American Nymph Edna Ed erle Tackles English Channel Feat
The report chronicles Miss Edette Edérie’s solo swim attempt from Cape Gris Nez to Dover with a cheering crowd aboard the tug La Marinie. She dons an odd skirt, endures grease for warmth, and leaps into rough sea amid fog and breeze as a record channel attempt unfolds.
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Nose
Mise
Gris Nez
Misa Viets
Edette
Miss Edette
Cape
Lillian Harrison
Gertrude Ederle Sets Channel Swim Record Toward England
The United Lines boat Angub accompanies Gertrude Ederle as she begins her historic English Channel crossing from Cape Gris Nez on August 18. Ederle’s first hour covers about a mile, three miles in an hour, and three and three quarter miles by 9 a.m. amid cautious guidance from trainer Jabez Wolfe and a cheering escort.
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London
International News Service
English
Matthew Webb
Enrique Tieraboce
Cape Gris Nez
France
Dover
England
Iain Webb
T. W. Burgess
H. F. Sullivan
U.B.A
E. Tierabocel
Argentina
Charles Toth
U.B. A
Sidney Williams
Ares
United Lines
Angub
Gertrude Ederle
Tnsi
Engshore
Miss Ederle
Jabez Wolfe
Mise Ederie
Wolfe
Ederie
Sabine
Cer
Basile
Epon
Cotton markets drift amid heat and trade reports
Trading in cotton and related markets faced small losses as weather in the southwest kept prices under pressure. December and January futures showed minor declines while notes on spot activity and oil and grain links influenced trading sentiment.
Wheat market drifts as near-shore positions hold steady
Chicago Aug 18 A P describes a mixed wheat market with near shore positions limiting moves. Selling by a leading operator and buying by eastern firms plus Minneapolis mills kept prices in a narrow range. A late day break pushed September and December to the day’s low, while May remained near it.
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Chicago
Texas
McFadden
A.P
Ais
Seeneo
Ymera Aso
Minneapolis
Chicago Wheat Market Opens With Narrow Moves
The Chicago wheat market opened with leading operators selling before eastern houses bid higher. Prices swung narrowly around opening figures with September at about 1.58 to 1.59, December near 1.58, and May around 1.61, later easing as the market steadied. Corn and oats followed with lighter offerings and small gains while provisions eased.
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Chicago
Maber
Ther
Coen
Trolley Motorman Shot In Hold Up In Pinehurst
In Pinehurst Arkansas an attempted street car hold up left F R McBride a dying motorman in a hospital. Police search for two men alleged to have shot him during the night incident on a lonely By road with a street car nearby.
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Pinehurst
Ark
International News Service
F. R. McBride
Weather and commodity notes from UK to Chicago market report
Mixed commodities update with prices and terms across seeds, coal, hides, and potatoes. Mentions United Kingdom 94 6d, Atlantic 9 percent, crude products, and Chicago potato receipts with on track cars and market dull notes. Includes various price points for wheat, flour, and livestock shifts.
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United Kingdom
Atlantic
Ohio
Renee
Texas
Lfe
Chicago
United States
Minnesota
Nebraska
Idaho
For Sale Five Room Bungalow with Bay Front Lots
For sale note offers a newly completed five room bungalow on a lot measuring 606 by 250 feet with terms. Also advertised are several bay front lots with contact via P O Box 18065 and dates aug 17st to aug 7t.
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P. O
Livestock Prices Mixed Across Markets
In Chicago and East markets on August 18, cattle and hog receipts show weak to uneven demand. Bulk livestock traded lower with several classes noting declines from Monday, while certain top lots and packing sows fetched modest gains. Sheep demand remained active for natives and well-sorted lambs, with prices generally steady to higher for select lots.
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CHIGAQ@O
Chicago
East Bao
Market notes from Chicago and New York price listings
Sunday price readings show butter and creamery products up in Chicago trade. Foreign exchange rates in New York quote several European and other currencies with cents precision and varied bids and cables.
Bridge bonds to be put on market in Mobile Bay area
The Mobile Bay Bridge Company announced that second mortgage bonds totaling 1.2 million will be offered to both large and small investors after final negotiations with New York bankers who will take 1.3 million of the first mortgage issue. Over half a million of the second mortgage has already been sold, with banks and others taking 536 thousand. President John T. Cochrane heads to New York for about ten days to two weeks to finalize terms, carrying a county contract pledging to cover operating costs. A petition to span navigable streams between Mobile and Baldwin counties will be filed with the U.S. district engineer tomorrow.
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New York
Mobile Bay Bridge Company
Mobile County
Baldwin County
Banke
John T. Cochrane
Bay Bridge Corporation
Pat Byrne
Board of Revenue
Thomas B. Ailman
Passengers and cargo arrive on Lysefjord in Mobile
The Norwegian steamer Lysefjord from Belize docked at pier 1 with 15 000 banana bunches 19260 cocoanuts and five passengers. Passengers included Mr and Mrs Ernest J Hofius George Otto Hofius Ernestine Hofius and Mrs Eliza Kuylen. Bananas to be discharged this morning cocoanuts likely this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Mobile
Lysefjord
United Fruit Company
Belize
Pier 1
Ernest J. Hofius
George Otto Hofius
Ernestine Hofius
Eliza Kuylen
Notre Dame hosts two week coaches course for 200 schools
Football and basketball coaches from two hundred schools in more than a dozen states attend a two weeks course that began yesterday at the University of Notre Dame. Twenty thousand homing pigeons were released in Danville Virginia for the pigeons race in New York.
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Ind
A.P
University of Notre Dame
Danville
Pigeon Concourse of
New York
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