungles claimed 3,268 human lives in the previous year. Tigers were responsible for 1,603 deaths, followed by leopards 509, wolves 460, elephants 955, bears 105, hyenas 9, wild boars 90, and crocodiles 255. Snakebite deaths rose to 20,000.
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Calcutta
India
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Shelby County
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Belvidere
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Sterling
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