City Improves Highways Leading to Alexandria and City Streets
Mayor Wikle announces plans to improve the east and north roads into the city including Tenth Street and the Alexandria road. The city’s chain gang works on the eastern approach while oiling and sprinkling streets precede fall travel. Weeds are cut, trees pruned, and avenues cleaned, enhancing the Model City of the South for visitors.
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Tenth Street
East Tenth Street
Wikle
Anniston
Oxfordsvorke
Made-in-Canada Fair Opens in Vancouver Today
A Made-in-Canada exposition opens in Vancouver to showcase the city's industrial progress since the great fire twenty five years ago. The fair will run for one week featuring a wide variety of exhibits.
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Vancouver
B. C
Democrats in Session Forming Reorganization Move
Harrisburg. A few hundred prominent Pennsylvania Democrats gathered for a conference and banquet to form a federation of clubs and recruit young members to reorganize the party. The aim is to oppose the Guffey faction when the state committee meets next month, with speakers including Governor Woodrow Wilson and Speaker Champ Clark.
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Pennsylvania
Guffey
Democratic State Committee
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Champ Clark
Evern
Promi
Bank of Tarboro Fails Amid Cashier's Discrepancy
The Bank of Tarboro could not open today after a discrepancy was found in the accounts of Cashier L. W. Hart, who died by suicide yesterday. The bank held deposits above $200,000.
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Tarboro
Tarboro, N
Bank of Tarboro
L. W. Hart
Seamen Strike Declared Yet No Turmoil for Ship Owners
London report says the seamen's strike was formally declared last night but ship owners show no unease and expect to fill vacancies. Boston dispatch notes twenty thousand coastwise seamen threaten to strike tomorrow unless pay and conditions improve.
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London
Boston
Mavss
Long drought ends in Texas as rains break heat
Fort Worth reports heavy rains across the region last night ending a drought that had threatened crops. The dry spell had already caused significant damage to agriculture, but the sudden showers bring relief and hope for recovery.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Tragedy in Chattanooga Husband Kills Wife Then Takes Life
Charles Egan shot and killed his wife in Chattanooga on Monday and then fatally wounded himself. A surviving child is reported amid the family tragedy.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles Egan
Hubbard Funeral Held Thursday in Talladega
Howard E. Hubbard died at Tuscaloosa and will be buried in Talladega after services at the First Methodist Church conducted by Dr. Hi Howard. He was active in social business and church affairs and sang with the Talladega choir and directed the Methodist Baraca Class. He leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Hubbard two sisters Mrs. L. J. McConnell and Miss Mabel Hubbard and two brothers L. T. and Frank Hubbard along with many relatives including the Thorntons Jemisons and Hubbards.
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Talladega
Howard E. Hubbard
Tuskaloosa
First Methodist Church
Hi. ©. Howard
Methodist Baraca
N. J. Hubbard
L. J. McConnell
Mabel Hubbard
L. T
Frank Hubbard
Thorntons
Jemisons
Hubbards
Steamer John L Lowry Damaged in Fire at PittsburgNL
Steamer John L Lowry carrying fifty passengers was burned to the water's edge at Pittsburg NL early today. All aboard were saved with no loss of life.
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Smithland
John L. Lowry
Pittsburg
Convicts Die in Mine Explosion at Bell Allen Mills
A powder blast at Bell Allen mills near the mine entrance in Birmingham killed Joe James and fatally injured John Goins both African American convicts. Investigations clarified the accident after initial reports of a larger catastrophe.
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Birmingham
Talladega Plans Two Great Encampments
Talladega prepares for the Alabama Presbyterian encampment at Shocco Springs from June 30 to July 7. H. C. Kegley, encampment chairman, visits the grounds and approves plans. Tents will be set in the grove near the Shocco hotel with rooms $1.25 per day and bus service every 15 minutes during the encampment.
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Talladega
Alabama Presbyterian
Shocco Springs
H. C. Kegley
Shocco Hotel
Winds Fatal to Italian Girls
A spinning mill in Brescia is blown by a hurricane killing many women and girls. Local reports say the disaster occurred today as workers sought shelter. Rescue crews work amid debris and search for survivors in the aftermath.
Seventy Five Mexican Women Arrested in San Diego
Sixty five or more women were rounded up in San Diego on June 15 charged with attempting to smuggle loot from the insurrecto camp at Tiajuana into the city to be sold.
