Sea food comeback urged by Maryland official
Swepson Earle, Maryland State Conservation Commissioner, tells the Maryland State Grange that education and demonstrations bloom in favor of restoring Chesapeake Bay fisheries. He cites past declines in oysters crabs and shad and explains state efforts with Virginia to rebuild production and increase the bay’s food supply.
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Swepson Bard
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Middleweight Crown On The Line Walker Faces Dee in Tilt
Mickey Walker from Georgia is set to challenge Dee Chiever in a ten round middleweight title bout. The indoor arena hosts the first major boxing match since legalized glove fighting began, with gate receipts and a charged crowd anticipated.
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Dee
Mickey Walker
Ord
Tiger Flower
Georgia
Minos
Fear for safety of two kidnapped aboard rum boat
Mobile authorities race two days to find the runaway rum schooner Aresene J carrying two American prohibition officers. J. B. Matthews of New Orleans and Coast Guardsman Handley of Biloxi are feared captured as the French flagged vessel heads toward Nassau or Havana.
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Mobile
Aresene J
J. B. Matthews
New Orleans
Coast
Nassau
Havana
Ontario voters end liquor era with Tory win in clear majority
Ontario returns show Conservatives pledge to support government liquor control gain a solid majority as 80 candidates favoring Prohibition join 75 allied Conservatives. Liberals and Liberal Progressives trail, while Independents aligned with prohibition lose all contests. The Temperance Act’s enforcement is cast as a failed policy.
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Toronto
A. P
Ontario
Premer G. Howard Ferguson
Conservatives
Liberals
Progressive
Liberal Progressives
Labor
Booth
Morgantown 1927 Grid Schedule Declared Most Difficult
Morgantown West Virginia University releases a 1927 football schedule hailed as the hardest yet. It lists consecutive Saturdays facing Pitt La Fayette Georgetown Carnegie Tech and Mixsour with the traditional Thanksgiving clash against Washington and Jefferson. Other opponents include Washington and Lee West Virginia Wesleyan and Davis Elkins.
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W Va
West Virginias University
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Pitt
Lafayette
Georgetown
Carnegie Tech
Mixsour
Washington and Jefferson
Washington and Lee
West Virginia Wesleyan
Davis Elkins
Mudville Triumph Extends Predicted Streak
Mudville clinched a decisive win as sport writers had forecasted keeping the team on track. The victory reinforces expectations built around key players and a balanced attack.
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Mudville
Davenport Bishop James J. Davis Dies After Prolonged Illness
The Right Rev. James J. Davis 74, bishop of the Davenport Catholic Diocese, died after more than a year of illness. The report covers his long service and sudden end, marking a significant clerical loss for the Davenport area.
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Pavenport
Iowa
James J. Davis
Davenport
Chaplin's Second Wife Lita Gray Leaves With Children
Los Angeles reports that Lita Gray, Charlie Chaplin's second wife, has left his Beverly Hills home with their two children after a party quarrel. Chaplin hopes reconciliation, while Gray's grandfather says custody would be fought if a divorce ensues.
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Charles Chaplin
Lita Gray Cuapun
Chaplin
Lita Grey
Guaymas
Mildeed Harris
Pola Negri
Challenger Stakes Rise in Madison Square Garden Card
New York reports eight heavyweight bouts at Madison Square Garden to decide a challenger for Gene Tannery. Main event features Jim Moloney of Boston facing Franz Miener of Germany in ten-round action. Other matchups include Jack De Mare versus Sandy Seifert and Archie De Kah against Art Wregand with Al Rood also on the card.
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A. P
Tex Rickard
Gene Tannery
Madison Square Garden
Jim Moloney
Boston
Maloney
Art de Kuk
Diener
Rod Gorman
Tunary
Knute Mineen
Wisconsin
Jack de Mare
Hoboken
Sandy Seifert
Pittsburch
Charles Anderson
Chicago
Archie
Arthur de Kah
Art Wregand
Buffalo
al Rood
New Yor
Eastern basketball adopts new signaling system
The Eastern basketball squad tests a new signaling method under coach Witmer with Roper and Al Witmer contributing. Players report the flow is much faster than the old system and note potential tail center risks as they adapt to the change.
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Roper
Witmer
Rescue Triumph in Nevada Blizzard Tales of Trapped Tourists
In Tonopah area a caravan of forty California bound tourists was snowbound near Montgomery Pass in the Sierra Nevada. Two elderly mountaineers guided a rescue as temperatures plunged and fuel ran low, freeing 32 autos and saving many lives amid one of the worst storms in years.
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Halmy
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Temyn Rature
Oon Haskin
Bill Farrington
T. Emhop
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Bethes
Milwackee Leary and the 1916 Homeward Return
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Milwackee Leary with Michael Harrys and others. A friend group, thirteen members, pursued a stated plan to return home, with an emphasis on the word home.
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Fton
Wais
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Gerne
Reese
Baltimore man survives self inflicted poison after head injury
Charles Schrauder 22 of Baltimore was found semi conscious behind the wheel on the Philadelphia road near Abbington. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital after saying the head wounds were personal safety related and that he had swallowed poison. Police report no motive given and a bottle of powder and a woman's handkerchief were recovered.
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Charles Schrauder
Johns Hopkins
Cecil Wo Snider
Philadelphia
William T Davis
Havre Grace
Schrauder
Abbington
Lehrauder
Batmore
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English Aviator Cobham Plans Capitol Visit In Tiny Moth Aeroplane
Sir Alan Cobham and wife lifted off from Miller Field Staten Island in a tiny moth aeroplane on a morning flight to Washington. The English aviator will meet President Hoover and later begin an American lecture tour for the National Geographic Society with a Philadelphia luncheon stop en route.
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Capitol
New York
Alan Cobham
Lady Atham
Miller Bed
Staten Island
Washington
Tomere
Alan
National Geographic
Todastro
Philadelneia
Tabor Urges Self Help for Farmers Over Legislation
Dr Pearson and Louis J. Tabor told Maryland State Grange that farming must rely on organization and individual effort rather than new laws. They urged export debenture support and praised Eastern Shore advantages while stressing education and lawfulness as keys to rural progress.
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Pearson
University of Maryland
Louis J. Tabor
National Grange
Maryland State Grange
Three Horsemen of Agriculture
Br. Tabor
Tabor
Natonal Grange
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
Ohio State Grange
Ohio- Pennsylvania Nd Bank
Farmers urged to plant black walnuts statewide
The Agriculture Department advised farmers to plant a bushel of black walnuts this fall as a long term investment in upland and hill regions from the Ohio River to the Central Mississippi Valley. Walnuts, valued at about $200 per hundred, are recommended for waste corners, strips, and along fences to yield future profit. An unrelated item notes a woman was arrested for setting drunk on her property.
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Dee
Agriculture Department
Ohio River
Baan
Missisippi Valley
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