Nome Sees Second Antitoxin Relay Arrive in Blizzard
Nome reports relief as Ed Rohn's dog team completes a round trip from Nome to Golovin to Elim amid a brutal blizzard. The second relay of 1,000,000 units of antitoxin reaches Nome. Star the lead dog suffers injuries from a fissure incident but continues. Dr Welch notes the serum arrived well preserved due to cork packing.
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Nome
Ed Rohn
Alaska
Golovin
John
Elim
Julius Kalgsay
Rohn
Norton Sound
Star
Fay Delzene
Welch
New Diphtheria Case Reported in Nome
A Board of Health meeting disclosed one new diphtheria case, a white patient named Miss Hazel White, reported by Dr. Curtis Welch. The update marks a confirmed infection during the latest weekly session.
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Nome
Board of Health
Hazel White
Curtis Welch
Senate speeds up legislation amid night sessions
Washington Feb 16 With the Senate inaugurating night sessions the Sixty Eighth Congress set the pace today for the home stretch Much needs to be accomplished to enact even the more important measures before adjournment a fortnight away
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Wasilington
Senate
Nome Doctor Fights Diphtheria Crisis Amid Supplies
Dr Curtiss W Welch Nome Alaska lone physician battling a diphtheria epidemic with anti-toxin after a record mush over ice and snow telegraphs sister Mrs L A Bettcher New Haven Conn that we are working night and day and are going to keep at it until we get the best of it. He is aided by his wife and Miss Emily Morgan Wichita Kan the only Red Cross nurse in Alaska.
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Curtiss W. Welch
Nome
Alaska
L. A. Bettcher
New Haven
Conn
Welch
Emily Morgan
Wichita
Kan
Red Cross
Coolidge calls Senate to extra meeting in Washington
President Coolidge, after completing his Cabinet, called the Senate to a special session in Washington on February 16 to receive communications from the Executive. The session is understood to be for confirmations of Charles B. Warren as Attorney General Frank H Kellogg as Secretary of State and William M Jardine as Secretary of Agriculture.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Charles B. Warren
Frank H. Kellogg
William M. Jardine
Missing Son Recovers From Siege of Amnesia
Olympia report William Mayo Hitt, son of State Librarian J. T. Hitt, has telegraphed his mother in Los Angeles that his memory was restored by Dr Samuel Marcus after amnesia. He is returning home immediately.
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Olympia
Wash
William Mayo Hitt
J. T. Hitt
Los Angeles
Samuel M. Marcus
Radio to Broadcast Spirit Voices by Wireless
London report notes that spiritualist groups expect radio to transmit spirit voices soon. Miss Louise Owen quoted as saying broadcasts will enable seances via wireless. She recalls Lord Northcliffe urging women to lead peace efforts and oppose war, with Doyle and others sharing seance experiences.
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London
London Spiritualist Alliance, Limited
Lord Northcliffe
Edward Marshall Hall
Louise Owen
Rescue Force Reaches Floyd Collins In Cave Tomb
Bulletin reports Floyd Collins dead in his tomb after a two week entombment. Rescue teams struggle to break through the limestone roof as cave conditions hinder efforts and officials warn of slow progress toward reaching the body.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Carmichael
Sinking at New Angle in Cave City Cave Shaft
Discovery of a natural tunnel near the Floyd Collins shaft prompted a shift in digging direction yesterday afternoon. The shaft is now being sunk at a 45 degree angle rather than straight down as before.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Moonbeam Captured Ends Liquor Run Near Samish Island
Seattle reports the Coast Guard captured the freighter Moonbeam off Samish Island last Friday night sealing the boat as the oldest liquor freighter on Puget Sound. Fat Brown of Tacoma, alleged cargo part owner, was arrested after the capture. The Moonbeam, built in Victoria two years ago, featured modern speed-focused design.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Samish Island
Luget Sound
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Fat" Brown
Tacoma
Victoria
Big Bill Hayward Tours as Prison Workmen Relief Speaker
MOSCOW, Feb. 16. "Big Bill" Hayward remains abroad not returning to America as claimed. He now travels as a lecturer for the International Society for Relief of Workmen in Prisons Abroad. He recently finished a tour of Southern Russia delivering 66 speeches.
