Midwest Heat Wave Break Predicted Across Region
AP reports a widespread heat wave hitting the Midwest and mountain states with temperatures reaching into the 100s. In Iowa crops suffer, rail traffic halts near Rock Springs Wyoming, and multiple cities set new high temperature records. Two Minnesota deaths blamed on heat, while Wisconsin and Illinois residents endure record highs and related health concerns.
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Associated Press
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Mercury
Alt Lake
Union Pacific Railroad
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Wyo
Iowa
Ex Moines
Rioux City
Seri OE UU
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Minneapolis
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Wisconsin
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Nebraska
Rock Springs
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Grand Island
Omaha
Michigan
Chicago
Condemned Slayer Denies False Witnesses In Protest
Russell Scott, once deemed a Canadian millionaire, sits in Cook County Jail awaiting a morning execution for murder. He claims witnesses lied and vows they will face judgment, insisting the truth will confront his accusers.
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Russell Scott
Cook County
Tomorry
Acholdup
Ruth
Georgia Gray Says Im Mahon Beat Her Black and Blue
Georgia Gray, a well known dancer, sues Wil son Anthony McMahon for abuse alleging years of drunken attacks. She describes repeated beating and pinching during spells, with black and blue eyes and years of troubled marriage beginning at Adlaniz.
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Georgia Gray
Im’ Mahon
Bervice
Chicago
Georgia
Creer
Wilson
Anthony Y
Io Wickens McMahon
At- Red
Adlaniz
Crabtree Estate Claimant Faces Setback in Fight
Ida Manning Hackenberg of Toelea Oklahoma failed to prove she is Lotta Crabtree’s daughter and entitled to a share of the actress’s estate. Probate testimony conflicted with prior records. witness Charles Wolter of Manchester New York testified Crabtree appeared in Rochester on December 25 1877, challenging the claimant’s claim. Witnesses and counsel tied up with foreign correspondences and long travel as the case proceeds.
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Associated Press
Bordon
Ida Manning Thackenberg
Tolea
Oklo
Lotta Crabtree
Charles Woltere
Machester
N.Y
Tatta
Rochester
N. X
Jars
Blankenberg
Lotta Crab
Lancashire
Galveston Genoa Line Planned to Start This Fall
Galveston Genoa line announced by the Lallier Steamship Company will begin late September, connecting Galveston with Genoa and other Mediterranean ports. The Italian flag line, Societa Naviona Navigazione, will operate the new service. The steamer Cosa is due the end of August and will make the first sailing. Present plans call for two sails a month with more ships added as traffic warrants.
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Galveslor
Galves
Genoa
Mediterranean
Lallier Steamsip Company
Societa Navionagerdi Navigazione
Cosa
Acceptance of 1096 Local CMTC Applications
The 1148 application for admission to the Citixona Military ring Camp at Fort Sam Trourton has been received at the focal printing office. Details show names and dates of submission from Dertram and freshleg city epcon Joly 2b, with counts and processing notes.
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CMTC
AUC
Adece
Citixona
Fort Sam Trourton
Focal Priting
Dertram Ans
Epcon Joly
Law Requires Tail Lights for Horses Headline
The Associated Press reports Chicago lawmakers consider a night safety rule mandating tail lights on saddle horses. Alderman McKinlay sponsors the proposal, arguing visibility is needed on reverse travel paths along bridle trails.
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Presa
Chicago
McKinlay
Mosquitoes Plague Bowdoin Sailors At Sea
Bowdoin crew aboard one of the MacMillan Arctic ships battled a three day mosquito plague near Wopedzle Labrador. Mosquitoes forced sailors to climb the mast for sleep while repairs to the Bardain stalled the ship’s return to the Peary. Eskimos watched in boats and a ball game amused the crew during odd shifts.
