Senate approves anti beer measure amid wet strength
Washington reports the Senate passed the Campbell Willis anti beer bill by 39 to 20 amending the Volstead enforcement act. A Stanley amendment to require search warrants drew fierce dry opposition but gained broad support. Wet forces hope the provision survives in conference as a key victory. China accepts the Washington disarmament conference date.
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Borah
Idaho
Congress
Tor Willis
Postoffice Robbed at Volin South Dakota
The Volin South Dakota postoffice was robbed of 265 dollars in stamps wash and baby bonds. No suspects have been apprehended at this time and the investigation continues.
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Cracksmen loot Newark shoe store in Cedar Rapids
Cracksmen forced entry into the Newark shoe store in Cedar Rapids and broke open the safe taking about 400 dollars in cash. A large forest fire along the St Yoho river endangers homes and farms near St John New Brunswick. Sixty houses known to be in danger. several structures destroyed. One person killed. many narrowly escaped. Summer campers and residents flee as motor boats and cars aid rapid evacuation and rehearsals of approaches to the flames.
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Fleslog
Forty-Eight Die As Alaska Liner Sinks Off Blunt's Reefs
Eureka reports the steamer Alaska of the San Francisco and Portland line sank near Blunt's Reefs forty miles south of the city in fog. Thirty-six passengers and twelve crew perished. 166 survivors were rescued by the Annex, with twelve bodies recovered by the Ranger. Captain Harry Hobey remains missing.
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San Francisco
Portland Steamship Co
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Coast Guard
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Harry Hobey
Annex
Hobey
Movement seeks 2.75 percent beer tax shift
In Washington, a national drive urges Congress to tax and permit beer with 2.75 percent alcohol, shifting taxes from spirits. The proposal aims to raise taxes from about 1 billion to 1.28 billion dollars and asks prohibitionists to support a $10 per barrel levy on non intoxicating beverages with up to 2 percent alcohol.
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Gov Small Cancels Road Tour Returns to Springfield
Gov Len Small abandons a state road tour and heads back to the capital amid claims by allies that political enemies target him. Warrants are held by the sheriff in Springfield as authorities pursue the governor on embezzlement charges from his tenure as state treasurer. The search for Warren Spurgis, former Michigan Avenue Trust president, widened from Mexico to Puerto Rico after police in San Juan requested a description in connection with a $1,000,000 bank shortage.
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Chicago
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Springfield
Spurgis
Porta Rigo
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Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Mexico
Porto Rico
San Juan
New Malling Machine Intro in New York New York
New York New York unveiled a postage meter machine that prints stamps, eliminating the need to affix stamps by hand. The innovation promises individuals can stamp mail directly, streamlining the process for users.
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New York
Drop in Federal Revenue Shocks Ways and Means Panel
Secretary Mellon reports a dramatic $320.9 million estimated decline in government income for the current fiscal year under the existing revenue law. The figure was presented to the House Ways and Means Committee outlining the impact on federal finances.
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Yares
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Mellon
Foreman Roy Hewitt Killed Under Coal Heap in Omaha
Roy Hewitt foreman of the coal heavers at the Nebraska was killed when a coal heap collapsed. Details indicate a fatal industrial accident occurring in Omaha Nebraska with investigators reviewing the scene and cause.
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Nebd
Roy Hewitt
Nebraska
Doom in Zion Sparks Fires Across Holy City
Chicago reporting describes Voliva’s Zion leadership amid six blazes from rival church signs to torched banners. Faithful flee as fires rage at dawn, ankles and bare arms shown in the wake of Voliva’s decree. Expect fiery replies from the preacher to shake the north side and beyond.
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Zion
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Renéral
Holy City
Holy Raker Society
Grace Missionary Society
Plague Reports Denied by Southern Health Officials
A conference in Washington with Surgeon General Cumming and health officials from about a dozen southern states unanimously rejected claims of a famine or plague in the South. They called reports of pellagra being widespread erroneous and misread.
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South
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Public Health Service
Washington beer regulation awaits Mellon decision
Regulations permitting the prescription of beer as medicine one case at a time without limit on prescriptions are reported as completed by the internal revenue bureau and now await Secretary Mellon's decision on issuance.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
Twenty Spanish Soldiers Massacred Near Nador
Twenty Spanish soldiers who held the last line of resistance at Nador near Melilla were massacred by Moors after surrendering. Paris reports France accepts November 1 as the conference date in Washington on disarmament and Far Eastern questions.
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Melilla
J Advices
France
Paris
State Department
Washington
Woman Drowns While Bathing at Spirit Lake Spirit Lake la
Mrs John C Hanzen, of Des Moines, was drowned while bathing at Spirit Lake in Spirit Lake Iowa. The incident occurred while she was enjoying a day at the lake and authorities investigated the accidental death.
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Spirit Lake
John C. Hanzen
Des Moines
Divina Arouses Citizens in Flag Controversy
Lancaster residents confront Rev. John Snavely over delaying a funeral service for a deceased World War I soldier. The coffin, draped in an American flag, sparked attacks on the Hornley Church pastor as the family moved the body to a different location.
