Minnesotas Bunman's Motor 15 Identified by Police
Police identified a Chevrolet coach and possession of And, Willard alias Alfred Lynch alias Mickey Williams, tied to a shooting of Sheriff H. T. Wagner and others. Alleped, a friend of Willard, arrested for theft from Koree Anderson, Minneapolis, Oct 11. The car, once licensed in Worth County to Ernie Roppe, was moved to Olson Motor Co Mason City and stolen about 10 days ago. Plates swapped, registration absent. identification came from engine and serial numbers.
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Willard
Alfred Lynch
Mickey Willams
Cellar Rapids
H.T. Wagner
T. AH. Lullan
Donald Mellenate
Alleped
Dni
Beentolen
Koree Anderson
Minneapolis
Lyman Haines, Inc
Agank
Jnsurer
Tech
Worth County
Ernie Roppe
Olson Motor Company
Mason Cly
Minnesota
Hungary Guards Europe Against Eastern Invasion
Count Albert Apponyi warned at Geneva that Russia arms and plans a holy war against western Europe, with Hungary as an eastern bulwark. He traced Hungary’s role from early migrations and invasions, stressing its duty to protect western civilization and its legacy of westernized public law and political organization.
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Geneva
Russia
Europe
Hungary
Albert Apponyi
Students’ International Union
Count Apponyi
Ron
World Oil Famine Forecast For 3000 Years Ahead
London October 29. Dr Gustav Egloff United States delegate at a world power conference predicts an oil famine lasting 3000 years due to new cracking processes that transform crude and heavy oils into fuel. He cites vast tar and oil supplies and other sources to claim enough fuel to meet world needs and envisions 24 million European cars in ten years with cracking plants and emergency stores. He also foresees synthetic rubber for tires and discusses policy steps to enable this shift.
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London
Gustav Egloff
United States
World Power Conference
Eglof
Europe
Universal Ofl- Prediction Company of. Chieags
Railroad man with quarter century service in Chicago system
The article profiles Charles Flyersma, gang foreman at Burn aide shops of the Timnas Central system in Chicago, noting his 25 years of service without a vacation or travel outside the city. It recalls a rare summer trip in 1828 with Mrs. Tagersma to Cherokee, Indiana to visit relatives.
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Charles Flyersma
Chicago
Dwineis Central
el- Bersma
Tagersma
Canada Meat Prices Forecast Expansion of Calf Industry
Wistarln British Columbia October 20. A long period of high prices in the United States and Canada is forecast by the department of agriculture. A survey advises ranchers in western Canada they may safely prepare for a considerable expansion of the cattle industry.
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Wistarln
British Columbia
United States
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Westin Canada
Jewett elected head northeast Iowa teachers
Dubuque Iowa October 20 UW R A E Jewett superintendent of Black Hawk county schools was elected president of the northeast division of the Iowa State Teachers association succeeding R C Williams of Jesup At the annual meeting M S Hillman Cedar Rapids was named vice president and Harriet Greenhow Dubuque secretary The convention chose no site for 1929 and the body approved promoting town teachers to higher education and urged the secretary of education to join the presidential cabinet.
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Dubuque
Althe Waterloo
Gedar Raunds
Indiana Man Owns Watch 803 Yrs. Old
Gary Indiana October report features Edward Fremland claiming a pocket watch is 803 years old. The Birmingham made Gucker watch weighs over a half pound, bears Buckingham inscribed on brass, and is richly engraved. Fremland argues the year of manufacture as 1125 despite conflicting histories. appraisal valued at 6000 dollars.
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Indiana
Gary
Ind
Edward Fernland
Birmingham
England
Buckingham
Encyclopedia Bridati‘ov
Nuremburg
Germany
Frieland
Pernland
Airplanes Take Mail Over the Mediterranean
Algiers reports the launch of a biweekly hydroairplane postal service across the Mediterranean to Marseilles. The first trip faced adverse winds causing a late departure from Algiers and a return near Marseilles after sunset.
