Nebranka Storm Kills Fourteen in Omaha Area
Severe winds and flooding struck Council Bluffs Iowa and Louisville Nebraska causing fourteen known deaths eight in Louisville and six in Council Bluffs. Six others are missing and over twenty injured. Omaha reported heavy property damage. A mother and three children were found dead near Nineteenth and Tostivan. their father is missing.
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Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Louisville
Web
Strand Theater
Composing Aid
Nonpareil
Nineteenth and
Tostivan Avenue
Lars Kalstrup
Chester
George
Richard
Wyoming Tornado Wrecks 47 Cars On Train
A tornado near Cheyenne Wyoming struck a westbound Union Pacific freight train of 67 cars advancing 50 miles east of the city. Forty seven cars were wrecked and scattered along the double track with ten cars left on the rails at each end. None of the crew was injured.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Here
Oklahoma Supreme Court Denies Walton Rehearing Bid
The Oklahoma Supreme Court refused Governor Walton's request for a rehearing of the special election mandate. The governor's plan to challenge the Ku Klux Klan fight hinges on the referendum next Tuesday, unless he defies the court.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Walton
Dictator Places Guard Over Ludendorff in Berlin
Berlin, Sept. 28. Dictator von Kahr has placed a special guard over General von Ludendorff fearing a pan German movement against Munich and Berlin. Von Kahr vows to arrest Ludendorff and Herr Hitler if a revolt threatens him.
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Berlin
von Kahr
von Ludendorff
Munich
Herr Hittler
Many Should Be Single Proxy If You're Right
Washington September 28 quote from President Creeden of George Town University at opening exercises. He advised students in professional schools not to marry on a salary under $4,000 a year and cautioned against writing poems too often to young ladies.
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Washington
Creeden
Georgetown University
Bulgarian Troops Take Last Fortress of Communists
Sofia reports Bulgarian forces have captured Ferdinandovy, believed the last major stronghold in suppressing the Communist revolt that persisted since September 15, marking a final phase in the crackdown.
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Sofia
Ferdinandovy
League Praises Scout Movements For World Peace
Geneva reports a League of Nations resolution commends Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements for valuable service to world peace. The statement highlights their efforts in youth leadership, international understanding, and civic training.
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League
Geneva
League of Nations
Boy Scout
Bandit Seizes Missionaries in China
Shanghai reports Miss M. R. Sharp and Miss M. Darroch of the British China Inland Mission were captured by bandits at Shipawahsien on September 23, according to Chinkiakow dispatches.
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Shanghai
M. R. Sharp
M. Darroch
British-China Inland Mission
Shipawahsien
Chinkiakow
Oklahoma Rebels Fail Bid for State House Session
Oklahoma City Sept. 27 rebel Oklahoma legislators failed to convene a session at the capitol to impeach Governor Walton over martial law. National Guardsmen dispersed the crowd near the house chamber as Col. W. S. Key read an official order to disperse. Campbell Russell was arrested later for disorderly conduct and inciting riot.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Walton
Markham
W. S. Key
Colonel Key
House
Secretary of State
R. A. Sneed
Negroes Leave Southern Town at Citizens Edict
Asheville North Carolina September 28 a posse of fifty men pursued a negro who allegedly tried to attack an aged white woman near Spruce Pine. Citizens from the area reportedly ordered about seventy five negroes employed on local construction to leave Spruce Pine. All departed without incident. Spruce Pine has no native negro residents.
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Asheville
N. C
Spruce Pine
America First Wins World Air Race in Isle of Wight
The race for the Schneider seaplane trophy at Cowes ended with America First. Lieut. David Rittenhouse piloted the No. 4 Curtiss to first place at an average speed of 177.38 mph. Lieut. Rutledge Irvine finished second with the No. 3 Curtiss, and Capt. H. C. Biard aboard Sea Lion II took third for Britain.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
America
David Rittenhouse
Rutledge Irvine
United States
H. C. Biard
Aviators Form Group to End Stunt Flying
In Los Angeles on September 27 more than a hundred pilots formed the Professional Pilot's association to abolish stunt flying, blamed for over half of airplane accidents and seen as a major safety issue by active aviators.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Professional
Chicago Educator Edwin G. Cooley Dies at 66
Edwin G. Cooley, longtime superintendent of Chicago public schools from 1900 to 1909, died Friday after a prolonged illness at the North Shore Health resort in Winnetka. He was sixty six.
