Impeachment Drive Against Governor Horton Grows
Nashville reports a House resolution seeks a committee to study impeaching Governor Henry H Horton. The public inquiry follows a four month investigation into Lea and Caldwell ties to failed banks, affecting nearly 7 million in public funds.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
Tennessee House of Representatives
State Affairs Investigating Committee
Luke Lea
Rogers Caldwell
Bank of Tennessee
Caldwell
Banking Department
Ben
Lea
General Assembly
Horton
House
George L. Stocktonen
Trotters Landing
Robert L. Alexander, Jr
Senate
Alexander
Stockton
Frank Rice
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Grover Charles
Man Sought For Slaying Gives Up To Police
Howard W. Bridgetts, 29, a clerk, surrendered at police headquarters with an attorney. He handed over a revolver claiming it was used in self defense after two days hiding with a gunshot wound to his left arm. Bridgetts, sought for the killing of Dr. Joseph T. Loughlin, Brooklyn surgeon, was taken to King County Hospital prison ward for questioning.
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Associated Press
New York
Howard W. Bridgetts
Joseph T. Loughlin
Brooklyn
Bridgetts
King’s County Hospital
Duel at Marine Park Sparks Gossip Charge
Early Sunday a quarrel at Marine Park in Brooklyn led to Bridgetts being accused of carrying gossip about the physician to his wife.
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Marine Park
Brooklyn
Bridgetts
Pewter and silver tableware across the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
The text lists pewter items used in the eighteenth century including porrings plates salts platters sugar bowls dram cups teapots pepper castors butter plates and quart and pint pots. Spoons appear later in the century. In the early nineteenth century old and new silver teaspoons are listed. Tankards and flagons were on the earliest list but pitchers appear early in the 1800s.
Rainfall Update Shows May Total and Historical Averages
Precipitation in the last 24 hours ends at 8 a m with .08 inch. May to date totals 5.60 inches. Comparison with the 18 year average for January through May shows January through April values for 1931 and 1930, highlighting higher 1931 rainfall overall.
Handley High Places Third in Valley Meet at Waynesboro
May 26 1930 Handley High School athletes placed third in the Cumberland Valley Athletic League meet in Waynesboro. Omar C Jackson died after an operation. Garden Club of Virginia raised over 36000 to buy Stratford the Lee ancestral estate. Mrs Virginia Simpson chosen Great Prophetess of the Degree of Pocahontas of Virginia. Martinsburg Interwoven Athletic Club baseball beat Park Association 9 6.
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Handley High School
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Waynesboro
Omar C. Jackson
Garden Club of Virginia
Winchester Council approves 1926 budget with over 200000
The Winchester City Council passes the annual budget carrying more than 200000 dollars for the year 1926. Friendship Fire Company engine hall has been repainted in preparation for the annual banquet. Spectators favoring higher stock prices dominate trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Rotary and Kiwanis clubs meet in a baseball game at Handley Stadium tomorrow. The marriage of Miss Linda Lee Kremer to Leon M Harris of Norfolk is announced.
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Winchester
Friendship Fire Company
New York Stock Exchange
Rotary
Kiwanis
Handley Stadium
Linda Lee Kremer
Leon M. Harris
Norfolk
Early Candle Making and Rat Control in 1926 Markets
Marion N. Rawson notes early candle materials included bear grease deer suet and spermaceti from sperm whales. In 1926 red-squill powder reached the American market as a war rat remedy, touted as effective and relatively harmless to people and pets.
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Marion N. Rawson
New England
Fifteen Years Ago May 26 1916 Highlights
Night delivery by local mail carriers at the post office has been stopped by official order. Rev Dr J H Lacey will present diplomas to the graduates of Fort Loudoun Seminary. Secretary of State Robert Lansing denies contemplating resignation from President Wilsons cabinet. Richmond College will confer the honorary LL D on Dr Stuart McGuire. Mrs Isabelle Worrell Balk associate editor of the National Tribune will be the chief speaker here Memorial Day.
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J. H. Lacey
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Robert Lansing
Wilson
Richmond College
Stuart McGuire
Isabelle Worrell Balk
The
National Tribune
Nationalities of Popes Through History
A pope is not bound to be Italian, though over 200 popes were Italian. The list shows 15 French, 14 Greek, 8 Syrian, 6 German, 5 Spanish, 2 Austrian, and 1 each Portuguese Swiss English and Dutch among others.
Dimensions of Britain's clock and Big Ben weight
Four dials each 23 feet square and 2 feet figure and 14 feet minute hands describe the clock on Britain's parliament. The bell Big Ben weighs 13 percent of a ton.
England Grows Sweet Corn Across Isle of Wight and South
Sweet corn has been introduced with success into the Isle of Wight and into parts of southern England. The spread suggests growing interest in specialized crops across the country.
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England
Isle of Wight
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