Melba Farewell Concert Draws World Tribute
Dame Nellie Melba gave a farewell performance at His Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne. She sang La Boneme and spoke of fatigue before retirement, while audiences and global messages poured in. Proceeds from the final night, plus a special appeal, went to the Limbless Soldiers' Club, raising 18 000 pounds as Prime Minister Bruce praised her service to Australia. Melba to sail for London on November 25.
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Slbournt
Australia
Nellie Melba
Ma Donpa
Ap & Fearance
Sala
His Majesty's Theater
la Boneme
Melba Cam
Mimi
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Ondor
Paris
Sts Majesix
Melba
Soldiers’Club
Bruce
Xeone
Madame Afelba
London
Farmers Convene in Oklahoma City Guamocrica Union Meet Opens
About 200 delegates attend the twentieth annual convention of the Farmers Educational and Co-Operative Union of America opened in Oklahoma City. Governor Trapp and other city officials welcomed attendees as Charles Barrett of the union is slated to deliver the principal address.
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Oklahoma Cpey
Cwith
Farmers’ Eductonal and Co-Operative Union of Guamocrica
M. Vi. Trapp
C. E., Paceill
Oklahoma City
Flivvers Replace Bikes in San Antonio History
The San Antonio licensing records show a shift from bicycles to motor vehicles as the flivver replaces the bike. In 1907 bicycles were common, but today bicycle license tags are scarce with only 5300 issued, compared to 6399 owners paying 75 cents in 1923.
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San Antonio
Henie
Mattie V. Goggan
Ecards
Dad
Goggan
Minister questioned as wife’s ashes found in furnace
Police investigate the cremation of Rev C V Sheatsler's wife after the remains and jewelry were found in the furnace at their Bexley home. Coroner and neighbors were alerted by the odor of burning flesh. four children reported the house filled with smoke on return from school.
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Lumbus
Rbev
C. V. Sheatsler
Christ Lutheran Church of
Bexley
Besley
Shellon- Burger
Murphy
Shearsley
Nvishhors
Murzeis
Tecause
Jie
Olanders sight partly restored after cataract surgery
Chicago November 18 Vic tor A Olander secretary treasurer of the Illinois State Federation of Labor nearly blind for five years, had cataracts removed from one eye in Niles Michigan by Dr F N Bonine with a second operation planned on the other eye. The first operation was reported successful.
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Chicago
Victor A. Olander
Jinois
Tabor
F. N. Bonine
Niles
Mich
Sudan
Police Chief’s Ontario Home Bombed in Apparent Attack
In Ontario on Nov 18 an explosion damaged the home of Gen Victor A S Williams commissioner of the Ontario Provincial police. Williams said he would not discuss details to avoid hindering the investigation and vowed a vigorous campaign against bootleggers.
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Loronto
Ontario
Victor A. S. Williams
Williams
Caillaux Granted Amnesty by France Senate
Paris report says former premier Joseph Caillaux who was found guilty in 1918 of impeding prosecution of the war received amnesty from the senate by a 176 to 4 vote. Former interior minister Louis Malvy was granted amnesty by 193 to 62 in the same session.
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Associated
Wreys
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Senate
Louis Malyy
Interior
France
Fake loans lead to twenty thousand shortage in Stamford
In Stamford Connecticut on November 18 investigators charged Tina Stamatin twenty, Harry McGrath, Walter Keller, and Roy Malcolm with embezzlement from the Beneficial Loan Society. Stamatin served as cashier, Keller as manager, Malcolm a former manager, alleged to cause a \$20,000 deficit.
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Atamford
Conn
Tina Stamatin
Harry C. McGrath
Walter NM. Keller
Roy HW. Malcom
Mount Vernon
Beneficial Loan Society
Misa Stamatin
Socety
Keller
Malcom
Tax return lists to be restricted for public viewing
Washington D C November 1 The Internal Revenue Service orders limit public inspection of income tax returns to three hours per day and three days a week. Commissioner Blair says this protects offices from delays during inquiries and notes that only authorized officials may handle sensitive data. The measure aims to curb blanket requests for taxpayer details while the Justice Department prepares a test case on publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
Blair
Arternes General Stone
Department of Justice
Businesswoman Mrs. Gaines Advocates Work and Passion
Mrs. Gaines argues success comes from hard work and finding a calling. She recalls editing Comfort Paper in San Antonio, wrote under the pen name Texas Urueman, studied advertising at Columbia, and moved to Kansas City where she built a career while enjoying family life.
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Gaines
Atal
Peple
Wenmu
San Antonio
Comfort Nevet
Texas Urueman
San Antonia
Cadwallader, Coulter
Acceome Executive
University of Missouri
M Gaines
Coolidge Accepts Legion Drive Post in Veterans Campaign
President Coolidge agreed to chair the honorary committee for a campaign to raise 5 million dollars as an endowment for orphans and disabled World War veterans. The announcement came from National Commander Drain at Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Coolidge
Drain
Liner Health Shipments Bring San Francisco Mayor's Son
Boston dispatch reports the steamer President Van Buren bearing James M. Rolph, son of San Francisco's mayor, is due today. He is seriously ill with typhoid fever after speedy transport to a Boston hospital.
