McCoy inquest clouds fatal Mors case with own action theory
Los Angeles reports detail autopsy findings and witnesses in the Mrs. Therese Mors shooting. Ex-pugilist Bid McCoy faces murder, robbery, and assault charges amid claims the death was self-inflicted. Sister’s grand jury testimony and new evidence challenge McCoy’s defense as coroner’s inquest is set.
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Los Angeles
Theresa Mars
Kid McCoy
McCoy
Bid ‘McCoy
Therese Mors
Norman Selby
West Lake District
Albert Mors
Coponer
Tricky
Joe Chownski
Grookon
Engineer killed in J G N wreck near Grapeland Texas
Engineer Bill Cook was killed when International Great Northern passenger train No 5 southbound derailed near Grapeland at 4 this morning. No passengers were injured. A switch was believed to have been jarred open by the movement. Cook's home was in Palestine. Ed Deason of Houston, fireman, was seriously scalded and bruised and taken to a hospital at Palestine.
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Grapeland
Tex
Bill Cook
International Great Northern
Cook
Palestine
Ed Deason
Houston
Dalestine
Khartum Laborers Clash With British Troops
A Khartoum dispatch says laborers armed with hammers and sticks demonstrated this day. British troops dispersed them and the Weymouth cruiser stood by at Port Sudan to keep order. A clash occurred on the arrival of troops from Khartum, with officials sent home or recalled.
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Doy
London
Khortum
Weymouth
Fort Surgan
Port Sudan
Khartum
Youth in the Eyes Not Years Counts in Public Opinion
A fragmented editorial voice reflects on aging, youth, and social attitudes. It notes a bored older generation, mentions an 80-year-old “boyish hob,” and urges younger readers to engage with literature like Westward. The piece contrasts hair styles and attitudes of women ages 50s and 80s.
Connecticut bank reopens its doors after run
Putnam Conn Aug 15 The First National Bank of Putnam reopened for payments due after a bank run and a suicide attempt by cashier G Harold Gilpatric. Receiver George W Coffin will call depositors to file proofs of claims totaling about 1 5 million. Investigations into embezzlements continue as Gilpatric lies in a hospital awaiting service of a federal warrant.
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Associated Press
Putnam. Conn
First National Bank of
Gilpatric
Veteran Colonel Moore Noted in WWI Service Ties to Roosevelt
The article recalls Colonel Moore’s WWI command of the See Sand Field Artillery and later the Second Division’s Artillery Brigade, his ties to President Roosevelt as a cousin and frequent White House visitor, and his postwar role as senior reserve officer of the Ninety‑third Division with duties based in Dallas.
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Weeks
John W. Weeks
Preston Browners
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Moore
Roosevelt
Camp Meade
Philippine Islands
France
Seewand
Modra
Dallas
Houston
Nine Die in Wreck of Oporto Express
Nine persons were killed and many injured when the Madrid Express engine uncoupled and crashed into the Oporto Express near Lisbon. Red Cross workers were sent from Lisbon to aid the injured.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Madrid
Oporto Expres
Red Cross
Nitro Blast Breaks Windows in Graham
Aug. 15 report of an explosion of about four quarts of nitroglycerine in a magazine near Graham at 5 am shattered over a dozen plate glass windows in Graham stores. Trees uprooted. farm house windows broken. no injuries. Residents woke to tremors as every Graham house was shaken.
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Graham
Hockaday Place
American world fliers find new Greenland base
In Iceland on August 15 the US Army airmen will not depart for Greenland as a better landing site is found fifteen miles from Augmagsalik. Supplies from the Gertrud Rask will reach the area in 24 hours by row boats due to ice. Lieut Lowell Smith and his squadron endure heavy snow but keep spirits high as weather on the Iceland Greenland route remains fair overall.
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Associated Press
Reykjavik
Iceland
American Army World Fliers
Greenland
Augmagsalik
Thither
Gertrud Rask
Lowell Smith
Iceland-Greenland
Cape Town Awaits New Marconi Beam Demonstration
South Africa suspends the Capetown super wireless station project to let Marconi demonstrate a new directional beam system. Minister Boydell says the beam station will finish within six months and make Capetown highly secret, as wireless messages can be received only by the transmitting station.
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Capetown
Marconi Company
Boydell
Democrats Laugh At Coolidge Speech In New York
In New York on August 15 John W. Davis, Democratic nominee, returned from Coast Valley and held conferences. The party announced two new members and named Dorothy B. Jackson to lead Democratic women in the East and Joseph Fitzpatrick to direct the bureau of foreign language voters. A Democratic spokesman criticized President Coolidge’s acceptance speech as lenient on the oil scandal and implied links between the GOP and the Ku Klux Klan, denouncing tacit approval of Klan activities.
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New York
John* Wr.Davis
Coast Valley
Thomas J. Spellatr
Dorothy B. Jackson
Concord
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Maine
America
Shenandoah Sets Sea Maneuvers Off New England
The Shenandoah left the naval air station at 11:35 a m heading out to sea for scheduled maneuvers with the Atlantic flight squadron off New England tomorrow and Sunday. The ship will communicate with fleet ships about 500 to 600 miles from land as it operates 500 to 600 miles offshore.
