Britain Breaks With Allies Over War Debts And Ruhr
London August 13 Britain issues a sharp note to France and Belgium warning of separate negotiations with Germany unless allied attitudes change. Viscount Curzon says occupation of the Ruhr is illegal and Britain may seek reparations from Germany and payment from allies to cover its U S war debt. The note calls out French and Belgian attitudes as hurting British interests and cites 14 2 billion gold marks needed for Britain to pay America.
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London
Great Britain
France
Belgium
England
Britain
Germany
Viscount Curzon
Ruhr
Baldwin
United States
Tifranece
Lord Curzon
America
Seven Die in Ruhr Clash With Police and French Forces
In Gelsenkirchen Sunday morning seven Germans were killed and nineteen wounded as German police and French soldiers opened fire after a mob stormed shops and smashed windows. The police had lost control and called in French troops to restore order.
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Ruhr
Dusseldorf
Gelsenkirchen
Mmob
Bergdoll Kills Kidnaper in Germany
Berlin reports that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the American draft evader shot and killed a French kidnapper in Eberbach Baden and wounded another. Bergdoll his two companions Captain Griffith and Victor Nielsen fled with an auto packed with chloroform rifles and ropes and were captured by German police.
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Berlin
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Eberbach
Baden
Bergdoll
Captain Griffith
Victor Nielsen
American Steamer Alice Dollar Fire Incident Reported
A Reuters dispatch from Ichang says Chinese soldiers fired on the American steamer Alice Dollar at Foochow injuring one passenger. Guards aboard the ship returned fire, killing three and wounding eight of the Chinese soldiers.
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London
Reuter
Ichang
Alice Dollar
Foochow
Harding left $750000 to widow in will
The late President Harding was worth about three quarters of a million dollars at death and most of this will go to Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, his widow.
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Harding
Washington
Florence Kling Harding
Piggly Wiggly Chief Quits After Fortune Loss
Clarence Saunders announces relinquishment of control of Piggly Wiggly, Inc. at Memphis setting, declaring he has lost his entire fortune and business. The move ends his chairmanship of the chain stock corporation.
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Piggly Wiggly Head
Memphis
Tenn
Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly, Inc
Coolidge Meets Cabinet as Coal and Bonus Topics Rise
Washington August 9 President Coolidge holds first cabinet meeting amid ongoing coal troubles and soldiers bonus debate. Former Senator Calder of New York and Representative Treadway of Massachusetts pressed for swift action on coal. a Massachusetts Legion delegation urged support for a soldiers bonus.
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Washington
Coolidge Thursay
Calder
New York
Treadway
Massachusetts
American Legion
William Doyle
Coolidge
Doyle
New Willard
Capitol
Harding
Daugherty
Train Derailed by Auto. C. & E. I. Gets Damages
Heirs of the car owner and driver settled out of court after seven years, reimbursing the Chicago and Eastern Illinois for locomotive and track damage from a collision on June 3, 1916. Engineer Charles Everhart was killed. the heirs agreed to $5,000, with one third for the railroad and costs, and the widow receiving the rest.
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Auto
Danville
Harper Daniels
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Charles Everthart
Daniels
Everthart
Doctor Finds Rubber Glove in Patient's Bladder
In Salem Oregon on August 11 surgeons found a rubber glove in the bladder of Jerry Wyant of San Francisco during a operation. Wyant had a prior operation in San Francisco two years earlier. A doctor here said a sponge was removed from his abdomen a few months after that first operation.
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Salem
Ore
Jerry Wyant
San Francisco
Wyant
U S Senators Visit Russia Tour Continues
U S Senators William H. King Edwin F. Ladd and Representative James A. Frear left Moscow for a trip into the interior after a visit to the city, signaling ongoing diplomatic travel during the Aug 13 timetable.
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U. S
Russia
Moscow
William H. King
Utah
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
James A. Frear
Wisconsin
Tax Revenue From Chicago Baseball Games in 1922
Chicago reports 128017.44 dollars in tax revenue from big league baseball games in 1922. Figures released by the collector of internal revenue show gains in the Northern district of Athen.
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Chicago
Athen
Collector of Internal Revenue
Strikes Spread Across Germany Amid Communist Threat
Berlin reports a wave of strikes with 250000 workers idle or marching under the banner No money no work. Money famine and slow wage adjustments fuel discontent as the government faces a money shortage and Communist threats to topple the constitutional order.
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Berlin
Money Press
Reichstag
Communist Party
Ebert
Hamburg
Siemens
Luebeck
Grefeld
Germany
Neurode
Glatz
Silesia
Hanover
Deputies Nab Seven Prisoners After Lost Creek Moonshine Siege
Six Hazard deputies chased moonshiners from Cocke rill's fork on Lost Creek to Hazard after a brief gun battle. They returned with seven prisoners and six moonshine stills, debunking rumors that prohibition agents were killed. no injuries were reported.
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Hazard
Cockerill’s Fork
Lost Creek
Prohibition
Cuno Resigns. Stresemann Chosen German Chancellor
Berlin Aug 13 Chancellor Cuno and his cabinet resigned as President Ebert invited Dr Gustave Stresemann to form a new government. Stresemann accepted and will lead Germany in the first majority coalition cabinet formed by the Peoples Socialist Democratic and Clerical parties. He heads the German American Commercial Union and leads industrialists.
