Oklahoma Proclaims Martial Law in Capital during War on Klan
Governor J C Walton declares martial law for Oklahoma and mobilizes about 6000 National Guard troops to curb Klan influence. City hall and courthouse fortified with machine guns as police leadership is reassigned and county offices partially placed under military supervision.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
J. C. Walton
Oklahoma National Guard
Ku Klux Klan
W. S. Key
Ray Frazier
Ed Snelson
Oklahoma County
Uncle Sam Gets $160000 of Dempsey-Firpo Gate Receipts
Washington reports Uncle Sam will collect about $160000 in admission taxes from the Dempsey-Firpo fight. The federal tax charged is one cent on each ten cents of receipts, applicable to all ticket prices. Income taxes likely push the total substantially higher.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Fire destroys eight buildings at Maine State Prison
A blaze at the Maine state prison in Thomaston on September 17 destroyed eight buildings with an estimated loss of $500,000. Inmates assisted by Thomaston and Rockland fire departments and two Coast artillery companies fought the fire. one building housing 140 of 205 prisoners was burned.
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Thomaston
Maine
Rockland
Coast Artillery
Employment in United States on a Sound Basis
The Department of Labor Employment Service released a report stating that industrial employment across the United States is on a satisfactory and sound basis. The outlook for the future is described as among the brightest in recent years.
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United States
Washington
Department of Labor
Navy Curtiss Flies 244 Miles an Hour Record
Mineola N Y September 14 A navy Curtiss racer piloted by Lieut Harold J Brow U S N of Providence R I set a new world speed record traveling 244 15 miles an hour over a one kilometer course at Mitchel field More than four miles a minute
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Mineola
N. Y
Harold J. Brow
Providence
R. I
Mitchelfield
Ruhr Deaths Rise to 130 in Passive Resistance
Berlin reports 130 deaths from passive resistance in the Ruhr since Franco Belgian occupation of the Rhineland in a semiofficial statistic detailing recent activities.
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Ruhr
Berlin
Rhineland
Scotch for Thirsty Canadian Train Arrives in Winnipeg
A train bringing 10 000 cases of Scotch liquor from Glasgow reaches Winnipeg for the Manitoba liquor commission. The liquor will be sold by the government on permits.
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Winnipeg
Man
Glasgow
Manitoba Lquor Commission
President Lacks Navy Power Without Congressional Authorization
President Coolidge has no authority to deploy naval forces to enforce prohibition without a declared emergency or Congress approval. Attorney General Daugherty conveyed the ruling after requests by Harding and Prohibition Commissioner Haynes. Treasury Coast Guard patrols continue to combat rum smugglers along U.S. coasts.
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Washington
United States
Coolidge
Daugherty
Harding
Haynes
Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Attorney General
Congress
South's Vote at Convention of G. O. P. Is Cut Down
Washington report on the 1924 Republican national convention apportionment shows the solid South losing 23 delegates while the North and border states gain 75. Total delegates rise from 984 in 1920 to 1,026 for this convention.
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South
Washington
Adams
National Committee
North
Republicans pledge Coolidge nomination in 1924
President Coolidge met with Republican leaders in Washington on September 14 and received assurances of the party's next nomination. State leaders backed him with strong support and expected broad popular backing for his candidacy.
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Coolidge
Washington
Two Thousand Americans Try to Flee Revolt in Barcelona
Paris dispatch reports more than 2,000 American tourists in San Sebastian stormed the American ambassador’s summer home demanding passports to flee from the Barcelona military revolt that began Thursday. Ambassador Moore said there was no danger.
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Barcelona
Paris
San Sebastian
Spain
Moore
Train Crash Kills Four Children Near South Milwaukee
Four children die when a Chicago and North Western passenger train strikes an automobile three miles south of South Milwaukee Wisconsin. Victims are Floria Sander eight George Sander six Julia Sander nine and Thomas VesseL eight.
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Auto
Paul Strand Sets World Mark With 290th Hit
Salt Lake City news reports Paul Strand, outfielder for the Salt Lake Pacific Coast League team, hit his 290th safe hit of the 1923 season, breaking the prior world record of 289 set last year.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Paul Strand
Salt Lake Pacific Coast League
Dempsey Firpo Fight Draws $1.08 Million In Receipts
New York reports net receipts from the Dempsey Firpo bout reached $1,082,593 after tax department tallied the figures. The crowd paid the gate to witness the title test, with receipts announced upon completion of counting.
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New York
Tax Department
Dempsey Knocks Out Firpo in Second Round
New York reports tell of a massive crowd of 85 000 as Jack Dempsey defeats Luis Angel Firpo, securing the heavyweight title with a dramatic second round knockout. Firpo’s rallies failed after landing powerful blows, ending the bout in 57 seconds of the round.
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New York
United States
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Dempsey
Firpo
Five Thousand Die in Japan Flood After Typhoon
An Osaka dispatch reports five thousand fatalities from floods in Tottori and surrounding areas after a typhoon. Rivers Tukure Chiyo and Takimi burst banks, destroying villages. Tokyo and Yokohama suffer heavy damage as railways are crippled by the downpour.
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London
Tottori
Kobe
Japan
Osaka
Tukure
Chiyo
Takimi
Tokyo
Yokohama
Brother and Sister Who Wed Obtain a Divorce
Rolla Missouri dates detail A H Kattler obtaining a divorce from his wife after learning she was his sister. The couple had no children. Separated in babyhood, they were adopted by different families, later married, and years later discovered the sibling relation from Kattler’s father. They separated immediately.
