Fire Destroys Noted Landmark In Florida
Augustine Florida December 27 AP Thirteen years after a prior blaze the Magnolia Hotel a landmark near Fort Marion and the old city gates was destroyed by fire. One hundred ten guests escaped unhurt and the district adjoining the hotel was threatened as flames spread amid a northeast wind. Monetary loss figures were unavailable tonight.
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Augustine
Fla
Mirinabiously
Magnolia
Fort Martion
Florida
Houdini Finds Farmers Harder To Fool In Rural Audiences
New York December 27 AP Harry Houdini said farmers are harder to fool than city people and that rural audiences nearly exposed his tricks. He wrote in Farm and Fireside that country folk know magic is just a trick and his early training began in small towns with travelling shows.
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New York
Harry Houdini
Houdini Escapes Thief-Proof Barn at Iowa Farm
The magician Houdini recounted an Iowa town stunt in which he failed to pick locks in a barn for an hour until the door unexpectedly opened when a farmer had left a section unlocked. Witnesses applauded as he bowed and returned to the farmhouse to dress.
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Houdini
Iowa
Rich oil man Charles Page dies at 65 in Sand Springs
Tulsa December 27 A P Charles Page 65 prominent oil magnate and philanthropist died at his Sand Springs home at 4 PM after about two weeks of influenza illness.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles Page
Sand Springs
Page
Accident Cuts Off City's Gas Supply
City gas users faced a morning outage as ice formed inside the big holder at the gas plant, preventing weight settling and forcing a cutoff in the mains. Officials reported the shortage began around 7 a.m. with further cuts between 8 and 9 as workers struggled to clear the ice.
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Winslow
City
Rancher Finds Granite Wealth From Rock and Chickens
R. E. White moved to San Diego with a few hundred chickens and little money. He fed his flock grit from a rock beneath his ranch and discovered granite. After loans and friends backed him, he built a granite business supplying tombstone material roofing and flooring. Now 50,000 tons were crushed for chicken grit and his wealth grew.
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Eucalyptus Grove
R. E. White
San Diego
Calif
White
Vermont
State
California
Berneath
Will Rogers Faces Civic Duty Breach Charge in Claremore
Claremore citizens plan to lodge a breach of civic duty charge against Will Rogers, a reform mayor and noted citizen now in Beverly Hills. Sheriff Faulkner intends to serve the warrant in California, with Gazella Lane and others rallying support to bring Uncle Dave back for trial.
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Will Rogers
Claremore
Okla
Beverly Hills
California
Blackstone
Rogers County
Jit
Hoffman Resigns As Chicago Jailer After Turbulent Term
Chicago sheriff Peter Hoffman resigns citing inability to enforce dry laws amid jail unrest and pressure from bootleggers. He faced contempt of court charges after a 30 day jail stint and had been recently acquitted of conspiracy related to Frank Lake and Terry Druggan. Charley JF. Graydon named successor as Hoffman ends 28 years in office.
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Chicago
Peter Hoffman
Cook County
Hoffman
Frank Lake
Terry Druggan
P. J. Carr
Charley JF. Graydon
Robert E. Crowe
Fire devastates Santiago de Cuba district injuring eight
Eight persons were injured and about 1.5 million dollars in property destroyed in a Havana- Santiago de Cuba fire last night on San Jeronimo street near the railroad. The blaze consumed a block including warehouses for Wil son and Company Armouur and Company and the Italian consulate offices.
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Havana
Santiago de Cuba
San Jeronimo
Red Cross Records 1926 Seen as Year of Tragedy
U S officials of the American Red Cross report 1926 as the most destructive year for fires winds and floods in the nation. About 700 people killed hundreds injured. September and October marked peak disasters including Florida hurricane and other floods and fires across Illinois Arkansas Iowa Oklahoma Alaska Mexico and the Caribbean. Over 24 000 homeless families received Red Cross relief care.
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American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Florida
San Francisco
Illinois River Valley
Arkansas
Iowa
Alaska
Oklahoma
Sandusky
Mexico
West Indies
American Airman Delivers Best Wishes to Mexico Leader
Major Dargue, commander of the Pan American goodwill flight, carried greetings from President Coolidge to President Calles in a ten minute audience at the National Palace Mexico City. The party, including Capt Arthur M. McDaniel and Lt D Weddington, planned a return by train to Tampico and Veracruz with four planes at Tampico and a fifth awaiting resumption of flight Thursday.
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Mexico City
Dargue
United States Army
Calles
Coolidge
Arthur M. McDaniel
D. Weddington
Mexico
National Palace
United States
Tampico
Vera Cruuz
American Flyers Attend Mexican Bull Fight During Goodwill Trip
Four U S Army pan American goodwill flyers traveling from Tampico and Vera Cruz watched a Mexican bull fight in Mexico City and dined on American turkey at the embassy as part of a Christmas program. The San Francisco plane rests at Vera Cruz with other craft in Tampico awaiting spare parts. Major Dargue and Captains McDaniel Weddington Baker arrived to meet officials and may present President Coolidge's goodwill letter to President Calles.
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Mexico City
U. S. Army
Tampico
Vera Cruz
San Francisco
San Antonio
Herbert A. Dargue
Arthur B. McDaniel
E. D. Weddington
Ira C. Baker
Sheffield
Dargue
Planes to Halo Vera Cruz Mexico Flight Planned
The report notes a San Francisco bound flight via Vera Cruz with five aircraft expected to depart Vera Cruz for Puerto Mexico on Friday as preparations proceed. It mentions De Soto discovering the Mississippi River and hints at naming Soto water.
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San Francisco
Vera Cruz
Vera
Cruuz
Puerto
Mexico
DeSoto
Mississippi River
Three Die in Houston Tragedy as Children Awake
In Houston Texas Maria A Rivas widow 28 Jose Tapia 30 baker and Anastaio Tejeda 50 were shot dead as four children slept nearby The children found their mother and the two men dead Tejeda had been ordered from the house two months earlier and returned about two weeks ago threatening to kill the family Meanwhile British railways linked to the Continent by a daily Harwich to Zeebrugge train ferry.
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Houston
Texas
Maria A. Rias
Jose Tapia
Anastaio Tejeda
Rivas
Tejeda
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