Earthquake Destroys Yokohama City and Fires Follow
Meager radio advices report Yokohama nearly destroyed by fire after a severe earthquake. Casualties are described as numerous with no firm totals. Tokyo and Yokosuka areas suffer heavy damage and communications are cut across rail and telegraph lines.
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San Francisco
Cal
Radio Corporation
Yokohama
Japan
Lfe
Iwaki
Tamioka
Tokio
Commercial
London
Yokosuki
Poaka
Osaka
Osake
Eek
Trenid
Izu Peninsula
Yokosuka
Bay of Tokio
Izu
Kawatsu Bay
Tzu Peninsula
Toklo
Lorain Lad Fatally Shoots Brother In Accidental Firearm Incident
An 4 year old boy, Raymond Tressel, shot and killed his 3 year old brother Lawrence in Lorain yesterday afternoon. The brothers were playing with a revolver in an upper room when Raymond fired, hitting Lawrence in the forehead. Neighbors and family rushed to aid, but the younger boy died. The event occurred in a home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Tressel.
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Lorain
Raymond Tressel
Lawence Tressel
Lawrence
Reymond
Perry
Pressel
Cattle Run Loose In West River Street Stampede
A carload of newly unloaded cattle broke loose on West River Street last night and roamed the west side, knocking down several people including George Robinson. One animal jumped a railroad bridge and broke a leg. Cattle owner S Menherson mobilized hands to round up the herd, which stretched to Broad Street. An officer noted in the report that chasing cows all night calls for lab coats, a cow pony, chops and spurs, and a ranger’s hat.
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Police
West River Street
West Side
George Robinson
West Side Gardens
S. Menherson
Broad Street
U S General Declares Nation Ready For Next War
Major General Hanson E. Ely, commandant of the Army War College, said in Washington that the United States will be better prepared for the next great war than ever before. He warned seeds of war are spreading more thickly than in recent years as the college opened for its fall and winter term.
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Washington
United States
Hanson E. Ely
Army War College
Ely
Greece
Balkans
Mussolini
France
Paris
League of Nations
Spain
Italinn
Tangier
Restore Order at New Castle Riots End in City After Klansmen Attack
Wilmington Delaware reports unrest as a mob of nearly 1000, including blacks and whites, clashes with 500 Ku Klux Klan members during an open air initiation. About 50 injured and shots fired as knives and stones are used in the violence.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle
Here
No Labor Day Publication Notice
No paper will be published on Monday Labor Day. The Chronicle Telegram will observe the day with the public. City hall courthouse factories and business places will be closed for the day. It is also opening day of the fair with a large turnout expected.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Woman Chosen President of Teachers' Institute
The Lorain County Teachers' Institute closed its session yesterday with officer elections. Miss Sarah Huntridge of Wellington high school was elected president, Miss Mabel Askew of Oberlin vice president, and J. J. Vaughan of Elyria secretary and treasurer. This marks the first time a woman has been elected president, and the count of women teachers in leadership roles pleased many. Florence Hale of the State Department of Education, Augusta Maine, gave talks considered instructive and was hired for next year’s program.
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Lorain County
Florence Hale
State Department of Education
Augusta
Maine
Fails to Present Savings Stamps in Cleveland Mail
More than $100000 in matured war savings stamps with interest stopped January 1 were mailed notices to owners at the Cleveland post office but many were unclaimed. Officials say the bulk will revert to the government, with similar conditions likely nationwide.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Post Ofice
Frank E. Douds
Elyria Home Garden Show Slated Sept 8 9 at First Congregational
The fifteenth annual Elyria Home Garden Association exhibit runs Saturday and Sunday in Gates room of the First Congregational Church. More than a thousand students participate with vegetables and flowers competing for 64 prizes in eight grades and special prizes for wild fruits and baskets of gladioli. Open to all Elyria residents, entries are due Saturday morning, with public viewing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Elyria Home Garden Association
Gates
First Congregational Church
Elyria
Gates Stevens
W. G. Sharp
C. E. Logier
Orriven
Association
Johnson
Home Garden Association
Community Club
A. B. Taylor
Eva L. Reéely
Pinch My Leg? Miss May Love Defends Scratch Claim
Miss May Love, a dancer in the Fall Frolic revue at a Cleveland resort, says she scratched Leslie A. Gilson’s face and warned that any man who pinches her leg will be met with similar treatment. Gilson seeks $10,000 in damages, contending the incident caused him pain and embarrassment after a remark about his wife.
