Fight of the century dominates headlines and politics
Gene Tunney retained the heavyweight title over Jack Dempsey in Chicago with a ten round decision that drew huge crowds and massive receipts. The article also notes Indianapolis mayor John L. Duvall's corruption conviction, French Legion events in Paris, and political maneuvering around the 1928 Democratic nomination with figures like Meredith, Smith, and Hull discussed.
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Chicago
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Tunney
Dempsey
Chicago ‘Stadium
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Xenia
Greece
William B. Leeds
Leeds
New York
David Barry
Jack
John L. Duvall
Indianapolis
Duvall
Supreme Court
William H. Armitage
Bossa
Armittage
City Boards of Public Works
Air Derby Tragedy As Two Die in Class A Crash
New York to Spokane air derby features three classes with stops in A and B won by O W Holman of St Paul and W Meyers of Detroit. Class C had two starters Eddie Stinson and Duke Schiller. both diverted to land in Montana. A crash in Long Valley New Jersey kills pilot R P B Hudson and mechanic Jay Radike of Michigan, ending the race for them.
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New York
Spokane
O. W. Holman
St. Paul
W. Meyers
Detroit
Eddie Stinson
Duke Schiller
Montana
R. PB. Hudson
Jay Radike
Michigan
Long Valley
N. J
Roy A. Young Named to Succeed Crissinger as Fed Governor
President appoints Roy A. Young former eight year governor of the Minneapolis Fed to succeed Antel R. Crissinger after Senate confirmation. Edmund Platt continues as acting governor while the selection is pending and the board faces opposition to its recent policy actions.
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Antel R. Crissinger
Federal Reserve Board
Roy A. Young
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Senate
Young
Edmund Platt
Morrow Named U S Ambassador to Mexico
Dwight Morrow of New Jersey, a twelve year member of J P Morgan & Co, selected by President Coolidge to represent the United States in Mexico City. He plans to resign from Morgan and believes he has a real chance to ease oil and land disputes and salvage relations after American property confiscations sparked tensions.
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Mexico
Dwight Morrow
New Jersey
J. P. Morgan & Co
Amherst
Morrow
Mexico City
U S Protest Over French Tariff Discrimination
The United States protests French tariff hikes seen as discrimination against American commerce. The note cites Section 817 of the tariff act as allowing the President to add duties or impose embargoes on nations that discriminate against U S goods.
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United States
Resentment Over Rakovsky Moves to Recall Russian Envoy
French protests over Christian Rakovsky the Russian ambassador rise after he signs a Communist manifesto urging workers to rise against their governments. An official Moscow statement says talks on a nonaggression pact cannot proceed until Rakovsky is recalled.
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RENCH
Christian Rakovsky
Moscow
Rakovsky
Burley Tobacco Growers to Receive Crop Payments
In Louisville it was announced members of the Burley Tobacco Growers Co operative in Kentucky Ohio Indiana West Virginia Tennessee Missouri Virginia and North Carolina will receive payments in the next weeks totaling the sums for 1928 1924 and 1925 crops as information released.
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Louisville
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
Irish Free State Election Narrowly Ends With Six Vote Margin
RESIDENT COSGRAVE and his government win the Irish Free State election by a margin of six votes in the Dail Eireann. A year of stable government is anticipated despite the slender majority. A new loan is planned to be floated in December.
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Cosgrave
Dail Eireann
Retain Love of Hunting Foxes in the Ozarks Summer Meet
In the Ozarks, fox hunters from Dade and Cedar counties gather for multi day camps with picnics and organized hunts. They listen for baying from hidden knolls as dogs chase red and gray foxes around a five to ten mile circle, ending when a fox enters a den or is caught.
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Springfield
Ozarks
Dade County
Fox Hunters’ Association
Cedar County
England
Ozark
X-Ray Clears Monkey of Ring Theft Charge
Camden New Jersey science cleared Jocko the monkey of stealing Mrs George Deans two carat diamond ring. The monkey had access to the jewel box but X rays showed he did not swallow the diamonds.
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Monkey
Camden
N. J
Science
George Dean
Delair
Jocko
Government tests may introduce corn borer parasites
Washington reports on experimental parasites exeristes roborator and habrobracon brevicornis as potential controls for the European corn borer. Experts note they are harmless to others but climate adaptation and ecological factors remain uncertain, with possible partial control after 15 to 20 years. Waterville, Maine notes a humorous baby-stork tally in Hagerty family football hopes.
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Washington
Brothers Brothers Families Much Alike
The article notes two farmers with the surname Brothers, one in this county and one in Union county, each with 12 children. Each family has four sons and eight daughters, and the next youngest girl in each family shares the same birth date. Fathers are J. H. and J. D. Brothers.
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Carbondale
Union County
J. H
J. D
Repeated Start of Process Described in Incomplete Text
Fragment mentions a fly laying eggs on a borer and maggots bore into body parts. Text cutoff prevents full context or outcome.
Miner Pays $10 Debt at Creditor's Funeral
In Fort Morgan Colorado Serbian coal miner Samuel Milanovich paid a $10 debt to Harry Larsen, Erie merchant, at Larsen's funeral. He explained he owed for wiring his house and could not pay while alive, noting it is a Serbian custom to settle debts to the dead.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Samuel Milanovich
Erie
Harry Larsen
Milanovich
Larson
Gold Rush Grips Philadelphia Workers Near Schuylkill
A Philadelphia gold rush emerged after laborers uncovered hundreds of dollars in gold coins near the Schuylkill river bridge. About eighty year old coins were found in earth dumped from excavations beneath old houses. Fifty men and boys briefly dug the dirt. several ten and twenty dollar pieces were shown as the cache appeared exhausted.
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Philadelphia
Schuylkill River Bridge
Shanghai opens first women’s barber shop for Chinese ladies
The Chinese YWCA opens a Shanghai barber shop for Chinese women with bobbed hair. Two male barbers trained女 women who now staff the shop. Foreign women also use the service, reflecting strong demand for female barbering in the city.
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Shanghai
Y. W
Shepherding Taught in French Farm Schools
Paris reports shepherding is becoming a science in France with a Rambouillet school of shepherding run as a government institute under the agriculture ministry. It trains the craft for profitability rather than romance, emphasizing the dog and practical skills over artful images.
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Paris
France
Rambouillet
Ministry of Agriculture
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