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Mediterranean
Algiers
Marveilles
la Marseilles
Arning
Balearic Islands
Madrid sets new mark in care of the blind
Spain grants a permanent home to the blind through the generosity of Felipe Cea Alonas. The institution at Itnettta Mon offers tight, permanent occupations for residents, though some details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Madrid
Span
Spain
Felipe Cea Alonas
Mexico Cabarets Tighten Security After Gun Incidents
In Mexico City on October 20 authorities ordered disarming patrons as guards monitor entrances. Pistols are common among civilians and heavy liquor consumption plus provocative behavior fuel duels in cabarets, bars, and public venues.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Peking Refuses Change of Name Amid Policy Shift
Peking residents and foreigners resist the government move to rename the former national capital Peipine as part of Nanking's unification plan. The change would also alter Chihli province to Hopei, erasing Manchu lineage and the occupation legacy of Marshal Chang Tslin.
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Peking
Peipine
Nanking
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Hongkong
Tray
Chihli
Hopei
Yellow River
Chang Tsn-lin
Granddaddy of All Refrigerator Cars Began as Wooden Box
The simple wooden box, packed with ice, is hailed as the granddaddy of all refrigerator cars. Originating in Cobden, Illinois, in 1866, Parker Barie of Cobden started the ice freight method to ship berries to Chicago, with early carloads fetching high prices on South Water Street market. Earle expanded the idea into modern refrigerator cars and pioneered pre cooling with a 10 ton berry cool house in Anna, Illinois.
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Cobden
Iwinets Central
Parker Barie
Chicago
Old South Water Street
Earle
Avhio
Anna
French Leader Rejects Modern Art In Cubism Stand
Rambouillet France Oct 20 The French president Gaston Doumecque spurns cubism preferring traditional representations. The stance surfaced as sculptor Denys Puech promotes making the official bust of the president in classic style, reflecting old fashioned tastes.
El Camino grande Great Road links continents by 10000 mile route
Oct 20 Kansas City report describes El Camino grande, a proposed 10000 mile international highway from Ottawa to Valparaiso. It outlines existing rough roads across Canada the United States Mexico Central America and South America with 3000 miles paved 3000 fair roads 2500 dirt roads and 1500 problem stretches. Plans seek 1 to 3 million dollars private funding to survey the route within three years aiming for motorcar use in ten years and broad trade growth across 17 nations.
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Kansas City
Ottawa
Canada
Washington
Mexico
Guatemala
San Salvador
Teguciquipa
Managua
San Jose
Panama
Bogota
Caracas
Quito
Lima
Sucre
Ascuncion
Rio de Janeiro
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Valparaiso
Brownsville
Laredo
Jalisco
Central America
Panama City
Gulf of Dallen
Medilla
Colombia
Medill
Veneganda
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
South Pacific Ocean
Santiago
Cordilleras
Asuncion
Rio
Latin America
United States
el Gamino Grande
el Camino Grande
Central
South America
Indiana
Chin
Fla
el Canino Grande
Russia Faces Lunatic Asylum Shortage Crisis
Moscow reports a dire shortage of lunatic asylums with 77 facilities for 21,103 beds while authorities estimate five times that many mentally ill people require confinement. Funds for new buildings are unavailable and existing asylums struggle to retain staff amid overcrowded dormitories and poor working conditions.
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Moscow
Russia
In the Old Fashioned Courtship by Clarissa Mackie
Eve Leslie, aspiring yet unsure, weighs love and independence as she navigates romantic suitors in a small town. Peter Allen, a clever banker’s grandson, visits the Leslie household and wins Eve with simple, homey courtship. He receives a wedding gift car from his grandfather, completing a classic old fashioned romance arc.
