Oklahoma Governor at Outs with Ku Klux
Oklahoma Governor J C Walton faces a challenge from N W Jewett grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan who accuses Walton of sacrificing the law to gain national stature. Walton vows to restore law and orders state police to empower farmers to shoot to kill if mob violence threatens. A full pardon is offered to those who shoot members of mobs.
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Oklahoma
City
J. C. Walton
Tulsa County
Walton
N. W. Jewett
Klan
Jewett
Oklahoma City
Quake Forces Three Yokohama Hotels Over Cliff
Eyewitness Robert O. Mathewson of the Chicago Tribune reports a massive quake in Yokohama’s Bluff district hurling three hotels into a cliff. Most residents perished, including at the Oriental Palace hotel which left only a toppled upper structure on fire. The French orphanage with 16 sisters and 160 children also collapsed with no survivors.
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Peking
Bluff Residence
Yokohama
Robert O. Mathewson
Chicago Tribune
Kobe
Bluff
Oriental Palace
Mathewson
Six Million War Veterans Pensioned
More than six million wounded veterans across sixteen countries receive government pensions. Germany leads with one and a half million recipients, followed by France and Great Britain. Other nations listed include Italy Russia Austria Poland and the United States with substantial numbers of pensioned veterans.
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International Labor Bureau
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Austria
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
United States
Rumania
Belgium
Canada
New Zealand
Finland
Pope Comment References Addison in Charm of Joseph
A fragment notes Pope praising Joseph Addison with a remark on charm surpassing that found in any other man, framed as a witty literary aside about conversation.
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Pope
Joseph Addison
Japan Faces 25 Year Comeback After Major Earthquake
New York dispatch reports Capt. Edward A. Salisbury returning from Japan says recovery will take at least 25 years. He cites ruined naval bases, destroyed communications, and vast property losses in Yokohama and Tokyo with many bamboo and wooden structures burned, leaving millions displaced and Japan slow to regain political and commercial prestige.
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New York
Japan
Edward A. Salisbury
The
Mikado
Capt. Salisbury
Yokohama
Tokio
Tokyo
Japan Seeks Rapid Recovery After Devastating Quake
Tokyo reports a powerful earthquake disaster with 30 000 to 40 000 dead. Prince Regent Kirohi and Princess Nagoko wedding delayed. Naval maneuvers canceled while Nagato leads fleets toward Yokohama. Banks face sums under 100 yen with potential 10 day moratorium. Martial law limits movement after sunset. Refugees housed in royal mansions and courts as milk shortages and ruined grammar schools threaten children.
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Tokio
Kirohi
Nagoko
Nagato
Yokohama
Treasury
Inotye
Funabashi
Eas
Inverm
Carolina Virginia Fair Opens Sept 25 With Major Upgrades
The Carolina Virginia Fair announces Sept 25 26 27 28 improvements include a new fifty foot wide race track a larger grandstand improved ticket office and a rebuilt Midway. Fireworks by a major company and Victor's Famous Concert Band will headline along with Frank Wests Shows and a large machinery and live-at-home exhibits lineup.
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Linville
Lovill’s Creek
Harding Will Filed for Probate with 226000 Bequests
The will of Warren G Harding filed in Marion Ohio bequeaths 226000 in cash to relatives friends churches and the Marion Park association widow Florence Kling Harding receives a 100000 life estate in government bonds and parts of the Marion Star building, Mount Vernon home, and personal property. The document names heirs and specific bequests to Dr George T Harding Jr and his children, church gifts, and a 25000 Marion park commission endowment for park improvements.
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Marion, C
Marion Park Association
Harding
Florence Kling Harding
Waw
Marion Star
Mount Vernon Avenue
Dougherty
Mr. Harding
George T. Harding
George H. van Fleet
Henry C. Schaffner
James C. Woods
Trinity Baptist Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Star Office
Marion Park Commission
Marion
Carolyn Votan
Washington
Charity M. Remsberg
St. Anne
Calif
Abigail Harding
George T. Harding, Jr
Columbus
Fair grounds offer free parking and bright lighting claim
Mr Linville urges the public that the fair never charges admission for cars or parking space. Men will supervise parking and cars will be arranged for easy exit. Do not trust false claims about paid parking on vacant lots. The grounds are rewired with ample lighting, making the fair grounds resemble a White Way.
