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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1924
Page
3
Four men robbed the State Bank of Bethel near Edwardsville, forcing the on duty clerk and customers to the floor. About $4,000 was stolen in a bold daytime heist as authorities launched a manhunt.
In a Washington statement from Johns Hopkins Hospital where he recovers from surgery, former Democratic presidential hopeful William Gibbs McAdoo denounces Secretary Hughes as promoting the red menace claim against LaFollette. He argues Democrats independents cannot unite against Republicans and attacks the Coolidge administration as corrupt and incompetent. He also endorses John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan in a letter to Senator Claud Swanson of Virginia.
Classified notice offering rooms for rent to ladies with or without board at 203 West Hines Street Coolidge. Also mentions event Coolidge Gives Cup for Service Game as likely community item.
Ontario voters on October 23 will decide two questions about the Ontario temperance act in force since 1916. Premier Ferguson outlined the ballot, asking whether to continue the sale of beer and spirits under government control and the potential adoption of a Quebec style liquor law if the second question passes. The outcome may reflect a generally dry trend in centers like Peterboro, Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor.
The article recalls Calvin Coolidge's first learning place at a Vermont granite schoolhouse in Plymouth township. It notes the one room, community effort by farmers, and his quiet nature and early scholarship. At age 13 his father recentered his path, guiding him to Blackwell Academy and then college where his diligence continued.
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