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October 16, 1925

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2,523,000-SHARE DAY REACHED IN EXCITING STOCK SPECULATION.; Largest Turnover of Any Day Since Nov. 20, 1924, During Post-Election Boom. 568 ISSUES ARE DEALT IN Buying Enthusiasm Fired by Reports of Prosperity in Industry and Money Situation. CROWD BROKERS' OFFICES Price Average Touches Highest Mark of the Year and Market Closes With a Net Gain. 2,523,O00-SHARE DAY IN EXCITING MARKET

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2,523,000-share day

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Heirs Sell Vanderbilt Hotel for $6,000,000 To the Company That Has Been Operating It

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Heirs sell hotel for $6,000,000 to co that has been operating it

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11 SOUGHT IN PLOTS TO MURDER POLICE; Wanted for Slaying of Schenectady Captain and Troy Sergeant. MUNDIA GIVES THEIR NAMES And Admits That He Himself Was to Get $7,400 for Killing Chief Funston. 11 SOUGHT IN PLOTS TO MURDER POLICE

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11 sought in plots to murder police; W Mundia gives names of men who plotted slaying of Acting Police Capt A L Youmans last Nov, planned proposed murder of Police Chief W H Funston and killed Sgt T P Oates of Troy; admits offer of $7,400 to kill Funston

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BROOKLYN COAL PRICE BOOSTED OVERNIGHT; Dealers Quote "for the Day Only," 50 Cents to $2.50 Above Former Figures. RIDICULE $16 "FAIR PRICE" Their Small Stock of Stove Coal Cost Them More Than That, They Assert.

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Berry price ridiculed by Bronx dealers

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RHINE COMPACT ADOPTED; Britain and Italy Pledged to Enforce It in Case of Breach. EASTERN ACCORDS CERTAIN Conference Will End Today or Tomorrow and Treaties Will Be Signed In London. LEAGUE OFFICIALS ARRIVE Preparations Begun for Reich's Admission to Membership, Probably in December.

By Edwin L. James.special Cable To the New York Times

German Nationalists balk at compact

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1925Daniel J. Evans, American politician, 16th Governor of Washington (died 2024)^[†]

Daniel Jackson "Dan" Evans Sr. was an American politician from the state of Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives representing Washington's 43rd legislative district from 1957 to 1965, the 16th Governor of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and later served in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989. He was also the second President of Evergreen State College from 1977 to 1983 before he served in the U.S. Senate.

1925Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (died 2022)^[†]

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury was a British-American-Irish actress, producer, and comedian. In a career spanning 80 years, she played various roles across film, stage, and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States, her work attracted international attention.

Headlines from October 16, 1925

Heirs Sell Vanderbilt Hotel for $6,000,000 To the Company That Has Been Operating It

11 SOUGHT IN PLOTS TO MURDER POLICE; Wanted for Slaying of Schenectady Captain and Troy Sergeant. MUNDIA GIVES THEIR NAMES And Admits That He Himself Was to Get $7,400 for Killing Chief Funston. 11 SOUGHT IN PLOTS TO MURDER POLICE

BROOKLYN COAL PRICE BOOSTED OVERNIGHT; Dealers Quote "for the Day Only," 50 Cents to $2.50 Above Former Figures. RIDICULE $16 "FAIR PRICE" Their Small Stock of Stove Coal Cost Them More Than That, They Assert.

RHINE COMPACT ADOPTED; Britain and Italy Pledged to Enforce It in Case of Breach. EASTERN ACCORDS CERTAIN Conference Will End Today or Tomorrow and Treaties Will Be Signed In London. LEAGUE OFFICIALS ARRIVE Preparations Begun for Reich's Admission to Membership, Probably in December.

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