Italians Bombard Corfu Fort Seizing Greek Posts
Italy bombarded the Corfu fortress and school as destroyer Prému da forced surrender of the Greek garrison after a half hour armistice. Airplanes aided the assault, civilians were killed, and Italian forces imprisoned the Greek troops. Refugees from Asia Minor swell Corfu’s population to about 60 000.
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Paris
Corfu
Rome
Aegean Islands
Athens
Asia Minor
Island
President Coolidge Draws First Pay as President
Washington reports Calvin Coolidge received his first pay as president for August. The amount is 5833.33 dollars plus 66.67 dollars for two days as vice president before Harding's death, totaling 5900 dollars for August. Future monthly pay is 6250 dollars, reflecting the 75000 yearly executive salary.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Coolidge
United States Recognizes Mexico Sparks Jubilant Celebrations
The United States government recognizes Mexico. Mexico City reports nationwide jubilation as business houses close and workers parade. Church bells ring and whistles blow to mark the recognition announced by Foreign Relations Minister Pani.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Pani
Free State Government Wins but De Valera Elected
Dublin reports the Irish Free State count shows government with 23 seats of 153, independents 6, Republicans 4, Farmers 4, and Labor 2. Eamonn de Valera won County Clare over Free State education minister Prof. John McNeil by about 17 000 to 18 000 votes.
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Dublin
Dail Eireann
Farmers
Labor
Eamonn de Valera
County Clare
John McNeil
Free State
Bergdoll Flees Eberbach Amid Threats to Life
American draft evader Bergdoll fled from Eberbach with his aged mother amid fears for his life after a reported kidnapping attempt. The journey may head toward Switzerland as authorities pursue him.
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Bergdoll
Eberbach
Grover Cleveland Ebergdoll
Switzerland
Bolt Hits Texas Refining Tank Near Wichita Falls
A lightning strike during a electrical storm hit a 55 000 barrel capacity tank at the Orient Refining Company near Wichita Falls Texas. The accident occurred during a period of heavy storm activity.
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Texas
Hita. Falls
Tex
Orient On Refining
Reery
Wichita
Falls
Silent censorship tightens Cuban demonstrations
President Zayas moves to suppress Cuban veteran protests with press censorship as unrest grows in the Caribbean. Reports say a US intervention may come under the Platt amendment if stability fails. News notes Filipino independence talks, Porto Rico self government pleas, Haiti occupation debates, and Virgin Islands liquor trade losses.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Zayas
Caribbean
Sam
Porto Rico
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Russell
Virgin Islanders
Pinchot Proposes 10 Percent Wage Rise For Miners
Harrisburg Pa August 30 Governor Gif ford Pinchot of Pennsylvania outlined a four point settlement plan for the anthracite strike. The proposals include recognizing an eight hour day with punitive overtime and a 10 percent wage increase effective September 1. Full union recognition without dues check off and continued collective bargaining between miners and operators are urged.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Anl
Army Flyers Break Six Air Records in California
Capt. Lowell Smith and Lieut. John Rich ter flew from Rockwell Field to Rockwell Field over 37 hours 15 minutes 15 45 seconds covering 8 293.26 miles. They landed 6 19 32 p m Tuesday night after an overnight flight starting Monday 5 07 a m.
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San Diego
Cal
Lowell Smith
John Richter
Rockwell Field
Marine marksman nets 200 bullseyes at 500 yards
Two hundred consecutive hits on a ten inch bull's eye at 500 yards were scored by Sersgt. Edgar J. Doyle of the Marine corps in the annual interstate shooting tourn a ment at Seagirt N J according to word received here. The score is believed a world's record for firing with any rifle fitted with any sights.
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Washington
Aus
Italian Carabinieri Clash Provokes Protests at Sultan
A serious clash occurred involving Italian carabinieri police with French and Madrid parties as tensions rose. Casualty numbers are unknown and the Italian consul has protested to the sultan.
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Madrid
David RR Beatty Dies
David RR Beatty dies in Los Angeles on September 1 following illness. He was prominent in local affairs and his passing noted by friends and colleagues. Funeral arrangements pending.
