Souvenir thieves deface Gettysburg monuments seize stone shafts
Federal court in Gettysburg charged thirty defendants with wilful defacing of National Military Park monuments. The piece argues desecration harms sacred shrines and calls for armed guards, urging patriotic visitors to act lawfully as police protection is pressed to guard relics. An AP dispatch from Scranton, Pa. is noted.
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National Military Park
Gettysburg
Pullman
Pullman Company
Boston
Richmond
North
South
United States
America
Associated Press
Scranton
Fire safety fines urged to curb hazards and accidents
An editorial argues that strict enforcement of rubbish pile bans and known fire hazards would cut fires and losses. It notes drivers face tests while fire prevention neglects warnings and fines, suggesting municipal action similar to traffic law penalties to save life and property.
The Call of the Fall in South Idaho Camping
The piece extols autumn camping and roadside picnics in south Idaho. It urges readers to embrace simple outdoor meals and tent living under bronze leaves, asserting camping refreshes nerves and builds body tissue faster than medicine. It promotes camping as youthfully liberating and healthful.
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South
Idaho
What This Day Means to You Horoscope by Mary Blake
Libra forecast notes variable but overall good planetary aspects with brief adverse periods. Travel is promising. emotional vibrations peak late evening aiding those who embrace their truth. Birthday individuals may act impulsively and fall in love easily. notable historical figures born on this date include William Penn and Daniel Huntington.
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William Penn
Pennsylvania
Daniel Huntington
John Ray
John W. Watson
James C. Carter
James O'Neill
Peace Treaty Ends Russo Japanese War In Chronology
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the peace treaty between Japan and Russia. The Rt. Rev. Philip W. Cook celebrates his fifth episcopate anniversary in Delaware. The national association of cotton manufacturers opens its annual convention in Boston and continues tomorrow. Dr. John M. Thomas assumes Rutgers College presidency in New Brunswick. The 287th anniversary of Hampton and nearby towns’ settlement is observed with a memorial park dedication. The eighteenth annual Electrical and Industrial Exhibit opens at Grand Central Palace in New York City.
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Japan
Russia
Philip W. Cook
Delaware
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Boston
John M. Thomas
Pennsylvania State College
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
N. J
Hampton
New Hampshire
Grand Central Palace
New
Summerall Likely Next President in Court Martial Proceedings
Maj. Gen. Charles P. B. Summerall, expected to be named president in the proposed court martial of Col. Mitchell, commands Second Corps Area at Governors Island. Summerall, a Florida native, led units in World War I and held key posts including Hawaiian Department and Eighth Corps Area before Governors Island. The text also notes the sulphur bottomed whale as the largest creature known, at about ninety feet.
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Charles PB. Summerall
Mitchell
Governor's Island
1St Field Artillery
American Expeditionary Forces
Summerall
Florida
United States
France
Supreme War Council
Tawaiian Department
Eighth Corps
Governors Island
Truth in Verse and Vexed Voices From The Times
A verse collection notes wartime satire on Krim and France with a sardonic mood about conflict. It ponders anti evolutionists questions and a Brigham Young quip about divorce court while a detour scene depicts motorists' language for bleak consolation.
Today in History and Anniversaries Snapshot
Entries recall 1806 French victory at Jena opening Napoleon’s Berlin advance, Queen Victoria’s 1800 betrothal, Fremont’s 1848 California railroad expedition, 1855 Virginia constitutional convention, 1879 Ohio governor election, 1899 Dismal Swamp canal opening, 1902 Hague Tribunal ruling, 1912 Wyoming penitentiary escape, and a 1 year ago note on Senator Brandee’s death plus a Prince of Wales visit to Henry Ford in Detroit.
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Jena
Napoleon
Berlin
Saxe-Culture
Gotha
John
Fremont
California
Rio Grande
Richmond
Virginia
Charles Foster
Ohio
George Washington
Hague Tribunal
Pious Fund
Mexico
United States
Wyoming Penitentiary
Washington
Senator Branderee
Notable Birthdays and Events Marking Centuries
The item lists several birthdays including Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Rear Admiral C F Hughes with their birthplaces and ages, plus William Brizzell, Martin Behrman, and Jack Britton with brief identifiers. It notes a 1750 London earth quake scare that drew prayers and tents and Westminster Abbey visitors leaving trinkets, and mentions the Unknown Warrior tomb collecting gold items, and the centennial of the omnibus first shown in 1825 at Nantes.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wytheville
C. F. Hughes
American Society of Nav Engineers
Bath
Maine
William Brizzell
State University of Oklahoma
Independence
Texas
Martin Behrman
New Orleans
New York City
Jack Britton
Florida
Clinton
N. YW
Westminster Abbey
Matrimonially Speaking by Hugh McKatty
A humorous column about miscommunications in marriage. A husband resents endless explanations while his wife questions every point about funding the French debt and President Coolidge. The piece previews tomorrow’s wife asks her husband to remember everything he forgets.
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Coolidge
SUB ROSA A Advice Column On Coping With A Jilt
Mimi counsels Gladys on handling a broken four year romance and a social circle. Maintain a cheerful demeanor, avoid reminiscences, and keep interactions friendly to avoid gossip and humiliation while the jilted party preserves dignity. The piece invites personal replies via stamped envelope.
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Gladys
Jerry
Conventions Opening Today Across States
Readable list shows meetings starting today including One York Eastern Supply association and regional American Library Association event in Sioux City Iowa. Akron Ohio hosts the state real estate boards gathering while San Antonio Texas hosts the Texas Surgical Society meeting. Hays Kansas notes the Kansas State Farmers Union convention.
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One York—Eastern Supply Association
Sioux City
Iowa
American Library Association
Akron
Ohio Association of Real State Boards
San Antonio
Texas
Texas Surgical Society
Hays
Kansas
Kansas State Farmers’ Union
Home-bred animals supply two-fifths of Great Brite meat
The article states that only about two-fifths of total meat consumption in Great Brite comes from home-bred animals. It emphasizes the reliance on non-home sources for the remaining three-fifths.
Nighttime visit reveals beaver cousins with different tails
Squeedee escorts Billy Beaver to his cousin Stubtail Mountain Beaver and Mrs Stubtail. They tour an underground den system and discuss tails and living styles. Billy chooses to return home rather than stay with his cousins as Stubtail jokes about lacking a long tail. An added note mentions transplanting an organ from a dead body to a living one.
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Squeedee
BU Beaver
Billy
Tga
Billy Beaver
Mountain Beaver
Stubtail
Queedee
Htt
Stubb Mountain Beaver
Fellows
Sque
Mrs. Stubtail
Beaver
Beaver Dam
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Tribune
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Chas, G. Sumner
al E. Smith
New York
Collier's
al’ Smith
Andrew W. Mellon
The
Treasury
George and
Alexander Hamiltons
Baresses
Martha
Mars
Arntutt
Uranus
You By
Mary Blake
James J. Montague
Mr. Krim
Est
Brigham Young
London
Nantes
Hugh McKaty
By Mimi
B. Schreiber
Keller
San Francisco
Orpheum Theatre
505
Mai
Hong Huy Bow Chinese Herb CO
Center Street
Lynn Brothers Hospital
Jackson Realty
Hotel Keystone
East Center
SEE Loan CO
Koom Mo
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