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San Diego
Tiajuana
Weather Prophet Predicts Early Frost from Katydids
Weather Prophet W. J. Edmondson foresees a frost three months after katydid noises signal their presence, with June or July onset and a late fall otherwise. He recalls childhood whist a curious note explains how touching the tree silences the insects for children.
Canadians Will Oppose Reciprocity Pact Tour
Ottawa reports that Robert L. Borden predicts strong opposition to the reciprocity pact when Parliament reconvenes. The Conservative leader departs for a month long Prairie Provinces tour with stops in Winnipeg Brandon Moose Jaw Regina Medicine Hat Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon Portage la Prairie and other communities to rally opposition.
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Ont
Robert L. Borden
Conservative Party
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Winnipeg
Brandon
Moose Jaw
Indian Head
Regina
Medicine Hat
Letheridge
Calgary
Red Deer
Edmonton
North
South Pattleford
Saskatoon
Portage la Prairie
Rear Admiral Niles Retires From Service
Retired flag officer Rear Admiral Niles ends active duty after reaching the service age limit in Washington Titiington on June 15.
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Niles
Titiington
Industrial Aniston Growth Stands Against Panic
Panic in Mexico City as earthquakes shook the capital. Buildings rocked and some collapsed while residents fled to fields seeking safety. No fatalities reported.
City Industries Expand in Model City Growth Surge
Alabama's Model City shows strong industrial expansion with multiple plants enlarging production. The knitting mill runs 1200 stockings daily and plans capacity increases. American Net and Twine prepares a $150000 two story upgrade adding 100 plus jobs. Hale Buggy, Southern Mill, and other firms push output while new paint and cottage housing for workers rise, guided by an active Chamber of Commerce.
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Alabama
C. 8. Mead
American Net and Twine Company
South Noble Street
Hale Buggy Company
Chamber of Commerce
Yale Founder’s Descendant Arrested for Bogus Checks
Elizur Yale Smith, descendant of Yale University founder, is under arrest in Chicago for passing bogus checks. He told reporters he enjoyed a lavish lifestyle but now accepts his punishment.
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Chicago
Smith
Yale University
Millionaire Stokes Recovers From Wounds
Millionaire Stokes, shot by Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham, left the hospital for his Long Branch summer home after the bullets. The two women in custody issued statements from their cells saying they expected he would prosecute them, but they defied authorities.
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New York
Millionaire Stokes
Ethel Conrad
Lillian Graham
Wag
Long Branch
Woodmen of the World Reelect Officers in Rochester
Delegates at the Woodmen of the World convention in Rochester re elected for four years Commander Joseph Cullen Root of Nebraska Adviser W A Fraser of Nebraska Banker Morris Shepperd of Texas Clerk John T Yates of Nebraska.
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Rochester
N. Y
The
Woodmen of the World
Joseph Cullen Root
Nebraska
W. A. Fraser
Morris Shepperd
Texas
John T. Yates
DAR President Elected Head of Local Coal Company
Bloomington, Ti June 15 Mrs. Matthew T. Scott president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution was elected president of a local coal mining company succeeding former Vice President Adlais Stevenson.
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Bloomington
Matthew T. Scott
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Adlais Stevenson
Jane Addams Addresses Simmons College Graduates
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago delivered the commencement address to Simmons College graduates at the Church of the Disciples in Boston. Rear Admiral Kossuth Niles, a longtime naval examiner, was placed on the retired list yesterday by operation of law.
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Simmons College
Boston
Mass
Hull House
Chicago
Church of the Disciples
Kossuth Niles
Naval Examining and Retiring Boards
Normandy Celebrates 1000th Anniversary of Duchy
Paris reports Normandy marks the 1000th anniversary of the Duchy of Normandy with pageants and ceremonies. Tourists from America and other lands join the celebrations as Rouen hosts the main events and other towns join in. The programs honor Corneille Malherbe Flaubert and other noted Normans.
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America
Normandy
Duchy of
Corneille
Malherbe
Flaubert
Rouen
Kitchen Fire Fatal Claims Two in Chicago
Chicago scene report describes a kitchen blaze in a home killing Mrs. Mary Brackett and leaving her daughter, an artist, in critical condition.
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Mary Brackett
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