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Boston
President van Buren
Dollar Ling
James M. Rolph
San Francisco
Rolph
Husband Spanks Wife Over Bridge Then Seeks Divorce
Mrs Magdalene Jackson sues Robert J. Jackson in Chicago for divorce alleging abuses during their marriage started in 1920. The suit claims the husband spanked her in front of guests, forced her to sleep on the floor, and compelled her to drive on a curb during their honeymoon. The couple separated October 17.
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Chicago
Magdalene Jackson
Robert J. Jackson
Hotel Fire Destroys Bothwell. Two Dead Four Missing
Atlantic City reports two killed including James Bennett of New York and an unidentified woman, with four missing as the Bothwell hotel and annex burn. The blaze damaged the Casino and many residences. loss pegged at $1.5 million as wind reduced damage. Sergeant James A. McMens mint remains missing since entering the Senator. About twenty firemen were injured. cause under investigation.
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Atlantic City
Bothwell
James Bennett
New York
James A. McMensmin
Bennett
Framendet
Philadelphia
Leader of bandit gangs caught
A witness recounts helping fugitives from a bank robbery in Texas. He describes driving a large car with the gang, watching them flee in two cars, and then hiding in San Antonio before returning to Akron, Ohio. The account notes the gang leader Avery and ties the events to Sutherland Springs.
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San Antonio
Sutherland Springs
South Flores Street
Akron
Ohio
Avery
Birth patterns show more male births than female in San Antonio
San Antonio birth records indicate more male babies than females yearly. In 1922 2204 boys and 2095 girls. 1923 2140 boys and 1922 girls. 1924 up to September 1526 boys and 1557 girls. Deaths declined from 2641 in 1922 to 2224 by October 1924. July and August birth peaks. February and March deaths.
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San Antonio
San Antonians
Bexar Courts Close In Honor Of Woman
Bexar county district courts adjourned Tuesday afternoon in respect to the memory of Mrs. Sidney J. Brooks wife of Sidney J. Brooke a prominent member of the San Antonio bar. Judge R W B Terrell announced the gesture Tuesday morning. Mrs Brooks died Sunday morning. funeral services were held at 3 o clock Tuesday afternoon.
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Bexar County
Sidney J. Brooks
Sidney J. Brooke
San Antonio
R. W. B. Terrell
Seventy-third District Court
Rs. Brooks
Coolidge declines vacation urged by friends
President Coolidge rejects friends urging a holiday after the campaign stating he is in good health and wants to stay at work to remain in touch with government issues. His physician Dr. James F. Conpal reportedly supported the decision. Close associates say he prefers to keep near his desk to handle affairs.
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Washington
Coolidge
James F. Conpal
Tequila and auto seized after south Texas chase
Customs officers seized 98 bottles of tequila and confiscated an automobile after a chase about 25 miles south of Falfurrias. Two men fled the car following gunfire as agents attempted to stop the vehicle. one escaped, the other fled. Ed Costuila, deputy collector of customs, reported the incident.
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Falfurrias
Ed Cotuila
Black man confesses slaying of woman in Chicago
Johnson, 21, arrested Sunday, wrote a 21 page life story confessing he killed Ruth Smith, 18, in Chicago on July 21 after jealousy led him to attack her with a knife. Buffalo police were notified.
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Buffaloq
John Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Ruth Smithws
Woman Found Dead in Detroit Strangled
In Detroit on November 18 Mrs. Amait Lee Bowers was found strangled in her apartment. Police hold Lee Hawkins, 30, with a broken arm in a cast, believed unlikely to have harmed her. A Chicago postmarked letter threatened to "make trouble" if the writer's watch was not returned, found in the apartment.
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Detroit
Amait Lee Bowers
Lee Hawkins
Chicago
Storm on Atlantic Claims Ten Lives
A dramatic Atlantic storm claimed ten lives with crews adrift. Captain Albert Peterson of Brooklyn perished in freezing water while struggling to reach a line aided by the coast guard cutter Ossipee. One ship ashore and two schooners off Cape Cod faced wrecked sails and ripped anchors as heavy seas battered the region. Trains from New York and Washington were delayed reaching Boston by one to two hours, and a Boston resident died from exposure.
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Albert Peterson
Brooklyn
Coast Guard
Ossipes
New York
Washington
Boston
Two Hurt In Mellon Auto Collision
Witnesses say a Mellon automobile struck a curb after speeding along a road, tearing up a stone curb and injuring two men who suffered only slight injuries. Responding to telephone queries, the driver described little damage overall.
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Hellie Melbn
Okaroma City
Colgate’s
Colgate
Olander
Caillaux
Alamo Jewelry CO
Legion Drive
Hubby
Bexar
Association American Importers of
Fifth Avenue
Frank Bros
North River
Manhattan Island
Fastein Steamship Company
Atantic
Mellon Auto
Uneeda Graham
Uneeda
Graham Cracke
Texas
Crockett
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