City Park Gardens for New York Kiddies
Juvenile New Yorkers cultivate city park gardens under Father Knickerbocker. Thousands of children manage over 1,000 plots with rows of beets carrots corn and tomatoes. Notable gardeners include the Fiorentino sisters Josephine and Rockie who prize cabbage and tomatoes. Prizes reward attendance plot upkeep and vegetable quality. supervisor Mrs. Fannie Parsons, aged 70 and nearly blind, oversees daily park work with assistants.
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New York
Father Knickerbocker
Josephine
Rockie
Fiorentino
Fannie Parson
Parsons
Man Bound Over On Attempted Assault Charge
Gaston Britt, 46, bound over to higher court on a charge of attempted assault against Ruby Thompkins, a young white woman, near Kingsdale Lumberton. Britt, with a wife and family, is out on 5080 dollars bond. both reside nearby.
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Lumberton
Gaston Britt
Ruby Thompkins
Kingsdale
Britt
Explosion destroys plant in New York factory district
Aug 27. One man killed and another severely injured when the United States Railway Signal company plant exploded. Two other factories were wrecked. the city was shaken by the blast and many people suffered injuries.
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Long. Island
United States Railway Signal Company
Death of Frederick James Inferred Suicide
Friends said ill health drove Frederick James formerly of Savannah and member of the railroad administration engineering board to take his own life. His body was found at his Washington residence with a bullet wound in the head.
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Washington
Frederick James
Savannah
Engineering Board
The
Railroad Administration
Hearing on Pennsylvania railroad appeal to repeal union election order
The United States Railroad Labor Board will hear Pennsylvania Railroad next week on its petition to repeal the board order requiring an employee election to recognize the shop crafts union. The announcement includes notice to other railroads that they may refuse to obey the order, with the hearing described as a test case.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Congressman Herrick Faces Woman’s Allegations Over Contest
Washington August 27 Congressman Manuel Herrick released a statement alleging Mrs. C Melville Shorey tried to place her daughter with him and that his letters were in her interests He says any past links to the Shorey home had no relation to his beauty contest for evidence supporting a congressional bill He blamed cantaloupe for morning sickness and noted a failed attempt to arrange a meeting with witnesses.
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The
Times
Congress
Herrick
Washington
Judge Maintains Whiskey Sentences in Goldsboro Term
Judge Cranmer closed the superior court term in Goldsboro by upholding jail terms for whiskey offenses with one sentence reduced from twelve to six months. He refused to convert jail time to fines, even as lawyers pleaded for leniency. In one case he gave money from his own funds to support a jailed husband’s family.
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Goldsboro
Cranmer
Superior Court
Gold Cup speedboat races open with Gar Wood leads field
Detroit August 27 final tuning up for the Gold Cup powerboat races as nine hydroplanes were listed for tomorrow's opening heat. Gar Wood's Miss America II tops the interest, with a predicted 90 mph. Other entrants include Miss America I Miss Peerless Miss Chicago Miss Toronto II Arab 17 Miss Belle Isle and Baby Sure Cure among seven clubs. Three 30 mile heats set for Monday and Tuesday on a five mile course with a point system for victory.
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Detroit
Althout
Gar Woecd
Chicago Yacht Club
Toronto II
Toronto Motorboat Club
Buffalo Launch Club
Belle Isle
Baby Sure Cure
Detroit Boat Club
Monéeay
Cab'n Cruisers
Cleveland Yacht Club
Vermillion Boat Club
Orlo III
Columbia Yacht Club
Aye Aye Sir
Miami Beach
Elub
Rahyv Gar
Detroit Yacht Club
Second Degree Given to Slayer Freeman
Goldsboro August 29 Ludy Radford a Negro was convicted of second degree murder in the death of John Freeman another Negro At the time Radford was shooting at another man who stabbed Freeman and joined him between the gun and him shot-rane after Freeman had fled
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Goldsboro
Ludy Radford
John Freemit
Neero
Radford
Freeman
Himele
Flen
Raleigh to Open Schools on September 6
Raleigh officials announce preparations for the opening of Raleigh schools on September 6. Registration dates are set and pupils must have completed all requirements before opening to avoid congestion and delays.
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Raleigh
Notable Raleigh Women Involved In Speeding Case
August 29 saw Mrs. Josephus Daniels Mrs. T. W. Bickett Mrs. B. H. Griffin of Raleigh and Miss Susanna Coerroft national commandant U S training corps camp for women. They, with others, posted bond for their chauffeur charged with speeding on Biltmore hill. Asheville authorities enforce the law without regard to status. Milk from oats peanuts and water is being made in Boston.
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Amnovila
Josephus Daniels
T. W. Bickett
B. H. Griffin
Raleigh
Susanna Coerroft
U. S. Training Corps Camp
Biltmore Hill
Asheville
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