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Chateau Thierry
John Smavely
Hornley Church
Snavely
Seven White Sox acquitted in 1919 World Series case
In Cook County, seven former White Sox players Buck Weaver Oscar Pelsch Charles Risberg Arnold Gandil Claude Williams Eddie Cicotte Joe Jackson and two other men were found not guilty on all counts in the conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series. The jury deliberated two hours forty seven minutes and returned the verdict on one ballot amid wild courtroom celebration. Also noted is the death of tenor Enrico Caruso in Naples at age 46 after complications from pleurisy and prior abdominal surgery.
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Chicago
Oox
Hugo Friend
Buck Weaver
Oscar Pelsch
Charles Risberg
Arnold Gandi
Eddie Cicotte
William Sarrett
Joe Jackson
Claude Williams
Rend
Cook County
Death of Sarah Cowen Ends Tragic Baltimore Belle Life
New York reports tell of Sarah Cambellina Cowen a Baltimore socialite and former B&O president's daughter who died by self administered poison in a New York hotel. Though heir to as much as 2.5 million dollars she died in poverty. relatives settled the hotel bill and brought her remains to Maryland for burial.
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Sarah Cowen
New York
Sarah Cambellina Cowen
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Gaim
Maryland
Booze Ship Seized Off New York Coast
The schooner Henry L Marshall carrying liquor was seized four miles offshore by the coast guard cutter Senaca and brought to port. With no papers proving transfer to British registry, the vessel listed as a fisherman, 78 gross tons, home port Gloucester Massachusetts, was towed to quarantine and guarded aboard.
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Henry L. Marshall
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Senaca
Gloucester
Mass
Arm strong murder found with ax wound in Ottumwa
Ottumwa authorities report William H Arm strong 40 was murdered Sunday night his body found Monday in front of his home with the skin pierced by a pick ax William Jackson 24 was arrested as a suspect In Chicago a New York alert said stores admitted 300 percent profits and Poole the city cost expert announced an investigation A drying machine burst at Standard Silk Drying in Paterson killing three men and injuring several
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William H. Armstrong
Armstrong
William Jackson
Chicago
New York
Cannty Priers
Russell J. Poole
Coupeil
Paterson, N. J
Standard Silk Drying Company
Coal Exchange Leaders Indicted in Anthracite Price Fixing
Baltimore coal officers directors and members indicted by the grand jury on charges of forming a monopoly to manipulate and fix anthracite coal prices.
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Grand
Seek Triple Murderer at Wild Rete Ferry
A Texas sheriff pursues a man alleged to have shot and killed three men near the Wild Rete ferry. Details are sparse as investigators follow leads and search the area for the suspect.
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Tex
Wildrete Ferry
Des Moines River drowning and county news notes
Harry Vance drowned in the Des Moines River near Hasty while swimming with a crowd. A monument to World War I service stands in Hospers public square. Henry E. Miller of Emmetsburg, a coin and relic exhibitor, received a Liverpool appointment as Iowa state representative in a numismatists association. A new Peoples National Bank opened in Waukon with public interior viewing.
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Harry Vance
Des Moines
Hasty
Colder
Hospers
Henry E. Miller
Emmetsbure
Liverpool
Eng
Iowa
Universal Association of Philatelists and Numismstists
Waukon
Peoples National
John P. Trumpeter
C. W. Dougherty
Altoona
Lynn Township
Trumpeter
Webster City
Haas Dry Goods
Wisener Opera House
Eldora
Cusiness
Joss
Vera House
American le Sion
Eldora Bottling Works
Rubow
Shenandoah
Luther Youngren
Fremont Township
Page County
Bhber C. Lindberg
Younggren Brothers
Observe Many Odd Bulgarian Customs of Immense Import
A Cleveland plain dealer writer outlines rural Bulgarian beliefs and practices viewed as crucial for welfare. Customs include fumigating flour, spilling water at the spring, cutting bread ends, avoiding spoons for children, and prohibitions on baths for young children, plus other superstitions tied to spirits and the dead.
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Temple Manning
Cleveland
Bulgaria
Goder
Datiiy
Billy Land
Bitter Tong visit sparks grim Spain baby death talk
Novelist Bitter Joking Hitnor Glyo discussed Spain during a reporter interview. She claimed infant mortality is tragically high due to maternal ignorance of hygiene. Two doctors are quoted joking about diets for infants and the wealthy.
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Hitnor Glyo
Spain
Sre
Doncha Pilar
Italian inventor unveils compact war monoplane design
Rome engineer Epaminonda Berfuci claims a novel monoplane that can land on small fields, take off with short runups, and cruise at around eight miles per hour or more if needed. He says he has tested a small model and anticipates future success. Endowed for aerial combat, the craft would be armed with a machine gun.
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Epaminonda Bérfucei
Rome
Sachin
Remedy for Ants in Pantry Shelves
A New York paper notes a method to rid pantry shelves of red ants by wiping them with denatured alcohol every few weeks. The playful query asks how to catch the ant and apply the alcohol bath, highlighting the elusive nature of the pests.
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Jackson News
Fragmentary note on totem crowning and uncertain action
The text presents a fragmented, unclear quotation about a crowning event and wavering thoughts related to self harm, with garbled language and stray punctuation. It lacks concrete entities, dates, places, or a coherent narrative to summarize reliably.
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