Big Stone Gap District Conference Held at Broad Street Church
The Big Stone Gap District Conference met this week at Broad Street Church with Rev EB presiding and M A Stevenson re elected secretary. Reports show wholesome growth in church activity as visitors included Rev Booth Giesler Henley Martin and D D Cox. Clergy preached by Wright Benton Reynolds Cox with lay delegates elected for the Holston Annual Conference session in Knoxville on October 1 including Carr Ford Dobyns Counts Hamlin Taylor Jen nings and Emma Edds.
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Tone Gap
M. A
Shugart
Big Stone Gap
M. A. Stevenson
J. T Booth
N H Giesler
Morristown
J S Henley
Henfey
P. Martin
Holston
Bruce Wright
Jonesvile
Way
F Benton
Norton
G Reynolds
K W Cox
Pennington Gap
Broad Street
Knoxville
R. F Carr
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
W B Ford
J W. Dobyns
Kingsport
C. Q Counts
Coeburn
AP Hamlin
Gotham prep for Lady Guests at Big Convention
New York AP reports women will be more numerous and influential at the national Democratic convention, led by Elizabeth Marbury. She says delegates will push for meaningful participation, challenging male convention traditions and showcasing New York beyond jazz and bustle. The piece recalls 1868 suffragist Suzanne Anthony's bold demand for women’s votes at the same venue.
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New York
Elizabeth Marbury
New York State
Democratic National Executive Committee
Suzan B. Anthony
Honolulu May Have Large Woolen Mill
Sheridan L. Busby a retired Montana wool grower living in Honolulu proposes a woolen mill to curb unemployment and juvenile crime. He also suggests a silk factory using Japanese silk to cut freight costs, but argues a woolen mill offers more labor opportunities and better long term benefits for Hawaii’s workers.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Sheridan L. Busby
Montana
Japan
New York
Busby
Australia
Antipodes
Pacific Coast
Convention To Be Held At Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga. delegates from the South and Southwest plan to attend a large convention held in Atlanta with broad regional representation.
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Atlanta
South
Southwest
Kingsport to introduce Riverview Hospital Monday
Kingsport citizens will be formally introduced to the newly fitted Riverview Hospital with a tea from 3 to 6 pm by the Civic League Hospital Committee. The event on National Hospital Day invites all to view the renovated facility, open for tours all evening, with eleven rooms furnished by local organizations.
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Kingsport
Riverview Hospital
Civic League
J. W. Lee
Kingsort
Felix Guenther
W. R. Jennings
Howard Wilson
E. B. Harris
Guy D Pitts
Art Miller
S. C. Minnich
The
Presbyterian Church
E. W. Tipton
Oat Afanthan
Tha Northern
German authorities ban psychic fraud demonstrations
The German ministry of public welfare orders state and municipal authorities especially public service physicians to scrutinize all ads for hypnosis magnetism and suggestion demonstrations and to report them to police. Police will prohibit exhibitions and lectures of doubtful character as government aims to end recent damages from such performances.
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Berlin
Ministry of Public Welfare
Bolshevism Fails in Tolstoy Speech in Clarksville
Count Ilya Tolstoy told the Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs in Clarksville that Bolshevism is no longer an international danger. He blamed centralization and nonrepresentative authorities for Russia's failure and criticized British and European statesmen for recognizing the Bolsheviks, saying America did right to withhold recognition.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Ilya Tolstoy
New York City
Russia
Tennessee Federation of
Womn
America
Italians Pay Death Penalty for Murder of Dallas Calmes
In Amite Louisiana six Italians sentenced to hang for the murder of Dallas Calmes begin their death march at noon. Natale Demore of New Orleans and Roy Leona of Brooklyn die in the first pair. Joseph Giglo and Joseph Rini were led out for a second execution, but plans changed. Bocchio and La mantia of Chicago followed and were hanged. the final pair were to be executed twenty minutes later.
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Amite
Dallas
Calmes
Natale Demore
New Orleans
Roy Leona
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph Giglo
Joseph Rini
Joseph Bocchio
Andrae Lamantia
Chicago
Government closes Langley case in whiskey conspiracy probe
Covington report: The government ends its case against Congressman Langley on conspiracy to defraud the government in whiskey tax schemes. Motions to remove Langley and co defendants from the jury were overruled as the court eliminates the first count. Langley denies all charges and attacks key government witness Mortimer.
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Covington, Ky
Langley
Milton Lipschultz
Albert Slater
Philadelphia
Penn
Slater
Davis
Elias H. Mortimer
Mortimer
Kentucky
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Big Stone
E. A. Shugart
Norton, Va
Gotham
Associated Press
Southern Baptist Convention
Tolstoy
Telegraph News
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