Mississippi Issues Strict School Sanitation Regulations
Dr. W S Leathers announces Mississippi state board of health regulations on heating light ventilation sweeping drinking water sanitary privies and fire safety for all schools. Rules require 15 square feet and 180 cubic feet per pupil ceilings over 12 feet high and regular air quality checks with daily cleaning and disinfecting of furniture plus separate privies and adequate fire escapes with periodic drills.
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Mississippi
State Board of Health
Bonus Strikes New Senatorial Snag
Washington September 5 The bonus was further delayed as Senate and House conferees agreed to finish ironing out differences in the tariff bill before considering the bonus measure. Senator McCumber identified as the president’s standby announced the decision.
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McCumber
Bishop Fallews Dies After Illness in Chicago
Bishop Samuel Fallews, head of the Reformed Episcopal Church in the United States, died today in Chicago after several weeks of illness from a long infection.
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Episcopal Reformed Church
Chicago
Ill
Samuel Fallews
Reformed Episcopal Church
United States
Dyer Anti Lynching Bill Likely Fails This Session
Washington reports the Dyer anti lynching bill cannot be passed at this Congress session and its passage will probably fail in the short winter session, as opposition is deemed too strong.
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Washington
Congress
Hootch Tidings Warbled by Bird in Rural Pennsylvania
A rural Pennsylvania report details Joe Sovostnaka of Mifflin Township allegedly profiting from illicit alcohol. Detective Mike M Dermott notes a canary named Vodka on the porch on select days, signaling possible hootch activity amid Volstead enforcement efforts.
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Joe
Mike” M Dermott
Miffs Township
Labor Journal Editor Denies Violation of Injunction
Memphis Tenn Sept 5 Jake Chen editor of the Labor Review says an editorial attacking strikebreakers was published before the Daugherty injunction and thus could not violate it. Records note his arrest followed the allegation.
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Memphis, Tenn
Jake Chen
The
Labor Review
Daugherty
Cohen
Bird as salesman tied to moonshine ring ends in jail
McDermott confronts Sovostnaka at his home and seizes a singing bird used to hawk moonshine. He also confiscates a still and liquor and returns to the courthouse with the bird as evidence. Sovostnaka is jailed for violating the Eighteenth Amendment.
Storm Leaves Death and Destruction in Augusta
A powerful wind and electrical storm in Augusta Georgia on September 5 killed a Black man, burned a hotel, knocked out electric service, crippled trolley lines, and burned fire signal boxes as officers struggled to respond to the chaos.
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