Boy Hero Saves Burned Mother From Open Fire
Mrs. Sullivan, 8 year old son, and Mrs. Lester resided at 312 South Jackson street. The mother suffered serious burns from an open grate fire while standing with her back to the flames. Young William Sullivan Jr helped smother the fire with his mother assisting. She rests comfortably at 3 pm but faces transfer to City Hospital for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Sullivan, Jr
Sullivan
L. L. Lester
South Jackson Street
William Connor Sullivan, Jr
Lester
Petrified pecan found in Walker garden
Mrs. H. S. Walker of 814 South Lee Street found a well petrified pecan in her garden. The tree is about fifteen years old, five years after transplantation, and had begun bearing within ten years. The specimen retains its original shape despite petrification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Home
Lee Street
H. S. Walker
South Lee Street
Strauss Has Winning Horse Rosenkavalier
In Vienna on Sunday, composer Richard Strauss watched a horse entry named after his opera Rosenkavalier win at 50 to 1. He bet ten shillings and won five hundred shillings as the outsider triumphed, despite friends predicting money loss.
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Vienna
Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
Krian
Strauss
New Senator Nye Emerges From Editor and Fighter Role
Gerald P. Nye, appointed to the U S Senate at 33, rose from a small Billings county weekly to lead the Non Partisan League era. His sharp critique of Governor Sorlie’s appointment sparked a fight over state authority, with Nye vowing to run in June and secure election despite ongoing Senate scrutiny.
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Cooperstown
N. D
Gerald P. Nye
United States Senate
Billings County
League
Nye
Ladd
Sorlie
Senate
Cologne court awards damages over wrongful dismissal
A Cologne court ruled kissing is not a crime and awarded a girl damages for wrongful dismissal by a case proprietor. The dismissal followed a guest's claim that the girl had kissed a waiter.
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Cologne
Kidnapping Case Ends With 200 Mile Police Chase
In Fort Pierce Florida on Sunday a Kissimmee police chase recovered a kidnapped boy from front of the Kissimmee station. Suspects W H Jacobs and Charles Goh of Miami were arrested for reckless driving and kidnapping. The boy is the son of Goh and a guest of the Kissimmee chief of police.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Kissimmee
W. H. Jacobs
Charles Goh
Miami
Goh
Kissimee
Jacobs
Kissimee Poe
Dixie Highway
Melbourne
God
Young God
I Kissimee
Aviators Fly in Flaming Coffins Claim in Court
Washington November 24 Colonel William Mitchell repeated his charge that American aviators were flying in flaming coffins. He testified as the court-martial neared conclusion that there had been no real safety gains for flyers, while Major Gullion pressed for figures showing hours per fatality.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Allen Gullion
Gullion
Mystery Boat Blaze Claims Atlantic City Man
William Young, 35, of Atlantic City is dead in West Palm Beach as his hundred foot private cruiser Black Jack, owned by a New York hotel owner, burns to charred ruin in Lake Worth. Officials search the hull of the vessel to determine the fire cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
William Young
Atlantic City
New York
Lake Worth
Americus High to clash with Blakely on Thanksgiving gridiron
Americus High School football plans a strong Thanksgiving Day game against Blakely, with eight seniors including Tye Thayer Bell Ansley Tyson Rushin Swain and Gammage finishing their local careers. Blakely fields a tough team after tying Eufaula 7 to 7, promising a hard-fought, crowd-pulling finish to Americus’s season, which has seen 86 points for and 13 against.
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H. G. McKee
Americus High
Blakely Hirih
Blakeley
Eufaula
Ala
Tye
Thayer
Bell
Ansley
Tyson
Rushin
Sunday Schools Show Large Gain Across South
In ten years Southern Baptist Sunday schools grew from 1,606,871 to 2,536,953. Dr I J Van Ness secretary of the Baptist Sunday school board announced this today at the fifth annual Southwide Bible Conference in Birmingham Alabama set for January 12 to 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Southern’ Baptist Sunday Schools
I. J. van Ness
Baptist Sunday School Board
Birmingham
Ala
Sumter County Superior Court in Session Here
Sumter County Superior Court heard evidence in the Council plantation versus South Georgia Public Service case amid a late session. Divorces and minor civil matters dominated yesterday's docket with verdicts for Mrs. Croy in her divorce case and various disposals in other actions.
