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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
8
In Everett on September 29 a jury of 10 to 2 found Dr. W. H. Durand insane in Judge Augustine Brawley’s court. A famed Everett physician, Durand had previously been acquitted three weeks earlier and eight years ago fought similar insanity charges.
A Wenatchee field worker A Greenfield was hurled by a wind storm into a cement mixer losing a finger as a young cyclone battered orchards across Wenatchee valley. Hillside orchards suffered the heaviest losses with about ten percent. Inspector Darlington estimates district crop damage near 5 percent. In Chicago, John Forest returning WWI veteran discovers his wife has remarried and obtains a divorce.
The Bureau of Mines states slate waste can serve as a practical asphalt filler, replacing cement or limestone in road mixtures. This finding highlights a cost efficient reuse of industrial byproducts and suggests potential changes in construction material sourcing.
An ad promises immediate relief from corns by applying Freezone. It claims the corn stops hurting instantly and can be lifted off with fingers, with a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents and without soreness.
In Los Angeles Clara Mullicane, 15, rose from backwoods poverty as her sister Perle faced slaying charges. The elder sister’s trial and acquittal brought Clara to education and emancipation plans under guardian Angela Kauffman. The sisters’ pasts, recent freedoms, and separate legal actions including a $50,600 paternity suit and Mann Act considerations frame a troubled path forward.
William Joseph Simmons, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, telegraphed President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty urging an immediate federal investigation into Klan affairs from his Atlanta hospital bed. He pledged Klan cooperation, affirmed a pro democracy creed, and offered access to records to aid the Justice Department in tracing alleged outrages while asserting racial integrity and Protestant civilization.
The passage alleges that crimes were committed by individuals outside the Ku Klux Klan to satisfy private grudges and by others with ulterior motives, suggesting a mix of motives behind the alleged actions.
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