Floggings Near Toccoa: Two Leaders Arrested
W J Acree a Fantonglis high school principal and YT BR Lowery furniture foreman were arrested on warrants for participating in a Sunday flogging of Mrs Analoly Bowers and her son Floyd 18. They posted 400 bonds and deny band involvement. Three other men Miner Clark and Charles Thomas are sought. Mrs Bowers and Floyd hospitalized with injuries. authorities say the flogging stemmed from a false report.
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Toccoa
Bowers
F. A. Stowe
Old County
Betty Bronson Shines in Virginian Film Ritey
Betty Bronson stars in Ritey at the Virginian with Elinor Glyn behind the pen and two new performers. The photoplay is a comedy full of witty set pieces aboard a liner and in New York. Supporting cast includes James Hall, William Austin, Joan Standing, George Nichols and Roscoe Barns. Lindbergh’s Washington arrival also appears.
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Ritey
Betty Bronson
Elinor Glyn
Virginian Theater
the Pictus
Nils Sronsen
Madame Glyn
Fitzy
Plain Harrington Smith
Ritay
James Hall
Wiliam Austin
Joan Standing
George Wichols
Roscoe Barns
Lindbergh
Washington
No Control Opens as Kearse Feature
No Control opens at the Kearse theater presenting a new comedian team Harrison Ford and Phyllis Haver. Ford plays a radio hug lover who adores a circus rider. The big tent leads to many funny scenes including Haver as a lion tamer. Cast includes Jack Duffy Tom Wilson Toby Claude E J Ratcliffe and Larry Steers. The program also features A Dance Sensation Gossip Crooning and Ballooning and A Vaudeville Mosaic.
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Harrison Ford
Phyllis Haver
Kearse Theater
Ford
Hug
Miss Haver
Jack Duffy
Tom Wilson
Toby Claude
E. J. Ratcliffe
Larry Steers
Powell
Morton Jewell Company
Johnny Hines Headlines Rialto With All Aboard Comedy
Johnny Hines headlines a Rialto Theatre laughter cruise in All Aboard a goofy tour tale. A forgetful guide leads a party to Algiers where a desertChief and kidnap plot mix with Edna Murphy as heroine, supported by Dot Farley and others.
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All Aboard
Edna Murphy
Johnny Hines
Rialto Theater
Hines
Johnny
Algiers
2 Sheik
Pike
Stein
Miss Murphy
Dot Farley
Babs London
Frank Hagney
The
Risito
Ben
Capitol Presents Tillie the Teller at Capital Theater
Opening night at the Capital Theater features Marion Davies in a breezy comedy drama based on Russ Westover cartoons. Co stars include Matt Moore Gertrude Short George K Arthur and Claire McDowell with new actor Harry Crocker. International News covers Lindbergh’s arrival in Washington. A Palestine outreach group named British Shalom aims to foster Arab Jewish cooperation.
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the Teller
Capital Theater
Marion Davies
Russ Westover
Mites
Gertrude Short
Bubbles
Matt Moore
Jesda
Mikes Davies
George K. Arthur
Whipple
Claire McDowell
Ms Jones
Bert Reach
George Fawcett
Harry Crocker
Capitol
Lindbergh
Washington
Palestine
Davis Favors Trade Course At West Virginia Institute
President John W. Davis urged intensive mechanical arts courses at West Virginia Collegiate Institute. The advisory council of the state board of education discussed faculty changes and predicted new teachers next year. The institute, with over 610 students, saw campus improvements, a Home Economics Cottage project, fireproof vaults, better laboratories, and monotype machines as part of a broad upgrade in the past year.
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West Virginia Collegiate Institute
John W. Davis
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Howard AL. Gore
Davis
Adinistration
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk
The county clerk issued marriage licenses for multiple couples across Kanawha Braxton and surrounding counties. Names include Glenn Berton Alma Frame Nile Tetters Pauline Nottingham Spencer Tawson Leatha Redd Ernest Lendees Hil Bailey Ira Siromions Sylva Harmon Gordon Gillispie Opal Soteman Randolph Thurston Virginia Eroy Roy Nunley Virgie Laagh Carl Meighen Princes Elizabeth Webster Good Nannie Jackson and others. A separate report notes a seal hunt in London where a seal was killed after driving people from the River Thames.
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Tarkage
Glenn Berton
Braxton
Alma Frame
Kanawha County
Nile Tetters
Lewy County
Pauline Nottingham
Spencer Tawson
Missouri
Leatha Redd
Ernest W. Lendees
Hil
Mr. E Bailey
Ira Siromions
Sylva Harmon
Gordon Gillispie
Kanaghs County
Opal Soteman
Clay County
Randolph Thurston
Virginia
Virginia Eroy
Fayette Counity
Roy Nunley
Virgie Laagh
Carl Hf. Meighen
Elizabeth Webster
Onto
WI Good
Nannie Jackson
Kentucky
Ek Ek Ee ST
House Frowns On Capitol Bond Plan Continues In Session
TheHouse debated the proposed eighty five million dollar capitol bond plan and constitutional questions. An eminent domain restriction for public service projects drew a close vote, while a property taxation amendment passed, with measures awaiting senate action and hearings on related resolutions.
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House
Capitol
Brewster
Senate
Thia
Keatley
Cummins
Cummings
Alderson
Clay County
Tax provisions and exemptions in state act text
The fragment outlines tax rates for various public services and utilities, with specific rates for rail and transport entities, water and power companies, and other public service firms. It also provides exemptions for income earned in interstate commerce and states that inconsistent acts are repealed, with the act taking effect July 1, 1127.
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Board of Public Works
State Capitol
Beard
Jesetsot
Board of Publi
Acta
Legisature
Battiica
United States
Bell-Ans Indigestion Relief Claims Wide Endorsement
An advertisement touts Bell-Ans as a long trusted remedy for prer-acidity digestion and belching. It claims over 30 years of use with endorsements from doctors and nurses and offers free spice samples via Boll & Co. Inc in Grangeworg B Y Aan.
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F Boll & Co. Inc
Grangeworg
B. Y
City workers pay local tax debacle shocks readers
A fragmentary report notes half the city’s seaplayees paying a local capitation tax last year. It mentions a 46 year delay, a sheriff’s office action, and a figure named J Frewin, with scattered references to Brixton England and an odd historical misstatement about a taxpayer’s fortune.
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Tillie the Toler
Collegiate Institute
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