Byrd Plans Long Polar Flight Provisions
Commanded by Mander Byrd the expedition readies for a long flight with a month of provisions. Reports show progress with NA series planes, land sighted at 3 000 feet in low clouds, and preparations to depart with food, rifles, sleeping bags, a rubber boat and a tent. Pigeons were released. two females returned to sit on eggs.
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Mander Byrd
Greely Po
MacMillan
Jer Bay
Etah
United States Navy
Arthur A. Collines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Byrd
Bennett
Cape Sabine
Cape Isabelle
Smith Sound
Elismere
First Base
Two Runters Hold Prohibition Agent at Pistol Point
In Hot Springs Arkansas on August 10, John Fatheree and James Carmooddy are jailed after allegedly detaining federal prohibition agent Dave Brown at gunpoint to prevent the agent from leaving Carmooddy's home where several packages were reportedly taken.
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Hot Springs
Ark
A.P
Dave Brown
Federal Prohibition Ag
Delivenee Brown
John Fatheree
James Carmooddy
Brown
Carmoody
Peruvians seek four month lease of Arica hotel
The Peruvian delegation in Arica seeks a four month lease of the Hotel Vergara as part of plebiscite preparations. General Pershing leads the arbitral commission to supervise voting rules police regulations and plebiscite costs. The first agenda items request neutralization of provinces for the vote and repatriation of Peruvians expelled since the award.
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Arica
Chile
A.P
Vergara
John J. Pershing
Coolidge
Peru
General Pershing
Commission
Hunger situation in Ireland better says Clonmel mayor
Dublin August 10. The Clonmel mayor said the famine relief situation had improved and was fairly satisfactory with efforts to relieve distress from unemployment. Reports of two starvation deaths were not verified, while unemployment in northeast Ulster was estimated at 60,000 and in the Free State at about 100,000, higher than official British figures.
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Dublin
Clonmel
Tiperrary
Irish Labor Congress
Fortheast
Ulster
Free State
Great Britain
Scott Admitted to Insane Hospital After Escape
Russell Scott, once near execution, was admitted to the state hospital for criminal insane in Chester Illinois after midnight. He appeared tired and refused to speak to reporters, while officials said he would be placed in the criminal block and treated until fit for return to Chicago for execution.
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Chester
Ill
A.P
Russell Scott
State Hospital
Scott
Asylum
Joseph Maurer
Chicago
Pitched gun fight leaves one dead in Beattyville
In Beattyville a late Saturday night gun fight over turkey theft left Frank Baker dead and Jake Shoemaker 45 Porter Shoemaker 24 Elihu Baker 36 wounded in hospital. The Shoemakers and Bakers clashed as they met on the way to deliver a sheriff’s warrant. One man is in critical condition.
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Lexington
Jake Shoemaker
Porter
Elihu Baker
Frank Baker
Beattyville
D. H. Kincaid
Lee County
Visiting aliens granted extra time to extend stay
Aliens on temporary visits may extend their stay beyond the initial plan by applying to the immigration commissioner at the port of entry. This change, issued by Kant E. Hull with approval from Robbe Carl White, aligns with the department’s revised procedures.
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Washington
Kant E. Hull
Commissioner General of Immigration
Robbe Carl White
Inter Department
Sens
Red Army Called Peace Guardian in Soviet Order
Moscow August 10. M W Franse peoples commissar for the army and navy issued a special order recognizing the Red Army as a guardian of world peace. The directive celebrates 6,500 military cadres and warns enemies that the Red Army’s strength rests on the will of workers and peasants and is unshakable.
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Moscow
A.P
Red Army
M .W. Franse
People’s Commissar
Army
Navy
Prohibition Officers Nab Carmoody Suspect in Whiskey Scheme
Brown testified that two men offered a bribe and forced him into a car. They drove him to a remote area where Fatheree allegedly delivered the whiskey after disarming him. The pair later returned the officer’s pistol, removed shells, and departed with a warm farewell. A raid found home brewed beer and siphons. Carmoody and Mitheree were held.
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Brown
Thad W. Rowden
Arkansas
Carmoody
Fatheree
King
Carmody
Prohibition
Little Rock
Rowden
William Kidd
Auto
Sutton Seaborn
Hot Springs
Carmoéody’ Oase
Bail Set At $15,000 By U S Commissioner
The court set bail at fifteen thousand dollars by United States Commissioner Roy Meyer.
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United States
Roy Meyer
Harvest Potato Crop Expected On County Farm
County convict farm will start harvesting the sweet potato crop by August 20. The board of revenue says the farm is poised for a sizable yield this season. About 100 acres of corn are expected to produce around 2,500 bushels.
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the Board of Revenue
Stop That Itching Blue Star Remedy Ad
Advertisement for Blue Star Remedy sold by Albright A Wood Stores promising immediate relief from itching including eczema and skin sores. Claims skin penetration without staining clothing and a pleasant odor.
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Albright A Wood Stores
Woman Surprises Her Friend With Unexpected Trick
A woman astonishes a friend with a surprising act described as a spell of age and a star phrase. The scene captures curiosity and tension as the friend reacts to the unexpected gesture.
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Millan
Cote
Wesleyan (Ill
Frances ‘Willard
Salvation Army
Stearns’ Electric
Sisbesl Ghar Willol
Jack Mackie
Jack Mackie, Jr
New York
Mission
Ireland
Insane
PEACE
Venice
Coral Gables
Oiis
American Tropics
George E. Merrick
Denman Fink
Florida
Miami ‘Riviera
St. Francis St. Bell
District Sales
St. Francis Street
Mobile
Aso
Miami
Coral Ga
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