L. and N. extension plans before Decatur Council
Council hears L. and N. Railroad aim to acquire about ten acres to extend its shop area and open a new street below the shops. Debates include closing the Austinville crossing and special fees for stock arrests.
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New Decatur Council
L. & N. Railroad
John C. Byater
Brooke
Railroad Company
L. & N. Company
Decaturs
Austinville
B. L. Malone
Bingham
Moulton Street
Police
McMillan
New Decatur
Sox Sorber Hurt After Saturday Injury Incident
W Sorber known as Sox sustained a painful right side injury while posting bills on Fourth Avenue Saturday afternoon. He was taken to his room at the New Decatur city hall by Dr Watson, who is attending him. Friends hope he recovers soon.
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Fourth Avenue
W. Sorber
Sox
New Decatur City Hall
Watson
French Army Aviator Sets Nonstop Pau to Chateau record
Lieutenant Adolph E Leopold Varcin of the French army aviation corps made a non stop 360 mile flight from Pau to Chateau Dun with Sapper Chapeau of the engineer corps as passenger and companion.
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Chateau Dun
France
Adolph E. Leopold Varcin
French
Army Aviation Corps
Sapper Chapeau
Engineer ‘Corps
Pau
Buttreys Dry Goods Sale Draws Large Crowds
The article praises the Buttrey dry goods store for offering lower prices than Birmingham and Nashville rivals. It urges readers to visit the store, noting a thronged shop yesterday and today and claiming shoppers can save money by comparing prices.
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Buttrey
Birmingham
Nashville
Clites
Brown family to open typewriter shop in town
Mr and Mrs Dave H Brown and children of Birmingham rent apartments on Church Street and plan to reside here. Mr Brown has leased business quarters at W A Brown tin store on Bank Street to sell typewriters and supplies.
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Dave H. Brown
Birmingham
Church Street
Mr. Brown
W. A. Brown
Bank Street
Selma Woman Sues Polk Directory Co for $56000
Mary A. Jones of Selma through Birmingham attorneys sues R L Polk and Company in Jefferson County for $56,000 claiming a directory listing that used an asterisk to denote she was colored humiliated and injured her. She requests $5,000 for her feelings.
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Selma Woman Sues Polk Directory CO
Selma
Birmingham
Mary A
Pete Collier Arrested for Selling Whiskey Charge
Sheriff McQuillocy arrested Pete Collier yesterday afternoon and jailed him on a selling whiskey charge. Bond was set at one thousand dollars, but he had not made the amount and remained in jail.
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Pete Collier
McQullocy
Collier
Auto Maker Grants Countess Plume Tax Rebate
Paris reports County Kergerlay won a court order for a $2,000 rebate from an auto manufacturer. The ruling said carmakers must consider high fashion plumes on hats when assessing fit. The judge deemed it the duty of fashion cars to account for long feathers.
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Paris
County
Kergerlay
Morgan County Officials’ Books Found In Very Good Condition
Judge Wilkinson of Montgomery said while examining Morgan County officials’ books in Decatur that, so far, the records looked in very good condition. He noted he has not reviewed all items but expects a favorable report based on the materials checked.
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Morgan County Books
Ice Cream Supper For School Improvement Association
An ice cream supper is planned for Saturday July 19 in the Malone building at the corner of Second Avenue and Grant Street to benefit the School Improvement Association. Mr Malone has given consent and the ladies will begin serving at 4 PM. attendees are urged to support the cause.
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School Improvement Association
Malone
Second Avenue
Grant St
Wreck at Vineyard Widespread Deaths and Blame Fight
Fourteen lives were lost when two Pacific Electric electric trains collided near Vineyard City, Los Angeles. More than 150 injured, some in critical condition. Conductor Emil Bartholomay and Motorman Jos Forrester blamed. Forrester says he did not see a red lantern within 500 feet. State railway commission holds a test braking trial. coroner’s inquest set to begin tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Vineyard
Pacific Elit
Pacific Electric Road
Emil Bartholomay
Jos. Forrester
Forrester
State Railway Commission
NOW DUE Payments for third quarter for Chamber of Commerce
Payments for the third quarter are due. Remit to Secretary J. W. Cunningham.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Cunningham
Memphis Editor Raine Jailed for Contempt by Judge Pittman
Gilbert D. Raine editor of the News S imitar was committed to jail by Judge Pittman after refusing to bond while appealing contempt findings. He received ten days in jail and a $50 fine. Attorneys sought a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Walter Malone.
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News Scimitar
Pittman
Circuit Court
Raine
Sheriff Tate
Capleville
Tenn
Walter Malone
Circuit
Manton Davis
St. Louis
Dollar Bill Tale Ends Its Circulation
A farmer prints his initials on a new dollar and spends it in town and the neighbor’s shop. The bill returns four times in two years, then is sent to a mail order house and vanishes from local circulation. The poem ends with the dollar placed where it cannot be spent.
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Nevermore
Major E C Gordon Dead Leader in Texas and Oklahoma Railroads
Amarillo Texas telegram confirms Major E C Gordon died on a train near McAlister Oklahoma. A Confederate veteran and promoter, he organized the Land Company in Decatur Alabama, helped bring Louisville Nashville shops, built railroads from Canron City to Plainview Texas and from Clarksville Tennessee to Princeton Kentucky, and inspired the Gordon Public School named for him. He was 68.
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C. E. Gordon
Amarillo
Texas
Tex
C. C. Harris
Decatur
Ala
Gordon
McAlister
Okla
Henry A. Bishop
Maj. Gordon
Col. C.C. Haris
New York
Col. Harris
Oklahoma
Major Gordon
Athens
Land Company
Lang Company
Ecatur Bank
Col. Gordon
Louis
Secretary of War
Clarksville
Tenn
Priceton
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Atlanta
Mississippi River
New Decatur
Gordon Public School
Mayo
North Alabama
Decaturs
Impeachment Move Against Marengo Probate Judge Hasty
Governor O Neal ordered Attorney General Brickell to file impeachment proceedings in the Alabama Supreme Court against Probate Judge A L Hasty of Marengo county. The action cites gross carelessness and incompetence in managing the county court, based on a 25 page report by Associate Examiner J T Gorman. The case will await the Supreme Court’s November reconvening.
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Marengo County
Supreme Court
Examiner Gorman
O'Neal
Sunday Dinner at the Tavern Promotion
Sunday dinner at the Tavern draws families with wood fire service and popular prices. Try it next Sunday. service begins at 12:20.
Arbitration Averts East Rail Strike Delay
Representatives of about 80,000 conductors and trainmen agreed at the White House to submit wage disputes to arbitration under the Newlands Clayton act. An armistice is in effect until Wednesday night while officials seek a permanent mediation commission to handle future railroad disputes.
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White House
Wilson
Brotherhoods of
East
Board of Mediation
Manent Commission
Valuable Second Avenue Real Estate Sold
W. R. Smith sold the house and lot on Second Avenue and Holly Street to Twin City Lodge Odd Fellows No. 169 for 5000 dollars. The building will be used for Odd Fellows work. details incomplete but indicates transfer for lodge use.
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H. C. McCord
Fifth Avenue West
Hobbs @ McLaurin
Second Avenue
W. R. Smith
Twin City Lodge
Odd Fellows
Holly Street
Yates & Te
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Montgomery
Morgan County
Decaturs Daily
Pacific Electric
Memphis
Gilbert D. Raine
E. C. Gordon
Alabama
Eral
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A. L. Hasty
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