Rexburg Girl Despondent Suicide in Pocatello Hotel
Ninteen year old Miss Cleo Sorensen of Rexburg shot herself in a Rexburg girl in a Rexburg love tragedy. The pistols used a .38 Harrington and Richardson with one cartridge. She died after failing to recover from a skull fracture. Her companion used the name Bobbie Brennan in Idaho Falls. Her father Cass Sorensen was notified as officials investigated the case at the St Marie hotel in Pocatello.
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Cleo Sorensen
Rexburg
St. Marie
Hilde Warren
Idaho Falls
Misa Sorensen
Pocatello
Miss Sorensen
Molly
Milly Rex
Utnob
Bobbie Brennan
Harrington
Richardson
Mies Sorensen
Harry Beerup
Cass Sorensen
Lagoon Utah to Host Labor Day Dirt Track Showdown
Iva Vail, famed dirt track champion, defends his title in a three beat match race against Clair, Salt Lake’s rising star, at Le gas' Resort Lagoon. Organizer A C Christensen funds a substantial purse, with DA Swanson Thea theater backing and D Rishel of the Automobile Association confirming a $1000 stake and a potential $10,000 grand event as Utah’s first official sanctioned race meet under the American Automobile Association.
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Lagoon
Utah
Iva Vail
Clair
Salt Lake
Swanson
Con Vail
Christensen
D. Rishel
Automobile Association
Na' Eata
S Vail
Vsrowa
Ake
Sen
Mile
Bear pursued through Chicago by police and posse
A patrol wagon crew officers and a citizens posse with torches and shotguns plus hounds chased a large brown bear roaming a Chicago residential district. The bear, believed to have escaped from a Wisconsin lumber car, evaded all pursuers and remained at large.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Police hunt for nitro bottle tied to Iowa car
Highland Park police seek a bottle said to contain a nitro race charge found after a four man car chase. The Iowa plated vehicle was stopped and a complete safe blowing outfit was found except for the expiration. Suspects Sidney Mansfield Wichita Kansas and John Pigstaff Clinton Ireland have prison records. The third man Ray Lewin Rueble Cole gave his name, while the fourth escaped.
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Chicago
Highland Park
Iowa
Sidney Mansfield
Wichita
Kas
John Pigstaff
Clinton
Ray Lewin
Rueble
Cole
Mexican Customs Officers Arrested With 30005 In Gold
Two men claiming to be Mexican customs officers and a teenage chauffeur were arrested in Los Angeles with 30005 in United States gold coin. They were held on suspicion of robbery after admitting to bringing the gold into the United States for safe keeping.
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Los Angeles
Augustin Autunez
Tajuana
Lower
California
Romero Breton
United States
Harry Waldrip
Antunez
Bar Association Concludes Session With Aviation Debate
The American Bar Association ends its forty fourth annual session in the city and plans a Dayton outing hosted by the Montgomery Bar Association. Friction over federal aviation jurisdiction and eminent domain dominates discussions with the committee leaning toward admiralty as the basis but doubt federal control without constitutional amendment.
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American Bar Association
Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery Bar Association
McCook Field
Fderal
Admiralty
Weather: Tonight Fair and Warmer Sunday
The forecast calls for tonight to be fair with dry skies. Sunday should be fair and warmer, with no precipitation expected.
Speed Boat Regatta Resumes With Harmsworth First Heat
In Detroit on September 8 AP reports the gold cup Harmsworth regatta resumed after a two day lull with the first heat of the British international trophy contest. Contenders include Maple Leaf VII and America II, holder of the world speed record at 76 miles an hour, both vying against Chicago Yacht Club entries.
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Detroit
Chicago
Chicago Yacht Club
World dirt track record set by Archdeacon in open event
Archdeacon, center, wins the dirt track open event to claim the world dirt track championship after a dramatic final stretch. The Rochester report notes a string of victories and a growing fan turnout for Labor Day weekend events.
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Rochester
Har
Rman
Chi
Body of one American remains missing in ZR-2 disaster
Hall Eng Sept 3 AP The body of only one of the Americans who died in the ZR-2 disaster is missing that of William Julius of Los Angeles. The inquests on the four bodies to be recovered were adjourned to September 4. Fifteen bodies already recovered will be held here until Julius is recovered, then all will be sent to America.
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Hall
Eng
William Julius
Los Angeles
New’ T. Hancock
Lieut. Host
Buttleer
Julius
America
Weather outlook for next week across major regions
Weather predictions indicate below normal temperatures across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys, the Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions, and Pacific states. Monday starts a cooling trend with below average temperatures likely across these areas.
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Washington
Mississipp
Missouri Valleys
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Pacific States
Aviation regulation debated under Hoover plan in early 1920s debate
Secretary Hoover outlined federal action to regulate air travel with a new aviation bureau similar to navigation agencies. Aimed to reduce hazards, the plan follows War and Navy Department input and Comerci Association data show forty serious accidents in six months from 1,200 aircraft, killing about a quarter of victims.
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Ington
Santee
Ovaiatele Seceneen
Commerce de
Hoover
Manehauuis
War
Navy
Hoover Indica
Bureau of Aviation
Tesnest
Capelle
Heavy taxes cast gloom on British nobility estates
London reports that heavy taxes and death duties are forcing nobles to scale back holdings. The Duke of Portland may abandon Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire as peers sell properties across England. Other movers include the Dukes of Devonshire, Bedford, Westminster and Rutland among numerous lords and earls.
