Ten of forty five workers escape loony gas effects
New York October 29 The fifth victim died today from the mysterious loony gas in the Standard Oil Bayway laboratory. Eleven more suffered fumes. Ten workers showed no loss of reason, while the rest are under treatment. An antidote briefly halted deterioration before the fatal outcome. The government began an investigation into the catastrophe.
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New York
Associated Press
Herbert Fuson
Standard Oil Plant
Bayway
Bullets Urge Vote To Preserve Majority Rule
A public message argues that voting secures self government and prevents minority rule. It cites the 1920 presidential election where 27 million Americans voted and 25 million eligible voters stayed home, warning that nonparticipation risks czar like rule and erodes centuries of political freedom.
Gun Thief Sagan Active in Americus Area
A man matching a thief's description borrowed guns from Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Burke in Americus and Brooklyn Heights. The burglar, neatly dressed, claimed to be a friend of the husbands and has not returned a shotgun or pistol. Police are investigating with Chief Bragg warning residents to avoid lending firearms.
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Stevens
C. B. Hurke
Brooklyn Heights
Times- Recorder
Richard Stevens
Church Street
Maconveral Weeks
Chief Bragg
Bill Brennan Slayings Killer Gets Twenty Year Term
Joseph Pioli, 28, a chauffeur, received a twenty year sentence in Sing Sing after pleading guilty to first degree manslaughter in the June 15 killing of heavyweight boxer William Brennan in a Washington Heights cabaret.
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New York
Sing Sing
Joseph Pioli
William
Bill) Brennan
Washington Heights
Airplane Cotton Dusters Visit Americus For Cotton Dusting
Two aviators from the Deland Cotton Dusting Co with Jr. Phil Campbell from the State College of Agriculture will tour Americus to assess landing facilities and the feasibility of operating dusting planes next summer. George Marshall will interview them. calcium arsenate spraying via airplane is said to have proven successful against boll weevil.
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Deland Cotton Dusting Co
Phil Campbell
State College of Agriculture
Americus
George Marshall
Author of Lord Fauntelroy Dies at 75 in New York
Frances H. Burnett, renowned author and playwright of the novel and play Little Lord Fauntelroy, died last night at her Plandome Park home on Long Island at age 75 after months of poor health.
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New York
Frances H. Burnett
Lord Fauntelroy
Plandome Park
Plandome
Ong Island
Labor crushed as Conservatives seize British election
London reports a landslide shift ending Labour governance. With 585 of 615 seats tallied, Conservatives hold 384, up 143. Labour falls to 148 and Liberals drop to 40. Other parties total 13 seats. The result marks one of the strongest postwar Conservative majorities.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Labor
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Bandits rob bank after gun battle in Soldier Iowa
Bandits wrecked the vaults of Valley Savings Bank in Soldier Iowa causing a cash heist worth 5000 dollars and 4500 dollars. They escaped after firing on the bank president in a pistol confrontation. no injuries reported.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Valley Savings Bank
Soldier
Chinese Rushing Valuables Into Foreign Banks
Chinese residents flock to foreign banks in Peking as battle lines form near the city. Feng Yu Hsiang, the Christian general, leaves for Fengtai to command his forces while Wu Jiangchun moves toward Peking to challenge the government.
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Peking
Associated Press
Legation
Feng Yu Hsiang
Fengtai
Camilla Pastor Killed in Auto Wreck
Rev. Ed Lansburn, pastor of Greensboro First Methodist, was killed instantly when the car he rode in veered off the Dixie highway near Camilla, Ga. His wife was injured as the vehicle rolled twice and collided with a fence during detour due to road work.
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Camilla
Ed Lansburn
First Methodist Church of
Greensboro
Cairo
Dixie Highway
Bey
Sausburn
Sansburn
Tea Consumption per Person in This Country
The article states that the average annual consumption of tea in its dry state is seven pounds per person in this country.
Bathing denied as Murfreesboro water pressure fails
Murfreesboro Tennessee college girls cannot bathe due to low water pressure. Their dormitory bathrooms are on the second floor and the town's drought has cut water supply, forcing the girls to seek ablutions at private homes.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Tennessee College
New York Chairman Refuses to Appear Before Committee
In Washington on the Senate Campaign fund inquiry, Acting Chairman Carraway said George K. Morris, Republican state chairman of New York, refused to appear for questioning except on stipulations. Morris may face consequences for his refusal.
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Washington
Senate Campaign
Carraway
George K. Morris
New York
Morris
Negro Held for Mail Theft in Atlanta
Grover Cleveland Love, a local mail carrier, is held on $750 bond awaiting federal grand jury action on charges of stealing a packaged postal item. The bundle reportedly contained a bottle.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Grover Cleveland Love
Federal Grand Jury
Davis and Cohen defend Davis against Klan attack
National Committeeman John S. Cohen and National Committeewoman Mrs Edgar Alexander issue a statement to Georgia voters denying that Hon. John W. Davis endorsed racial inequality. They affirm Davis’s belief in equal protection under the law and support his campaign as aligned with Southern Democratic traditions. The pair call the misinterpretation of his Indianapolis remarks an injustice and pledge correction.
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Georgia
Times-Recorder
National
John S. Cohen
Edgar Alexander
Mr. Davis
Ku Klux Klan
the Searchlight
Cohen
Alexander
Klan
John W. Davis
Democracy
Indianapolis
Davis
South
Sumter County Cotton Ginning May Reach 20 000 Bales
Sumter County ginning up to October 16 shows 16 090 bales with estimates suggesting the 1924 crop will top 20 000 bales. County warehousemen and officials like Cy A. Burke and Thomas Harrold forecast totals around 18 000 to 20 900 bales, noting drought and rains trimmed potential by several thousand.
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Sumter
America
William P. Persons
Cy A. Burke
Commercial Warehouse
Council
Thomas. Harrold
Harrold Brothers Warehouse
Harrold
Poultry Meetings Set for Sumter County The Shawnee Plan
The Seaboard Air Line Railway development department and the county demonstrator announce meetings in Sumter County to share practical egg and chicken production and marketing guidance. Illustrated lectures and motion pictures will be shown at Leslie November 12 10 A M Thalean November 12 3 P M Concord November 12 7 30 P M Plains November 12 10 A M Mr Marshall says Sumter poultry raisers will gain valuable information.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Sumter
Leslie
Thalean
Concord
Plains
Marshall
Frank Knight of Sussex Writes With Teeth for Help
Frank Knight of Sussex, England, lacking legs or hinds, composes high letters by gripping the paper between his teeth to communicate his plight.
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Frank Knight
Sussex
England
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