No Arrests in Mississippi Lynch Mob Burnings
No arrests were made as a mob of about 1,000 men burned J. P. Ivey a negro timber cutter at the stake 18 miles from New Albany Mississippi. Sheriff J W Roberts said he did not recognize any mob members while officers fled a roadblock and the crowd escorted the prisoner back toward Etah.
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New Albany
Miss
J. P. Ivey
J. W. Roberts
Metro
Holly Springs
Ivy
John W. Roberts
Utah
Aberdeen
Roberts
Etah
Heat Records Fall as Americus Endures Triple Digit Day
The government thermometer at the home of J. Parrott Poole hit 105 at 3 PM, the hottest September reading in Americus since records began. Night refused to drop below 72 as residents endured the scorcher with fans, sleeping porches, and damp discomfort. Trees brown and die warnings rise as heat prostrations mount. continue reading on Page Five.
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J. Parrott Poole
Hum
Americus
Americas
Central of Georgia
Grant
Richmond
Reese Park
Eight Rules Of Success From Chicago’s Perfect Policeman
Chicago honors Harry Fulmer as the city’s finest cop after pinning a medal on him. Fulmer, a 12 year veteran, offers eight rules for success including the Golden Rule, honesty, neat grammar, obedience, fitness, and stepping carefully. He stands tall at six feet, about 165 pounds, with the air of a banker and the grace of a ballet dancer, and is unmarried.
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Harry Fulmer
Chicago
Americas
Fulmer
Why Kemal Divorced Latife The Turkish Leader's Lost Offspring Choice
London dispatch explains Kemal Atatürk’s divorce from Latife Hanoum over the clash between his political career and family. Latife says she loved him but sacrifice was needed for his rise, likening him to Napoleon and herself to Josephine, with no child in the house as a central fact.
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Milton Bronner
London
Orient
Mustapha Kemal
Latife Hanoum
Europe
Josephine
Adam
Coolidge Narrow Escape From Automobile Incident
President Coolidge narrowly escaped injury in downtown Washington night walk when a car cut the corner toward him. A secret service man grabbed his arm and pulled him back to the curb. The driver Nathan D. Smith of Baltimore was arrested for cutting corners and failing to yield to pedestrians, released on $3000 bond for traffic court today.
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Washington
Coolidge
Secret Service
Nathan D. Smith
Baltimore
Smith
Savior Was Red-Blooded Two-Fisted Man, Says Bishop
Bishop W N Ainsworth declares Christianity revolutionary in a sermon praising Jesus Christ as a red blooded two fisted man who challenged darkness. He recalls rebuilding the Americas First Methodist church after fire, noting initial plans to raise about 60000 and the 30 day delay before new plans formed.
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W.N. Ainsworth
W. N. Ainsworth
Americas
Jesus Christ
Ainsworth
Windsor Hotel
Short Session of City Court Opens Civil Business Early
At 9 30 this morning 18 jurymen were sworn for the September term city court Judge W M Harper presiding. Civil cases for the first week numbered 55 while 49 criminal cases were set for the second week. Civil business should finish by Wednesday with a recess until Monday for criminal hearings. Most defendants in the criminal list are negroes facing various charges including cruelty to animals disturbing divine worship buying seed cotton after sunset carrying concealed weapons stabbing simple larceny cheating and swindling having liquor and gaming.
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W. M. Harper
Solicitor Marshall
Harper
Lynch of Willie Dixon at county line near Baldwin
Bulletin from Milledgeville reports Willie Dixon, an inmate at the State Sanitarium, was carried from the colony farm near the city to a site near Baldwin and Wilkinson counties and lynched late last night. Dixon had been identified as the man who killed nurse Miss Amy Oxford last week at the asylum.
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Milledgeville
Willie Dixon
State Sanitariuum For
Colony Farm
Here
Baldwin
Wilkinson County
Dixon
Amy Oxford
Big Sumter City Fire Destroys Several Buildings
A morning blaze in Sumter City destroyed Rodgers and Sniders gunnery, the C. B. Bauey mercantile business, the Methodist church, a warehouse, and an empty building. Loss is about 25000 dollars. Locals suspect a Sunday night gambling crowd behind the fire. Firemen unreachable by phone. bucket brigades formed as flames spread.
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Sumter
Rodgers and Sniders Gunnery
C. B. Bauey
Americas
French debt proposal from French commission outlined
Washington Sept 21 officials of the American debt commission welcomed patches from the French commission proposing an immediate funding reduction of the French debt without delaying principal. The officials and the fund mission were pleased that the French proposal would not be tied to reparations payments or the tentative Franco British debt settlement. The exact power the French would pay remained a closely guarded secret.
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Washington
French Commission
American Debt Commission
Six Die As Auto Struck By Interurban Near Dayton
In Dayton Ohio six members of the Routough family were killed when their touring car was struck by an interurban car near New Lebanon, just west of Dayton. Noah Routough 36 and Lizzie Routough 34, plus Virginia 12, Robert 10, Paul 8 and Clinton 6 died. an infant survived. Motorman C E Moore and Conductor R P Fosdick attributed the crash to Routough attempting to cross the track after exiting a cross road, rain hindering visibility. The family had been returning from a visit and were close to home.
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Dayton
Ohio
New Lebanon
Noah Routough
Lizzie Routough
Virginia
Robert
Paul
Clinton
C. E. Moore
R. P. Fosdick
Routough
New
Lebanon
Schools Open This Morning for 1925 26 Term
Dusty cobwebbed books and pencil boxes were cleared from closets as students returned to school for the 1925 26 term. Officials anticipate a healthy enrollment rise over last year though early checks may show registrations below. High and Grammar schools opened with students receiving books and initial assignments for the nine month term.
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Schole
Pupiis
Air Service adequacy questioned as board convenes
Washington reports reveal the army air service lacks sufficient equipment though funds exist. Secretary Davis testified before the air board and pledged cooperation. Critics say board composition includes few WWI pilots, with Bingham the sole veteran, while others urge impartial, representative analysis amid anticipated deficiencies and calls for dedicated government leadership.
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Washington
American Army Air Service
Davis
Air Board
Bingham
Col. Mitchell
Representative Vinson
Georgia
James G. Harbord
Fletcher
Army
Navy
W. F. Durand
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
H. E. Coffin
National Air Transport, Inc
Dwight W. Morrow
J. P. Morgan & Co
Congressman Parker
New York
Denison
Grand Rapids
Congress
No Material Change In World Cotton Crop
The Department of Agriculture announced today there is no indication of a material change in the current world cotton crop.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Col Leroy Springs Known For Mules And Plantations
Lancaster S C Sept 21 Col Leroy Springs, a multi millionaire cotton man, is famed for possessing more mules than any man alive. He keeps 400 plantation rules and greets workers by name, asking about health and family. His holdings span mills to oleomargarine plants, yet he never forgets his workers.
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South Carolina
Col
Leroy Spring
Lancaster
S. C
Col Leroy Springs
Col. Springs
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Mississippi
Black
By Kirk Sutlive
Coolidge’s Aircraft Board
America
President Coolidge
Frank F. Fletcher
James
F. Durand
Arthur D. Denison
Howard Coffin
Congressman Carl Vinson
Kemal
Latife
First Church
Bulletin
Sumter City
U.S
Auto
FLYER
Board of Air Inquiry
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Lancaster, S. C
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