Postal business climbs 15 percent in May
The U S post office department reports a nearly 15 percent rise in May business from the prior year, the strongest in seven years. Assistant Postmaster General Glover cites Louisville Dayton Brooklyn Kansas City Denver and Des Moines as top gainers with double digit increases. Fifty large offices see May receipts approach 22 million dollars versus about 10 million last year.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Glover
Louisville
Dayton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kansas City
Denver
Des Moines
Train Crash Near Binghamton Kills 3 at State Hospital Crossing
Three people died and three were injured when Erie Railroad Pacific Express No 4 struck a truck at the water works crossing by Binghamton state hospital. All the dead were inmates of the hospital and the engineer and fireman were seriously hurt or killed.
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Pacific Express
Binghamton
N.Y
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Binghamton State Hospital
State Hospital For
Two Soldiers Die in Car Crash Near Westminster
Baltimore June 7 news reports a truck carrying ten soldiers from Camp Heratild overturned on an embankment near Westminster Maryland. Privates Parent and Hershner were killed instantly. Four others were seriously injured and six more suffered lesser injuries.
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Baltimore
Camp Heratild
Westminster
Parent and
Hershner
Heat Wave Claims One Life in Boston on Heat Record Day
Boston reports the hottest day of the season with a death from heat and numerous heat prostrations. The Weather Bureau logged a high of 92 degrees between 4 and 6 PM as residents faced extreme conditions.
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Boston
Mass
Weather Bureau
Murder near Little Italy shocks crowd of schoolchildren
In Chicago on June 7 Tony Abmaniti, treasurer of the Track Layers union, was shot ten times by three men at the Hobbie and Townsend streets corner. The attackers fled into a nearby alley, with an awaiting car, as about fifty children watched. No suspects found.
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Chicago
Little Italy
Tony Abmaniti
Track Layers, Construction and Repair Union
Hobbie and
Townsend
Buildings Collapse in Lemberg Buries Dozens
Two ancient three story buildings collapsed in Lemberg Poland on June 7 amid suspected vibration from a passing motor truck. More than forty people were buried and many killed in the disaster, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Lemberg
Poland
Plan "No More War" Rally At London Peace Congress
A no more war demonstration is planned as the twenty second international peace Congress meets in London in the week before the eighth anniversary of the World War. Several hundred delegates from many states have signified their intention to attend with motto Never Again.
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London
Two Toos Reflect On Past And Future
A compact reflection notes that for many people the past feels close and guiding, while the future seems distant and elusive, shaping worry and hope in equal measure. The lines suggest a shared human tension between memory and aspiration.
Southern rector on trial in Troy church court
Rev. Richard Wilkinson rector of St. John's Episcopal church Montgomery was placed on trial in Troy before an ecclesiastical court of three ministers on charges of violating a general canon and his ordination vows.
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Richard Wilkinson
Troy
Ala
St. John's Episcopal Church
Montgomery
Figure in wood: normal and pathologic color and structure
The article explains wood figure sources grouped into structure, pigmentation, or both. It divides into normal natural wood from sound trees and abnormal pathologic conditions caused by disease, insect attacks, or other non regular agents.
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American Forestry Magazine
Harding punished by court martial on Prussianism charge
Wrightstown New Jersey June Major Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson was found guilty by a court martial at Camp Dix of violating the 6th article of war for writing a letter to President Harding charging Prussianism in the army. Army officers must report complaints through their superiors.
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Wrightstown
N. J
Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson
Camp Dix
Harding
Gasparri Forced to Rest and Travel to Montecatini
Rome dispatch reports Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, left Rome on June 7 to rest and recuperate at Montecatini near Florence.
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Gasparri
Rome
Cardinal Gasparri
Rtome
Monte Catini
Florence
Lillian Russell Dies After Illness Aboard Ship
Pittsburgh Iowa reports the death of stage star Lillian Russell after a week long illness. A fall on a ship deck during return from Europe contributed to the fatal outcome. Husband Alexander P. Moore and daughter Dorothy Calvert were present at her deathbed. Dreamic poleening listed as direct cause of death.
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Pittsburgh
Misa Lillian Russell
Europe
Alexander P. Moore
Dorothy Calvert
Kalona Woman Mrs Lee Dunlap Spotted Shopping in Washington
Mrs Lee Dunlap of Kalona is seen shopping in Washington today, adding a human-interest note to a routine trip. The sighting highlights travel between small town Iowa and the nation’s capital.
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Lee Dunlap
Kalona
Washington
Custom rings marked engagement or single life long ago
In olden times a girl willing to marry wore a ring on the left hand's first finger. If she wished to remain single she wore the ring on the little finger.
Independent Woman Declares Independence and Health
An ad extols the modern independent woman while noting stress and health issues from wage earning. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is presented as a remedy aiding women to regain zest and balance in life.
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AEG
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adyt
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Ont
Jane
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Southern
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Por
Bolt
June White
Grahame “Dept. Stores
New York
Underskirts
Batiste
Marne Ent
Marquette
Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co
Marquette Building
John Shields & Sons
United States Army
Lillian Russell
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