Mercer County Medical Society Picnic at Glenwood Park
Doctors and members of the Mercer County Medical Society with wives children and friends totaling over a hundred gathered at Glenwood Park for an annual picnic. The event featured socializing games a large potluck supper and a group photo followed by a society business meeting approving resolutions condemning the Shepard-Towner bill.
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Mercer County Medical Society
Glenwood Park
American Medical Society
Shepard-Towner
Assassination Dispatchs Mention Irish Links and Ulster Fury
The report describes a murder scene with a uniformed officer slain in his home and a drawn sword by his side amid a chaotic pursuit. It notes public links to the 1882 Cavendish Burke Dublin killings and cites Connolly as an Irish Republican Army member by possession of a letter. The piece covers police bravery, witnesses, and reactions from Ulster leaders including Premier Craig.
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Lord Frederick Cavendish
Ireland
Thomas H. Burke
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Scotland Yard
Connolly
Irish Republican Amy
Owen Duffy
Irish Republican Army
George Harvey
Taft
United States
Associated Press
Belfast
Craig
Ulster
Sir Henry Wilson
Owen O'Duffy
Field Marshal Wilson
Arrested on Charge of Stealing Automobile
L. B. Hodges and Bob Mays, wanted at Galax Virginia for stealing J. F. Vasss seven passenger Buick, were arrested yesterday by Baldwin Felts detectives and brought here to await Galax authorities. The car was found in repainted red and altered to resemble a truck, trailing since April 16.
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L. B. Hodges
Bob Mays
Galax
J. F. Vass
Kimball
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Baldwin- Felts
Mr. Vass
Mine Riot at Williamson County Turns Deadly
A deadly mine riot in Williamson County left twenty seven known dead and many injured. Miners, women, and children gathered at the morgue to view mangled bodies with little identification. Authorities say the violence escalated with captured workers shot or hanged, while some residents urged harsher measures. Sheriff Thaxton and Colonel Hunter declined militia aid, citing no immediate need, as confrontations continued into the night.
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Harrison Woods
Kodak
Melvin Thaxton
Associated Press
Samuel Hunter
Adjutant General's Office
Hunter
W. J. Lasker
Mr. Lasker
Herrin
Thaxton
Carbondale
Frantic Surges Across County Leave Dozens Dead
Reports describe demonstrations that devolved into unrest with no troop deployment. In the morgue seventeen bodies lay shot and mutilated while the AP saw twenty seven more bodies in the county. Fresh graves spotted in the woods as crowds move through lines of dead with disturbing indifference.
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Associated Press
Indications Are Drivers Careless Across Crossings
Baltimore observers for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad report rising driver negligence at highway crossings. In 1920 the crew logged 298000 vehicles with 25690 failures, six percent. In April this year 14777 checked, 2972 failed to stop look or listen, eighteen percent, and for the first four months 588 observed, seventeen percent failures. One note adds a fashion aside about a black crepe midsummer wrap embroidered with eyelets.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Governor Small watches Herrin mine riot via dispatches
Waukegan June 22 Governor Len Small followed Herrin mine riots through AP dispatches while in court for his trial. He did not order troops until late and planned a family evening event after learning that as many as twenty four men were killed in a truce violation. State guards were placed on standby for Herrin for two days.
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Waukegan
Len Small
Herrin
Associated Press
Dreas
Ferike
Carlos Black
Justice Department Attacked Over Prohibition Lobbying
In Washington on June 22 Representative Tinkham accused the Department of Justice of failing to act against the Anti-Saloon League and its financier Wayne B. Wheeler, alleging expenditures between 100 million and 150 million dollars to secure the prohibition amendment. Gallivan criticized Prohibition Commissioner Haynes over liquor sales on ships at sea, calling Haynes a particeps criminis.
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Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Representative Tinkham
Massachusetts
Department of Justice
House
League
Tinkham
Gallivan
Prohibition
Haynes
Resumption of Oil Conferences Delayed in New York
Resumption of the oil talks between American oil men and Mexico's Finance Minister De La Huerta was postponed to tomorrow as lawyers for both sides finalize the draft tentative agreements on future developments in the Mexican oil regions. In Riga, over 100000 Russian children aged fourteen and fifteen are undergoing military training under War Minister Troteky.
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New York
de la Huerta
Mexico
Riga
Troteky
NEWS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE BACK FROM CONFERENCE
Mrs. R. P. Sims returned Tuesday evening from the Nashville Tennessee YWCA conference where she hosted five B C I girls Miss Mary Ridley Miss Virginia Noel Miss Verna Woods Miss Louise Ennia and Miss Louise Valentine They toured Nashville visiting State Normal Roger Williams Meharry Walden and Fisk University at Lookout Mountain Chattanooga and heard lectures by Dr Imes and Rev Kingsley The group gained insight into the YWCA movement and Christian service after a ten day religious training Others in town include Mrs Alexander Carter visiting Mrs M La Randolph and local residents passing through on the way to summer school in Washington
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R. P. Sims
Nashville
Tenn
Sims
Mary Ridley
Virginia Noel
Verna Woods
Louise Ennia
Louise Valentine
State Normal
Roger Williams
Meharry
Walden
Fisk University
Chattanooga
Spen
Lookout Mountain
Imes
Tuakecea
Kingsley
Cleveland
Ohio
Christian Fellowship
Christian Service
Washington
Sarah Hurt
Elkhorn
Dublin
Jennie Lee Pettus
Pocahontas
Myrtle Johnson
Bland Street
Attack at Sid Bouselham Fair Kills Three Europeans
In Rabat Morocco a native horseman suddenly opened fire on a group of European tourists at the Sid Bouselham Fair killing three persons and wounding others. The incident stunned visitors and drew police attention to the crowded event.
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Rabat
Morocco
Demand for Probe of Alien Property Custodian
Washington June 22 Representative Woodruff Republican Michigan called for a recongressional probe of the alien property custodian. He alleged the latest report shows property values nearly a quarter of a billion dollars less than expected. Capetown reports Northern farms hit by a plague of locusts damaging potato crops.
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Washington
Representative Woodruff
Michigan
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