Carnegie’s Millions to Build Libraries in Rural Schools
July 7 session of the National Educational Association reports Andrew Carnegie considering a library program for country districts. Estimates suggest $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 could be pooled by the steel magnate. Delegates press for higher teacher salaries and retirement provisions to attract quality educators.
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Joseph Swain
Carnegie
Swim
Carnegete
Philander
Claxton
United States
Commis Aiett2er of
Andrew Carnegie
Te Steel Magnate
E. E. Scribner
Ishpeming
Mie
Federal Bureau of Education
National Educational Association
Dabney
Cincinnati University
Dabmen
Immig Commissioner Shields Dies After Illness in New Jersey
John A. Shields 75 year old Commissioner of Immigration died today after a long illness in Ritchfield West Virginia. He is credited with sending more men to prisons than any other official in the former immigration service.
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Ritchfield
WV. Y
United States Commissioner of Immigration
John A. Shields
Shields
Pelham Comments on Alabama Court of Appeals
Judge John Pelham of the Alabama appellate bench visits the city and says abolishing the court of appeals is not alarming. He supports a study by a special joint committee if a session is called to reform the state judicial system and seeks removal of the fee system stigma in Jefferson County.
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John Pelharm
Appellate Court of Alabama
Court of Appeals
Judge Pelham
Pelham
Jefferson County
House
Senate
Alabama
Popular Couple Ends Honeymoon Trip After Atlanta Wedding
Mr and Mrs T F Wright return from their wedding trip to their North Noble home. The bride Mary Cocolo Walsh of Atlanta was married at St Anthony's church in June with a small ceremony. Rev Father C N Jackson officiated. The groom works as a salesman for Louis Kida Furniture Corporation and many friends congratulate the couple.
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T. F. Wright
Louis Kida Furniture Corporation
Chicago Axe Man Mystery Baffles Police
July 7 report on the axe murders of Herman Hireete fitz and his entire family in Chicago. The killer used a bloody axe, targeting Sunday night crimes and leaving a neighbor’s axe as a clue. Police note similar executions have killed entire families across several states in the last three years.
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Chicago
Herman Hireete Fitz
Yesterdaay
Hirsc ®Itz
Grame
Kansas
Colorado
Illinois
Trial of Mrs. Carman Follows Fatal Office Visit
Dr. Edwin Carman declares he will exhaust every means to fight for his wife’s freedom after Mrs. Louise Bailey was killed in his office. The report notes a third degree examination involving his wife and mentions arrest implications in New York.
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New York
Edwin Carman
Louise Bailey
Boower Trading Company Sets Items For Auction Tomorrow
The Boower Trading Company has settled with incaramece apprais ers and will put items on sale starting tomorrow. The notice indicates a clearance event with items from the firm entering public auction.
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Boower Trading
Incaramece
Woman Fights Tax, Then Relents in Chicago
Belle Squire, leader of a local anti tax group who asserted she could not vote, surrendered and notified the assessor she would pay taxes. Though a spinster she used the title Mr to claim equal status with men.
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Chicago
Scouts Help Build Grove Playground Near Union Depot
The boy scouts and Miss Heflin of the First Methodist church assisted in putting up swings in the grove by the Union depot near the Cotton mill of the Anniston Manufacturing company. They plan to haul sand and construct sand banks for local children to play in. Citizens want city cooperation to clear rubbish and cans to create a 40 by 40 foot ideal park with minor effort and cost.
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Heflin
Boy Scouts
Railroads add workers in Chicago to move crops
In Chicago on July 7 thousands of men were added to railroad operative departments to handle the upcoming wheat and other crop movements. The move aims to prepare for the expected surge in freight traffic over the next few weeks.
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Chicago
Davidson Beerk Venture Ties To Columbus Cotton Mills
H C Davidson formerly superintendent of Woodstock Cotton Mills now connected with Phoenix Cotton Mills at Columbus Georgia. He will be accompanied back to Columbus with his family today.
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H. C. Davidson
Woodstock
Phoenix Cotton
Columbus
Mr. Davidson
Bride of Virginia horseman refuses insanity charge
The Virginian horseman’s bride, Mrs Roger Hayley, declined to worry about an insanity claim. She toured Wheaton streets and attended a party at Colonel Pabyan’s estate where guardianship was arranged. Hayley and his millionaire father in law reportedly support pursuing divorce proceedings.
