Atlantic City Dry Sunday Sparks Salvation for Saloons
Liquor dealers aided police to keep saloons closed amid Gov Forts dry Sunday order. Affected Boardwalk bars denied access, with reports of beer towel on door and crape marking, raising an estimated trade loss of about 4.15 million dollars. Officials feared broader political impact and vowed to seek legislative relief, with local option efforts planned for January.
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Washington
Royal Arch Association of Liquor Dealers
Atlantie City
Lostelg
Hely
Shelburce
Cisar
Wewaiter
Atlantic City
Gov Fort
Thunois Avenue
Baltimore & Ohio
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley
Union Station
Sehief of Police
Woodrum
Goy Fort
Lenny Kuenhl
Republican
Tere
Sieg
Atlanti
Hart
Philadelphia
Securines
Kaiser Talks Peace Germany Is the Safeguard
Emperor William at a Strassburg banquet declares Europe’s peace secure on foundations solid against agitation by envious, ill disposed individuals. He stresses rulers’ duty to God, national defense, and Germany’s aim to keep military strength high without menacing others.
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Strassburg
Entente
Alsace
William
Europe
Germany
Obaldia Confirmed As Panama Leader In Election
Dr Augusto Boyd, chairman of the national jury of elections, delivered the final vote count to Senor Don Jose Domingo de Obaldia, confirming him as constitutional successor to President Manuel Amador. A banquet then celebrated Obaldia with Panamanian and foreign dignitaries. the national assembly will convene on September 4.
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Panama
Augusto Boyd
Jose Domingo de Gbaldia
Manuel Amador
Senor Obaldia
Twenty Children In Twenty Six Years At McKees Rocks
The McIntyres of McKees Rocks Mr and Mrs Denis McIntyre have twelve singularly prolific years with twenty children born in 26 years. Their 21st child arrived last night a third son weighing fifteen pounds. There are thirteen sons and seven daughters all still living. Married since 1882 the family has welcomed a new birth about every fifteen and a half months.
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Speaigt
Washington Joe
Pittsburg
Denis McIntyre
McKees Rocks
G O P New Hampshire Nomination Fight Heats Up
Contest for governor tightens as reformers clash with stalwarts over Boston and Maine railroad influence. Three candidates vie Pillsbury Quinby Bilis with George A. Bingham eyed by Democrats. legislature size and passes saga frame volatile politics in Concord.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Washington
Concord
Nhh
Vermont
New Hampshire
Iogue
Granite State
Southern Pacific
EH Harriman
California
Churchill
Ofice
Boston
Maine
New Hampshire Assembly
Ft Ia
Wn Pillsbury
The
Manchester Union
Bertram Bilis
Keens Sentinel
Henry B Quinby
New Erreland
Pillsbury
Stelwarta
United States
Gallinger
Quinby Pillsbury
Quinby
Leetonia
Man
Tait
George A Bingham
Supreme Court
Charles M. Lloyd
Sailors From President Sylph Barred At Oyster Bay Dance
Sailors from President Roosevelt's yacht Sylph, led by Lieut Roger Williams, were refused admission to a seashore hotel pavilion in Oyster Bay on a poster advertised opening night. After a dispute over Navy uniforms they left, noted as well behaved compared with earlier trouble from the Mayflower crew, which was moved to Whitestode.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Presidents Yacht Sylph
Roger Williams
United States Navy
Presidents
Navy Department
Auto upset injures four near Harbor City
Special to The Washington Harbor New Jersey Aug 8 Mr Walker a Gloucester contractor was fatally injured when his touring car turned turtle near Elwood. His wife daughter and mother were hurt. Walker died later after being moved to Philadelphia Almshouse. Also John Morris a French Canadian died at Saratoga county almshouse aged 114.
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Washington Forge Harbor
Walker
Gloucester NJ
Elwood
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Almshouse
Ballston Spa
John Morris
Saratoga County
Hoe
Convict Lease Bill Up In Georgia Senate Fight
In Atlanta on August on the eve of the session the Georgia Senate will take up a plan to end the convict lease system by April 1969. A compromise bill signed by 23 senators will be read for a second time tomorrow. A revenue plan taxing near beer to fund the penitentiary system faces opposition if the income tax amendment passes.
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Atlanta
Senate
House
Rockefeller Plans Baptist University For Richmond Va
John D Rockefeller aims to unite Richmond College with a Virginia Baptist women's college to form a great Southern university. The offer of 150000 dollars requires 250000 dollars more from Baptists, seen as readily obtainable. Rockefeller has already given over 100000 dollars and favors consolidating the two institutions on one campus with new buildings and a new site.
