Musick Murder Rocks Harlan as Son Is Slain at Preacher's Home
NEA Service reports in Harlan Kentucky that February 5 witnessed a brutal rifle assault on the home of Marshal Musick, a preacher and union organizer. His 19 year old son Bennett died in the bedroom as bullets ripped through the house. The incident shocks deputies and stirs calls for justice among a hard mountain community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Thornton
NEA Service
Harlan
Harlan County
Cal
Marshal Musick
Musick
Bennett
Allen
Black-Draught Relieves Constipation Promptly
Enjoy easier days and brighter mood when free from constipation. Black-Draught offers prompt relief as a purely vegetable laxative. A good laxative to check trouble before it takes hold.
Harlan Union Effort Sparks Civil Liberties Probe
In Harlan strong suspicion falls on law officers over a violent incident that inflamed local tensions and helped trigger a broader civil liberties investigation in Washington. Baptist preacher Marshall Musick, respected in town, faced ongoing pressure from United Mine Workers after years of threats and intimidation. On January 9, union organizers renewed their push to move into the county and state.
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Harlan
Civil Liberties
Washington
Marshall Musick
Man Musick
United Mine Workers
Musick
Hot Weather Biliousness Alert Promotes Calo Tabs
A vintage ad warns that heat slows digestion and causes biliousness with symptoms like belching, nausea, and dizziness. It promotes Calo tabs as an improved calomel compound with prompt relief, offering a ten cent trial package and a twenty five cent family package at drug stores.
Violence in Harlan County follows Musick family attack
Six organizers, including deputies Frank White and George Lee, face murder charges after a deadly rifle barrage hits the Musick home near Evarts. Bennett Musick, 19, is killed as gunfire rips through the house. the family flees to Pineville. Police and miners clash in a long history of strife in Bloody Harlan.
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Musick
Frank White
George Lee
White
Lee
Musick's
Daniel Boone Smith
Commonwealth
Gillin
Gilbert
Otto
Evarts
Harlan County
Harlan
Community Notes From Stamps And Hope Area
DeAnn L H Boyette and daughter Mary Helen of Stamps and J W Boyette of DeAnn visited L E Aslin family. Majorie Roberta stayed with Melba Coffee in Hope. Garrett Memorial church event in Hope drew locals. J W Boyette and John Slaton traveled to Hope on business. Briant Roberts planned a Fredrick Oklahoma visit. Several other small social visits and routine trips recorded among area families and neighbors.
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L. H. Boyette
Mary Helen
Stamps
J. W. Boyette
DeAnn
L. E. Aslin
Majorie Roberta
Melba Coffee
Hope
Garrett Memorial Church
Hope Bundy
City Hall
Carl Coffee
Family of Hope
John Slaton
Briant Roberts
Fredrick
Oklo
Eugene Clapp
Elmer Harris
Luther Aslin
Myra Lee Boyette
Edna Vickers
EB. M. Boyette
Jim Arnold
Valla Dean
Tahiti Crest Over Ocean Rises Thousands of Feet
A terse report describes a dramatic sea and land feature with Tahiti referenced and details of ocean depth and inland elevation. The text mentions San Francisco area and Orchena mountion, noting the crest rising above the surf by thousands of feet.
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Tahiti
San Francisco
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