Conditions of living reach highest stage in history
Washington November 7 Secretary of Commerce Hoover issued an economic review stating that material living conditions for Americans over the past year were the highest in history. He cited low unemployment high wages efficient rail service balanced prices among centers and a steady return to stable currencies. Americans invested abroad nearly two billion dollars and the nation posted a gold export of 115 million dollars.
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Washington
Hoover
Railroader Escapes Carpet 48 Years of Service
WARE Mass November 7 For 48 years Thomas Mills served the Boston and Maine Railroad and has never been called on the carpet. Mills will soon retire from active service. He began with the railroad September 12 1877 at Lenoxville Quebec near Sherbrooke on the Passumpsic division.
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Thomas Mills
Boston and Maine Railroad
Mills
Lenoxville
P. Q
Sherbrook
Window Washer Robs Mrs. Christy in New York
Mrs Howard Chandler Christy reported jewelry worth 25000 dollars missing from her home after Frank Gowasky, a window washer with a prior record, finished work on October 17. Police say Gowasky confessed to the burglary.
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New York
Howard Chandler Christy
Frank Gowasky
Gowasky
Cowasky
Crown Prince Sued for Libel in Berlin
Ex crown prince faces criminal libel charges filed by Montag Morgen over a reported affair with stenographer Hildegard Rappich and the alleged confinement of her father in an insane asylum. Proceedings threaten a public court spotlight as the paper defends its reporting.
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Berlin
Hildegaard Rappich
Montag Morgen
Germany
Mueller
Coolidge's Agricultural Committee Is Dissolved
Washington November 7 President Coolidges Agricultural Committee has been dissolved at the request of Chairman Robert Carey who reported a satisfactory solution of farm problems is in prospect according to the Department of Agriculture announcement.
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Washington
Large Seizure of Alcohol Reported in Lincoln
State and Federal officers seized 1600 gallons of pure alcohol in Lincoln. The shipment arrived yesterday via the Burlington Railroad from the Western Ammonia Works in Chicago. It was labeled as ammonia and moved in a freight car marked fertilizer.
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Lincoln, Neb
Burlington
Western Ammonia Works
Chicago
New Troubles Near Damascus Provisional Leader Declares Governor
Paris dispatch from Cairo reports insurgent Ramadan Pasha Ibn Shellash declares himself Military Governor of the Provisional Government near Damascus, highlighting escalating instability in the region.
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Damascus
Cairo
Daily Mail
Ramadan Pasha
Ibn Shellash
Holy War Escalates Amid Syrian Turmoil Near Damascus
Paris dispatches report the War Office mentioning evacuation of a large French fortified camp due to regrouping of forces. Reliable sources say Arals have joined rebel Druse tribesmen, aiming for intensified warfare against the French mandate. Rebels encircle Damascus and control large areas north of the city.
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Paris
War Office
Damascus
Americans Lose in Syria Burnings Hit Near Damascus
Near East Relief reports say the American Mission School and churches south of Damascus have been burned as Moslem Druses drive out Armenian and Syrian Christians.
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New York
Damascus
Syria
Campaign to Exterminate Mistletoe from Forests
The Department of Agriculture announced a ten year campaign to remove mistletoe from National Forests. It does not object to kissing under the mistletoe but labels the plant a dangerous forest pest.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Carry On Wins Sovereign Hotel Stake at Pacific Show
Portland reports Carry On owned by W L Eaton of Seattle won the Sovereign Hotel $2000 stake in the fox hunters feature at the Pacific International Show held here.
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Portland
Ore
Carry On
W. L. Eaton
Seattle
Sovereign Hotel
Valentino Ready To Forgive But Dogs Must Go
Rudolph Valentino, en route to New York, told The Herald and Examiner he is willing to grant his wife a divorce if she relinquishes her Pekinese dogs and settles down.
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Valentino
Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner Today
Rudolph Valentino
New York
Red Grange and Stagg Face Final Championship Test
Urbana fans pack the rain soaked field as Red Grange makes his last gridiron appearance while Stagg seeks an upset against Chicago and Illinois. In Seattle, 34 000 watchers witness the Huskies clash with Stanford with betting leaning toward Stanford 10 to 9.
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Grange
Chicago
Illinois
Ketchikan Court Term Ends Today
KETCHIKAN Alaska Nov 7 Today is the last day of the fall term of court in session for several weeks Andrew C M Peterson convicted of preventing customs officers seizing a sack of liquor aboard a schooner will be sentenced this afternoon SEATTLE Nov 7 So hot was the fire which destroyed the grain elevator of the Great Northern Terminal yesterday morning that tracks near the dock were warped and tied in knots Wooden box cars burned to the steel tracks Two steel cars softened and disintegrated by water later in the day this was Seattle s greatest fire since 1889.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Andrew C. M. Peterson
Seattle
Great Northern Terminal
Volstead outlines new enforcement ideas at convention
Chicago November 7 Andrew Volstead told Anti-Saloon League members that parts of the Volstead Act remain little known and unused. He proposed provisions limiting purchasers of illicit goods to 90 days in jail for a first offense and two years for a second, arguing the measures would aid prosecutions.
