Local Notices and Brief Court Witnesses in Mountainboro Case
Local items note Mayor H O Sparks and others as witnesses in the Mountainboro conspiracy case in Federal court. Mentions gas ranges and a hot lunch idea, plus police court fines for rolling bones and terapi shooting. Also references the Alabama dental association meeting in Birmingham and local business ads.
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H.O. Sparks
J. H. and
J. EB. Snead
Boaz
L. D. Stewart
Carlisle
Ala
Mountainboro
Jury sentences moonshiners and whiskey offenders in local court
Judge Handley sentences moonshiners including Wyatt R. Brown and Bud Terrell. Brown gets 14 months and $100 fine. Terrell 60 days and $100 fine. Henry Robinson pays $660 and 18 months in prison. Grand jury reports indictments for Ragan and Roberts.
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James
Looney Humphries
Humphries
Handley
Wyatt R. Brown
Eadwardsville
Hundley
Bud Terrell
Tlenry Robinson
Uncle Sam
Standifer
Star
Ragan
Roberts
Public School Statistics For April In Leighton Avenue Area
Judge Handley presided over a crime scene style report noting the impact on families when law is enforced. Joshua T. Woojin faced a $100 fine and 60 days in jail for abetting offenses tied to public schools and patrols led by City Superintendent Murphey.
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Hundley
Handley
Joshua T. Woojin
D. R. Murphey
Balloon construction and court case noted in old report
The article discusses a famous balloon built from preme court loon cloth that could shed gas without collapsing. It mentions a divorce case tied to the balloon venture, service of papers, and a possible reaffirmation of a decree amid complications with Dodge and Morse.
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Morse
Dodge
Gus Ey
Digether
Three Coat
Be Allowe
Life Story Of Letitia Tyler Semple A President's Daughter
Virginia bride at 19 and White House mistress at 21, Letitia Tyler Semple lived a long public life. She witnessed Lafayette’s 1824 visit, the Seminole wars, and early telegraph and cable milestones. Once close to president John Tyler, she later became blind and an inmate in Louise Home at 87.
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Star
Washington
White House
Louise
Is City
Letitia Tyler Semple
President Tyler
United States
Baltimore
F. B. Morse
Alleghany
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Washington Irvying
Hauling Service Ad Promises Prompt Prompt Prompt
Model Ice Co offers hauling and prompt prompt prompt service with contact phrase phone 59 mh2 tf.
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Cecal
Model Ice Co
Judicial Railroading Case Promptly Sends Man to Prison
Thomas R. Story was indicted by a federal grand jury on internal revenue charges. In court Judge Handley quickly pressed a plea, then sentenced Story to 14 months in federal prison, all within about forty minutes after the grand jury adjourned.
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Thomas R. Story
Federal Grand Jury
Handley
Fable of the footlight favorite and the foolish millionaire
Broadway gossip centers on Mabelle Gilman and William Ellis Corey with a possible forthcoming marriage. Corey's rise from coal tipple worker to president of U S Steel at a $100000 salary is linked to his wife and to Gilman. Gilman, born in San Francisco, has stage fame and a history with various managers and a Siamese crown prince letters episode.
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The
Star
New York
Footlight
Broadway
Mabelle Gilman
United States Steel Corporation
Miss Gilman
Braddock
Steel Corporation
Corey
London
San Francisco
Augustin Daly
Virginia Earle
Geisha
Dolly Varden
Siam
Dynamite blast injures crew as Montgomery streetcar damaged
A Montgomer y Traction Company car exploded from a dynamite stick on the southern edge of Montgomery. The motorman and a conductor, brothers named Bronson, were slightly injured while one passenger escaped unharmed. Strikes and violence have followed three weeks of strikebreaker operation.
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The
Star
Montgomery
Montgomery Traction Company
Bronson
Negro
Black assailant fights dairy worker over meal
In Philadelphia on May 11 an unknown young Black man assaulted Miss Theresa McCool after she requested payment for food in a dairy lunch room. He tackled her, choked her, and she struck back with a stove shaker, leaving him unconscious before he fled. The victim's condition is critical.
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The
Star
Philadelphia
Theresa McCool
Stolen checks found along railroad track
Dr M Adams reports recovery of 4400 in stolen checks found along the Alabama Great Southern railroad track near Keener after a robbery at his store and safe weeks earlier. The total lost money stood at 600, with none of that sum recovered.
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Gadsden
Dr. M. Adams
Keener
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Negroes Challenge Race Car Discrimination in Test Case
In Chattanooga on May 11, a test case before the interstate commerce commission centers on Georgia Edwards a black resident of 112 King Street who says she was ejected from a white car she claims discriminatory accommodations. Special Commissioner P J Farrell heard evidence at the custom house with a stenographer present and will present it at the commission hearing. Prominent black supporters including Dr J P Friggan a negro dentist Dr O W James and others promise funding for the suit with support from J E the husband.
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Chattanooga
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgia Edwards
King Street
St. L
Custom House
P. J. Farrell
Washington
Edwards
J. P. Fri Rgan
O. W. James
Thomas
Skein
Sponsor for Vets Names Jessie Anderson Camp Sponsor
Miss Jessie Anderson of this city has been elected sponsor for Camp Tiga Anderson L C C of Atlanta and will accompany the veterans to the Richmond reunion. She is the daughter of the late Gen Tige Anderson and the camp is largely composed of his brigade. Anderson sails for Atlanta soon and will be joined by her maids. The honor includes two days at Jamestown.
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Jessie Anderson
Tiga Anderson
Atlanta
Richmond
Miss Anderson
Tige’r Anderson
Gen. Anderson
Jamestown
Lowell expedition sails to observe eclipse from Colon
The Amherst college astronomer Prof. D. P. Todd leads the Lowell expedition to the Andes aiming to observe the Mara opposition and the July 12 eclipse. The party travels by rail and steamer across the isthmus visiting various sites to choose an observing location with support from Secretary Taft and US ministers to Bolivia Peru and Chile.
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Star
New York
Lowell
Andes Mountains
Mara
Colon
D. P. Todd
Astronomical Department
Amherst College
Isthmus
Setamer
South America
Todd
Taft
United States
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Explosion on Pearson launch injures man near Decatur
An explosion aboard the Pearson launch near the Huntsville Lumber plant in Decatur blew up the gasoline tanks wrecking the boat and badly burned James Baker who was aboard. Baker’s Injuries are not serious. The boat belonged to Huntsville Lumber Company. Cause is unknown.
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Decatur
Pearson
James Baker
Huntsville Lumber Company
Wheat Market on Stampede in Chicago Pit
Chicago May 11 A wild wheat market session saw frantic trading as advances were added to quotes. May wheat closed at 87 1/4 cents, July at 89 3/4 cents, September at 91 1/4 cents, with forecasts July wheat could reach the dollar mark.
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Speinl
The
Star
Chicago
Story Yacht Rita Vanishes with All Aboard
In New York on May 11 authorities declare Marion Story’s yacht Rita, capt. Olaf Jacobson, and six crewmen are believed lost after the vessel sailed from Miami 42 days earlier for New York and has not been heard from. Agent A J McIntosh says the only hope is another vessel finding the crew.
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New York
Marion Story
Rita
Olaf Jacobson
Miami
Fla
A. J. McIntosh
Fickle Cubans Laud Birth of Alfonso Heir in Havana
In Havana on May 11, Cubans celebrate the birth of the Prince of Asturias heir to the Spanish throne. Governor Magoon cables congratulations to the newborn royal father, reflecting renewed royalist sentiment among former subjects of King Alfonso.
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Havana
Prince of Asturias
Alfonso
Magoon
And
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