Traction Company Route Change Approved in Decatur
The North Alabama Traction Company wins council approval to relocate tracks from Moulton Street West to Gordon Drive and Mouston Street. Work may start soon, not impacting service since the affected line is currently out of use due to street paving. The move avoids a steep grade at the Moulton Street Fourth Avenue curve after grade reductions on the street.
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Moulton
Fourth Avenue
Ninth
Moulton Street
Chicago Adopts Printers Ink Law For Truthful Ads
Chicago passes the printers ink law by the city council with backing from the Advertisers Club. The ordinance bans untrue advertising across all goods, punishes each violation with 25 to 200 dollars, and prohibits invented auctions or closing out bankrupt sales.
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Chicago
Ill
Printer's Ink
Chicago Advertisers Club
Gales
Freight Yard in River Bed Plan for Los Angeles
Auguste W. Wright, president of the Los Angeles board of public utilities, proposes a municipal freight yard system in the Los Angeles river bed. He aims to present the plan to the board and city council before retirement and seeks cooperation from all railroads entering Los Angeles. Wright is a retired railroad and construction engineer who studied conditions before joining utilities.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Augustine W. Wright
Board of Public “Utilities
the Tribune
Wright
Board of Public Utilities
Man Who Arrested Lincoln Assassination Suspect Dead
Kansas City January reports John Mc Cauley, the officer who arrested Leon F. Czolgosz after President McKinley was shot, has died. Mc Cauley led a platoon of eleven patrolmen aiding Secret Service to protect the president, a detail noted in the early investigation.
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Kansas City
John McCauley
Leon F. Crol
Presba Fee
Mc Cauley
Secret Service
Wilson Santa Claus role delights Pass Christian children
President Wilson handed out boxes of candy to youngsters along the Gulfport golf links route in Pass Christian Mississippi. The scene drew warm reactions from children and mothers as the president and four Secret Service agents distributed treats from the White House car. The president enjoyed golf in fine weather and planned an afternoon of work at the cottage.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Wilson
Santa Claus
Gulfport
Nations
White House
Secret Service
Mr. Wiilson
Man fined for knife assault on wife in East New Decatur
George Assell, a Black man, appeared before Mayor Wolcott this morning on a charge of assaulting his wife with a knife. He was fined $11.60. The alleged attack occurred last night in East New Decatur.
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George
Assell
Wolcott
East New Decatur
Willard Again Faces Trial for Prize Fighting Death
Promoters officials and others including Legee eee Less Willard and Charles Eyton were tried here on charges of violating state prize fighting laws. The case stems from the death of John Young at Vernon during a contest with Willard on August 22.
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Legee
Willard
Jene Pugan “McCrary
al” Greenwald
Charles Eyton
John Young
Vernon
Negro on Jury Story Sparks Alabama Political Debate
Democratic Committee in Morgan County calls for a spring double primary drawing protests from local Democrats. Captain Dan Walden recounts a Reconstruction era tale about a black juror in Huntsville federal court under Grover Cleveland, noting the juror only sat near the door during deliberations.
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Gan County
Court House
Dan Walden
Walden
Federal Reserve Hearings Trace Plan for New Reserve Bank
The Federal Reserve Organization Committee wrapped hearings in New York about establishing a reserve bank. The committee reportedly opposes a bank of metropolitan scale bankers favored. Charles W. Morse, ex banker known as the Ice King, says he will seek a congressional inquiry into his Atlanta penitentiary conviction for irregularities with the National Bank of North America.
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Federal Reserve Organization Committe
New York
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
National Bank of North America
Banks May Join Federal Reserve Without Act Change
State banks can become members of federal reserve banks without amending the banking act due to a statute provision. General Jose Mencilla, a leading Mexican commander, defected yesterday crossing from Ojinaga to the U S side and was detained by border patrol. The Wisconsin eugenics marriage law reduces licenses issued in its first week of reinforcement. Governor Ferris of Michigan, at Houghton investigating the copper strike, will hear miners and operators. Alton B Parker opened before the Supreme Court defending Gompers Mitchell and Morrison against contempt charges.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Jose Mencilla
Ojinaga
Mexico
United States
Border Patrol
Wisconsin
Gov. Ferris
Michigan
Houghton
Alton B. Parker
United States ‘Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Candidates 10 Begin Earnest Campaigns Now
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Wright a candidate for Morgan County sheriff returned from Hartselle and said campaigns will begin in earnest. Three contenders H H Wright J A Foreman and C K Thomas hold strong local followings as Morgan braces for a heated race once the Democratic state committee meets in Montgomery.
