Alabama oil prospects stir Birmingham research tour
Alabama expects to bore all wells in the near future with work in northern and southern regions. C F Caracristi, oil expert, visits Birmingham researching fields in Louisiana and Texas and planning articles for Manufactures' Record. He hints at possible discoveries in Alabama and notes the statewide interest and potential for rapid activity if a first gusher occurs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
C. F. Caracristi
Goth
Louisiana
Texas
Baltimore
New Orleans
Birmingham 5
Caracristi
Lucas
Beaumont
Galacristi
Miners to Seek New Scale in Upcoming Alabama Contract
In Birmingham this week the Coal Operators Association of Alabama will discuss the coal market and outline actions for a conference with miners. The United Mine Workers district No 2 will hold its annual scale convention on the 17th, with rumors of demands for a contract starting July 1. Delegates will bring instructions as locals elect reps for the meeting, and observers fear a potential strike amid talks of pay changes and eight hour days.
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Birmingham
Ala
Svme
Coal Operators’ Association of Alabama
Coal Mart
Alahama
United Mine Workers of America
Essociation
T. H. Aldrich
Erskine Ramsey
New Orleans
Edward Flynn
Miner’ Organization
Birmingham Old Forge to Resume Operation
Birmingham mills announce the old forge in operation again after a year and a half, adding 60 to 80 workers and boosting muck iron output. Finished iron shipments rise as mills in the district stay active, with payrolls larger than in years, signaling steady work through summer.
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Mingham Rolling Mills
Birmingham
Ala
Irig
Birmingham Rolling Wills
Ilis
Ola
Amalgamated Association of Transtecting Tin Workers
Milwaukee
Indi Caung
Vanderbilt Heiress to Drink Jersey Milk at Biltmore Estate
Special dispatch from Biltmore North Carolina reports George Vanderbilt and family arriving from France. The estate is undergoing extensive renovations with shelves polished and a private Jersey cow added to supply milk for the young heiress. The mood is cordial as department heads prepare to greet the Vanderbilt private car.
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Biltmore
N. C
Geors
Vanderbilt
France
Bilumore
America
Vernon Hill
Biltmore Acres
Europe
Berkshire
Texas
Biltmore Village
Vandertill
Wsscoms
Officers Shoot At Burglars In South Highlands Store
Birmingham police patrolled the South Highlands Tomlin and Stewart groceries area after persistent nighttime thefts. Early today a Black burglar entered through a rear window. officers fired as he fled, injuring him. Dr Whelan treated Oscar Bennett for dangerous side wounds and he was hospitalized.
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Birmingham
Als
Tomlin & Stewart
South Highlands
Patton
Oswald
Dr. Whelan
Avenue BD
Eighteenth Street
Oscar Bennett
South Highlands ‘Establishment
A Showing for Birmingham at Southern Industrial Convention
Birmingham will send at least three representatives to the Southern Industrial convention in Philadelphia this week. Former Mayor J A VanNoose will discuss the Warrior Canal project to ship Birmingham goods by water to the Gulf at Mobile. Secretary J B Gloson of the Birmingham Commercial Club will present the club’s yearly growth report. H H Mayberry, a leading hardware dealer, will also attend.
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Birmingham
Ala
Philadelphia
J. A. VanNoose
Eulf
Mobile
J. B. Gtoson
Birmingham Commercial Club
H. H. Mayberry
Excursion Train Stoned Along L and N Route
An excursion train from Anniston to Birmingham was stoned at Sylacauga Fayetteville and Shelby with over twenty windows broken. A woman from Anniston was seriously injured by stones and glass. Passengers were frightened and many headed home on regular trains.
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Louisville
Nashville
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Anniston
Sylacaugs
Fayetteville
Shelby
Rockefeller funds dormitory at Tuskegee Institute
John D. Rockefeller notified Tuskegee Principal Booker T Washington that he will provide money to erect a dormitory for boys at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. A small fire in Huntsville caused $2,000 in stock damage at H. T. Daniels jewelry and wallpaper store, insured for $600.