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Beulah
Eve
Bnt
Peter Allen
Rosedale
Judge Allen
Peter
Allens
Allen Bank
Eve Leslie
Nea
Mrs. Leslie
Polly Allen
Ned
Mr. Lessie
Tyrells House
Evelyn
the Tyrells
Peter Alten
Leslie
Mr. Leslie
Cric Eve
X Ray Reveals Old Surgeon Pincers in Patient
Nice France October 20 Annie Crotch an Englishwoman living in the city believed she had cancer until doctors removed a pair of pincers from her stomach. She had earlier operations in London then France, with no relief, until an X ray exposed the retained pincers left by a prior surgeon.
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Nice
France
Annie Crotch
London
Miss Crotch
Macedonians Learn Law From Cradles Trial Grounded
In Macedonia on October 20 an effort to impose order among restless mountain peoples faces a major hurdle as natives are trained from childhood to handle guns. Authorities seek methods to curb violence and restore stability amid local unrest and security concerns.
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Macedonia
Identity of Jedediah Tingle Revealed in Philanthropist's Death
A New York philanthropist, William B. Harmon, was revealed posthumously as Jedediah Tingle, the nameless benefactor behind thousands of letters, gifts, and summer camp funds. The mysterious figure’s true identity emerged in papers found after Harmon's July death in Connecticut, linking him to the Cincinnati pioneer Jedediah Tingle and the Harmon Foundation.
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New York
Ithe
Jedediah Tingle
East Side
Jedediah ‘Tingle
William B. Harmon
The
Harmon Foundation
Connecticut
Harmon
Arthur Strawn
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Cincinnati
Lebanon
Old
Grant
Tenth Cavalry
Indian Territory
William
Clifford
Prairies
Empire
Harman
St. Mary's School
San Antonio
Lebanan
Normal College
Louisville School of Medicine
Harmon’s philanthropy shapes towns and playgrounds nationwide
The article notes Harmon’s rise from unknown beginnings to founding Hermon and expanding to New York and Brooklyn where he invested over four million dollars. He backed 104 playgrounds in 34 states, founded Harmon Foundation in 1922, and kept his charitable work private, even arranging to sign checks under a pseudonym.
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Harmon
Cincinnati
New York
Brooklyn
Hermon
Chaffee
Cape Girardeau
Harmon Foundation
Dededlal Tingk
Navy Experts Seek To Perfect Rescue Devices
Baltimore October 20 The navy intensifies rescue research after submarine disasters. Tests use the wrecked S4 off Provincetown to study wreck conditions with divers beside the sunk hull. They will escape via hatches using the lung breathing device and other new gear to prevent future loss of life. The lung, by Lieut Momsen and Lt. Tibball, has shown promise in deep dives and could bring a diver from depths near 160 feet.
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Baltimore
Navy
Coast Guard
Paulding
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Charles
Lieut
Co. B. Momsen
Lieut. Momsen
GC. K. Tibball
Navy Lung Device Aims to Rescue Submariners
Plans describe a long practical rescue system for submarines using a chamber flooded with sea water, air pockets, and a pocketed lungs method. Sailors would release hatches and feed oxygen while surfacing slowly, aided by a buoy and line to safety, with Lt. Momsen ordered to test multiple devices.
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Navy
Nes
Momsen
Berlin Taxi Driver Returns Lost Cash After Honest Passenger
An American tourist in Berlin left a satchel containing $38,500 in a taxi. The driver found the satchel next morning, returned it intact, and received a 50 mark tip. Newspapers highlighted the act, boosting the visitor's public image.
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Berlin
Oet
Ann
United States
Flagged Train Stops With Its Pilot Inches From Child
A pedestrian and an Illinois Central train engineer halted a speeding train to prevent harm to an 18 month old child at Cass Indiana. The man flagged the train as it neared the child and the locomotive stopped so close the child could touch the pilot.
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Ilnois Central
Cass
Ind
Illinois Central Magazine
Statue of Independence Planned for Poland in Gdynia
The Polish government completed plans for a Statue of Independence in Gdynia to mark ten years of independence. The monument, similar in size to the Statue of Liberty, will be placed to symbolize Poland's sea outlet and freedom. originally an obelisk was planned on nearby hills.
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Gdynia
Poland
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