Prisoner Shipp Remembered With Christmas Dinner
In Washington on Christmas day Sheriff Shipp and Tennessee companions in the district jail received a lavish dinner from Chattanooga friends. A banquet menu included oysters, turkey, capon, vegetables, plum pudding and cigars, with a formal program and a Christmas religious service observed.
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Washington
Sheriff Shipp
Bob’ Taylor
Chattanooga
William J. Cotter
Oliver B. Jenkins
Jenkins
Charles J1
Fred
King Webb
Menator Taylor
Shipp
Gibson
Nolan
Mays
Padgett
William
Tennessee
Switchmen In Talks On Wage Agreements In Major Centers
Chicago December 28 rail strike action continues as striking switchmen and railroad general managers meet in Chicago and other hubs including St. Louis Kansas City Buffalo to discuss wage terms.
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Chicawo
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Buffalo
Fire damages Moore Grocery and Taylor Rabler shop in Decatur
Fire badly damaged the A. A Moore Grocery Company store Walter J. Nesbitt and the Taylor and Rabler tailor shop in Decatur on December 28 with total loss estimated at 85,900 dollars.
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New Decatur
Ala
A. A Moore Grocery Company
Walter J. Nesbitt
Taylor and Rabler
Milwaukee minister marks half century of marriage gifts
Rev Reinhard Adel hog and his wife celebrate their own golden anniversary at the home of son Ernest L. Adelberg. The couple has presided over around two thousand five hundred marriages during a ministry of fifty years, with twenty five years as pastor of St Peter's German Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dee
Reinhard Adelhog
Ernest L. Adelberg
Adelberg
St. Peter's
Why He Was Gilad
A joking wedding anecdote follows a six month marriage. The groom, George, answers his bride’s question about happiness with a quip that marriage will curb future mistakes for now.
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Gilad
George
Marriages and social notices fill Oxford announcements
Invitations arrive in Oxford with weddings planned at DeArmanville home including the marriage of Loutine J and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M J Chitwood. Attendants and visitors from Attalla Birmingham Nashville Fort Valley and Piedmont are noted along with club receptions and social events.
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M. J. Chitwood
Loutine
Mrs. W. ©. Gray
Fort Valley, Ga
Only Doctor Graduates May Take Examinations
Beginning with the new year only graduates of reputable medical colleges will be allowed to take the State examinations to practice medicine. Undergraduates could previously qualify with good records but the rule now requires a diploma. The next examination is set for January 11.
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Montgomery
W. Hi. Saunders
Budapest City Opens Large Tread Bakery Facility
Budapest announces a new municipal bread bakery that will reach a daily capacity of 50 000 loaves. The project aims to boost local supply and stabilize prices for residents.
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Budapest
New B and O Railway President Named in Pittsburgh
Oscar Murray to be succeeded January 1 by Daniel Willard, current vice president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, amid Wanamaker era influence and Harriman interests guiding the changes at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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Pittsburg
Oscar Murray
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Daniel Willard
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Harriwan
State Tax Commission to Make a Tour of Counties
Montgomery Dec 28 The State Tax Commission will begin a tour of several counties after the new year to equalize taxes a task never fully satisfied in any state.
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State Tax Commission
Montgomery
Tax Commission
May Cut in Alabama Agriculture Work Reported
Montgomery reports that a bill from the last legislature reduces the department of agriculture's annual funding. Total expenses drop from 10,000 to 2,630 for the remaining work, with 110 per county for prizes and 7,370 statewide. Funds are allocated in two code sections 4000 lump sum and 500 monthly, raising doubts about carrying balances month to month. the attorney general must pass on the matter.
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Montgomery
Iast
Department of Agriculture
Tuberculosis Expert Weds in Charleston
In Charleston on December 28 Miss Adele P. Vander Horst married Dr. Mazurek Porcher Ravenel of Madison Wisconsin. The bride is a local resident and the groom a Wisconsin University faculty member renowned internationally as an authority on tuberculosis and hydrophobia.
