Fire destroys a prominent Alabama family home and deaths
A fire at a Salem residence killed Mrs Aaran Dunn and her two children, a four year old son and a four year old girl. Mrs Minna Dunn, treasurer of Lee County Alabama, was injured and reportedly in declining condition. The couple’s relatives say the fire started yesterday morning and the family, one of the county’s most prominent, had been in Opelika earlier. Neighbors found the scene and a telegraph report confirms the casualties and injuries.
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Senator Robert L. Taylor Laid to Rest in Tennessee
Robert L. Taylor senior senator died in Washington on Sunday. In Nashville tributes, crowds viewed the remains as a funeral train delay limited attendance. The body was moved to Enjoxville for funeral services and interment the next day.
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Senate
Washington
Capitol
Enjoxville
Atlanta Police Endorse Underwood Ahead of May Election
A well-known Atlanta police sergeant claims nine of ten officers back Underwood with votes to be cast May 1. Wilson canvassers report weak signatures in Fulton County and behind the scenes discussions show mixed results among department members.
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Underwood
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Wilson
Fulton
Wilson E
Japanese Invasion Fear Targeted By Taft Administration
Washington reports say a Lodge resolution seeks Senate information from the State Department on a Mexico based Japanese naval base claim. Secretary Huntingon Wilson and Rep Sulzer met President Taft to align strategy to quell periodic invasion scare and provide a comprehensive response to senators and representatives.
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Senate
State Department
Mexico
Magdalena Bay
North America
Huntington Wilson
Sulzer
New York
House
Taft
White House
Japan
Times
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Underwood Club Planned in Emanuel County
Colonel S J Cowan spoke at Conyers court and urged organizing an Underwood club in Emanuel county. Enthusiasm rose with promises of strong support for Underwood, and Cowan will travel next Monday to assist local organizers.
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Emanuel County
Colonel Cowan
Alabama Colored State Teachers Meet in Selma Convention
About a thousand Negro educators gather in Selma for the thirty-first annual Alabama Colored State Teachers Association session opening at Selma University. Rev Dr J T Clyne of Selma University conducts the opening. Professor Genheim of Tuscaloosa delivers the opening address on the status of education in Alabama.
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Selma
Alabama Colored State Hers’ Association
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University Chapel
Genheim
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Dirsnheim
Birthday fete for George S May at Kirkwood in Atlanta
A birthday gathering for George S May will be held Saturday afternoon at his Kirkwood home with over a score of friends. Two bottles of brandy over a century old will be opened, alongside a French wine act as part of the celebration honoring a long friendship with Horace May. Attendees include friends from Atlanta and out of town, notably Morgan V. Gress of Jacksonville and C W Seibeling of Akron. The event features cigars, memories, and a Villa Maia luncheon where the remaining two ancient bottles will be uncorked.
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Atlantea
Atlanta
Morgan V. Gress
Jacksonville
Fila
C. W. Seibeling
Nelson
Stone
Akron
Ohio
Mr. May
America
Horace. May
Colonel Coman
Cananovia
George S. May
Horace May
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Brady
Villa Maia
Soldiers Called to Awe Strikers in Utica NC Mills
Martial law declared at New York Mills and Yorkville after a strike by New York Mills Company workers. National guard patrols will enforce order as strikers resist foremen and workers entering the mills. Polish women joined in guarding streets, one woman throwing pepper into a deputy’s face.
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Utica
New York Mills
Yorkville
New York Mills Company
National Guard
Cotton acreage reduced in principal cotton states
Principal cotton states report a 16 to 25 percent acreage reduction attributed to the Rockil plan and wet weather. The notice, sent by J Watson of the Southern Cotton Congress, gathered replies from Georgia Alabama North Carolina Mississippi Oklahoma Texas Tennessee and South Carolina. Dr Cornelius Woolfkin named as successor to Rev Dr Charles F Aked at Fift Avenue Baptist Church in New York with a salary around fifteen thousand dollars annually.
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Aked
New York
Cornelius Woolfkin
Rochester Theological Seminary
Charles F. Aked
Fift Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Equal suffrage gains at southern education conference
Nashville speakers including Mrs. Desha Breckinridge of Kentucky address a subconference of Tennessee club women on public schools and southern development. She notes Kentucky women won school voting rights and argues mothers should have a voice in schooling, sparking strong reaction. Also speaking were Dr. B F Dresslar of the U S Bureau of Education and Mrs. Langdon R Mitchell of Richmond Va.
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Nashville
Tenn
South
Desha Breckinridge
Kentucky
L. Crozier French
Tennessee’ Federation of Women's Clubs
Public Schools
Southern Development
Breckinridge
B. F. Dresstlar
United States Bureau of Education
Langdon R. Mitchell
Richmond
Judge Speer Orders Show Cause In Taxton Contempt Case
Albany Ga April 4 Special No developments today in the alleged contempt case of four Tifton lawyers and one Valdosta resident. Judge Speer directed I J Hof mayor and trustee’s attorney to prepare an order citing other lawyers to appear and show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt. He took the matter under advisement pending further enlightenment. One attorney returned the dividend to the referee. others said the money was disbursed to creditors. Further developments expected tomorrow.
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Albany
Tifton
Valdosta
Chest Expands From Regular Auto Riding In New York
A New York observer notes chest growth among daily car riders. After five years of study, average chest size increases about one inch every two years as motorists inhale deeply during driving, a result the tailor attributes to the effort of regular automobile riding.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago Jury Hears Slander Suit Over University Dean
In Chicago on April 4 a slander suit seeks 100000 dollars from Miss Rather Mercy against Miss Marion Talbot dean of women at the University of Chicago. Counsel for Miss Talbot accuses Mercy of leading on witnesses and ogling jurors while Mercy’s lawyer rebukes efforts to tarnish Mercy’s character. Attorney Francis Walker dedicates the morning to the closing defense describing Mercy as peculiar and monumental in the annals of law as the jury debates the case.
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Chicago
Miss Rather Mercy
Marion Talbot
University of Chicago
Miss Talbot
Miss Mercy
Francis Walker
Walker
Mike Mercy
Couples wed, fifty years of service at Jenny Lind church
Chicago April 4 The Rev Herman Linskog of St Ansgarius Swedish Episcopal Church will mark his fiftieth pastorate anniversary this Easter Sunday. He notes that among 4 607 marriages officiated only two ended in divorce, praising his ministry and the church nicknamed Jenny Lind church after a large donation by the singer.
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Chicago
Herman Linskog
St. Ansgarius
Marralgea
St. Anegarius
Jenny Lind
Campaign to Fight Hookworm in Barbour County
Barbour County Medical Association in Eufaula endorses the hookworm campaign led by Dr J Frazier Orr of the state sanitation department under the Rockefeller foundation. Plans include opening free clinics for treatment on April 22 funded by the board of revenue.
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Eufaula
Ala
Barbour County Medical Association
J. Frazier Orr
State Department of Sanitation
Rockefeller Foundation
Board of Revenue
Prize values and division counts in the contest
The total prize value and territorial split are outlined with division numbers. Division 1 awards four prizes and Division 2 awards five. Each division contains districts with a set number of prizes. the grand prize winners are four contestants.
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