Bulgars Protest as Greeks Seize Towns
London reports Bulgaria protests to the League of Nations over Greek forces advancing into Bulgarian territory. Greek troops occupy Petrich amid bombardment. five Bulgarian soldiers are killed as frontier posts fall. The Greek ultimatum demands indemnity and punishment, challenging the League's stance.
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London
League of Nations
Sofia
League Council
Athens
Bulgaria
Petrich
Greece
Demir Kissar
Former Wife of J. B. Duke Dies in New York
Mrs. Lillian N. Duke fifty six divorced wife of tobacco magnate James B. Duke died in New York City from starvation in a small apartment at West Eighty-Eighth Street. She had lived frugally as a vocal teacher with few furnishings near Fifth Avenue. Her death followed a claimed psychic visitation from her former husband who had divorced her twenty years earlier.
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New York
Lillian N. Duke
James B. Duke
Duke
West Eighty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Record of Record-High Currency in Circulation
The United States has $4,827,000,000 in currency circulating, the highest normal-year total on record and only surpassed by the postwar inflation peak of $5,628,000,000. Roughly $42 per person, demand rose by over $43,000,000 in September, signaling national prosperity and busy business activity.
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Washington
United States
Department
Bishop Parker Dies in New Orleans Hotel
The Rt. Rev. Edener Melville Parker, seventy, bishop of New Hampshire, was found dead in his hotel room in New Orleans. His death followed a prior NH delegation death, William McElroy of Manchester dying of pneumonia during the convention. Apoplexy is suspected as the cause.
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Bishop Parker
Ipeerens
Orleans
Edener Melville Parker
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
William McElroy
Manchester
U S Warships Guard Yank Refugees in Syria
Two American destroyers ordered from Gibraltar to Alexandria to be ready for use in Syrian ports if needed to protect American lives and property amid tribesmen revolt. Admiral Wells will decide which ships to deploy as about 150 Americans are in Damascus area and over 1,000 in Lebanon district.
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Washington
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Egypt
Roger Wells
Paul Knabenshue
Beirut
Syria
Damascus
Admiral Wells
Pittsburgh
Cherbourg
Gilbraltar
Navy Department
Lebanon Administrative
United States
Borah Attacks World Court as Trap to Enmesh U S
Senator William E Borah Idaho Republican and chairman of the senate foreign relations committee denounced the proposed World Court as a trap to draw the United States into the League of Nations. He spoke to a large audience at the Auditorium theater for the Women’s Roosevelt Republican club led by Mrs Joseph T Bowen.
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Borah
U. S. Chicago
Senate
America
William E. Borah
Rep
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Auditorium Theater
Women’s
Roosevelt Republican Club
Joseph T. Bowen
De Wolf Hopper Weds Again in Hartford Probate Court
William De Wolf Hopper aged sixty two, famed actor with multiple marriages, wed his sixth bride, Lillian Glaser a widow and singer from Oakland California, in a Probate court ceremony officiated by Judge Walter H Clark. Hopper stated five previous marriages and divorces.
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de Wolf Hopper
Hartford
Conn
William de Wolf
Hopper
Boston
Walter H. Clark
Lillian Glaser
Oakland
Cal
Robinson Wins Ralston Senate Seat in Indiana
Indianapolis attorney Arthur R. Robinson was appointed by Gov. Ed Jackson to fill the late Samuel M. Ralston's U.S. Senate seat until the November 1926 state election. The elected senator will serve the remainder of Ralston's term, expiring March 8, 1929. Robinson is a Republican.
