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ContextWilliamson County, in the southern Illinois coal field, has long been called "bloody Williamson," most recently for the killing of strikebreakers at Herrin in 1922; under national Prohibition the liquor trade is illegal and profitable, and Charles Birger and the Shelton brothers head rival factions in it. A roadhouse is a drinking and dancing resort on a country road outside town.
ContextAimee Semple McPherson, who founded Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, disappeared from the beach at Ocean Park in May and reappeared weeks later near Douglas, Ariz., saying she had been kidnapped; her mother, Minnie Kennedy, is charged with her. A preliminary hearing is held before a magistrate who decides only whether the evidence is enough to send the defendants for trial in superior court.
As printed: Wireless Flashed to New London Sub Base During Night Mistaken for Distress Signals.
ContextThe R-1 and R-2 were built for the Peruvian navy by the Electric Boat company at Groton, Conn., across the river from the New London submarine base, and were bound for Callao, the port of Lima. Cape Henlopen marks the mouth of Delaware Bay; an SOS is the wireless distress call, and stations ashore clear the air when one is heard.
As printed: Investigation Switches From Stephenson—Two Officials Appear.
ContextD. C. Stephenson was Grand Dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan at the height of its power in the state and is serving a life sentence for murder in the Indiana State Prison. Marion County is Indianapolis; a grand jury hears evidence in secret and decides whether to return indictments, and the Horse Thief Detective Association was an Indiana vigilante body with semi-official powers of arrest.
As printed: Message Sent to Mars for 72 Cents; British Station Is Not Sure It Got There
ContextWireless telegraphy was about a quarter-century old, and signalling Mars had been a recurring subject in the press; during the planet's close approach in August 1924 American stations kept periods of silence so listeners could hear any signal. Messages were handed in at a telegraph counter and charged by the word.
