Agricultural Educational Campaign Opens in Morgan County
Congressman Ed Almon leads a campaign through Morgan County starting at Gum Springs with speakers including Dr. Howard C. Wilson and Mrs. G H Mathis. Topics cover hog cholera prevention agricultural conditions and soil conservation. Schedule lists Gum Springs Ryan's Cross Roads Masseys Shady Grove and Decatur events through Friday.
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G. Thomason
Hartselle
Ala
Ed. B. Almon
Decatur
Morgan County
Gum Springs
Here
Almon
Howard C. Wilson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Wilson
Auburn
G. H. Mathis
Gadsden
Alabama Bankers Association
State Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Mathis
Chicago
Southland
American Bankers-Farmers Conference
North
South
H. G. Perry
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
A. A. Persons
Bessemer
Persons
Ryan's Cross Roads
Masseys
Shady Grove
Mayor Howse testifies amid receivership suit in Nashville
Nashville July 20 Mayor Howse testified in the city receivership case after Attorney Harry Stokes objected citing his armed status. A whispered conference followed then Howse returned to the stand. Stokes questioned him about campaign contributions from liquor men as Miles Burns resigns as city recorder amid record-disappearance probe.
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International News Service
Nashville
Tenn
Howse
Harry Stokes
Stokes
Miles Burns
City Recorder
City Records
Judge Skeges Visits Gum Springs Speech and Farm Tour
Probate Judge Wim E. Skeges attended the Gum Springs speaking event held by government officials under Congressman H. B. Almon and later joined county commissioners on an inspection trip to the county farm.
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Wim. E. Skeges
Gum Springs
H. B. Almon
Patient Slowly Improves After Prison Attack
Leo M. Franks shows favorable signs in Milledgeville as infection subsides and temperature falls. Doctors note improving recovery chances while a guard claims lenient access for Mrs. Frank sparked the assault. the Georgia prison commission plans a thorough probe Saturday as Franks’ condition briefly worsens to 102 degrees.
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International News Service
Milledgeville
Leo M. Franks
Frank
Becker to Make His Last Appeal
New York July 20 final count of appeals for Chas Becker ex police lieutenant condemned to die next Monday for the murder of Hermann Rosenthal will be made tomorrow. His chief counsel Hartwell Menton said a stay and new trial would be sought on newly discovered evidence. Two gamblers admit subscribing to a $6000 fund raised by Big Tim Sullivan to pay Rosenthal to get out of the state.
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International News Service
New York
Chas. Becker
Hermann.Rosenthal
Becker
Hartwell Menton
Supreme
Federal Court
Mr. Menton
Tim” Sullivan
Rosenthal
Garnett Attends Religious Camp Before New York Trip
W. J. Garnett manager of The Fashion travels to Joiner's Campground Tennessee for a multidenominational ministers and laymen gathering expected to draw over two thousand. He then departs August 1 for New York City for a four week marketing trip by steamer via Savannah to stock the fall line.
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W. J. Garnett
Joiner’s
Tennessee
Memphis
Mr. Garnett
New York City
Savannah
End of Miners Strike In Sight in Britain
International dispatches report the coal strike settled after Lloyd George proposals, with negotiations progressing toward a satisfactory outcome. Cardiff says ten hours may end the South Wales strike as 250,000 miners are expected to resume work by week end.
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International News Service
Cardiff
South Wales
Munitions Lloyd George
Abe Martin Notes New Gear Trends Among Loafers
Abe Martin observes that loafers have added fountain pens to their equipment and jokes that no Germans are seen ordering grape juice, reflecting playful wartime humor and social observation.
Probe Attack on Steamer Orduna Investigation Ordered
Washington on July 20 secretary announced an official probe into the submarine attack on the Orduna. If the inquiry shows the attack had warning, the United States will not send representatives to Germany on the matter.
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International News Service
Washington
Statening Today
Orduna
U. S
Germany
Strikers Win Out At Bridgeport
Bridgeport July 20 Remington Arms Company ends a threatened machinists strike by granting an eight hour day and a six dollar weekly raise.
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Strikers
Bridgeport
International News Service
Remington Arms Company
Striking Oil Workers Clash With Police at Standard Oil Plant
In Bayond New Jersey 5000 workers were ordered to strike halting allied supply shipments. Riot police confronted 1200 strikers. 50 officers used revolvers and clubs injuring many.
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Bayond
N. J
Standard Oil Company
Europe
Nago Taken by Gen Carranza Forces
Naco was captured at noon yesterday by Carranza forces after a hard fight by the Mexican garrison. The town was defended staunchly but overtaken as troops advanced.
