Purcell mob burns Black man after alleged confrontation
In Purcell Oklahoma at 6 p m a mob of about 2000 people burned Peter Carter a Black man accused of confronting Mrs Minnie Spraggins wife of a farmer The crowd overpowered sheriff deputies holding them in a courthouse and the victim was tied to a brush heap near a telephone pole and burned Doctors said Mrs Spraggins was badly injured Carter was captured by Black residents who helped extract him from beneath a box car and later escaped en route to jail Officers recaptured him briefly then he disappeared as the mob secured the scene The Spraggins home was set on fire as part of the violence with the husband later rescuing his wife from the flames The episode ended with an all night search for Carter and a tense city scene in which property and people were threatened by the mob
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Purcell
Okla
Peter Carter
Minnie Spraggins
Hayes
Parris
Spraggins
Higley Henry
Oklahoma Central Railway Station
Carter
Hey
Pegro
Train No 4 wreck kills and wounds dozens at Lehigh Valley
A Lehigh Valley line train jumped the track at Manchester New York this afternoon. Dozens were killed and about eighty injured as cars plummeted 60 feet into an embankment. Victims include veterans from the Grand Army encampment. Special trains with nurses and doctors rushed to the scene from Geneva Rochester and Canadaigua.
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Manchester
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Grand Army
Rochester
Geneva
Canadaigua
Buffalo
Detroit
Muskoka
Low Wat Closes Mill Over Water Shortage
Anderson August 24 Two large cotton mills in upper Carolina the Anderson and Orr plants shut down due to very low river water. Drought across Piedmont reduces river flow and power plants on Savannah and Tugatoo rivers produce only about 4 000, risking further shutdowns. In Japan a frog called kaijiki is famed for its sweet song and hosts pay up to ten dollars for pairs of the marsh musicians. A poet keeps many singing frogs at home and hosts parties where guests write poems in honor of the frogs.
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Anderson
Upper Carolina
Anderson and
Orr
Piedmont District
Savannah
Tugatoo
Sove
Japan
Kaijiki
TUGALOO NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO SURVEY, BOARD SAYS
War Department letter to Congressman Wyatt Aiken explains the Rivers and Harbors Board found the Tugaloo river’s upper and lower sections too precipitous for open-channel improvement and the middle section too limited to justify federal survey. Citizens are invited to submit views within four weeks. Birmingham votes to allow liquor saloons. county goes wet.
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Wyatt Aiken
War Department
Department of Engineering
Ocone
Washington, D. C
Tugaloo River
Georgia
South Carolina
Fort Madison
S. C
United States
Board of Engineers
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Southern Building
G. P. Howell
Corps of Engineers
Hold Cotton for 13 Cents Call from Farm Leaders
Washington August 23. A conference of Senators and Representatives from cotton states plans to urge farmers to hold cotton for 13 cents and seek support from State banks to counter bearish speculator pressure. The note cites a possible 15 million bale crop and warns current prices are unjustified, aiming to persuade unions to advise members accordingly.
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Washington
Williams
Mississippi
Owen
Oklahoma
Burleson
Texas
Underwood
Alabama
House
Heflin
Brantley and Hughes
Georgia
Burleson and Bealle
Texagarrett
Tennessee
Humphreys
Small
North Carolina
New York Cotton Exchange
Egypt
India
Farters' Union
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Mob
Awsasta
Prank Skinner
Euerope
Oryhit
Tate
Ohio
Tol Tucas County
New
Riner
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
A.W
Hall
Plano
Army Veterans
Voley
Barton's Pharmacy
Valhalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneva
Low Wat
Keowee
C. W. Pitchford
Upton Piano
Courier
Walhalla
Ferfeodeefeoforfeeforfeoloets
CG. W
Seard
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Committee of Southern Senators and Representatives
Barrett
South
Senator Williams
Associated Press
John Sharp Williams
Robert $. Owen
A. S. Burleson
Mansfield Center
Conn
Jos
Barrow
Holt
Darrow
Fletcher
Castoria
Pitchford, Walhalla
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