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A letter to the editor that certifies that Mitchell paid $100 for a death claim with regards to a member of the Knights of Pythias.

A black man, his “white daughter-in-law,” and son are receiving $1000 “for personal injuries sustained at the hands of a mob of whites,” after the “Smith anti-lynching law” is implemented.

The US treasury in Chicago experiences the greatest robbery of federal money in history.

A woman thanks John Mitchell, Jr., and the Knights of Pythias for the “financial help and care” she received after the death of her husband.

The Knights of Pythias in Richmond had a grand installation which resulted in the Zion Baptist Church filling up to maximum capacity.

A $108,000 fine is placed upon the New York Central Railroad Company on the charge of "granting rebates to the American Sugar Company".

A bought of disastrous forest fires in Western Canada destroy homes and kill people, so surrounding cities send money and aid.

An explosion causes mine in Russia to collapse trapping 125 miners inside, who fail to be rescued.

In Onacock, Virginia, black families receive notes on their door that threaten violence if they do not leave town.

500 foreigners are “invited” to watch Felix Radzius, a Polish man, get hanged for his murder of a woman and her child.