Secretary Wallace Urges Prosperous Agriculture for all
Secretary Wallace in Frankfort Indiana argues for a balanced farm economy with fair prices, supportive laws, and improved marketing. He warns that low prices harm production and urban costs rise if farmers cannot prosper, noting Congress backing and reorganized agriculture efforts to align supply with demand.
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Frankfort
Ind
Ser
Agmalture Wallace
United States
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Woman diver Margaret Naylor seeks sunken treasure near Mull
English deep sea diver Margaret Naylor earns fame for retrieving treasure from the sunken Spanish galleon Admirante de Florencia off Tobermory Mull in ten fathoms of water. She survived near-fatal entanglements and continues daring undersea exploration amid Italian and Spanish wreck history.
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London
Margaret Naylor
Mull
Scotland
Tobermory
Phillin
England
British Isles
Admirante de Florencia
Miss Naylor
Commerce of Porto Rico Is on Decline
Island commerce for the fiscal year ended June totalled 136,217,720 a drop of 81,410,558 from the prior peak year Prosperity cooled as exports reached 72,142,571 while imports stood at 64,175,149 with 1920 the last banner year.
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Associated Press
San Juan
P. R
Wood backs athletics in the Philippines for Far Eastern Games
General Leonard Wood expressed strong support for athletic sports including boxing and wrestling in the Philippines. He urged nationwide drive to recruit and train capable youths for the Far Eastern Games in Osaka, stressing moral discipline, self-control, and competitive strength as vital outcomes.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Osaka
Japan
Gen. Wood
Phillippines
Islands
Philippines
Shipping Board Tanks Completed in American Samoa
Two large oil tanks of the Shipping Board near completion at Pagopago American Samoa. Wall and roof plates riveted, only pipe connections remain. Six island laborers injured and one killed when a beam supporting a work platform failed during roof assembly. Medical corps attended to all on site.
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Pagopago
American Samoa
United States Shipping Board
Prince of Wales collecting pearls sparks royal intrigue
London reports the Prince of Wales is gathering pearls for a necklace, a move stirring royal marriage talk. The piece notes pearl collecting is a long standing English nobility hobby, citing the Devonshire pearls and historic losses, and explains the difficulty of matching pearls and the need for wealth and time.
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Prince OF Wales
London
Lord Lascelles
Mary
Duchess of Devonshire
Duke of Buckingham
Charles I
England
Paris
Robin Hood at Graham Theatre Promises Sparkling Music
The DeKoven master opera Robin Hood is praised for its beauty and memorable tunes like O Promise Me and Brown October Ale. The Graham Theatre hosts Miss May Valentine’s 40-person company with a special Symphony Orchestra on Thursday November 2 under her direction.
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DeKoven
Sheriff
Maid Marian
Robin's
Sherwood
Tom Sawyer
Robin Hood
Graham Theatre
Miss May Valentine
Kelly Found Pneumatic Process of Producing Steel
In Wyandotte near Detroit a bronze tablet honors William Kelly as the discoverer of the pneumatic steelmaking process. His son William C. Kelly recounts the family tale of air heating iron, notes Henry Bessemer’s prior American rights, and recalls Kelly's early plant near Wyandotte before Pittsburgh rose as the steel city.
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Associated Press
Detroit
William Kelly
Wyandotte
Mr. Kelly
William C. Kelly
Charleston
W. Vanson
Kentucky
Kelly
Sir Henry Bessemer
England
Chareed
Sir Henry
Wryandotte
Tetroit
Pittsburgh
Austria Desperate for Want of Money
Vienna reports a government push to raise revenue by sharply raising public utility tariffs. Postage telegraph and rail rates have surged, with a new telephone charge bringing total increases to twelvefold since August. The Neue Freie Presse notes a U S group’s unheeded proposal to operate the system and calls for consolidation of post telegraph and telephone under one department.
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Vienna
Austria
Neue Freie Presse
Social Democratic
Local owner dies. dog band owner leaves support plan
In his own name, a local man died here today. Miss Neena Foster, owner of the dog band, bought the bands four years ago and arranged for the interest to support the animal until death.
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Jack
Neena Foster
Wealthy Dog Dead Had Liberty Bonds in His Name
Geneva report says Jack Oster, a dog described as wealthy, was believed to be the only canine in America to possess Liberty bonds in his own name. Sources note the unusual investment and the dog's ownership status.
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Geneva
N. Y
Jack” Oster
America
Statue to depict Chautauqua growth authorized
The International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association will have Lorado Taft sculpt a statue for the fiftieth anniversary of the Chautauqua Institution founded in 1873 by Bishop Vincent and Lewis Miller. The piece honors the movement and its origins including the summer assembly, school and reading circle. Arthur Bestor presides as the institution celebrates the semi centennial.
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Associated Presa
Columbus
Chautauqua Institution
New York
Lorado Taft
Chicago Sculpturer
International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association
John H. Vincent
Methodist Church
Lewis Miller
Ohio
Chautauqua
Arthur H. Bestor
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Porto Rico
Gen. Leonard Wood
The
Shipping Board
Virginia
Liccerr & Myers
Topacco
Journal
Washington County
Anine
Liberty Bonds
Meighan
Thomas Meighan
Paramount
Perley Poore Sheehan
Frank Condon
Alfred E. Greem
Reading Circle
Elbert Hubbard
Thomas A. Edison
Drake
Sartor
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