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Nago
Gen. Carranza
International News Service
Washington
Naco
Carranza
Filla
Britain seeks $750 million more for war costs
Premier As quith asked Parliament to approve an additional 750 million dollars for wartime expenses. He stated daily British war outlays reach 41,220,685 dollars, with total year credit to July 18 surpassing 1,504,556,000 dollars.
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International News Service
London
Asquith Today
Parliament
Great Britain
Navy probes fires on battleship Oklahoma in New York yards
Washington July 20 The Navy department orders an investigation into mysterious fires on the battleship Oklahoma in the yards of the New York shipbuilding company. It is the third fire on American battleships in ten days and all are suspected incendiary.
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International News Service
Washington
Navy Department Today
Oklahoma
New York Ship Building Company
President Wilson Analyzes German Note Draft
Washington reports President Wilson and his cabinet discussed the German note and draft reply. Officials were urged not to forecast the tenor before publication. The note is expected to state the United States will not recognize the British blockade and will insist on safeguarding American lives at sea.
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Washington
Wilson
U. S
Germany
New Battle On Isonzo Front Rages Across Line
A July dispatch from Chiasse Switzerland reports a severe, continuous battle along the Isonzo front with Austrian rout on the Carse plain described as imminent. The front line is under heavy pressure as forces clash along the entire sector.
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Chiasse
Switzerland
Carse Plain
Hatian
Isonzo
Italian Troops Capture Padgora Hill Near Goriza
Milan dispatch reports Italian forces storming Padgora hill half a mile from Goriza and dominating the city. Vienna announces renewed fighting on the Isonzo front with hand to hand combat as Italians reach advanced Austrian trenches near Montetlano and Austrians withdraw from some positions.
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International News Service
Milan
Padgora Hill
Goriza
Boys Do Wonderful Work in Decatur Daily Carrier Contest
The Decatur Daily Carrier Contest rewards 650 new subscribers in thirty days. Winners are Nelson Trimble first, T. Ed Wilkin son Jr. second, Wolsey Feild third. Prizes include a gold watch and outfits, presented at the Masonic Theatre after the Little Mother production. Judges praised the effort and described the contest as the most successful ever in Alabama.
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Nelson Trimble
T. ED. Wilkinson Jr
Wolsey Feild
Decaturs Daily
W. E. Crawford
W. A. Curry
John L. Proctor
J. A. Buttrey
Palm Beach
J. L. Echols
Masonic Theatre
Newsies
Boxer
Decaturs
Alabama
the Daily
C. G. Tremanon
Thomason
Howard College
Solazo
Nelson’ Trimble
T. D. Wilkinson Jr
Allen Thomas
Allen Rhinehart
Clarance Strother
Orrick Davis
Lenard Evans
Barrett Shelton
Edwin Wilkin
Russian retreat advances threaten Warsaw front
Lemberg reports Russian evacuation of Busk 28 miles northeast of the city. German staff claims Russians fall back from the Baltic to the Galician line, with 45 000 taken. A quiet western front gives way to artillery duels from the Oise to the Argonne and a French attack near Souchez is repulsed.
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International
Berlin
Poland
Warsaw
Baltic Sea
Galician
Vistula
Bug River
Krasno
Oise River
Argonne
Souchez
Russia Denies Teuton Claims Amid Frontline Assaults
Petrograd reports Russian armies face the fiercest Teutonic attacks on all fronts yet the lines hold with only targeted withdrawals. War office accuses Berlin correspondents of spreading false reports of a four hour armistice sought with Austria to collect casualties.
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Petrograd
War Office
Nicholas
Berlin
Bukowina
Dniester
Russians Evacuating Warsaw Says German Headquarters
German army headquarters at POSEN reports the Russians are evacuating Warsaw Ivangorod and Lublin with only minimal troops left to cover a retreat to a second fortified line. German officers claim the Russian armies are being crushed and expect capture or destruction to halt further resistance.
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Posen
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Lublin
Riga
von Mackensen
Austrian Troops Cross Bug River Foothold Secured
Vienna July 20 Austrian troops crossed the Bug river northeast of Sokal and gained a foothold on the eastern bank the war office announced today The resistance of the reinforced Russian forces has been broken according to the official statement.
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International News Service
Vienna
Bug
Sokal
War Office
Allied Air Raids Hit Colmar and Challange Rail Line
Paris reports two more Allied air raids successful with strikes on the Colmar station and the Challange railway line. The French war office announced the raids today.
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Paris
French War Office
Colmar
Chalerange
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Rusty Hiriee
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