Groesbeck Leads Michigan in Midwest Campaign Parley
Detroit report shows Attorney General Alex J. Groesbeck leading the Republican gubernatorial race with 44 131 to 37 56 over Campbell as primary returns from 1 237 of 2 453 precincts come in. Democratic tickets feature Ferris and Wilson unopposed.
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Detroit
Mich
Alex J. Groesbeck
Groesbeck
Campbell
Woodbridge B. Ferris
Cot.j Guy M. Wilson
Helen
Cartenius Stetler
Kalamazoo
Elton Kh
Miler
Frankhouser
Joseph W. Fordney
Eighth
Maude Glasner
Roman I. Jarvis
California
San Francisco
Cal
Samuel M Shortridge
William Kent
Missouri
Hannibal
W. HL. McDonald
Smith
Sa. Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Fight in scale committee over coal wage award
Hazelton Pa Sept 1 The multi scale committee of the United Mine Workers met to decide on applying the coal commission award approved by President Wilson Some officers and men express dissatisfaction but leaders think the award will be accepted and new demands may follow as in the bituminous miners case Leaders foresee a fight by some members against acceptance of the award.
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Associated Preas
Hazelton
United Act
The
Coal Commission
Wilson
Corn Stalls in Cool Iowa Weather Slows Harvest
Des Moines reports another cool week with low rainfall harming Iowa crops. Corn remains at a standstill with denting rare and most ears still in milk or roasting stages. Weak roots and heavy stalks risk wind damage. expected value drop around 59 percent over half a million acres. Stock threshing near complete and fall plowing advancing while truck crops are harvested.
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Alster Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Dismissal of Suit to Bar Ratification of Nineteenth Amendment
In Washington DC on September 1 a DC Supreme Court motion dismissed a suit by the National Constitutional League to restrain Secretary Colty from proclaiming ratification of the nineteenth amendment after Tennessee had voted for ratification. Advertising is always NEWS.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia Supreme Court
National Constitutional League
Secretary Colty
Bride and Mother Whipped at Upton Station After License
Daniel, secretary of S W Straus & Co, married Miss Cooper despite parental objections. The bride, nearing 20, and her mother, Mrs Charles M Cooper of Indianapolis, were involved in a violent incident at Upton station as Daniel prepared for a honeymoon trip to Decatur Indiana. Police had initially intervened but allowed the marriage after confirming the age.
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Chicago
R. Daniel
S. W. Straus & Company
New York
Decatur
Ind
Upton Station
Charles M. Cooper
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Daniel
Miss Cooper
Iire
Black Hand Suspect Found Dead in Alley
Chicago reports Fred Russo a suspected Black Hand member found dead in an alley. He appeared shot in the back head and chest after being released on bonds from an extortion trial involving state witness Lucya Messing who had disappeared.
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Chicago
Fred Russo
Black Hand
Russo
Lucya Messing
Colver Quits as Head of Trade Commission
Chairman W. J. Colver of the Federal Trade Commission informed President Wilson he did not seek reappointment when his term ends September 5. In a letter he stated a desire to return to private business.
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Colver
Trade
Pyers
Washington, D. C
W.ji.colver
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Olver
Railroad worker leaps to death from eighth floor window
The purchasing agent for the port version, Hines, leaped from an eighth floor window of the Inser 8 change building in May and was killed. His body fell onto the roof of the open board of trade ne. Scraper is delivered to have pendent over financial matters.
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Dresshirasa Sey
Theans
Penney
Ianus Hines
Open Board of Trade
Suspension of Coal Shipments Priority at Atlantic Ports
The Associated Press reports the International Commerce Commission suspended priority on coal shipments through Atlantic ports for three days due to congestion. The order shifts priority to coal shipments bound for New England states.
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Atlantic
Presonington
TD. C
New England
Dying plants puzzle blamed on night thieves
In a rural area near N.V. Pariers residents reported dying potato plants along a roadway. Authorities blamed a new form of blight until Fred Henxer pulled up some plants and found thieves had stolen the potatoes and replanted the tops in their marauding.
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N.V. Pariers
Hese
Rogiside
Fred Henxer
Charabane Joyriders Hog English Roads in Weekends
Report notes parties of charabancs seating up to 25 hogging country roads on weekends across England. Drivers block centers of roads while passengers drink beer and wine, throwing bottles and jeers at smaller vehicles. Villages complain as prosecutions rise.
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England
London
Wales
Plymouth
Kent
Wye Valley
Matoréseles
Charabanes
Omon
Tes Varted
York
Tfls
Chorabunc
Rovel Automobile Association
Bear mother foils attack as cub is killed in woods
An unusual Malone bear tale recounts a mother bear failing to defend her cub as two guides and surveyor Wilbur F. Smith intervene. M. Tatro clubs a young bear with a tripod, killing the cub. the old mother snarls but retreats with the remaining cub into the forest.
