Legal Status of the Scream Wins Five Thousand Dollars
Chicago actress Grace Reals sued a pharmacist claiming injury to her vocal cords from a dispensing error. A jury awarded $5,000 noting a scream is vital to her art and that impairment harms women in the profession. The piece underscores the broader claim that a scream is essential in emergencies.
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Grace Reals
Chicago
Miss Reals
Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Mins Reals
Johnny
Kansas City
Fire Department
Miss Beals
Chester Leads Speed Trial Of Scout Cruisers
The Chester, Salem, and Birmingham tested in a 24 hour run with Chester posting an average 25.50 knots, Salem 24.54 knots, and Birmingham retiring midway due to machinery impairment. Officials say tuning could raise performance and all three will bolster the class for rapid sea service.
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Chester
Salem
Birmingham
The
Troy Times
Railroad link from Arica to La Paz signals continental progress
The contract for a 15 million dollar railroad from Arica Chile to La Paz Bolivia is let. The line will cross the Andes at 12000 feet and form a key segment of a longitudinal system spanning Chile and much of South America. It envisions rail travel from the United States to South America as a future possibility. The late Hinton Rowan Helpers idea gains momentum.
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Arica
Chile
la Paz
Bolivia
Americas
Andes Mountains
United States
South America
Hinton Rowan Helper
Army mules return to duty as San Francisco travel rules shift
The army reaffirms the mule as a valuable asset and orders officers traveling to and from San Francisco and the nearby military reservation to ride in mule drawn conveyances instead of automobiles. Officers had adopted cars during the earthquake emergency, but the government now reverts to the traditional beast for ordinary conditions.
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Shim
San Francisco
New York Fireworks Permits Raise Safety Concerns
Fire Commissioner grants fifteen hundred permits for selling fireworks in New York City citing casualty records and the push for a safe Fourth of July. Critics note some dealers ship to outsiders despite city ordinances, suggesting permits be limited to wholesaling to curb abuse.
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New York City
Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across Norton County Nebraska
In Norton Kansas and nearby southern Nebraska a half dozen tornadoes were observed. Homes and barns were destroyed, a two year old child blown from its mother and not found, cattle perished on the Brunswick ranch, and rural lines and mail service were disrupted. Witnesses report extensive damage to residences, outbuildings, and farms across the affected area.
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Norton
Kansas
Norton County
Nebraska
Brunswick ‘Ranch
Frank Gentry
Frank Cave
Austin Ough
Lew Searles
Myers
Ford Car No 2 Wins Transcontinental Race at Alaska Exposition
Ford car No 2 driven by W. B. Scott won the Guggenheim Trophy and $2,000, finishing at 12 55 35 after 22 days 55 minutes, amid 15 000 spectators in Seattle. Snow drifts five feet deep slowed the final leg through Snoqualmie pass. a protest over a man dropped and later picked up was rumored, Shawmut car finished 70 miles behind in second.
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Seattle
Washington
Ford
Snoqualmie Pass
Cascade Mountains
Scott
Shawmut
Dilson Family Survives Storm Trap in Texas Cellar
In Brown County Texas storm rescuers find Charles Dilson his wife and 12 year old daughter alive after two weeks hidden in a storm cellar beneath their wrecked farm home. They endured subsistence on raw potatoes for six days with no drink for two days and attempted to tunnel to the surface.
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Galveston
Texas
Charles Dilson
Brown” County
Dilson
Dilsons
Texas Fever Spreading in Oklahoma Alarms Cattlemen
In Guthrie Oklahoma cattlemen fear Texas fever or tick is rapidly spreading across the state. State and national inspectors have failed to eradicate or check it. The state board of agriculture asks the federal Bureau of Animal Industry for more inspectors to cooperate locally and Congress for further aid.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
State Board of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Federal Bureau
Congress
Gould Separation Granted After Nearly Three Weeks
New York Katharine Clemmons Gould wins a legal separation from Howard Gould third son of Jay Gould. Alimony set at 36000 yearly. she had sought 250000. Jury hears charges of intoxication and links to Dustin Farnum, but court finds intoxication may stem from excitement and Farnum ties occurred after separation.
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New York
N. Y
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Jay Gould
Wheat Crop in Kansas Holds Steady at Harvest
Topeka Kansas reports the wheat crop condition at 72.3 percent this year, close to last year’s 72.93. Last year’s acreage was about 7 million with a 73 million bushel yield. this year’s acreage is about 6 million, suggesting a yield near 63 million bushels.
