War in Williamson County flares with Herrin clashes
Violence erupts between Klan and anti Klan forces in Herrin and nearby towns as deputies and officers clash with armed factions over bootlegging. One man killed, deputies wounded, and several officers reported missing amid rapid troop mobilization and disputed arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marton
Williamton
Herrin
Tod Tlires
Annte
Klan
S. Glenn Young
Whitamson County
Anya
Roider
Washington
Wiliomgon County
Caesar Cagle
Kinn
John Layman
Herrio
Polsee
John Ford
Grain
Frank Stephens
Marion
Johnston City
Carterville
Cagle
Thea Street
Jefferson Hotel
Cagta
Rome Club
Laymans
Duel at Palmetto Ends in Deaths After Narrow Mayoral Vote
A gun battle in Palmetto village near here left one woman dead and another seriously wounded. Wilda Clark Meyer, eighteen, and Louie Meyer, thirty one, died or were wounded. Mrs. Roland W. Clark, attorney, and daughter, Wilda, were victims, tied to a mayoral race in Palmetto won by Meyer’s candidate by one vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmetto, In
Clark
Meyer
Tax cut plan approved by House ways committee
A 25 percent reduction proposal for personal income taxes was approved by the House ways committee. The measure, part of broader fiscal reform, faces debate in Washington as negotiators consider its impact and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alotra
Five Men Named in Texas Fraud Case
A fragmented report lists five men tied to a Texas fraud scheme. Details are unclear due to damaged text, but the incident involves alleged financial wrongdoing and investigations by local authorities. Further readable context references a person named Leo and a location in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Leo Geet
Senate orders quiz of naval oil lease
The Senate voted without dissent to give the investigations committee full authority to pursue the naval reserve leases and reclaim portions of the Elk Hills reserve leased to Standard Oil. Senators Reed and others criticized Denby and Doheny as the probe resumes, while the panel drops compulsion for Pall. Denby defends his actions in a telegram to Chapin amid push for Secretary Denby's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Naval Reserve
Elk Hills Reserve
Standard Oil Company
Howard L. Doheny
James A. Reed
Missouri
Denby
Mr. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclnir
Albert B. Pall
Silas Strawn
Atlee Pomerene
Robinson
President Coolidge
Navy Denby
Roy D. Chapin
Detroit
Naval
President Signs Bill to Cancel Oil Leases
Washington report notes President Coolidge signed the Walsh resolution directing proceedings to nullify the Doheny and Sinclair oil leases. The Senate was debating removal of Secretary Denby as the probe into the Teapot Dome scandal widens. Prominent figures Bonfils and Shaffer testified or were subpoenaed in connection with the settlement payments and press involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Denby
Coolidge
Walsh
Doheny
Sinclair Ianks
Silas Strawn
Chicago
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Sanda
Frederick G. Bonfila
Denver Post
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Reserve
John CG. Shaffer
Chicago Evening Post
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Bonfils
Chief Justice Taft Schedules Complete Rest After Illness
Cited by directive of his physician Dr Thomas A Clayton Chief Justice Taft has canceled all engagements for the immediate future and begun a period of complete rest after a recent indigestion attack though responding to treatment he also suffers a bad throat officials say.
Prison forge and saloon tale echoes in old report
A fragment from a historical newspaper item references a prison, a forge, a saloon, and a superintendent figure amid garbled notes. Names and clear events are unreadable. the readable bits hint at a story of arrest or inquiry tied to a tavern setting and official oversight.