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Sumter County
Z. A. Littlejohn
Candlers Plan Florida Development Worth 100 Million
Dolph Walker of Candler Lumber and Candler development company announced in Kissimmee Florida that a vast project labeled the largest and most pretentious in the state's history would require about 100 million dollars. William Candler of Atlanta confirmed the venture and said the 35,000 acre tract stretches from the Inland Waterway at Kissimmee to the Atlantic coast and to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Kissimmee
Fla
Florida
Dolph Walker
Candler Lumber Company
Candler Development Company
Atlanta
Candler
William Candler
Atlantic Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Mountains for their parks proposed by three states
Asheville Nov 24 Three states North Carolina Tennessee and Virginia launch drives to buy sections of the Great Smoky Mountains and Blue Ridge in the Shenandoah area to present to the government. Funds are being raised with legislatures aiding campaigns while Interior Secretary Work and the Federal Park Commission sanction the plan. Rawlings denied new murder trial in Dublin Ga. life term stands. appeal planned.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Tennesse
Virnia
Ouy Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains
Tennessee
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah
Virginia
Secretary of Interior
Federal Park Commission
Rawlings
NFW
Dublin, Ga
C. G. Rawlings
G.A. Tarburton
Johnson Co
Earl Camp
Superior Court
Burton Named to Succeed Mellon as Treasury Head
Washington November 24 Congressmen Theodore Burton of Ohio will become secretary of the treasury next spring. Mellon plans retirement after Congress passes the new tax bill. Burton, the president's choice, currently serves on the Debt Funding Commission after a long career in government finance and previously as a senator.
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Mr. Mellon
the Treasury
Ly Spring
Washington
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Andrew W. Mellon
Wine permits are cancelled in Washington
Washington, Nov. 24. All prohibition permits allowing households to manufacture 200 gallons of wine annually were withdrawn today. The action, forecast earlier, ends one of the few pre-prohibition practices still legal. There are more than 200,000 permits outstanding.
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Washington
Wall Street bishop critically ill in New York
The Rev. William Wilkinson known as the bishop of Wall Street is critically ill at his home in New York after three weeks of confinement. He is 77 and recently from Minneapolis where he preached among lumberjacks. The report notes his long preaching career and current frail condition.
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New York
William Wilkinson
Wall Street
Wilkinson
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
William Cavalier
Cavalier
Cat Dawnae
Merchants urged to display flags on Thanksgiving Day
Walter Lee Bell of the local American Legion post asks merchants to display flags on Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 26. He also urges careful flag handling and to replace caps on flag sockets to prevent dirt trash and water from entering.
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Bell
The
American Legion
Walter Lee Bell
Legion
Mr. Bell
Churches Hold Art Treasures National Wealth Estimated
In Upsala on November 24 Swedish churches hold about 27000 dollars in art treasures. A general inventory of church property aims to preserve the nation s cultural heritage and provincial antiquities. The average church contents are valued at about 10800 dollars.
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Upsala
South Georgia Methodists Arrive for Macon Conference
Passengers arriving in Macon bring leaders of Southern Methodism ahead of the fifty ninth annual South Georgia Conference opening tomorrow at Mulberry Street Methodist Church. Ten presiding elders have reached Macon and begin cabinet meetings with Bishop W N Ainsworth for pastor appointments over the next four years. Delegates are expected to arrive this afternoon and tonight as church officials attend preliminary meetings. Dr T D Ellis and Mrs Ellis plan to stay with Mr and Mrs Orville A Park during conference week.
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Macon
Southern Methodism
South Georgia Conference
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
W. N. Ainsworth
T. D. Ellis
Southern Methodist Church
Ellis
Orville A. Park
College Street
Briand Declines Premiership as Doumergue Seeks Cabinet
Paris November 24 Aristide Briand seven times premier today declined to form a cabinet succeeding the fallen Painleve ministry as minister. President Boumergue then summoned Senator Paul Doumer former finance minister to Elysee Palace. Briand urged to take the premiership but socialists refused to cooperate.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
France
Painleve
Boumergue
Paul Doumer
Elysee Palace
Briand
Library Seals On Sale For Christmas Cards And Tags
The library begins selling Christmas cards seals and tags today to raise funds for new fiction. Librarian Mrs Merritt announces proceeds will finance added books for the library collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt
Irish Peeress Sequested In Aged Chicago Mansion
Mrs Ella French, mother of Cork's lord mayor, quietly resides in a west side Chicago house. She keeps her visit secret, writes memoirs for Coffeyville kin, and blends Irish dignity with curiosity about American life and rising prices.
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Chicago
Cork
Ella French
John Ridgway
Mrs. French
Coffeyville
America
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Straus
Mitchell
Man
Blakely
Turkey
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Sarah Croy
Croy
Candlers
Georgia
Mellon
de Burtor
Burton
Treasury
Methodists
South Georgia
Central City
MR. Painleve
Doumergue
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