Boat Sinks Killing Six Boy Scouts Near Dowagiac
Eight people drowned when a steel motorboat carrying South Bend boy scouts and leaders foundered on Magician lake ten miles northwest of Dowagiac Michigan. The drowned were all residents of South Bend including Scout Executive Joseph Taylor and his son James ten. Coroner says overloading likely caused the tragedy as rescue crews recover bodies and shore side relatives await word.
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South Bend
Ind
Magician Lake
Dowagiac
Mich
Joseph Taylor
James Taylor
Vernon C. Murphy
Judson Taylor
Clinton Matthews
Kenneth Burroughs
William Kingsley
Philip Neitzel
Coast Guard
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Southend
An Ishmi
Taylor
W. C. Harper
Boy Scout
Hungry Russ Worship Godlike Y A R A N
American relief worker Henry C. Wolfe in the Samara district was bowed to as a god by local men in Kureodova during a home visit. The crowd knelt, wept, crossed themselves, and touched their foreheads to the floor, saying they wished to worship the ARA representative.
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London
Henry C. Wolfe
Coshocton
American Relief Administration
Samara
Lenin to quit as premier amid illness says source
Berlin reports that Nicolai Lenin plans to resign as Russian premier within days due to a serious illness. President Rakowski of the Ukrainian Soviet says Lenin is improving, but independent reports confirm imminent resignation.
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Berlin
Rakowski
Moscow
Nicolai Lenin
Lenin
Thirteen Bodies Recovered From Mine Disaster
Trinidad Colo March 28 The So pris No 2 mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company wrecked by an explosion of undetermined origin has yielded 13 of 17 victims. Rescue crews hope all bodies will be located.
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Trinidad
Colo
Sopris No. 2
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Poincare Pushes 18 Months Military Service Measure
Premier Poincare plans to pass a law instituting 18 months of military service, overriding substitute bills that propose shorter terms. The move targets unifying conscription policy across the nation.
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Paris
Poincare
Baldwin elected Hawaii delegate to Congress in landslide
In Honolulu on March 28 Harry A. Baldwin won Hawaii’s new Republican delegate seat to the U.S. Congress defeating Pemocrat Lincoln M. McCandless by a landslide. Baldwin’s victory cements GOP strength in Hawaii during this election.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Harry A. Baldwin
United States Congress
Lincoln M. McCandless
U S Market Report March 23 Prices and Averages
Washington report lists week ending March 23 quotes for Kay No 1 Timothy alfalfa prairie feed rates in Kansas City Minneapolis and Chicago, plus Chicago cash grain prices, Minneapolis May wheat futures moves, dairy butter and cheese prices, fruits vegetables and onion trends, and Chicago live stock figures with weekly shipment totals from 12 markets.
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Washington
Kay
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Memphis
Prairie
Stu Louis
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Winnipeg
Boston
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Baltimore
Maine Green Mountains
Maine
Customs Agents Seize Gems in New York
Diamonds with an estimated wholesale value between 85 000 and 110 000 dollars were seized by customs officials in New York. Francisco Chame a 40 year old rubber dealer from Para Brazil was arrested while attempting to dispose of the gems in a West Twenty third street jewelry shop.
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New York
Francisco Chame
Para
Brazil
West Twenty-third Street
Dodge Acquitted on Dwi Charge in Municipal Court
Detroit millionaire John Duval Dodge was acquitted by a Kalamazoo jury in municipal court on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was bound over to the April term of the Circuit Court on a separate illegal possession of liquor charge.
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Dodge
Kalamazoo
Mich
John Duval Dodge
Detroit
Six Die in Manitoba House Fire at Amaranth
A deadly blaze at Amaranth Manitoba killed six people inside the home of Max Warhaft. The victims were Mr and Mrs Warhaft, their three children, and a maid. The fire occurred north of here and destroyed the residence.
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Manitoba
Dceath
Max Warhaft
Amaranth
Man
Here
Mrs. Warhaft
Bonus Sales Tax Bill Clears House For Senate Action
President Harding backs a bonus sales tax as indicated by senate leaders. The certificate bonus measure, approved by the House, has reached the Senate for consideration.
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Senate
Washington
Harding
House
Coal Strike Seen Unavoidable, Officials Say
Washington officials state at the White House that the nationwide coal strike planned for April 1 appears unavoidable, ending hopes of averted action by the government.
US To Allies Demands Cash For Army Occupation Costs
Washington reports that the American government has dispatched notes to Britain Belgium France Italy and Japan outlining the demand that Allied and German occupation costs be reimbursed. The note asserts the obligation is a solemn moral and legal duty and cites the Cannes figures of 1922 payments totaling 720 million cash and 1.45 billion in kind.
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Washington
Paris
Great Britain
Belgium
France
Italy
Japan
State Department
Germany
United States
Reichsbank
Cannes
German envoy Wiedfeldt named ambassador to United States
Berlin announces Dr Otto Ludwig Wiedfeldt 50 a leading German industrialist and economist has been chosen as ambassador to the United States filling the post left vacant since February 1917 after Count von Bernstorff departed Washington. He reportedly left Krupp to accept the post.
