Submarine O-5 Sinks After Collision At Panama Canal
Three crew members drowned when the United States submarine O-5 collided with the steamer Abangarez near the Panama Canal entrance. Seven others went down with the vessel in six fathoms of water. one surfaced eight minutes later. Names listed include Lawrence Brown, Clyde Hughes, Henry Dreault, Thomas Mietzler, and Fred Smith. Efforts to raise the craft were under way as night fell.
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Panama
United States
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Balboa
Lawrence Brown
Tyngsboro
Mass
Clyde E. Hughes
Manito
Henry Dreault
Grand Isle
Thomas T. Mietzler
Twenty-fifth Street
Philadelphia
Fred C. Smith
Cristobal
Canal Zone
France Limits Expert Quiz on Germany's Reparations
Paris reports Premier Poincare asserts no talk of reducing the 1921 reparations total of 1382 billion gold marks and rejects any plan to abandon guarantees such as the military occupation of the Ruhr and Rhineland.
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France
Germany
Paris
America
Poincare
Sampigny
Permier
Ruhr
Rhineland
United States Column Repels Moro Attack at Parang
Unofficial advices report Gen. Rafael Crame's constabulary column at Parang repelling Moro spearmen. Gov. Gen. Wood was absent during the skirmish. Representative G. Piang warned Moros would revolt if U.S. sovereignty is withdrawn in Manila.
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United States
Parang Manila
Rafael Crame
Parang
Wood
G. Piang
Manila
Four Per Cent Beer Floods Reading Sewers
Federal officers dumped 2,800 barrels of four per cent beer into Reading Pennsylvania sewers. The liquid expanded and caused sewer tops to blow, sending beer into streets and flooding several blocks.
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Reading
Rioters Seize Krupp Works in Essen Standoff
A mob of thousands seized the Krupp works at Essen and barricaded the main buildings. At least seven people were killed and around two hundred wounded in clashes with the Blue police, described as unable to quell the revolt.
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Krupp
London
Essen
Daily Express
Blue
Mark Skids Off Wall Street Into a Bottomless Pit
The German mark fell sharply as it departed Wall Street trading, after already being expelled from the Swiss bourse and from exchange dealings in several European capitals.
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Wall Street
New York
United States
Switzerland
Europe
Two Slain in East Alton Poker Game Robbery
Constable Hil John Preed, 38, of East Alton and Joseph McMahon, 26, of St. Louis, were killed when three masked men tried a hotel poker room stickup. Six players were present during the attempted robbery in East Alton, Illinois.
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East Alton
al. Alton
Hil
John Preed
Joseph McMahon
St. Louis
Klan to Convene National Convention in Tulsa
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America plan a national convention in Tulsa Oklahoma within the next 90 days based on reliable information from Dallas Texas.
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Klan
Dallas
Tex
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America
Tulsa
Okla
Mexican Troops Fire on Crowd in Mexico City
Reports say federal forces fired on citizens near the state legislative buildings in Mexico City, killing five and wounding 25 or more. Two of the wounded were described as hater.
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Mexico City
Telola- Man
Steinmetz Dies After Pacific Trip At Schenectady Home
Dr Charles Proteus Steinmetz famed electrical wizard died at his Schenectady residence after a trip to the Pacific coast. The physician said breakfast was being served when his heart failed suddenly. Steinmetz rose from Zurich to New York in 1889, facing illness aboard ship and Ellis Island detainment before becoming a naturalized citizen and a world renowned engineer and mathematician.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Pacific Coast
Steinmetz
New York
Zurich
Switzerland
Zurich Polytechnicium
Ellis Island
Doctor Steinmetz
Negro Return Movement Aids Dixie Workers
The chamber of commerce reports 17,000 African Americans from Alabama and other southern states wish to return home to the South. Memphis plans to relocate about 1,000 families, with other Lake Michigan region cities invited to take part.
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Mobile
Ala
Lake Michigan
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Memphis
Tenn
United States Considers Wheat Aid to Germany in Famine Scenario
The White House favors a plan to ship 50 million bushels of wheat to Germany this winter if famine conditions worsen. Payment would be guaranteed by the Berlin government, with U S aid likely if needed.
