Tragedy at Shoe Company Ends in Multiple Deaths
Dec 22 Avian reports a shooting at a shoe company where Samuel Turner 32 manager of the ladies department died Sunday morning from Riordan’s pistol fire. Riordan and Maddux were among those killed, with Riordan later living and denying charges as funerals for Stewart and Riordan were held Sunday.
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Coolidge Invited to Speak in Atlanta on Confederate Memorial Day
Atlanta civic leader David J. Meyerhardt of the Atlantes invited President Coolidge to visit Atlanta on April 26 during a planned Southern tour. He asked the president to deliver an address honoring those who died in service to the Confederate cause, noting April 26 is Confederate Memorial Day.
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Millionairess Says Men Are Not Worth Investment
Florence Sterling of Humble Oil and Refining Company says she will never marry. She notes she studied a suitor as a business proposition and left him. She asserts financial independence does not reduce marriage prospects and that an unmarried woman can contribute to humanity.
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Weather Notes and Historical Snippets
The column reports a milder than expected cold spell with morning readings near 33 degrees and a rise after 11 am. Predictions from Joe Bryan contrast with actual conditions and forecast rain and sleet tonight with a warming trend Tuesday. It recalls North Carolina’s first cotton mill in Rocky Mount of 1817, the 1924 U. S. drug trade total of 200 million dollars, and Swiss postal motor car service over Alpine passes.
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Senate backs Muscle Shoals power distribution amendment
The Senate adopted Senator George's amendment to the Muscle Shoals Bill on Saturday, requiring the government lessee to sell surplus hydroelectric power for distribution. It aims to maximize distribution beyond fertilizer needs and bars the lessee from manufacturing fertilizer using surplus power without offsetting costs.
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Rincon boy kills three wild turkeys near Savannah
A fourteen year old Nimrod of Rincon has qualified as an expert marksman by killing his wild turkey for Christmas. A gobbler with two hens ventured into Rincon several days ago and fell to W. H. Boyd Jr.'s skilled aim.
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