Peace movement surfaces in rail strike stalemate
Chicago July 4 The first sign of peace appeared as Detroit announced a postponement of action on the strike of 280,000 maintenance of way workers. Union leaders travel to Chicago to confer with the railway labor board while shop crafts consider a broader walkout.
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Chicago
Detroit
United States Railway Labor Board
Edward P. Grable
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Railway Labor Board
Wx Phop
Firemens Nolon
Timothy Healy
Nutance
Teap
Great Lakes
William Livingstone
Lake Carriers Association
K. 1Lan
The
Sailors Union of the Great Lakes
Livingstone
Carriers’ Association
Mr. Livingstone
Lake Men's Union
Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
Resulu
Guard Harding Near Mines in Wheeling Corridor
President Harding rode through the coal mining region of West Virginia and Pennsylvania en route to the Marion front porch celebration. A protective cordon of motorcycles guarded the presidential limousine as crowds of strikers and curious residents lined the streets. The march faced weather delays with slick roads from ongoing rain, slowing the president’s progress.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harding
Pennsylvania
Marion
Marlow
Michigan City Promises Packed Arena for Leonard Kansas Fight
Governor Mc Cray will not intervene as LaPorte County authorities determine if the Benny Leonard Rocky Kansas bout is a boxing match. Michigan City gears for a big crowd with extra police and Legion volunteers, while both fighters express confidence and outline their plans for the lightweight clash and future bouts.
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Indianapolis
Mc Cray
Benny Leonard
Rocky
Kansas
Michigan City
Governors Office
LaPorte County
Indiana
Anstixs
LaPorte
Penny
John Franklin Miller
American Legion
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Fitzsimmons
Dan Rogers
New York
Leonard
Sam
Lew Tendler
Britten
St Louis Banker Leon W Quick Found Slain
The body of Leon W Quick fifty eight known financier and former receiver of Bankers Trust was found in a garage at his home in St Louis. A shotgun lay beside him and a charge of shot had been fired into his heart.
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Leon W. Quick
St. Louis
Bankers’ Trust Company
Wolves of Wall Street Defraud Victims Of 750 Million
New York July 4. District attorney Banton says the wolves of Wall Street have robbed victims of 750 million dollars since the war. He cites fraudulent stock promotions and bucket shops as the method and notes six months of office work on the case.
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New York
Wolves of
Wall Street
Banton
Hope for Coal Settlement After Stormy Cabinet Session
President Harding's national coal conference adjourned until July 10 amid deadlock between operators and miners. Hoover and Davis said no agreement was reached but remained hopeful both sides would reconsider next week to pave a path to negotiations. John L. Lewis led the miners for a national conference while operators pushed for wage scale talks. Davis went to Mooseheart, Hoover to continue informal talks in his absence.
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Washington
Harding
National Coal Conference
Commerce
Hoover
Secretary of Labor
Davis
John Ll. Lewis
A. M. Ogle
National Chal Association
Mooseheart
Moose
Genius Not Success Requisite
A quotation attributed to Theodore Roosevelt contrasts genius with ordinary success. It argues true success belongs to those who can act and do, while most accomplished people are common achievers with ordinary qualities.
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Theodore Toosevelt
Chicago Faces Car Strike
Chicago July 4 Immediate strike vote favored by a majority of Chicago Surface Lines train men after a wage cut proposal of about 20 cents an hour. Referendum among 11 000 conductors and motormen may require two days with a walk out possible later in the week.
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Chicago
Car Men's Hall
Henry A. Blair
Cotton jumps seven dollars a bale on government forecast
New York July 4 cotton rose sharply after the first government forecast of the season. Prices for October contracts jumped to 2080 cents per pound, a new high for the period, with fears of insufficient yield and heavy aging reported as rains and boll weevil damage fueled demand.
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New York
Ruth Hits Thirteenth Homer of the Season
Babe Ruth homered for the thirteenth time this season in the New York versus Philadelphia game. He connected in the seventh inning off Eekert of the Athletics with no runners aboard. It was his fifth homer in three days.
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Ruth
Philadelphia
Babe
Days of the Cave Man
European cave sites reveal ancient human habitation with ashes and animal remains. An acetylene lamp suggests long lost tools, while cave bears and hyenas roamed the dark recesses, highlighting peril for early dwellers and predators in ancient times.
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Europe
Vaccination Ends Smallpox Threat in United States
The text notes smallpox was far more common two centuries ago and that vaccination, plus treating the afflicted, drastically reduced deaths. It cites George Washington as having contracted the disease and mentions the Public Health Service claim that smallpox deaths now fall below one per 100,000 annually.
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Europe
George Washington
Barbadors
Public Health Service
Temporary Loon Prompt Sparks Family Shopping Request
A five-year-old ran to his aunt and asked to borrow him while his mother shops, a lighthearted line from the Boston Transcript reflecting a humorous family moment.
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Boston Transcript
Pocket Sundial Invention Described For Field Use
A pocket sundial explains a water resistant variant with a side cover. It notes the nearest latitude and sets the pointer to 85 40 or 45 degrees to align shadow with true north. A compass variation is recorded and sun time is adjusted by minutes from an equation table for the closest day.
Fox Railroad Film to Be Shown at Fox Theatre Next Friday
Maurice Flynn, former football hero, appears in Fox photoplay Smiles Are Trump at the Fox Theatre. A railroad tale built on Tempted Steel with high speed action includes a locomotive race and a cliff plunge aided by Ora Carew in the love plot.
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Maurice Flynn
Fox
Trump
Fox Theatre
Frank L. Packard
Flynn
Jim Carson
Pretty Ora Carew
Millet's The Angelus Sold for About 109 Dollars
The Angelus by Jean Francois Millet, dated 1850, was sold for 100 francs about 109 dollars. The painting was previously acquired in 1800 for an amount recorded as zero zero zero and placed in the Louvre.
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Jean Francois Millet
Louvre
Water hemlock dangers and misnamed parsnip variants
The article lists wild parsnip and water hemlock as deadly plants known by several names including cow bane and spotted cowbane. It notes Indian knowledge of death by their roots and reports cases of poisonings in animals and humans, especially when roots are plowed or water sources are contaminated in wet areas where water hemlock grows.
Grand Falls of Labrador on the Hamilton River
The Grand Falls of Labrador on the Hamilton River rise in the Labrador highlands at 1700 feet, run 60 miles to Melville Lake, and culminate in a 156 foot vertical drop over 12 miles. The scene is a deep canyon with violent rapids, dark barren rock, and a dreary wild landscape.
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Grand Falls
Labrador
Canadian Labrador
Hamilton River
Labrador Highlands
Melville Lake
Hamilton Inlet
Atlantic
North America
Jumrense
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George 8. Silzer
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Atlantic City
M’cray
Fox Railroad
Sherman Brothers
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United States @ Rubber Company
U. S
Washington, ON
Iowa
Kyle G. BE
Mace
White Way Garage Brown's Tire Shop
Wayland
C. W. Schlatter Wintleld
Peck's Garage
Ainsworth, Iowa
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