Pinchot Blames Coolidge and Politics for Prohibition Violations
Governor Gifford Pinchot charged the federal prohibition service and political leaders with failing to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. At a Citizenship conference mass meeting he urged President Coolidge to personally lead suppression of bootleggers, accusing politics of shielding lawbreakers and claiming the government has not truly tried to enforce the liquor ban.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Federal
Prohibition Service
Coolidge
Pinchot
Citizenship Conference
United States
Train Hits Automobile at Fairland Nine Die
A passenger train on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis line struck an automobile at a crossing near Fairland Indiana at eleven o clock Sunday morning. Nine people were killed and one seriously injured. The victims include J W Means age seventy Mrs J T Means age sixty five and several relatives all residents of London Indiana.
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Fairland
Ind
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Riots in Mayence End with Police Firefight
Berlin police fired on rioters who tried to storm the Mayence town hall on Sunday. Rioting spread to nearby areas as police again opened fire, with seven killed and about a hundred wounded.
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Mayence
Berlin
Mayvence
Four Die As Auto Plunges Into Creek In Missouri
Four people believed to be Paul Hein and his wife and Paul Wiatrak and his wife, all of St Louis, were killed when their automobile went over a 70 foot embankment into a creek twelve miles north of St Genevieve Missouri.
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Missouri
St. Genevieve
Paul Hein
Paul Wiatrak
St. Louis
Here
Three Children Die in Lanesville Fire Tragedy
A fire on the second floor of a combined business and residence in Lanesville Indiana trapped three Stanley children Josephine twelve Charles ten and William six in a bedroom. Fire origin undetermined.
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Lanesville
Ind
Charles Stanley
Josephine
Charles, Jr
Wiliam
President Millerand Pleads for More Babies in France
France must have babies and make men of them declared President Millerand in Evreux. He warned that the declining birth rate is a grave problem and said boosting births is a pressing governmental task.
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Millerand
France
Paris
Evreux
Brush Fires Cause Major Damage Near Los Angeles Suburbs
Two people died and several were injured as brush fires swept near Montrose Eagle Rock and Glendale. property losses exceed 1 million dollars with extensive damage to homes and vegetation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Montrose
Eagle Rock
Glendale
Was Office Boy, Now President, New York
George Le Boutillier an office boy in the office of the late Marih Peters will succeed Mr Peters in the Peters business in New York City. The change marks a rapid rise from junior staff to a lead role and reflects the firm’s continuity after Peters death.
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New York
George le Boutilller
Marih Peters
Peters
Oklahoma House Moves to Investigate Impeachment of State Officials
Oklahoma City report states the House authorized its speaker to appoint a committee of investigation and impeachment to probe offenses of impeachable state officials. Gov Walton lifted martial law and read a proclamation defending civil authority and denouncing the Ku Klux Klan while urging passage of his proposed bill.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
House
W. D. McBee
Walton
Senate
Ku Klux Klan
German Ability to Buy in U S Is Mystery in N Y
New York reports that in eight months Germany has purchased 509644 bales of U S cotton for 72 566 183 dollars despite its currency being nearly worthless in world markets. The key question in local finance circles is how Germany financed these vast shipments.
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New York
Germany
United States
Irvington Mayor Dies Reveals Suicide in Forger Past
Irvington New Jersey mayor Edward K. Folsom died September 25 from an overdose listed as accidental. His family now says it was a death by his own action. Folsom had served three years in prison for forgery and burglary.
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Irvington
N. J
Jean Valjean
Edward KR. Folsom
Rob Fast Mail Holds Up Train No 13 In Tunnel
Armed posses scour Siskiyou mountains after four are killed during a robbery of Southern Pacific southbound passenger and mail train No 13. Three trainmen die and a mail clerk is shot as robbers force open the mail car and safe and flee with loot.
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Redding
Cal
Siskiyou Mountains
Oregon-California State Line
Southern Pacific
Farm Prices Rise 27 Percent From Last Year
Washington reports United States farm prices on October 1 up 27.3 percent from a year ago and 25.6 percent above two years back, yet 11.3 percent below the ten year October average. Profits vary by crop and region as agriculture endures price shifts.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Rowboat Upsets Leave Six Dead Near Detroit River
Six foreigners crossing the Detroit river near Ecorse were drowned when their rowboat capsized after being struck by a passing lake vessel. Five victims were children and one was an adult man.