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Rolla, Mo
A. H. Kattler
Kattler
Efficiency to Rule in Spain Says Dictator
Madrid Sept 17. All parasites must go is the edict of Spain’s Mussolini who has begun immediate execution by cleansing Spanish ministries cluttered for ten years with idle functionaries. Captain-General Primo Rivera is hailed as savior of Spain.
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Madrid
Spain
Mussolini
Primo Rivera
Rioters Attack Silesia City Hall As Martial Law Declared
Martial law in Beuthen Silesia follows violent protests as workers clash with police. Rioters attempt to storm city hall, are repulsed by rifle fire, leaving one dead and seven wounded, two of them women, bringing the total dead to eight.
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Silesia
Berlin
Sbeuthen
Five Die in Manchester London Air Mail Crash
Five people including the pilot and mechanician were killed when the Manchester London air mail plane crashed near Evinghoe beacon on the Hertfordshire Bedfordshire border.
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London
Manchester-London
Evinghoe Beacon
Hertfordshire-Bedfordshire
Brazil Rebels Slay 70 Troopers at Cruz Alta Camp
Buenos Aires reports seventy Brazilian state troopers were killed or wounded when their Cruz Alta encampment in Rio Grande do Sul was attacked by revolutionists in a furious surprise assault.
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Brazil
Buenos Aires
Cruz Alta
Rio Grande Do Sul
Engagement of Miss Joan Stevens Announced in France
Public notice of the engagement follows a dinner given by Allister McCormick at Le Touquet France. Miss Joan Stevens is the daughter of Hon Mrs Chas Melton Astley of London. The marriage is planned for Paris in October. McCormick previously drew publicity when Miss Mary Landon Baker left him waiting at a church.
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Joan Stevens
Chas. Melton Astley
London
Allister McCormick
Hampton McCormick
Chicago
McCormick
le Touquet
France
Paris
Mary Landon Baker
United States Won't Demand Bergdoll Return
Secretary of War John W. Weeks informed Lemuel Bolles of the American Legion that the United States will not demand the return of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll from Germany. The letter responded to a Legion inquiry about the desire to bring Bergdoll back to serve his sentence.
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U. S
Bergdoll
Legion
Indianapolis
John W. Weeks
Lemuel Bolles
The
American Legion
Grover Cleveland
Germany
United States
Evacuation of Corfu Set for September 27
Geneva reports the council of ambassadors informed the League of Nations that Italy will evacuate Corfu on September 27 if Greece has fulfilled all possible demands by then. Mussolini demands the execution of assassins before Corfu is returned to its owners.
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Geneva
Council of Ambassadors
Council
League of Nations
Italy
Corfu
Greece
Mussolini
Deal ers Hit Coal Strike Settlement by Pinchot
The Pinchot settlement of the anthracite coal strike is labeled a "gold brick" for the public by the National Retail Coal Merchants' association in a formal statement filed with the U S coal commission.
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Pinchot
Washington
National Retail Coal Merchants’ Association
United States Coal Commission
U S Exports Exceed Imports in August Trade Balance
Washington reports August exports outweighed imports for the second straight month. The favorable balance reached 38 million dollars, up from 15.7 million in July, per the Department of Commerce.
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U. S
Washington
Department of Commerce
Bank Robbers Escape With 2500 Dollars Near Mandan
Four robbers blew the vault of the Farmers' bank in Goldenvalley eight miles NW of Mandan North Dakota and fled with 2500 dollars. They severed all wire communications with the town.
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Mandan
N. D
Farmers’ Bank
Goldenvalley
Here
Union Printers Home Receives $60000 Estate Gift
Trustees in Colorado Springs were notified of an estate valued at sixty thousand dollars left to the Union Printers Home by Woodward. The gift was announced in a Septembersession.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Union Printers
B. Woodward
Timothy the faithful helper of Paul and church father
Lesson outlines Timothy as Paul’s companion and Ephesian pastor. It traces his godly ancestry from a believing mother and grandmothers, his training in Scripture, his call during Paul’s second journey, and his tested character of gentleness, courage, and faithfulness in ministry.
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Timothy
Paul
Silas
Lystra
Derbe
Jerusalem Council
Tim
God
Apostle
Ephesus
V. Timothy
Notable faith in Christianity shaping civilization
The passage argues that Christianity underpins civilization, arts, freedoms, laws, and daily life. It claims removing Christianity would erase much of humanity’s history, marking every object and law as influenced by Christian hope and gospel origins.
Hard Work and Knowledge Drive Responsibility
A concise reflection on responsibility noting that duties shift to those who can bear them and power rests with those who understand how to act. The quote attributes this truth to Hubbard and underscores competence and accountability in leadership.
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Hubbard
Avoid Making Enemies Epicurus Quote
A compact aphorism from Epicurus advising that one should avoid creating enemies by failing to make friends of those who cannot be won over. The maxims emphasize prudent social conduct and self restraint.
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Epicurus
The Weak Joked About By Wit in Odd Fragments
Fragmentary text paints a crude sketch of weakness and humor with scattered phrases. It mentions weakness and jokes attributed to a figure named Zimmer in irregular wording.
Women Drive Most Haberdashery Purchases Revealed
The article notes that 80 percent of haberdashery sales come from women and suggests wives and sisters influence men’s clothing choices. It argues this hidden influence extends to shirts socks pajamas and other men’s wear, challenging the necktie stereotype.
All Set and Jen Question Sparks Quiet Boston Moment
In a Boston Transcript exchange Jack asks a long awaited question while Jen urges speed as they reveal an answer prepared months earlier. The line captures a private interplay amid a public dialogue.
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Jack
Jen
Boston Transcript
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