Mingo County Scene of Fights Across History
This piece traces Mingo County West Virginia’s long feud with violence from early settler battles with Indians to moonshining and the Hatfield McCoy feud. It notes recent coal mine clashes, Matewan fighting deaths in 1926, and federal troops bringing tentative peace to the region.
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Williamson
W. Va
Virginia
Mingo County
West Virginia
Pike County
Kentucky
McCoy
Licker
Mingo
Matewan
Cornwell
Hatfield and McCoy
Hatfield
Devil Anse
Mineo
Rohan Surrenders to Police in New York Police custody
Prohibition enforcement agent Jeremiah Rohan known as Mr. X surrendered to police today. He was taken from the Brooklyn station to Manhattan headquarters after being linked to the killing of former gangster Monk Eastman.
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Rohan
New York
Man o War to Return for Kentucky Family Reunion
Kentucky prepares a grand welcome as Man o War returns home from fame. Plans include silk hats, frock coats, a barbecue, and speeches by Elizabeth Daingerfield and the Lexington Chamber of Commerce. Fair Play and Mahuba will be onlookers in the celebration of the greatest racehorse ever foaled.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Man _ War
Fair Play
Man of War
Old Kentucky
Mahuba
Blue Grass
Samuel D. Riddle
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Daingerfield
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
Major Foxall A. Daingerfield
James R. Keene
Hinata Farm
Man O' War
Meahuba
Nancey Hanks
Salvator
Funeral Held For Mrs Craven In Local Parish
The funeral for Mrs Mary Jane Craven age 74 was held Saturday at 11 am at Spring Hill Church conducted by Rev James A Clarke. She died Thursday night after paralysis and is survived by daughter Mrs Irving Pickard three sons Sanford Albert Chester Craven two brothers and her late husband Salem Craven.
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Mary Jane Craven
Irving Pickard
Jones Street
Sprng Hill Cuarch
James A. Clarke
Craven
Thie City
Sanford, Albert
Chester Craven
Giddie
John Jones
Salem Craven
Great Prospects For Sugar Crop In Hawaii 1921
Honolulu reports outlook for a huge sugar crop in 1921 with low prices averaging not more than six cents a pound. Demand is expected to rise, but several planters may see little or no profit due to Crockett refinery losses in California and debt from past purchases. Hawaii sugar firms remain financially sound, yet carry-over stock and contract shipments to Crockett affect income.
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Honolulu
T. H
Hawaii
Hawaiian Trust Company
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Crockett
California
Crockett Refinery
Martens Surrenders to Labor Official in Deportation Case
Ludwig Martens, the Russian Soviet representative to the United States, formally surrendered today to Secretary Wilson of the Labor Department in Washington. He had been under arrest for several months and remained in the custody of his attorney since then.
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Washington
Ludwig Martens
United States
Wilson
Department of Labor
Martens
Minister Seeks 100000 Damages Over Church Influence
Rev Thomas A Good sues in Denver district court for 100000 claiming the pillar of fire organization led by Nancy White of New Jersey alienated his wife and extracted a total of 1000000 from followers through fraud. The complaint accuses Mrs White of hypnotic influence over her members.
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Denver
Col
Pillar of Fire
Nancy White
New Jersey
Thomas A. Good
Good
First Canadian regiment bears Canada badge in Flanders
The Princess Patricia's Light Infantry became the first Canadian unit to carry the Canada badge on Flanders battlefields, marking a historic emblematic moment for Canadian forces.
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Canada
Flanders
Princess Patricia's Light Infantry
Vilna Described as Historic City With Colonial Echoes
New York dispatch describes Vilna as an attractive historic city near the confluence of the Vileika and Vilnya rivers, population over 150000, noting its western cultural outpost status and colonial architectural influences. It mentions ethnological studies in Hawaii and Pacific island expeditions seeking Polynesian relics and bird life specimens, with burial caves said to hold valuable relics hidden from locals.
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New York
United States
Vilna
Poland
Lithuania
Vileika
Vilnya
Petrograd
Two American Expeditions Reach Tahiti Island
Papeete Tahiti Jan 4 Two American scientific expeditions are in Tahiti one from the Bishop Museum and another from a national research group. Corres pondence of the Associated Press reports both teams surveying local geology and biology as they study coral reefs and volcanic formations near Papeete.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Associated Press
Largest rifle range at Valcartier Camp Que bec
The facility at Valcartier Camp in Quebec claims the world’s longest rifle range at three and one eighth miles in length.
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Valcarter Camp
Quebec
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Mrs. Craven
South
Reston
Tahiti Isle
Guilford Transfer Company
Iaai Sap
Wilson Motor Company
Herbert Ingram
Bill Sorings
Lovings Machine and Plumbing Company
Smith and Russell Sts
Bill Lovings
Mgr
Herb Ingram
Jed Oo
Iesereresesesesesesesereserei
Eses Eseser
Crear Prareekiuceestecke Ice
Ee Ead
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