23 Sep 1924
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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1924
Page
1
City officials will publish notices for forced tax sales after owners ignore repeats. Salisbury authorities aim to recover about 20 600 in delinquent taxes by selling property in two weeks notices will name owners describe properties and show amounts due.
Willard Shockley faces sentence after a juryless trial in which the court found him guilty of gambling linked to a fatal shooting at Shackley’s restaurant. Witnesses described card games with stakes and a cutter who collected sums, with one man known as West Indies Jim alleged to have intervened during the incident.
Fragmented text describes Mare Island Navy Yard operations with references to vessels, feigned events, and unspecified payments. It mentions a March date and general activity around ships and repairs without clear outcomes or names.
The American Red Cross has allocated a month’s supply of relief to over forty thousand Filipinos in Tarlac and nearby areas. Reports say thousands are starving, feeding on unsafe plant matter as officials deny famine but order an official investigation by Governor General Leonard Wood.
Fragmented text outlines a case involving Representative Phillip Hill with a ranking of 255 orders. The notice mentions Mabel Willebrandt as Assistant Attorney General and refers to actions by the Contest States Attorneys, with unclear locations and dates due to garbled OCR.
Mayor J Thomas Parker will present the 1925 city budget to the City Council at a special session in City Hall this evening. He signals drastic cuts to municipal items and likely only a slight variation in the current tax rate amid debate over a band authorized by referendum in June.
Near Coty Pennsylvania a local paper mill of the New York and Pennsylvania Company suffered an explosion. Three employees were killed and two seriously injured. Victims include Harry Fowler and Ralph Fryer found in wreckage, Lee Hurst died later from burns, and others John Frey Harry G Yung and Thora Hurst were injured or treated in hospital. Company officials say cause is under investigation.
Unclear text reports a protest linked to a stage lien or staging issue on the coast. The article fragment mentions sleepers and a man named Tager Hant, with fragmented references to earlier events and unclear details.
Three brothers from notable families pursue college football glory. Arthur Callahan, youngest Calahan of Lawrence, is a Harvard freshman candidate and potential captain, with Yale and other peers as possible counterparts. At twenty, he stands five feet nine inches and weighs 29 pounds, following his brothers as guard prospects.
A distress call from a steamship identifying itself as the Cranford was received last night. The vessel reported four miles off the northwest tip of Spain and prompted rush responses from British steamers Orsonva and Lettrim as authorities reconsidered whether Cranford was a U S Shipping Board vessel that left New Orleans August 31 for Bremen.
Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler, confined to bed by doctors, faces possible removal as director of Public Safety after a Mayoral letter deemed the situation intolerable. Mayor Kendrick prepared a note to Butler and his staff, prompting crowd speculation at City Hall while Butler's condition limits any immediate response.
Fragments describe a meeting with arrangements and various participants. The text references a county or community event, cards and compass terms, and multiple unclear mentions of names and times, but specifics and outcomes remain unreadable.
A minister Rev Lawrence M Hight and Mrs Elsie Sweetin confessed morning to plotting murders of spouses in a jail cell confrontation. Hight alleged Sweetin poisoned her husband while Sweetin denied involvement, later signaling possible confession as authorities watched. State Attorney Thompson described Sweetin as highly strong minded and urged caution as interviews continued.
The fragmentary text references an event or person named Sachtems f Cohmene Scion with a note about a graded or guarded figure and an unclear descriptor Sh Es gierer. The readable portion hints at a local notice or brief item with several garbled terms.
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