Teapot Dome victory and aviation record headline
The Supreme Court upheld the government in the Teapot Dome oil lease case restoring lands valued at about 100 million dollars plus oil and equipment restitution. ATH ELDER and George Haldeman nearly crossed the Atlantic in the American Girl before an oil line failure forced a crash landing. they were rescued by the Dutch tanker Barendrecht and carried to the Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Supreme Court of the United States
Teapot Dome
Garry F. Sinclair
Circuit Court of Appeals
Wyoming
Sinclair
Doheny
Elk Hills
Calif
Naval Reserve
Navy
Fall
Mammoth Oil Company
Ath Elder
Florida
Atlantic
George Haldemag
Paris
Barendrecht
Azores
France
Miss Elder
Haldeman
Polish Lithuanian tensions threaten to trigger crisis
Lithuania has closed Polish schools and confiscated estates and plans to name Vilna its capital after arresting Poles linked to an assassination plot against President Smetona. Poland, led by Marshal Pilsudski, has issued an ultimatum threatening action within a week, with the British envoy warning of danger. In China, Shansi forces were defeated and retreated, as 16,000 troops were captured and Mongolia sent feared units to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Poland
Lithuania
Vilna
Smetona
Kovno
Marshal Pilsudski
Warsaw
China
Chang
Peking
Manchuria
Shansi
Feng-Yu-hsiung
Henan
Asia
Pain Returns to Constitutional Assembly Under Dictator Rule
The new national assembly for Pain opened last week with Wing Alfonso presiding. The body is appointed by dictator Gen. Primo de Rivera, signaling a largely controlled parliament. Duchess of Parcent and Countess San Luis resigned just before the session began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pain
National Assembly
Alfonso
Assembly
Primo de Rivera
Duchess of Parcent
Countess San Luis
James A Reed Endorsed as Democratic Nominee Prospect
GANER M. JAMES A. REED of Missouri was endorsed by the state committee at Sedalia as a potential Democratic presidential nominee. He addressed a large Democratic gathering delivering a keynote speech criticizing Republican rule and urging unity while defending personal liberty and self governance. He targeted Mellon Daugherty and Fall and pressed for individual rights and freedom from restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganer M. James A. Reed
Missouri
al Smith
Missouri State Committee
Sedalia
Harding
Mellon
Daugherty
Fall
Cosgrave’s Irish Dail reelects him amid party opposed
William T Cosgrave secured a six vote majority in the new Dail Eireann and was reelected. De Valera Labour supporters voted against him while Redmondites abstained. Cosgrave later formed a cabinet and announced the Farmers party fusion. The piece also notes baths of notable figures including Bishop Muldoon and Col Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
de Valera
Labor Party
Redmondites
Cosgrave
Sean T. O'Kelly
England
Farmers’ Party
Government
Flashes From W C T U Lighthouse
A compendium of temperance notes and opinions from the Pathfinder including child milk guidance, warnings about liquor politics, and quotes from leaders. It discusses prohibition effects, Nile Egypt anti alcohol work, U S law observance, and the World Friendship Movement with school adoption of a related book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder
Tommy
Clarence True
M. E. Board
Hiome
Edwin Greer
Greer School of Electrical and Automotive Trades
Jane Addams
Hull House
Egypt
Keota Man Coffman Dies. Funeral Held At Baptist Church
Edgar C. Coffman died at his Keota home Wednesday at age sixty six. Funeral services were held Friday at the Baptist church. He is survived by his wife and three children and by his sister Nannie Freeman and brothers Samuel Coffman and Charles Coffman, with extended family in La Crosse Wisconsin Brainerd Minnesota Cedar Rapids and Beaver City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Edgar C. Coffman
The
Baptist Church
Coffman
Dewey Coffman
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Verle Hiller
Brainerd
Minnesota
Corinne
Mt. Cottawit Obituary and Keota Funeral Details
The obituary describes Mt. Cottawit's death at home and his thirty five years in business with Keota. The Masonic order led the cemetery services while Rev W G Nalley conducted the church service. Pallbearers listed include E J Ramsay J M White J B Berend E L Kirkpatrick J P LeVein and D D Crone. Burial was in the Keota family lot. Visitors from Washington and Sigourney attended related correspondence and convention events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Cot
Tawit
Keota
Masonic Order
W. G. Nalley
The
Christian Church
E J. Ramsey
J. M. White
J. B. Berend
E. L. Kirkpatrick
J. P. Levien
D. D. Crone
Noral L. Bryson
Washinton
N. P. Allender
Women’s Relief Corps
Lucy Root
Washington
Jane Hahn
Sigourney
Snakes Used to Guard Gasoline Balloons at Casper Plant
At the Casper plant in Wye big ost refining, bull snakes are kept in balloon houses to exterminate mice that damage balloons. Balloons store gasoline vapors during the day as vapor expands over the tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Ost Refining
Casper
Wye
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teapot
Edward W. Pickard
American Federation of Labor
Los Angeles
Viva Voce
Congress
Green
Executive Council
Mexico
Mr. Green
Friends of Labor
Latin America
Calles
Obregon
Gomez
Vera Cruz
Chualulco
Escobar
Felix Palavicini
Serrano
Norris
Nebraska
Borah
Frazier
Nye
Brookhart
United States
Allegheny Mountains
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
West Virginia
Nayor Duvall
Indianapolis
State Supreme Court
Duvalls
Ederal
PF. BP. Schoonmaker
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
Indiana
Iowa
Jacksonville
Marion
Doctor Rohrbach
S—M. S. Winder
Salt Lake City
American Farm Bureau Federation
P. J. Muldoon
Rockford, IL
Col. J. Dillon
Federal Radio Commission
F.D. Stout
Chicago
Dom Miguel
Duke of
Braganza
Portugal
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Turkey
Constantinople
Pace
America
League of Nations
Coolidge
U.S
Fess
Oneida
Watertown
Cortland
World Friendship Movement
World Friendship
Susan Dorsey
Lewis Hessel
Nat’l. Bank
D. F. Macon
Union
Standard Oil Company
Middle West
Standard Oil Building
South
Michigan Avenue
Ill
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!