Tragic Gasoline Fire Kills 13 Month Old in Mt Hope
In Mt Hope Lawrence county a 13 month old child, Marguerite Blocker, pulled a gasoline container onto herself while her mother pressed clothes. The fumes ignited from an open grate and the child died within moments. The mother suffered severe burns while attempting to save her daughter and remains bedridden. Funeral services were held at Rock Springs church and the community organized aid for the distressed family.
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Marguerite Blocker
Jesse Blocker
Blockers
Mt. Hope
Lawrence County
Tennessee
Blocker
Daily
Kalaid
Rock Springs
J. A. Davis
Mystery Girl Reunites With Husband After Police Help
Mrs Zetha Harvie known as Decatur mystery girl was helped by police and local citizens to reach Louisville where she reunited with husband Arthur Harvie. A letter from her thanks Decatur police and Indianapolis supporters notes memory loss but gratitude for aid received.
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Mystery Girl
Thanks Police
Zelha Harvie
Decatur
North Sherman Drive
Indianapolis
Ind
Louisville
Harvie
N. Sherman Dr
Harvie Sunay
Prison riot at Auburn ends in state troop intervention
Warden Edgar S Jennings and four guards were held by convicts for over two hours at Auburn prison before a state troops rescue, as mutineers lost two more men and a guard was wounded. The disruption halted the convicts last chance for safe exit.
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Auburn
N. Y
Edgar S. Jennings
Henry Sullivan
Closing Cotton Quotations From New York and New Orleans
Closing quotes for the cotton markets in New York and New Orleans are listed with open high low and close values for January March May July futures and spot in New Orleans. The data shows mixed gains and declines across contracts with Jan and Mar futures hovering around 17.1 to 17.7 cents per pound and New Orleans spot at 17.06.
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New York
New Orleans
Hartselle Poised for Modern Thirty-Five Room Hotel
Rumors circle around a planned thirty five room hotel on the Bee Line highway beside Booth’s new business building. Dr W M Booth confirms contemplation of the project though no formal plans are released yet. The site is favored for tourist and traveler traffic and would enhance the city’s appearance amid recent new constructions.
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Hartselle
Bee Line
Booth Business
W. M. Booth
Livewire Citizen
The
Daily
Booth
Doss Car Stolen Is Found Today
Thieves who stole the automobile of J. R. Doss of the Dixie Meat Market abandoned it after driving into a ditch east of Bob Moser’s home on the road to Connecticut Mills. Doss recovered the car himself this afternoon with little to no damage reported.
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J. R. Doss
Dixie Meat Market
Bob Moser
Connecticut Mills
Little Evidence Of Drinking Here This Holiday Season
Christmas two weeks away, yet police report unusually quiet conditions. In the past week arrests for drunkenness are comparatively few, with a smaller proportion charged. The city has grown, but current arrests would have overwhelmed jails twenty years ago.
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Decatur
Campbell Wanted in Augusta linked to old shooting case
Veterans Hospital officials in Augusta Georgia notify Sheriff Davis to detain John A Campbell who left the hospital without leave He recently appeared at the jail to surrender over the a shooting of John Kyle in Hartselle eight or nine years earlier Campbell a shell shock veteran from World War One was deemed irresponsible at the time Kyle a Hartselle city clerk and education board member was wounded through a window leaving one eye destroyed Campbell previously escaped from the hospital for Decatur before returning home near Hartselle
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Veterans Hospital
Augusta
B. E. Davis
John A. Campbell
Campbell
John Kyle
Hartselle
Davis
Kyle
Decatur
the Daily
Veterans’ Bureau
France
Mr. Kyle
Board of Education
Arvidson Elected Secretary of Local Y W C A
S. E. Arvidson, long associated with the local Y M C A, was chosen secretary to replace C. J. Randolph who resigned. Arvidson will assume duties mid December after returning from Louisville, Ky, where he had moved to make his home.
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S. E. Arvidson
Louisville
C. J. Randolph
Arvidson
Board of Management
Former Deputy to Serve Sentence in Kilby Prison
Former Jefferson county deputy sheriff P C A Doss will begin a two year Kilby prison term on January 6 for the slaying of Troy Day during a liquor raid near Mt Pinson. An agreement dropped the charge in the slaying of Dewey Day and his appeal from the Troy Day conviction will be withdrawn.
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Birmingham
Ala
C. A. Doss
Jefferson County
Kilby
Troy Day
Mt. Pinson
Bailes
Doss
Dewey Day
Troy
Hillsboro Resident Says Cotton Harvest Ended in County
G W Parker of Hillsboro Route 1 visited the city today on business and stated that the cotton harvesting season has ended in his part of the county.
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G. W. Parker
Hillsboro
Thieves steal 110000 cigarettes from Cullman wholesale
Thieves last night robbed A. Z. Bailey & Company in Cullman, taking 110000 cigarettes in eleven cases of Strikes Old Golds Camels and Chesterfield. Police seek Decatur help. lawmen suspect an organized gang with a recuring pattern in nearby towns.
