Who Killed Cock Robin Play Sparks Mixed Emotions
In a bustling theater and after luncheon at Tyringham, a writer-narrator follows Alice Bashford and Mrs. Farnsworth as they unwind a tangled social scenario. Alice flirts with danger by implying a story like a living drama while the trio navigates Montani’s stalking and a shifting alliance with the narrator who may be cast as a hero in their unfolding tale.
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Alice
Arrowsmith
Mrs. Farnsworth
Sher
Barton
Montana
Montani
Forsythe
Searles
Cecil Arrowsmith
Cock Robin
Wael
Mr. Singleton
Bob
St. Cecil
Earth
Paradise
Constance
Tyringham
Uncle Bash
Republicans to Start Early in Harding Campaign
Campaign managers for Warren G Harding plan immediate mobilization after the Republican convention. Harry M Daugherty urged prompt energetic action to present party merits to voters while Will H Hayes will form a mostly female executive committee. The Senate campaign funds hearings resume in Chicago with Kenyon as chairman, as the National Woman's party seeks Republican support to ratify the 86th state.
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Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
National Committee
Will H. Hays
Senate
Kenyon
National Woman's Party
Wood refutes charges against political backers
Major General Leonard Wood denounces Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler as spreading a vicious falsehood about his presidential campaign. He brands Butler's claim that stock gamblers and oil promoters funded his bid as infamous and says his managers are of extraordinary high character.
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Chicago
Ill
Leonard Wood
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Wood
Butler
Supreme Court Denies Grammer Death Sentence Appeal
Lincoln Neb The supreme court denied Allen Vincent Grammer’s death sentence appeal for the murder of his mother-in-law Mrs Lulu Vogt in Howard County. The court refused to suspend the sentence. Unless courts intervene, Grammer and his companion Cole face execution by electric chair on July 9.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Allen Vincent Grammer
Lulu Vogt
Howard County
Grammer
Cole
Gompers to oppose Harding in national campaign
Montreali Samuel Gompers, re-elected AFL president, plans to campaign against Senator Harding the Republican nominee. The report notes Harding as vice presidential candidate and cites opposition from labor leader group due to the Boston police strike.
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Gompere
Harding
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Jabor
Boston
Five Die in Ireland Rioting Amid Incendiary Attacks
Five people were killed and about 100 others were seriously hurt during rioting in Iried Battie Landenderry Ireland on June 19. The unrest included numerous arson attempts and acts of destruction as crowds attacked property and police tried to restore order.
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Iried Battie
Landenderry
Ireland
Ing
Court suit seeks 75000 dollars and stock in Bankers Mortgage
A district court action seeks recovery of 75000 dollars and eighty shares of Bankers Mortgage Co stock from defendants Mapers, Wandeser and SSe See eS. The case outlines a financial dispute and ownership claim in a civil proceeding.
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Distriet
Bankers’ Mortgage Co
Mapeksés
Wandeser
Different Kinds He-Dancing and She-Yours Poetry
A compact note contrasts He-Dancing as motion poetry with She-Yours as blank verse. The piece classifies two styles by gendered phrasing, offering a brief, rhythmic reflection on form.
Freezone promises painless corn removal and savings
An advertisement touts Freezone as a magical corn remover that lifts corn painlessly with a drop applied to the affected area. The tiny bottle, sold by druggists, claims to remove hard and soft corns and calluses at low cost without pain or irritation, credited to a Cincinnati inventor.
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Cincinnati
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement Claims Fast Relief
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as relief for sore feet bunions and calluses. It appeals to military use noting 1,500,000 pounds of powder used by the Army and Navy in the war and concludes with a light proverb about hens and quarrels.
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Allen
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LADY
Larkspur
BY Meredith Nicholson
Alice I
Alice Bashford
Murray Butler
Rialto Theatre Supply Company
Minneapolis
Mina
Reep
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