Burley Tobacco Association Buys Kingsport Warehouse
The Kingsport Tobacco Market, Inc. sold its large warehouse to the Burley Tobacco Association, enabling Kingsport to host the pool based market for four years. Farmers around Kingsport join the four year contract, ensuring standardized prices and protecting against buyer frame ups. The Burley Association serves Kentucky, West Virginia, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio.
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Kingsport Tobacco Market, Inc
Burley Tobacco Association
Kingsport
Chamber of Commerce of
Johnson City
Kentucky
Phil Taylor
Chuckey, Tenn
David Pence
Bank of
America
United States
West Virginia
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Many Filipinos Out of Work in Islands
The Insular Labor Bureau reports more than 1,000,000 workers available in the islands, not counting about 292,000 women also seeking jobs. Many laborers have emigrated to Hawaii hoping for better sugar-industry employment conditions.
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Manila
Insular Labor Bureau
Hawaii
Bronx 700 Proves Very Perplexing
A reporter at the Bronx zoo attempts to locate a pigmy buffalo and other new animals amid elusive creatures and odd antics. The piece weaves comic misdirections from Tasmanian devils to tree shrews, highlighting zoo confusion and a final note on France pursuing alcohol as a motor fuel base.
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Associated Press
New York
Bronx
Mr. Ditmars
Tom
Tom Reilly
Reilly
France
Marriages rise in Tennessee for 1922 figures
The Tennessee health department reports 32,549 marriages in 1922 with a rate of 13.6 per 1,000, up from 11.7 in 1916. Divorce rates rose slightly to 1.6 per 1,000 in 1922 from 1.2 in 1916. County figures show Davidson, Knox, Madison, Shelby and others with varying rates. overall divorces are increasing faster in the South.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
State Health Department
United Staes Bureau of Census
Davidson
Hammalton
Shelby
Knox
Madison
Marsi
Flamilion County
Dames
Knox County
Madison County
Shelby County
Moore County
Puckett County
Nevada
North Carolina
Census Bureau
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
Utah
Colorado
South Dakota
Montana
Oregon
Kansas
Washington
Town
Illinois
Court Wading Through Heavy Docket Delays Lemons Trial
Young Carl Murrell, previously charged with murdering his father T L Murrell in Blountville, has been discharged after the state entered a nolle prosequi. He had been on bond and faced trial in circuit court. local friends praised the action.
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Carl Murrell
Lfe
Blountville
T. L. Murrell
Nolle
Murrell
Urged Not to Kill Bullbats During 1923 Season
The article condemns shooting bullbats, noting federal and state protections and a $50 fine per bird. T. Gilbert Pearson of the National Association of Audubon Societies cites reader complaints, including a North Carolina case where a man killed birds to feed his fox coon, illustrating widespread ignorance of the laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. Gilbert Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
Biltmore
N. C
Morgan Elected to National Committee on Constitutional Law
Nashville officials cheer John F. Mor ray as one of three members named to the national committee on constitutional law at the National Association of Letter Carriers convention in Providence R I. The data also lists state marriage and divorce tallies across multiple states and years with many figures incomplete due to OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
State Federation of Labor
John F. Morray
National Committee On Constitutional Law
National Association of Tetter Carriers
Providence
R. J. My. Morgan
Docket Includes 85 Cases in Sullivan County Court
The Blountville court docket opens with murder cases and numerous minor offenses. John Lemons faces murder trial for the Kyle killing near Kingsport, with C. T. Herndon and O. B. Loveute leading the defense. Whittemore and others await trial. multiple liquor, larceny, and weapon charges are handled, with fines, jail terms, or postponed actions.
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Kingsport
Onecnd
Sullivan County
Blountville
A. Vines
John Lemons
Robert Kyle
Lemons
Keingsport
C. T. Herndon
O. B. Loveute
James R. Worley
Stintsport
Joe Wiittemore
Hugh Lorins
Old Blag
Whittemore
Dodson and Ferguson
John R. Todd
Lige Thomas
Hattie Bedleman
Thomas
Bluff City
Alley Ford
A. W. Pruitt
Fev. Hensley
Ernest Morton
C. D. Kenny’s
Bristol
Sheldon Roberts
Wallace Hays
Westley Bowers
Wolf Feathers
George Burrell
J. G. Fleenor
G. L. Wagner
Tom Baker
Retired Emperor Seeks Seclusion With Garden Screen
Doom reports the former German emperor orders an eight foot high barrier to block views from the high road. The screen comes after publicity over bonfire celebrations at Doomhouse, prompting a move to greater privacy as he walks in his garden.
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Doomhouse
Shippers urge merger of C C and C with ACL and L N R
Kentucky coal producers back the acquisition of the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio by Louisville and Nashville with Atlantic Coast Line. The plan faces tentative opposition from some southern railroads and business interests. R C Tway of the Harkin County Coal Operators Association says the deal would create new coal markets and a balanced network, while noting Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky
Southern
Southeastern
R. C. Tway
Harkin County
Tway
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Oklahoma Militia Mobilizes to Block Impeachment Session
Oklahoma City reports state troops marshalled to prevent the Oklahoma lower house impeachment session set for tomorrow. Governor Walton orders the entire military to block assembly if needed, claiming the session would be influenced by the Ku Klux Klan and an enemy of the state. The governor’s newspaper the Record publishes his statements and testimonies from military courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Walton
Ku Klux Klan
The
Record
Tulsa
Invisible Empire
Seventy Miners Die in Falkirk Mine Flood
Glasgow reports seventy men perished as a deep Falkirk coal mine pit flooded after water breached walls of an unused adjoining pit. No warning could be given as flood was rapid and unexpected. Germany to abandon passive resistance seek unity amid chancellor Stressmann talks. A Reuters dispatch notes rumors of insurrection near Moscow and Petrograd, with no confirmation.
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Glasgow
Falkirk
Germany
Berlin
Associated Press
Stressmann
Moscow
London
Reuters
Riga
Petrograd
Former Prohi Agent In Court in Louisville
Federal court in Louisville today hears criminal information against 177 alleged Louisville bootleggers for violations of national prohibition laws. The case includes R. E. Delosier, a former prohibition agent, among those charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PROHI
Louisville
R. E. Delosier
Prohibition
President Coolidge backs federal coal commission plan
The White House described recommendations for a federal coal commission to guide congressional fuel policy as helpful and wise. It includes a proposal to create a new Interstate Commerce Commission section to address coal problems and urge that Congress enact the legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Coal Commission
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sale of Gorgas Plant Does Not Change Ford Muscle Shoals Deal
Washington notes that selling the Gorgas steam power plant to Alabama Power for about three and a half million dollars does not alter Henry Ford's bid to buy and lease the Muscle Shoals properties in Alabama. The president believes the remaining government properties built during the war remain as attractive for Ford as before the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorgas
FORD
Washington
Alabama Power Company
Coolidge
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Airplane swims to shore after 1000 foot fall into East River
Stew Chadwick of Curtiss Corporation lost power at around 1000 feet over Manhattan and glided into the East River. He swam to the Long Island City shore, shedding shoes to help his fight against currents and cold water. A motor party rescued him and he was treated at St. John's Hospital for exposure.
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Associated P
New York
Stew Chadwick
Curtiss Corporation
Garden City
Manhattan
Chadwick
East River
Long Island City
Hoyt Avenue
Astoria
Priclich
St. John's Hospital
Long
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Rattler
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
President Coolidge
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