Seventy Three Die In Camden Cleveland School Fire
In Camden South Carolina the Cleveland community school fire killed 75 persons and wounded many. Rescue efforts unfolded as townspeople searched the debris of the two story frame building. The tragedy followed a commencement play when an oil lamp exploded and a stairway collapse trapped parents and students. Local officials and Red Cross assisted while relief funds rose to five thousand dollars for burial and education support.
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Thomas G. McLeod
Cleveland
Kershaw County
Camden
American Red Cross
S. G
Cleveland School
Budah Church
Antioch
Chamber of Commerce
Socialists Demand Taft Impeachment At National Convention
At the Socialist Party national convention in New York on May 19, Alexander Cahan urged impeachment of Chief Justice William H. Taft for accepting a 310,000 annuity from the Carnegie corporation. Delegates adopted the resolution unanimously, calling for Taft's resignation or impeachment and broader содers to press the demand nationwide.
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New York
William H. Taft
United States
Carnegie Corporation
Lenine
Trotzky
Alexander Cahan
Forward
Socialist Party Today
Cahan
Taft
William Howard Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Garnegie
Supreme Court of the
Steel Trust
National Executive Committee
Socialist Party
Congress
Committee On
Algernon Lee
Mr. Gahan
Presbyterians Call for Sunday Movie Closing
In Indianapolis on May 19 the United States Presbyterians urged motion picture censorship to clear out of the Christian Sabbath. They argued commercial theaters should yield to church and home observance, warning that without the Sabbath there is no Christian morality. A resolution for action on film censorship was to be presented to the assembly amid a quiet dispute without William J. Bryan present. Bryan planned two talks on evolution and biblical interpretation during the assembly.
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Indianapolis
Presbyterians
United States of America
Committee On Sabbath Observance
Bible School
Assembly For
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Kansas City
Assembly
Committee On
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Adams Chosen to Fill Nicholson Senate Seat in Colorado
Governor William E. Sweet appoints Alva B. Adams a Pueblo attorney and son of former Governor Alva Adams to succeed the late Senator Samuel D. Nicholson who died in March. Adams will serve until the fall 1924 election and may seek the short-term 1924 26 seat, while progressives had fought his appointment.
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Denver
Colorado
William E. Sweet
Alva B. Adams
Pueblo
Alva Adams
United States
Samuel D.D. Nicholson
Adams
Sweet
Progressive Democrats
Nicholson
Democratic Party
Borah Speaks Against Harding World Court
In St Louis on May 18 Senator William E Borah Idaho declared the United States cannot join the world court and stay separate from the league of nations He argued the court would advise and direct the league on vital European questions binding the US morally and legally He called the position immoral and not tenable for Americans.
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ST. Louis
United States
International Court
League of Nations
William E. Borah
Idaho
World Court
Boral
Geneva
League
Department of Justice
Borah
Mercerizing Process Origin and Variations
The mercerizing process, invented by John Mercer in Lancashire and patented in 1851, treats cotton fiber by steeping in caustic alkali. A variation of the caustic method yields modern crimped or crepe effects.
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John Mercer
Lancashire
England
Uncle Eben on Friendship and Memory
Quotation from Washington Evening Star notes that true friendship rests on memory. A good friend remembers merits and forgets faults, illustrating the nuanced view of loyalty and judgment.
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Eben
Uncle Eben
Washington Evening Star
Wonderful Fiber of Silk
A description extols silk fiber as the longest continuous filament. It notes a single cocoon yielding nearly three quarters of a mile of filament, highlighting remarkable length and quality.
Canada shifts policy on dry laws border patrols
Helena May 17 Canada plans armed border patrols to curb liquor and crime from the American side. A Montana officer calls the move a change of vision and says Canada aims to stop brigandry overnight, including shipments of liquor into the United States. He cites a seized bill showing export of liquor to Eureka Montana via Baynes British Columbia and notes consignor Consolidated Exporters.
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Helena
Canada
Montana
United States
Associated Press
G. N. Express
P. J. Bedner
Eureka
Mont
Baynes
B. C
Arch of Ctesiphon largest barrel vault built with asphalt
The Arch of Ctesiphon on the Tigris near Baghdad, built by Chosroes about 550 A D, features brickwork laid in bitumen. The vast vaulted hall measured 163 by 50 feet with a 95 foot high roof, and portions remain standing. The structure illustrates early bitumen cement and demonstrates the arch’s status as the world’s largest barrel vault.
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Persia
Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon
River
Tigris
Bagdad
Chosroes
Ctesiphon Arch
Per'aps it's true thet I would drain my lake
The speaker weighs draining his lake for financial gain but refuses to act while his needs and pride remain. He recalls years of fishing and oaring the waters and admits the lake stays only if rain delays its drain. The piece ends urging a Pioneer classified ad to tell it.
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South Carolina
S. C
G. L. Dixon
Funderburk
Bat
Presbyterians Ask
Harding World Court
H. O. Smith
Bailey & Lamb
America
Mandalay
Ing
Fisk
Red Bird
Toledo
Willys-Overland
Saturday Evening Post
Motor Inn
E. H. Ellingson
Mutual Oil Co
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