Coolidge urges education and moral duty at Wicker Memorial dedication
President Coolidge spoke at the dedication of Wicker Memorial Park in Hammond, honoring world war veterans from the Calumet region. He pressed in a period voice for greater attention to education, religious devotion, and civic participation, warning on voting neglect and social ills while praising American ideals and resilience. He noted Lindbergh’s cross‑Atlantic flight as emblematic of national character and urged continued effort to reward courage and character over wealth. The piece frames Coolidge’s remarks amid his special train journey to the Black Hills, noting the Hammond ceremony as a key stop en route to South Dakota.
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Hammond
Ind
America
Coolidge
Wicker Memorial Park
Calumet
Whiting
East
Chicago
Altho
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Europe
South Dakota
Deshler
Black Hills
Ohio
Indiana
Fall of Grain Marketing body and Lindbergh wave in New York
The Grain Marketing corporation collapse leads to Thompson’s expulsion from the Chicago Board of Trade and $3,000,000 repayment order while ex offi cials Kellogg and Nicol face trial. Georgia outrages prompt arrests. Walter T. Smith exits as Provincetown town crier. New York fetes Lindbergh with massive crowds, sparking scarce marriage licenses. Bobby Jones defends US Open title at Oakmont after a rough 18 holes.
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Grain Marketing Corporation
George E. Thompson
Armour Grain Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Thompson
John Kellogg
K. V. R. Nicol
Grain Corporation
Lindy
New York
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Oakmont
United States
Bobby
Lindbergh lauded by 100000 schoolchildren in New York
Thousands cheered as Col Charles A Lindbergh toured over Broadway and Fifth Avenue during a five day welcome in New York. A Central Park concert by 70 schools and a municipal dinner at the Commodore highlighted his day. The Mackay estate reception drew 200 notable guests. The crowd, estimated in the millions citywide, filled streets while detectives kept others back. The Spirit of St Louis lay in a hangar at Anacostia awaiting repairs and a possible return flight to New York.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Central Park
Col. Lindbergh
Commodore
Cardinal Hayes
Park Avenue
Harry H. Frazee
Long Island
Clarence H.mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Lindbergh
Harbor Hill
Mackay
Frazee
Avenue
Mackay Estate
Prince of Wales
Nassau County
John W. Davis
Elbert H. Gary
Thomas W. Lamont
Oliver Iselin
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
J. Pierpont Morgan
Theodore Roosevelt
James W. Gerard
Germany
Irving Berlin
Berlin
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
INS
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh Quits Flight to Washington Over Weather
Lindbergh visited Mitchel Field with Casey Jones early in the day and planned to fly to Washington for the Spirit of St. Louis but left after a weather map study showed unfavorable conditions. The unannounced stop lasted about ten minutes with few on the field aware of his presence.
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Daisy
India
Paris
New York
Lindbergh
Garden City
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mitchelfield
Washington
Spirit of
Open Conference on Miner Strike in Illinois
Chicago June 14 The first break in the idle soft coal mine deadlock since April 1 emerged as Illinois operators and union officials met. Both sides held firm on wage scale demands from the Jacksonville agreement with miners seeking renewal and operators refusing that scale. Harry Fishwick President of the Illinois miners called the talks a first casual meeting with no concession offered.
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Chicago
Illinois Field
Jacksonville
Harry Fishwick
Illinois Miners
Death probe into infant gas asphyxiation in Des Moines
Des Moines officials launch a detailed inquiry into the death by gas asphyxiation of one year old Barbara Gene Ewing. Her mother Ina Ewing and two surviving sisters narrowly escaped. A note reportedly threatening the family had been found, and a quarrel earlier in the day is noted. The mother may face murder charges depending on investigation outcomes.
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Des Moines
INS
Barbara Gene
Ewing
Ina Ewing
London Nonstop Flight Delay Attempts Record
London June 14. Unfavorable weather delays Lieuts. Carr and Mackworth from attempting a new nonstop flight record. They will depart London for Karachi about 4100 miles and may proceed to Calcutta 5000 miles away to beat Clarence Chamberlin’s New York to Germany record in a Hawker Horsley bombing plane.
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London
INS
Lieuts
Carr
Macksworth
Karachi
Calcutta
Clarence Chamberlin
New York
Germany
Mackworth
Lindbergh Flight Propeller Revolutions Highlighted
Short Interviews With Home Folks notes Lindbergh’s flight motor spun the propeller at 1700 RPM, about 102000 per hour, totaling roughly 3 366 000 revolutions in a 33 hour run. Comparatively, two local planes here run at 1400 RPM. The piece lists several names in an advertisement.
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Charles Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Minor Kane
Cedar Bend
Lindy
Flogging cases rock Texas as two disappearances spark probe
Reports detail masked mobs flogging Mrs. Ansley Bowers and her son Floyd near Eastonville Georgia and five more victims near Marshall Texas. Warrants issued for Elmer Clark Charles Thomas W. J. Acree and T. R. Lowry. In Texas two couples vanished amid a peonage inquiry and investigation centers on D Osborne and other suspects after a night raid with pistol threats and rope to subdue victims.
