Cousin of Mrs Comer Killed by a Hotel Clerk
CUTHBERT Ga December 15 Julian W Lord Jr age 18 shot and instantly killed John W Harris age 50 a cousin of Mrs B B Comer wife of the Alabama governor Harris a wealthy local citizen was killed at a hotel where Lord served as clerk The shooting followed a dispute over a game of ecards Lord is in jail and the event caused a local sensation
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Cuthbert
Julian W. Lord, Jr
John W. Harris
B. B. Comer
Alabama
Lord
J. W. Harris
Steel Trust adopts profit sharing plan in face of union threats
Pittsburg Pa December 15 The Steel Trust shows no fear of unions threatening a general strike. The plan has been adopted with employees, the majority of whom own stock, expecting the employer will not consent to a strike.
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Pittsburg
Steel Trust
S. P. Kennedy May Enter Railroad Commissioner Race
Special to Star from Montgomery reports S. P. Kennedy, former Anniston official and Alabama railroad commission secretary, is deemed a safe bet to run for railroad commissioner next year. Kennedy brings extensive traffic experience and has personally settled about sixty percent of board complaints by correspondence. He is the first secretary under new laws requiring an expert in the post and has not commented on the race.
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Montgomery
S. P. Kennedy
Anniston
Alabama Railroad Commission
Kennedy
Oklahoma To Sell 1.6 Million Acres Of Common School Lands
Oklahoma launches a three week sale of 1,600,000 acres of common school indemnity lands with bids starting in Chandler. John N. Shepler supervises the auctions, offering tracts in Lincoln County at eight to thirty four dollars per acre. Purchasers limited to 160 acres plus costs for improvements by leaseholders. Proceeds fund the common school system.
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Guthrie
Okla
Chandler
John N. Shepler
School Land Department
Lincoln County
New College
Local wedding rumor ties John Ramagnano to Ella Smith in Pensacola
Local interest centers on a planned marriage tonight between John Ramagnano of Jacksonville and Ella Smith, now in Pensacola with her brother N. H. Reid. J. E. Watson traveled with Ramagnano to attend the nuptials, with the bridal party expected back tomorrow night. The groom is noted as one of the county's wealthiest men.
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John Ramagnano
Jacksonville
Ella Smith
N. H. Reid
Pensacola
J. E. Watson
Ramagnano
Prudential Tax Case Heard in Newark Appeal of 14 Million Reserve
The New Jersey State Board of Equalization of Taxes met in Newark to hear an appeal by Prudential Insurance Company from a 14 million assessment on its special deferred dividend reserve fund.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey State Board of Equalization of Taxes
Arts
Pruduential Insurance Company
Maine deer season claims twelve hunters and many injuries
Augusta Maine December 15 The just closed deer hunting season claimed twelve hunters as victims and left many more injured. Hunters warned the woods could be dangerous even when humor lightened moods.
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Augusta
Maine
King Leopold Fails To Improve In Final Battle For Life
Late this afternoon King Leopold worsened and the end seemed near. An official bulletin said he rallied briefly but pessimism persisted around the palace as the aged monarch fought for his life.
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Brussels
Leopold
Mob cheers Uncle Sam in Nicaragua crisis
Panamanian events report Zelaya a prisoner in the palace as 2000 loyal troops defend. A battle near Rama may shape the war, while a mob in Managua cheers the United States and threatens Zelaya. The battleship Missouri is ordered to sail with Marines if needed. The U.S. Senate committee delays action awaiting a state department settlement.
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Panama
Zelaya
Rama
Washington
PD. C
Caldera
Managua
Legation
United States
Missouri
Nicaragua
Blue Field
Washington, D.C
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
State Department
Raynor
Alabama Good Roads Association to Publish Road Pamphlets
At the Birmingham meeting of the Alabama Good Roads Association four speakers from state universities and the U S road department outlined Alabama materials for ideal roads. The group approved publishing a pamphlet with proceedings and addresses and plans for 25 000 copies to be mailed to each road advocate in Alabama. Members may request copies by sending names and addresses to the association in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Alabama Good Roads Association
E. B. McKay
The
State University
W. H. Prouty
State Geological Survey
N. Mitcham
Alabama
D. H. Winslow
United States Road Department
Ala
P. O
Royal wedding ties Brunswick regent to Stolberg-Russia
Berlin reports the marriage of Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg Schwerin regent of Brunswick and Princess Elizabeth of Stolberg-Russia at Wernigerode Prussian Saxony. Emperor William sent handsome presents. Born 1898, Johann became Brunswick regent in 1907 after a succession dispute. Elizabeth born June 23 1885 in Russia. His first wife Elizabeth of Saxe-Weimar Eisenach died about two years ago.
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Berlin
Johann Albrecht
Mecklenburg
Schwerin
Brunswick
Elizabeth
Stolberg-Russia
Wernigerod
Prussian
Saxony
William
Johann
Potsdam
Hussars
Duke Johann
Duke of Cumberland
Russia
Elizabeth of
Saxe-Weimar Eisenach
Flint Allen Claimed by Death After Illness
Flint Allen died Wednesday morning at 9 o clock after a year long illness. He was a longtime bookkeeper for the First National Bank and recently lived in his Oxford cottage. He is survived by his widow Lillie Williams and siblings Mrs. John Ingram of Birmingham and K T Allen of Oxford. Funeral at his residence Thursday at 2 pm with Oxford cemetery interment.
