San Francisco Welcomes Record Cross-Continent Flier
Maughan completed a 2,670 mile cross country flight from Mineola to Crissy Field in about 1 hour 47 minutes 45 seconds, averaging 125 mph. Crowds filled Crissy Field as thousands cheered the dawn to dusk voyage and the flier exclaimed he had a wonderful time.
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San Francisco
Maughan
Crissy Field
Mineola
L. L
Golden Gate
Presidio
Flying Field
Salt Lake City Man Finds Useful Gas Well in Yard
Henry Nebeker of Salt Lake City drilled 585 feet in a rear yard and struck natural gas. He reports a flow ample for his home needs and stored in a 300 gallon water tank. He estimates output far exceeds his usage and has not sought to serve neighbors yet.
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Salt Lake City
Henry Nebeker
Nebeker
U S Government to End Year with Large Surplus
Washington reports the fiscal year ending June 30 will close with receipts exceeding expenditures by 498 million dollars, about 170 million more than fall estimates. Despite soldiers bonus legislation the 1925 year will post a 60 million dollar surplus rather than a predicted deficit.
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U. S
Washington
Treasury
Posse Slays Fugitive After Six Hour Barred Barn Battle
In Martinsville West Virginia a tense gunfight ends with L Speight dead from seven bullet wounds after barricading in a barn during a six hour siege. A. C. Crawford, a state policeman, was killed in the earlier exchange as the posse closed in.
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Martinsville
L.speight
A. C. Crawford
Speight
Loot Found In Sewer Near Chicago Hoax Bust
In St Louis investigators recovered forty four letters with checks from out of town banks thought linked to the 2 million dollar Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad holdup on June 12 near Chicago.
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St. Louis
Post Office
Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Plane Drops Into Lake Near Belmont Harbor
Two aviators fell 75 feet into Lake Michigan off Belmont harbor and plunged with their plane to the bottom but managed to escape the cockpit and reach the surface where they were rescued.
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Lake Chicago
Lake Michigan
Belmont Harbor
Racing Ostrich Black Diamond Dies in Hot Springs
Black Diamond the famous ostrich in Hot Springs Ark has died. The obituary recalls the Greenville event 17 years earlier when Black Diamond sprinted a half mile in 1 05 setting an American record that stood.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Black Diamond
Greenville
Body of Bomber Found Canton Victim of hotel bombing
The body of a man believed to be the Victoria hotel dining room bomber was recovered from the Chukiang River on June 21 signaling the killer in the Thursday evening attack that killed seven and mortally wounded four. A separate confession by Ian Harry Davis from Wall Lake admits to murdering his mother-in-law Mrs. Messenbrink and details firing at his own heart, with Dr. H Jones present along with five witnesses.
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Canton
Victoria Hotel
Chukiang River
Wall Lake
Ian Harry Davis
Henry Messenbrink
Messenbrink
Davis
H. Jones
Jones
Harry Davis
Rose Davis
Tornado Claims One Life and Injures Score in Minnesota
A tornado swept four southwestern Minnesota counties killing one man John Edwards at his farm and injuring his wife two sons and a two months old baby. The storm damaged over 100 farms with uprooted trees and flattened poles across Russell Arco and surrounding towns. No other fatalities reported as damage extended to St Peter and Omaha area with power outages and downed lines.
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Tracy
Minn
Minnesota
John Edwards
Twister
Russell
Arco
St. Peter
Omaha
Council Bluffs
90 year old Crawford county man charged after wife shooting
Ian Abner Graves a pioneer of Crawford County now living in Denver Colorado is held after his wife 46 was shot. Authorities say the quarrel arose over property and Graves claims his wife attempted to poison him.
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Charter Oak
Ian Abner ‘Graves
Crawford County
Denver
Col
Graves
Gothenburg Students Charter Ship to Live in London
A party of 500 Gothenburg students charter a ship to inhabit during London's social season. The vessel will anchor off Greenwich in the Thames while they visit England.
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London
England
Greenwich
Thames
Airman Plunges to Death at Flying Circus near Lexington
Clarence Reynolds of Gritton Oklahoma, about 28 years old, plummeted 300 feet to his death in a rudderless airplane before about 6000 spectators gathered for a flying circus on a field seven miles from Lexington Kentucky.
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Lexington
Clarence Reynolds
Gritton
Okla
Tobacco for Road Filler in Kearney Along Hackensack River
One million eight hundred thousand pounds of tobacco bought for overseas troops and stored in French warehouses is being used as road filler along the Hackensack river in Kearney New Jersey. A New York firm shipped the tobacco back to the United States after government customs inspectors condemned 6000 cases as unfit to smoke.
