President's wife gravely ill amid emergency surgery
Mrs. Harding faces a critical condition described as hydro nephrosis with kidneys distended and toxins in her system. Doctors Mayo Finney and others attend as President Harding remains at her side and may suspend duties. The illness dates to a nine year earlier operation. specialists from Rochester Johns Hopkins and Columbus have arrived or are en route.
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Washington
Charles Mayo
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
John Finney
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Harding
Christian
White House
George T. Harding, Jr
Columbus
Ohio
John ¥Inney
Carl W. Sawyer
Marion
Sawyer
Joel T. Boone
Clemenceau Plans U S Visit to Explain Western Roles
Paris reports former Premier Clemenceau will sail in four weeks to address the American public on the rights and duties of Allied nations in the postwar era. The trip signals his return to French politics and aims to restore France’s prestige.
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Paris
Clemenceau
United States
France
M. Clemenceau
Mexican Troops in Fight Drive Obregon Forces from Pahuatlan
El Paso Sept 12 reporting an eleven hour battle in Hidalgo where federal troops fired every cartridge. Obregon forces retreated from the town in disorder after a fierce engagement.
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el Paso
Tex
Obregon
Pahuatlan
Hildalgo
Miss America pick mounts in Atlantic City
Sept 12. Mary Katherine Campbell chosen as Miss America in Atlantic City pageant amid crowning ceremony.
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Atlantic City
Mary Katherine Campbell
America
La Follette Leads In Wisconsin Primary Races
In Milwaukee and across Wisconsin, Robert M. La Follette leads the Republican gubernatorial and United States Senate contests with tallies showing a large majority over William A. Ganfield. John J. Blaine is renominated by La Follette supporters, while Congressman A. P. Nelson suffers a surprising defeat. Hubert P. Stephens defeats James I. Vardaman in the Democratic run off for the U S Senate seat.
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Milwaukee
Sept
Robert M. ‘la Follette
William A. Ganfield
John J. Blaine
la Follette
Ganfield
United States
John Sharp Williams
Flying Parson Belvin Maynard Killed In Rutland Flight
Lieut Belvin W Maynard known as the flying parson was killed when his plane crashed during a trial spin at the Rutland Vermont fair. Passengers Lieut Charles Wood and Charles Mionett also died as the aircraft fell from about 3000 feet after Maynard misjudged distance and tried a nose dive.
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Rutland
Belvin W. Maynard
Charles Wood
Ticonderoga
N. Y
Charles Mionett
New York
Maynard
Writs of Habeas Corpus Quashed in Wreckers Case
Gary Indiana September 9 Judge Charles K Greenwald sustained the prosecutor Dwight M Ninder motion to quash amendments to Paul Glaser petition for writs of habeas corpus seeking release of alleged wreckers of the Michigan Central train Glaser given 90 days to file exceptions in the Supreme court, ruling blocking further action.
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Gary
Ind
Paul Glaser
Michigan Central
Charles IK. Greenwald
Dwight M. Ninder
Glaser
Supreme Court
Tragedy in Abington: Hapworth Kills Housekeeper then Self
Roy Hapworth, 45, a factory employee, shot and killed his housekeeper Nellie Cribett, 28, in his Abington rooms near Galesburg Illinois, then fatally shot himself. Police report the double tragedy occurred September 9.
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Galesburg, II
Roy Hapworth
Nellie Cribett
Abington
Here
Swift Canadian Packing Plant Fire in Toronto Causes $150000 Loss
A fire at the Swift Canadian Packing plant in Toronto on September 11 caused damage estimated over $150,000. The blaze consumed vast inventories including 40,000 pounds of lard and 2,000 lamb carcasses.
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Toronto
Ont
Swift Canadian
Rob Man of $50,000 Gems
Bannts black jacked Adolph Kunstler, a New York jewelry salesman, while he was eating breakfast in a restaurant in Sheridan road near Wilson avenue, and took $50,000 worth of diamonds.
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Chicago
Bannts
Adolph Kunstler
New York
Sheridan
Wilson ‘Avenue
Constantine Fleeing Throne Shocks Athens Amid Turkish War
London dispatches report King Constantine and Queen Sophie have left Athens signaling a possible Greek political collapse as Greek troops suffer defeats in Asia Minor. Britain considers Venizelos returning as cabinet resignations follow. American Marines reportedly landed at Smyrna to safeguard lives amid rising clashes between Turks and Greeks.