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A. Z. Bailey & Company
Cullman
Decatur
C. E. Poole
Sixth Avenue
Pointer Harlow Grocery Company
First Avenue
Hartselle
Committee Weighs Community Chest Plan in Decatur
Representatives from local organizations meet at 3 oclock in the S A Lynnes office to discuss forming a Community Chest or similar relief unit for Decatur. A sub committee is to be chosen to study and report back to the full committee later.
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S. A. Lynne
Community Chest
Decatur
Graves probes Phillips case at Kilby visit
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves questioned Kilby prison officials and Atmore prison farm staff in executive session about claims by Mrs. Lee Phillips that her husband, a defendant in Claude Avant’s slaying, was beaten and executed before confessing. Graves plans to publish findings after a full fact collection.
Improved Gins Bring Farmers to Distant Gins
Farmers in Madison County haul cotton up to forty miles to better equipped gins in nearby towns due to the need to snap cotton bolls. The presence of improved gins prompts this longer drive.
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Huntsville
Madison County
Local Weather Forecast for Washington Illinois
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with somewhat warmer conditions tonight. The outlook calls for mild temperatures and increasing cloud cover across the two days in Washington Illinois.
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Washington
Dec
Funeral services tonight for late insurance agent Moorman
Funeral services will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. at First Methodist for L. T. Moorman a National Union Life Insurance special agent found dead near his Limestone county farm. Coroner’s jury ruled death by unknown means with foul play unlikely. Interment in Leitchfield Kentucky after services at Railroad Street depot. He leaves a wife two sons and several relatives.
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First Methodist
L. T. Moorman
National Union Life Insurance Company
Limestone County
Moorman
George Boyd
R. T. Tyler
Decatur
Peter M. Dennis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roy Wyatt
Harry Wyatt
Clyde Hendrix
Robert Daniel
W. H. Leslie
L. E. Rife
Catur Rotary Club
Railroad Street Union
Brown
Leitchfield, Ky
C. W. Moorman
Leitchfield
H. W.wincoxsorr
Louisville
Stov
I. M
Ball
Nods And Falls Against Stove Burn Hair Of Mrs Nichols
Mrs. J. T. Nichols of East Decatur nearly burned in a stove accident Tuesday afternoon when she nodded in her chair and fell against a hot stove. Hair burned away but later exams showed burns less serious than first feared. Mrs. Nichols, formerly Newson, has lived in East Decatur for years and married six months ago to Mr. Nichols.
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J. T. Nichols
East Decatur
Maple Street
Nichols
No contract yet for Sterchi rebuilding on Second Avenue
Frank G. Cook, former resident and building owner, says no contract has been let for the Sterchi structure rebuild after the fire. Crews are clearing debris, but he expects a contract may be awarded soon depending on contractor bids.
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Sterchi
Second Avenue
Frank G. Cook
Cook
Mr. Cook
Death by own action pact in double suicide case
Henry G. Crosby aged 32 and Josephine Roth Bigelow 22 both prominent Boston figures were found dead in an artist's studio on West 67th Street in a double suicide pact. Crosby had a pistol in his right hand and his left arm around Bigelow as they lay on a bed. No notes were found and motive remains undetermined.
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New York
Henry G. Crosby
Josephine Roth Bigelow
Boston
West 67Th Street
Crosby
Doran reports on Prohi fatalities
Evanston Tk Dec 11 The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union published a communication from James M Doran United States Commissioner of Prohibition listing 147 persons killed by agents in the line of duty and 57 agents killed since the law took effect The table shows yearly deaths with 1927 and 1929 figures and the peak in 1923 noting the response to charges of excessive force in enforcement.
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Evanston
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
James M. Doran
United States Commissioner of Prohibition
Prohibition
Boys Call For Discarded Toys To Aid Christmas Cheer
Members of the Boys' club of St. John's Episcopal church report strong public response to their appeal for discarded toys. They request more donations to help hundreds of Decatur children at Christmas, asking to call phone 24 to arrange pickup and repairs if toys are broken.
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Boys’ Club
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Decatur
Marauder Still At Liberty After Home Attack
Police seek identity of a bold midnight marauder who fought Rev. Iran Marion at his Austinvill home. The assailant fled after a scuffle as Mrs. Marion woke and turned on a light. no description was obtained.
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Iran Marion
Austinvill
Marion
Hollis Mitchell Sees Arm Fracture Improve
Hollis Mitchell, who recently fractured an arm in an accident, is greatly improved and his complete recovery is anticipated shortly.
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Belle Mina
Hollis Mitchell
Auburn prison mutiny demands safe conduct for escape
Armed convicts at Auburn State Prison take 12 guards and W. Edgar S. Jennings hostage after seizing weapons from about 1580 inmates. State troopers, Auburn police, firemen, and National Guard units rush to quell the riot as leaders press for warden and keeper release with threats of deadly force.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn State Prison
George A. Durnford
W. Edgar S. Jennings
Auburn City
New York National Guard
Henry Sullivan
Jennings
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R. F. Cooney
Fenner and Beane
A. Z. Bailey
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Phillips
Kentucky
Rene A
Doran
PROHI
Marauder
Liberty
Eben
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