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Georgia
Band of 12
United States
Toccoa
Ansley Bowers
Floyd
Elmer Clark
Charles Thomas
W. J. Acree
Eastonville High School
Here
T. R. Lowry
Floyd Bowers
Acree
Lowry
Texas
Marshall
Tex
W. A. Straps
W. R. Richardson
Hester Lee Mills
Straps
Richardson
Mills
D. Osborne
Cain Anderson
Funeral Directors Hold Three Day Convention in Des Moines
The Iowa Funeral Directors association opened a three day convention in Des Moines with an address by president W. H. Gleim. Col. Glenn C. Haynes secretary of the Iowa Good Roads association discussed the new state control law and other good roads topics. Mortician wares makers displayed coffins and burial paraphernalia.
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Des Moines
ILP
Iowa Funeral Directors Association
W. H. Gleim
Glenn C. Haynes
Iowa Good Roads Association
Dorothy Mackaye to Be Tried Alone
Dorothy Mackaye an emotional actress will face trial alone Thursday morning in Los Angeles. A brief hearing led Superior Judge Burnell to order a separate trial for Dr Walter Sullivan, Hollywood physician, indicted with Mackaye to avoid prejudicing the jury against him.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Burnell
Walter Sullivan
Hollywood
Miss Mackaye
Sullivan
Des Moines Arrests In Child Desertion Case
Two men charged with child desertion were arrested by deputy sheriffs in Des Moines on June 13. Named as Philip Costanzo of Cleveland and Fred E. Griffiths of Chicago, the case records indicate a collaboration across states.
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Des Moines
Philip Costanzo
Cleveland
Fred EE. Griffiths
Chicago
Byrd Prepares for Round Trip to Paris Flight
Commander Byrd plans a round trip with a brief Paris stop, weather permitting, aiming to precede Lindbergh’s celebration and potentially meet him. A press source notes Byrd may depart tomorrow night or Thursday morning from Roosevelt Field New York, with Lindbergh hoped to offer good wishes.
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America
Iganiuc
Richard 2
Syva
Aeria
Roosevelt Field
New York
Linadergn
Chamberlin
Atlantic
Bird
Paris
Lindy
Mivchel Field
Richard Byrd
Associated Press
Byrd
Charles Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Europe
Lindbergh
German seeks 10 attach Columbia plane for Lain
Berlin reports Charles A. Levine faces seizure of his monoplane Columbia after a German promoter, Dr. Puppe, claimed due commissions from a loan promotion two years earlier. Mediation paused seizure pending Levine's attorney's Vienna return. Chamberlin and Levine curtail plans as they tour Baden Baden seeking invitations across Europe, including Moscow, while enjoying public honors and a luncheon with Count von Bernstorff.
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Berlin
Charles A.levine
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Columbia
Puppe
Levine
Germany
Vienna
Baden Baden
INS
Charles A. Levine
New York
Europe
Moscow
Chamberlin
Bernstorff
Bremen
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Ice House Blaze Destroys Crystal Ice & Fuel Plant
Fire of undetermined origin gutted the Crystal Ice and Fuel Co. ice house at Second and Cedar, causing about $2,000 in damage. Flames and smoke drew hundreds of noon workers as firemen battled high heat, burning wires, and embers blown toward nearby businesses and riverfront properties. The structure, built in part by J Thunnissen in 1870, had been slated for condemnation and partial demolition by city officials.
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Crystal Ice & Fuel Co
Second
Cedar Streets
Ray Tiller
Commercial Street
Sheldon Engine & Sales Company
Cedar Street
D. B Toenjes
Waterloo Boat Club
First Street
J. Thunnissen
Court Rules Put A8 Out Of Office
The state court of appeals voided the 1925 Louisville elections, unseating 49 city and nine Jefferson county Republican officers, amid fraud and corrupt practice claims. Gov. Fields, a Democrat, to appoint officials to serve until November elections. May or A. A. Will and others ousted. jurist officials named.
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Frankfort
State Court of Appeals
Louisville
Jefferson County
Fields
A. A. Will
City Board of Aldermen
Fred Nuetzel
Aubrey Cossar
Home delivery by 5 30 oclock order stated
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o'clock. If due to carrier error or other cause you do not receive your paper by that time, please phone 4100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Jerome K. Jerome Dies After Stroke
Jerome K. Jerome, British author famed for Three Men in a Boat, died today from cerebral hemorrhage in Northampton after being stricken June 1 while on a motor tour. Reports of steady improvement had earlier suggested a better outcome.
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Northampton
Eng
Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome
Close Beaches Until Weather Is Warmer
Des Moines reports municipal beaches and pools closed due to cool inclement weather. Bathers stay away as the weatherman forecasts sunnier days before opening again.
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Des Moines
Lindbergh Plans Air Tour Across Nation
Col Charles A Lindbergh announced plans to tour the United States in his Spirit of St Louis to spur commercial aviation. He said the trip could last a month or six weeks, with a stop planned in Minneapolis, though no date is set.
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New York
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Minneapolis
De Pinedo Returns to Rome From Barcelona Flight
Italian airman Francesco de Pinedo arrives at Guatravientos airdrome from Barcelona as a passenger in a plane piloted by Capt. Ortiz, escorted by nine aircraft. He will be received by King Alfonso on Wednesday.
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Madrid
INS
Francesco de Pinedo
Rome
Guatravientos Airdrome
Barcelona
Ortiz
de Pinedo
Alfonso
Last Town Crier Quits at 78 on Cape Cod
Walter T. Smith, the last town crier in America from Provincetown, Massachusetts, quits after 27 years of shouting the news and merchant notices. He is 78 and leaves due to lameness despite the rise of newspapers and radio.
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America
Walter T. Smith
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Smith
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