NC-4 Seaplane Becomes American Pride In Plymouth Landing
The NC-4 completed its transatlantic flight with a foggy last leg landing in Plymouth Harbor. Mayor of Plymouth lauded the crew and the American navy while British officials and crowds welcomed the American seaplane and its pilots aboard the Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
NCA
Plymouth Sound
New World
Cattewater
England
Ferrol
Spain
Albert C. Read
NC-4
Plunkett
Bay of Biscay
Brest
Read
Old
Mayor Brown
Royal Air Force
Catterwater
NC-4 Makes Perfect Landing at Plymouth Harbor
The NC-4 completed a flawless landing in calm inner harbor as a flotilla of small boats welcomed it. Aroused crowds watched from Plymouth's Hoe while a light west wind and hazy visibility framed the dramatic arrival aboard the mine layer Aroostook's tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
England
Tug goes to aid of steamer North Pole
The American steamer North Pole reported by wireless that her machinery was disabled 200 miles west of Fastnet. The admiralty has sent a tug to assist. The North Pole left New York May 9 for Antwerp. 544 deadweight tons, owned by the United States Shipping Board and operated by Red Star One.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
North Pole
Fastnet
Admiralty
New York
Antwerp
United States Shipping Board
Red Star One
Smuggling of Austrian Wealth To Switzerland Aims to Shield Reparations
Fearing confiscation of capital to meet postwar reparations, wealthy Austrians move securities valued at about 1 billion dollars across the border into Switzerland. Airplanes reportedly carry jewelry and other valuables to evade Vienna’s reach, Swiss correspondents state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Switzerland
Vienna
Wounded From Border Fight Treated in San Juan del Sur
San Juan del Sur Nicaragua June 2 most men wounded in the recent border fighting have been brought from La Cruz and are being treated there with funds raised by public subscription. A majority were struck by explosive or dumdum bullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
la Cruz
American Troops Guard the Border Amid Mexican Tensions
Washington reports rising border anxiety as the U S government readies for emergencies with over eighteen thousand five hundred troops near Mexico. Troop breakdown includes cavalry six thousand infantry eight thousand five hundred and artillery four thousand plus three aviation units. A message from Felipe Angeles claims his revolution aims to restore the 1857 constitution and protect lives and property in Mexico. An attack on Exsperanza 525 kilometers south of Nogales leaves several Mexicans and an American dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
United States
Felipe Angeles
Villista
Carranza
General Angeles
Exsperanza
Nogales
Southern
Pacific de Mexico
British ships rout Bolshevik fleet in second two week sea clash
A fifty minute Sunday morning battle off Kronstadt pits seven British warships against the Bolshevik battleship Petropa-Vievsk and three others. The Bolshevik fleet retreats to Kronstadt after the engagement, marking the second naval clash in two weeks as both sides press toward Petrograd. Kronstadt fortress and naval facilities stand behind the Russian retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingfors
Petropa-Vievsk
Kronsnaia
Kron- Kronstadt
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Gatchina
Town founded by Peter the Great with early fortifications
The town traces its origins to Peter the Great and features fortifications first built in 1710. It has docks and a School of Marine Engineering and a population of about 50 580.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Marine Engineering
Peter the Great
Grenades to Serve as War Savings Banks for Kids
Fifteen million hand grenades will be converted into coin banks for American schoolchildren. Each grenade is emptied and fitted with a slot for pennies or dimes and labeled Buy War Savings. Children under ten earning enough to buy a War Savings stamp must tell their teacher how they earned the money to receive a bank. those over ten must buy two stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Savings Division
Treasury Department
Winnipeg General Strike Promoters Fail Say Minister
Gideon Robertson the dominion minister of labor told reporters before leaving for Ottawa that Winnipeg promoters of the general strike sit in the ashes of their folly and that sympathetic strikes must always fail. He called the Winnipeg strike the first rehearsal of the play written at Calgary where the nation movement began last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Gideon Robertson
Dominion
Ottawa
Calgary
Millionaire Mayor Promises Home for Nurses in Detroit
Detroit mayor James Couzens announced plans to donate a substantial sum to build a nurses home at Harper Hospital. Couzens serves as a trustee for the hospital, aiming to aid nursing staff amid ongoing local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Jane
Det
James Conus
Harper Hospital
Couzens
Fifteen Year Old Found Electrocuted on Ravenswood Line
