Washington primary ends with mixed county results and clerk races
In Washington County on April 7 voters cast ballots in a broad primary. Democrats and locals elected tax collector Lanlois and others while several sheriff, treasurer, and judge races produced incumbents and new faces, with no state or national officers nominated.
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Sam Askew
Taw
Charles Gules
Dick Hamilton
Tennille
M Moye
James Athig
KW. Jordan
J. J. Fituan
Wo HO McCoy
John I Giles
C. O! Teedling
SM Sheally
W J. Frost
Mineral rich land exhibit opens at McAlester
A government land exhibit arriving in McAlester showcases 540000 acres of mineral rich tracts near McAlester Oklahoma. Sealed bids on over 300000 acres will open August 1. The land formerly owned by Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians includes coal iron ore asphalt gas and timber with claims of abundant ore and coal. The exhibit travels with men including W E B Brown and R Batton and is hauled by Rock Island railroad.
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McAlester
Okla
Union Station
Birmingham
Rock Island Railroad
Oklahoma
R. van Tress
W. E B. Brown
Battle With Moorshiners at Pound Gap
A posse led by Deputy U.S. Marshal John Hidington battled seven moonshiners near Pound Gap in the Cumberland mountains. After exchanges and partial surrounding of their cave, seven moonshiners surrendered while one defender was wounded and escaped. All prisoners remained on the Virginia side of the mountain.
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Apti
MoonEnners
United States
John Hidington
Pound’ Gap
Cumberland Mountains
Rocka
Thme Cave
Virginia
Market for Potatoes Makes New High
Chicago, April 3Potatoes today are selling at 1.75 a bushel wholesale the highest price in recent years. This compares with 60 cents a bushel eight years ago. Impassable roads inadequate transportation facilities inability to get at potatoes buried last fall and urgent eastern shipping demand are given as reasons for the high prices. Housewives today will be compelled to pay fifty cents a peck.
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Chicago
Italian stowaways rounded up from Crete to Boston
Twenty Italian stowaways were apprehended on the White Star steamer Crete after it arrived from Naples. A search based on information from Italy led to the discovery aboard the ship, with authorities proceeding to question the claimed migrants.
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Boston
Naples
Italy
Hotel Ansley Project Advances With Fifteen Story Plans
J. B. Pound of the Hotel Ansley Investment Company clamped a contract with Charles Loridans of Southern Ferro Concrete for a reinforced concrete frame. The 15 story hotel will top Forsyth Street, with one at Fairlie Street and a basement. Construction to start immediately and proceed in five months, with St. Johns Construction completing the rest in eleven months amid bids and subletting. The Motel Ansley will boast 308 guest rooms with private baths, extensive dining rooms, a large basement banquet hall, lobby, and modern facilities.
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J. B. Pound
Ansley Investment Company
Charles Loridans
Southern Ferro Concrete Company
Forsyth Street
Fairlie Street
Pound
Hotel Ansley Investment Company
St. Johna Construction Company
Sanie
Forsyth
Ansley
PLAN FOR BETTER SCHOOLS IN DIXIE MEETING OPENS WITH EDUCATORS
More than 3000 educators from across the south attended the opening of the fifth annual South Educational Conference in Xasksville Tennessee. Speakers included Robert C Ogden, governor Ben W Hooper’s address read by Col George C Taylor, Edwin A Alderman, and Cora Wilson Stewart. The event focused on public school betterment and expanding educational opportunities, especially for mountain communities.
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Xasksville
Tenn
South
United States
Commercial Congress
Dudley
Kentucky
Robert C Ogden
New York
Southern Educational Conference
Ben W . Hooper
Tennessee
George C. Taylor
Nashville
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
University
Cora Wilson Stewart
Theublic Schools
Rowan County
Kentuck
Nellie Bly Writer Held in Contempt by Court
In New York a writ committed Mrs Elizabeth B Seaman known as Nellie Bly to jail for contempt of court. Judge Housh signed orders placing her in Federal custody after she failed to pay a $600 fine tied to questions about the Kondina Company now in bankruptcy.
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New York
Elizabeth B. Seaman
Nellie Bly
United States
Housh
United States District Court
Seaman
The
Kondina Company
Koombana wrecking fate sealed by Pacific typhoon
Perth reports the British steamer Koombana likely lost with fifty passengers and eighty crew after a tropical cyclone struck the northwest coast of Western Australia in late March. Wreckage picked up off the coast suggests the disaster confirmed.
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Perth
Western Australia
Leaders Say Underwood Acknowledged As A Leader
Georgia campaign notes show supporters of Underwood concede his leadership while contrasting New Jersey governor claims. Hutchens outlines campaign incidents and states Underwood’s popularity persists among Georgians amid regional political chatter. The report also notes Hoke Smith proposed division of markets and a $50,000 funding request in agriculture.
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G. R. Hutchens
Underwood
Georgia
New Jersey
Atlanta
Democratic Party
Congress
Washington
Agai
Apu
Hoke Smith
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Senate
Smith
Committee On Agriculture
Notable Civil War figure Abram Burt Lawrence dies at 80
Famous officer Colonel Abram Burt Lawrence, once appointed by General Grant to supervise Lee’s army property, dies at his Watkins New York home at age eighty. He was linked to Sir Robert Laws and Crusader lineage, noted as an engineer and magnate in his era.
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Watkins
N.Y
Abram Burt Lawrence
Grant
Prc
Erty
Lee
Lawrence Waste
Robert Laws
Rence
Richard Costin
de Lion
Magenet Ees
Abercrombie Wins in Alabama Congress Race
In Montgomery April returns show John W. Abercrombie of Tuscaloosa defeating four challengers including Victor B. Atkins of Selma, with Atkins conceding defeat as Abercrombie is declared the successful candidate for congressman at large from Alabama.
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J. W. Abercrombie
Montgomery
Ala
Frobama
Victor B. Atkins
Selday
John W. Abercrombie
Tusca
Abercrombie
SW. Hill Brooke
Kyle B. Price
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