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Indianapolis
Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
Samuel M. Ralston
Robinson
Ed Jackson
Rulston
Nebraska News Highlights From Feirbury to Lincoln
Reports show Feirbury banks hold 4 284 527 58 combined. Dentists from northwest Nebraska meet Hastings on October 26. Comstock gears up for poultry show November 13 and 14. Nebraska Manufacturers meet in Lincoln on December 3. Ray Carey of Lodge Polo injured when team dragged him 60 feet. Grand theft at Gamma Phi Beta Lincoln house. Lincoln church seeks 175 000 for new edifice. Cattle shipments surge in Gage County for winter feed. Cedar County calf club grows to three divisions after state fair. Nebraska stocker cattle shipments drop 19 percent in three months. Harvard boys win seven of 21 calves at Clay county fair. Lincoln campgrounds add 400 to 600 trees for fair ground. Omaha market reports heaviest cattle receipts since 1919 with 64 200 head traded. Holt county buckwheat abundant. mills busy. Ernest Tempel nets 323 280 pounds pork from 12 sows in seven months. Plymouth auditorium addition under way for stage and community use. Walter D. Hunter obituary in El Paso while serving boll weevil program. Nebraska potato shipments nearly double last year. Plan to promote Nebraska through newspapers and public agencies endorsed by Nebraska Daily Newspaper association. Over 195 000 trees distributed from USFS at Kinkaid. Sheriff Al Young loses new mobotmeter after purchase. Ak Sar-Ben crowning honors Queen Charles Carleton George and Miss Elinor Kountze before 5 000. Wynare lad suffers fourth arm fracture in four years. Harold Winter student noted. Henry Ralph first Nebraska exhibitor to enter grain and hay show in Chicago.
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Hastings
Comstock
Nebraska Manufacturers Association
Lincoln
Ray Carey
Lodge Polo
Gamma Phi Beta
First Presbyterian Church
Gage County
Cedar County
Nebraska
Clay County
Harvard Boys
Camp Ground
Omaha Livestock Exchange
Holt County
Ernest Tempel
Goehner
Auditorium
Plymouth
Walter D. Hunter
Department of Entomology
State University
el Paso
Texas
Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Nebraska Daily Newspaper Association
Chambers of Commerce
State Conservation Commision
State Board of Agriculture
Kinkaid
United States Forest Service
Halsey
al Young
Falls City
Quivera
Charles Carleton George
Elinor Kountze
Ak-Sar-Benden
Omaha
Court of the Realm
Leland Mischinck
Wynare Lad
Flood Waters to Ald Crops in Mid West at Sioux Falls Meeting
Governor Mo Mullen will raise the use of Missouri river flood waters to boost crop production across the Middle West at the governors’ meeting in Sioux Falls on October 28 and 29. Miss Harriet Rogers of Fremont won first place and a gold medal in a Nebraska Bar Association essay contest on The Federal Constitution and the Courts.
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Lincoln
Missouri River
Middle West
Dakotas
Texas
MoMullen
Sioux Falls
West
Fremont
Harriet Rogers
Nebraska Bar Association
Nebraska Allows Imported Cattle Without 60 Day Quarantine
State Veterinarian Hayes and Secretary of Agriculture McLaughlin announce a new regulator permit letting properly tested and certified breeding and dairy cattle shipped from other states into Nebraska bypass quarantine after arrival.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Hayes
McLaughlin
Corn infection kills former Platte County official in Columbus
Otto F. Heuer, longtime Columbus resident and former Platte County treasurer, dies at his home after a 15 month illness that began with blood poisoning from trimming a corn on his foot with a knife.
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Columbus
Otto F. Heuer
Platte County
Stanton County Corn Tops Yield At 97 Bushels Per Acre
In Stanton county during the corn harvest the best reported yield is 97 bushels to the acre on the Paul Brivett place. The Yellow dent variety is described as hard and of excellent quality.
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Stanton
Stanton County
Paul Brivett
Pheasants Roam City Yard Near Grand Island
Pheasants planted in the Loup Valley thirty miles north have become so plentiful and tame that a Grand Island resident ten blocks from the business center found three roosters in his yard.
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Loup Valley
Grand Island
Grantham Raises 72 Pigs From Ten Sows
A. E. Grantham, a Dawson County farmer, reports he raised 72 pigs from ten sows over the past year. The pigs averaged 81 pounds at three and a half months old.
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Lexington
A. E. Grantham
Dawson County
Interesting Antique Exhibit at Saline County Fair
The Saline county fair showcased a linen counterpane dating to 1801, a 124 year old piece woven in linen, among the notable entries in the antique department.
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Crete
Saline County Fair
Farmer harvests 400 bushels of sweet potatoes near town
C De Rock on an eight acre suburban tract harvested 400 bushels of sweet potatoes. The local market price is 1 75 per bushel. The yield demonstrates strong demand for locally produced produce.