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Lake Burst
Naval Air Station
Atlantic
United States Navy
New England
Tragic Kansas City Boy Dies Under Car Wheels
Embry Lee Race, an eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Albert Race, was crushed to death on the Race farm near Ripley east of Kansas City. The boy rode on the running board of his father's motor car when his footing slipped and he fell beneath the wheels. The incident occurred August 15.
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Kansas City
Embry Lee Race
Albert
Race
Ripley
Here
Lincoln's New York Bodyguard Dies in Bedford
Police Sgt Isaac D Blake, Lincoln's New York bodyguard and Vanderbilt friend who saved him when his horse bolted, died Thursday in Bedford. He was 78, the oldest pensioner on the New York Police Department rolls.
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New York
Isaac D.blake
Lincoln
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Bedford
New York Police Department
Butter Prices Rise in St. Paul Market After Milk Increase
Butter prices were advanced here as milk prices rose one cent a quart. Barrema prices paid 37 cents a pound for butter fat and extra creamery butter in selling fat 80 cents.
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ST. Paul
Barmera
Taking Own Life No Crime in Virginia
Norfolk August 15 A Virginia judge ruled that attempting death by one’s own action is not a crime. Samuel Eugene Bray Jr had sought to quash a warrant charging attempted self destruction after he allegedly took poison. His attorneys argued no statute bans self harm but he was sentenced for misdemeanor.
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Norfolk
Virginia
C. L. Shackleford
Corporation Court
Samuel Eugene Bray Jr
Bray
Plane Crash Fatal To Temple Farmer Near Belton
Abel Crowy a 27 year old farmer was killed and Marrell Dice aged 30 of Belton was seriously injured when the airplane they rode in crashed to earth twelve miles south of Temple late Thursday.
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Pen
Algs
Abel Crowy
Marrell Dice
Belton
Here
Thurstas
Red Cross Sends $100000 to China Relief
Washington report states the American Red Cross cabled $100,000 for floods in China upon State Department report via Minister Schurman in Pekin. Schurman estimates 19.6 million affected and $10 million needed for relief. emergency aid is underway from Chinese philanthropy. plans for famine relief due to crop destruction and drought may require $7.5 million more with $2.5 million to be raised.
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Washington
American Red Cross
China
John Barton Payne
State Department
Red Cross
Schurman
Pekin
Weather roundup for Friday to Saturday across multiple U S cities
Fragmented weather notes report Friday night and Saturday conditions across Texas Oklahoma and Midwest cities. Forecasts mention partly cloudy cool spells in extreme north and Texas Panhandle with generally fair skies in Chicago Kansas City and New York. Data include temperatures wind directions and highs and lows for St Louis and Washington.
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Texas
Chicago
Ighest
Kansas City
York
St. Louis
Washington
Major Zanni Leaves Rangoon for Bangkok Siam
Argentine aviator Major Zanni, who arrived in Rangoon yesterday from Calcutta on a round the world trip, departed for Bangkok Siam at 7 13 o clock this morning. The Rangoon to Bangkok leg covers about 350 miles.
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Rangoon
Maujor
Zanni
Calcutta
Bangkok
Siam
Flying While Drunk Charged To Aviator In Garden City
Garden City Kan Aug 13 Charged with operating an airplane while under the influence of liquor Ogle Horchem of Ransom Kan was arrested after landing his plane in a field north of town He will also face charges of possessing and transporting liquor and drunkenness Officers found a half gallon of liquor in the plane Horchem was married to Bertha Horchem who was killed during a stunt with him in San Antonio last March.
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Garden City
Kan
Ogle Horchem
Horchem
Bertha Horchém
San Anto
March
Refined Sugar In Demand In Pittsburg Market
Pittsburg on August 15 reports wholesale grocers seeing refined sugar in good demand and a steady call for coffees teas and rice. Flour remains quiet dealers adjust prices based on cash wheat. Outgo of canned foods dried fruits salt and seared fish remains fair with cautious activity across market segments.
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Pittsburg
Soldier Accused Of Attack On Mute Soldier
Fort Sam Houston reports A J Ricker a soldier accused of attacking Dorothy Scott a 4 year old mate. J C Yeates Bracken Ridge Park policeman aided by 3 constables pursued Ricker who was captured by Sgt Geotske near Burr road outside the camp. He is held at the guard house and turned over to civil authorities.
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Compisini
Dorothy Scott
A.J. Ricker
Fort ‘Sam Howxthn
J. C. Yeates
Brackenridge Park
Army Post
Richer
Geotske
Fort Sam Honeton
Burr Road
Gas Well Extinguished After 29 Days Near Bruni
In Webb County Texas flames from a monster gas well of the Cole Petroleum company northeast of Bruni were extinguished at 1 AM Friday after burning 29 days. The 14 inch casing was drawn upright by a tractor to cap the well, ending the vigorous flare.
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Laredo
Tex
Monster Gasser
Cole Petroleum Company
Bruni
Webb County
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