No Political Peace With Prohibition Says Ex-Senator Senter
Former State Senator E G Senter of Dallas argues prohibition drives unrest in Texas politics and cites Maine and Kansas as examples. He notes public interest now focuses on cotton prices and the drought, not investigations, after delivering a twelve hour speech in the Thirty first legislature.
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Dallas
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Kansas
Senter
Senate
Cromwell and Burns grace compare hunger and gratitude
Oliver Cromwell reportedly praised a grace noting some have food but no appetite and others appetite but no food. Burns later rewrote it with Scots language recognizing both meat and the ability to eat and thanking the Lord.
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Oliver Cromwell
Robert Burns
Heatwave in France Causes Severe Fires Across Regions
In Paris and regions nationwide a continuing heat and drought stretch fuels costly village and forest fires. At Mery Sur Seine in the Eure Department fifty houses have burned as water scarcity worsens the crisis.
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France
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Mery-Sur-Seine
Department
Rube
Samuel Walker Ireland’s Lord Chancellor Dies at 79
Dublin reports the death of The Right Honourable Samuel Walker lord chancellor of Ireland aged 79. The long serving jurist passed away in Dublin after a distinguished career in law and public service.
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Dublin
Samuel Walker
Ireland
Gasoline Mistaken for Coal Fire Tragedy Claims Life
Cincinnati report says Mrs. Kate Gobrecht died after misusing gasoline to start a fire for cooking, causing a fatal explosion. Chicago dispatch notes a fatal shooting in a Kansas City street quarrel between Edward Murray and John Hanrahan. Pottsville mine incident describes two rescuers and a third fatality after a fifty hour gangway imprisonment near Ashland.
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Ohio
Kate Gobrecht
Chicago
Locust Street
Kansas City
Edward Murray
John Hanrahan
Pottsville
East
Ashland
Navy disapproves Timby burial transport plan
Acting Secretary of the Navy Winthrop disapproved a proposal to move the body of Dr. Theodore Timby from Brooklyn to Washington for burial in Arlington National Cemetery aboard a naval vessel. The veto blocks using a military ship for the voyage.
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Winthrop
Congress
Theodore Timby
Brooklyn
Arlington National Cemetery
Man Identified in Streetcar Shooting as Notorious Criminal
In St Paul Minnesota on August 14 authorities identify the man calling himself John Lewis as a well known criminal after he shot Detective Frazier during an attempted arrest on a crowded street car yesterday in the Minneapolis Saint Paul area.
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ST. Paul, Minn
John Lewis
Frazier
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Thefts of Hearse and Robberies Charged to Julius Vogt
Julius Vogt a 22 year old New Yorker was arrested on a charge of stealing a horse and an uptown hearse. The hearse was recovered and Vogt confessed to a pattern of criminal activity including forged checks of 34 50 as salary and an $8000 apartment robbery.
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Associated Press
New York
Julius Vogt
Central Office
Vogt
Yacht Club
Balloonist Falls 1000 Feet at Marlborough Hotel
Charles Bennett, a Newark balloonist, fell more than 1000 feet while attempting a double parachute drop over Atlantic City New Jersey. He crashed through the Marlborough hotel skylight, was revived unsuccessfully, and rushed to a hospital with a fractured skull and severe injuries.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Bennett
Newark
Marlborough Hotel
Bennett
Bexar County Trustees Drop Eighth Grade For Efficiency
The Bexar county school board orders dropping the eighth grade in rural districts to provide higher quality, more thorough work. Presidents Carlos Bee and P F Stewart say seventh and possibly sixth and fifth grades may follow. A meeting is set for September 2 at 10 o clock at the courthouse for public input.
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P. F. Stewart
Bexar County Board
Court House
Interior Minister Ol iver repudiates Edmonton liberal convention
Winnipeg report states Hon. Frank Oliver minister of the interior created a sensation by repudiating the Edmonton liberal convention planned for August 16. The move signals a major clash within party ranks and could reshape regional political alignment.
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Winnipeg
Man
Frank Oliver
Edmonton
Early closing movement gains unanimous backing at Air Dome
Evangelist Sid Williams urged protection for store employees and the need for an eight hour day. He said merchants would support closing on Saturdays if the public endorsed it. Rev. M Godbey also endorsed the movement during revival services.
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Evangelist Sid Williams
M. Godbey
Berger bill proposes US old age pensions measure
Representative Bergem of Wisconsin, leading the socialist party group, proposes a pension roll for Americans sixty and older with low income and no felony record. The plan would grant 1 to 4 dollars weekly and includes a joint resolution to set up a commission to study old age pension questions.
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Congress
Bergem
Wisconsin
Socialist Party
Berger
Flower Day Reminder Urges Citizens to Bring Flowers
The Light urges tomorrow asFlower Day with people to gather blooms from yards and fields and deliver bouquets to hospitals and charity institutions. Reminders help avoid forgotten deliveries as visits to the sick occur biweekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Love for a Woman Triggers Three Deaths in Indiana Mine Settlement
In Red Indiana near Saltsbury Whiskey Run, a love triangle led to a Sunday shootout. Aronoco, 33, and three of his boarders fought rivals over Italian girl Marie Bartino, resulting in three dead, one mortally wounded, and Bartino wounded but alive. Ben Petrollo, 24, survived with critical chest wounds.
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Associated Press
Red Indiana
Valde Aronoco
Antonio LA Sarri
Pietro Mattalli
Ben Petrollo
Marie Bartino
Whiskey Run
Saltsbury
Aronoco
Angelo Marceldo
Petrollo
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Bomb Blast Marks Fifth Street Tenement in Panic
A dynamite explosion blew two large holes in a five story Italian tenement on First Street New York early today. Ninety five windows shattered and about eighty residents fled into the streets in panic. No one was seriously injured and police have no clue to origin.
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Associated Press
New York
First Street
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