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Crown
Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Ecorse
Floods in Enid Oklahoma Submerge Homes and Stores
Flood waters nine feet high inundate Enid areas washing through streets. Stores flood and many residences remain partly submerged as swift currents threaten neighborhoods. Local crews evacuate residents and assess damage across Garfield County.
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Oklahoma
Enid
Okla
Stresemann Declared Dictator With Emergency Powers
Berlin reports the Reichstag backed Chancellor Stresemann with 316 votes to 24 to grant him broad dictatorial authority for economic reform. His initial orders include bread-price cuts and penalties for profiteering in foodstuffs, plus a coal tax repeal lowering coal prices by about 33 percent.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Stresemann
Germany
Rhineland
Ruhr
Herr Stresemann
Mussolini
Italy
Six Die From Poison Moonshine in Pana Illinois
Poisson moonshine caused six deaths in Pana with several others seriously ill in a local hospital from fusel oil. The victims include Edward Gaughan a painting contractor aged forty nine. Wright Erlers a stock dealer age fifty. George Baldwin an insurance agent age forty. Maurice Clark stock buyer age forty five. Edward Biehl a contractor age fifty five. and Charles BE Gaughan a locomotive engineer age thirty two from Blue Island.
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Pana
Illinois
Edward Gaughan
Wright Erlers
Powell Hill
George Baldwin
Maurice Clark
Edward Biehl
Charles BE. Gaughan
Blue Island
President urged to cut off Reds funds in 1910 code appeal
Washington reports that several patriotic organizations urge President Coolidge to enforce Section 5 of the criminal code of 1910 to cut off finances of the Communist movement in the United States. They claim the Reds are funded by the Soviet government and call for severing communication and supply lines.
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Presdent
Coolidge
Washington
Russia
Ex Kaiser William II Appeals to German Government
The former Kaiser says living costs in Holland have risen so much that he and his family cannot survive on previously approved sums and he seeks an immediate government settlement.
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Kaiser William II
Berlin
Holland
Germany
Gompers Reelected AFL Head. El Paso Selected for Next Convention
President Samuel Gompers and the full AFL executive council were unanimously reelected at the forty third annual AFL convention. El Paso Texas was chosen as the site for next year's gathering prior to adjournment in Portland Oregon.
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Samuel ,Gompers
A. F
L. Head
Portland
Ore
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
el Paso
Tex
Prohibition in Finland Faces Scrutiny Despite Popular Support
Doctor Vorhae reports Finland’s dry law is a fiasco yet most Finns favor the system. He notes only stricter enforcement could turn the country truly dry, a finding issued under Danish government study.
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Finland
Copenhagen
Vorhae
Ford War Profits Revealed in Secret Detroit Letter
A secretary’s letter to Senator Couzens shows Ford Motor Company earned seven million dollars net on ninety million dollars in war contracts, outlining profit from wartime production and Detroit references.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
E. G. Liebold
James Couzens
Ford Motor Company
U S Moves Its Whisky From Private Warehouses
Washington reports the government has moved 250000 barrels of whisky from private warehouses to designated consumption warehouses in a major reallocation action.
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U. S
Washington
U. S. Market Report Washington Week Ending Oct 13
Prices across livestock fruits grains and dairy are listed for the week ending October 13. Hogs beef steers cows and veal calves are shown with top and typical sale ranges while fruit vegetables grain and dairy values are reported for Chicago and eastern markets with regional quotes for potatoes cabbage onions apples and various dairy products.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
York
Iowa
H.Y
Timothy
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Prairie
St Louis
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Eight Children Die As Train Strikes School Bus
A Cleveland to New York Pennsylvanian passenger train struck a horse drawn school bus at a grade crossing one half mile north of Rootstown Portage County. Lightly injured were three children and one man. The bus was en route to Rootstown Centralized School.
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Akron
New York
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rootstown
Portage County
AFL Convention Denounces I W W as Political Organization
In Portland Oregon the American Federation of Labor branded the Industrial Workers of the World as a purely political organization. It said I W W uses industrial conditions as a cloak to destroy the government and trade unionism.
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A. F. of
Portland, Ore
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
Sperry Flies 275 Miles From Chicago To Detroit
Detroit reports Lawrence Sperry piloted the famed filover craft 275 miles from Chicago to Detroit in three hours using eight gallons of gasoline. He said he read a book during the journey.