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London
Greece
Constantine
Sophie
Athens
Asia
Asia Minor
Venizelos
Qout- Chak
Adunn
Kassuba
Smyrna
Mesopotamia
Evening News
Great Britain
France
Irsk
Feisul
Paris
United States
M. Storghiados
Foreign Office
De Valera Evasive Status in Ireland Crisis
Dublin reports Eamonn De Valera remains at large and not in custody of the provisional government. He is alive and has neither been arrested nor imprisoned. Erskine Childers may be a prisoner in Cork or Kerry, but nationwide communications failures leave official information unavailable.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Erskine Childers
Cork
Kerry
Bergdoll Seeks Amnesty to Return From Germany
Berlin reports Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy slacker who fled to Germany to dodge prison, longs for general amnesty for war offenders to permit his return to America. A close associate tracked him to Baden, confirming Bergdoll’s stance.
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Philadelphia
Fron
Germany
Berlin
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
America
Baden
Guard at Needles Killed in California Slaying
C Glyspel a guard for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway guarding the Danby pumping plant near Needles California was shot and killed William Van Dyke a night pumper is held in connection with the slaying
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Needles
Cal
C. Glyspel
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Danby
William van Dyke
U S Market Report for Week Ending September 7
The report covers grain and feed prices in major markets, with autumn wheat and corn futures up on corn strength, and mixed cash prices for No 2 red winter wheat and No 2 yellow corn. Dairy butter prices firm in New York Chicago Philadelphia and Boston markets, with Wisconsin cheese prices listed. Livestock prices in Chicago trend downward, hogs and beef steers varied by grade, and stocker and feeder shipments totaled 126254 cattle calves 4128 hogs and 86539 sheep for week ending September 1. Potatoes onions and apples show declines or steady readings across New Jersey Cincinnati and midwestern markets.
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Washington
Hay
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Memphis
Prairie
Atlanta
Liverpool
Northwest
Bronomhall
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Boston
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Giants
Maine
Minnesota
Michigan
Middlewestern
Elbertas
Detroit
Forty-Two Indicted in Herrin Mine War Case
Indictments charging 42 persons with murder were returned by a Special grand jury in Herrin on September 9. The counts name 27 men in one indictment, eight in another, six in a third, and one in a fourth.
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Marion
Herrin
Husband Slacker, Gets Decree in Chicago
Mrs James Arthur Reinenhaus former head of the American Glove Company Chicago won a divorce after proving her husband married her in 1917 to evade the draft.
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Slacker
Chicago
James Arthur Reinenhaus
American Glove’company of
Former Laredo Mayor Takes Mountain Refuge
Report from Mexico City on September 12 states the former mayor of New Laredo has fled to the mountains with many followers in protest after losing his position. He supports Murgula in the disputed cause.
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Thomas I. Bayard
Wilmington
Del
Cleveland
United States
Bayard
Obregon
Mexico City
New Laredo
Murgula
Edward B. Raymond Dies at Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Edward B. Raymond, vice president of Pittsburgh Plate Glass, collapsed at his office in Pittsburgh on September 12. Doctors attributed the death to heart disease discovered while at work.
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E. B. Raymond
Pittsburgh
Edward B. Raymond
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
France Sells Iron to U S with Low Quote Shipments
Paris reports that shipments of malleable iron from France and England to the United States are now made at prices well below American quotations. The measure reflects a subdued market as demand remains softer. End users and manufacturers may expect continued price concessions in the near term.
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France
U. S
Paris
England
United States
Lesson on Malachi and Giving in Bible Study
A sermon outline surveys Malachi themes with emphasis on Israel's gratitude, priestly sins, and societal wrongs. It details judgments, prophetic call to true offerings, and the coming of Christ, urging faithful tithing, lawful marriages, and justice toward the vulnerable.
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Malachi
Nehemiah
Hazgai
Zechariah
Zerubbabel
Jerusalem
Israel
Jacob
Esau
Edom
God
Christ
John the Baptist
Elijah
Earphones Installed by Church in Lynn Pews
The Unitarian church trustees in Lynn Massachusetts authorize earphones in several pews to aid hearing. Contributions will be voluntary with those who have hearing difficulties expected to pay most of the cost. Some seniors complained they could not clearly hear the soloist, prompting the installation.
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Lynn
Mass
Unitarian Church
Sol Rane
He Might Try
A scattered dialogue reveals an engaged pair discussing letter writing. The man confesses he cannot write daily because he will be in Havana, shaping the tone of light romance about distant travel and commitment.
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George
Havana
Frenchman Invents Water Scale for Weighing Ship Cargo
A French inventor has developed a scale that measures ship cargo by dipping a pine rod into the water. The water displaced indicates the ship’s draft and load. The device aims to provide an accurate weight estimate as ships are loaded or unloaded.
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