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David RR. Beatty
Los Angeles
Cali
Perth Amboy Mob Overruns Police at Ku Klux Klan Meeting
A 6000 strong mob in Perth Amboy New Jersey overwhelmed city police and fire crews at a Ku Klux Klan gathering. State troopers arrived as attackers battled hooded Klansmen with clubs tear gas and stones driving them from Odd Fellows hall. Fourteen troopers were present and casualties occurred on both sides.
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New York
Perth Amboy
N.d
Invisible Empire
Trenton
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Secret Order
kKlansmen
Italy Demands Greek Apology for Assassinations
Premier Mussolini demands full reparation and apology from Greece for the assassination last Monday of five Italian members of the Greco Albanian boundary commission. The party was traveling from Janina Albania to Santa Quaranti when the killings occurred.
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Italy
London
Mussolini
Boundary Commission
Janina
Albania
Santi Quaranti
Harding Casket Placed in Asphalt Sarcophagus
The casket of the late President Harding was placed in a 2,600 pound asphalt sarcophagus on Wednesday. It was sealed and interred in the Marion Cemetery vault where the body had previously been entombed.
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Harding
Marion, O
President Harding
Marion
Woman Shoots Man Says Wrong Target in Providence
In Providence Rhode Island a coal dealer Ernest R. Smith was shot by a woman who cried out Ive shot the wrong man and fled after the shooting. Smith lay in the street then was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with possibly fatal injuries as police search for the fleeing woman.
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Providence
R. IL
Ernest R. Smith
Smith
Rhode Island
Soviet Finances Declared Best in Europe by Hall
Riga reports former Senator Albert B. Hall of New Mexico says the Soviet Union has the most stable finances in Europe and expects a bright future, citing an interview in the Soviet Gudok newspaper.
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Europe
A. B. Fall
Riga
Russia
Albert B. Hall
New Mexico
Gudok
Chinese Bandits Slay Two British Missionaries in China
A letter from Mienchow reports Rev. EB. A. Whiteside and Rev. F. G. Watt British missionaries of the Church Missionary Society were shot and killed by bandits on August 14 while traveling in Szechwan province Shanghai Aug 31The tragedy underscores dangers faced by foreign missionaries in the region.
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Shanghai
EB. A. Whiteside
Missionary Society
Szechwan Province
Mienchow
Owsley Decorated Legion of Honor in Ruhr Visit
Col. Alvin M. Owsley national commander of the American Legion was decorated a commander of the Legion of Honor by General De Goutte on his first day in Duesseldorf Ruhr. The ceremony marked a high honor during the Allied occupation in Germany.
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Owsley
Duesseldorf
Alvin M. Owsley
American Legion
Ruhr
Legion of Honor
General de Goutte
U. S. Market Report for Week Ending September 1
Dairy prices across regions show butter at 44 to 41 4 cents per pound and various Wisconsin cheese grades at 24 to 26 cents. Hay and grain prices span timothy, alfalfa, and corn values from Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis, plus Chicago live stock figures for hogs, steers, cows, and veal. Fruit and vegetables report New Jersey potatoes and peaches, Illinois Indiana and Colorado shipping points, cantaloupes and onions with regional price ranges.
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Washington
Chicago
Wisconsin
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Prairie
Minneapolis
New Jersey Irish
New Jersey Giants
F. O. B. Illnois
Indiana
Elberta Peaches
F. O. Bes
Colorado
Tennessee
Michigan
Cuban Legation Denies Cuban Censorship Report
Dr Arturo Padre acting for Cuba informed the State Department that no censorship system exists for messages to or from Cuba by cable companies and that reports claiming censorship are incorrect.
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Washington
Arturo Padre
State Department
Phillips
Coal strike continues as miners quit after talks fail
In Harrisburg Governor Pinchot could not avert a mining suspension. United Mine Workers leaders and anthracite operators remained at odds in the state house as 155,000 miners quit and vow not to return until a new contract is signed.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
United Mine Workers
Hig
State House
Four of Crawford's Alaskan Party Found Dead
Nome Alaska September 1 An expedition returning from Wrangell Island 1920 relief mission reports that four of Allan Crawford's party are dead with only an Eskimo woman surviving. The sole survivor is the expedition member remaining alive.
