Union Battle in Mingo County Coal Fields Sparks Violent Strife
In Williamson West Virginia United Mine Workers press to organize 5000 miners in Mingo county ignite a deadly clash over union recognition and use of private detectives. The fight has already claimed 12 plus lives and centers on mine guards rather than wages as villagers endure evictions and tense living conditions around Tug River towns.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Mingo County
Charles F. Keeney
Mingo
George Bousewine
Coal Operators’ Association of
Kanawha
Kentucky
Tug River
West Virginia
Bordertown
United States
Keeney
Charleston
Matewan
Trailsend: Governor Cox's Dayton Area Home Entrance
A sketch shows the Trailsend mansion near Dayton Ohio, Governor Cox’s country home perched above the Miami valley. The description traces Cox’s early life in Jacksonburg Butler County and notes the 60 acre wooded plot, lodge gate, and welcoming crowds of Dayton residents and state politicians gathering at his residence after a life marking rise from farmer's son to governor and presidential candidate.
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Jacksonburg
Butler County
Ohio
Jim’’ Cox
Cox
State Helps 10 Preserve Elk at Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone officials report increased native game due to donations from cities and states. The program ships elk, bison, bears, and other species to parks and preserves to restore populations after hunting and harsh winters. Elk are moved to Minneapolis, Sulphur, Palisades Park, Sonora, and other sites using trained rangers and specially equipped trains.
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Yellowstone Park
Wryo
Yellowstone National Park
Park
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Minneapolis
Sulphur
Okla
St. Louis
Allentown
Sonora Experiment Station
Sonora
Tex
Pirie
South Dakota
Thomas P. Holts Final Word to the Voters
Ada Oklahoma July 28 1920 Thomas P Holt campaigns for County Judge stressing 16 years of legal work and impartial justice he vows to serve all citizens equally and asks support for the August 38th election. An ad promotes Herbine and a beauty line with promotional copy appended.
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Ada
Oklahoma
Pontotoco
Beaver Driven Into Trap Across Doorway
The house then drives the beaver out straight into a trap positioned across the doorway, capturing the animal.
Husband shoots wife then kills self in Muskogee
Mose C. Courtney, a drug store employee, killed his 20 year old wife after a quarrel in their apartment as their twenty months old baby slept nearby, then drank poison and died. The tragedy occurred in Muskogee on July 27, the Associated Press reports.
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Asancuxed Press
Muskogee
Mose
C. Courtney
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E. A. Bushnell
Melton & Lehr
Terre Haute
Frances Lewis
Fremont Lewis
Fremont
Platt National Park
Thomas P. Holt
Bart Smith
Dame Fashion
S.M. Shaw
ahMchat
California
Fresno
Bakersfield
New York
San Francisco
Emanuel—Qverland CO
East Main
Main and
Broadway
Pontotoc County
Luther Harrison
Robert Wimbish
Clay Jones
Roff
Charles L. Orr
Rev. Brundridge
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