Culture of Humans and Marriage Censorship Debate
Chicago article reports the American Stock Breeders association shifting focus to human culture and eugenics. A committee led by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell aims to supervise marriages via inspection tests, barring ill matched couples from wedlock and housing “imbeciles” and feebleminded in colonies.
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Chicago
American Stock Breeders’ Association
Committee of Eugenics
University of Chicago
Alexander Graham Bell
William M Hayes
Association
Charles Woodruff
C. W. Ward
New York
J. F. Gilbert
Washington
Henderson
The Clansman Blamed Sparks Race Tension in Tennessee
Nashville dispatch reports that after a controversial stage production in the city whites warned of a Klan forming to expel black residents. In Lincoln county a white farmer Bud Godbold was fired upon by black riders while riding with his horse killed. A white man nearby was attacked by black riders. fate unknown. Community unrest grows as reports claim blacks and whites blame each other for violence.
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Nashville
A. Brookhaven
Miss
Glansman
Bear Creek
Lincoln County
Bud Godbold
Godbold
Shooting in Austin leaves man wounded in home confrontation
Robert F. Curtis shot Adolph Geldman of Nelson Morris & Co in Geldman's Austin bedroom after returning home unexpectedly. Four bullets struck Geldman including a thigh. condition could improve if blood infection does not develop. Curtis arrested with bond set at 500. both men are married. Governor Lanham received disqualification certificate in Webb county poll tax case and appoints Judge Stevens to preside.
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Austin
Robert F. Curtis
Adolph Geldman
Nelson, Morris & Co
Curtis
Goldman
Lanham
Mullally
Webb County
E. A. Stevens
Rockport
Oklahoma Files Complaint Against Fifteen Railroads
Guthrie Oct 30 The attorney general W C Cromwell files with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against fifteen trunk lines to Gulf points alleging unfair carload wheat rates. It claims Oklahoma rates exceed reasonable charges, with examples from Sugden Ryan I T to Galveston and El Reno northward, alleging discrimination versus other states.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
W. C. Cromwell
Gulf Points
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Galveston
Sugden and Ryan
I. T
Over One Billion Taxable Texas Values
Austin reports that with five counties left to hear from the 1920 tax rolls the total assessed value will exceed 1.2 billion dollars up from 1.139 billion last year. The rise adds about 60 million in taxable value, not counting 50 million from state board findings on corporate intangible assets.
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Austin
Texas
State Tax Board
Freight train wreck closes bridge near Hamden
The southbound Frisco freight plunged through a bridge a mile north of Hamden Indiana Tuesday morning. Engineer W R Martin was killed. The fireman and head brakeman escaped by leaping. The bridge had been damaged by fire two weeks earlier and was under repair with jackscrews and flag telegraph poles in place. air brakes failed.
Kraus Killed In Hunting Accident Near Lawton
John Kraus, a young man, was accidentally shot and died five minutes after the incident in a quail hunting trip near his Lawton home. Dr. Flexner of Lawton fired the fatal shot during the hunt when a covey flushed. Fred Ellis accompanied the group in the field east of Kraus residence.
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Lawton
Okla
John Kraus
Flexner
Kraus
Fred Ellis
Ogs
Llexner
Doctor Held Up Near Arthur City in Texas
Dr. J. D. Whitmire was robbed by two masked footpads three miles below Arthur City while en route to visit a patient. They shouted him from the buggy, searched him, and forced him to drive away swiftly with sacks over their heads. He lost a small amount of money.
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Paris
Tex
J. D. Whitmire
Arthur City
Quarantine Delays Canton District Court Session
Advices from Gilmer report District Judge Simpson quarantined at home due to a family member with smallpox. The quarantine forces postponement of the Canton district court session, which has been in progress two weeks and will run three more weeks.
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Wills Point
Tex
Simpson
Gilmer
Canton
Child fatally shot by ranch cook accident near Jet
Guthrie Oct 30 A cowman James Zanders' small child was instantly killed by an accidental revolver discharge from the ranch cook who fainted after the shot and later asked for a doctor, thinking she had shot herself.
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Guthrie
James Zanders
Jet
Death in Cameron as horse drags man after trampling
Peter Rog ters, an elderly resident of the county, died after his horse bolted near Cameron. He was dragged for hundreds of yards, his leg torn off and his skull badly mangled. Austin notes open season for large game begins Thursday and ends January 1 with deer protection restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron, Tex
Peter Rogters
Austin
Stensland Returns to Chicago to Testify in Hering Trial
Paul O. Stensland, ex-president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank and Joliet penitentiary convict, arrived in Chicago under guard to testify for Henry W. Hering, former bank cashier, as his trial began.
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Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Joliet Penitentiary
Henry W. Hering
Desperate Feud Fueled by Rewards Near Cloud’s Landing
Jesse Coe, a Black man, and accomplices are reportedly hiding in southern county parts after a fatal police chase in Indianapolis on Sept. 30. Armed Coe gang vows resistance to arrest, tied to a long white–Black feud with the Taylors, with a $700 reward offered and a prior Nashville murder term for Coe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Coe
Nashville
Labor Scarce Slows Isthmian Canal Work Force
Washington reports labor shortages affect Isthmian Canal construction as nations shift workers home due to rail and public works demand. Commission agent Leroy Park, after months in Spain, notes recruitment difficulties but expects sending many Spanish laborers after favorable reports from those already abroad.
