Prayer Sermon At Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rev Gordon Lang preaches on prayer and the suppliant at a Westminster Presbyterian Sunday service. The sermon contrasts asking for help with communion with God and emphasizes petition as part of a complete Christian life.
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Gordon Lang
Westminster Presbyterians
David
E. C. Payne
B. H. Allison
George Lang
Paducah
Westminster Church
Westminster Church. Mr. Lang
God
James Martinan
Seven Streets to be Paved by City of Decatur
The City of Decatur plans about 110 dollars for paving seven streets Vine Cherry Cain Oak Market Line and Davis. New Decatur and Decatur will jointly pave Fourth avenue west and bonds to cover Decatur costs will be issued.
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City OF
Decatur
Alabama
Fourth Avenue
Burglary Hits Home on 6th Avenue and Jackson Street
The home of W. A. Curry on 6th avenue and Jackson street was entered by a burglar Saturday afternoon and ransacked. The thief took a flashlight a revolver and other articles. No money or valuables were reported missing.
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W. A. Curry
Avenue
Jackson Street
Opening Chapters Today in A Woab orbing Decaturs Tale
A fragmentary report notes the opening chapters of a famous play titled A Woab orbing Decaturs. The text hints at a tense narrative and a noteworthy author.
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Decaturs
Grantley Tried in Desertion Case by State
The summer term of the Law and Equity Court opened with Judge Thos W Wert presiding. The first case was the state versus Edward Grantley charged with deserting his wife. Porter Brindley of Hartford is assisting Solicitor Hudson. Tidwell and Sample defend for Grantley.
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Law and Equity Court
Edward Grantley Charg
Two Men Fined for Disturbing Public Worship
On Sunday morning two African American men were fined $15 each by Mayor Wolcott for disturbing public worship. The incident was described in local notices as a disturbance during services.
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Wolcott
Jealous vaudeville actor shoots wife then kills self
Frank Bailey of Atlanta and Mazie Edwards of Denver, a famed vaudeville team, were found dead in Kansas City after Bailey shot Edwards and then killed himself. Jealousy had afflicted Bailey, who had threatened Edwards in Warsaw, Indiana, last week. The couple had married in Chicago three years earlier and performed together at the Masonic theatre. Their deaths end a noted act after a winter season in Decatur.
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Kansas City
Frank Bailey
Atlanta
Georgia
Chicago
Bailey
Warsaw
Ind
Male Edwards
Masonic Theatre
Edwards
Thoth
Warner leaves for St. Louis to start new business
Former Postmaster W. A. Warner departs for St. Louis to enter business. Citizens praise his good citizenship and “live wire” conduct at the local office, noting his pluck under trying circumstances and expressing regret at his departure.
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W. A. Warner
St. Louis
Suits Filed in Circuit Court by W. F. Holland
W F Holland files suit in the Circuit Court. Mention of Southern Express Company handling L N wages and related matters appears in the fragmentary notice.
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W. FP. Holland
Southern Express Company
Gawages
Princess Mary Debuts In Humorous Palace Film
Princess Mary wrote and acted in a five character schoolroom scene shown at Buckingham Palace. Queen Mary required edits before presentation. A cinematograph company offered 6009 pounds to a charity named by Queen Mary, but the offer was declined.
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Buckingham Palace
Cinematograph
Queen Mary
Princess Mary
Princess Royal
Peanut famine threatens nation yet crops feed millions
New York reports a peanut shortage as demand outstrips supply. Production has risen, imports have doubled, and wholesale prices exceed ten cents per four pounds of Spanish peanut product. Dealers cite rising use in food manufacture as a key driver.
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New York
Decatur Concert Band Triumph At July Parade
The Decatur Concert Band, a young group formed just a few years ago, drew wide praise during the Fourth of July parade. The author urges strong community support to help the band grow into a musical achievement the town can be proud of.
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Decaturs
Racers death May tighten the Regulations
Memphis Tenn July 7 Joseph Fowler chairman of the public safety committee of the Business Men's Club said a repeat tragedy at automobile races should be condemned and would be hard to stage again. He noted promoters promised safety but pointed to lax enforcement and gross carelessness at the course leading to one death and multiple accidents.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joseph Fowler
Public Safety Committee
Business Men's Club
Safety Committee
Louise Bowling to be released on bond
Louise Bowling to be released on bond in the amount of fifteen hundred dollars after nearly four months confinement. The case has been appealed to the Supreme Court and pending decision. Bond signers already secured and release will follow approval of their names.
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Louise Bowling
Louise
Bond
Cision
Wert
Tennessee prelate cites despair from harsh conditions
The Rt. Rev. Thos. F. Gallor, Bishop of Tennessee, speaking at St. Bartholomew's, warned that poverty and plenty create personal crises. He urged that belief in God endures, the body suffers, but the soul moves toward eternal life through Christ for all, rich and poor alike.
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God
Christ
Thos. F. Gallor
Tennessee
St. Bartholomew's Church
Madison
Valuing Good Will of a New York Newspaper
New York lawyers and experts weigh the worth of a metropolitan paper after Joseph Pulitzer's death. Estimates vary from five million to ten million dollars for the World, with other figures for related assets and the Associated Press franchise. The case shows newspapers defy ordinary valuation standards.
