Theatres May Close Friday for President Harding Funeral
New York Aug 8 theatres nationwide to close Friday for the funeral of late President Harding. Theaters vaudeville and legitimate venues to close at noon for the day. In San Francisco the Standard Oil of California orders offices and stations in five states to close at noon Friday for the rest of the day.
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New York
Harding
San Francisco
Standard Oil Company
California
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Widow of Reaper Inventor Leaves Large Estate
CHICAGO August 8 Mrs Nettie McCormick widow of the inventor of the reaper left an estate valued at 8 896 000 with substantial bequests to church education and charitable institutions as summarized in her will.
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Chicago
Nettie McCormick
Canadians Selling Picnic Rum Charge in Detroit waters
Detroit August 8 The federal government will discuss with Canadian officials the charge by Earl J. Davis United States district attorney that passenger steamers on the Canadian register lure Detroit crowds into Canadian waters to sell liquor to excursionists.
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Detroit
Canada
Earl J. Davis
United States
Eastern Michigan
Canadian Register
Trader Takes Third Wife From One Family
Kuskokwim trader John A. Felder married in California to the sister of his two former wives. The first wife died after childbirth, his second wife died abroad, and Felder has now wed a third bride from the same family. They traveled from Seward to Nenana by government railroad, then up the Yukon by river steamer and bush vessel, toward Felder’s trading station as their home.
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John A. Felder
California
Felder
Holy Cross
Inoko
Kuskokwim
Anchorage Court Opens Fall Jury Term Proceedings
Judge E. E. Ritchie convened court at Anchorage last week and disposed of naturalization and preliminary matters for the upcoming fall jury term to be held there.
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E. E. Ritchie
Anchorage
Former Alaskans to March in Memorial Parade Seattle
All former Alaskans will march in a body with the Alaska Pioneers Association in the Harding Memorial parade in Seattle Friday afternoon.
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Seattle
Alaska Pioneers Association
Harding
Railroads may get Goat Isle as base plan falls through
San Francisco Aug 8 Navy men say Goat Island in San Francisco Bay, once a naval training site, will not serve as the Twelfth District operating base due to insufficient transportation facilities. The Rodman board favored Alameda as the naval operating base, per continued report on Page five.
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San Francisco
Goat Island
San Francisco Bay
Navy
Rodman Board
Alameda
Ghostly Look Wears Away as Edgar Jones Recovers
In Chicago Aug 8 a tale of ectoplasm and mistaken death centers on Edgar Jones a peddler of ice who is knocked unconscious baring a white plastered head after a kitchen mishap. His wife mistakes the call as a death message and a policeman clubs him until the truth comes out. the insurance claim is canceled.
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Chicago
Edgar Jones
Life Insurance Office
Jones
New Uses for U S Wood Highlighted by Forest Service
San Francisco August 8 The U S Forest Service of the Agriculture Department reports that wood remains forward looking not past. Chemical research expands wood uses beyond pulp for papers fibre containers wall boards and similar products. Large scale alcohol production and artificial silk rope carpets and other fabrics are anticipated as wood based by products grow.
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San Francisco
Forest Service
U. S.S. Department of Agriculture
Wealthy Man Kills His Young Wife in Michigan Tragedy
Battle Creek reports a 75 year old retiree, S. John Wells, killed his 28 year old wife and then himself. He allegedly claimed he had also slain Mrs. RB. H. Stewart and hid her body in a brush clump five miles from Battle Creek. Jealousy is cited by police.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Aug
John Wells
RB. H. Stewart
Broken Neck Knits. Man's Life Saved
In Redding California on August 8 a Gas Point farmer named W H Hollister broke his neck in a runaway accident. His neck was placed in a plaster cast and doctors announced the shattered vertebrae had knitted, with recovery assured for the broken neck.
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Redding
Calif
W. H. Hollister
Navy defense plan outlined by joint board gains support
Congressman James O Connor of Louisiana and Admiral Coontz stated that coast defense funding and naval expansion are driven by the joint Army and Navy Board in Washington. The officials said a definite 25 year naval program is now outlined, marking a new era of national defense.
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San Diego
James O'Connor
Louisiana
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Atlantic
Joint Army and Navy Board
Washington
Admiral Coontz
Westward canneries report average season and limited packs
Captain George H. Whitney of the local Inspectors Office aboard the Admiral Evang reports an average season for Westward canneries. Salmon runs filled spawning grounds early. Kodiak Cook Inlet packs are limited while Nushagak Igushak are only one quarter. Lagik Naknek Kyschak districts show normal packs. East of Alaska Peninsula slow fishing. Prince William Sound districts fair. Carlisle Packing Co and Pioneer Packing Co at Cordova completed seasonal packs. overall weather was exceptionally fine with little rain.
