Tornado Devastation Hits Gardner Settlement Georgia
A noon Thursday tornado near Oconee Georgia killed two white residents and many Black residents, injured dozens, and leveled the Gardner settlement. Eighty two children and three teachers were in a nearby school when the storm struck. many homes were obliterated and bodies found in scattered debris.
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Oconee
Gardner Settlement
Troomsboro
Benjamin Orr
BE. L. Minor
Shepherd's Commissary
Cleveland-Oconee Lumber Company
Belgians Clash With German Patrol At Aix la Chapelle
London dispatch reports serious fighting between German authorities and a Belgian patrol in Aix la Chapelle. Citizens defied carnival curfew, remaining in streets and cafes until closing time, leading to a Belgian patrol firing on a crowd and wounding several inhabitants.
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Kirmish
London
Aix-la-Chapelle
Amsterdam
Murder Gangsters Sentenced in Detective Killing Case
Orrin Ray Parsons Walter E Smith and Oscar Tebert Blaney, partners of Tom Burns, began serving indeterminate terms in a Utah state prison for the assault and robbery of Detective C W Rosenkrants at the Delphi hotel early Tuesday morning. Sentences ranged from five years to life.
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Salt Lake City
Orrin Ray Parsons
Walter BE. Smith
Oscar Tebert Blaney
Tom Burns
Thomas Gleason
G. B. Hamby
C. W. Rosenkrants
Delphi
Ug State Prison
West and South Coalition Sought to Push Irrigation and Reclamation
Senators and congressmen from the west and south held a banquet on Thursday night to discuss forming a coalition in Congress. The aim is to back legislation in the next session for a material extension of government irrigation work in the west and government reclamation of swamp lands in the south.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Judge declares prison terms for dry law violators
Federal Judge K. Benn announced Thursday that he will sentence violators of national prohibition laws to the penitentiary. He spoke after sentencing a man to three months in jail for illicit manufacture of liquor.
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Portland
K. 8
Benn
Jal
Workmen Claim Victory in Railroad Labor Hearing
Chicago workers hailed Thursday’s decision restoring the national agreements as a victory. The hearing on labor disputes concluded with terms to be put back in force, signaling a favorable outcome for railroad employees.
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Chicago
Bandit Robs Idaho Police Station Incident Report
A lone assailant robbed city clerk J J Quillen at the Blackfoot Idaho police station area after leaving a city council meeting. Details are unclear due to garbled text. authorities investigate the Thursday night incident and assess security at city hall.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
J. J. Quillen
France Holds World’s Largest Standing Army Says Baker
Secretary Baker reports France has the largest standing army with 742,000 regulars and 1,560,000 reserves. Italy, with 450,000 regulars and 4,027,000 reserves, leads in total forces. Japan lists 1,918,000, Britain 295,000 regulars plus colonial and territorial troops. Germany remains constrained under Versailles limits. France’s 1920s military costs are cited alongside projected Japanese forces for 1922.
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Washington
France
Congress
Baker
Italy
Japan
Great Britain
Wilson to Stay in Politics After Presidency
Washington reports say President Wilson will remain active in politics after leaving office and continue to live in Washington. Secretary Tumulty dismissed rumors of seclusion, stating the president will publicly participate in national affairs and will not retreat from public life.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Tumulty
New Treasurer of the United States Named
A photograph shows Guy F. Allen named by President Wilson to succeed John Burke as treasurer. Allen has served in the treasury department since 1901.
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Guy F. Allen
Wilson
John Burke
United States
Allen
Treasury Department
Woman Soldier Executed in Crimean Band Crush
Balaklava Crimea Madame Rudo leader of the Green army band in the region was executed along with ten other members of the group.
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Balaklava
Crimea
Madame Rudo
Green Army
Indicted for Patricide in Wichita Falls Case
A special grand jury indicted HM. J. Toussulat on patricide charges for allegedly killing his father Toussulat te vrial. The suspect was in custody after an alleged confession was signed at the time of lodging.
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Wichita Falla
HM. J
Move to Restore Peace in Ireland Negotiations Under Way
Dublin reports circulating that Britain and Ulster leaders pursue a structured plan to win south Ireland to partition under home rule with full fiscal autonomy. Lloyd George and Sir Edward Carson discuss terms while Sinn Fein rejects speculation and nationalists see autonomy as a potential path to independence.
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Dublin
Ireland
South
Irish Republican Army
Lloyd George
Edward Carson
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Electoral Vote I8 Canvased
Announcement of the formal electoral results shows W. G. Harding as president and Calvin Coolidge as vice president. At a joint Senate and House session in Washington the canvass confirmed the November 2 electors with 404 votes for Harding Coolidge and 127 for Cox Roosevelt.
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Senate
House
Washington
W. G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Wilson
Mr. Harding
Mr. Coolidge
James M. Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Widow Slays Fiance in Personal Safety Case
Mrs Woith Lundberg a young widow is in serious condition from gunshot wounds after police say she shot and killed her fiancé Linus F Worden an employee of an automobile sales company in an incident tied to personal safety concerns in Los Angeles France area.
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France
Los Angeles
Woith Lundberg
Linus F. Worden
Black Person Must Die Rules In Ouachita Parish Case
Attorney General Coco declared Lonnie Eaton, the Black person previously scheduled for execution on February 4, may legally be executed in a related incident. The sheriff of Ouachita Parish had forgotten the prior date in this case.
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New Orleans
Coco
Lonnie Eaton
Ouachita Parish
Travel record broken on Reno to San Francisco run
Alr Travel Record reports all travel records for Reno Nevada to San Francisco shattered after Pilot 8 3 Boggs of the airmail service completed the 187 mile trip in one hour twenty four minutes. Gays World War cost tallies reach 348 billion dollars as a lecture cites the figure. Baltimore reports total world war costs exceeding 348 billion pounds according to Dr B R Strong of Harvard Medical School.
