Powers alleges $50,000 to vanish in Western Fuel case
David Powers, a former Western Fuel employee and government key witness, says he was offered 50 000 to disappear. He named alleged offerors and described a pattern of attempts to corrupt the prosecution as federal charges accuse Western Fuel executives of defrauding the government of nearly 1 million dollars in customs duties.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Western Fuel Company
David G. Powers
Powers
Matt I. Sullivan
Theodore J. Roche
Western
John L. McNab
United States
Wilson
McReynolds
New Jersey Steals Part of State in Newspaper Satire
A Middletown New York spoof claims parts of New York were moved into New Jersey at night to boost Jersey population and political clout. Engineers seek to relocate monuments to restore the Empire State's map within a week amid political chaos in Albany and New York City.
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Middletown
N. Y
Alexander
J. Caesar
New Jersey
Empire State
Sulzer
New York State
Orange
Sullivan
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Murphy
Albany
Julius Harburger
Red Flags
Destroyers of
Liberty
Land of Freedom
Harburger
Corps of Engineers
Austrian Prince in Legal Claim Settlements
Mrs. Clara Melcher of Vienna state claims against Prince Stanislaus Sulkowski, nephew of a Berlitzschon grand duke, seeking at least 50 900 dollars. An attorney suggested 5 to 10 thousand dollars as settlement, but the claimant demands more while the prince and his bride are abroad on their wedding trip.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Clara Melcher
Vienna
Prince Stanislaus -Sulkowski
Grand Duke of
Berlitzschon
Marie Louis Freede
Mr. Ae
Coun
Harrison appoints ten police women for beaches and halls
Chicago August 2 Mayor Harrison appointed ten police women under a city council order. They will patrol public bathing beaches and dance halls. Uniform details are not yet set. The piece ends with a humorous note about sharpening household scissors and recognizing danger signals.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harrison
Bucklen Arnica Salve Tames Skin Injuries Quickly
E E Chamberlain of Clinton Maine says Bucklen Arnica Salve removes pain and robs cuts of their terror. The remedy is praised as equal to any other and recommended for burns bruises sprains and other skin injuries. Van de Ante Drug Corp. distributes the product.
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Bucklen
E. E. Chamberlain
Clinton, Me
van de Ante Drug Corp
Concentration and Beauty in Practical Life
The essay urges finding beauty in all work through concentration. It links aesthetic perception to practical achievement, arguing single minded focus unlocks success, love of work, and progress, with examples of effort, effort over distraction, and the transformative power of sustained attention.
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Stremeth
Grand Rapids Delayed Races Decide At Grand Circuit Meet
Four Thursday races postponed by rain were completed at Grand Rapids. Braden Direct won the free-for-all pacing in straight heats marking his season debut. Strath storm driven by Murphy won the 2:17 pace heat, Seata J. claimed the 2:11 pace after six heats, and Tommy Finch held off rivals to win the 2:10 trot. The meet continues today.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
Braden Direct
Strathstorm
Murphy
Seata J
Tommy Finch
How did the gun-singed cucumber acquire its o k reputation
The question asks about a cucumber burned by a gun becoming known for coolness. It appears to seek an idiomatic or humorous origin of a quirky sobriquet or anecdote rather than a factual news report.
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O. K
Playograph At German Relief Hall Mobile Event
At German Relief Hall in Mobile the playograph runs Friday Saturday and Sunday with free admission for ladies.
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German Relief Hall
Montgomery
First regular waterway service from Great Lakes to Gulf
Chicago plans to inaugurate a regular waterway link before September 1 connecting Chicago to La Salle through the drainage canal and Illinois and Michigan Canal for freight and passengers. At La Salle transfers move from barge to steamer for the voyage to New Orleans via the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago Transportation Company
Tin Salle
Drainage
Illinois and Michigan Canal
la Salle
Illinois
Mississippi Rivers
New Orleans
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Declares Bankruptcy in Federal Court
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the federal district court on Friday afternoon. She lists liabilities of 8 054 and assets of 260, mostly household furniture. Major creditors include a tailoring shop owed 3 864 for gowns and a silversmith firm with a 2 569 judgment.
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Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Federal District Court
Montgomery Sells First Bale of 1918 Cotton
The first bale of 1918 cotton raised and ginned in Alabama sold at public auction in Montgomery for fifteen cents per pound. It weighed 350 pounds and was raised three miles from the city. Ginning began July 30 and finished this morning, seven days ahead of last year’s first bale.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Bitter feud blamed for ore dock tragedy at Superior
Alleging bitter feeling between train crews and foreign ore dock workers caused a fatal accident. Two men were killed and two fatally hurt. Great Northern Railway ore dock operations at Allones plant are suspended, risking $100000 daily loss. Investigations proceed as switchmen vanish.
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Associated Press
Superior
Wis
Biz Allones
Great Northern Railway
Morrill
Miss Rees of Dallas Wins Woman's Honors on Tennis Courts
Chicago August 2 Clarence Griffin California tennis marvel reaches Western finals by beating William Blair Lake Geneva Wis 6 2 7 6 6 2 Griffin to face Joseph Armstrong St Paul in final Mary Brown Los Angeles defeats others as Gwendolin Rees Dallas wins Western women's championship Neely and Rees also win Western doubles title with Bundy and Neely set to defend title in upcoming final matches in Chicago venue
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Associated Press
Chicago
Clarence Griffin
California
William Blair
Lake Geneva
Wiss
Maurice McLoughlin
Griffin
Joseph Armstrong
St. Paul
Harry Wardner
Blair
Gwendolin Rees
Dallas
Texas
Mary Brown
Los Angeles
Rees
Carrie B. Neely
Miss Neely
Miss Rees
Edith Hoert
University of Chicago
Miriam Steever
Mexican outlaw Moreno to be tried for killing American farmer
An American ranchman reports that El Moocho Moreno was brought to General Villa's camp to face trial before the Constitutionalist commander for the murder of Don Griffin, an American farmer near Madera last month, and for threats against other Americans in the Madera lumber camp area.
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el, Paso
Texas
Ascension
Chihuahua
el Moocho” Moreno
Francisco Villa
Don Griffin
Madera
Mobile Third in Lumber Exports in Gulf States
New Orleans remains the leading lumber export city in the Gulf and South Atlantic for the year ending June 30 1912 to 1913 with Gulfport second Mobile third and Pensacola fourth. Exports to Great Britain rose 107000000 feet while China bought more and Argentina reduced shipments. The four Gulf ports shipped 43 percent of total exports.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Gulf and
South Atlantic States
Gulfport
Aliss
Mobile
Pensacola
Ohieins
Gulf Ports
United Kingdom
China
Argentina
Great Britain
Galveston
Norfolk
Baltimore
Uniformed Woodmen drill teams prize day at encampment
At Put-in-Bay Ohio the national encampment of the Uniformed Woodmen of the World lists contestant companies from Illinois Missouri Louisiana New York and New York in field trials. Individual drills featured Missouri and New York teams and awards will be announced today.
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Uniformed—Woodmen of the
Imnois
Louisiana
New York
Missouri
Sweet potatoes could double value with better handling
A department of agriculture bulletin notes the 1969 sweet potato crop was worth over 34 million dollars, 90 percent of which came from the South. Acreage and value have risen in the past decade, and careful handling and marketing could double value on the same land.
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Associated Press
Washington
South
Department of Agriculture
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