British Break With the Irish Lloyd George's Reply to De Valera
Prime Minister Lloyd George cancels Inverness Sinn Fein conference, insists Britain will not reconsider. In a published letter, he rebuts De Valera's claim of an independent Irish state, warns such recognition would sever links to the empire and imply a treaty with another power. Lloyd George, ill with a chill, remains at Downing Street as doctors are summoned.
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London
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Inverness
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Ireland
Scotland
Lord Dawson
King George
Gairloch
Downing Street
Crown Prince George narrowly escapes Turkish ambush
Crown Prince George of Greece, General Stratigos and other officers were attacked by mounted Turkish irregulars while en route from the battle front toward Eskisheir. The motorcar was fired upon from a hillside but sped away, allowing the prince and his party to escape. Prince George has since joined his father.
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Brass
Asia Minor
Crown Prince
George
Greece
Stratigos
Eskisher
Prince George
Mines under guard in Lehigh field amid radical plot warn
Fear spreads as state police and special officers guard Lehigh valley mines after a warning of a radical plot to blow up and ruin the mines. In New York champagne for medical use arrives at about 600 quarts daily, imported for medical needs.
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Hazieton
Lehigh
New York
Santschi Takes On Husky Lumbermen In The Impostor
Santschi stars in the two reel Western The Impostor at U S A Theatre on Monday and Tuesday September 26 and 27. He plays a woodsman who rebels against two crooks inside a lumber camp after they plot to steal the payroll. A lone pursuit and a dramatic dawn fight follow as Santschi single handedly captures the thieves and proves a rugged hero.
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Tom Santschi
Bill Farnum
Santschi
Mystery woman linked to Vigo County sheriff death
Edna Hugo of St Louis claims she rode in the car with Sheriff Wesley Mitchell of Vigo County when his roadster plunged from an embankment near Clinton. Mitchell was killed, the other occupants hurt. authorities probe her role as she denies killing him. A fortune teller had warned of the sheriff's fate.
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Verre Haute
Ind
Wesley Mitchell
Vigo County
Edna Hugo
St. Louis
Mitchell
Clinton
Sheriff Mitchell
Forreston Journal Adverts Ask For Low Rates And Quality
In a humorous note, Editress Buckley of the Forreston Journal proclaims prints offered for any request except postage stamps and Liberty bonds, promising a workmanlike job at a price customers love. The Mt. Morris Index teases about printing knsacs and samples, joking about long soul kind panels, and acknowledges local gossip without intending to spark scandal.
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Buckley
Forreston Journal
Mt. Morries
Birth of 111 Pound Baby Reported In Exchange
A comically garbled type setting error in an old newspaper exchange results in a misread tale of a 111 pound baby. The note laments printing slips as accidents will happen to the best of newspapers, with Byron MN Express cited.
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Byron
Prayer Answered A Grimsby Fish Merchant Letter Returns
A Grimsby fish merchant who wrote God send you back to me on a treasury note early in the year and put it into circulation was surprised to receive it back recently as part payment of an account from a Swindon customer.
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Grimsby
Eng
Treasury
Swindon
Kaiser’s Kin Flee Germany to Doorn Enclave
Doorn Sep 17 Strong anti ultraconservative mood after Erzberger murder spurs Ho henzollern family to leave Germany and seek refuge at Doorn with former Emperor William. Ex-empress Victoria Louise now Duchess of Brunswick travels with duke and children. Former Prince Adalbert and expected Princes Eitel Friedrich and Oscar also seen arriving as conditions in Germany remain unsettled.
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Doorn
Germany
Mathias Erzberger
Hohenwollern
William
Victoria Louise
Duchess of Brunswick
Adalbert
Eitel ‘Yridrich
Oscar
Protect Your Credit Opinion Piece Aimed at Readers
A Hartshorne Oklahoma Sun reflection argues that rebuilding credit after a ruined small account costs about $86 in time and effort. It suggests readers should stop to consider the value of reestablishing trust with creditors and paying attention to first statements.
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Hartshorne
Okla
Sun
Boxer dies after bout in Binghamton
James McDonald twenty one year old boxer died from brain injuries after a match at an athletic club in Binghamton. He collapsed in the ring and was moved to a hospital in semiconscious condition. Surgeons failed to relieve brain pressure and autopsy showed rupture of a small brain vessel with no skull fracture. No arrests have been made.
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Binghampton
James McDonald
Slayer Executed at Sing Sing Prison
Edward J. McNally was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Walter Jngiewsky, restaurant manager on Staten Island. His two accomplices received life imprisonment.