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Cleveland
Miss May Love
Leslie A. Gilson
Miss Love
Gilson
Collapse of German mark wipes out scholarships
Washington reports that scholarships at German universities vanished with the collapse of the mark. Dispatches show the usual 7,500 mark grant no longer covers a full year of tuition, with fares to the university exceeding funds and a 30,000 mark Berlin Academy prize failing to buy bread.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Berlin Academy of Science
Balkans Again Europe's Storm Center
A fragment notes ongoing tension in the Balkans as Europe again becomes the storm center, with plans to submit the affair to a league of nations or motions.
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Balkans
Europe
League of Amotions
Strike Follows Anthracite Talks In Harrisburg
Governors, operators, and miners met in secrecy at the state capitol to avert a broader coal stoppage. Miners claim 100 percent turnout. 419 mines idle aside from maintenance as talks resume Wednesday at 2 PM. Treasury reserves and strike funds bolster unions as the conflict enters a tense phase.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Enron Steaders
Rinaldo Capelini
Scranton
Thomas Kennedy
Hazelton
Chris Golden
Pottaville
Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
Vnong
Officials Unworried as Coal Strike Opens
Washington reported officials from President Coolidge’s administration show no worry as the hard coal strike begins on schedule. John Hays Hammond of the US Coal Commission urged continued dialogue and possible agreement via the Pinchot conference, with labor leaders predicting the stoppage lasting only a few days.
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Washington
Harrisburg
White House
Coolidge
Hammond
The
Coal Commission
President Coolidge
John Hays Hammond
United States Coal Commission
Mbor
Three Killed in Dayton Auto Crash and Streetcar Homicide
In Dayton Ohio on Friday an automobile carrying Mrs. Michael Butler 35 and Mrs. Elsina Weaver was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train in Miamisburg and both occupants died instantly. Their bodies were mangled and later identified after burial preparations. Joseph Milano 25 was killed when struck by a streetcar.
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Dayton
Michael Butler
Elsina’ Weaver
Baltimore & Ohio
Miamisburg
Joseph Milano
McCrehen seeks dismissal in tax referendum case
John E. McCrehen of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards files a demurrer in Franklin common pleas court, asking dismissal of Walter Stewart’s suit challenging Taft tax act petitions. Stewart argues petitions lack valid signatures, while McCrehen says signatures are for county officials to verify. The case is set for Sept. 11, with Brown enjoined from returning petitions to county boards.
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Columbus
John E. McCrehen
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Franklin Common Pleas Court
Walter Stewart
Toledo
Stewart
Brown
McCrehen
McCrahen
Stove Explosion Injures Woman at Stop 3
A coal oil stove at the home of Arthur Azz on Stop 3 Lake Avenue exploded this morning. Mrs. Xxx sustained burns to her arms. No. 3 Fire Company responded, finding the fire limited to the stove area.
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Arthur Azz
Lake Avenus
Xxx
No. 3 Fire Company
Balkan crisis deepens as Italy targets Corfu
London and Athens report escalating tensions between Italy and Greece over the Albanian killings and Corfu bombardment. British and French papers warn of a Balkan war, noting Italy’s troop moves, Greek defenses, and League of Nations involvement while uncertainty remains over casualties and international response.
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Taranto
Athens
Piraeus
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Otranto
Brindisi
Iial
Grece
Aiapate
Kalien
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Gerek
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Archduke Ferdinand
Austria
Gansta
Greece
Italy
League
Corfu
Samos
London
Europe
League of Nations
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England
France
Mussolini
Balkans
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Jugo-Salavia
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