Chautauqua Association Officers Re-elected At Annual Meeting
Washington county chautauqua association held its annual stockholders meeting at the Commercial club. Treasurer C M Keck reported a modest surplus of about 40 cents and noted $3,000 set aside for a permanent auditorium fund. Dr W W Bowers was re elected president with Leigh Wallace as vice president and C M Keck as treasurer. Dates for 1923 were set August 16 to 26, and several directors were re elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Chautauqua Association
Commercial Club
W. W. Bowers
C. M. Keck
C. A. Dewey
St. E. Dougherty
C. M. Cock
Orville Elder
Leigh Wallace
Co. M. Keck
A. R. Miller
Dr. Bowers
Cuban feud deaths escalate as seven killed in Guanaijay
In Guanuay Cuba on October 4 seven people have died in the Sanchez Carache feud over three years. Felix Carache shot Patilde Sanchez and then killed himself following a February duel in which Juan Sanchez killed Felix's brother Luis. Authorities say the feud must end even if it means imprisoning all remaining family members.
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Associated Press
Guanajay
Cuba
Sanchez-Carache
Felix Carache
Patilde Sanchez Andé
Juan Sanchez
Batilde
Felix
Luis
American Bankers Elect New Association President
John H. Puelicher of Milwaukee was elected president of the American Bankers Association. Walter A. Head of Omaha was named first vice-president and William Knows was chosen second vice president.
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Associated Press
New York
John H. Puelicher
Milwaukee
American Banker's Association
Walter A. Head
Omaha
William Knows
Hutchinson Printer Develops Typing Inventions
Louis P. Tinsley, a former Hutchinson printer, has developed typing innovations and holds the necessary patents aimed at improving certain phases of the printing industry.
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Associated Press
Hutchinson
Kan
Louis P. Tinsley
Tinsley
Lightning Kills Many
A note states that about five or six persons per million die annually from lightning shocks. It discusses the deadly impact of lightning and general fatality rates.
Infant mortality in London shows notable decrease
London reports a sharp fall in infant mortality. For August the under one year death rate was 41 per 1000 births, versus six percent in 1922 compared with 1901 still higher. Analysts say baby survival, not birth numbers, shapes England’s future and London’s rate reflects progress.
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Associatedress
London
England
Soviet Opens New War on Democracy
The Soviet regime launches a campaign to crush bourgeoisie psychology the idea of individual wealth and freedom from state interference. Communists warn such ideals threaten the goal of communism and exile more than 150 intellectuals to prevent independent thought.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Communist Party
Moscow University
Three Die In Power Plant Explosion At Joplin
Three men were killed in an early morning explosion at the Joplin power plant. The blast rocked buildings and shattered glass up to three miles away.
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Joplin
Denounce Brookhart at Des Moines Meet Denounce Brookhart at Des Moines Meet
About 200 Iowa Republicans denounced Senate candidate Smith W. Brookhart as radical and socialist leaning while pledging support to Democrat Clyde J. Herring. An anti Brookhart campaign committee was formed to defeat him, with W H Powell named chairman. former Governor Carroll argued the move was not a party bolt. The executive committee spans all districts with regional chairmen named.
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Associated Prensa Des Moines
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Colonel Brookhart
Brookhart
W. H. Powell
Isaade
Ottumwa Courier
Herring
United States
Carroll
Doth
Scott
John H. Scott
Keokuk
George W. Betchel
Davenport
W. C. Hullman
Tripoli
Obituary thanks for kindness after loss of husband and father
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown after the passing of our husband and father. Mrs. W. A. Moberly and Family Mrs. W. M. Roberts
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W. A. Moberly
W. M. Roberts
Women Raid Tennessee Mountain Still and Smash It
Eight women in Mobelan Hamilton county Tennessee conducted a raid on a wildcat mountain liquor still. They armed with axes hatchets and clubs entered the mountains and smashed the still to pieces after learning it had supplied liquor to local men.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mobelan
Hamilton County
Carrie Nation
Poster thieves strip Berlin of street ads
Berlin police blotter reports a new theft type as billboard strips are looted at night. Thieves target round poster pillars bearing advertisements for theaters and restaurants, with one man found storing 50 kilograms of torn wastepaper at home for sale.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Des Moines Teen Killed by Train at East 14th Crossing
Ernest Christy a 19 year old Des Moines driver was killed when the car he was in collided with a Chicago and Northwestern train at the East 14th street crossing. The accident occurred early today and resulted in an instantaneous death for Christy. Local authorities investigated the scene.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ernest Christy
Chicago & Northwestern
East 14Th Street Crossing
Russians Returning Home Amid Bolshhevik Exodus
Historical note reports Russians who fled Bolshevism are beginning to return home. The article also lists notable Americans with large personal estate assessments in New York, led by John D. Rockefeller with a $2,000,000 assessment and other figures such as J Pierpont Morgan and the Huntington/Hill families.