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Washington
Canal Commission
Leroy Park
Commission
Spain
Panama
Canal
Park
Buffalo Bill Cody Believed Lost in Rocky Mountain Blizzard
A Omaha dispatch reports William F. Cody Buffalo Bill and sixteen companions may be missing after a hunting trip in the Big Horn mountains. The party including Colonel Stanley of Liverpool and three other Englishmen were last heard from Oct 12 as a storm closed in. A Cody Wyoming camp letter said they expected to return by Nov 1 but the letter was two days travelling to Cody when the blizzard struck.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Omaha
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Wyo
Big Horn Mountains
Rockies
Stanley
Liverpool
Eng
Miss Sartoris Weds George H Woolston in New York
Miss Rosemary Sartoris daughter of Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris and the late Algernon Sartoris married George H Woolston of Hibernia Florida at Calvary Episcopal Church. The couple left for their honeymoon by a wedding trap. Woolston owns a large Florida plantation.
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New York
Rosemary Sartoris
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris
U. S. Grant
George H. Wolston
Hibernia
Fla
Calvary Episcopal Church
Thornton F. Turner
Woolston
Fifty Three Die In West Jersey Railroad Disaster
Atlantic City N J Oct 30 The final toll from the West Jersey and Seashore railroad wreck is set at fifty three dead with many injured. Rescue crews continued work at the scene locating victims and assessing the damage.
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Atlantic City
N. J
West Jersey and Seashore
Coadjutor Bishop Morris of Little Rock Visits Rome
Rome reports Coadjutor Bishop Morris of Little Rock received in private audience Monday, signaling ongoing church diplomacy during his visit.
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Rome
Poue
Morris
Little Rock
Orlando Parish Shot Dead Outside Barber Shop
Dallas report states Orlando Parish was shot to death before a barber shop. Barber shop proprietor J W Peterman was arrested in connection with the incident.
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Dallas
Orlando Parish
J. W. Peterman
Much Cotton Burns At Abbott Texas Railroad Platform
Fire at the Katy railway platform in Abbott Texas destroyed 200 square bales and 72 round bales along with two thirds of the platform and a seed house holding fifty tons of seed. The cotton had been received by the railroad. 100 square bales were shipped to Crawford Byrne of Austin and another 100 to Peyton Co. of Dallas. Round bales were for the Riggins Round Bale Co. of Houston. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Abbott, Tex
Katy
Abbott Gin Company
Crawford & Byrne
Austin
Peyton & Co
Dallas
Riggins Round Bale Company
Houston
Uncle Amos Boreum dies age near eighty at Oyster Bay
Amos Boreum known as Uncle Amos by the president and others died at Oyster Bay on Monday at nearly eighty. For most of his life he drove a stage and carried the mails before the railroad era, earning the friendship of President Roosevelt when he was a boy.
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New York
Amos Boreum
Amos
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Farm woman killed by bull near Port Jervis
Mrs. Magdalena A. Berger wife of farmer Ova Berger living three miles from Port Jervis was gored to death on her farm while gathering wood in a field where a bull was grazing.
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New York
Magdalena A. Berger
Ova Berger
Port Jarvis
Arrest Made in Murder Case Near Fort Worth
Fort Worth on October 30 reports deputy sheriff Doc Batten of Amarillo arrested T. B. Block on murder charges in the killing of Earl Docknay, a boy whose identification proved difficult. Block resided in Amarillo.
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Fort Worth
Doc Batten
Amarillo
T. B. Block
Earl Docknay
Block
Reward Given For Returning Pocketbook
Denison reports Josie Weber found a pocketbook containing 125 dollars and returned it. as a reward she received ten cents.
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Denison
Josie Weber
Langdon Recognized as Incumbent District Attorney
San Francisco reports that in superior court District Attorney W. H. Langdon is judicially recognized as the incumbent to the office once held by Abraham Ruef. Two grand jurors discharged for not qualifying. seven others to be examined.
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San Francisco
Superior Court
W. H. Langdon
Abraham Ruef
Marshal Murdered in Ohio Arrest Attempt
George Basore, Franklin resident near Dayton, was shot and killed Tuesday morning while trying to arrest George White, a Black suspect linked to robberies in the area. White was captured after a town chase and jailed as the crowd grew angry.
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Dayton
George Basore
Franklin
George White
White
Potoria Arkansas Fire Damages Town Estimated at 50000
Potoria Arkansas sustained fire damage estimated at about fifty thousand dollars. A high wind blew as the town, lacking a fire apparatus, fought the blaze. Local authorities report the loss amid a rapid, wind driven fire.
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Little Rock
Potoria
Ark
Illinois National Guard unit visits Memphis for civic events
The First regiment of the Illinois National Guard and Illinois citizens traveling from Vicksburg to Chicago were greeted in Memphis by Confederate veterans and the Chickasaw Guards. A departmental band gave a concert on the public square and the visitors were elaborately entertained.
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Memphis
Ilinois National Guard
Illinois
Vicksburg
Chicago
Artificial fog creation in air locks and caisson therapy
An account from Compressed Air Magazine describes fog forming as pressure drops in an air lock and a depressurizing discharge valve. A worker treated for caisson disease reports fog at the dew point, pain relief when pressure is increased, and fog disappearance when air is released, illustrating fog production by cooling and condensation principles.
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Caisson
Hudson River
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