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Chicago
Andrew Volstead
Anti-Saloon League
Flo
Volstead
Prohibition Advocates Rally At Anti-Saloon League
United States Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas endorsed prohibition as a powerful force for guiding national leadership. William Jennings Bryan delivered a message via phonograph record. Assistant Secretary Andrews pledged vigorous enforcement. Willis J. Abbott of the Christian Science Monitor defended press coverage amid protests against prohibition failure claims.
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Chicago
United States
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Voic
William Jennings Bryan
Rim
Andrews
Willis J. Abbot
The
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
America
Stock Market Hits Record Prices in Active Week
New York reports a big week with price highs in history and record trading volume. Copper surged under American Smelting and Anaconda leadership, both reaching peak prices in years. Investors anticipated higher dividends at the next meeting, boosting Anaconda buying.
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New York
Farmer and Deacon Crummett Hangs Self in Cell
In Chico California on November 7 Fred C Crummett a farmer and church deacon who had been arrested after attempting to rob a payroll delivery truck hanged himself last night using suspenders. He attached the noose to his upper bunk and then suspended himself from the floor.
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Chico
Cal
Fred C. Crummett
Missing $1.00 in an old shoe case shocks New York court
Richard Kollna a 560 porter was held on $1 500 bail after police found $1 500 in a shoe in his closet. Boedecker owner of a restaurant said the money disappeared from his apartment after ordering the porter to clean rooms. Kollna pleaded not guilty.
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New York
Richard Kollna
Morrisania
Kollna
Frederick Boedecker
Tax Reduction Plan Endorsed by Coolidge After Talks
Congressman John Q. Tilson said after a conference with President Coolidge that the President favored a non partisan tax reduction program developed by Republicans and Democrats in the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut
Coolidge
Ways and Means Committee
House
Turkey raffles not be permitted in Seattle
Seattle on November 7 condemned raffles punchboards lotteries and other gambling devices as detrimental to legitimate business. Prosecutor Colvin announced he would suppress turkey raffles.
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Turkey
Seattle
The
Chamber of Commerce
Colvin
Scopes Case Enters Second Official Phase Next Spring
Knoxville Tenn November 7 the scopes case will enter its second official phase next spring with a trial on appeal at the spring term of the supreme court in the middle district of tennessee in nashville the decision followed chief justice green ruling out a bill of exceptions that would have allowed the entire dayton trial record to be before the court when the appeal is heard evidence excluded the trial record will now be limited to testimony as presented at the dayton proceeding continued on page six
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Scopes
Supreme Court
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Tennessee
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Green
Dayton
Wil
Former City Patrolman Convicted Killing Man
Yakima Washington November 7 IL Allen a former city patrolman was sentenced to five to seven and a half years in the state penitentiary after being convicted of shooting Howard Greathouse on July 1 He will appeal the case to the Supreme Court.
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Yakima, Wash
IL Allen
State
Howard Greathouse
Supreme Court
Army Airmen Fear Loss of Flying Pay
Army airmen and navy flyers in defense circles fear a report suggesting both services will stop granting flying pay. The 10 percent extra salary rewards aviators for the hazards of duty, but proponents argue the death rate justifies the pay. The report remains unverified as of November 7.
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Ton
Navy
Air
Fense
Olselot
Revolutionary Plot Exposed in Rome Conspiracy Unfolds
In Rome Nov 7 authorities disclose a wide conspiracy aiming to overthrow the regime and abolish the monarchy to establish a republic. Arrests proceed against former director Capello and other suspected revolutionaries including Turin socialist leaders and a Genoa and Mantua network. experts link the plot to a nationalist Italian society.
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Maecoaliu
Tome
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Genoa
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Onbor
Soul Rayhes Pr Qparly Out
Fragmented copy notes Soul Rayhes relinquishing current duties. mentions Roy Gagti and James E. Irreeerly as incumbent commissioners. Assignment of further duties possibly to Mayrs Sudrews or Blair, with unclear context and readable names.
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James BE
Ferther
Faynes
Sudrews
Blair
Cabinet Resignations Follow Liberal Defeat in Canada
AWA Nov 7 Members of the Liberal Cabinet of M. L. Mac Kenn resign after defeat in last week's parliamentary election. George P. Granam, Minister of Railways and Canals, submitted his resignation which the premier reportedly accepted.
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AWA
M. L. MacKenn
George P. Granam
Meath Co Lures Until Che on Dinner Is Served
Fragmentary OCR notes recount a condemned prisoner in Meath County awaiting execution, with last minute changes and a mention of a chicken dinner normally served to the condemned, implying a delay or procedural halt before the death sentence is carried out.
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Meath Co
U S Recognizes Provisional Persian Government
The United States officially recognizes the provisional government of Persia led by Rev. Khan. The recognition rests on the condition that all U S treaties will be observed and honored by the new authority, according to a dispatch from SHINCTON dated November.
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Persia
Khan
United States
Begum of Bhopal’s View on Modern Indian Women
London reports reveal the Begum of Bhopal denying full Western womanhood for Indian women. She supports education for girls but rejects public roles, saying women should not know all trades or join public life, while her household remains controlled by officials and maids.
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Mon
Utra Modernisa
India
Innet Civilizarion
Ana
Begum
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