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Chicago
Edwin G. Cooley
Chicago Public Schools
North Shore
Winnetka
Cooley
Murphysboro Mayor and Police Chief Indicted
Murphysboro Illinois September 29. Mayor Gus Blair and Police Chief Joe Boston were indicted by a grand jury for alleged conspiracy to obstruct justice. The charges allege they destroyed evidence needed to advance justice.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Gus Blair
Joe Boston
Coolidge Receives Northwestern Farmers Relief Plan
A delegation of bankers and farmers from seven Northwestern states presented a concrete aid program for wheat to President Coolidge. The plan urged revival of the U S Grain Corp with a 50 million dollar cap, a special early session of Congress, a domestic demand segregation to curb international price swings, and possible freight rate cuts. The president gave a sympathetic hearing, signaling serious consideration.
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Washington
Coolidge
Ninth Federal Reserve District
Wallace
Hoover
Eugene Meyer
War Finance Corporation
Committee of Bankers and Farmers
United States Grain Corporation
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bankers Urging Aid to Farmers Receive Advice in Washington
Northwestern bankers who traveled to Washington to press for a wheat marketing corporation were advised by Eugene Meyer Jr to form cooperative wheat marketing associations in their regions as the most effective step.
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Washington
Coolidge
Eugene Meyer ,Jr
War Finance Corporation
U S Navy Planes Set New Record Over Land and Sea
Lieuts H D Palmer and F O Rogers of the Marine corps completed a 3500 mile over land and sea flight from Port au Prince Haiti to St Louis flying two De Haviland 4 B planes. The elapsed time was 32 hours 10 minutes establishing a new record.
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St. Louis
United States Navy
H. D. Palmer
F. O. Rogers
Marine Corps
Port Au Prince
Haiti
St. Louis Flying Field
Bulgaria Points to Moscow Ties in Viden Uprising
Belgrade reports forty Russians and a former officer from Baron Wrangel's Crimean army were killed by Communists near Viden Bulgaria. The Sofia dispatch says Red agitators from Russia funded and stirred the locality in the revolt.
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Bulgaria
Moscow
Belgrade
Baron Wrangel
Viden
Sofia
Russia
Trains Cars Plunge From Bridge. Dozens Drowned Near Guernsey
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train No. 30 derailed after leaping a bridge near Guernsey Wyoming. Five cars fell into a swollen creek with reports indicating more than forty deaths. Authorities received the telegraph dispatch about the disaster from Guernsey station.
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Burlington
Denver
Colo
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Guernsey
Wyo
Guernsey Station
Woman Heads British Labor Union Council
Miss Margaret G. Bondfield elected chairman of the general council of the Trades Union Congress in London becoming the first woman to hold this pivotal post in Great Britain and its labor movement.
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British Labor Union Council
London
Margaret G. Bondfield
General Council
Trades Union Congress
Trades Union
Great Britain
Ethiopia Admitted to League of Nations
Geneva report notes the League of Nations formally admits Ethiopia, despite prior held up admission over charges that the Abyssinian empire tolerated slavery.
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Ethiopia
Geneva
League of Nations
Philippine Election Riots Foreseen in Manila
Predictions from political headquarters warn disturbances during the Insular senatorial election on October 2 in Manila. Officials fear bloodshed may follow.
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Manila
U S Market Report United States Market Averages and Prices
Washington weekly report covers fruits vegetables live stock hay feed grain and dairy prices across major markets. Includes Long Island Green Mountain potatoes New York sacked round whites Minnesota Red River Ohips cabbage apples Elbertas and regional peach prices with Chicago Minnesota Milwaukee and other city figures. Also notes dairy butter cheese and hog and cattle price ranges.
