Mystery Woman in Double Slaying Tied to Widow
Mrs Frances Stevens Hall widow of the slain parson admitted she was the mystery visitor seen at the Hall home early Friday. She said she searched for her missing husband and returned hours later. Authorities probing the New Brunswick killings questioned her and her brother William Stevens. Local church organist and servant accounts place Mrs Hall near the scene amid speculation.
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Race Riot in New York Sees Six Hospitalized
A race riot in New York between whites and blacks injured six seriously and left many others needing medical care as tensions spiked over black residents moving into a white neighborhood. Police reserves restored order.
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Heat Wave Brings 102 Degree Slam In Los Angeles
Los Angeles endured a 102 degree day the hottest in the city this season. Beaches and mountain resorts attracted crowds as residents sought relief from the heat, recalling a 109 degree day from the 1980s.
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Kansas officer killed in running gun battle near Fort Scott
Fort Scott Kansas reports a local peace officer was shot and killed in a running gun fight with bootleggers five miles northeast of the city. A wounded man named John Cochrane from Richhill Missouri was later found in the Osborne pasture and identified himself.
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John Cochrane
Richhill
Ford Hopes to Soon Reopen
Ford Motor Company officials in Detroit say coal crisis developments may allow a quick resumption of operations. Edsel B. Ford, president, noted the plant had shut down on September 16.
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World events brief from early 1920s summaries
Summary of global and US happenings including unemployment relief praise, congressional adjournment plans, sale of war ships for 750000 dollars, US per capita wealth drop, coal car load increases, rivers and harbors bill passed, Mrs. Hardings improvement, senate coal commission bill, Ireland appointed surgeon general, federal judges expansion, parade guards in Parsons Kansas, Maine election revision, potato growers meeting, rail line attack in Perry Iowa, death of Emmet O Neal, hotel jewelry robbery near St Louis, Ford workers liquor ban, divorce of Mrs Reinenhaus, Miss America Mary Campbell, AFL calls resistance to injunctions.
Labor Board Abolition Proposal Sparks Washington Bill
Representative Hoch of Kansas introduces a bill to abolish the railroad board in favor of a no disinterested tribunal to settle disputes. The Jewell plan for separate shop craft union deals faces strong opposition in Chicago. Judge Wilkerson extends the Daugherty temporary rail strike injunction ten days and rejects immediate writ dismissal. IWW meeting in Butte votes to walk out for a six hour day and six dollar wage. Despite strikes fuel shortages, overall U S employment remains sound per the Department of Labor.
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Domestic Oughton Jr. Shot in Dwight Illinois Mystery
John Richard Oughton Jr. son of Keeley Institute head was shot in his apartment at Dwight Illinois under mysterious circumstances. Lake County's bill for expenses from Gov Len Small nine weeks trial in Waukegan totals 10 073 25 dollars and was sent to Sangamon for payment. A marked improvement in coal supply allowing resume of blast furnaces was announced by independent steel operators at Youngstown Ohio.
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Lake County
Waukegan, Ill
Len Small
Illinois
Sangamon County
Youngstown
Death of Col. Michael J. Hendricks in Windsor at seventy six
Col. Michael J. Hendricks United States counsel at Windsor Ontario died after a weeklong illness. He was seventy six years old.
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Birmingham
Ala
Battle Creek
Mich
Michael J. Hendricks
United States
Windsor, Ont
Dail Eireann backs new Irish cabinet on confidence vote
Dublin dispatch notes the Irish Free State parliament approves the cabinet with a 51 to 24 vote. Other items report Lord Northcliffe's will probate value, foreign notes on gold marks, Hammonia sinking casualties, Near East relief famine alert, British iron orders amid strikes, Krassin Urquhart land deal, Irish telegraph strike, and cross channel malleable iron shipments to the United States.
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Dublin
Iowa Briefs: Disjointed Notes From Across the State
A tag day in Sioux City raised 8895 for rail workers. Cedar Rapids elected C. B. Robbins as American Legion commander. Henry Bear’s farm near Fort Dodge burned, losses 5000. Sioux City plant merger will serve twenty towns. Eldora Tile plant to reopen Sept 15 if coal arrives. Mon ticello store files for bankruptcy. H W Harnett assigns to creditors. La Porte City timothy seed praised. yields good. A. L. Rogers offers 10000 reward for murderer of son Bruce near Denison. Keosauqua High School earns salaries by non resident tuition. Dr. J. F. Cole returns from California trip. Lamont moving pictures season ends successfully. Joe Walshy nearly suffocates in grain chute while joking. Winterset Knights form aid for education. employment offered. Bellevue man’s body claimed by Chicago wife as her husband. Mason City incident injures others but not Ben Parker. Western Iowa farmers align with North Dakota on surplus crops. Goldie Jacobs body found near Murray. St Ansgar bank opens with 50000 capital. Avery Brush president. Henry Lindemann sells 80 acre farm near Aeskley for 26250 acre, total 21000. Mrs. Hazel L. Hicks seriously burned by cooker steam. S E B Miller sale in Page county nets 7200 with 1000 in attendance. Uncle Asa Turner of Maxwell dies aged 10. Burlington farmer John V. Schurtz murdered in bed. wife and son heard nothing. Baxter youth Lonnie Jantz dies after train accident and amputation. Bellevue’s Rosanna Mateva celebrates 92nd birthday, resident 72 years.
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Newton
Gangereen
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Landor the Explorer Henry Savage Landor’s Worldwide Expeditions
Henry Savage Landor earned renown as an explorer with notable firsts in Asia and Tibet. He mapped the sources of the Brahmaputra, charted positions in Thibet, and amassed Himalayan observations. His journeys included a year among the Philippine Islands and a long overland trek through Korea. He later ventured across Africa and South America, traveling extensively until 1914 with a partner.
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Boy Mistakes Violet Trees for Flowers in Spring Drive
A four year old, Tommy, goes violet-picking with his sister in spring. Weeks later he rides with his mother and friends. He blinked at locust trees in full bloom and said he sees violets growing on trees, misinterpreting the blossoms.
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