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United States
Germany
Washington
White House
Berlin
Miner Unearths 3200-Pound Silver Nugget in Ontario Camp
Angel Clemens of New Liskard claims a 3200 pound nugget weighing 75 percent silver found during assessment work on his cobalt claim. The piece is valued at over 20000 dollars and is hailed as the largest silver nugget brought to camp in years by old timers.
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Ontario
Angel Clemens
Liskard
Clemens
Trade Figures Show Wholesale Peak in Six Weeks
Reports to the federal reserve board indicate wholesale trade reached its highest level in three years over the last six weeks. Retail trade rose by 9 percent from a year earlier while production of basic commodities fell.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Policeman Shoots University Student in Urbana Champaign
J. D. Hillyer, a motorcycle policeman, killed 22 year old Phil Sharp a University of Illinois freshman in Urbana Champaign claiming he saw Sharp removing tires from a automobile. The incident occurred in Urbana Champaign with authorities investigating the shooting.
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University of Illinois
Urbana Champaign
Phil Sharp
Urbana
J. D. Hillyer
Bolivia Passes Eugenics Law Limiting Marriage
The Bolivian chamber of deputies approved a law requiring medical certificates for marriages and barring unions where one spouse has tuberculosis or other infectious diseases.
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Bolivia
Lua Paz
Bolivian Chamber of Deputies
Pennsylvania Raises Clerks Pay Across Rail System
The United States labor board was informed that the Pennsylvania railroad system granted wage increases totaling 1,892,112 dollars annually affecting 80,493 clerical employees.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Labor Board
US and Britain seek European reparations conference plan
Paris accepts an international reparations conference with US participation if the board of experts is approved by the reparations commission. Secretary Hughes informs Britain the US will join an advisory economic conference on Germany’s capacity to pay only with France and other powers’ approval. Britain presses the United States to aid in halting Germany’s dismemberment, while Lloyd George meets President Coolidge to push Washington toward a decisive role.
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Paris
United States
Board of Experts
Washington
Hughes
Great Britain
Germany
France
London
Lloyd George
Coolidge
Europe
Germany asks Allies to ease reparations in balance plan
Germany appeals to the Allies to re examine resources and capacity to pay and to permit Berlin to explain measures to balance the budget and stabilize money. It admits obligations to pay indemnity but cites the Ruhr occupation and currency collapse as making continued payments impossible.
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Germany
Paris
Berlin
Ruhr
1921 Tax Figures Show Rockefeller Income Decline
Internal Revenue Bureau statistics for 1921 show taxes paid on a single net income of 5 million dollars or more. The report notes that John D. Rockefeller did not report that level of income and his 1921 net income likely fell between 1 million and 1.5 million dollars.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Britain Accepts Twelve Mile Liquor Search Limit
London agrees in principle to a 12 mile limit for searching vessels suspected of carrying liquor into American waters after lengthy discussions with the United States.
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Great Britain
U. K
London
United States
Governor McCray Used Bank's Name to Borrow Says
Indianapolis Indiana governor Warren T McCray testified that he frequently used the name of the Discount and Deposit Bank of Kentland where he once served as president to obtain funds under his own name for his personal use.
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McCray
Indianapolis
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Discount’ & Deposit Bank of
Kentland
DoJ to Prosecute Fraud in Veterans Bureau
The Department of Justice will present to a special grand jury indictments arising from frauds in the veterans bureau. Attorney General Daugherty announced after a conference with President Coolidge.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Department of Justice
War Veterans’ Bureau
Daugherty
Coolidge
Car Labeled Apples Is Whisky Seized
Deputy sheriffs disclosed Saturday night that they seized 1,500 bottles of Canadian whisky found in a car labeled apples consigned to a resident of White Plains New York.
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White Plains
244 Klan Paraders Seized in Portsmouth Parade
Police halted a Ku Klux Klan parade in Portsmouth Ohio on Sunday and arrested 944 of the demonstrators under the mayor William N Gobleman order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
William N. Gobleman
U S Market Report Week Ending Oct 26
Washington reports weekly market figures across livestock fruits and vegetables and grains. Hogs top at 7.70. beef steers 10.25 to 11.50. dairy butter 47 cents. apples western Imperials 3.00 to 3.75 per barrel. No 2 red winter wheat 1.16 to 1.18.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Eastern York
Imperials
Baldwins
Northwestern
Jonathans
Hay
Timothy
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Prairie
Wisconsin
Texas duel ends in two deaths in barn showdown
Sheriff Terry of Navarro county details a dramatic pistol duel in a barn near dusk. Norwood Huckaby of Freestone county and Charles A Williams of Navarro county exchanged shots with locked left hands and right hands on revolvers, dying within minutes of each other.
