Meeting to Boost Bridge Proposition Last Night
A dozen or so leading Decatur businessmen met at Morgan County National Bank to organize a compact movement for building a bridge across the Tennessee River. They appointed a committee to study a special bill and potential congressional permission, and expressed strong optimism about a new bridge linking the city’s business interests to its doorstep.
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Morgan County National Bank
Decatures
Tennessee River
Oscar Underwood
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Merrimac
Congress
Tennessee
Explosion Takes Life of Miners in Acton Mine
An explosion at Acton Mine No. 2 triggers deadly dust ignition killing miners. Rescue teams contend with dangerous conditions as officials inspect the scene and identify the victims.
Government ginners report shows Morgan County cotton bales up
The government ginners report announced today shows Morgan County ginned bales before November 1 for the 1913 crop totaling 14,676, compared with 1,109 for the same period in 1912, indicating a significant increase.
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Morgan County
Hobson Club Organized at Austinvile Last Night
A 38 member Hobson Club was organized at Austinville with Roberts presiding. A nominating committee named officers including S. O. Maynor as president and A C McClesky as secretary and treasurer, while Decatur attendees observed an enthusiastic meeting and planning of aims.
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Hobson Club
Austinville
Austinviffe
Ye. Roberts
Equest A. G. Patterson
C. Stovall
Albert Beatty
Edgar Thompson
S._O. Maynor
H. A. Bragg
C.V. Bracken
J. FL McCleate
Stovah
Death of J. F. Boucher in Huntsville shocks Decatur
A Huntsville report states J. F. Boucher, longtime Decatur resident, suddenly died this afternoon in Huntsville. His numerous friends here mourn his loss and recall his youth with regret.
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Huntsville
J. F. Boucher
Decaturs
Boucher
Uncle Sam 15 number of output value increased
American people stickers for cleanliness evidenced by soap output.
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Sam
Soap Industry Shows Large 1909 Growth in U S
Census data show 1909 soap output at 11,867,777 dollars, up 63.1 percent from 1904. Four hundred twenty factories employed 18,393 workers with expenses near 98,220,337 dollars. New York leads in wage earners and product value, with 912 percent of U S total and significant gains since 1894 to 1909.
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New York
United States
Harry K Thaw Remains at Concord Hotel in Custody
Harry K Thaw stays at a Concord hotel under joint custody of United States Marshal BE Nute and High Sheriff Holman A Drew. After an all day hearing before Judge Edgar Aldrich in federal court, the habeas writ was suspended temporarily, with Thaw arrested under an extradition warrant issued by Governor Felker. A new supplemental writ of habeas corpus was filed by Thaw's counsel.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
United States
Marshall BE. P. Nute
Holman A. Drew
Edgar Aldrich
United States Court
William T. Jerome
William T. Jerome, Counsel For the State of
New York
Thaw
Aldrich
Littleton
Drew
Felker
Law and Equity Docket Clear in County Court
The Law and Equity Court disposed of several cases today. Gue Pike pleaded guilty to resisting an officer and received one hundred days on county roads. Geo St John pleaded guilty to assault and was fined one hundred dollars. Lance Henderson was found not guilty of carrying a concealed pistol by the jury.
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Law and Equity Court
Ang
Gue Pike
Geo
Seven Bodies Recovered in Alabama Mine Explosion
An explosion in the No 2 mine of the Alabama Fuel and Iron Company at Acton, January 19, injured or killed many workers. Seven bodies were recovered by nightfall, four white miners and two Negro miners among the dead, with three Greek miners rescued alive. The blast, caused by dust ignited by a shot, prompted rapid, organized rescue efforts from company officials, inspectors, and ambulance services.
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Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Henry T. DeBardelaben
C.F. DeBardelaben
Acton
Birmingham
C. H. Nesbit
Government
Tennessee Company
Merescue Srk
Traffic Tie-Up As Second Avenue Carries Cotton Trade
Second Avenue is heavily blocked from ten to twelve due to contractor work on Moulton Street. Farmers bring cotton into the city and stop on Second Avenue, delaying streetcars, while Moulton remains unusable for months, hindering unloading and boosting business on the busy thoroughfare.
