Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tucked in high boots, soldiers of half a century ago, representations of John Jacob Astor, General Fremont, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill and others. To add to the local color there were log cabins, specially built for the occasion, and one correspondent recorded that the Indians employed were released from jail where they had been imprisoned for violating the Volstead Act. There the President delivered an address on the opening of the Oregon Trail, telling the dramatic story of the missionary, Marcus Whitman, and adding, "If it isn't true, it ought...
Meanwhile the Mayor of Savannah had established communication with Governor Hardwick. The Governor declared the city in a state of insurrection and proclaimed martial law. Troops marched in, every approach to the jail was blocked, and no pedestrian or vehicle was allowed to draw near. Incidentally...
...prisoner has ever been taken from Chatham County jail...
...Provisional President of Africa, Marcus Garvey, convicted of using the mails to defraud in promotion of the Black Star Line, is in jail and appears likely to remain there for some time at least. Judge Mack of the Federal Court in New York gave him the maximum sentence-five years in jail and $1,000 fine. Mr. Garvey was also refused bail pending his appeal for a retrial...
Baron Krupp von Bohlen: "Still in the Düsseldorf jail, I have grown considerably thinner...