Sunday Closing Introduced by Alden Malone
An ordinance introduced at a New Decatur City Council meeting would allow only drug stores to stay open Sunday and permit sales only of prescriptions and medicine. A fine of 1 to 100 dollars could be imposed at the mayor's discretion. The street committee may report favorably next meeting, with deferral suggested by Mayor Walcott. The measure targets merchants open on Sunday and could affect street cars and ice deliveries.
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Alden Malone
New Decatur
Walcott
Decatur City Council Revises 1913 License Schedule
The Decatur city fathers hold a long session to revise the 1913 license schedule. Cigarettes license drops from 400 to 20 while electric and telephone licenses rise. Merchants tax basis shifts with stock size. An ordinance bans soft drink licenses. A Chicago incident reports a police delay in responding to a child’s mischief.
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Decatur
Electric Light Company
Malone
Dynamite Special Heads to Fort Leavenworth Prison
United Press reports 38 dynamite conspirators began their journey to Fort Leavenworth at 10:30 this morning. The “Dynamite Special” travels secretly with six newspaper correspondents and forty marshals aboard. Wives and children receive a farewell as attorneys plan appeals in Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Decatur Water Supply Company Sends $250 Check
A $250 check was received from Decatur Water Supply Company by E. C. Payne, hospital fund treasurer, as payment for the subscription toward erecting a tal for the Decaturs. The check is signed by John Weakley, vice president, with a letter pledging welfare for Decatur and readiness to help the city.
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Decaturator Supply Company
E. C. Payne
Hospital Fund
Decaturs
John Weakley
Boys Cause Shattered Plate Glass at Undertaking Firm
Two small boys scuffled on the sidewalk and fell against a large plate glass window at Calvin Brown & Son. The heavy glass bowed inward but prevented serious injury. Chief of Police Davidson and Officer Bell took the youths into custody.
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Calvin Brown & Son
Davidson
Bell
Taft Approves Goethals as Canal Zone Civil Governor
President Taft arrived at the White House from Panama and announced that the nomination of Col. Goethals as Civil Governor of the Canal Zone would be sent to the Senate in February.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Panama
Col. Goethals
Canal Zone
Senate
New York Hotel Workers Plan Night Strike Over Wages
New York reports workers from waiters cooks and helpers will strike tonight. Cafes will be short staffed as employers are expected to concede to higher wage demands.
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New York
Bricks Delivered By Parcels Post At Gary Postoffice
A brick dealer William P. is startled as 1 000 bricks weighing about 2 000 pounds arrive at the Gary postoffice. Large dray wagons unload the paving bricks stamped for parcels post delivery today.
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Ind
William P
Gary
Counterfeit $5 Bill Fools Expert Detects Flaw
Washington officials report a highly dangerous counterfeit five dollar silver certificate discovered in New York City. Secret Service and Treasury experts note slight variances from the genuine note and warn the public, with the reality that it may be printed on two sheets of paper with silk threads between. The serial number observed is 69421159.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Treasury
Hereman Moran
United States Secret Service
MacVeagh
Robert O. Bailey
the Treasury
Monroe
New York City
W. J. Flynn
Secret Service
Huntsville Night Chief of Police Accused in Robbery Case
Benton Pierce, linked as an accomplice to Huntsville Night Chief Henry Cole in a KR B Derrick robbery in Decatur, was released on bond arranged by his brother J Pierce. The watch and pistol recovered by Decatur police were sent to Huntsville. Cole has not sought bail and remains silent on the case.
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Huntsville
Benton Pierce
Decatur
Cole
Pierce
Helped Lover Escape From Fort Sheridan Prison
Adele Lawrence faced prosecution for aiding her lover Thomas Hindman and three other men to escape from the Fort Sheridan guardhouse six months ago. She claimed she acted from love and ignorance of the law, earning a $25 fine and thirty days in jail suspended in a clemency plea denied by Judge Carpenter.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Adele Lawrence
Carpent
Hindman
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