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Charleston
Adele P. Vander Horst
Mazurek Porcher Ravenel
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Cat follows old home in steady homebound pattern
Niele Cat tells of J Warren Folsom of Lowell Maine moving last spring from his mother's house to a new home five miles away. The family cat was moved in a box from the old home to the new one. The cat then repeatedly returns to the former residence for a day or two before returning again to the new home for two or more days, then repeats the cycle with notable regularity.
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Niele
J. Warren Folsom
Lowell
State Examiners Praise Public Accounts Service
Montgomery December 28. State examiner H Y Brooke reports to Governor Comer that the State Auditor W W Brandon and his office staff are in first class order with balanced books. He commends the efficient clerks and urges a pension examiner and a board system for warrants to prevent fraud and ease workload. He notes a man drawing two pensions from two counties for years.
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Montgomery
B._ B. Comer
H. Y. Brooke
W. W. Brandon
Brooke
County Convicts to Be Put On Public Roads
Montgomery December 28. Beginning with the new year the county convicts will be worked on the roads. The board of revenue agreed to divide the county into nine districts with a superintendent for each. They will be guarded along routes and existing mules and wagons will be used.
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Montgomery
Board of Revenue
Census Jobs Easy Test for Census Enumerators
Washington announces that anyone with a common school education can pass the February 4 test to become census enumerators. Requirements include U S citizenship age 18 to 70, residency in the supervisor’s district, honesty and good habits, and ability to write clearly. At least 60 000 positions to be filled by mid March for the April 15 enumeration.
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Washington
United States
Durand
Census Bureau
Statue Unveiling For General Lew Wallace Planned
In Washington on January 11 a Carrara marble statue of Gen. Lew Wallace will be unveiled in the Hall of Fame Capitol. Andr O Connor of Paris sculpted the major general in uniform. two grandsons Lew Wallace Jr and Noble Wallace will pull the cord. Representatives from both houses will attend. William Allen Wood gives the presentation, Governor Tom Marshall replies, and Sen. Beveridge speaks. James Whitcomb Riley reads a commemorative poem. The Indiana society plans a Wallace meeting with Civil War survivors of the Eleventh Indiana regiment present. Wallace authored Ben Hur.
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Washington
Lew Wallace
Hall of Fame
Capitol
Andr O'Connor
Paris
United States Army
Gen. Wallace
Lew Wallace, Jr
Noble Wallace
House of Representatives
Senate
William Allen Wood
Tom Marshall
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
James Whitcomb Riley
Wallace
Indiana Society
Eleventh
Indiana Regiment
Veteran Conductor Major McLaughlin Dies in Fayetteville
Major John A. McLaughlin a veteran conductor and founder of the Order of Railway Conductors died in Fayetteville North Carolina today. He helped organize the railway conductors and served as a leader in the union. His death marks the loss of a prominent railway labor figure.
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Fayetteville, N. C
John A. McLaughlin
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Freeport Wiped Out By Town Fire
A blaze today destroyed the town of Freeport in Portland Maine, wiping out the community. Firefighters battled the flames but the entire town was lost to the blaze.
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Portland
Freeport
Cannon to Save Scalp Declines Speakership Run
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Cannon plans to avoid another bid for the speakership by declining to run in the next election cycle.
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Cannon
Scalp
Washington, D. C
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Leveland
Wakefield
Walker & Co
J. A. Miller
Birmingham
Russell Davenport
J. N. Swift
Attalla
Mrs. Nixon of Abel
DeArmanville
W. C. Harris
Nashville
Tenn
Europa Club
Katie Griffin
West Mechanic Street
James Williims
Tuscumbia
Ming Amy Cooper
W. T. Prater
Piedmont
B. & O. Railway CO
W. F. van Arsdel
Jeweler
Agricultural Department
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