Brothers in drunken brawl leave one man dead in Bremerton
Aug 3 Bremerton officials report Emmets Kurfman died from stab wounds after an argument with his brother Charles in the Kurfman cabin near Clifton. Charles reportedly attacked with a knife and was later shot. Authorities say the brothers had been in a pattern of drunken fights and moonshine activity, with their father once in Alaska and their mother living in Port. Deputies plan no action without cross county cooperation.
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Charles Kurfman
Clifton
William Steward
Emmett
Charles
Bremerton Hospital
James Kurfman
Acto Bremerton
Alaska
Port
Fred Fein
Kit County
Charlies Kurfman
Kitsap County
Mason County
Bremerton
Kurfman
Rumor of Caruso Death Shocks New Yorks Little Italy
In a flooded Little Italy a Naples born courier spreads news that Caruso is dead. Women weep and street crowds mourn as officers confirm the pap ers report and residents pray for the famous tenor.
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New York
Italy
Caruso
York
Bureau of Information
Congress Debates Agriculture Relief and Tax Revision
Joint committees probe Federal Reserve discrimination against agriculture with Governor Harding slated to testify. House Ways and Means drafts tax revision bill. Immigration panel investigates Hawaiian labor. Senate continues agricultural relief bill debates. Tariffs and embargo proposals move through finance committee as a good roads bill faces post office panel.
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Senate and
Cheese Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
House Ways and
Immigration Committee
Senate
Post Office Committee
Oil Barrel Bursts Injuring Two in Hart Garage
A freak explosion at the Hart & Hart garage 6200 Stanley St Tuesday afternoon wounded two people. Harold Hart, a firm member, suffered severe injuries to his legs and body as debris struck the area. An unidentified worker was also injured by flying timbers and boards from the blast.
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Hart & Hart
Stanley St
Harold Hart
Sand bag from plane crashes into house in Denver
Two people narrowly escaped death when a heavy sand bag loosened from an airplane at about 4 000 feet and plummeted through a two story residence. The impact wrecked one side of the roof and caused extensive damage to the home.
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Denver
Famine Crisis Eyed as Fires Rage in Siberia
A dispatch from Riga quotes Senator Joseph I France describing unprecedented Russian famine while fires sweep vast Siberian fields. The report notes Soviet resilience, Western aid debates, and plans to feed up to 1,000,000 as relief transports are organized. The Third Internationale manifesto urges workers to resist governments exploiting Rumwa distress.
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Carl D. Groat
Gmerin
Siberia
Riga
Joseph I France
Maryland
Moscow
Russia
Third Internationale
Rumwla
Novizta
United Press
London
America
Europe
Gemadattan
United States
Lyman Brown
Brown
Maxim Gorky
Food Administration
Caruso’s mother mourns beside in Naples crowd
Naples wires report Enrico Caruso lying in state as mourners press by the hotel and church for the anticipated funeral mass at Santa Maria Greca. The widow Dorothy Park Benjamin receives condolences as police guard entrances and city flags fly at half staff.
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Camilla Cianfarra
United Free Staff
Naples
Enrico Caruso
Knrico Caruso
Santa Maria Grecia
Cablegrama
Dorothy Park Benjamin
New York
Caruso
Italy
Caruso Will Leaves Large Italian Fortune
Naples reports Enrico Caruso’s 1919 will drawn in America leaves about 30,000,000 lire, equal to roughly $1,254,000 at current exchange. The will provides bequests to all relatives.
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Naples
Enrico Caruso
America
Tax plans spark clash over excess profits levy in revenue bill
Agricultural leaders pledge to fight retention of the excess profits tax, while foes frame proposals as taxing the rich and sparing the poor. Capper insists on keeping the levy and resisting broad tax cuts, arguing consumption taxes would hit wage earners harder.
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Mellon
Frear
Young
North Dakota
Senate
Capper
Kansas
City to seek bids for first unit of municipal docking
Vancouver officials announce advertisement for bids to construct the first unit of a municipal docking system while twenty thousand samples of Columbia Brew are served at the Merchants Exposition. The item is presented as an advertisement.
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Vancouver
Wash
Columbia
Merchants’ Exposition
Kitten Plays With Two Rattlesnakes For Fun
In Eugene near Deadmond Ferry, a young kitten plays with two rattlesnakes, chasing their rattling tails. J. Melby reported his neighbor’s warning and says he plans to train the cat for championship honors after killing the two venomous snakes nearby.
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Eugene
Deadmond Ferry
J. Melby
Melby
Teachers Get 60 Dollar Pay Rise In Vancouver
In Vancouver Washington the school system approved a raise of sixty dollars annually for teachers. The decision affects all certified staff and reflects district budgeting and labor negotiations.
Housekeeper Questioned in Schiller Park Poison Case
Chicago August 3: Mrs Demmer housekeeper for Kolze, whose wife and Kolze were found dead with large amounts of arsenic, was questioned by the state’s attorney. She protests her innocence.
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Grill
Chicago
Schiller Park
Demmer
Kolze
Oregon 91st Division Members Skip Reunion Plan Attend Washington Convention
A letter to Jules Markow, president of the Washington 91st Division association, states Oregon’s 91st members will not hold their reunion and will instead attend the Washington convention held in September.
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Oregon
Jules Markow
Washington
91St Division Association
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