Robbers Loot Mail Car After Midnight Train Hold-Up
Authorities credit a notorious distraction game with the bold robbery of Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train No 3 near Okesa Oklahoma. Bandits slugged four crewmen then rifled the mail and express cars taking at least 20 registered packages before fleeing into Osage county hills.
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Bartlesville
Okla
al. Specrcer
Will O
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Okesa
Osage County
B. D.towers
W. O. Miller
D. Weiss
W. Burch
Train Hits Car In New Brunswick Fatal. Two Dead
Dunkirk N Y Aug 21 Two killed and two injured when a car was struck by a train in New Brunswick New Jersey. The deceased include Benjamin Tamatoft proprietor of a restaurant. The article notes a father drowned 23 years ago and cites a 24 year old line of details.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Herber Roloff
Fredonia
Martta Rostkowski
Dunkirk
Walter Orcutt
Martha’ Bettrowski
N. Y
New Brunswick
N.J
Benjamin Tamatoft
Fire hall collapse in Brooklyn kills two firefighters
An old Masonic Hall fire in Brooklyn collapsed during a blaze killing Firemen Raymond Farrell and James Sullivan and injuring 47 others. The building spanned a full block and housed a dance hall at the time of the fire, with numerous rescues and dramatic escapes reported.
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New Ork
Masonic Hall
Brooklyn
Raymond Farrel
James Sullivan
TRY OUT 30 HOUR AIR MAIL SERVICE
Chicago August 21 Two government mail planes guided by beacon lights flew toward each other over Nebraska marking the inauguration of a 30 hour air mail transcontinental service. The eastbound plane aims for New York tomorrow afternoon while the westbound targets San Francisco. Lights along the route vary from small beacons to powerful searchlights 25 miles apart.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Golden Gate
New York
San Francisco
Cleanliness and advertising drive modern living changes
The piece argues that ideas on cleanliness and many daily comforts have evolved rapidly, with advertising playing a key role in shaping wants and popularizing appliances, foods, clothing, and other daily life items through newspapers.
Benjamin reconnects with long lost father after decades
In New York a man chronicles his 24 ft patch of heritage as he learns his father died 23 years earlier. The emigrant father left 82 years ago and Benjamin came to America at 20 but faced years of separation. A lawyer aided the search and today Benjamin met his step mother who revealed the father had drowned a few weeks after his arrival in America.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
Heb
New York Brass Foundry
Ena
America
Benjamin
América
A F L Plans To Press Steel Organizing Work
In Cleveland August 21 steel organizers sent by the American Federation of Labor and local unions form a committee to push steel workers' organization. The effort continues despite United States Steel Corp eight hour day moves. Similar committees formed in Reading Harrisburg Bethlehem and Chicago. Officers report the eight hour day transition progressing satisfactorily in the company subsidiary American Steel and Wire Co.
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Cleveland
American Federation of Labor
United States Steel Corporation
Reading
Harrisburg
Bethlehem
Chicago
American Steel and Wire Company
The
Steel Corporation
Coolidge keeps Harding era European policy unchanged
Washington reports President Coolidge has no plan to alter the United States European stance. A White House spokesman said the Harding approach remains wise and fully satisfactory, with officials and citizens’ observations not prompting changes.
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Washington
Coolidge
Harding
Europe
White House
Hughes
United States
Diplomatic Move Toward Mexico Resumption Imminent
White House reports indicate resumption of diplomatic relations with Mexico is near. President Coolidge is pleased by findings from Commissioners Warren and Payne, now being reviewed by Secretary Hughes for final submission. A charge d affaires will precede ambassadors on both sides.
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White House
Mexico
Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
John Barton Payne
Hughes
Mexico City
Tariff Board
Tariff Commission
President Coolidge
Tariff Adjustment Board
Commission
Adjustment Board
Virginia Highway Commission to locate Route 7 Westerly segment
The State Highway Commission announces proposed location of Route No. 7 from Double Toll Gates toward Winchester then Berryville crossing Gaylord to the West Virginia line intersecting Route No. 50. Objections must be filed by September 10, 1923 at the Richmond office.
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State Highway Commission
West Virginia
Winchester
Berryville
Gaylord
Tenth and
Marshall Streets
Richmond
Virginia
H. G. Shirley
W. H. Massire
H. B. Sproul
R.K. Sanders
I. Walke
Truxtun
STATE
New Roads Under Construction Across Eastern County
Berke Springs to Largent will gain a concrete bridge over the Cacapon river and a new route across Sideling Hill to the Winchester pike. The low-grade Cumberland to Winchester road will open, easing isolation and boosting eastern county agriculture and orchard development.
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Berke Springs
Largent
Cacapon River
Sideling Hill
Cumberla Dd
Winchester
Norfolk primary declared illegal in Virginia city
A petition filed in Circuit Court by defeated state Senate candidate B A Banks seeks to void the August 7 Democratic primary results in Norfolk and order a new election. Commonwealth's Attorney T H Wilcox says he will pursue ouster prayers against election officials amid broader investigations into primary irregularities and the extradition of Gippas from Pennsylvania.
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Norfolk
B. A. Banks
State Senate
Democrac
Banks
Commonwealth
T. H. Wilcox
Tha
Xippas
Pitsburg
W. W. Ritter
Gippas
Wa Brough
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Summer Boarders at Long Meadow Farm
Ideal summer boarding at Long Meadow Farm offers fried chicken old Virginia ham baths electric lights and a fun house. Boating and swimming on the Shenandoah River with tours or dinner parties by advanced order. Rates are $15 weekly open till October 1. E Brumback proprietor. Middletown Virginia.
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Bath
Shenandoah River
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Pennsylvania Railroad System
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