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Berlin
Cuno
Ebert
Gustave Stresemann
Doctor Stresemann
Germany
Girl Dies Two Dieing and Eleven Hurt in Strange Crash
Nyack New York August 10 one young woman was scalded to death two more are dying and eleven others injured when a sightseeing bus from New York collided with a steam roller. Steam from a burst pipe enveloped all hurt.
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Nyack
N. Y
New York
Rockefeller Estate Settled In Biggest Inheritance On Record
William Rockefeller's estate, valued at a gross 102.58 million with a net 67.65 million after expenses, passes to four heirs Emma R McAlpin Percy A Rockefeller and Geraldine A Dodge. Major debts include sums to Jessup Lamont Chase National Bank and others with taxes totaling over 16 million. Asset mix centers on government and municipal bonds and Standard Oil holdings including NJ NY CA IN shares.
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New York
William Rockefeller
State Tax Commission
Rockefeller
Jessup & Lamont
Chase National Bank
Central Union Trust Company
Bank of Manhattan Company
Farmers Loan & Trust Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Emma R. McAlpin
William G. Rockefeller
Percy A. Rockefeller
Geraldine A. Dodge
United States
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
Indiana
National City Bank of New York
Class One Railroads Post June Net $87 742 000
The class one railroads reported June net railway operating income of $87,742,000, yielding a 5.47 percent annual return on the fixed minimum valuation set by the Interstate Commerce Commission, including additions and betterments through January 1, 1923.
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U. S
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stephen the Deacon and the First Martyr’s Bold Witness
Lesson outlines Stephen as the first Christian martyr. It covers his selection as a deacon, his bold defense before the council, the charges of blasphemy, and his vision of Christ at death. It notes his impact on the early church and Saul’s reaction to Stephen’s martyrdom.
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Stephen
Jesus
Spirit of
Moses
Christ
I J. Stephen
Stifler
God
Temple
Israel
Stephen Stoned
Heaven
Saul
Auto Caravan Eighy Miles Long Creeps Into Marion
City officials report a funeral caravan for Harding stretched eighty miles as cars moved two to three abreast along the westward Harding highway into Marion. The procession continuously grew with vehicles joining from several directions creating a long, steady line.
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Marion
Lima
Harding
Famed Horseman Frank D. Weir Dies in Kentucky
Frank D. Weir age sixty five of Covington Kentucky renowned owner of famous race horses died suddenly Saturday after a heart attack while driving his car in Chicago.
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Chicago
Frank D. Weir
Covington
Christian Resignation Accepted by President Coolidge
President Coolidge accepted the resignation of George B. Christian Jr. secretary to the late President Harding, with the understanding that it would not become immediately effective.
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Christian
Washington
Coolidge
George B. Christian, Jr
Harding
French Call British Note an Act of Economic War
Paris August 13. A high Foreign Office official called the British note a declaration of moral and economic war against France. He said almost every point attacks the moral integrity of the French nation and no government, of any party, could accept such terms.
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Paris
France
Foreign Office
Mississippi Faces Second Primary For Governor
Jackson Mississippi August 11 A second primary set for August 28 will decide if H L Whitfield or ex Governor Theodore G Bilbo of Poplarville becomes Mississippi's next governor.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
H. L. Whitfield
Theodore G. Bilbo
Poplarville
Abyssinia Applies for League Membership
Abyssinian government formally requests admission to the League of Nations for consideration at the next assembly meeting. The filing was submitted from Geneva on August 11.
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Abyssinia
League
Geneva
League of Nations
In Great Books and the Mind’s Room for Ideas
A compact reflection on how great books invite the reader to fill pages with personal insight. The quote contrasts minimal content in a book with the mind’s capacity to absorb and project meaning through contemplation.
Are Little Men the Little Men of Selfish Paths
A reflective musing contrasts those who heed their lesser natures with the idea that following the small self yields diminutive character and small ambitions for society.
Fear vs Courage Echoes in Silent Admonition
The fragment contrasts fear and cowardice with true courage, echoing a philosophical stance attributed to Sir P, though the stream of words appears incomplete. The text suggests moral reflection rather than a news event, with emphasis on inner resolve over despair.
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Sir P
Farmers swap mule care tale on country road
Two farmers meet on a country road and swap remedies for distemper. One jokes he gave his mule turpentine, then notes the animal died. The second responds he did the same and killed his mule, finishing with the same “giddap.”
Small Town Bright Lights in Colorado Town
Johns town Colorado is described as the 100 percent electrically lighted town in the United States by EH A Thompson manager of Fort Lupton Light and Power company. Every home is wired and nearly all lights are in use.
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United States
Johnstown
Colo
EH. A. Thompson
Fort Lupton
Bank in Peril and a Clerk’s Eight-Cent Overdrawn Joke
A Youngstown Telegram item shares a humorous bank anecdote about a girl clerk informing a customer his account is eight cents overdrawn. The customer asks if it must be addressed this morning, prompting a humorous exchange.
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Youngstown Telegram
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J. S
Jaques
Jaques Capsule Co., Inc
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Jaques WaKkers
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