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New York
State of
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Frank A. Munsey
Adolph S. Ochs
New York Times
Associated Press
Graduation for Cottage Home nurses at Lyceum Theatre
A large crowd attended the exercises at the Lyceum theatre yesterday for the Cottage Home Infirmary graduate nurses. Rev. S. M. Robinson of the Negro First Baptist church delivered the baccalaureate sermon to both black and white attendees.
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Lyceum Theatre
Cottage Home Infirmary
Auto Accident Fatality at Wills Creek Bridge
In Gadsden on Friday night a car plunged over a twenty foot embankment near the Wills Creek bridge injuring four and killing Will Perkins age 25. Owner Ghas Galloway suffered multiple injuries and may die. Ross Cooper and Tom Hoeldite had bad bruises. Hoeldite blamed excessive speed.
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Gadsden
Wills Creek
Mint Springs Road
Will Perkins
Ghas, Galloway
Ross Cooper
Tom Hoeldite
Hoeldite
Galloway
Stockyard Fire Kills 350 Animals in Nashville
A fire at Bolling and Powers stockyard in Nashville Tennessee destroyed the facility and burned three hundred fifty cattle to death. Fire crews battled the blaze but the animals could not be saved and the stockyard sustained extensive damage.
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Nashville
Jay
Bolling & Powers
Tenn
Newsboy Struck by Wagon at Prides Station
West bound Newsboy struck a wagon drawn by two mules at Prides Station around 10 am Saturday. The mules died instantly and the wagon was demolished. Two Black drivers, employed by L T Pride, were badly hurt likely fatally. Physicians from Tuscumbia attended. names unavailable.
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Prides Station
Tuscumbia
L. T. Pride
Washington suffers strict Sunday dry under Jones-Works law
Washington endured a dry Sunday under the new Jones-Works excise law for the District of Columbia. Hotels could not serve drinks with meals and exclusive clubs risked violations with the locker system. Purchases of common alcohol for medicine or commerce were registered like poisons.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Elks Grand Lodge Reunion Draws Rochester Delegates
Rochester New York July 7 nearly every train into Rochester yesterday brought delegates to the forty ninth Grand Lodge reunion of Elks. The convention opens with Gov Sulzeer to welcome delegates and features include an electrics and choral parade of floats Tuesday night a grand parade Thursday morning and uniformed patrol drills followed by a water carnival at night. Campaign headquarters were opened by early arrivals signaling a lively contest.
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Rochester
XN. Y
Forty Ninth Grand Lodge Reunion of Elks
Sulzeer
Grand Lodge
Harris buys two brick houses on West Vine Street
W A Harris colored bought two malt brick houses on West Vine street from St Irwin on Saturday.
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W. A. Harris
St. Irwin
West Vine Street
Strike settlement fails in Raad district, Johannesburg
The strike of gold miners in Raad district, Johannesburg, fails to settle. Mobs reassemble as railroads streetcars and newspapers halt. Armed troops patrol streets while authorities struggle to restore order.
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Johannesburg
Raad
South Africa
Catholic Corner Stone Laying At Cullman Church
Birmingham July 7 A solemn pontifical high mass was celebrated by Rt. Rev. E P Allen bishop of Mobile diocese with many north Alabama priests assisting. In the afternoon the cornerstone of a handsome West Catholic church to be built in a smaller Alabama town was laid with Catholic ceremony. Train service brought Catholics from Birmingham Decatur and elsewhere. St Bernard College anchors Cullman as a Catholic center. More than 1 500 attended the high mass and cornerstone laying. about fifty priests participated. Work on the church will be rushed to completion. it will be white stone in Gothic style.
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Birmingham
Cullman
E. P. Allen
Mobile
Alabama
North Alabama
Knights of Columbia
Decatur
St. Bernard College
St Ann's Resident J E McDermott Attends Meeting
J E McDermott of St Ann's was in attendance at the city gathering, noted among the attendees.
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Fathe, J. E. McDermott
St Ann's Sharen
Suffragettes Plan Capitol Motor Car Demonstration
Suffragettes tire of hiking plan to descend on Washington by motor cars on July 31 to press for a constitutional amendment granting women the vote. Delegates from every state assemble at Hyattsville Maryland then parade with flags into the city toward the Capitol.
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Washintton
Capitol
Delegati
Hyattsville
Washington
Thursday Ice Cream Supper To Benefit School Improvement
Young fundraiser notice urges purchase of tickets for an ice cream supper next Thursday to support the School Improvement Association. Proceeds aimed at improving school facilities and programs.
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School Improvement Association
Engineer Killed in Auto Crash Near Lake Pontchartrain Bridge
New Orleans July 7 James Co Haugh the engineer who built the twenty eight mile bridge across Lake Ponchartrain was killed by an automobile at this place.
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New Orleans
James Co. Haugh
Lake Ponchartrain
Celebration Opens for Victory at Battle of Lake Erie
Erie Pa July 7 observance titled Peace Sunday marks the first in a series celebrating Commodore Perry’s victory in the Battle of Lake Erie with formal ceremonies in Erie.
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Erie
Commandore Verry
Lake i
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