Airship Roma disaster kills 34 at Hampton Roads
Norfolk workers report 34 men died when the army airship Roma crashed from over 1000 feet at Hampton Roads base. Eight were seriously injured, several survived by jumping as the hull burned. The Roma, bought from Italy for 200000, was to tour the United States to demonstrate air navigation feasibility.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads Naval Base
Great Bay
Italy
United States
England
English
U S Lets Treaty Provisions Lapse For German Claims
Washington reports that treaty provisions for settling American claims against Germany have lapsed, potentially requiring new diplomacy. The ninety day window after ratifications expired Feb 9 without action, leaving 1,243 claims totaling about $221 million unchanged.
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Washington
Germany
United States
State Department
Wilson
Senate
Colby
Mrs Clara Caudill Dies In Durant Oklahoma
Mrs Clara Lively Caudill died at her Durant Oklahoma home last Saturday night. Her body was shipped to Durant and burial services were held at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev Charles Schoonover and Rev A E Major officiating. She was a prominent club woman and a delegate to the Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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Clara Lively Caudill
Durant
Okla
Katy Flyer
Lloyd Moore
Oak Hill Cemetery
Chas. Schoonover
Christian Church
A. E. Major
Central
Marcelle Lively
Caudill
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chautauqua
New York
Division of Education
Oklahoma
Ely and Enterprise Community Notes and Local Socials
Farming progresses nicely with Earl McFarland returning from Dallas. Joel Ross and wife and Miss Willie Smith visit W. C. Brown. Ernest Harrison and family visit Jim Russell. Community attends singing at Trenton. Bethel and Ely basketball games reported. Singers to perform at Marvin. large crowd at Charlie McCord party. visits among residents. Typewriter paper promotion at Sun office.
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Earl McFarland
Dallas
Joel Ross
Willie Smith
Ector
W. C. Brown
Ernest Harrison
W. Smith
Jim Russell
Trenton
Bethel School
Ely School
Ely
Bethel
Marvin
J. T. Wrenn
Charlie McCord
Riley Smith
W. T. Beasley
Opal Hollingshead
Tom Bean
Cure a Cold in One Day LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets as a quick remedy for colds and headaches. It claims to stop the cold in a day and notes a signature on each box. The price is 30 cents.
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E.W
The Country Editor Preaches Charity and Conflict
The Overton Post quotes a sharp portrait of the country editor as a millionaire without money a jobsless congressman a king without a throne. He runs a butcher shop in a deceptive world and dispenses brains for cash or credit while loving advertisers and treating truth as salvation. He heals the wounded and starves for a ham sandwich.
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Overton Post
Masquerade Dilemma Arises From Flapper Question
A playful wartime era dialogue shows a child asking to attend a masquerade as a milkmaid and a mother refusing for being too young. The exchange shifts to a humorous idea of dressing as a condensed milkmaid, reflecting social norms and playful slang of the time.
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T. F
Cure That Itch with Lufkin Remedy Ad
Local ad offers Lufkin remedy promising secret, pleasant itch cure with quick relief at $1.00 per bottle via Dyer & Jones or J. L. Kirkpatrick. No cure, no pay. Also advertises quick vulcanizing tube work by R. S. Morehead.
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Dyer & Jones
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Baby girl follows mother take overdose and dies
Fort Worth report of 22 month old Mary Elizabeth Mellin who drank headache medicine from her mother's bottle imitating her. She died five hours later after doctors failed to revive her. Parents P J Mellin lived at 2718 Wilkins Street. Dr Grogan cited the contents were not normally poisonous but the child's age made the effects fatal.
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Fort Worth
Mary Elizabeth Mellin
P. J. Mellin
Wilkins Street
Political Announcements in Democratic Primaries
Announcements under this heading relate to the Democratic primaries held July 22, 1922. The item notes political notices and the action of the party primary process on that date.
Valentine party and Colonial party for local trustees’ families
The school faculty hosted a Valentine party at the high school honoring trustees and wives Willis Gallaher Mangrum Penn Vaughn May Sears. Red decor, cap favors, and games preceded prizes for best comic Valentine. refreshments followed. A separate Colonial party for Miss Sue King ahead of her wedding featured flags, costumes, punch, a romance card contest, a hand painted cookbook gift, and a New England supper with doughnuts and beans.
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Messrs
Mesdames Willis
Gallaher
Mangrum
Penn
Vaughn
May
Sears
Valentine
T. E. Sears
Inez
Gladys Ray
Sue King
Eugene McElvaney
Washington
George Washington
W. H. King
Inez Ray
J. H. Waggoner
Gilmore Webster
Whidbee
Gene
Lucian Andrews
Sue
Annette Harp
Moments of a Flag Day Celebration at the Party
Attendees received small American flags as souvenirs. The gathering was one of the season's most enjoyable events, and the house party boasted beautiful costumes, drawing favorable comment.
Woman shoots former lover then kills self at church
In Cooper Texas on February 20 Miss Vivian Nixon shot and wounded Lee Brookmore at a Delta County church steps after services then killed herself. Brookmore was taken in to doctors who reported his condition as recoverable. The shooting occurred as he had escorted another young woman to the church. Nixon, once involved with Brookmore, opened fire at the church door as the congregation fled.
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H. G. May
Bellevue News
Grady
Whitewright
R. May
Bro
May
Miss Doyle
Cooper
Texas
Vivian Nixson
Lee Brookmore
Charleston
Delta County
Brookmore
Nixon
A farmer's peach crop ruined by storms
A farmer describes two storms that destroyed his peach crop, wiping out 50 percent first and the remaining 50 percent later. In the exchange, he jokes that his wife ate one peach and he ate the other.
Pierce's Cafe Offers Monthly Magazine Selection
Local cafe advertises a rotating display of popular magazines available to patrons each month, inviting readers to browse and enjoy their favorites with a casual cafe atmosphere.
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U. S
Bellevue
ELY and Enterprise
Charlie Allison
Virgil Smith
Blue Ridge
Sun
R. S. Morehead
Mamma
Sam Rayburn
Fannin County
Grayson County
Floyd Everheart
Jersey
Basil Thompson
Sudan
Johnson Grass
I. E
Teague
George German
Bryant King
Rhode Island
J. A. Blanton
Tex
Bermuda
J. K. Magers
J. L. Cardwell
Mary Hestand
Thompson
S. D. Fulton
Albert Vestal
G. F. Teague
P. A. Short
Anderson
Lester Haile
R. H. Wilcox
New Addition
Everheart Cemetery
M. Carter
Rowden
International Stocking Mills
Norristown
Aly
Colonial Party
John
Cheapoods
Wilson - Montgomery Hdw
M. E. Devenport & Company
Mitchell Bros
Hoffman House
Mitchell Bros. Stand
Whitewright, Texas
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