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Harvey Wright
Morgan County
Hartselle
Wright
Democratic State Committee
Montgomery
H.H. Wright
J. A. Foreman
C. K. Thomas
Morgan
Smith and Company Expert Steel Iron and Wood Work
Smith and Company at 102 East Moulton Street offers steel iron and wood work and repair. Members A. W. Smith J. B. Reese and John E. Ryan are veterans in their trades promising best work at competitive South-area prices. Call on Smith and Company, East Moulton Street.
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Smith and Company
East Moulton Street
A. W. Smith
J. B. Reese
John E. Ryan
Decaturs
Inspector Oates Probes Florence City Jail
Dr. W. H. Oates state prison inspector arrived in Florence and conducted a thorough review of the jail quarters. He noted misrepresented conditions and, after a satisfactory talk with the mayor, urged moving Mrs. Parish, accused of protecting a blind tiger, to a safer location.
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Florence
W. H. Oates
State Inspector of Prisons
Treasury Secretary Seeks 47000 for Pel Dagra Hospital Study
Secretary McAdoo asked Congress for an appropriation of 47000 to establish in a Southern city a hospital for the study of pel Dagra. At the New York Legislature opening Assemblyman Sulzer faced Democratic blockage in two votes to push an investigation of political abuses.
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McAdoo
Treasury Department
Congress
New York
Sulzer
Father I Have Shot Myself Child in Critical Condition
Hopkinsville Kentucky January report of a 6 year old girl who found a .32 caliber pistol, fired twice with the second shot penetrating her left breast and passing through a wall. She was left alone in Red Hill area home of Clarence Gossett and is in a very critical condition with slim chances of recovery.
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Hopkinsville
Clarence Gossett
Red Hill
New York Governor Meets Suffrage Hikers but Delays Promise
Gov. Glynn receives General Rosalie Jones and the sufragette hikers but avoids pledging suffrage legislation. In Indiana, Martin and Emma Farris plead guilty to running a fake matrimonial bureau and are released on bond. In Louisville a student, Emmett Skinner, was killed in a Grand Boulevard auto crash yesterday.
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Gov
Glynn
New York
Rosalie Jones
Martin
Emma Farris
Princeton
Ind
Indianapolis
Emmett Skinner
Louisville, Ky
J. B. Thompson
Grand Boulevard
Local Haberdashery Ad Attracts Shirt Buyers
A Decatur Daily rep visited Samuel Spielberger's haberdashery during a big shirt sale. Two customers were in the store, with one noting he bought shirts after reading the ad and another referencing yesterday's notice. The anecdote illustrates the paper's reach in drawing shoppers.
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Decaturs Daily
Decaturs
Samuel Spielberger
Haberdashéry
Spielberger
Big Shirt Sake
Spielberger’s
Densmore Seeks Peace Efforts in Calumet Copper Strike
John B. Densmore, solicitor for the labor department, returned from Calumet Michigan where he offered conciliator services in the copper strike. He found limited willingness to yield and no clear path to peace. The American Moderation of Labor plans to discuss a new assessment to aid copper miners at its January 19 regular meeting.
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Washington
John B. Densmore
Department of Labor
Toady
Calumet
Mich
Executive Council of the American Moderation of Labor
Dividend meeting at Bank of Commerce reelects Harris and Shackelford
At the annual meeting held Tuesday January 6 Colonel C C Harris was reelected president and W B Shackelford cashier. They have held these posts for 32 years with the current organization. A 6 percent dividend for the past ten months was declared. Directors elected include Harris Shackelford Brock Hutton Pole and others.