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Detroit
Mich
Lawrence Sperry
Chicago
Sperry
German Government Secures Large Loan for New Currency
Berlin reports Chancellor Stresemann announced an agreement with American financiers for a substantial loan to Germany. The funds will be used to establish a new currency as part of economic stabilization efforts.
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U. S
Berlin
Germany
Stresemann
Six Die in Pennsylvania Bus Train Crash Near Williamsport
Six persons were killed and four others injured when a Pennsylvania railroad train struck the Williamsport Trout Run bus at Hepburnville near Williamsport. Two died at once and four more died later in hospital.
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Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Hepburnville
Here
Trout Run
President Coolidge Backs Loans Abroad by U S Banks
White House officials say President Coolidge urges American banks and individuals to provide loans to foreign governments and peoples to aid postwar reconstruction efforts. The emphasis is on utilizing U S capital to support international rebuilding programs.
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Coolidge
U. S
Washington
White House
U S Convicts Woman Tipster in Horse Race Fraud
Baltimore report says Mrs. Murat A de Rothschild was convicted in federal court of using the mails to defraud. The scheme offered guaranteed tips on horse races as the basis of the charges.
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U. S
Baltimore
Murat A. de Rothschild
United States
Ford to Return War Profits After Audit Completion
Henry Ford plans to surrender his war profits to the government once the ongoing audit in Detroit is finished. Ernest G. Lie reports the forthcoming action as the company’s financial settlement strategy.
Israel in the Midst of the Nations
A religious study outlines Israel's strategic central position in world history, its leadership under Joshua, and the promised spiritual and political restoration. It notes borders, nations’ future peace, and a millennial vision where Zion attracts all peoples to God’s law.
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Josh
Ezek
Israel
Palestine
Mediterranean Sea
Joshua
Moses
Egypt
Mount
Canaan
Hith
Heavenly Father
Lebanon
Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Kingdom of
Judah
Zion
Jerusalem
Isreal
Jesus Christ
Beautiful mountains praised by tidings bearer
A brief biblical verse remark highlighting beauty of message carriers and their uplifting impact as described in Isaiah 52 7.
Holy Scripture as living water flows for all beings
A pithy meditation on scripture likened to a stream of water that sustains both mighty and meek. Gregory the Great notes its universal nourishment and inclusivity for diverse creatures.
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Gregory the Great
Cultivated Countries Quote From Montesquieu
A concise quotation highlights Montesquieu’s view that cultivation of nations depends on their governance and character rather than purely on soil fertility. The remark frames nations as cultivated environments reflecting political culture and institutions.
Worship and Tolerance Across Cultural Customs
A brief note urges openness to diverse religious practices and discourages rigid intolerance. The article stresses respecting local customs while engaging with different communities to foster mutual understanding.
Are You a Mother Health is Your Most Valuable Asset
Mrs Clifford Starkweather testifies that after motherhood she was weak and nervous, but two bottles of Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription rebuilt her health. She recommends the product, available in tablet or liquid form, and invites readers to ask at drug stores or write for free medical advice.
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Lansing
Mich
Dr. Pierce
Clifford Starkweather
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
St Peter's Basilica Built Over 176 Years in Rome
The Detroit News notes that from 1450 under Pope Nicholas VI to the dedication by Urbain VIII on November 18 1626 took 176 years to complete St Peter's Basilica. 28 popes reigned in that span and the basilica cost nearly 47 million dollars excluding towers statues and mosaics with the sacristy by Pius VI adding about 1 million. Most mosaics appear as oil paintings though only one or two oil works exist.
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St. Peter’s
Rome
Nicholas VI
Urbain VIII
Detroit News
Pius VI
Castoria Ad Claims Safe Gentle Relief for Children
A long standing advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria for over 30 years with claims to relieve constipation flatulency wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children. It says the product calms feverishness and aids digestion leading to natural sleep without opiates and bears the genuine signature.
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Fletcher
Divorced Artist Questions Pitiless Publicity
In a sharp exchange, an eminent artist challenges the press agent over divorce notices seen as pitiless publicity. The agent defends the practice, saying readers’ sensibilities are not considered.
No Dieting
Mrs Stouter asks how she reduced. Mrs Newslim explains moving to a smaller apartment as the solution in a light daily exchange about weight loss.
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J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
Committee
J. Ogden Armsir
J. Ogden Armour
Europe
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Montesquieu
Trang
Mrs
Cuticura
Father John
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