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Washington
Long Island
New York
Chicago
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
St. Louis
Michigan
Elbertas
Colorado
Utah
Timothy
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Prairie
Iowa
Wisconsin
Bayonets Rule in Germany Ebert Declares Martial State
Berlin September 27 President Ebert proclaimed ausnahme zustand an extraordinary condition akin to martial law and delegated executive power to War Minister Gessler becoming military ruler of Germany. Freedom of press and assembly abolished as a dictatorship is proclaimed in Bavaria after Germany's surrender to France.
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Berlin
Ebert
Gessler
Germany
Bavaria
France
Ruhr
Law to Register All Aliens in United States
James M. Beck predicts a new law requiring registration of all aliens in the United States. He spoke at the American Bankers Association meeting in Atlantic City and urged passage in the next Congress as a safeguard against possible attacks on the government.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
American Bankers’ Association
James M. Beck
Mother Gets $33-a-Month Coolidge Massachusetts Home
Burlington Vermont dispatch reports that Mrs Alvira Goodhue mother of Mrs Coolidge will occupy the Coolidge home at Northampton Massachusetts. She is selling household belongings here ahead of the move. Her husband died last spring and the Coolidges previously paid 33 dollars monthly rent for the property.
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Burlington, Vt
President Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Alvira Goodhue
Banker Urges US to Cancel Europe's Debt
Atlantic City New Jersey September 27 immediate negotiations toward canceling Europe's debt to the United States and a reduction in Germany's reparations payments were urged before the American Bankers association by Fred I Kent vice president of the Bankers Trust company of New York.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Europe
United States
Germany
American Bankers’ Association
Fred I. Kent
Bankers’ Trust Company of
New York
Lutherans to Meet in Madison for Biennial Convention
The third biennial convention of the Lutheran Brotherhood of America will be held in Madison from October 3 to 5. All Lutheran bodies in the country except the Missouri Synod will be represented.
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Madison
Wis
Lutheran Brotherhood of America
Missouri Synod
Wheat from King Tut tombs grown near Budapest harvested
Reports from Hungary state that wheat taken from the tombs of King Tut Ankh Amen grown on a farm near Budapest has been harvested with excellent grain quality.
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King Tut
Berlin
Hungary
King Tut-Ankh-Amen
Budapest
Abraham the Religious Pioneer and Blessing to All
Lesson outlines Abraham origin from Ur of the Chaldees his call to leave family and homeland by faith to journey to a land God will show. Promises define him as father of a great posterity and a blessing to others guiding believers through trials including the binding of Isaac.
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Abraham
God
Canaan
Christ
Isaac
Education Quote Sparks Debate on Self Denial
A quotation from ZJ Sterling challenges views on schooling, arguing that harsh self denial in education can be more valuable than extensive instruction lacking discipline, prompting discussion about teaching methods and student resilience.
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Sterling
All Make Mistakes. The world could easily get along without the man who never makes a mistake.
The statement critiques the idea of flawless judgment by noting that a person who never errs would be unnecessary, implying humility and fallibility are valuable.
Warn Us From Vice Beaconights by Bowen
A short moral line warning against vice. The text calls vice a beaconight to caution readers about moral danger and urges vigilance and virtue. It reflects a didactic tone typical of moral essays.
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Bowen
Wear Path To Pay Window At Capitol Worn Floors Tell Treasury Drain
The New York Herald notes the marble floor to the House disbursing office is eroded by constant crowds. It highlights the payroll burden including 5855 members plus secretaries and clerks funded by Uncle Sam. Police lines and many political appointees form a steady queue twice a month.
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House of Representatives
Treasury
House
Sam
Capitol
New York Herald
If a Man's Children Turn Out Half as Bad as He Was
A wry proverb notes that if a father's children resemble his missteps at their age, he fears the world worsens. It reflects generational caution about behavior and parental influence.
With old age comes the knowledge of lost opportunities
A reflective line noting how aging yields awareness of chances not taken. It comments on regret and growth, suggesting wisdom born from life’s near misses and hindsight.
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