War on Ram Vessels Sparks Mid Atlantic Blockade
New York reports a major coast guard drive against rum running with a $30,000,000 equipment program aboard sixteen cutters and 203 patrol boats. Lieut Commander Yeandle says 885 foreign rum runners have been targeted as the Mid-Atlantic blockade tightens, halting liquor flows to Long Island, New Jersey, New York and New England shores. The effort aims to seal off shore bases and force the shore organization to fade with time.
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Pope Proclaims Sister a Saint at St Peters
The pope elevates Sister Therese popularly known as the Little Flower of Jesus to sainthood amid a massive crowd of about 82 000 faithful at St Peters. Cardinal and dignitaries attend as the church honors the homelike saint whose teaching urged small sacrifices to Jesus.
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Fatty Arbuckle Marries Doris Deane in Pasadena Event
Fatty Arbuckle wed Doris Deane Anita Dibble in a Pasadena home. Arbuckle signed a contract to draw a sum from his chum Roland West. He will direct ten movie comedies after a New York honeymoon. He also agreed to pay former wife Minta Durfee $200 weekly alimony.
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Roland West
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Flying Ebony Wins Derby Amid Thunder and Lightning
Flying Ebony won the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville by a length and a half over rivals. The race finished in two minutes and seven and three fifth seconds as a thunderous, dramatic backdrop electrified the crowd of 80,000.
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French Drive Moors From Bibane Height in Morocco
French General de Chambrun’s troops cleared a strong Riffian position at Bibane in one day. Intense close combat with cold steel dislodged Abd El Krim’s followers. Bibane’s capture allows a flanking move against Riffian fortifications threatening Ouergha passages on a thirty mile front.
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Live Stock Arrivals Lose Price Ground This Week
Week ending May 15 at Chicago Union Stock Yards shows fat steer trade unstable with large receipts. Prices fell 25c to 1.00, then rallied 1.75 to 1.90, followed by a 1.26 to 1.80 drop. By week end prices were 50c to 85c lower than the prior week with late sals around 12.00.
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Chicago
Union
Glenn Frank Named President of Wisconsin University
Glenn Frank of New York editor of Century magazine is chosen as president of the University of Wisconsin. He is 38 and was born in Queen City Maine on October 1 1887. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Northwestern University.
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Dort Auto M. Dies After Golf Round in Flint
J. D. Dort, sixty four, former president of Dort Motor, collapsed on the Flint Country Club course after finishing 18 holes. Death was due to heart disease while he was talking with friends.
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News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points
Nebraska items collected from multiple points provide a snapshot of regional happenings including social events market notes and brief local updates.
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Local injuries and county forestry notes headline county items
Lyls Wolford of Callaway suffers a compound fracture after cranking a car as a bone protrudes through the skin. Thurston County reports nearly 100,000 trees planted since January under the Farm Bureau drive. O’Brien at state fish hatcheries places many ringed perch in Cedar Creek and nearby lakes. Merna plans to expand its school building with May bond elections. A 13 inning baseball tie occurs at Auburn between Auburn and the Fort Crook Seventeenth Infantry. Road work surges in April with state road and bridge outlays over half a million dollars. An oil fire at a Cornlea home kills Mrs Rayne and 21 month old Leo Rayne. Mr and Mrs Perkins recently celebrated patron.
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Local Nebraska Notes Spur Diverse Events Across the State
A mix of incidents and plans from Nebraska towns includes a bull scene plowed by Emil Guitoman, two ostriches bought by Munyon Bros for advertising, and winter wheat abandonment totals up to 21 percent. Lincoln hosts the Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters convention May 21 22 Omaha hosts a May 18 21 meeting of the State Dental association and a May 20 three day session of the National Electric Light association.
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Fred Gonder
Anton Peterson
Douglas County
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Havelock
Frank Taylor
South Omaha
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General Miles Dies at Circus in Washington
Gen Nelson A Miles retired famed Indian fighter dies of myocarditis and acute dilation while attending a circus performance. He fainted on the third row and died after being moved outside. He was 86, born Westminster Manitoba, served from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War.
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Nelson A. ‘Milles
Sol‘ofer
Miles
Arthur W. Craig
Martyn
Porto Rico
Westminster
Manz
Gas Tax Marshals Battle Iowa Illinois Fuel Purchases
Iowa Treasurer Ray H B Johnson directs enforcement to curb gasoline tax evasion by residents who buy fuel across the Davenport border in Illinois and return to Iowa. The gas tax collection division targets these border-crossing purchases to halt the practice.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ray HB. Johnson
Davenport
Illinois
Slayers of Messenger Sentenced to 25 Years
Bernhardt Mylin and Edward P. Smith of Milwaukee were given twenty five years in prison by a Waukegan jury for the murder of Russell Sage Dickey, a messenger on the Viking express of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, during an attempted holdup. They were transferred to Joliet by General Edwin Ahlstrom for the sentence.
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Edward P. Smith
Milwaukee
Merder
Gnerit Eewin Ahlstrom
Russell Sage Dickey
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Mire Day Acid Thrower Sentenced in Los Angeles Case
Bernice Day was to face a 1 to 4 year sentence after an acid attack on her husband Darby Day. Judge Carios Hardy denied a defense motion for a new trial as attorneys served notice of appeal.
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Darby Day
Jean
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Gavette
Guaneta Semea Athes
Carios Hardy
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