Alabama Farmers Union backs Good Roads Days in August
The Alabama Farmers Union meeting in Birmingham adopted resolutions endorsing August 13 14 and 15 as Good Roads Days. They urged local unions to recognize the days and urge members to observe them while praising the Alabama and United States Good Roads associations for promoting wide adoption.
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Birmingham
Alabama Farmers’ Union
Alabama
T. J. Kennedy
Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Unions
Alabama Good Roads Association
United States Good Roads Association
Boys Arrested After Girl Screams in Auto
Miss Katherine Reese screamed during a midnight struggle in an automobile in Atlanta. Authorities arrested C. C. Cook and Arthur Pope, two young men with her, as she recovered and alleged they had threatened her.
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Atlanta
Katherine Reese
C. C. Cook
Arthur Pope
Crop report notes July 1 conditions and yield forecast
GROP Washington July 8 The crop reporting board of the department of agriculture today made the following statement of conditions and acreage of crops on July 1 and the probable yield Winter wheat conditional on July 1 94 1 16 percent compared with 81 6 10 last year Indicated yield of 18 12 bushels per acre Total estimate 685 000 000 bushels
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture Today
Welsh Is Winner In Speedy Fight
Fred Welsh, English lightweight champion, defeated Willie Ritchie on points over twenty rounds at Olympia to claim the world lightweight title. Welsh led early, then Ritchie pressed in rounds five through seven with sharp exchanges and infighting, earning cautions for holding. Welsh regained control in rounds eight and nine, increased points in the eighteenth and nineteenth, and closed with the fastest final round.
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London
Fred Welsh
England
Willie Ritchie
Olympia
Welsh
Ritchie
Kentuckians Pray for End of Drought
At a special 6 am service in Hopkinsville Christian church residents prayed fervently for rain to end weeks of drought. The large gathering carried a strong faith that God would answer, and by noon the skies were cloudless.
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Hopkinsville
Christian Church
Lion trainer dies after lion attack in Michigan
Captain Lorenzo, the animal trainer injured Monday by two lions at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, died today from his wounds. Black Prince, the stronger lion, refused to eat today after the attack.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
Lorenzo
Black Prince
International Shoe and Leather Market Fair Opens in Boston
In Boston on July 8 the seventh annual international shoe and leather market fair opened at Mechanics Building. English French and German manufacturers display every step from raw leather to finished shoes. A week of conferences will cover trade topics including Panama Canal impact on world trade expansion.
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Boston
Mass
England
France
Germany
Mechanics’ Building
Panama Canal
Indiana State Bar Association Opens Eighteenth Meeting
Indianapolis July 8 The opening session of the eighteenth annual Indiana State Bar association meeting drew a no table crowd at the Claypool hotel. Mayor Bell welcomed attendees and John L. Rupe of Richmond spoke on The Indiana Taxation Laws. A later address by Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia discussed Constitution Development and Municipal Life.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Claypool Hotel
Indiana State Bar Association
Bell
John L. Rupe
Richmond
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Philadelphia
National Municipal League
Alabama Pig Iron Rates Unreasonable Across South
The Interstate Commerce Commission sustains Sloss Sheffield’s Birmingham complaint and rules pig iron rates from Alabama district to Ohio river crossings unjust and discriminatory. Rates must not exceed $4 per gross ton, extended to all similar Southern conditions involving pig iron.
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Washington
Alabama
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Birmingham
Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Tron Company
South
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Darker Hair
An old-time mixture revived to darken gray hair is now sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy at about 50 cents a bottle. The product claims to darken hair after a few applications, add lustre, appearance of fullness, and prevent dandruff and itching scalp. Agent: Scar through Drug Co.
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Wyeth
Scar Through Drug Co
Jamaica Ginger Booze Prohibition Ruling
Topeka Kansas July 8 The supreme court held Jamaica Ginger is intoxicating and that a druggist selling it can be prosecuted for violating the prohibition laws.
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Topeka
Kans
Jamaica
Supreme Court
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