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George H. Whitney
Admiral Evang
Whitney
Kodiak
Cook Inlet
Nushagak
Igushak
Lagik
Naknek
Kyschak
Alaska Peninsula
Prince William Sound
Capt. Whitney
Carlisle Packing Co
Pioneer Packing Co
Cordova
Funereal Plans for President Harding in Marion Ohio
The detailed plan approved by Mrs. Harding calls for the body to arrive around 10 AM and lie in state until 2 PM Friday at the late President's home. After a funeral at the vault in Marion cemetery at 4 PM, with ministers Rev. Sands and Rev. Swank presiding, the procession ends at the resting place. Prominent attendees include Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, and Bieloge W. F. Anderson with their wives. The Harding family plot sits amid elm shade and granite markers near the cemetery center, a solemn backdrop for the national figure.
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Marion
Ohio
Marlon
George M. Sands
Trinity Pantist Church
Jessie Swank
Bieloge
W. F. Anderson
Harding
Maryland
Ford
Edison
Firestone
Warren G. Harding
United States
Mary Clarissa
Develo
Proclamation for Mourning Day in Juneau 1923
A proclamation by Mayor Isadore Gold bearing on Werren G. Harding’s funeral at Marion Ohio on August 10 1923 and a nationwide day of mourning and prayer. It calls for all business houses in Juneau to close for the day and seals the official document dated August 1923.
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Werren G. Harding
Marion
Ohio
Isadore Gold
City of
Juneau
Death of John Henry Winters at age 45 noted
Capt Whitney reports the death of John Henry Winters, 45, superintendent of the Alaska Packers Association Quichak canneries, from apoplexy on his travel between canneries. He had led the canneries for six to seven years and served the association since his youth.
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Whitney
John Henry Winters
Alsaka Packers Association
Quichak
Winters
Alaska Packers Association
Prominent Miner Roy A Young Dies at Work
Roy A. Young, 48, manager of the Dome Creek Mining Company with sixteen men on Dome Creek a Fortymile tributary, died suddenly at work on July 17 Daw son reports. A Washington State mining figure and organizer of the Dome Creek operation he was born in Washington and survived by his widow and daughter in Seattle. His body was sent to Seattle with his brother Chester Young in charge.
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Roy A. Young
Dome Creek Mining Company
Dome Creek
Fortymile
Dawson
Young
Washington State
Spokane
Seattle
Chester Young
Pioneer Thompson Found Dead Near Katchemak Bay Trail
The Nenana News reports the body of Ext. Thompson, an Alaska pioneer dating to 1887, was found on the trail at the head of Katchemak Bay in Bristol Bay county on June 16. Thompson, native of Minnesota, had journeyed west with Ed Parks to develop Parks’ Nenana homestead before heading to Bristol Bay years ago.
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Ext
Thompson
Alaska
Katchemak Bay
Bristol Bay Country
Nenana
Ed Parks
Bristol Bay
Minnesota
Black Hills
Oil Industry Probed by Three Subcommittees
Chicago August three subcommittees were appointed by A. G. McGuire, chairing the committee chosen by L. V. Nichols, to determine costs of crude oil production refining and marketing. The inquiry targets conditions in the middle continent oil field and its by products.
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Chicago
A. G. McGuire
L. V. Nichols
National Petroleum Marketers’ Association
Middle Continent
Society Woman Fined for Illegal Liquor Possession
Denver society woman Mrs. Katherine OConnor pleaded guilty in federal district court to illegal possession of liquor and was fined 400 dollars, paid by her attorney.
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Denver
Katherine O'Connor
Denver Society
United States District Court
Two Former Presidents Join the Cortege Today
A somber Washington procession carries Warren G. Harding to burial with General Pershing leading and Woodrow Wilson Taft and Coolidge in attendance. Mrs. Harding spends moments with the dead as Chopin’s Funeral March echoes along Pennsylvania Avenue. Page Two continues.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
Capitol
John J. Pershing
White House
Betn
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Coolidge
St. John's Church
LaFayette Square
Soldier of Fortune Quits and Heads for Oil Prospect
General Lee Christmas Jr lies in a New Orleans hospital after 11 months of tropical fever and a bullet near his heart. He plans another venture into Central America, saying he is finished with revolutions and now seeks oil prospects in Guatemala. The veteran adventurer has long been tied to Latin American upheavals and to Richard Harding Davis’s Soldiers of Fortune.
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New Orleans
Lee Christmas, Jr
Central America
Richard Harding Davis
Guatemala
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Smith W. Brookhart
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Army and Navy Board
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Mistah
A. G. Kaye
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Kaye
Kaye” Jones
Edgar
U. S
Capt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Soldier of Fortune
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