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Moscow
Hayward
America
International Society For Relief of Workmen
Russia
California Federal Judge Nominated by Coolidge
President Coolidge nominated Adolph St Sure, serving as a Federal Judge in Northern California, for another post. Senator Shortridge supported St Sure against a rival backed by Senator Hiram Johnson, after considerations of Mabel Walker Willebrandt.
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Washington
Coolidge
Adolph St. Sure
California
Mabel Walker
Willebrandt
Shortridge
St. Sure
Hiram Johnson
Increase in Price of Gasoline Is Proposed
Washington February 16 A select seven member committee will be appointed to investigate recent gasoline price increases under a joint resolution introduced in the House by Dihlman of Maryland.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Dihlman
Maryland
District Judge John F. McGee Dies by Gunshot
Federal District Judge John F. McGee died of a gunshot wound in his chambers at the Federal Building in Minneapolis. A note on the table cited fear of failing health as the motive. Police described the death as self inflicted.
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Minneapolis
John F. McGee
Federal
Humphrey Nominated to Federal Trade Commission
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved the nomination of Will FE Humphrey former Washington State Congressman of Seattle for appointment to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Will FE. Humphrey
Washington State
Seattle
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Passes Seventh Annual Supply Measure
Washington February 16 The independent offices appropriation bill, the seventh annual supply measure, has passed the Senate.
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Senate
Washngton
Once Prominent Minancier Must Die for Murder
Chicago report states Russell T. Scott, 30, once head of a Canadian corporation capitalized at ten million dollars to build a fifty million dollar link between Detroit and Winsor, Was sentenced to hang on April 17 for the murder of Joseph Maurer, an 11 year old drug clerk, during a 1924 hold up.
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Chicago
Russell T. Scott
Detroit
Michigan
Winscor
Canada
Scott
Joseph Maurer
San Francisco Editor H. M. De Young Dies After Operation
H M De Young publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle died after surgery for intestinal trouble in San Francisco. Born in St Louis in 1846 he founded the Dramatic Chronicle in 1865 with brother Charles. Since Charles death in 1880 N M DeYoung had been sole proprietor and editor of the Chronicle.
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San
Parks Named Governor of Alaska by Coolidge
George A. Parks, age 42 civil engineer and longtime territorial service officer, was appointed Governor of Alaska by President Coolidge. Parks, a Denver native and bachelor, was surprised by the news but respected the choice. He left the Interior Department after discussions with Commissioner Spry who praised his qualifications and knowledge of Alaska needs.
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Washington
Coolidge
George A. Parks
Alaska
Parks
Spry
General Land Office
President Coolidge
Secretary of Interior
Department of Interior
Work
Territorial
Denver
James Parks
Union Pacific
George Parks
Parks Appointment Wins Wide Alaska Backing
Ketchikan February 16 political leaders declare the appointment of George A. Parks meets unanimous approval of all Alaskans. They note Parks has traveled extensively through the territory and garnered broad support.
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Ketchikan
George A. Parks
New Comic to Appear for Brief Period
Billy DeBeck creator of Barney Google and Spark Plug is ill in a New York City hospital. Dumb Dora by Murat Chic Young will replace it temporarily. Barney Google and Spark Plug will resume on DeBeck's recovery.
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Billy DeBeck
Harney Google
Spark Plug
New York City
DeBeck
Dumb Dora
Murat “Chic
Young
Barney Google
Mr. DeBeck
Meat consumption up in US in 1924 amid higher slaughter totals
US Department of Agriculture statistics show about 1,000,000 more meat animals slaughtered in 1924 than 1922, with total slaughter reported at 79,432,649 cattle calves sheep goats and swine. Alaska regulations approved by Secretary of the Interior set tender rules for permit cancellations relocations and lot drawings with specific timelines and locator rights in Anchorage and on field sites.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Yesaterday
Seattle
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