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Second Avenue
Moulton
Huntsville Abolishes Redlight District
Huntsville moves to end its restricted district with city officials and a Men and Religion Forward Movement committee agreeing that tights will end by December 31 and all residents of the houses will depart or change livelihoods by the new year.
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Huntsville
Prichard Seeks Court to Talk With Wife
Cincinnati date Nov 19 M C Prichard of Macon Ga has invoked habeas corpus to compel his wife to appear in court next Monday He seeks to speak with her after their separation He asserts their reunion plans justify the move and lawyers say he had a decent case
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Cincinnati
M. C
Prichard
Macon
Prichards
Southern switch track on Bank Street may be raised
Decatur City Council in regular session debated raising the Southern switch track on Bank and Canal streets to ease pedestrian and vehicle passage. City Engineer Met. 4 to prepare an estimated cost. Mayor Skeggs authorized to buy a flag pole for the city. An ordinance to issue bonds for the New Town Decatur sewer line passed. City Clerk Collis announced municipal taxes due and a December 2 meeting to hear assessments.
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Bank Street
Decatur
Ajorman
T. M. Jones
Bankend Canal
Ait
Skeggs
B. W. Collis
Public Dinner to Be Dry
Atlanta officials and clergy fear rising crime rates in Georgia with Atlanta among the top three most murderous cities. A 1,000 plate dry dinner is planned tonight to avoid provoking prohibitionists while public debate on liquor restrictions intensifies.
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Atlanta
Ready for business at Gaga Grande Stable
Stipp and Johnson relocate to Casa Grande Stables 408 Second Avenue and offer "anything in livery." The location is convenient, the men reliable, and patrons will receive careful attention. Phone 76 New Decatur.
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Stipp and Johnson
Casa Grande
Second Avenue
New Decatur
Good Roads Days Adopted As National Holiday Plan
A St. Louis resolution endorses national observance of Good Roads Days August 14 to 16. The United States Good Roads Association seeks gubernatorial proclamations and broad participation. Missouri Governor E W Major, chairing a seven member committee, to contact governors. Alabama began Good Roads Days in 1912, followed this year by Michigan Missouri Kansas Arkansas Texas North Carolina Kentucky and Oklahoma.
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United States Good Roads Association
St. Louis
E W. Major
Missouri
Alabama
Union
Michigan
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
North Carolina
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Seminole Limited wreck near Cordova injures crew
The Illinois Central Seminole Limited derailed about five miles east of Cordova at 1:45 PM. Engineer J J Baxter was killed or fatally injured while baggage man J H Johnson and mail clerks Louis A Ivey and Andy Harper suffered serious injuries. The cause appeared linked to worn rails on a sharp curve. investigators could not confirm a broken rail as the cause.
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Cordova
Illinois Central
Seminole Limited
Here
J. J. Baxter
J. H. Johnson
Louis A. Ivey
Andy Harper
Invention of Chicago Man Makes Blind See
Official reports from eye clinics led by Dr. Robert H. Elliott of the Indian medical service were shared at a Chicago Opthalmological Society session. The Elliott operation for glaucoma, called old folks blindness, may avert or even cure blindness if sight has been lost for less than six months.
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Chicago
Robert H. Elliott
The
Indian Medical Service
Opthalmological Society
Elliott
Eleanor Montell in Butterfly on the Wheel at Masonic
Eleanor Montell, famed for stage and screen roles in London and New York, stars as a frail wife in A Butterfly on the Wheel. The plot follows her moral compromise under pressure, leading to divorce and the play’s dramatic climactic misfortune.
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Masonic
Eleanor Montell
London
New York
Miss Montell
Forest conservation urged to shield central watershed
Washington reports that forestry committees at the fifth national conservation congress urge protecting one fifth to one third of the nation as forests to maintain humidity and soil. They warn forests on Atlantic Gulf coast states and southern Appalachians act as moisture reservoirs and windbreaks, guiding rainfall inland.
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Atlantic Plain
Appalachians
Gulf of México
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Gulf Coast States
East Indian cause worry reaches new stage in Britain
London February 19 The British East Indian question grows acute as colonies bar or restrict entry of British subjects. The imperial government plans to study conditions in colonies to ease indentured labor issues while assemblies debate immigration and residence rules.
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London
Thoralaces
Dominions
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E. Bright
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