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Teague
Tex
Texas
Terry
Navarro County
Norwood Huckaby
Freestone County
Charles A. Williams
Huckaby
Williams
Ruhr Industries Shut by German Owners
German industrialists led by Hugo Stinnes agreed to close factories and mines in the Ruhr for the next fortnight, a move they said would halt reparations in kind and coal to France, intensifying a tense situation at Cologne Coblenz and Bonn meetings.
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Ruhr
Essen
France
Cologne
Coblenz
Bonn
Hugo Stinnes
Oklahoma Supreme Court Names Trapp Acting Governor
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Lieut Gov M B E Trapp was declared acting governor by a state Supreme Court decision. The court issued a permanent writ of prohibition against Governor Walton and District Judge Tom G Chambers restraining interference with Trapp’s assumption of office.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court
Trapp
Oklahoma City
Okla
M. BE. Trapp
Oklahoma
State Supreme Court
J. C. Walton
Tom G. Chambers
S&sr
Kellogg Named Ambassador to Great Britain
Former Minnesota senator Frank B Kellogg will succeed George Harvey as American ambassador to Britain. The appointment, while not officially made, is considered to take effect soon according to high authority sources.
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Kellogg
Minnesota
Britain
Washington
United States
Frank B. Kellogg
George Harvey
Great Britain
Eastern Pa Mayors Meet Over Rail Merger Threat
Mayors of Reading and all eastern Pennsylvania cities convene within ten days to plan a joint response to the proposed Philadelphia and Reading rail merger dismemberment.
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Reading
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Migration of 478000 Negroes Northward Revealed
Washington reports that during the year ending September 1 the number of Negroes migrating from 13 southern states to northern areas reached 478,000. The Labor Department released the data detailing this substantial postwar movement.
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Washington
Labor Department
Principles and Perils of Strong Drink in Bible Lesson
A religious lesson outlines Davidic personal conduct and rulers governing others, condemns liquor sale as wicked, and urges total abstinence. It pairs Psalm 101 with Proverbs 23, detailing woes of wine drinking, moral decline, and the fate of the drunkard, ending with the warning that no drunkard will inherit heaven.
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David the King
Hell
Kingdom of Heaven
Whole Sum of Life and Duty to Country
Epigraph on national feeling cited from Gladstone about the large part of life tied to one's country and personal loyalty, highlighting the citizen's emotional bond and responsibilities.
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Gladstone
Ambitions and amusements shape a man’s prospects
A historical quote notes that a man's scope of amusements and recreations reveals his future prospects. It argues that hobbies reflect character and potential, implying a link between personal interests and success.
Largest Slave-Holder Mammon Is The World’s Biggest Slaver
P Saunders notes in a provocative historical column that the figure of Mammon stands as the greatest slave-holder in world history, framing wealth as a force backing bondage across ages.
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Mammon
P. Saunders
True History of Father John’s Medicine
A Lowell Massachusetts drugstore copy from 1855 reveals the original Father John’s Medicine prescription written June 9 1855 for Father John O’Brien. The story notes its rise in popularity as the medicine was praised by the priest for cold throat and throat troubles and became a safe tonic without opium or alcohol.
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Carleton & Hovey
Lowell
Mass
Father John
John O’brien
That Was the Trouble Husband You Had a Rag
A terse exchange shows a wife mocking her husband for poverty at marriage while she notes better wealth now with a witty contrast. The dialogue highlights social tension and shifting fortunes in a short domestic vignette.
Favorite Prescription Helps New Mothers in Pregnancy
Mrs. Na Dooley from Mitchell Indiana testifies that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription eased her backache and weakness during pregnancy and helped her and her baby stay healthy after delivery. She praises the tonic and urges others to use it. Available from all druggists in liquid or tablet form. Free medical advice offered by Dr. Pierce.
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Mitchell
Ind
Dr. Pierce
Na Dooley
President Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N Y
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Panama Canal Entrance
S. M. Bruce
Commonwealth of Australia
Jean Dupuy
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Canada
Edna Dooley
Burt Drugs
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