Jersey Train Wreck Leaves Dozens Dead and Injured
A New Jersey Jersey train derailed after hitting muck and debris caused by an electrical storm. Thirty nine dead and many injured as cars piled on the overturned engine. Rescue efforts recovered bodies and aided survivors amid a chaotic scene with screams and flames.
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Republic
Fatherland
Batning Bacagad
At Leget
Joseph Whyder
Rea Ma
Dever
Irg
Morristown
Old Country
del- Water Gap
James Maybury
Bureau of Railroads
Board of Public Utilities Commissioners of
New Jersey
Cornoner Isher
Warren County
E. M
Delaware Lackawanna
Cornoner
Walter J. Cathrall
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
Paul
Boston
Mer Fisher
Jersey
Doc
Easton
Joseph Snyder
Snyder
Barney
Scranton
John Pfeifer
Holy Cross
Iowa
Shough
Anna Jollie
H Cage
Madam Schumann-Heink Urges Women to Value Home Amid Career Talk
The 64 year old opera star says happiness comes from homemaking, not leaving the fireside for politics or jobs. She praises motherhood, warns against modern isms, and stresses dignity in aging while planning an opera season return.
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Hortense Saunders
NEA
New York
Madam Schumann-Heink
Theetropolitan Opera
Tovsiyons
Sega
Xert
World says Meighan to work for Schenck at $10000 a week
The World reports film actor Thomas Meighan will work for Joseph M. Schenck at ten thousand dollars weekly. Other briefs note Edith N. Rogers's Republican nomination to succeed her late husband Congressman John Jacob Rogers. Defense Test Day observances urged by governors. a London report on writer Stewart Edward White's leopard encounter. bootlegging acquittals in Jersey City. Dawes designating Copeland to a sesquicentennial commission in place of Swan-son. A firefighter recollects a dramatic rescue during a wreck tragedy.
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New York
Thomas Meighan
Joseph M. Schenck
Lowell
Mass
Edith N. Rogers
John Jacob Rogers
Jackson
Miss
Whitfield
Baton Rouge
Fuqua
London
Daily Express
Stewart Edward White
East Africa
Jersey City
Weehawken
Chicago
Dawes
Senator Copeland
Bunker Hill
Bell replica presented by Pennsylvania delegation in Birmingham
Members of the Pennsylvania delegation at the Travelers' Protective Association convention in Birmingham will present an exact Liberty Bell replica. George H. Armstrong of Philadelphia, past national president, will perform the presentation in the municipal auditorium as part of efforts to bring the convention to Philadelphia with centennial emphasis on the Declaration of Independence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pennsylvania
Travelers’ Protective Association
Municipal Auditorium
George H
Living expenses for negroes cheap in southern farms
A department of agriculture study finds negro farm families in Kentucky Tennessee and Texas spend less annually than white families. Negro yearly outlay shown at 611 dollars versus 1436 for white. food costs 826.70 vs 631.80. clothing 107.71 vs 264.70. housing 4.05 vs 38.50. health 24.80 vs 67. The report notes higher shares for education recreation church and charity in negro expenditures.
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Washington
A.P
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Battle of Years Brings In Fortune
In New Orleans a nine year legal battle ends with ten relatives of Isaac Herman who vanished from Russia over forty years ago gaining a stake in his estate worth about 500000 dollars. Herman died in 1916 as a major real estate owner. court orders recognize the Russian relatives brought to New Orleans to assert their claims.
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New Orleans
Isaac Herman
Russia
Herdman
Premeditation Suspected in Young Slaying
Los Angeles dentist Dr. Thomas Young confessed to killing his wife Grace Grogan Young with lethal gas and hiding her body in a cistern. District Attorney investigators cite a dated memorandum from the victim indicating she feared him and planned guardianship loss for her son, found in her bank box with her will and jewels.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Thomas Young
Grace Grogan Young
District Attorney's Office
Young
Patrick Grogan
Olive Millionaire
Patton
Here
Patrick
Trial over evolution law in Tennessee schools
Winchester Tennessee June 17 AP The validity of the Tennessee law banning teaching of evolution in public schools is the central issue in the trial of John T The attorney general says the state will argue the law is constitutional and that the legislature acted within its power He asserts public schools are taxpayer funded thus the curriculum is within state control The dispute echoes the Scopes era with a clash described as fanaticism versus tolerance and thoughtful Americans.
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Winchester
Tenn
Tennessee
John T
Union Judicial District
Stewart
Port Arthur Votes Bonds for Water Project
Port Arthur Texas voters approved a 400000 bond issue to bring water to the city. The tally was 713 yes to 40 no. The city budget totaling about 638000 for all departments passed 670 to 80.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Asthma or Hay Fever Cure Offered by Kansas Chemist
1701 Lane Ridg., St. Marys, Kansas chemist D. J. Lane claims a simple home remedy can cure asthma or hay fever. He offers a free $1.25 bottle postpaid to any sufferer who writes, with payment only if it cures. otherwise the report cancels the charge.
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D. J. Lane
Lane Ridg
St. Marys
Kans
Lane
Bootleggers Enter New Line of Work, SALVATION ARMY Says
Four youths trained at the Salvation Army school in the Bronx persuaded over 100 bootleggers to seek other jobs, according to the Salvation Army. The item notes a 1912 Washington baseball regit winning the first Western series away from home, with seventeen straight games.
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Youngs
Salvation Army Training School
The
Bronx
Salvation Army
Washington Baseball Regit
Taylor's Blood Medicine touted as a life changing tonic
A testimonial letter extols Taylor's Blood Medicine from Tampa Florida claiming it restores vitality, improves appetite and weight, and clears skin by purifying blood. The ad asserts the product relieves stomach trouble rheumatism and kidney issues, and guarantees a large bottle for one dollar.
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Taylor
Taylor Medicine Company
Tarmpa
Florida
South
Nature
Bright
Ife
Taylor Medicine .Co
Tampa
Fla
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