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Fair Ground
Fair Grounds
Good Time At The Fair For All Visitors
A lighthearted note invites everyone to attend the fair and enjoy a general all around good time. It emphasizes broad appeal while acknowledging niche interests in cattle garden products horse racing and fireworks displays.
Record-setting horse fair attracts 77 entries from 14 states and Canada
More stables prepared as Mount Airy hosts a record equestrian fair with seventy seven horses. Competitors arrive from fourteen states and the Dominion of Canada, signaling a high turnout and regional interest.
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Airy
States
Dominion of Canada
Free Acts at Fair Feature Tight-Wire and Daring feats
Miss Jesse La France a tight wire expert is engaged for the entire fair. P. A. Boone will perform roping and chain roping stunts. Winifred Gilbraine Dancing Sex tette with five girls and one man will present two acts daily. Acts include Fancy dancing, Polka, Ballet, Military drills, Pony Trot, Ballet Toe, Chinese Rag. The Sensation of the Century T Loma the Man up the Steel Pole Seventy five Feet High. The pole sways as he balances high above the crowd performing acrobatics and feats.
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Jesse la France
P. A. Boone
Winifred Gilbraine
T’loma
Poe
Fire Works Purchased From Schenectady Fire Works
The Fire Works have been purchased from Schenectady Fire Works. Purchase records indicate the supplier as Schenectady Fire Works with delivery details not fully shown.
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The
Schenectady Fire Works
Airplane Exhibition For Daily Fair Passenger Flight
An aeroplane will be on the grounds daily during the fair to serve as an exhibition and carry passengers.
Wilson Tobacco Market Week Figures
Wilson Sept 7. Official tobacco sales on the Wilson market for the week ending Sept 6: 2,024,606 pounds sold for $465,314.97, average $22.98 per hundred. For two weeks since opening, 3,067,108 pounds sold for $692,490.04, overall average $22.57 per hundred.
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Wilson
H. B. Johnson
Japanese Prisoners Loot and Then Kill in Earthquake Horror
Shanghai reports the earthquake unleashed massive fires after oil tanks exploded above Yoko suka station. Prison walls fell freeing 5000 convicts who looted and murdered. citizens formed vigilance groups delivering summary justice. American hospital structures and bodies were exposed by collapsing earth and floods.
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Suka
Negeshi
Hell
Yokohama
Farmers Lose 12 Cents on Wheat Costing $1.23 Per Bushel
Washington reports from 4000 farmers show 1922 production costs per bushel of wheat averaged $1.22, corn 66 cents, oats 53 cents, while average sale prices were $1.11 for wheat, 73 cents for corn, and 48 cents for oats. The figures cover labor, operator and family, and use of land.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Shot-Gun Trap Fatality Ties Robbery to Kings Mountain Man
Gastonia report of September 5 details Herman Falls of Kings Mountain dying in a hospital after a robbery at S. L. Kiser's general store in Cherryville township. Falls was fatally wounded by a shotgun trap set during the theft. three men robbed the store and fled in a Ford touring car. Will McDonald escaped. Raymond Benfield is jailed in Gaston county.
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Gastonia
Herman Falls
Kings Mountain
S. L. Kiser
Sunnyside
Cherryville Township
Falls
Fall
Will McDonald
Raymond Benfield
Gaston County
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Carolina
Virginia
Carolina-Virginia
Victor
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Washington Park
Frank Wests
Mount Airy
Mt. Airy
Barnard Allen
Surry County
Bill Beamer
Martin Bennett
President Harding
Park Association
Wilson Tobacco
Shanghai
Yoko
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