A Wonderful Alibi in Chicken Theft Trial
In Columbus on February 6 Robert Shields a 32 year old Black man faced trial for stealing 37 Rhode Island Reds from Mrs Matilda Lacy. He claimed he could not steal Lacy s birds because he was aggrieved by the earlier theft of 12 Plymouth Rocks from Mrs Anna Marcus. The jury returned a verdict convicting him of stealing the Reds after 15 minutes.
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Columbus
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Paul Hicks
Shields
Matilda Lacy
Contention Sparks Dissent and Conviction in Game
The passage notes strong disagreement over a call that decided the game, with the jury convicting the individual regardless of the split opinion over whether the decision favored the Rocks or the Reds. The line frames a charged dispute tied to the onfield outcome.
Jewish guests fear threats at Sis son Hotel in Chicago
Six Jewish men and women staying at the Sis son Hotel, where Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Hirma Wesley Evans and staff have headquarters, report telephone threats of bombing unless they leave. Detectives were assigned. a city official questioned the threats' specifics while noting many patrons planned to depart amid Klan activity.
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Chicago
Sisson Hotel
Hirma Wesley Evans
Ku Klux Klan
A Job for Every Man in Toledo
Toledo reports from C. G. Hale say there is a job for every able bodied man who wants to work. He notes rising demand for labor with small plants gaining and large plants expanding. prospects indicate increased hiring across nearly all Toledo industries in the near future.
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Toledo
C. G. Hale
Bouts Barred and Boxing Law Up for Change
New York on February 3 reports that the state boxing law may be repealed if the State Athletic Commission bars the world heavyweight title match between Champion Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills. Senator James J. Walker, author of the current law, argues the Wills bout should not be banned for race creed or color or commercialism. Chairman Muldoon of the boxing commission has barred Dempsey from fighting either Willard or Wills, with the article noting suspicion that Willard cannot win and that Wills might deliver a sleep producer.
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State Athletic Commission
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wils
James J. Walker
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Muldoon
New York Boxing Commission
Dempsey
Willard
Wills
Delegation Leaders Press Pinchot on Matter
A group including leaders from Advanc ement of Colored People and several civic and religious bodies urged Governor Pinchot to act. He said he would take the matter under advisement and give it careful consideration.
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Pinchot
Doping Doubly Dangerous Narcotic Arrests Rise in 1922
Washington reports a 65 percent jump in narcotic law arrests in the second half of 1922 over the previous year. In five months ending last November 1,491 narcotic cases reached the courts with a 10 percent conviction rate. The surge is linked to postwar addiction, blamed largely on overuse by physicians seeking to ease patient pain.
Commentary on narcotics and medical addiction in society
The piece argues more than two million Americans are enslaved to narcotics and the U S uses more narcotics than any nation. It criticizes national intelligence as misguided for focusing on liquor while doctors and nurses themselves become addicts. It contends doctors to blame for many cases by prescribing morphine to ease suffering, warning that a little pain is better than a life ruined by addiction.
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United States
Balance and Remainder in Language Usage
The writer argues against using balance to mean remainder or rest. Grammarians note balance should denote the amount to equalize two sides of an account, while remainder or rest should be used for what remains after part is taken away. Copyright material.
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Lthough Grammearians
Call to abolish Cheyney Normal School urged in Harrisburg
Negro citizens and leaders met Governor Pinchot in Harrisburg on a February afternoon urging abolition of Cheyney Normal School in Cheyney Chester County claiming its Negro only status denies equal educational rights. A legal opinion argued only thirteen state normal schools are authorized making Cheyney the fourteenth and thus illegal.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pinchot
Cheyney Normal School
Cheyney
Chester County
The
Equal Rights School League
National Association For the
Yale Professor Sees Four Speeches From One Talk
William Lyon Phelps, Yale English professor, says he earns credit for only 25 percent of his speeches. He explains four versions exist: the prepared address, the actual delivery, the after-talk on the way home, and the newspaper account the next day.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale
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