Final Terms of Tax Bill Voted
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee approved the tax bill for floor action with a partisan vote. Major changes include a 25 percent cut on 1924 taxable income, adjustments to earned income definitions, repeal of telegraph and telephone taxes, partial relief on admissions, and reduced rates across several tax schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means
House
Whys and Means
Melton
Treasury
Green
Secretary of the Treasury
Waya and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Woodrow Wilson Carried Two $10,000 Insurance Policies
New York report notes Woodrow Wilson held two life insurance policies with Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York totaling 20,000. One policy dated earlier when he was a Princeton professor, the other taken in 1899 while he was active as a lawyer and lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Princeton
Lita
Mail Theft Suspect Held After Fight at Union Station
Chicago reports Walter Barnes tied to a $2.5 million mail robbery at Union Station. Barnes was captured in Quincy Indiana after a confrontation with postal inspectors Robert Mundelle and D J Purcell, who were threatened during the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter Barnes
Ithe
Tila
Qury
Ind
Union Station
Barnes
Robert D.;.mundelle
D. J. Purcell
Tax Bill Falls in House Amid Ratification Push
Washington Congress rejects tax bill in present session. Move to ratify a constitutional amendment to prohibit the face of tax exempt securities gains momentum. Chief Justice Patt recovers from indigestion and attends to correspondence at his desk in Washington home Friday after recent attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Congress
Atatea
Vu Juntlee "Patt
Ohief
Tuatles
William Hyatt Ban
Indianola vote set on schoolhouse plans and local offices
Iowa district notes show Indianola voters to decide March 10 on a $175,000 schoolhouse project while William G. Peterson’s cropsale at Selby and other regional items headline a broad state update. A new Lamont railway station, a Mason City sanitarium plan, and Des Moines building permits also appear amid weather, fire, and crop data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
William G. Peterson
Selby
Roy Li
Quait
Crostes
State Board of Health
Legisatura
Lamont
Farm Bureau
Iown State College
Mamioketa
Maquoketa
Bear River
Commercal Club
Des Moines
Mason City
Weather Bureau
Aun
Corn Belt
Iowa
Tama County
State Board of Conservation
Dulry Cuttla
Charles F. Sarle
Bureau of Agricultural Economtica
Union
United States
Faderal Inbor Bureau
U. S
Department of Commerce
Standard Rate and Date Service
Inwa Bank Commission
Conrad Dykeman
Grooklyn
N. Y
Imperial Shriner Rotentate
North America
Des Moines Shriners
Hugh J. Hnurrter
Odeboldt
Sac County
Adama
Towa
George Steen
West Liberty
U S Government Market Report Week Ending
Market data from Chicago New York and St Louis cover fed cattle fruits vegetables grain and hay prices. The report notes wire trouble delaying deliveries and provides figures for hogs potatoes onions cabbage apples and various grain and hay categories across multiple markets with numerous price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fed. T
Chicago
New York
Northwestern
Louis
Kansas City
T. Louis
St. Louis
Kansse City
Knneasty
Timothy
Actress Found Slain in New York Hotel
New York police report the murder of Mias Louisa Lawson a 25 year old Texas music student found bound and suffocated in a hotel room at 22 West Seventy first street near Central Park. Two men tied her up ransacked the room and escaped with jewelry. Lawson daughter of a Texas family and linked to the Duke estate drowning case. She socialized with wealthy men and worked as a minor actress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mias
Louisa Lawson
Texas
Weat Saventy First Street
Central Park West
Nnt
Lawson
Walnut Springs
Tex
Greenwich
Conn
Angler B. Duke
Benjamin B. Duke
Miss Lawson
Surplus War Material Sale Totals Highlight Vast Federal Liquidation
The federal liquidation board reports the largest selling effort in history with surplus materials and property valued at 8.001 billion dollars, of which 1.282 billion has been received. Transfers between federal agencies include 867.614 million in goods and 105.870 million in road making waterworks to the Agriculture Department for state use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Lquidation Board
Department of Agriculture
Gould Estate Named Defendant in $200 Million Suit
Executors of the late George J. Gould were ordered into New York state court to defend a $200,000,000 stockholder suit against former directors of the Denver and Rio Grande Granite railroad, as reported from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George J. Gould
Quarte
New York State Ag
Denver and
Itia Granite Railroad
Road
Mrs Wilson Will Stay in Seclusion at Capital
Washington report states Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the late president plans to remain in seclusion at the Wilson home in Washington after her husband’s death. The note says she will not leave the capital and will stay at 2840 Street. A separate plan proposes Monticello as a temporary home for great Americans each year, promoted by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Montreelio
Richmond
Monticello
Thomas Jafferdon
Postal receipts rise sharply in January across 60 cities
January postal receipts climbed 449 percent over January 1928 in 60 leading cities. The total for the month across those cities was $20,080,887, indicating a strong year start for postal commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California My Syrup for Children Ad
An old advertisement touts a California My Syrup product claiming it cleans bowels and restores a well child within minutes. It targets mothers with appeals to ease feverish, constipated babies and children, urging them to ask druggists for the Femine California Ply Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Dandelion Butter Color in Widespread Use
A long standing harmless vegetable butter color sold by drug and general stores for 86 cents a bottle. Widespread consumer familiarity noted with universal use for six decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aga To
Col
A. A. Sprague
Public Works
Democratic State Advisory Committee
Naval Oil Lease
McAdoo
Taft
Tendent
Wataas
Lengl Co
Frank Farrington
Woodan
United Mine Workers
Iowa State News
U.S
Leonard Ear Oil
Heros Bois Hlond Nojoog
UE Weeda
Federal Reserve
Pierce
Buffalo
Poren
Piorco
Dulalo
Thampaen
Farrer
Uta
Bence
Makas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!