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C. de Rock
Cornhuskers Demand Exceeds Supply in Columbus
Frosts accelerate husking as Herbert Hahn, secretary of the Columbus chamber of commerce, reports demand for corn pickers outstrips available workers.
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Columbus
Herbert Hahn
The
Chamber of Commerce
Osceola Man Heads I O O F In Nebraska
Rev H A Taylor of Osceola will lead the I O O F as grand master for the coming year with the 1926 state meeting set for Omaha.
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Osceola
O. O. F. Osceola
H. A. Taylor
Place
Nebraska
Omaha
Gopher Bounty Overseer Rewards Clans at Wymore
Overseer G Mumford in Wymore awarded a bounty of 1015 gophers totaling 101.50 dollars to a group of workers for gopher control. The unusual payment reflects early pest management efforts in the region.
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Lotegy
Wymore
G. Mumford
Barley Crop on Alfalfa Land in Scottsbluff Area
On their farm near here the Davis brothers grew barley averaging 60 bushels per acre on land yielding alfalfa two cuttings totaling three and a half tons per acre this year.
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Scottsbluff
Davis Brothers
Goods Stolen From McVeachin Store Found Hidden Near Alma
Goods taken from the McVeachin mercantile store in Orleans have been found hidden near Alma. The loot valued at about 2500 dollars consisted of clothing and dress goods.
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Orleans
McVeachin Mercantile
Alma
Walton League Transplants Four Thousand Fish
About four thousand fish have been withdrawn from the government irrigation canal near here by the Isaak Walton league since October 1 and transplanted into other streams and ponds.
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Walton League
Bayard
Isaak Walton League
Corn Crop Expected to Reach Record Harvest in Stanton County
Harvesting is underway in Stanton County with indications of one of the largest and best corn crops ever raised in the Biknorn valley.
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Stanton County
Biknorn
Mellon Backs Four Bracket Income Tax Plan
Secretary Mellon suggests four tax brackets with 1 percent on the first 3000 dollars 2 percent on the next 1000 3 percent on the next 4000 and 5 percent above 8000. He says revenue loss would align with the three bracket plan and that maximum normal and surtax rates could be cut by 25 percent without endangering future revenue.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Treasury
Schwab Predicts 100 Million Ton Steel Output
Charles M. Schwab at the University of Chicago conference on education and industry said U.S. steel capacity of about 60 million tons could rise to 100 million tons annually with focus on production problems and cost efficiency. He stressed America’s industrial supremacy would endure if these goals are pursued.
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Schwab Chicago
America
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
University of Chicago
Three Army Flyers Die in Cape May Crash
Three United States army aviators were killed when a Martin bombing plane crashed near Cape May Courthouse New Jersey as it flew from Mitchel Field New York to Langley Field Virginia. The crew were Capt. Robert A Kinloch of Charleston South Carolina Lieut Abbott G Martin of Reading Massachusetts the pilot and Staff Sergeant Joseph Coulston of Norristown Pennsylvania.
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Cape May Courthouse
N. J
United States Army
Martin
Mitchel Feild
IN. J
Langley Field
Robert A
Kinloch
Charleston
8. C
Abbott G Martin
Reading
Mass
Joseph Coulston
Nortistown
Mathewson’s Son Made Director of Boston Team
The Boston National base ball club elected Christy Mathewson’s son Christopher Jr as a director at its annual meeting. The club adopted resolutions by Mayor James M Curley praising Mathewson as the incomparable leader and exemplar of the national game.
Bandits Rob Federal Reserve Messengers in Chicago Heist
Ten bandits armed with revolvers and shotguns halted three Federal Reserve bank messengers on Quin cy and LaSalle streets in Chicago. They escaped in two Cadillac automobiles with two mail pouches of unregistered mail and a package claimed to contain currency from the Americas Express company.
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Roth Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Quincy
LaSalle Streets
Americas ‘Express Company
Mitchell to face court martial over air defense framing
Washington reports Col. William Mitchell will be court-martialed by direction of the President. The charges allege he imputed misconduct to War and Navy department officials in the administration of air defense.
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Washington
War Department
Col
William Mitchell
War
Navy Department
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