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Alr
San Franciano
Reno
Nev
Asm
Baltimore
BR. BP. Strong
Starvard Medical School
Senate Navy Panel Rejects Borah Resolution On Suspension
The Senate naval committee issued a negative report on Senator Borah’s proposal to suspend naval building for six months after extensive hearings. Navy officers urged rushing work on ships and approving immediate construction of two aircraft carriers, with Poindexter to draft the adverse report.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Borah
Idaho
Naval General Board
Naval
Poindexter
Senate
Naval Committee
Navy General Board
Winslow bill passes House under privileged rule
The Winslow bill authorizing partial payments to railroads under the guaranty section of the transportation act was approved by the House Tuesday under a privileged rule.
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House
Washington
Slander Letter Triggers Nebraska Teacher Suicide
Florence Stewart a Falls City Nebraska schoolteacher killed herself with a revolver Monday night after receiving an anonymous slanderous letter. The incident follows a troubling warning from the anonymous sender.
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Falls City
Two Boys Electrocuted in Fresno Incident
In Fresno California Walter James 12 is dead and Gordon Benson 10 is reported dying from burns after one boy threw wire into an electric power zone.
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Fresno
Cal
Walter James
Gordon Benson
Open Shop Riots in Albany Area Cause Police Shootings
In Albany area streets, Troy saw clashes as United Traction Company operations sparked open shop tensions. Police fired on rioters, injuring about a dozen as crowds dispersed amid the unrest.
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Albany
N. Y
Troy
United Traction Company
Wilson sustains railroad board in labor dispute
President Wilson refused a railroad labor union request to have railway executives' claims investigated by the railroad labor board. He declined to send the matter to Congress and expressed confidence questions can be left to the railroad labor board and the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said copies of telegrams would be submitted to these bodies, based on Secretary Payne's recommendations.
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Washington
Wilson
Railroad Labor Board
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Labor Unions
Association of
Railway Executives
Payne
Railroad Administration
Highwayman Slays Officer in Salt Lake City Shootout
After a daylight robbery in Salt Lake, police battled six robbers. Detective G B Hamby was killed by Tom Blackie Burns, who was mortally wounded by Chief Joseph K Burbidge and Detective Clifford Patten. Chief Burbidge was grazed by a bullet and Detective C W Rosenkrantz was knocked unconscious. Burns bound a man in a hotel room before arrest.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
G. B. Hamby
C. W. Rosenkrantz
Burns
German states urge Berlin to refuse ally demands
Bavarian Premier Dr. von Kahr reports that premiers from Germany's states will ask Berlin to refuse compliance with the allied note as outlined by the supreme council in Paris. The move follows a conference in Berlin on Germany's attitude toward the note.
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Berlin
Munich
Bavaria
Supreme Council
Paris
von Kahr
Germany
Suffrage Statue Faces Capitol Hurdle
Suffragists plan to present a suffrage statue to the capitol on February 15 but have not secured approval from the joint library committee of congress amid charges of anti suffrage sentiment by the National Woman's Party.
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Washington
Capitol
Joint Library Committee of Congress
National Woman's Party
Plan to Start on Tariff Measure February 21
Washington The Republican majority of the house ways and means committee has practically completed its program for writing the new tariff bill with tentative plans to begin actual work on the measure February 21.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Allied Troops Ready After Rhine Occupation Dispatch
One hundred fifty thousand British French and Belgian soldiers assigned to the Rhine region were issued heavy marching equipment on Tuesday and ordered to stand ready to advance toward Germany.
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Paris
Rhine
Germany
Aristocrats Halted at Munich Carnival Ball
A Bavarian royal court circle held a carnival ball in a Munich hotel despite a prohibition on celebrations. Police intervened and stopped the gathering.
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Berlin
Royal Court
Bavaria
Munich
Weat completes forty eighth day without food in hospital
Dallas Ore George F Weat charged with killing his wife near here three months ago has completed the forty eighth day without food while under hospital care after an attempted suicide by drinking acid.
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Dallas
Ore
George F. Weat
Here
Bank Robbery Hits Orchard Nebraska Bank
Citizens State bank of Orchard Nebraska was robbed of Liberty bonds valued between 2000 and 10000 dollars after burglars bound and gashed cashier H B Browning and blew the vault doors in a bold daytime heist.
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Nebraska Bank
Omaha
Citizens State Bank of
Orchard
Neb
H. BR. Browning
Boundary Commissioner Dies at 57 in Washington
Boundary Commissioner Washington BKaward, aged 57, head of the United States section of the International Boundary Commission of the United States and Canada, died Sunday after a month's illness.
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Washington
Bkaward
United States
International Boundary Commission
Canada
Dressmaker Recovers With Vegetable Compound Boost
A Texas dressmaker reports illness and bed rest but improves after trying Eham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia Pinkham's Sanative Wash. She returns to work and house chores, praising the remedies and sharing her positive experience in a confidential personal health letter.
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Eham
Lydia Pinkham
Speek
W. M.S Sterngns
Counsee
Ernon
Texas
Mass
Important Women Readers urged to consider kidney health
Many women suffer urinary or kidney trouble with vague symptoms like backache headaches and poor health. Advertisement touts Dr Kihmer's cure and links to better wellbeing. Also promotes Cyticura Soap for shaving and skin care claiming double razor efficiency and cleanliness.
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Kihmer
Heaviest burden and lightest reward noted by Massingham
An unnamed source quotes Mr. E. W. Massingham reflecting on the paradox of bearing the heaviest burden for the least reward. The remark centers on endurance and the seeming injustice of effort versus payoff.
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E. W. Massingham
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