Anniston Mourns Doctor Bowcock Pioneer Physician Dead
Old residents mourn the sudden death of Dr Robert Lee Bowcock at his home in Anniston from pneumonia. A respected pioneer physician since 1888, he served as local physician for the N and Southern railways and several large industries. He was known for charity, honesty, and loyalty to patients.
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Waintar
Annistonians
Bowcork
Bowcock
Anniston
University of
Bat
Southern Railways
Johns Hoptookversity
Baltimore
Bellevue
Polyclinic Hospitals
New York
Kilby Addresses Confederate Soldiers at Birmingham Reunion
Lieut Gov Thomas E Kilby of Anniston Ala delivers welcome remarks at the 26th annual Confederate Southern Memorial association reunion in Birmingham praising Lee Jackson Johnson and other Confederate leaders. The crowd gathers as sessions begin with a parade planned for Thursday and heat waves push attire toward Palm Beach suits.
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Birmingham
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Sons of Veterans
Dixie
Memphis
Tulsa
Okla
Washington, D. C
Bennett Young
Louisville
Young
George P. Harrison
Alabama
Army of the Tennessee
Palm Beach
Charles Henderson
George B. Ward
W. J. Benham
Young. W. N. Brandon
Arkansas
The
Frank G. Odenheimer
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of Veterans Convention
Thomas E. Kilby
Anniston
Ala
Lee
Jackson
Johnson
Stuart
Kilby
Turkish Territory Taken by Russian Forces
Petrograd reports 30 000 to 40 000 square miles of Turkish land in Russian hands as Grand Duke Nicholas forces push toward the Bagdad Railway to trap the Turkish army in Mesopotamia. Turkish positions at Rizandoza abandoned as they retreat amid heavy losses.
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Petrograd
Nicholas
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Tiflis
Rizandoza
Katy Flyer Wreck Injuried Twenty One Near Clinton
A Missouri rail disaster injured 21 aboard an M E T passenger train from St Louis to San Antonio after it derailed near Clinton. Five coaches overturned and tumbled down a 15 foot embankment.
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Clinton
St. Louis
San Antonio
Sunday School Workers Plan Big State Gathering
The article reports a large Sunday school convention in Gadsden with about 1810 registered attendees and over two thousand present. It notes prominent state leaders and a new male-led revival, with Anniston planning a major demonstration on the first Sunday in June and a meeting at Rutherford Lapsley’s home to organize.
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Anniston
Southland
Gadsden
Big Brother
Rutherford Lapsley
A. Russell
R. Lapsley
Marvin Snider
W. Golds
Border turmoil and cabinet debate over Carranza crisis
Reports from El Paso say railroad guards doubled after a Port Hancock wreck injuring three and Mexican saboteurs suspected. Washington officials reveal Gen Scott told Congress that his conference with Gen Funston and Gen Obregon yielded no action plan, while Pershing’s forces remain entrenched and ready. The cabinet will likely refuse Carranza’s troop withdrawal demand, keeping the issue open for inquiry.
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al Paso
Port Hancock
Washington
Gen. Scott
Gen. Funston
Obregon
Robrt Lansing
Baker
Gen. Pershing
Nalts Scott
Lansing
Carranza
Rodgers
Immigration picks up despite war effects
Immigration figures from the bureau show 33,000 foreigners arrived in March, up from 24,000 in February and 17,000 in January, with each month rising sharply on the prior year. Italy supplies the largest share, England second, and the Scandinavian nations third. Italian arrivals in March total 3,000.
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Immigration Bureau
America
Italy
England
$1,500 Jobs for Clerks Who Pass Examination
Washington May 17. Civil Service Commission to hold a special one day examination in Washington tomorrow for clerks to commercial attaches abroad. Principal subjects include translation correction of manuscript arithmetic writing and typewriting. Positions pay 1500 a year with travel and subsistence expenses and return trips.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Verdun Front Bombardment and Meuse Attack Report
Paris dispatch reports German artillery ongoing at Avecourt Wood and Hill 204 on Verdun front overnight. Crown Prince infantry actions near Thiaumont farm in Meuse were feeble and repulsed. Artillery activity also halted in the Eix Moulainville sectors and in the Woëvre district.
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Paris
Avecourt Wood
Verdun
Crown Prince
Meuse
Thiaumont Farm
Eix
Moulainville
Woevre
British Fail to Regain Positions in Northern France
Berlin reports British attacks near Hul luch in northern France to recapture trenches recently taken by German forces have been repulsed. In Verdun region, French assaults near Dead Man's Hill and Caillette Wood failed. Western Theater sees active artillery and patrol activity on both sides.
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Berlin
Sayville
Hulluch
France
War Office
Verdun
Dead Man's Hill
Caillette Wood
Planning sharp note on seizure of mail
Washington reports the state department prepares a sharper protest to England over interference with the mails. It states the British government has failed to meet U S demands and will be pressed to cease mail interference as part of the ongoing controversy.
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Washington
State Department
England
United States
Sharp
Great Britain
Waite Murder Trial Panel Draws Large Jury Pool
Mrs. Clara Waite and her brother Percy Peck arrived from Grand Rapids Michigan for the trial of Dr Arthur Warren Waite charged with killing his father in law John E Peck in New York City. The trial is set for next Monday with a huge jury panel planned. The juror commissioner has arranged 250 talesmen for Monday and 125 for Tuesday.
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New York
Clara Waite
Grand Rapids
Mich
Percy Peck
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peck
City Sunday School Parade Plans Under Joint Committees
Worthy C A Carter C N Monroe and E L Rivers head committees for parade and program. The groups authorize aid from all Sunday school pupils in the city to stage a great day in June through unity and enthusiasm.
Carranza Troops March Toward South Border
Marathon, Texas May 16 Two thousand Carranza troops are reported marching toward the south border district as Col Sib ley's force seeks the bandito holding Jease Deemer and Monroe Payne. Mexican sources say cavalry advances in three columns from Sierra Nevada Piedras Negros and Cuatro Guanegas. American officers doubt Gribley line communications endangered.
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Carranza
Sibley
Marathon
Tex
South Border
Col. Sibley
Jease Deemer
Monroe Payne
Sierra Nevada
Piedras Nigros
Cuatro Guenegas
Gribley
Orpet Trial Begins In Wisconsin Murder Case
Will H. Orpet, 20, University of Wisconsin junior, faces murder charges in the death of Marian Frances Lambert, a Lake Forest high school student. Lambert was found poisoned in woods near her home last February as 160 witnesses were called by the prosecution and three tentative jurors selected.
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Waukegan, J
Will H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Frances Lambert
Lakes Forest
Akron Crash Kills Nine at Crystal Restaurant Collapse
Akron officials and state inspectors plan a searching investigation into the Crystal restaurant collapse that killed nine and wounded twenty eight. Survivors recall hearing loud noises before the disaster as the building fell into the adjacent excavation.
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Akron
State Building Department
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