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Malone
Evening Telegram
Wilbur F. Smith
Ausable Forks
E. Sprague
M. Tatro
Tatro
Altho
Hermit Selected for Hamilton Grounds Dies After Three Weeks
A hermit accepted to live seven years on the ninth duke of Hamilton’s grounds at Tain Hill near Cobham Surrey died after three weeks. The hermitage demanded strict vows including a robe no cutting hair or nails and speaking only when spoken to. Food supplied from the house and water only. If he had completed seven years a grant of THO guineas awaited, otherwise dismissal with no payment.
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Tain's Hill
Cobham
Surrey
Duke of Hamilton
In Praise of Books by Lamb Hazlitt and Hunt
A compact meditation on books as companions and guides. Lamb credits books with shaping thought, Hazlitt calls them wind in the heart, and Leigh Hunt notes how readers become lovers of books as life wanes.
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Charles Lamb
William Hazlitt
Leigh Hunt
melange of modern tunes in Brooklyn Italian quarter
In Brooklyn's Italian enclave near Brownsville and East New York the old world blend with modern life. Nights echo with phonograph serenades featuring Caruso and McCormack as musicians compete with brass horns while mandolins linger in barber shops and wine cellars.
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AMS
Brooklin
Re Ynion
Brownsville
East New York
Tralian
Dolin
Guitar
Naples
Italy
Caruso
McCormack
Martinelli
Stezak
Galli-Carel
Parrar
Sicily
Neapolitan
Grande Chartreuse Opens to Women After Centuries
France has opened the Grande Chartreuse, the Carthusian desert palace high in the Alps, to women after a thousand years of prohibition. The piece recounts the monastery’s austere life, the secrecy surrounding it, and tales of daring disguises by aristocratic women seeking a view of the silent brothers and their ritual day. Princesses, counts, and even Mme. Sarah Bernhardt are noted for attempts to glimpse this remote site.
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France
Sterling Hellig
House of Science
Alps
Europe
Grande Chartreuse
St. Bruno
Italy
Spain
Bet Mem
Tindmont
Galway Sees Sinn Fein Strength Amid Postwar Ruin
The Galway city scene shows a shift as Sinn Fein gains traction with disciplined, constructive work. The Manchester Guardian notes reduced English interference, rising order, and a new generation rebuilding amid wreckage and land hunger in Connaught’s capital.
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Galway
Connaught
Ireland
Bruges
Jack Dews
Manchester Guardian
Sinn Fein
Galwar
Trish
Length of miles varies across nations with many different definitions
The article lists numerous mile types used worldwide from the English mile of 5 280 feet to the German mile at 24 218 feet and beyond. It notes vast differences among nations including the Brazilian tilia and Persian farsakh, and compares each to the standard mile, highlighting wide geographic variation in measurement lengths.
Slogans Come and Go in Political Campaigns Across Eras
A survey traces campaigning catchphrases from 1840 log cabins to modern days. It notes Harrison Tyler slogans like Tippecanoe and Tyler too, Van Van the Used Up Man, and 1860 lines such as One nation and freedom. It highlights Polk Texas and Fifty four forty or fight, and later icons like Free Soil and The Big Stick.
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Bunc
Harrison
Tyler
van Buren
Van
Tip
Biler
Tippecanoe
James K. Polk
Democratic Party
Oregon
England
Germany
Texas
Polk
Clay
America
Free Soil Party
Lincoln
Grant
Appomattox
Tilden
Reform
Blaine
Maine
Welkin
Cleveland
White House
Why Raleigh Did Not Finish His History
Sir Walter Raleigh spent years on History of the World while jailed. He watched a street murder from his cell, but a friend doubted the scene. In anger he burnt his manuscripts, destroying the second and third books and leaving his promised work unfinished.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh
Sir Walter
Islands as Remains of Lectonia and Ancient Greek Rise
Ancient traditions and observations suggest Lectonia once occupied part of the area now Grecian Sea. An earthquake submerged the land as sea breached from the Bosphorus into the Mediterranean, leaving many Greek islands as its remnants and aiding early Asian colonization. The tale spans Inachus Argos Ogyges and the distant Ogygian era.
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Lectonia
Grecian Sea
Scythian Plains
Bosphorus
Mediterranean
Asia
Greece
Thessaly
Tempe
Inachus
Argos
Ogyges
Lopias
Hoeotia
Boston House Built in 1737 Still Sturdy on Beacon Hill
The Hancock house on Beacon Hill, first distinguished residence there, was built in 1737 by Thomas Hancock. It stood among orchards with a tree nursery, displayed refined interiors, and hosted lavish breakfasts for French officers during Boston's siege era, though the architecture was not praised as splendid.
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Boston House
Beacon Hill
Boston
Thomas Hancock
Doe
Hancock
Madam Hancock
Woman seeks immediate divorce after insult in court
Mrs Olga Mulkewics told Judge Wright that her husband refused to speak to her and that after a beating there were extenuating circumstances. She said the insult monkey face pushed her to file for divorce as the court ruminates on the case.
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ST. Faul
Olga Mulkewics
Wright
Consolation over hospital visit reveals cryptic M. D. T. 8. A.
The American Legion Weekly notes a rookie’s frightened hospital trip and his nervous questions about his blanket inscription M. D. T. 8. A meaning “Many die, you shall also,” as spoken by a casual orderly.
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American Legion Weekly
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