Northampton Learns Little of Coolidge in Death
In Northampton Massachusetts residents largely kept to themselves after news of Calvin Coolidge’s death. Only barber George Dragon recalled speaking with Coolidge many years earlier, while a taxi driver and a messenger boy shared memories of his quiet manner. Smith College students and reporters flooded the town as lights burned at The Beeches and police guarded the gate late into the night.
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Widows of Presidents Remain in Public Eye after Coolidge Death
Washington reports six widows of former presidents Harrison Cleveland Roosevelt Taft Wilson and Coolidge are alive. Among them Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Wilson are most visible, with public appearances dating from Hoover’s notification in Washington to campaign events in New York. Cleveland’s widow is the only one to remarry, tying to Princeton professor Thomas Jax Preston Jr. This marks only the second time since Washington that no living ex president exists.
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Capital Mourns Coolidge Death
Washington mourns Calvin Coolidge as President Hoover and Congress prepare for the former president's funeral in Northampton Massachusetts. Officials plan official participation remains to be finalized while the nation observes a 30 day mourning period.
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Employment bureau aided over four thousand in Winston-Salem
Officials report the work bureau provided jobs to more than 4 000 people in Winston Salem during the previous year.
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Burned Auto Injures Met Life Official In Elizabeth City
R J Seay assistant district manager of Metropolitan Life Insurance was bruised and burned when his car caught fire near Elizabeth City. In Rutherfordton Adam Guffey aged 48 sought for two months on criminal assault charges was jailed after arrest at Marion Aldson brother of Silas and uncle of the children. Charles Donaldson reportedly shot two youths and fought with his brother during a violent incident at their home as Agnes Donaldson described tensions over living arrangements and a brother-in-law staying with them. The steam engineer at police headquarters was arrested in an upstairs room after neighbors called for help.
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Painfully Injured Superintendent in Auto Collision
Ezekiel Parker Wayne county home superintendent was painfully injured when his car overturned after colliding with another vehicle in Goldsboro.
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Ezekiel Parker
Wayne County
Textile chemists group to hold winter meeting in Greenville
A. R. Thompson, chairman of the Piedmont section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, announced the winter meeting will be held in Greenville, South Carolina, on January 28.
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Pole falls on highway worker at Climax injuring Fra zier
Sam Fra zier a 40 year old tractor driver for the state highway commission was sent to a hospital semi conscious after a telephone pole toppled onto him at Climax authorities said the accident occurred while the pole was being serviced by crew members
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Sam Frazier
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Climax
Three Family Members Killed by Drunken Brother
Three members of the Donaldson family Silas the father and a son and daughter were shot and killed last night by Charles Don-
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Donaldson
Silas
Charles Don
Epigrams of Coolidge Spark Public Utterances
New York dispatch lists several epigrams attributed to Calvin Coolidge reflecting on government and law. The quotes emphasize faith in citizen self correction, righteousness as basis for progress, and cautions against rash experiments while stressing nonpartisan justice.
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Calvin Coolidge
Lawyer Questions Identity in Car Theft Case
Witness deserts certainty after cross examination stating doubt about ever owning a car again as the lawyer presses the theft claim. The courtroom moment captures a tense exchange in the Wheel.
Refuse Railroads To Revise Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied requests by railroads in the south to revise leaf tobacco rates. The plan would cut Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee rates while raising others, but the commission found it would not promote uniformity and could worsen discriminatory patterns.
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No Emotion Shown By Young Girl Who Killed Her Father
Newport News Virginia January 6 a 16 year old high school girl said she shot her father because he was cruel to her and abused her mother awaiting trial in juvenile court the case concerns family abuse and the alleged murder.
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Frances Lassiter
A. M. Lassiter
Newport News
Man Claims Razor Blade Eating Mastery in San Francisco
Police arrest John Williams a Negro man on suspicion after he boasts of disposing of old razor blades. When asked his occupation he says he is a champion razor blade and ground glass eater. He swallows a razor blade to prove the claim.
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