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Tuskegee
Booker T Washington
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
John D. Rockefeller
Huntsville
Ala
H. T. Danielss Jewelry
Rural Free Delivery Hurts Towns Business in Tennessee
A Tennessee journalist reports that rural free delivery has harmed local business in Jonesboro and nearby areas. Mail orders rise as farmers rely on mail carriers to buy goods, reducing in-person trips to town shops and diminishing salesman influence.
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Noxville
Tenn
Journal and Tribune
Jonesboro
Say She Is Mentally Deranged
Northampton Mass June 9 two physicians report Miss Mabel L Burt Bridgeton NY J, former Smith College student, jailed on larceny charges of about 5000 in Smith College rooms, is deranged and should receive treatment.
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Northampton
Mass
Mabel L. Burt
Bridgeton
Smith College
Jubilee Rally Ends Montreal Y M C A Celebration
The Montreal Y M C A Jubilee celebration opened with a large rally at St James Methodist church. Addresses were delivered by Lord Kinnaird of London England William Watts of Glasgow and Johnny Mott of New York, highlighting the organization’s growth and aims.
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Montreal
Young Men's Christian Association
Quenee
St. Janes Methodist Church
Lord Kinnaird
Tondon
England
Willam Atts
Glasgow
Johnny Mott
New York
Sailboat tragedy near Jacksonville docks claims two Cuban men
At 11 o'clock this morning a sailboat with two men, reportedly Cubans, sank off Market Street near the burned docks. Unskilled in sailing, they failed to steady the craft and both perished before rescue boats arrived. Their identities remain unknown as authorities and friends search the water.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Market Street
Clyde Iner
St. Jobs
May- Port
Fort George Inlet
Sty
Drowning of Three Girls Off North Essington
A Delaware River skiff swamped in a squall near North Essington, sinking three girls who were guests of the Federal Boat Club. Rosie Koons, 17 Mary Koons, 19 Mamie Trainer, 22, and three young men were aboard. the men were rescued, but the three girls drowned after cries were heard by club members.
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Philadelphia
Alx Organs
Delaware
North Essington
Cirs
Rosie Koons
Mary Koons
Mamie Trainer
Federal Boat Club
Two Men Drowned Crossing Lake Near Akron
Oliver Croster and Emil Bergdorf drowned while crossing Summit Jake Lake in a boat. Michael Shay survived after clinging to the overturned craft two hours until rescue. Bergdorf began rocking the boat causing it to upset this morning near Akron.
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Lake
Akron
Oliver Croster
Emil Bergdorf
Summit
Jake
Michael Shay
Bergdorf
Shay
Three Drown In Mississippi Boat Upturn Near Dubuque
A Mississippi incident three miles north of Dubuque involved a boat with five men returning from a fishing trip. Julius Guderien and wife and Mrs. Nicholas Kalle drowned. The ferry crew rescued two boys who clung to the upturned craft for an hour, nearly exhausted.
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Mississippi
Milwaukee
Wis
Sentinel
Dubuque
Enys
Parsons
Julius Guderien
Nicholas Kalle
Dliff
Buried Counterfeit Found in Lexington Cellar
Workmen uncovered a rotten brick well on Main Street with a large bag of deteriorated counterfeit bills and a decayed coin-filled box. David Bennett of National Exchange Bank identified the money as counterfeit. The site is linked to a historic Ohio Valley gang led by Andrew Morgan and Silas Banks, arrested years ago without revealing the production location.
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Lexington
J. W. Besa
George Hicks
David Bennett
National Exchange Bank
Bennett
Ohio Valley
Andrew Morgan
Silas Banks
Mrs Kennedy Improves After Trial Strain
In Kansas City Missouri June plus July Prince Kennedy showed marked improvement after a stressful Saturday trial for murdering her husband. She feared to attend Monday court as concern grew for a potential mental collapse that could risk a mistrial. Will Prince, her brother, fainted upon learning his sister's predicament and a physician was summoned.
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Kansas City
Prince Kennedy
Sbe
Will Prince
Ty Kul Kennedy
American Goods Sought in Italy Exposition Spurs Demand
The Venice consul reports Italy's northern industries growing and an expanding market for American machinery and tools. Imports include bicycles leather tools locks tobacco cotton and agricultural gear. American revolvers sewing machines lard lubricating oils are finding sale. Venice journals installing improved presses. demand grows for oil cloth stoves and canning goods. canneries and cutlery also seen as promising.