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London
Centurie
Duke of Portland
Welbeck Abbey
Wottinghamshire
England
Francis Cavendish
Welbeck
Duke of Devonshire
Devhire House
Stowe Uhotee
Baroness Kinden
Duke of Bedford
Duke of Westminster
Duke of Rutland
Duke of Grafton
Duke of
Farlborough
Lord Leconfield
Lord Londesborouth
Lord Portman
Lord Camden
Marquis de Castege
Earl Beauchamp
Earl Bradford
Aberdeen
Vit
Arrington
Harneck
Bimen
Warwick
Richardkeley
Welbeck Abbery
Squirrels Help On Course A Cache of Lost Balls Found
Carleton Ontario reports a golfer stalked a squirrel to a hollow tree and found 41 golf balls. A search of similar hiding spots uncovered 560 more lost balls on the course.
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Leslie Olde
Retail food prices rise in major cities in July report
Washington AP reports that retail food prices increased in July across 14 principal cities. Philadelphia leads with a six percent rise, followed by Washington five percent, with Chicago four percent and Salt Lake City and Denver up one percent. The department tracks these changes as of the latest week.
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Washington
Statistics Ee Ic
Philadelphia
Chashington
City
Salt Lake
Denver
Repeal Pressures on Governments Over War Remnants
Fragmented OCR text notes pressure on governments to repeal wartime measures. Mentions Scandinavian firms, insurers, and reactions to French firms facing bans. Indicates economic and political tensions amid postwar policy shifts.
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Rmian
Ems
Scandinavia
Sepute
Eckhbolman
Teadeoey
France
Wife
Uets
Japan Defeats Yankees in Avis Cup Doubles Clash
In Forest Hills New York on September 3 1920 AP report Japan’s tennis team earned a victory in a doubles match against the New York Yankees doubles pairing with Watson M B Shebgen Norris Williams and others noted. The match was part of the series contested for the Avis Cup amid a battle for the trophy.
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Gae Baimidsu
Efents
Yankees
Forest Hills
Japan
Tennis Memo
Watson M. B. Shebgen
Norris Williams
Katown
Fragmented OCR town notes hint at subterranean tunnel project
Readable fragments reference Los Angeles Chicago and Portland in a discussion of underground passages. Descriptions mention a tunnel or chamber with dimensions and capacity around ten thousand, unclear context, and a February reference. No definite event or outcome is established.
Boundary toll tests world wisdom as peace portal unveiled
President Harding praises an unfortified 3000 mile US Canada boundary as a sign of lasting peace. Troops guard coal fields amid reports miners plan to disperse, while a special train carries federal soldiers toward the Logan district amid ongoing unrest.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Harding
Blaine
America
Samuel Hill
Seattle
Hill
Janus
Ciotaier
Isi
London councilors detained over tax raise order
A London council meeting ended with George Lesebary Edgar and three other Poplar Beresah councillors arrested in connection with a London County Council tax rise order. Officials said nineteen councillors had been taken into custody, with further arrests expected as appeals to support families continue.
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London
George Lesebary Oper
Daine National lIebor
Poplar Beresah Council
Edgar
London County Council
Ter Belie
Ineed Tradés” Council
As Reval Eat
Refugees Report Famine Across Lower Volga Basin
Baranowitchi chronicles refugees moving through northeastern Russia reporting famine across the lower Volga basin. Dr. Roy Smith cites extreme hunger with grain destruction, starvation, and disease in many districts from aibarisk to Kharkov and Voronezh regions.
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Baranowitchi
Russia
Lower Volga Basin
Dnieper Bay
Roy Smith
Water Hyacinth Pest Now Seen as Solvable Threat
New Orleans reports a breakthrough in controlling the water hyacinth invasion in inland waterways. After nineteen years of costly efforts, experts and shipping interests see a proven method to curb the plant choking bays and rivers, a problem that had clogged streams and hindered vessels since the 1800s.
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New Orleans
John M. Parker
Governas
Panama
America
Peywan
Hadeo
Illiteracy Decreases In Montana Says Census Bureau
The 1920 census shows Montana literacy improvement with fewer illiterates. About 2.3 percent of residents over nine cannot write, down from 4.5 percent in 1918, reflecting progress in education and language instruction.
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Washington
Montana
Census Bureau
Amy Langua
Ambiguous Maritime Report From San Francisco History
A brief AP dispatch from San Francisco notes a maritime incident involving a lifeboat and a ship of a Red Stack company under Captain Adv as Lion in James Sea. The fragmentary text mentions the port and a safe, well status but lacks full details of the event or outcome.
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San Francisco
Advas Lion
James Sea
Red Stack Company
Chicago group pushes apartment houses public utilities
The Chicago Tenants' Protective League announced plans to organize similar groups in all large cities and to back state legislation making apartment houses public utilities.
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Chicago
Tenants’ Protective League
California Leads On Rifle Range Exhibition
A gap between teams from California and Columbia appeared in a rifle range event with a high score average around 277. Denver’s A. HK pres announced an exhibition of shooting in California tomorrow.
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California
Perry
Suomacy
Gribas
Can Califes
Stree Columbia
Wihi
Tete. A. HK. Pres
Denver
Coto
Mandell and Farrell to Meet Monday in San Francisco weigh-in
Mandell Rost and Farrel Bi from San Prancieco are set for a Monday training session and weigh-in to confirm they are within the 121 pound limit. The announcement notes both are fit and ready for the match.
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Mandell
Farrell
San Prancieco
Sanel
Logan WV Man Dies From Wounds At Fairgrounds
Fragmentary report notes a 1-A man from Logan W V died from wounds received yesterday at a gathering. Details are unclear as the event and location are partially obscured by the damaged text and names are not revealed. Authorities and the National Guard are referenced in relation to peacekeeping efforts.
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Samara
Kazan
Ufa
Cossack
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Tambov
Pensa
Kharkov
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C.ceese
Eese
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