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New York
John PD. Rockefeller
New York City
J. Pierpont Morgan
Dorothy Caruso
Emily E. Hepburn
James H. Hill
Margaret S. Hill
James N. Hill
William J. Vincent Astor
Louise M. Carnegie
Henry P. Davison, Jr
Solomon B. Guggenheim
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Corneline Vanderbilt, Jr
Harry Payne Whitney
Payne Whitney
John McCormack
Tenor
Anne Morgan
Charles W. Morse
Russians Banished From Home Face Mixed Emotions at Frontier
At Sebesch on the Russian Latvian frontier Russians returning from Paris Berlin London and Prague discuss hopes to stay while others banished by the Soviet regime depart. About 150 exiles including diplomats and intellectuals face three year banishment and Don Cossacks seek permission to return to Russia amid ongoing displacement.
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Russia
Kerensky
Czechoslovakia
Gniloryboff
Don Cossack Republic
Moscow
Cuba Preparing Case Against Upmann & Co
Havana reports that Fausto Alfonso the Cuban prosecuting attorney filed provisional conclusions accusing A Upmann of embezzlement in the collapse of H Upmann & Co. The attorney general seeks 26 1/2 years in correctional prison and an indemnity of 1 547 262 50 to fraud victims. Maria Teresa Bances de Marti is excluded from reparation lists. No trial date set.
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Associated Press
Havana
H. Upmann & Co
Fausto Alfonso
H. Upmann
Maria Theresa Bances de Marti
Federal Bank Liquidation Commission
A. Upmann
Upmann
Car dealer dodges depreciation query in sale talk
A prospective buyer questions the car’s depreciation and the dealer insists all main parts are shown. The exchange highlights skepticism about value in a sale.
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Tom
American Legion Weekly
The Word Cockle Derivations Explained
The phrase to warm the cockles of one's heart may stem from the shape resemblance between a cockleshell and a heart and from the Latin cardium and Greek kardia. Additional links tie to cochlea meaning ventricle, a small cavity in an animal body.
The Fat Man’s Odd Century Scale Guess
A stout man stood on a downtown drugstore scale and dropped a penny. After a pause the dial hovered near 800 as a small boy asked how many times it went around, leaving the man puzzled by the result.
Giants Beat Yankees In First World Series Game
At Polo Grounds New York the Giants won opening game of the World Series defeating the Yankees 4 to 1 after an eighth inning rally. Joe Bush was knocked out in the eighth as New York's offense surged with four consecutive hits and a sac fly. Attendance reached 35,000 with strong local and out of town interest as Miller’s team sought back-to-back titles.
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Associated Press
Polo Grounds
New York
New York Giants
Penn
New York Yankees
Joe Bush
Yankees
Giants
Rocky Cliff
Coogan
John McGraw
Millergin
McGraw
T Yanky
Arthur Nehl
Huggins
Bush
Wallie
Yankies
Snyder
McGray
Nick Altrock
al Shaacht
Yanks
Ting
Hirty
Human Bones Used as Charms in Ancient Fetish
Fragments indicate bone artifacts were valued as amulets with the thigh bone of mammoth among the most famous fetishes. Researchers note cultural significance of bones in ritual objects and adornment.
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Chautauqua Association
Treasury
O. S. Bailey
Waukon
N. S. Beale
Tama
Ottumwa
Warrent Garst
Geo. Stebbins
Creston
Charles F. Chase
Atlantic
M. W. Fitz
Han
D. W. Dean
Lake View
Tennessee
Rockefeller
Frontier Stations
Sebesch
Paris
Prague
Upmann & Co
Hmi Gore Enduch
SION
Cockle
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