5 stories, chosen from 9 newspapers of the day and shown exactly as they were printed. Every clipping is the original page, linked to its scan at the Library of Congress.
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As printed: 101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE
ContextThe Rev. Edward W. Hall, rector of a New Brunswick, N.J., church, and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, a singer in his choir, were found shot dead on an abandoned farm in September 1922; the case was reopened this summer and is being prosecuted at Somerville by special prosecutor Alexander Simpson. Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall is the rector's widow; a vestryman is a lay officer of an Episcopal parish, and an affidavit is a sworn written statement.
As printed: DR. J. FRANK NORRIS TO FACE JURY FOR MURDER IN OFFICE
ContextThe Rev. J. Frank Norris is pastor of the First Baptist Church at Fort Worth and a leading fundamentalist preacher, known for attacks on city officials from his pulpit. Under Texas practice a large panel of prospective jurors is summoned and questioned one by one before twelve are seated.
As printed: His Plane Found Wrecked and Sunk 30 Miles North of Norfolk, Va.
ContextThe Schneider Cup is an international speed race for seaplanes, to be flown over Hampton Roads on November 11, and the Navy had named its three entrants two weeks ago. Anacostia is the naval air station on the Potomac in Washington.
ContextA third of the Senate and the whole House are elected every second year; Republicans hold both chambers, with Calvin Coolidge in the White House. The Volstead act is the law enforcing national Prohibition, and "Newberryism" refers to Truman Newberry of Michigan, who resigned his Senate seat in 1922 after a dispute over campaign spending.
As printed: Poor Farm Inmates Hunt Golf Balls To Secure Liquor Money
ContextA county poor farm was a tax-supported institution housing the destitute and the aged, here attached to the Douglas County hospital in Omaha. Under national Prohibition the sale of liquor is illegal.
