Relief plans for Cuba in progress at State Dept
The State Department reports negotiations on Cuban relief are underway but not yet ready for formal announcement. Also noted are actions by the Internal Revenue Service to eliminate wholesale liquor dealers and various federal policy debates and fiscal estimates affecting government operations and international talks.
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Cuba
State Department
Washington
Internal Revenue
Blair
Caruso dies in Naples as Saltus passes in New York
Obituary notices report the death of world famous tenor Enrico Caruso at Naples and author Edgar Saltus at his New York home after a lengthy illness. Separate items state Bill Killifer named Chicago Cubs manager, replacing John J. Evers. Federal Judge Landis rules seven acquitted former White Sox players cannot play professional baseball.
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Edgar Saltus
New York
Bill Killifer
Alexander the Great
Chicago Cubs
John J. Evers
Chicago
K. M. Landis
Wreck of the Alaska Triggers Heroic Rescue on Blunt's Reef
Forty eight people died with twelve bodies recovered and 166 saved when the steamer Alaska wrecked on Blunt's Reef near Eureka California. Captain Harry Hobey stayed at his post as Captain Snoddy and the Annex crew undertook a perilous rescue through dense fog, aided by passengers and salvaged vessels Anyox and Henry Villard.
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Union News Service
Eureka
Cal
Alaska
Blunt’s Reef
Hureka
Anyox
Eureka Harbor
Annex
Harry Hobey
Snoddy
Vancouver
Hobey
Coast Guard
Annox
San Francisco
Victoria
B. C
Henry Villard
Cape Mendocind
Blunt's Reef
Escanaba Fires Slacken as Winds Hamper Efforts
Forest fires near Escanaba Michigan have slowed in the last 24 hours but high winds hinder volunteer crews. Reports confirm further damage with several thousand dollars in timber lost as two fatalities are cited along the flame path.
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Escanaba
Mich
Road Bill Indorned in Senate Committee Report
Senate panel advances Rep John M Robsion of Kentucky road bill proposing 100 million dollars in federal aid for this year. The plan keeps interstate and intercounty systems and lets states choose which roads to build.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
John M. Robsion
Kentucky
Seaplane Ambassa dor Battered in Sandy Hook Bay Rescue
An Ambassa dor seaplane flying from Atlantic City to New York was driven into Sandy Hook Bay by a storm. The craft sank after a boat attached to it broke away, and the pilot plus four passengers clung to the wings until rescue by the yacht Lounger Sr. arrived.
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New York
Ambassador
Atlantic City
Sandy Hook Bay
Yacht Lounger Sr
Guldjemul Sailed With Munitions for Turkish Nationalists
The Greek Ministry of Marine reports the Turkish steamer Guldjemul departed New York in July with a cargo of munitions for the Turkish Nationalists, as relayed by the newspaper Sestingays in Athens.
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Arme Shippeo
Athens
Greek Ministry of Marine
Sestingays
Guldjemul
New York
Shipping Board chief warns on German seamen entry
Chairman A. D. Lasker told Secretary James J. Davis that Germans aboard American bound vessels may land at German ports at one cent a month wages until a treaty is signed. Secretary Day Vis agreed that without a treaty it remains illegal for Germans to enter the United States.
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Washington
Beamen
A. D. Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Day Vis
United States
Night Horn Mystery Plagues Highland Ave Sleepers
In the 3300 block on Highland Avenue at 3 a.m. thieves tried to steal an electric car. A wrong connection triggered the horn, which blared loudly until investigators concluded the miswired attempt caused the noise. The scene drew nightwear clad neighbors to observe the commotion.
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Highland Avenue
Horne
Committee of Investigation
Kansas City Star
Radiophone music era nears in home radio service
Scientific American notes a shift toward home radiophone use with central stations broadcasting concert music and lectures. Portable and cabinet phonograph style receivers with built in loudspeakers enable room-wide listening, suggesting manufacturers may offer radiophone concerts and talks to customers.
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Scientific American
Greecing the World in a Child's Exchange
Two kids debate why day and night happen. They claim the earth turns on an axle and joke about it rusting. The dialogue, attributed to a Chicago Herald and Examiner cartoon, ends with a misattribution about Greece. The humor hinges on misheard geography and a simplified science joke.
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China
Greece
Chicago Herald
Examiner
How to Tell How Long A Man Has Been Married
A humorous rule of thumb lists terms a husband uses for his wife to guess marriage duration. From My darling wife to grandma and beyond, the ladder highlights changing labels with years.
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Thas
Candles On Birthday Cakes From German Tradition
The custom traces candles to Germany with a central Lebenslicht candle representing the light of life. Only the birthday person may extinguish it to avoid bad luck, and as people age fewer candles may suffice. Thoughts symbolize life and its years, with one candle often serving for the elderly.
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Germany
Cincinnati Markets Grain and Livestock Prices
Market notes list corn by grade with prices from 61 02 to 68 ¾ cents and hay at 16.50 to 20.75 per ton. Dairy and poultry prices show butter at 44 to 46 cents, eggs at 26 to 33 cents, live poultry and roosters priced per pound, cattle and calves with varied ranges, sheep and hogs with multiple classes and prices, including heavy hogs 10.20 to 10.75 and pigs around 11 dollars per hundred.
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Harding
Acts
Federal Reserve Board
Joint Congressional Commission
House Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Senate
McNay
War Finance Corporation
Great Britain
House
Grover Cleveland
Sid” Hatfield
West Virginia
Senator Kenyon
Iowa
John Skelton Williams
Stephen J. Prenati
Oakland
Butte, Mont
Steve Bryan
Theodore Chronos
Hackensack
N. J
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Shadyside
Mount Prospect
Mercy
Army
Gorham
Arkansas River
Canon A
Canon ‘City
Colo
Bauilt Ste. Marie
General Electric
Lynn
Mass
Census Bureau
Gordon's
Pane
John A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
the Knights of Columbus
Beecher City
Tommy Felardo
Wood River
Ill
Baltimore Coal Exchange
United States District Court
John D. Rockefeller
Dupont Powder Company
Uniontown
Louis Judelovitz
Brooklyn
Russia
London
Lloyd George
Paris
Morocco
France
America
de Valera
Dublin
Dall Elrapa
Riga
Cherigof
London Daily Express
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Odessa
Post Ofiie
Bari
Italy
Adriatic
Nador
Melilla
Madrid
Atulement
Harvey
Aupreme Con
Parikh
Enrico Caruso
Naples
Radiophone Music
Cincinnati
Clermont County Agricultural Society
Owensville, Ohio
J.E. Christy
Sec
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