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Crawford
Nome
Alaska
Allan Crawford
Wrangell Island
Powers to Act to Avert War
In a message to the Greek government the interallied council of ambassadors reserves for the powers the right to make known penalties and indemnities deemed necessary after the killing of Italian boundary mission members on the Albanian frontier.
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Aaris
Council of Ambassadors
Gardner Executed by Firing Squad in Utah Prison
George H. Gardner was executed by firing squad at the Utah state prison for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Gordon Stuart and rancher Irvine. He kept his nerve until the end as the firing squad carried out the sentence Friday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
George H. Gardner
State Prison
Gordon Stuart
Joseph
Irvine
Mark the Apostle Nicely Steadfast in Paul’s Work
Lesson traces Mark from a godly home and Gethsemane flight to his later usefulness with Paul and Barnabas. It notes three possible causes for his desertion, his restoration with Peter in Babylon, and Paul’s later praise that Mark is profitable to the ministry.
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Mark
Jesus
Gethsemane
Paul
Barnabas
Peter
Missionaries of the Cross
Babylon
Timothy
Ephesus
Beecaer Quote on Heroism Beyond Battlefields
A Beecaer attributed line asserts heroism shines most in home and heart rather than war zones, reflecting on courage shown in ordinary lives rather than historic battlefields.
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H. W. Beecaer
You Must Be Calm Before You Utter Oracles
A Thoreau quotation about restraint and measured speech contrasts excitement with calm. It emphasizes prudent, restrained expression as a prerequisite to wisdom in discourse.
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Thoreau
Little People Love Us Dickens Quotation Card
A brief quotation note centers on Charles Dickens praising the “little people” as fresh from God and expressing that their love is not a slight thing. The card frames the beloved line as a small, humane sentiment.
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Dickens
Cactus Joe Counters Late Night Poker Losses
In a dialogue from Call of Duty style prose, a character questions late night poker. Cactus Joe defends staying up to 2 am to chase shrinking fortunes after losing 17 stacks early in the evening, arguing urgent duty is to recover funds.
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Cactus Joe
Freshen skin with Cuticura Talcum Powder ad
Advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic, fragrant and economical solution for face skin baby and dusting use. Promotes it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio alongside Soap and Ointment, claiming it renders other perfumes unnecessary.
Secretary Killam Tests Applicants with Auto Quiz
The Columbus Dispatch reports Secretary Hubert Killam asked a would be municipal chauffeur technical questions on auto motors in the city service exam. He asked which pole of the storage battery is grounded to the car frame and the applicant answered The south pole.
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Hubert Killam
Civil Service
South Pole
Columbus Dispatch
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertises Baby Clothes Solution
Ad claims Red Cross Ball Blue freshens and brightens white baby clothes without streaks or damage. Promotes availability at all good grocers.
Record of Historic June Stock Exchange Activity
In June over twenty million shares changed hands on the New York Exchange marking the heaviest June trading since earlier years except 1922 1919 1909 and 1906. The piece notes that speculation was heavier in 1906 and 1909 when populations were smaller, suggesting gambling fever is not more acute now and that gambling appears more open but not necessarily heavier today.
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New York Exchange
A Musical Preference from a Gentle Grandmother
A gentle grandmother coldly answers no to modern music. She recalls preferring the old square piano and its practicality for pattern cutting when sewing a dress.
Conversation Juxtaposes Domestic Strife with Car Troubles
A brief Life magazine quip contrasts a husband asks about his wife with a reply about the car. The line suggests friction at home linked to vehicle issues, using dry humor to imply strain and humor in daily life. The exchange evokes mid century social mores and automotive culture.
Bath Inspirations Reported By English Novelist
Miss Phyllis Austin, an English novelist, says her best story ideas arrive while she is in the bath. She notes such moments spark her creative thinking and shape forthcoming works.
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Phyllis Austin
Bath
Breaking Free From Tut Changes Luck in Ancient Tale
A legend claims breaking out of the tut alters fortune even without improving the teller's luck. The tale frames gaining odds by leaving confinement rather than enhancing internal merit.
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