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Washington
Leghorn
Italy
Cramer
Florence
Amon
United States
Heinzerther
Catania
Johnson
Venice
Jarvis
Mylan
Five bids offered for Sullivan Island army barracks
Charleston June 9 contracts for Sullivan's Island army barracks will be awarded within weeks. Only five bids were offered, Pettijohn & Co. of Lynchburg, Va. bidding $82,396. Nicholas Ittner of Atlanta bid $203,518 for all post work including twenty eight buildings. The post will be among the best equipped in the South Atlantic. Over half a million dollars will be spent on buildings and grounds. Awards tied to year’s money. delays possible if not awarded before July 1.
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Sullivan’s Island
Charleston
S. C
Bpe Et al
Army
War Department
Price
Hve
Pettijohn & Co
Lynchbore
Nicholas Ittner
Wholesale Truit Dealers in Charleston Seek Bankruptcy
Henry Bayer & Son, wholesale trust, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the United States district court. One of Charleston’s oldest firms, it formerly operated a steamship line between this port and Cuban and West Indian ports. Liabilities topped 67,013.72 with assets at 91,202.01, including 71,053.02 in open accounts uncleared, a major factor in its financial woes.
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Charleston
B.C
Henry Bayer & Son
Wholesale Trust
de Ery
United States
Lutrict Court
Striking machinists in Norfolk vow win in Virginia
Organizer Samuel D. Nedrey of the American Federation of Labor says the Norfolk strike remains solid and the group believes employers on the Seaboard Air Line will capitulate within a month. The first strike fund distribution reached about 4000 dollars, with Newport News workers to receive benefits next week.
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Nedrey
Norfolk
Samuel D. Nedrey
American Federation of Labor
Seaboard Air Line
Nedroy
Virginia
Newport News
Statement of machinists at Southern strike progress
Knoxville dispatch says Southern railway machinists report no replacements secured during the strike weeks. Superintendent C T L Ewing of the Knoxville division notes applications exist and workers will be phased in gradually as necessity requires.
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Southern
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
C. TL. Ewing
Mascagni to Visit Us for Eight-Week US Tour
Italian composer Pietro Mascagni has signed a contract for an eight weeks tour in the United States with an Italian orchestra leaving two months hence. The Rome correspondent of The Daily Express reports he is to receive 23000.
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Mascagni
London
Pietro Mascagni
Rome
Daily Express
United States
Fis
Susquehanna Arrives Manila Reinsured Voyage From Baltimore
June 9 The Merchants Exchange reports the American ship Susquehanna reached Manila with a percent reinsurance deducted. The vessel departed Baltimore 174 days earlier carrying coal for Cayite naval station. In Mexico City June 4, Robert M. Johnson was found near Tutpancingo after traveling from Des Moines and leaving a wife and two children.
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Susquehanna
San Francisco
Merchants' Exchange
Manila
Baltimore
Cayite
Mexico
Mexico City
Robert M. John
Tutpancingo
Des Reines
Louisville May Have New Road in Kentucky Corridor
Louisville could gain a new link to Nashville via a proposed line to lease or buy the Shelbyville and Bloomfield road then extend to Lebanon and connect with Cumberland and Ohio. Promoter Peter Arland reportedly secured options and capital to push the plan, while Shelbyville and Bloomfield president Booker Reed denied options. The scheme aims to shorten Louisville to Nashville travel by about thirty-two miles and spur timber and mineral development in Kentucky if successful.
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Louisville
Couriers Journal
Nashville
Shelbyville
Bloomfield
Lebanon
Cumberland and Ohio
Greensburg
Scotteville
Chesapeake and Nashville
Gallatin
Peter Arland
Cumberland
Ohio
Booker Reed
Artund
Cumberland and
Loulaville and Nashvile
Artand
Southern Railway
Kentucky
Eddyville
Mont Pleasant phosphate mines may form single company
Louisville report states a Louisville man just back from middle Tennessee indicates a plan to merge the large phosphate mines around Mont Pleasant Tennessee into one company. The venture would operate all mines with a combined capital near one million dollars.
