Chinese bandits release eight foreign captives from Sha nghai to Tsaochwang
Eight of the 77 hostages captured near Suchow on May 6 were released after a six and a half week negotiation. Roy Anderson led the talks as peacemaker with Chinese officials and bandit chiefs. The eight, including four Americans, were escorted to a rail line for transport.
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Tsaochwang
China
Suchow
Tung Hsing
Poatzuku Moutain
Tsonchwang
Anderson
Wen Shih-Tsen
Nanking
Cheng Tiao-Yuan
Shantung
Chen
Paotzuku
Roy Anderson
Atlanta
Notice of Public Sale in Mount Airy District
Commissioner to sell in Mount Airyfront of the Bank of Mount Airy on July 16 1928 at 2 PM the SE quarter of a lot on Church Street corner, running along Rosa Nelson line to a street, then to J E Catus lot and a Granite City Land and Improvement Company conveyance chain to Dave Nelson and David Fulp follow by edge of new 80 foot street.
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Mary J. Nichols
Ottrs
Lonnie Nichols
Bank of Mount Airy
Seotaine
Church Street
J. E. Catus
Rosa Nelson
St. Ke
New
Dave Nelson
Granite City Land & Improvement Gomane
David Fulp
Dempsey Gibbons Fight Receives 100000 Financing
Shelby set for the July 4 boxing match after George H. Stanton bank draft of 100000 funds the $800000 guarantee. Jack Kerns and Dan Tracey organize the event while Shelby mayor Jim Johnson and Great Falls businessmen secure the balance amid unsettled weather. Dempsey trains in rain as Godfrey and Drake spar and Burke steps in for two rounds.
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Great Falls
Mont
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Jack Kerns
Shelby
George H. Stanton
Stanton Trust and Savings Bank
Kearns
Tom O’rourke
Polo Grounds Athletic Club
New York
Tex Richard
Uniontown
Jim Johnson
Dan Tracy
Fred R. Searles
Great Falls National Bank
Johnson
Lou J. Molumby
American Legion
Tracey
Mike
Dempsey
George Godfrey
Godfrey
Jack Burke
Pittsburgh
Harry Drake
Drake
England Worries Over Emigration to America
London reports rising numbers of British skilled artisans and domestic servants seeking to emigrate to the United States. A government committee probes causes as the U S quota limits intake, with July to September bookings already filled and a stricter view on imported labor noted by editors.
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London
Great Britain
United States
America
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Gezette
Soldier's oral will upheld by court in Mason estate case
New York court validates an annipiention for Ernest C Mason, a WWI casualty. Surrogate Wingate finds Mason dead after capture in a German prison camp. The 28 000 dollar estate goes to his Brooklyn sweetheart Miss Eleanor Knapp based on a love letter and last night testimony.
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New York
Eleanor Knapp
Brooklyn
Ernest C. Mason
Wingate
Mason
Hindenburg
Miss Knapp
Anti-Saloon League Targets New York Legislature
Wayne B. Wheeler national counsel of the Anti-Saloon League of America announces a campaign to unseat New York state legislators who repealed the liquor enforcement code. He vows to canvass cities and districts to defeat wets, warn that a dry legislature would restore enforcement, and frame the New York move as a national issue in the upcoming presidential campaign.
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Cleveland
Anti-Saloon League of America
New York State
Wayne B. Wheeler
Wheeler
New York
Illinoise
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Rhode Island
America
Summer remedy urged for colic and diarrhea
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea remedy as essential for households during hot months. It claims it is almost sure to be needed and worth many times its cost, urging readers to buy it now.
Mount Etna in violent eruption devastates villages
Rome dispatch reports Mount Etna’s main crater opened suddenly at midnight, unleashing lava flows and ash over Castiglione and Linguaglossa. Towns deserted, vineyards and forests laid waste, Castiglione railway station destroyed, no loss of life yet reported.
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Rome
Mount Etna
Cronsa
Etna
Castiglione
Messina
Ben
Boiler Explosion Kills Two in New Bern Mill Blast
A boiler at the Banks and Thomas gun and sawmill in Richlands exploded at 11 this morning, killing Nat Sylvester and injuring Hugh Miles and Paul Patrick. The blast wrecked the plant, caused $10,000 in losses, and sent debris through a nearby home.
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New Bern
Nat Sylvester
Hugh Miles
Paul Patrick
Banks
Richlands
Walter Rand
Rules for Obituaries and Subscriptions From a Texas Editor
A Texas editor outlines fees for obituary notices, business notices, and delinquent subscribers. The rules promise freebies for advertisers and cash subscribers while criticizing non supporters who disparage the paper. The note urges payment and town boosterism amid a looming hog cholera scare.
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Texas
New Jerusalem
Brave South Carolina Boy Guides Orphans After School Fire
Thompson Davis a 17 year old guardian to his four younger siblings after the Cleveland school house fire in Kershaw county leaves his parents dead. He cultivates 30 acres, plans for Furman prep, and awaits a new consolidated school at The Terraces while guardians and donors support the family.
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Cleveland
Kershaw County
Camden
Thompson Davis
Beaulah
Leroy
Marvin
Charles Henry
Sarah
Leila Mae
Line
Topsy Turvy
Davis
South Carolina
Quinlin
Chester
Camden Hospital
Young Thompson
South Carolinas
Broadus Thompson
Young Davis
Carolina
Georgia
Furman University
Greenville
Guardian Angels
Mendal L. Smith
Red Cross
Barling bomber to be tested as world’s largest airplane
The Army announces pilots Leigh Wade and Harold R. Harris will test the Barling bomber at Wilbur Wright Field Ohio. The 120 foot long tri plane with six Liberty engines weighs 40 000 pounds and aims for at least 90 mph. It may carry up to 5 000 pounds of bombs and has a 12 hour flight endurance with seven guns for field sweeping defense.
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Washington
Army
Air Friant
Wilbur Wrightfield
Ohio
War Department
Leigh Wade
Harold R. Harris
Air Service Engineering Division
Dayton
The
Air Service
Walter H. Barling
Whittemann Aircraft Corporation
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Stone Mountain Work Resumed In Confederate Memorial carving
Atlanta recalls the Confederacy as Stone Mountain resumes work on the Lee carving. Govs Trinkle of Virginia and Hardwick of Georgia join the dedication, praising Confederate leaders and the memorial's enduring ideals as Gutzon Borglum begins shaping the colossal sculpture.
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Atlanta
South
Stone Mountain
Robert E. Lee
Gutzon Borgelum
Virginia
Georgia
E. Lee Trinkle
Thomas W. Hardwick
Trinkle
Dixie
Confederacy
Lee Stonewall Jackson
Davis
Beauregard
Gordon
Hardwick
Camden committee oversees family land transfers after losses
The Camden committee led by Mayor M. G. Garrison Jr. notes that in cases like Miller and Vernon McLeod and Eugene Brown where whole families perished, only one child survived and nearby relatives take over farm lands to manage until permanent settlement is arranged.
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Camden
M. G. Garrison, Jr
Miller McLeod
Vernon McLeod
Eugene Brown
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England
Chamberlain
MT. Etna
Columbia
Air Giant
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