Rage riot in Harriston Mississippi leaves eight dead
In Harriston two drug crazed brothers Wal ter Jones and Will Jones led a racially charged assault that killed eight people including a Negro woman and Thead Grayson. National Guard troops arrived from Natchez to prevent a wider massacre as a through train and local residents faced gunfire. Constable Frank Keinstly and his son were among the dead, as the outburst ended with the lynching of Walter Jones and calm restored by noon.
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Harriston
Miss
Natchez
Walter Jones
Will
Thead Grayson
Walter
Frank Keinstly
Keinstly
William
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley
E. B. Appleby
W. C. Bond
Claude Freeman
Fayette, Miss
Memphis
New Orleans
China apologizes for killings and flag insult at Nanking
Gen. Chang Hsun led about eight hundred troops to the Japanese consulate in Nanking to apologize for the killings of several Japanese and an insult to the flag. The Japanese consul expressed satisfaction with the action. At Hankow and Shantung, Japan said Chinese authorities fully complied with its demands.
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Nanking
China
Chang Hsun
Peking
Legation
Hankow
Shantung
Rebels Defeated by Huerta Forces
Reports from Sabinas and Barroteran say the Constitutionalist army has been defeated and is retreating toward the border with about 1600 Federals on its flanks. Americans ordered from the disturbed district report mining properties at Moner Agujita Rosita and Barroteran destroyed to keep them from capture.
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Huerta
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Sabinas
Barroteran
Moner
Agujita
Rosita
Esparanza
Explorers Plan Austrian Antarctic Expedition
A committee led by Prof. Eugene Oberhammer of Vienna prepares an Austrian Antarctic expedition for scientific work in the south. Rear Admiral Perry received the information in a letter from Oberhammer. Dr. K. Koenig, veteran of a German Antarctic expedition, will lead the venture.
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Antarctic
Portland
Maine
Eugene Oberhammer
Vienna
Imperial Austrian Geographical Society
Perry
Oberhammer
K. Koenig
Greenland
Cascarets Promise Quick Relief From Sick Headache
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent solution for dizziness headaches biliousness and constipation. It claims the product cleanses the stomach removes sour undigested food and foul gases taking excess bile from the liver and expelling toxins through the bowels with a promise of a clear head and regular liver and bowels by morning.
Female Makes The Trouble
The article notes a new female mosquito variety, a silent feeder of blood that infiltrates homes through fine screens. It contrasts female and male mosquitoes, claims males do not bite, and mentions the family dynamics as a humorous aside. It also includes a short science note on iceberg detection by captains Johnson and Gamble, dismissing whistles and bells as reliable indicators and suggesting murres signal icebergs.
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Sye
C. E. Johnson
A. S. Gamble
Seneca
Miami
Johnston
Big Sleep
A middle aged couple returning from a weekend find their son still asleep in bed as they hear him call from his room asking if they missed their train. The alarm had been left on for him by the daughter and the couple discover the blinds closed as they left.
Ready for Him
A conductor trips over a small boy twice and remarks that some people have awkward children. The mother retorts that the conductor should consider his own mother, implying she is no better.
Their Capacity Lawyers Split Hairs on Facts
A compact quip points to lawyers as capable of precise distinctions, noting how they even split hairs on bad facts. The exchange highlights legal minds debating trivial details over a larger truth.
Record of Industry Peak and Quotations
The year saw record US production values for grindstones and pulpstones marking the industry’s highest historic level. A woman states she means not all she says while a man with a map reveals what he omits. Many a thoughtful craftsman discovers a fuller self than expected.
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United States
At the Circus and Rural Gossip Snippets
A collage of light social quips and marketing lines. Jokes about wives unions editor characters mix with medical ad for Capucine summer headache remedy and a remark on local poetry censorship. Insinuations about a union price and salary add light regional flavor.
French Market Coffee Bests Bulk Grinds in Tests
The advertisement claims French Market Coffee cannot be replicated in bulk operations. It emphasizes the unique slow roast and grind process and sealed cans to preserve quality. Readers are urged to try the product at meals for several days to verify it as the best coffee.
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Columbus
L. E. Peterman
T. M. Smith
Smith
Windham
E. E. Jarrell
Jarrell Warehouse Company
Farmers Union Warehouse
J. R. Harmon
Scalesman
Butler, Georgia
Union
Taylor County
Edward's Warehouse
C. McCants
J. C. McCants
H. H. Riley
F. E. Glover
Reynolds, GA
Harriston, Miss
Taper
Plankville Palladium
Washington Irving
Pi Dean
South Carolina
Mary West
Spartanburg
D. C
Sayn
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Tor
Ite
W.N. U
Atlanta
ICH Market Mills
iNew Orleans Coffee Co.,Ltd., Pres
Remington
Nyc
America
Arne Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co
New York
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