Government acts swiftly after victory in nationwide rail strike
Chicago September 2 government moves quickly after a federal injunction blocked strike interference. Notices served on John Scott and other leaders. 5 000 deputies ready nationwide. hearings set for September 11. Violent incidents reported including derailments and bomb plots in multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daugherty
Federal District Court
John Scott
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
B. M. Jewell
Rail Way Employees Department
Federation of Lafor
United States
Federal Building
Systems
Rizi
Brownsville
Ind
Little Rock
Ark
Ltouisana and Arkansas Railway
Bentley
Marion
Ohio
Palmetto Limited
Tampa
Fla
Education plan declared wrong at Chicago convocation
Ernest D. Burton argues the education system fails to define its goals and misallocates resources. He criticizes universal college tracking and calls for a broader plan that includes adult education and practical paths beyond degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Ernest D. Burton
University of Chicago
Mail Truck Hold Up Near Commerce with Cash Loss
Chate s Carter, a mail truck driver, described a hold up near Commerce Oklahoma in which about 14000 dollars in cash from a Picher bank was stolen. He was tied and the bandits fled in a car after forcing his pouch lock. Police seek three bandits across Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Okla
Chates Carter
Picher
Carter
Stone
Joplin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Commerce
Charles Carter
Picher, Okla
Gov McCray Ends Trust in Indiana Prize Fights
Governor McCray said after reading a report of the Powell Moore Joe Lynch match in Michigan City that past arena events looked like prohibited prize fights. He recalled he had trusted promoters to present boxing contests and decided to stop it, saying he could not trust them again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
McCray
Powell Moore
Joe Lynch
Michigan City
Big Changes in Gridiron Rules For 1922 Season
The Spaulding football guide announces radical rule shifts for 1922. A try-for-point after touchdown allows a scrimmage from five yards out with plays for a score by kick, drop kick, pass, or run. A dead ball ends the play and leads to a kickoff. New shift rule enforces a five yard back position and a complete stop before resuming motion. Minor changes tighten timeouts penalties substitutions and penalties for interference, roughness, and sub rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaulding
Sean
America
Pupils At Worstell School Excel In Summer Term
During the Worstell School summer term several pupils achieved notable records. In the fifth to eighth grades a group attended a month without missing a day. A larger group in second, third and fourth grades earned 20 perfect spelling lessons, including names such as Roy Soward Gladis Layne Louise Rice John Steele Dennis Allen Eunice Gordon May McCormick Elmer Duncan Ruby Allen Wesley McCormick Floyd Russell Ira Burk Oval Parish Lorene Walden T C Sweet Loyd Parish Lois Parish Fred Owens Vernon Soward Jessie Gordon Gilbert Birch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worstell School
Viola Gordon
Homer Steele
Mamie Riley
Ethel Owens
Esther Owens
Roy Soward
Gladis Layne
Louise Rice
John Steele
Dennis Allen
Eunice Gordon
May McCormick
Elmer Duncan
Ruby Allen
Wesley McCormick
Floyd Russell
Ira Burk
Oval Parish
Lorene Walden
T. C. Sweet
Loyd Parish
Lois Parish
Fred Owens
Vernon Soward
Jessie Gordon
Gilbert Birch
Prisoner at Ft. Leavenworth Seeks Son's Deathbed Visit
Edward F. Dorcee, a prisoner from Fort Leavenworth serving ten years for espionage, visited his five year old son on his deathbed in Philadelphia. Despite government aid permitting a second visit this year, Dorcee remains hopeful for a later release but has little expectation of an early yard time.
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Philadelphia
Edward F. Dorcee
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Bucky
Notice extends leave of absence by five days
A late night notice arrived during a storytelling moment with his invalid son, announcing that his leave of absence has been extended by five days.
Suburban Lawn Uses Ten Barrels Water Daily
A study notes the average suburban lawn releases ten barrels of water into the air each summer day. Beethoven served as an organist at a Bonn church when he was twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Bonn
Germany
Dairy wagon runaway damages bottles and injures horses
Early this morning a dairy wagon owned by D. C. Brecheen broke from its team at Tenth and Rennie. The horses bolted, the wagon overturned after hitting a Ford, and glass and milk bottles were smashed. Brecheen escaped injury by leaping free. The crash occurred about 7 30 oclock.
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D. C. Brecheer
Tenth
Rennie
Mr. Brecheen
Mr. Beechen
North Broadway
Sheriff Solves Still Mystery East Of Tyrola
Sheriff Bob Duncan and deputies uncover a hidden whiskey still two miles east of Tyrola. Farmers N. H. Maddox and George Bingham jailed as 300 gallons of mash spill. Bingham pleads guilty to manufacturing liquor and receives $50 fine and 30 days. Maddox charged with manufacturing. An additional possession charge dismissed. Findings made in a ravine feeding a Canadian River tributary.
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Tyrola
Bob Duncan
Watta
N. H. Maddox
George Bingham
Bingham
Tal Crawford
Maddox
Atterreyugh F. Mathis
Negro School Teacher Sues Railroad for Damages
Ella Carter, a Black schoolteacher, sues the Oklahoma New Mexico and Pacific railroad in district court for 6700 dollars claiming she was removed from a train after refusing to ride in a smoking car with white passengers and had to walk about one mile back to Lone Grove station.
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Ardmore
Ella Carter
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railroad
Whytes
Lone Grove
Tractor Solves Problem in Switching of Cars
In Iuko Mississippi on September 6 railroad men tested a tractor to move heavily loaded box cars on sidings. The tractor moved the first car with ease and repeated the feat without failure, offering a possible repair solution to the switch engine shortage. No attempt was made to move passenger coaches by this method.
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Iuko
Miss
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Maré
Rollow
East Main
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Ada, Oklahoma
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