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Bank of Commerce
C. C. Harris
W. B. Shackelford
Cc. C. Harris
John L. Brock
J. L. Hutton
J. William Pole
Harris
John B. Wankley
D. D. McGehee
J. HF. Peebles
J. H. Corsbie
W. C. Hamilton
Eugene’ Pies
J. K. Brock
W. H. Simpson
J. L. Gunter
A.D. Jervis
P. J. Edwards
J. W. Pole
Wilton H. Smith Continues Fight On Railroad Laws
Louisville business leader Milton H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville denounces new anti railroad laws in a statement from Louisville Kentucky. He says business conditions are worse than at any time since 1907 and warns of stagnation unless railroads are left alone.
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Louisville
Milton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville
Democrats to Hold a Double Primary in Alabama
Montgomery Jan 8 The state Democratic Committee approved a Pitts substitute for double primaries by 23 to 19 clearing the path to a majority primary for all offices. If needed a second primary would occur May 11 with results canvassed May 27. The first primary is set for April 6 with canvass April 21.
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Democratic Committee
Montgomery
Pitts
Uniontown
Dixon
Alabama
State Committee
King
Poy
Spragins
Bowman
Barefield
Wilson
Turner
Gamble
Trop
Rainer
Corbett
Reid
White
Cook
Collins
Miller
Coleman
McCord
Taylor
Alabama Good Roads Association
B. D. Turner, Jr
Chatom
Spring Styles of 1914 for Fashionable Men
Fashion notes for 1914 favor-consecutive season with gray blue and brown woolens. Stripes pin checks and shepherd's plain weaves appear in suits while color stays quiet. Serges predicted for lounge and business wear. plainness and fancy vests define the era. 1913 ended strong with bright prospects for 1914.
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Lizzie
Good Features At All Theatres Tonight
The notice highlights excellent pictures today and tonight at the Deliue and Star theatres and Broadway at the Masonic. The Decatur day amusement attractions are expected to draw crowds, and ideal weather should boost attendance at the playhouses.
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Deliie
Star
Masonic
Marriage Licenses Granted in Hartselle and Surrounding Areas
Roseoe Blankenship of Hartselle weds Myrtle Aloise of Hartselle Ernest Sandlin of Dafville weds Lou Anna Livingston of Hartselle Albert Leo Hornbuckle of Union Grove weds Lethea Garrison of Union Grove.
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Roseoe Blankenship
Hartselle
Myrtle Aloise
Ernest Sandlin
Dafville
Lou Anna Livingston
Albert
Leo Hornbuckle
Union Grove
Lethea Garrison
Progressive leader predicts bright fight in coming campaign
Representative Hinebaugh of Illinois, head of the Progressive Congressional committee, cited reports from national committeemen and state chairmen claiming a red hot campaign, with Maine and Iowa prospects, strong Illinois organization, and hoped for progressive victories in districts across Massachusetts North Dakota Delaware Michigan California and other states.
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Maine
Pepper
Iowa
Ilinois
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Delaware
Michigan
Fuall
Gs Fornia
Mont
First National Bank at Pensacola Reported Closed
Word from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency says the First National Bank at Pensacola, Fla has closed its doors. Further details were not available at filing time.
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Decaturs Daily
New York
Comptroller of Currency
First National Bank
Pensacola
Pla
Farm boys found best at Bloomington Indiana
A terse report notes farm boys earning top honors at Bloomington Indiana in a field event or competition. Further details are unclear due to damaged OCR but recognition of rural youth achieving high standing is clear.
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North Alabama Traction
Chicago Council
M'Kinley
Negro
Mary
Mor
Florence City
Little Bil
Pana
Calumet Zone
Wilton H. Smith
Fea
Genk Paik
Goodwyn
Exchange Banquet Hall
W. L.mccaa
Jfm
Anniston
Birmingham
W. L. Pitts
Jas. F. Hawkins
Jefferson County
Ific
Hinebaugh Ofllinois
Progressive Congressional
Tional
Bloomington, Ind
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