Diamond Tires Promise Faster Deliveries After Shortage
Akron August 2 Diamond Tires owner HOA Price says demand surged as vitalized rubber tires sold fast this season. Factories operated day and night, output stretched nationwide, but delays frustrated dealers. Now claims to fill orders promptly and regain motorist trust with renewed advertising push.
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United States
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Four Black people saved from mob at Sylvania
An incident in Sylvania where four Black individuals were saved from a lynch mob after sheriff and officials arranged escape. They were moved to safety by automobile, fleeing through woods to a rail line and boarding a train toward Susannah as a mob gathered outside the jail. Names include Chris Green, George Ledbetter, Fell Mitchell, and William Lowers. Local guards prevented violence and dispersed the crowd.
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Bavannah
Sivania
Satish
Cnet
Susannah Phenesroes
Chris Green
George Ledbetter
Mitchell
William Lowers
Ely
Sheree Joyner
Stoud Am
Savinnah
Useless Hurry on Street Cars and Trains
A fragmented OCR passage describes the futile rush of passengers on street cars and trains. It notes how impatience and crowding peak at stops, with delays lasting minutes as riders struggle to exit and board, reflecting urban transit frictions.
Bunderen named Michigan baseball coach in August period
Carl Bunderen, former Chicago National League pitcher, appointed coach of the University of Michigan baseball team succeeding Branch Rieke who has resigned. The announcement comes as Switzerland accepts Secretary Bryan's peace proposals in principle, marking progress with twenty seventh nation recorded.
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Lundgren
Ann Arbor
Carl Bunderen
Hadeen
University of Michigan
Branch Rieke
Switzerland
Washington
Switzerlind Weg
Bryan
Cardinal Gibbons Opposes Women Suffrage at Milwaukee Convention
Cardinal Gibbons voices opposition to women voting, arguing suffrage could harm motherhood and posterity. About 26,000 people attend the American Federation of Catholic Societies meet in Milwaukee, with delegates from Catholic dioceses and bishops from Ireland, England, and the U.S. expected to address issues on religion and social reform.
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Wisiveust
Tim
Cardinal Sibbons
Milwaukre
American Federation of Gcatholic Societies
Martin Wow
Denate Lobby
Manufacturers Association
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Thia
Saycates
Sargest Catholic Meeting Fc
America
St . Ans Cathedral
MD Nclock
Tab Gibbons
Wernes
Catho Hig Suletiee
Uboonghoat
Lily Listaka
South Wma Pa
Amitt States
Mii
Ctholivs
Striking workers burn governor Foss letter in protest
In Hyde Park, six bunker strike units from two plants burned Governor Foss's letter proposing a settlement and sent the ashes by messenger. The strikers, at a mass meeting, pledged not to return until a satisfactory adjustment of grievances. Foss said he would treat workers as individuals after they returned. The strike, now ten weeks old, seeks a 20 percent wage increase on PAS.
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Boston
Hyde Park
Toss
General Diaz Arrives in Seattle for Seattle West Event
General Felix arrives from Portland tonight at a party in Seattle. Mexican delegates are expected to stay in Seattle until Monday for the event amid local preparations.
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General Diaz
Seattle
Seattle West
General Felix
Portland
Wrightsville Beach Excursion Round Trip Details
Excursion to Wrightsville Beach offered for six dollars round trip on Saturday August 234 with special trains departing at 6 percent time from the Sea Board.
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Wrightsville Beach
Seaboard
Stewart Named General Passenger Agent Of Western Maryland
Charles F Stewart longtime tariff chief of the Southeastern Passenger Association in Atlanta becomes general passenger agent of the Western Maryland Railway, effective August 15, with headquarters in Baltimore. D Wathe, previously Seaboard Air Line assistant passenger agent, will succeed him. Stewart has a long railroad career from Cincinnati to Washington, culminating in the Western Maryland appointment.
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Charles F Stewart
Southeastern Passenger Association
Atlanta
Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore
D Wathe
Seaboard Air Line
Cincinnati
Stewart
Whig
Thomas Cook & Sons
Washinton
Southeast
Seaboard
Savannah
Tariff Department
Hichardson
Rainbow Seen at Night By Madras Tea-Totalers
Neighbors near Madras called to view a vivid rainbow seen in the northeastern sky last night. A bright arc appeared as skies darkened, with moonlight shining through gaps in clouds. the sight drew many witnesses.
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Madras
Acrobatic Tale in a Medical Jest
A dyspepsia cure tale recounts a patient feeling improved after treatment. The practitioner jokes that a doughnut before bed will prove the cure by whether it stays on the stomach. The patient reports the test failed when he slept, the doughnut “reeling off” after sleep.
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Tong
National Monthly
Auditors Urge Abrupt City Reform in Savannah
Savannah Ga August 9 Special auditors report grievous mismanagement over the two years before January 1. They compare city operations to a failing corner grocery and urge abolition of the city treasurer and city marshal offices. They propose a comptroller and purchasing agent and adjusted tax assessor roles. The administration took office amid alarming conditions and the audit is now public.
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Savannah
Ciit
Prisoner denied new trial in fatal murder case
In Savannah on August 9 a judge refused a new trial for Frank Collier sentenced to hang August 22 for the murder of Louis Robinson. Collier confessed to the crime as officials note the death sentence commutation petition was rejected. A delivery boy Austin Days was critically injured when a telephone pole fell on West Broad Street near Maple Street. He was taken to East Side sanitarium with severe head and chest injuries.
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Savannah
Chatham County
Frank Collier
Louis Robinson
West Broad Street
Maple Street
Austin
East Side
Judge Bell to Preside Over Campbell Court
Fairburn Ga August 3 Special Upon conclusions of Shaw v A B A railroad Judge W D Ellis who presided in place of Judge Roan during the first week of Campbell continues to hear the case with Judge Bell expected to take over proceedings after Saturdays session with the A B and A railroad case lingering in the Campbell court docket
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Fairburn
Shaw
W D Ellis
Roan
Campbell
Judge Bell to preside over next week’s criminal cases
The superior court announced that Judge Bell of Atlanta would preside here next week to try criminal cases only. In its general presentments, thanks were given to Judge W D Ellis for his lucid charge to the grand jury and for his impartial conduct of court business. His habit of relieving jurors when not needed pleased many countrymen who would have repaid his kindness with watermelons.
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Bell
Atlanta
W D Ellis
Ellis
Premier cars complete cross continent tour on original tires
A travel note recalls a 1911 pleasure tour where ten private owners drove PREMIER cars across the continent. The car described carried its load and kept the original Indianapolis air in all tires on arrival at Salt Lake, with Indianapolis air in two tires at Los Angeles, while four of the ten completed the trip with their original tires.
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United States
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Peachtree Street
Ilanta
Ray McNamara
Indianapolis Air
G. & J. Prairie Schooner
Walter Weidely
Fred Cline
Indianapolis
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Premier
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