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Topeka
Kansas
Coburn
Kansas Agricultural Department
Warden Haskell Resigns From Leavenworth Penitentiary
W. H. Haskell, warden of the Kansas penitentiary, has forwarded his resignation to Gov. Stubbs. The resignation takes effect July 1. Haskell has served as warden for three years and ten months, with his four-year term due to expire September 1. He previously directed the penitentiary for four years before his appointment.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
W. H. Haskell
Kansas Penitentiary
Stubbs
Haskell
Miners Urged to Arbitrate Osage County Strike
In Pittsburg a Kansas-Missouri Coal Operators meeting demanded arbitration to end the Osage county Kansas strike. Miners refused arbitration previously, claiming operators violated a contract.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Coal Operators’ Association of
Missouri
Osage County
Kan
Escaped From Tramps Near Wellington
Guy Armstrong a 16 year old son of Tulsa wealth claims six tramps abducted him after leaving home to work in Kansas wheat fields at four dollars a day. He says he was forced to beg steal and cook for his captors before being returned home.
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Wellington
Kansas
Guy Armstrong
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kansas Wheat Fields
A White Man Is Turning Black
New York report from Bellevue Hospital describes James Mc Faul a street car driver whose skin has gradually darkened over about a year. He remains white on the right side of his face while the rest is black. Doctors call it an organic tissue change but cannot diagnose a specific disease.
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New York
N. Y
James McFaul
Bellevue Hospital
McFaul
Bellevue
Bank Wrecker Marcell Flees to Mexico
A Kansas City man known as J E Marcell, a Kansas bank swindler who defrauded lenders of 25000 dollars, is reported to be in Mexico after a physician accompanying him to the union depot saw him buy a ticket and board a train.
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Kansas City
Missouri
J.E. Marcell
Kansas Bank
Mexico
Union Depot
Mrs Roosevelt Sails for Continental Summer Tour
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt sails from New York aboard the White Star liner Cretic to Gibraltar and Naples with her children Ethel Archie and Quentin. They plan a European summer visiting Miss Carow near Rome and later France. They will return to America around November 1 and abandon the Nile journey plan.
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New York
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Gibraltar
Naples
Ethel
Archie
Quentin
Miss Carow
Messiah Leader to Resign From Bethany College
Prof Samuel Thorstenburg head of Bethany College Lindsborg will resign soon and move to Jamestown New York to play the pipe organ and lead music at a Lutheran church authorities report.
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Salina
Kansas
Samuel Thorstenburg
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Jamestown
N. Y
Lincoln Statue Commissioned for State House Grounds
Daniel Chester French of New York is commissioned to carve a memorial statue of Abraham Lincoln for Lincoln Nebraska. The statue and pedestal and approach are planned to cost about $40,000 in total.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Daniel Chesterfrome
New York
Abraham Lincoln
State House
Adam God Appeals 25-Year Patrolman Killing Case
Kansas City news notes James Sharp, also called Adam God, sentenced to 25 years for fatally wounding a patrolman in a street fight on December 8, plans an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Adam God
Kansas City
James Sharp
Supreme Court
Newspaper Card Missing Title
A concise, lighthearted dialogue snippet captures a character asking to use a typewriter only to be told the machine is engaged, with a witty reveal that the speaker is the fiancé.
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Ad Promises Quality
An advertisement touts Lewis' Single Binder cigars as fresh hand made and foil wrapped to stay moist. It claims superior tobaccos justify a higher 5c price and warns buyers against imitations, urging customers to request the Lewis brand from dealers.
Not Lacking In Dignity Judge John Presides With Dignity
A Louisville Courier Journal remark recalls a country lawyer turned judge famed for solemn bearing and sagacity. An observer asked if he was an efficient arbiter. the answer: he governs with more dignity and less ability than anyone else the acquaintance has known.
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John
Louisville Courier-Journal
Tuberculosis Rise Among Japanese Laborers Abroad
Tuberculosis afflicts Japanese workers abroad causing concern among merchants and officials. A large portion of laborers sent home by Japanese charity associations are consumptives. Japanese newspapers blame limited hospital facilities in labor camps for rising TB rates and call for a new system to care for the sick.
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Japan
Christmas Gift Dilemma In A Rural Washday
A brief cartoonish exchange shows Mrs. Dennis unsure what to give Pat for Christmas during a washday visit, noting he already came home with a pair of pants. The scene, narrated in dialect, highlights festive season humor from a Success Magazine piece.
Grape Nuts Helps Denver Woman Reclaim Health
A Denver woman recounts illness after meals, then recovery after trying Grape-Nuts. She reports regained appetite, strength, and a 12 pound weight gain through a summer of work, crediting the cereal and the book The Road to Wellville for guidance.
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Denver
Wellville
Lyman
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