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Berlin
Otto Ludwig Wiedfeldt
United States
Doctor Wiedfeldt
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Washington
Germany
Wiedfeldt
Krupp Works
Temperance Leader Edwin Mulready Dies in Rockland
Edwin M. Mulready, sixty eight, longtime temperance advocate and former vice president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union, died at his Rockland home. The Mass resident was a prominent figure in Catholic temperance circles.
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Catholic
Rockland
Mass
Edwin M. Mulready
Mr. Mulready
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
River Dump Sends 350000 Gallons Of Liquor Into Chicago River
Crowd watches as beer wine and whisky totaling 350000 gallons are poured into the Chicago river at Clark street from river docks and bridge. Authorities report the disposal as a controlled release of liquor into the river.
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Chicago
Clark Street
Seven of One Family Shot in Belfast Tragedy
In Belfast on March 27 a mutinous group wearing uniforms forced into the MacMahon home and lined seven family members up to shoot them. Four died at once, two more later, and a wounded son survived. Police and ambulances rushed victims to hospital as a six hour clash between Ulster special constables and Sinn Feiners intensified nearby.
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Belfast
Ulster
Owen MacMahon
Joseph Campbell
John Murdock
Fehmuanagh-Tyrone
MacMahon
May Street
Mac Mahon
Glenravel Street
Ulster Special
Sinn
Nationwide Strike Endorsed By UMWA Policy Committee
In Cleveland on March 27 the United Mine Workers policy committee unanimously backed international officers in calling a nation wide strike in all coal fields of the United States and Canada. It ordered all union men to lay down tools on the date except those needed to keep mines in condition. A resolution urged 200000 nonunion miners to join 600000 organized workers in the walkout.
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Cleveland, O
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Canada
Engineering strike looms over Britain with 1,000,000 workers
London March 27. A nationwide stoppage threatens the engineering industry as government intervention is urged. Ballot results show nearly three to one rejecting the employers terms. Earlier mediation attempts between labor mediators and the Employers' federation failed.
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London
Employers' Federation
Iron Plant in Ohio Quits
Youngstown Ohio March 25 the blast furnace of the A M Byers company at Girard will be blown out next week. The firm's stock of raw materials is exhausted and prices of materials and freight rates are too high to justify replenishing the stock.
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Youngstown
A. M. Byers Company
Girard
U. S. Sends Another Note on German Troop Costs
The American embassy in London transmitted a note to the foreign office supplementing Secretary Hughes’s recent note about the cost of American troops of occupation in Germany.
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U. S
London
Foreign Office
Hughes
Germany
Tariff Bill About Ready
Washington reports that the tariff bill will be completed within a week, according to Senator McCumber of North Dakota, chairman of the Senate finance committee.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Finance Committee
A King Who Trusted God Asa's reform and victory
Asa, grandson of Rehoboam, begins a program of reform rejecting idolatry and removing altars, high places, images, and groves. He strengthens Judah with fortified cities and shields his army of 480,000. Facing Zerah the Ethiopian, he prays to God, trusts Him, and wins a decisive victory as the Egyptian army flees.
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Asa
Rehoboam
Jerusalem
Judah
Zerah
Israal
Love Faith and Hope Across a Day’s Journey
A reflective piece extols daily love and strength to preach kindness, offering a glimpse of heaven along the way and urging continued faith and hope to reach it.
Console Thyself in the Face of Injustice
A brief aphorism cites Democritus advising self solace when confronted with injustice, arguing true unhappiness lies in committing wrong rather than suffering it. The quote frames moral restraint as the path to inner peace.
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Democritus
Favorite Prescription Restores Strength for Expectant Mother
Mrs. C. L. Scott of South Bend Indiana testifies that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription made her strong and healthy during and after pregnancy and kept her baby strong. She urges others to obtain the medicine from their druggists in liquid or tablet form.
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South Bend
Ind
Dr. Pierce
C. L. Scott
E. Sample St
Fish as a mousetrap in St. John river catch
A large brook trout caught by J. E. Barbour of Paterson New Jersey in the St John river Gaspe Canada on June 20 1921 contained nine mice in its stomach with five of them quite large.
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J. E. Barbour
Paterson
N. J
St. John’s River
Gaspe
Canada
Diamond Dyes Advert Promise Easy Home Dyeing
Diamond Dyes claim simple directions for dyeing or tinting old fabrics at home. The ad assures rich color for wool silk linen cotton and mixed fabrics with no streaks spots fading or running, and urges buying Diamond Dyes only for guaranteed results.
Yes, With Too Many of Us
Uncle Eben reflects on six days passing quickly and the prompt to recall lessons learned on Sunday. The line suggests themes of memory and daily life in a dialect writing style.
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Uncle Eben
Soft coal use weighs down launder work this winter
Advert reads that soft coal will make laun dry work heavier this winter and that Red Grass, Ball, Blue will help remove grime. Available at all grocers.
What kind of boys go to heaven Willie
A terse line notes a dialogue on heaven and death with Willie replying that only dead boys reach heaven, framed as a brief, stark quotation likely from a historical column or feature.
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Willie
Mistake Gold for Good in Misers Warning
Mochefou remarks warn that misers mistake gold for value, treating it as a means rather than end, reflecting a cautionary philosophy about wealth and virtue.
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Mochefou
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