Ruth Heron Stabs Lover in Chambers Trial and Sentencing
Ruth Heron, 21, is found guilty of stabbing Henry Stoke in his chambers after a dispute over money and a failed marriage plan. The trial reveals a tale of betrayal, coercion, and social judgment as she receives seven years in penal servitude while Stoke faces public censure for his alleged deceit.
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Naomi
Ruth
Harry Stoke
Ruth Heron
Henry Stoke
John Stoke
Mr. Stoke
Fleet Street
Jack
Mayors and Councilmen to Convene National Meeting in Columbus
Columbus will host the national convention of mayors and councilmen from September 28 to October 1. The agenda covers city topics including street lighting garb age revenue paving sewerage water supply police protection and franchise issues. A separate line notes romantic tension with a remark about turning the other cheek.
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Columbus
Ohio
Receiver Sought for Huntsville Based Southern Building and Loan
A bill filed in Huntsville seeks a receiver for the Southern Building and Loan Association, claiming solvency but large assets over one million dollars. Movants include J. D. Abel and Mrs. Mary Straton of Macon, and Mrs. Mattie J. Lyon and L. D. Wilson of Atlanta, with stockholders demanding protection while the company’s liabilities match assets across eleven states. The firm notes loans of 738,085 and total resources around 1,004,943 as of June 30, plus a 736,843.11 return in two years and 41,036.74 profit in six months.
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Southern Building and Loan Association
Huntsville
Ala
Glenn & Rountree
Lawrence R. Brooks
Atlanta
Marion W. Haris
Macon
Movants
J. D. Abel
Mary Straton
Mattie J. Lyon
L. D. Wilson
Association
Bruce
United States District Court of the
Middle and
Alabama
Dividends Declared For Insolvent National Banks
The comptroller of the currency in Washington announces dividends for creditors of several insolvent national banks. Listed banks include First National Bank Tyler Texas fifteen percent. Merchants' National Bank Ocala Florida twelve and a half percent. Citizens' National Bank San Angelo Texas twenty percent. Florence Bank Florence Alabama twenty five percent. American National Bank New Orleans Louisiana five percent. City National Bank Fort Worth Texas ten percent.
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Washington
First National Bank
Tyler
Tex
Merchants’ National Bank
Ocala
Fla
Citizens’ National Bank
SanAngelo
Florence Bank
Florence
Ala
American National Bank
New Orleans
The
City National Bank
Fort Worth
New Industries Rise Across the South in Past Week
Southern Progress notes a busy week with large trade for the season and many new plants under construction or enlargement. Oil, cotton seed oil, lumber, iron and steel demand rise, with notable incorporations in Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
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South
Birmingham
Peck City Coal and Fuel Co
Capital
Henrietta
Tex
Jackson
Tenn
Laurens
8. C
Charleston
Griffin & Barnes Machinery Co
Galveston
Last Chance Mining and Prospecting Co
Batesville
Ark
Blue Ridge Oil and Development Co
King
Government Plant for Armor Plate Price Study Initiated
A special naval board appointed by Acting Secretary Roosevelt gathered at the Navy Department in Washington on Monday to organize and discuss the proposed government plant for armor plate. The board, all members present, met to hear Roosevelt's views on Congress intent and to begin work after securing a room.
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Special Naval Board
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy Department
Washington
Giant 81.5 pound melon sent to Bryan in Lincoln Neb
Fitzgerald Ga produced the season’s champion watermelon weighing eighty-one and a half pounds. It was shipped Monday to William Jennings Bryan, the next president, addressed to Lincoln Neb. The crate bore a silver painted inscription praising labor and critiquing gold.
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Fitzgerald
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Lincoln
Neb
Federal Colony
Anarchist Plot Aimed at Sagasta and Canovas Del Castillo
A Madrid dispatch reported in London says anarchists planned to kill Canovas del Castillo before August 15 and Sagasta before August 30 after a July meeting. The Spanish government reportedly knew of the plot.
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London
Madrid
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Senor Sagasta
Georgia Supreme Court Denies Perry Mandamus Request
The Georgia Supreme Court refused a mandamus for H. B. Perry, charged with murder of Beley Lanier, ending court relief options. If clemency is not granted by the governor, Perry faces execution on the 18th. The motion to compel Judge Candler to certify a bill of exceptions was debated Monday and decided Tuesday after deliberation.
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Georgia Supreme Court
Perry
Beley Lanier
Candler
Supreme Court
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Walter Besant
Apter
Harry
Miss Ruth
Iorry
Purose
India
England
Dartford
Kent County
Thomas Watkins
MR Stoke
Huntsville Concern
Southern Progress
Bryan
Sagasta
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