Miss America 1927 Crown Goes To Lois Delander Of Joliet
Atlantic City selects Miss Illinois Lois Eleanor Delander as Miss America 1927 by an 8 to 5 vote. The 16 year old Joliet resident stands 5 feet 4 1 2 inches with light brown hair and blue gray eyes. Miss Dallas Mozelle Ransome of Dallas Texas places second.
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Atlantic City
Illinois
Lois Eleanor Delander
Blackman Avenue
Joliet
Ill
Dallas
Texas
Mozelle Ransome
U S Draft Sent to France in tariff dispute
Shel don Whitehouse presented an unconditional most favored nation draft to France as talks on tariff barriers with the United States continue. U S commercial officers press France to lower duties on American exports to avoid shipments piling up in French ports.
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Paris
France
Sheldon Whitehouse
French Foreign Office
United States
State Department
Foreign Office
America
Germany
England
Socialist Leaders Oppose Legion Day Observance
Paris dispatch says Gironde Socialists urge public to skip Sept 19 commemorations for the American Legion. Elsewhere nine ships carry about 9,000 Legionnaires to Paris for the convention led by Gen. John J. Pershing and Howard P. Savage with Vice President Dawes aboard.
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Paris
Socialist Party of the
Department of Gironde
American Legion
New York
Leviathan
John J. Pershing
Howard P. Savage
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
General Dawes
James J. Harboard
Milton J. Foreman
the Legion
Junz
Davis
K. M Landis
United States Shipping Board
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
America
France
Savage
Cunard
Antonia
Scythia
Caronia
Caledonia
de Grasse
Celtic
Savoie
United States
Harding
California
Californians
Maryland Fife and Drum Corp
Maryland
Hudson
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Indiana
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Cherbourg
Navy Department
Hotel de Ville
Couple Elopes to Elkton For Marriage Proceedings
John B. Wooley aged 34 from Gloucester New Jersey and his 37 year old stepmother Mrs Fannie Wooley eloped to Elkton Maryland where they were married.
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Gloucester
N. J
John B. Wooley
Elkton
Fannie Wooley
Fireproof Army Hospital Contract Awarded in Hawaii
R. R. Ames of Honolulu won a $225,000 contract to build a fireproof army hospital in Hawaii. Representative Will B. Wood urged new passenger and cargo ship construction to protect U S commerce. Philippine trade rose from 60 million to 256 million in 1926 under U S control. About twenty radio stations may shut down for failing to apply for licenses. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters asked the ICC to force Pullman to raise porter wages and end tipping.
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Army
Hawaii
R. R. Ames
Honolulu
Will B. Wood
Indiana
United States
Commerce Department
The
Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
Nurse Held in Deaths in Enid Oklahoma
Mary Atkinson a nurse was held in the county jail pending investigation of the sudden deaths of the wife and eight year old daughter of Rev Charles Bailey pastor of the Episcopal church.
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Enid
Okla
Mary Atkinson
Charles Bailey
Episcopal Church
Barty Biblical Division by Stephens in 1551
The first division of the Bible into verses was made by Stephens the printer in 1551.
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Barty
Stephens
Unclear OCR: Safety Pin Accusation and Casualties
Fragmentary text suggests a claim about a safety pin causing more infant fatalities than a firearm. No clear chronology, location, or sources are identifiable. Further readable content needed for precise headline and summary.
Three Negroes Hanged in Maryland Penitentiary
Three convicted murderers were executed in the Maryland penitentiary, the first triple execution in Baltimore's history. The hangings mark a grim milestone in the city’s legal past.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Louis XIV Reigns 75 Years from Age Five
Monarch Louis XIV ruled France for 75 years from his five year old coronation until his death in 1715. He outlived his son and grandson and was succeeded by his great grandson.
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Louis XIV
France
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U. S
Legion Day
Stepmother
Washington Briefs
Roseland
Buick Sales Co
Michigan Ave
Firearma
Sine
Conrad
KERN
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
W. C. Dowdy, Dist. Mgr. Public Service Co. of
No. Ill
Illinois St
Chicago Heights
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