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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1914
Page
7
Atlantic City New Mexico hosts the twenty fourth annual Army and Navy Medal of Honor Legion gathering. Officials will elect officers, and a banquet will feature prominent military and naval speakers.
Report from Choccolocco notes Tom Long of Talladega at a funeral for an aerandmother. Open cotton bolls visible in the field and drought has damaged crops. W. B. Starbreenageh traveled to Birmingham. The Walton family from Birmingham is visiting Mrs. M. E. Longer here.
In Long Beach a bold fashion scene shows young women displaying knee revealing low socks and garters. Demonstrations feature dye bright suits and flower-adorned stockings as spectators watch.
In Calhoun County Alabama Probate Court Special Term July 1914 executor R Borden filed his account for the estate of M W Borden Deceased for a settlement. The court sets August 15 1914 to examine pass upon and allow the account with notice by publication for three weeks to interested persons.
Community notes report names of visitors and residents across Pokville, Jackson ville route travel and family gatherings. Attendees include Miss Zular and Miss Woetelle Griegs of Alexandria with cousins Dafey and Effie Lee Riggs, and Miss Lena, Flora Smith, Maud Tankerteldy at Misa Bertha Wiggieee’s.
The Mobile health department placed rat traps along the river front to curb rat infestation. Health Officer Charles Mohr left Mobile for New Orleans to study their plague control methods and plan further precautions.
New Haven July 1 The case of Mrs Bemeree Wakefield charged with murdering her husband William Wakefield returns for a second trial in the criminal superior court. At a prior trial she was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to die. co-defendant James E Plew was executed. The supreme court granted Mrs Wakefield a new trial on appeal.
The report details multiple jailbreaks from Jeffermen and Jeffer county prisons, noting recaptures and paroles. John Por suson and Ferguson, among others, escaped during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with several recaptured after months or years. A reward of 46 is offered for recapture, and other names include Robert Taylor and Resse Ther.
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