Massive Klan Initiation Draws 38,500 Robed Members in Dallas
In Dallas at Fair Park stadium on Friday night about 38,500 white-robed Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were initiated before 25,000 spectators. The event featured a marching parade, a huge electric cross, and bands playing Onward Christian Soldiers as women in white gowns attended, with a thunderstorm narrowly interrupting the ceremony.
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Dallas
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Fair Park Stadium
Stadium Bowl
America
Address Echoes Obedience Amid Downpour at Stadium
A short address, barely understood due to faulty speaking devices, emphasized obedience to the constitution and laws. Rain began during the ceremony as spectators stood bareheaded while the band played The Star Spangled Banner and thousands filed from the stadium in an orderly, patient exodus taking hours to clear the bowl and surrounding streets.
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United States of America
Man Dead and Girl Hurt in Denison Shooting
Denison Texas July 16 city and county authorities investigate fatal wounding of Sam Nichols 25 and wounding of Bertha Smallee 18 at the Smallee home 530 East Nelson street at 9 this morning. Nichols died an hour after being shot in the head while the girl was wounded in the hand. Police took the man to a physician where he died on the operating table. The girl received treatment and was later returned home.
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Denison
Texas
Sam Nichols
Bertha Smallee
Smallee
East
Nelson Street
Nichols
J. H. Smallee
Erwin Smallee
Alabama
Democratic Primaries Announced for July 22, 1922
Announcements under this heading are subject to the action of the Democratic primaries on July 22, 1922, indicating upcoming party process and dates for candidate selection.
Three Boys Killed by Train Near Amarillo
Three young men aged about 17 to 22 were killed when a westbound Rock Island passenger train struck them near Point, three miles east of Amarillo. The victims, unnamed, were en route to New Mexico to seek oil field work. Willie Berry from Love Station, Mississippi, arrived after the crash and said the trio known only by first names Harne Harry and Dick lived near Weatherford Oklahoma. The engineer reported seeing the bodies lying along the right of way scattered over hundreds of feet.
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Amarillo
Texas
Point
Rock Island
Willie Berry
Love Station
Miss
New Mexico
Harne
Harry
Weatherford
Oklo
Berry
Train in Peril as Man Falls Asleep at Tracks
A report describes a man drifting into sleep on a train track area. He awoke too late to halt the train and ran roughly six car lengths beyond the rail before stopping. No injuries are detailed in the readable fragments.
Quality shoe repair promise by R S Morehead
We use only the best materials in all shoe repair work and guarantee good workmanship.
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R. S. Morehead
Vote for G A Gus Atkinson for Grayson County Rep
Voter advisory urges support for G A Gus Atkinson as representative Place No 1. The advertisement promotes his qualifications and ability to represent Grayson County in Austin.
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G. A
Gus) Atkinson
Grayson County
Austin
Vulcanizing by R. S. Morehead Promises New-Like Casings
For quick service and the best of work, go to R. S. Morehead for your vulcanizing. Old casings made almost like new ones.
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R. S. Morehead
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Harve) Wisdom, D. R
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