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Kearney
N. J
Hackensack River
New York
Severe storms and heat claim lives across midwest and Great Lakes
A 24 hour stretch of Chicago storms and Mississippi River valleys heat caused over 20 deaths and more than 20 injuries, with property losses exceeding 2 million dollars. Ohio reports 17 heat related deaths as a windstorm cools the state, while Illinois and Wisconsin suffer million dollar farm damage and a fatal tree strike near Gibson City. Detroit records a 92 degree heat record shattered and a first heat prostration death of the season.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Ohio River
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ogle
Winnebago
Racine
Wis
Ohio
Michigan
Buckeye
Detroit
Mich
Norman B. Conger
Bomb throws at Canton hotel reception kills three
An unidentified armed assailant hurled a bomb among guests at a Victoria Hotel reception in Shameen Canton targeting Gov Gen Merlin of French Indo China. The bomber fled firing at pursuers, then disappeared by diving into the nearby river.
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Canton
China
Victoria Hotel
Shameen
Merlin
Iowa crime levels fall to prewar conditions says AG
Attorney General Ben J. Gibson told Iowa County Attorneys at their association convention that crime in Des Moines and the state has been reduced to conditions approximate those of pre war years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ben J. Gibson
Iowa County Attorney’s Association
Bakers Open Bread Shops in Butte After Strike
Seventeen master bakers opened 1% bread shops in Butte to supply trade cut off when bakers struck Sunday to enforce demands for $1 a day increase.
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Butte
Mont
Fatal Lake Shore interurban crash in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio three women a man and two children were killed when a Lake Shore interurban car struck and demolished the automobile carrying them. Local authorities investigate the wreck and identify the victims.
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Toledo, O
Lake Shore
Father and Daughter Killed in Dixon Auto Crash
George H. Smith and his nine year old daughter Esther died when a Southern Pacific train struck their automobile near Dixon. Mrs. Smith and another daughter were seriously hurt, with a second daughter injured in the crash.
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Sacramento
George H. Smith
Esther
Widow of Admiral Baldwin Dies in New York
Mrs. Mary M. Baldwin widow of Admiral Charles H. Baldwin died in New York. She was the step mother of CG A Baldwin banker of Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Admiral Baldwin
Iowa State News Highlights Seventieth Jubilee Fair Plans
The Winne shiek County Agricultural Society foregoes a fair this year while June and July offer ample time for corn crop recovery. Iowa celebrates the seventieth anniversary jubilee state fair from August 20 to 29. Shrine mosque construction in Des Moines progresses under Za-Ga-Zig Shrine temple. State and county reports note rising government costs, agricultural demonstrations, limestone pastures, and Iowa telephones reaching about 533,347 with recent gains.
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Winneshiek County Agricultural Society
Iowa
Pleasant
United States Department of Commerce
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
William Cutter
Coin
Page County
U. S. Department of Commerce
Abraham Lincoln
Daughters of the American Revolution
Denison
Crawford County
Jensen Creamery
Coon Rapids
Tts
Mary Succeeds Mary Succeeds on Main Street
A local scene on Main Street features Mary succeeding Mary in a sequence noted by Laura Miller. The report highlights community change and the involvement of residents in a small town setting.
Mother of Migrants and the Camp Kitchen Work
Laura Parker leads a network under the Council of Women for Home Missions to aid migrant families in New Jersey Delaware and Maryland. Volunteers provide nurseries schooling baths and meals while teaching hygiene and civic information to Polish and Italian workers and their children.
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Laura Parker
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Miss Parker
Council of Women For Home Missions
Ehu
Not Well Since Three Years Old
Mrs. J. C. Dacus of Little Rock Arkansas relates a chronic otitis case dating from age three. After using Pe-ru-na and La-cu-pia as recommended by a neighbor she reports relief from discharge and odor. The advertisement claims Pe-ru-na treats catarrh at any location and is available in tablet or liquid form.
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J. C. Dacus
Booker St
Little Rock
Ark
The Woman Who Cans It Shows Profit From Local Canning
Melita Crawley of Edgewood Farm Mount Vernon New Hampshire runs a flourishing canning business from a summer home transformed into a plant. She stresses peas corn and berries as key products and urges persistence outdoorsy labor and two years to see returns.
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Melita Crawley
Edgewood Farm
Mount Vernon
N. H
Farm land values surge in Iowa amid high capitalization
Iowa farmland prices rise sharply as capitalization rates remain low. Analysts note the strong demand from buyers and limited supply drives the market while lenders emphasize continued credit access supports activity.
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Dear
Ole
Iowa
Pet Parade Entry Sparks Library Inquiry
A young girl at the Irvington branch library asked to enter the pet parade contest. When asked what pet she would bring she replied she has no pet but another girl wants to bring her baby brother.
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Irvington
Indianapolis News
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for comfortable shoes
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to soften tight shoes and relieve corns bunions and calluses. It claims instant relief for tired swollen feet and prevents blisters. A free sample offer includes a Foot-Ease Walking Doll from Le Roy New York.
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Allen
le Roy
N.Y
Grit and Clear Head Beat Worry, Expert Advice
The article argues worry is common when personal interests are involved, but ineffective. It urges men to rely on a clear head and bodily strength to handle tasks, emphasizing grit as essential to action.
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