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Slayer
Sing Sing
Ossining
Edward J. McNally
Walter Jnngiewsky
Staten Island
Nfe
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Counted by Age and Role
The list notes 56 signers with 24 lawyers 13 farmers 9 merchants 9 doctors 2 mechanics a mariner a preacher and a surveyor. Youngest Edward Rutledge 27 oldest Benjamin Franklin in his 70s. Forty two were aged 30 to 50, average age 43. Charles Carroll the last survivor lived to 105. Not all signed July 4 1776. Hancock and Thompson signed on July 4 while others did later or not at all. Adams and Jefferson later became presidents.
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Edward Rutledge
South Carolina
Benjamin’ Franklin
Charles Carroll
Maryland
John’ Hancock
Charles Thompson
Congress
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Signers of the Declaration by States List Names and Roles
The text lists signers by state for the Declaration of Independence. It highlights John Hancock and Charles Carroll signing with additional phrases, and notes a coincident death date of July 4, 1826 for the two men. Names from each state include Morris, Franklin, Clymer, Penn, Ross, Wythe, Lee, Jefferson, Harrison, Nelson, and many others across Virginia, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Connecticut, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, Rhode Island, New Hampshire.
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United States
John Hancock
King George
Charles Carroll
Maryland
Carroll
Carrollton
Pennsylvania
Roert Morris
Benjamin Franklin
George Clymer
George Taylor
Benjamin Rush
John Morton
James Smith
William Paca
George Ross
Virginia
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
Delaware
Caesar Hodney
George Read
Thomas M'Kean
New York
William Floyd
Francis Lewis
Phillip Livingston
Lewis Morris
New Jersey
Richard Stockton
Francis Hopkinson
John Witherspoon
John Hart
Abraham Clark
Massachusetts
Samuel Adams
Robert Trent Phine
John Adams
Elbridge Gerry
South Carolina
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward Jr
Thomas Lynch Jr
Arthur Middleton
Connecticut
Roger Sherman
William Williams
Self Determination and the Shape of Fashion
Milwaukee Journal notes fashion experts confess uncertainty about skirt length and women’s role in trends. The piece argues independence in economics could lead to women shaping clothing, and questions the impact on household budgets from a new idea in female autonomy.
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Father
Milwaukee Journal
Money and wealth in civic virtue and folly
A compilation of quotes on money from Seneca Cowley Colton Beecher Bruyere Foster Whately Montaigne Burton Sterne and others. The passages debate wealth as instrument or trap, its impact on character, and the moral duties of the rich toward society.
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Senica
Cowley
Horesman
Colton
Henry Ward Beecher
Bruyere
John Foster
Whately
Montaime
Burton
Awkward Youth Sparks Droll Family Reveal at Station
A southern railroad delay leads a bored traveler to strike up conversation with a villager. A local youth is dubbed lazy by a man who turns out to be the boy’s father. the quip ends with an American Legion Weekly anecdote about kin and misperception.
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American
Legion Weekly
Midsummer Madness at U. S. A. Theatre
The William DeMille drama Midsummer Madness arrives at the U S A Theatre for September 26 and 27. A romantic triangle unfolds as two married friends fall for each other under moonlit tension. Starred by Lila Lee Lois Wilson Jack Holt and Conrad Nagel in a high intensity melodrama adaptation of Cosmo Hamilton.
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William DeMille
Cosmo Hamiton
Lila Lee
Lois Wilson
Jack Holt
Conrad Nugel
Women delegates to disarmament conference debated
The Detroit Free Press argues that recommending women as delegates to the disarmament conference should be based on merit and qualifications, not gender. It warns the presidency against mixing the sex issue into selections, urging that the top statesmen and diplomats be chosen for this serious international matter.
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Harding
United States
Detroit
Free- Preuss
Parachutes Save Cadet Over Crater Lake Flight
Parachutes rescue a U S air service cadet during a flight from Mather Field California over Crater Lake National Forest Oregon. Wireless and aeronautic science aided the timely rescue.
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Mather Field
California
Crater Lake National Forest
Oregon
Plucky Pilot Lands on Lava Island at Crater Lake
In Crater Lake a plane lost spark plugs forcing a landing on a lava island amid rugged cliffs. After deliberation the pilot chose the island, set up radio gear, and waited as rescue planes arrived with sparking plugs. Adverse currents delayed rescues but plugs were parachuted in and the pilot safely took off.
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Popular Mechanics
Crater Lake
Catholic Ladies Bake Sale at Central Meat Market
Bake sale by Catholic Ladies at Central Meat Market this Saturday September 24 at 2 o clock. Committee includes Mrs J L McIntosh Mrs Fred Seeger and Miss Maggie Peetz. Willing Workers offer plain comforts 7 1/2 cents and buttonhole edge 25 cents extra. Leave orders with Mrs Dave Jones president. Metz Millinery reports new felt hats arrival.
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J. ,L. McIntosh
Fred Seeger
Maggie Peetz
Dave Jones
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