Harold Wilkins aged fifteen of 6 38 West Elm Street was found dead across the third rail of the Northwestern Elevated Ravenswood station in Chicago on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harold Wilkins
West Elm Street
Northwestern
Ravenswood Station
Wilcox Wins 500 Mile Indiana Motor Race Amid Tragedy
Howdy Wilcox of Indianapolis won the 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Speedway driving a Peugeot. The meet was marred by three deaths including Arthur Thurman, M Molinaro, and Louis Lecocq, with Lecocq and Bandini burned in a backstretch crash and Thurman crushed when his car rolled over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Thurman
Washington
M. Molinaro
Leeoeeq
R. Bandini
DePalma Drives Packard To Lead At Indianapolis Race
massive crowd breaks record with 125000 spectators as Ralph DePalma and his Packard lead for 250 miles before a broken valve spring forces a pit stop ending the run. Drivers knew cars were too fast for the course yet push on for the $50000 prize amid smoke and distraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier
de Palma
Indianapolis
Leeocy
Ralph DePalma
Packard
Artist Granted Divorce to May Belle Christy in Ohio
Howard Chandler Christy the artist was granted a divorce from May Belle Christy in common pleas court Zanesville Ohio after a brief hearing on June 2 1926. The action ended a short marriage and names both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Chandler Christy
Common Pleas Court
Zanesville, O
Maybelle Christy
Score escape from prison on Randall's Island
Twenty boys inmates at the Randall's Island reformatory escaped in small boats early in the morning after overpowering a keeper. A general warning was issued. A Berlin dispatch says Field Marshal von Hindenburg plans a long rest soon in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory
Randall’s Island
N. Y
New York
London
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Switzerland
Berlin
Germans Say They Cant Bear Treaty
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau head of the German peace delegation says the Versailles treaty is more than the German people can bear. He notes in a May 29 document that while Germany sought a peace based on justice it cannot accept the proposed terms and would renounce substantial territory including much of West Prussia to reestablish Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
State Department
Versailles
Peace Terms Handed to Austria and Allied Fleet Deliverance
Summary notes peace terms delivered to Austria and the Allies receive the entire fleet deliverance signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Admiral Von Horthy Assassinated and Fleet Seizure Demanded
Special to Evening Journal reports Admiral Von Horthy the Austro Hungarian fleet commander has been assassinated. The Allied council delivered peace terms to Austrian delegates in St Germain demanding drastic conditions including the surrender of the entire Austrian fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
ST. Germain
Allied Council
Austria
Hungarian Admiral Von Horthy Assassinated in Budapest
Special to Evening Journal reports the assassination of Admiral Miklós Horthy, commander of Austro Hungarian forces, as word reaches Budapest on June 2. The event marks a pivotal blow to military leadership amid ongoing turmoil.
Territorial Dismemberment Demands in Postwar Settlement
The passage outlines hard terms for Germany after the war, proposing loss of East Prussia including Memel, Upper Silesia to Czechoslovakia, Saar to France, and ceding districts to Belgium. It argues for war debt bearing, dissolution of the German empire, surrender of the merchant fleet, and loss of foreign assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomerania
Danzig
Hanke
East Prussia
Memel
Upper Silesia
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
East Germany
Kreise
Belgium
Saar
France
Allelles
Playwright Sued by Wife Over Hidden Previous Marriage
Alede G. Stoddard sues George E. Stoddard the playwright in supreme Court for 850000 damages alleging he withheld during courtship that he already had a wife living. The suit centers on fraud claims tied to the couple’s nuptials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alede Stoddard
New York
Alede G. Stoddard
Supreme Court
George E. Stoddard
Three Boys Drown in River Near Minneapolis
Three boys Melvin Dale Herbert Dorney and Leonard Peterson drowned in the Mississippi River after a capsized craft overturned. Carl Nelson, saved by swimming ashore after the incident reported near Minneapolis on a calm June day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Melvin Dale
Herbert Dorney
Leonard Peterson
Mississippi
Carl Nelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. & Naval
Angeles
Baltic
Petropa-Viovsk
Kottin
Russia
Naval Service
Canada
Metroit
Lima
Peru
Indiana
Thurman
Lecocq
Badini
Molinaro
Wilcox
Waeener
Albert Gueyt
Boyer
Louis Chevrolet
Gaston Chevrolet
Thurman and
Leeocq
Peugeot
Durant
Hearne
Gouux
Wagner
Peckard
DePalma
Frontenac
Hickey
Frontenac L. Chevrolet
Thomas
Ann
Score
Hindenburg
Admiral
Admiral von Horthy
Austro-Hungary
von Horthy
Kealed
Budapest
Feet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!