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Flint Allen
Oxford
Birmingham
Mr. Allen
Lillie Williams
First National Bank
Choccolocco Street
Ife
John Ingram
K. T. Allen
Oxford Cemetery
Secretary Knox Predicts Improvement After Rama Action
Secretary Knox believes the situation will improve after revolutionists whip Zelaya at Rama, expressing no doubt about the outcome.
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Knox
Zelaya
Rama
Kilby among eight killed in Southern wreck near Greensboro
Southern passenger train No. 11 derailed 11 miles north of Greensboro New York at daylight killing eight and injuring several. Victims include A. P. Cone D. C. Nolan C. H. White John A. Broadnax W. E. Holcomb Edward Sexton and Frank W. Kilby. Kilby brother of former Aniston mayor and connected to Sea Board work. George Gould and son escaped. roadmaster Margo seriously hurt. Baltimore garment workers strike follows.
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Greensboro
N. Y
Southern
Richmond
Washington
Atlanta
Here
A. P. Cone
The
Southern Railway
D. C. Nolan
Pullman
C. H. White
Flagman
John A. Broadnax
W. E. Holcomb
Mount Airy
N. C
Edward Sexton
Denton
Frank W. Kibly
Portsmouth
George Gould
Jay
Margo
Frank W. Kilby
Thomas FE. Kilby
Anniston
Seaboard
Kilby
Christmas shoppers urged to shop early and heed the rule
In a holiday reminder the text stresses the golden rule do unto others as you would have them do unto you and asks shoppers to begin early to ease last minute rushes by clerks. The message underscores courtesy and planning during the festive season.
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of Clerks
Jealousy Motive Behind Chicago Shooting Tragedy
Chicago report says Count Aug man Klatvo shot and killed Elizabeth Schapiro and Max Goldberg after confronting them while they walked together. Schapiro died at once and Goldberg later died from his wounds. The motive given is jealousy.
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Chicago
Dee
Max Goldberg
Augman Klatvo
Elizabeth Schapiro
Goldberg
Miss Schapiro
habeas corpus writ pleaded in McBride case
Blanche McBride detained in county jail awaiting grand jury on two counts selling liquor and larceny. Hearing set for 9 a m Thursday. Witnesses allege sale of whisky in her Noble street room and robbery of $105 in cash amid intoxication.
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Niel P. Sterne
Blanche McBride
T. W. Coleman
Creen
Recorder’s Court
John W. Weeks
Noble Street
Weeka
Portrait Unveiling Honors Cyrus Hall McCormick at Illinois
At the University of Illinois Urbana campus a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaping machine, was unveiled in the new memorial hall of the College of Agriculture. Dignitaries spoke including Governor Deneen and Edmund J. James as Miss Muriel McCormick unveiled the portrait. Other honorees named for the hall of fame were James N. Brown Isaac Yunk and Prof Jonathan Turner.
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Urbana
Til
Cyrus Hall McCormick
University of Illineig
College of Agriculture
Hall of Fame
Mr. McCormick
James N. Brown
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Isaac Yunk
Jonathan BR. Turner
McCormick
Deneen
Lawrence W. Noyes
Illlinois Manufacturers’ Association
Charles F. Mills
Eugene Davenport
Edmund J. James
University of Illinois
Muriel McCormick
Job Goes to Lurton Supreme Bench
The Senate judiciary committee voted unanimously to recommend confirmation of Judge Lurton to the Supreme Court. No opposition was raised from any source.
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Washington, D. C
Dee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lurton
Supreme Bench
Child Murderer Seeks Pardon From Local Court
John Jones, a city resident and former convict, asks for a pardon after a 14 year term for killing his child during an altercation with his wife. He claims the hammer that struck the child fell from above rather than being thrown. Judge Crook is not the appropriate recipient for pardon applications.
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John Jones
Tie
Crook
John
Frisco's Prize Hotel Reopened in Glowing Ceremony
San Francisco witnesses the reopening of the Palace Hotel on Market Street the rebuilt landmark after the 1906 fire. Gov Gillette Mayor Taylor and other notable leaders attend the banquet night one, with a second banquet planned for 3 000 guests from the Pacific coast region.
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San Francisco
Cal
New Palace
San Jancisco
Market Street
Gillette
Taylor
George A. Knight
Pacific Coast Region
Pellagra Spread Alarm Raised At Gulfport Conference
A regional pellagra conference in Gulfport Mississippi gathered physicians from Louisiana Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee. Papers were read on prevention and disease spread, with reports noting the outbreak was becoming increasingly alarming.
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Gulfport
Miss
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
McCormick portrait halls of fame centennial tribute
The piece marks the centennial of Cyrus Hall McCormick born year cited as key to his life story. It notes his Virginia farmer father and McCormick’s rise from failure to perfecting the reaper and building a Chicago manufacturing empire. The narrative frames his career as bold and commercially successful alongside his inventor’s skill.
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McCormick
Cyrus Halil McCormick
Ile
Virginia
Chicago
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