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Rockefeller
Baptist Womens College
Richmond
Washington Post
New York
South
Chicago University
John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board
Richmond College
Virginia
Rockefellers
Bath
Virginia Baptists
Women's College
Trugteas
Trugteas That If They Would Tie the Two Unden eYeb Corporation
Richmoni College
Dad
Stricken Woman Takes Poison Near Penitentiary
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Sylvia Stoakes unable to secure funds to reach Georgia to help her dying father and grieving mother. Inside close to the penitentiary walls she drank carbolic acid, believing her husband William Stoakes jailed for grand larceny would soon be freed. A neighbor gave only ten cents, and Stoakes had bought ten cents of acid before the tragedy. As news spread, the prisoner faced a panic attack and was placed in the prison dungeon.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgha
Georgia
Sylvia Stoakes
Walla
Wiliam Stoakes
Milleggeville
Nioe
Stoskes
Stonkes
Persia on Eve of Civil War as Holy War Declared
Dispatches from Teheran report that revolutionary factions in Persia have declared plans for a holy war against the Shah. Provinces are described as in anarchy with a five day ultimatum demanding a ministry of revolutionary members, exile of reactionaries, amnesty, and immediate assembly convening.
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Teheran
Nudtea
Persia
Petersburg
Tabriz
Kills Elf In Cell Mistook Son For Rival
Clay City St Aug residents recount a fatal shooting by Ira Turner who, jealous and unsettled, killed his wife Jenn Turner and wounded his son Glenn near a church in a village grove. Turner then killed himself in his jail cell, leaving a tale of rage, remorse, and tragedy surrounding a jealous crime and its aftermath.
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Washington Post
Clay City
St. Aug
Julius Turner
Turner
Nec
Saylor Springs
Baylor Springs
Glenn
Sumner
Thei
Cyureny
Shane
Ira Turner
Mrs Turner
Jenn
Debs Silent on Gompers at Lemont Socialist Rally
Eugene V. Debs spoke to several thousand at a Lemont socialist picnic, denouncing Taft Bryan and the Prohibitionists, calling capitalists wage slaves, and deferring remarks about Samuel Gompers until later. The event preceded Debs's Western tour by special train, with a brief free classified ad note at the end.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Webs
Socialist Party
Lemont
Debs
Jelass
Taft
Bryan
Gompers
Hains Family Murder Case Stirs New Alibi Claims
New York Aug 30 Mrs Peter C Hains mother of Capt Peter C Hains and T Jenkins Hains faces the Bayside Yacht Club murder case. She plans a trip to visit her sons in Queens County Jail. Defense lawyers say the mother fears for the captains mind and is determined to aid her son amid intense investigations. The defense employs a dozen investigators as trials unfold and testimony continues.
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Washington Post
New York
Peter C Hains
Peter C Haina
T Jenkins Hains
William
H Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Queens County
Long
Joseph A. Shay
Williams
Chicago
Shay
Annis
Hams
Fort Hancock
Long Island City
McIntyre
Mr. Shay
Eugene L. Young
Hains
Haa Jt
Vermont Election Echoes Stir East Campaign
The Vermont vote outcome looms large for national parties. Republicans fear apathy could sap Eastern energy, prompting intensified efforts to mobilize voters ahead of the September kickoff. News desks note eastern and western campaign balance, with leaders urging steady work and avoiding overconfidence.
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New York
Vermont
Democratic National Committees
Hitchcock
East
Hale
Maine
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Crane
Massachusetts
Republican
National Committee
Roosevelt
Congressional Campaign Committee
Oyster Bay
Aldrich Avoids Tariff In Rhine Visit For Banking Study
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island arrived in Berlin to confer with Imperial Bank managers and other financiers. He will travel to Aix les Bains for a holiday next, as specialists discuss reciprocity, though he says his aim is to understand German banking methods and currency.
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Pillsbury
Boston
Maine
Tuttle
Berlin
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
National Monetary Committaton
Messrs. Reynolds
Chicago
Davison
New York
Aldrich
Impérial Bank
Aixy les-Bains
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Newspalf
Helief
Winston
Fovest
Frank S Streeter
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Stranger
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Rates &c
Rairoad Commission
Streeter
Boster
Mele
Tuffle
Streeters
Strester
Free Transportation Issue
Federal Congress
Fred Starek
New Jersey
Georgid Senate
Hoare
John D. Aids College
Baptist Institution
Shah
Glenn Turner
Jai
Questioner
Hainses
Bdeford
Roberto
Returne
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Victin
Grectiaw
Plan Marty
Momenta
Za Gascogne
Havre
Liverpool
Caronia
Moville—Caledonia
Glasgow
Plymouth
Kkaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Cherbourg
Bremen
Queenstown
Lucanle
York
Cape Race
Vonprins Wilhelm
Sable
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Naples
Selbly
Zeelamt
Antwerp
Dover
Washington Port
Woodruff
Tomas Deford
W. S . Willams
Charles B Roberts
Baltimore
Narragansett Pier
Deford
Roberts
Abeaiant
Brighton
Nar
Tagansett Pie
Batundey
New England
Ae Sa
Roberts Les
City Hospital
Mans
Ifer
Malcolm Woodruff
W S G Williams
Roberta
Untis
Kop
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