Salis bury Baseball Club forms finance committee to cut deficits
The Salis bury Baseball Club directors set up an eight member finance committee to authorize expenditures and approve bills. The panel will fix player salaries with two member consent and draft a season budget to avoid further deficits. Shar key Reed and Durbin were released as new signees pursue a catcher to complete a thirteen man roster.
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Salisbury Baseball Club
Clarence W. Wheaken
Franklin Woodcock
Walter Disharoon
Jack White
Homer V. Dickerson
Sharkey
Reed
Durbin
Babe Ruth Pleads Guilty In Riverside Drive Traffic Stop
New York July 19 Babe Ruth name called in traffic court arraignments. Magistrate Glatamayer identifies him as the famous Yankee. Ruth pleads guilty after admitting a prior $100 fine two years ago. He is fined $25 as a first offender and leaves amid cheers.
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New York
George Herman Ruth
Glatamayer
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Riverside Drive
Ruth
George Herman
Babe
Daring Thugs Force Victim to Open Safe
Five bandits ambushed Sam Benjamin manager of an amusement park in Kansas City and forced him to open the park safe. They escaped with several thousand dollars of weekend receipts while Mrs Benjamin and daughter Lots were abducted and later released. The family was seized near their home and men bound and gagged watchmen. Loss estimated between 3,000 and 10,000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Sam Benjamin
Benjamin
Fight Cotton Pest Threat to U.S. Cotton
Washington reports plans to fight a new threat to cotton crops described as a serious pest. Officials aim to curb infestations and protect yields amid growing concerns about bollworm and other agricultural insects.
Ancient city ruins revealed by excavation report
Dr Kyle reports on the ruins of Kirjath-Sepher, once Canaanite and later conquered in 666 B C, now Teil Beit Miriam. Ashes and worn stones describe long habitation with rock rooms for water and supplies, supporting biblical timelines and a population around 15 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Bain
Magento
Kirjath-Sepher
Kyle Thared
Teil Beit-Miriam
Kyle
Watt
Farmer Discovers Concrete Vat of Corn Mash in Field
Lawrence Kansas on July 17 a farmer harvesting wheat found a large concrete vat filled with corn mash and a ten gallon container left in his field prompting bystand ers to report the odd discovery to local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kas
Norris fights murder charge as self defense claim dominates
The Rev. J Frank Norris Baptist evangelist and fundamentalist leader faces murder charges for the slaying of timber magnate R E Chipps in the church study. Norris refused to discuss accusations from the pulpit and prepared a self defense plea for the grand jury while church crowds heard him cite scripture. L H Nett testified Chipps threatened the pastor and described the shooting, noting Norris took the pistol from a drawer as Chipps moved toward him. Detectives reported no pistol found on Chipps. Norris has long championed fundamentalism.
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Fort Worth
Texas
J. Frank Norris
R. EB
Grand Jury
Christ Jesus
Morris
R. K. Ha
Norris
Nutt
Chipps
Dr. Necris
Norrie
Fossil Bite Unearths Ancient Elephant Shoulder Blade
Dr Byron Cummings of the Arizona state museum reportedly found a mammoth shoulder blade in Tescen Ariz. The discovery, dated July 17, unearths a fossil bed of great southwestern significance dating to an estimated 230 800 years ago.
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Tescen
Ariz
Byron Cummings
Artons
Multiple Thefts and Incidents Reported Across Cities in July
July reports describe a $75,008 jewelry heist at a Maiden Lane establishment and a series of crimes including bank and bakery thefts, a hospital injury after an air travel incident, and strikes in New York with mass arrests. Other items note bond sales negotiations and political upheavals abroad.
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New York
Exes
Fagen and Maymen
36 Fighters Enlisted In Drive To Fight Northwest Fires
Fires rage across Northeastern Washington Northern Idaho and Western Montana as 2000 volunteer fighters plus rangers battle conversions in national forests. Superior Montana barely saved while new fires threaten forests near Glacier Park and Pend Oreille with high winds and rescues continuing.
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Seattle
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Daho Rangers
Northwest
Superior
Glacier National Park
Blackfeet Forest
Seatte
Pend Oreille Forest
Sand Point
Kaniksu National Forest
British Columbia
Secretary of War at Coolidge Camp Visit
Secretary of War in camp near White Pine as part of an inspection trip. He toured Plattsburgh training camp and joined President Coolidge nearby. The two leaders spent Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Saranac Lake and attended local services with close aides.