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Tombine
Louisvile
The
Courier- Journal
Louisville
Middle Tennessee
Mont Pleasant
Tenn
Old Battleships at Norfolk
The ancient sailing frigate Monongahela arrived in Hampton Roads with 834 apprentice boys, to stay ten days under Commander William Emery. The Alliance also lies at anchor and will sail Tuesday on a cruise to the Azores, Plymouth, and other Mediterranean ports, avoiding Spanish ports per special orders.
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Alliance
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Cantalm
William Emery
Azores
Plymouth
Brest
Gibraltar
Lisbon
Mediterranean
Navy Department
Portugése
Roanoke College Commencement Opens With Sermon
Salem Va June 9 The forty eighth year Roanoke College commenced with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev Dr I E Funk on The Next Step In Evolution The Present Step He spoke of Christ coming anew in life rather than a visible return The second coming is recreation of Christ in life Tonight Rev Dr Roland C Holland of Charlotte NC delivers the Young Men's Christian Association address Events include an oratory medal contest trustee meeting and alumni gathering with large attendance anticipated
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I. E. Funk
Salem
Roanoke College
Funk
Junk
Jesus
Minjong
Kingdom of Heaven
Christ
Broadway
Strand
Aman
Young Men's Christian Association
High Class Horses Entered For The Races In Lexington
Lexington Ky June 9 The twenty ninth annual Kentucky Breeders Trotting Association meeting in October drew 648 horses from 472 entries. Key stakes include Transylvania, Kentucky futurity for three year olds, two-year-olds, McDowell sweep stake and Louisville prize with many notable entrants such as Walnut Hall Ertrange Hawthorne Admiral Dewey Mary Leyburn and Tom. The meet promises strong competition with match races between Abbott and Borealma for 30000 and Crescens versus Charley Herr for 7500000.
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Lexington
Kentucky Breeders’ Trotting Association
Mtv
Transylvania
Taty Geraldine
Onward Silver
Tdolta
Dreamer
Henry
Chestnut King
Dolly Dilton
Bustle J
Volo
Lady Thisbe
Laurel
Uta
Walnut Hall
Ertrange
Hawthorne
Admiral Dewey
Dingen
Nancy Hawke
Mina Olivia
Reuzettz
Great Spirit
Prodigal
Rachiael
Whlie Herr
Charley Herr
Malise
Ash Wilkes
Jack Roche
Idght
Nellie Roca
Mary Leyburn
Tom
Bingen
Fanslta
Arion
Bitter Reds Farm
Rachael
Eolin
Etta Barron
Mr. Lawson
Boralma
Chesko
Moka
Pereno
Delle
Mobel
Messrs
Lehaurre
Berlin
Germany
Tennessey
Pacers
Wilt Leyburn
Charles Hayt
the Admiral
Major Muscovita
Gambay
Elstle Pointer
Star Pointer
Richmond
Weausant
Johnston
West
Kentucky
Wilson
America
Abbott
Boeralma
Crescens
New York Defeats Cincinnati in High-Scoring National League Game
New York belted 31 hits and 25 runs, toppling Cincinnati as crowds swarmed the field after two outs in the ninth. Attendance reached 17,954 while batteries credited were Phillips, Ruste, McPadden and Bergen. In Brooklyn, the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 7 to 4 as Waddell faltered in the fifth. Brooklyn's offense jumped on errors for a decisive win in a loose game.
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New York
Cincinnati
Araptre Emsie
Rwe Gincinnati
Phillins
Ruste
McPadden
Ena Bergen
Physe
Wual
Jong
Beere
Rhe
Brooklyn
Waddell
Kiting
Flughes
Farreyl
Dwyer
Chicago
Ten Mile Race on Wheels Delivers Photo Finish
New York June 9 over 7,000 spectators watched a professional ten mile bicycle race at the Walburg track near Newark. Twenty five riders competed for leaders’ prizes each mile. Floyd MacFarland led the final stretch setting a fierce pace and held the lead to the finish as Walthour Newhouse and Stramer surged. MacFarland’s time was 2 48.
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Walthour
New York
Walisburg
Newark
Floyd Mcfarland
Newhouse
Stramer
LePirard
MacFarland
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