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Chicago
Meten
Morton Ermgley
Roger Hayley
Wheaton
Pabyan
Pracucaly
Roger Bayley
Youmge
Archduke Stern May Push Maximilian Toward Tiran Throne
A strong party forms to back young Prince Maximilian as potential heir. His father, the murdered archduke, was heir to Emperor Francis Joseph, but wed a morganatic wife and warned no legitimate children would be heirs.
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Vienna
Maximilian
Francis Joseph
Scouts Award Prizes At Reed's Hill Camp
Scout Master R. af Williamson said the Reed's Hill camp devoted time to more vital matters than swimming and fishing, awarding prizes for notable achievements in leadership and service.
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R. Af. Williamson
Reed's Yill
Funston Expected Multineer Attack This Evening
Washington reports Funston predicts a Mexican multineer assault this evening. In related action Paul Warburg informs President Wilson he will not join the Federal Reserve Board if compelled to undergo a committee inquiry. The President urged Warburg by phone to accept a board seat, but he firmly declined.
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Washington, D.C
Paul M. Warburg
Wilson
Warburg
Lome
Montgomery Women Petition Governor Over Jail Conditions
Thirty Negro women confined in Jefferson county jail at Birmingham petition Gov. O Neal to order Sheriff McAdory to allow two hours of yard exercise daily. They say heat is intolerable and food is infested and undercooked. Gov O Nea l instructs Dr Oates to investigate the charges in Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Jefferson County
Birminghames
Sherif McAdory
Fire destroys Carr and Bickley buildings in Tuscumbia
Fire in Tuscumbia, Alabama, today destroyed the Carr and Bickley buildings with an estimated loss of 80 000. The Carr store of M Isbell furnished goods occupied the second floor, and the blaze spread to the adjacent 454 Hotel under Mrs Hodges. Both were the town's two largest structures. a nearby building was partially damaged and later torn down.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Carr
Boy Scouts Win Prizes in Reed's Mill General Knowledge Contest
The Reed's Mill camp hosted a general knowledge quiz with eighty questions. Prizes awarded include first prize scout shoes to Frank Peares, second prize camp cooking outfit to Clarence Lubin, and third prize a baseball bat to Arthur Pearce.
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Reed's Mill
Peares
Clarence Lubin
Arthur Pearce
Woodruff Elected President of Anniston Club
Woodruff was elected president of the Anniston Commetry Club at a Monday night meeting in the Amiston City National Bank building. The report noted improved grounds and building, no bonded debt, and increased membership under the past year’s leadership.
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Anniston Commetry Club
Ammiston City
National Bank
Es. Galbraith
J. Berris
CM. Woedtruft
Galbraith
Bimrris
C. B. Wells
Kilby
E. B. Dent
W. A. Davis, Jr
Walker Reynolds
Thompson
Whitman to Address Ohio Lawyers at Bar Meeting
The Ohio State Bar Association holds its annual three day session with live public interest topics. District Attorney Charles B Whitman of New York is slated to address the group today at Cedar Point.
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Cedar Point
Ohio State Bar Association
amsaeaa@l
Charles 8. Whitman
New York
Americans Brace for Mexican Attack at Border Outposts
General Funston wired the War Department that a large force under General Pena near Vera Cruz, Mexico, is expected to attack American outposts tonight. Pena reports some troops mutinied. Funston says he will not view the assault as a hostile act and will reinforce positions. Also noted is the safe return of Private Henry Toby, missing since June 15.
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Washington
Pena
Vera Creme
Mexico
Funston
War Department
General Funston
Pema
Funsters
United States
Funatem
Prema
Smd
Abe
Generral Pena
Amfiel
General Evans Reprimanded Over Foreign Policy Critique
Brig. Gen. R. K. Evans, commander of the Department of the Interior, was reprimanded by Secretary Garrison for criticizing the government’s foreign policy in a New York speech. The president ruled the remarks violated army rules, marking a serious breech of conduct.
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Washimeton
R K. Evans
Department of the Loner
Garrison
New York
P Evans
Knighton Announces Bid for City Council Seat in Birth Ward
Announcement in the Birth ward shows FP. C. Kenightton entering the race for councilman from that ward. Local officials note heightened attention as the campaign opens.
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FP. C. Kenightton
Ithat
Willie Ritchie Freedy Welch Fight Draws 20000 Crowd
London July 7 A record crowd of 20000 rich and poor observers will fill Olympian Stadium for the Willie Ritchie versus Freedy Welch boxing match. The event marks an 18 year gap for England’s ligue weight clash. Ritchie stands to win 40060 with victory, otherwise he earns 50 percent of gate receipts.
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London
Therix
Willie Ritchie
Freedy Welch
Olympian Stadium
England
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