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Paul Smith
Jayce
Reight Dave
Edge
Plattburg
Coolidge
White Pine
Davis
Ouddefter
Saran Lake
Saranac [Lake Ost
Coolidges
Cerwere
Severe lightning storms sweep Atlantic states with damage
A July storm system caused nine deaths and $259000 in property losses across Ohio to Maine. Four more died in New England. three boys are missing after a Sand Hook New Jersey canoe trip. Damaged highways, crippled wires, and shattered windows followed in Central Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
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New York
A. P
Oho
Maine
Sand Hook
N. J
New England
Marie Ange Dubow
Adams
Sdass
Alfred
Leo MecCaughry
Hampton Beach
N.H
Eatward L Snow
Hermen
Fred Felch
Salisbury
Masa
Navy Arsenal
Lake Denmark
Fenway Park
Boston Red Sox
Asbury Methodist Chereline Mass
Springheld
Mass
New Hampshire
Coney Island
Arvey C. Highman
Ohio State University
Delaware
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Portsmouth
Snow and heat bake Minnesota as thermometer hits record
In St Paul and the North woods a July snow shower surprised residents while the Twin Cities endured near 100 degrees. State Game Commissioner Jay Goo d confirmed the snow from the North Shore, with a 20 minute fall on icy windshields and rain freezing on cars. A July heat wave caused one death in Mitchell South Dakota as temperatures climbed to 107.
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St Paul
Minn
North Woods
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Jay Goo'd
Lake Superior
Mitchell
S. D
Governor to Order Probe of Editor's Death in Canton
Governor Vic Donahey said he would deploy the Ohio National Guard intelligence unit and prohibition enforcement officers to Canton to investigate the murder of Dea n Mellete publisher of the Canton Daily News. The plan was revealed as he prepared to depart for the Seaqui Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. He did not specify the sending date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
A. P
Vic Donahey
Ohio National Guard
Prohibition
Oaly Forcer
Dean Mellete
Canton Daily News
Philadelphia
Guard
Canton
Federal Trade Commission reports 1922 American church wealth
The FTC released 1922 figures estimating national church wealth at 5.5 billion dollars. Church membership reported in the Chambers Year Book stands at about 47.3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Chambers
Scarcity Hits Commodities as French Franc Falls
Paris reports limited coal deliveries and rising prices as people unload paper money amid speculator fears. Dressmakers face higher costs for trims and brocade. In New York the franc collapse follows government turmoil, with the rate plunging to new lows and mass capital transfers to gold standard centers.
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Paris
New York
France
London
Drowned Man Found in River Raises City Toll
Moses Nutter aged unknown was found on the North Prong of the Wicomo River near West Isabella Street Spillway. Coroner's jury investigated noting no marks of violence. eleven river drownings in five years and over 40 in 30 years as county records show. Nutter resided on Church Street with a shoe making shop on Davis Street and is survived by unspecified relations.
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Rver
Moses Nutter
Wicomico
Aure- Pollitt Searcs
Isabella Street
Charles FE
Harper
Church Street
Davis Street
Wind and hail storms cause extensive damage across region
A severe wind and hail storm caused widespread damage near Beltran and Mount Airy. The Trinity Southern Methodist Church was struck and burned, with pastor Rev. W. E. Canoles estimating losses at 20000 dollars. Lightning destroyed farm buildings near Rossville and Cockeyesville, killed livestock, and damaged a Roland Park car. Northeast suburbs lost power and telephone service was delayed.
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Baltimore
Beltran
Trinity Southern Methodist Church
Mount Airy
WE Canoles
Cockeyesville
Roland Park
Plot Against Woman Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Threat Claim
In Los Angeles on July 19 an unnamed man and woman allegedly tried to recruit 16 year old Antonio Tardero to reveal Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson’s sleeping location and to plan a dawn dynamiting of Angelus Temple. The pair allegedly offered him 50 dollars for information.
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Los Angeles
Antonio Tardero
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Tardero
Echo Park
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Consolidated
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Davies Warfield
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Parte
Edouard Merriet
Fifth
Hall-Mills
Arthur S. Rieh
Louis Geist
Hall- Mis
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Edward Hall
Eleanor Mills
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