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Associated Press
SD. Petersburg
MacMilan Naval Polar Expedition
Wopedzle
Labrador
Howdain
National Geographic Society
Washington
Greenland
Siscko Island
Hopedale
Imo
Six Prisoners Escape Nashville Penitentiary
Nashville July 16 Six prisoners in the state penitentiary four serving life sentences escaped by using an improvised key to enter the ventilation fan enclosure. They stopped the fans and cut their way out the top of the main prison. They lowered themselves to the ground using a damaged telephone cable as a rope.
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Nashville
State Penitentiary
Nein
Two Die in Chicago Gangland Outbreak
In Chicago a gangland feud flare left two dead and one wounded. Victim Yves Compagne, son of a wealthy merchant, was shot in a South Side parked car as a chase car fired about twenty rounds. Ciminello was slightly wounded, questioned later. A taxi driver reported a man fatally shot by an unknown assailant and fled. A plainclothes officer shot and killed a robber trying to hold him up.
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Associateds
Prersl
Chicago
Lwa
Charles
Burtucet
Bourtucet
Freckles Removal Claim By Othine Product
A vintage advertisement touts Othine as a freckle remover that guarantees refunds if it fails. It promises visible improvements after initial uses with lighter freckles vanishing and urges buyers to demand the double strength version.
Peterson’s Ointment credited for curing long lasting leg rash
A resident from St. Louis reports a nine year struggle with a leg sore that resisted multiple treatments. After three boxes of Peterson’s Ointment the leg is described as heated and smooth, with gratitude expressed for the product’s healing. The notice highlights broader claims of clearing skin rashes pimples and blemishes and promotes daily use.
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Petereon
Crabtree
Street
St. Louis
Peterson
Peterson Ointment Co
Buffato
N.Y
Texas Tech Plans Farm Lands to Aid Working Students
July 16 report outlines an initiative by President P. W. Holt and West Texas Chamber official J Q Teo to allot farm land to financially aid capable boys. The plan, called the aura project, would use college land near the irrigation system to grow crops, with each man receiving one acre. Estimated yields could approach $600, supporting education through work.
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Tubbock
Westexas
Pesxas Tech
P. W. Holt
Jim
KR. Q. Teo
West Texus Chamber, of Commerce
Funeral Planned for RL Official Johnston of MKT Superintendent
Funeral services are arranged for RL Johnston, dining car superintendent of the M K T P Railroad, who died of heart disease in a hotel. His body was shipped to St Louis Wednesday night for burial. Johnston had arrived in San Antonio on business and suffered a heart ailment for months. A physician was called and advised immediate return, but he collapsed Wednesday morning before attendants could reach him.
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C. O. Johnston
M. K. & TP. Railroad Company
St. Liouis
Johnston
San Antonio
Trinity Fish Come Back To Old Home
Trinity River water between Fort Worth and Dallas is now clean and free of pollution after a recent survey by city chemist W. S. Moblie, Dallas official J. I Hopkins, and state health engineers. They credit the sewage disposal plant and a Fort Worth packing houses facility for the improved water quality reaching Dallas viaduct.
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Ford Worth
Trinity Fyer
Dallas
Trinity
W. 8. Mobilie
J. 1. Hopkins
Edgar Webbes
Bonham
State Health Department
Fort Worth
Eurpeyora
Brother and wife killed by brother who then shoots self
Blackwell Oklahoma July 16 Associated Press reports William G Carson shot and killed his brother Don and Don's wife at the latter's Three Sands home twelve miles south of town then turned the gun on himself. A child cited love of a stake as a possible motive while officers note William was a frequent visitor and had been drinking.
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Blackwell
Okla
William.g. Carson
Don
Three” Sands
Have
Carson
William‘owas
Mary Cholmondley, Novelist, Dies in London
Mary Cholmondley, noted novelist of The Danvers series and The Romance of a Lady, died after a long illness in London. Her career included acclaimed novels and later publicized works, with Hackenberger advertising a new building project at 4448 Alamo.
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