Did Morgan Escape or Was He Released
Columbus June 12. The question of whether General John H. Morgan escaped by tunneling from an Ohio penitentiary cell or was allowed to pass out through the front gates remains unsettled. A partial air shaft exploration found no conclusive tunnel outlet or distance. The Morgan cell is being torn down as the prison block is converted into a hall of ethics for convicts.
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Columbus
John H. Morgan
Ohio
Gen. Morgan
Morgan
Thomas
The Decaturs Alabama a Healthful City Claim
The piece extols Decatur Alabama as a healthful hometown with mild climate pure water sewered streets and robust health conditions. It urges families to relocate citing epidemics absence and favorable living conditions highlighting Morgan County and Northern Alabama as proof of health happiness and prosperity.
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Decaturs
Alabama
Morgan County
The
lIt
City to teach broom use for street sweeping efficiency
Chicago on June 12 reports a plan by the technical board of the bureau of streets to run a school showing twenty nine broom methods but teaching the single correct technique. The goal is to maximize efficiency of the white wings through practical tool use, machinery, and theory of scientific street cleaning.
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Chicago
Technical Board
The
Bureau of Streets
Turkish Grand Vizier and Aide Assassinated in Constantinople
Constantinople June 12 The Turkish Grand Vizier Mahmoud Shefket Pasha and his aide Ibn Bey were killed by two civilian assailants firing revolvers as they drove toward the Sublime Porte. Pasha, a reformist Arab from Baghdad, had steered the military revolution that toppled Abdul Hamid II.
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Constantinople
Marynoud Schetki Pasha
Sublime Porte
Ibn Bey
Mahmoudfket Pash
Bagdad
Sultan Abduld
Germany
Maimoud Shefket Pasha
Hils
Abdul Hamid
The
Turk War Office
Council E Empire
Governor O Neale appoints 4 M Robinson to office
Governor O Neale appoints 4 M Robinson as constable for the 29 area. Upon bond and approval the new appointee will receive his commission and begin duties. Robinson is described as a faithful officer and popular with the people.
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J. Robinson
O'Neal
Thea
Bond
Robinson
Rob ‘Inco
Hartseile Couple Obtain Marriage License
Marriage licenses issued by Progate Judge Edward Z. Yeager in Hartseile show Miew Mavlois Kitehens of Hartaeiec and a Hartseile resident listed among those documents.
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Edward Z. Yeager
Hartseile
Miew Mavlois Kitehens
Hartaeiec
Suffrage Bill Wins in the Illinois House
The Illinois House passed the women's suffrage bill by 77 ayes. The measure grants US citizens age 21 and older the vote for presidential electors, state boards, clerks, surveyors, and many local offices, with coverage extending to township offices and questions before electors in municipalities and subdivisions.
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Ilinois
Springfield
Illinois Senate
Amick's Pennant Winners Show Delights Vaudeville Night
Amick's Pennant Winners at the Masonic delivered the best vaudeville show this week. The cast kept a lively pace with a gingery snap and avoided tragedy. Limpy Sadow impressed as the bone‑free servant, while Lou Meier the pianist earned praise for revelatory ragtime playing that won over the Decaturs audience.
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Decaturs
Mr. Meier
Camel Born in Anniston Named Webb Prooi
A camel born in Anniston during the Buffalo Bill show will be named Webb Prooi. The dry town birth is noted as a humorous factor since young camels are described as web footed. This marks the third Buffalo Bill camel born this year, following births in New York and Buffalo.
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Anniston
Junge
Webb Prooi
Buffalo Bill Show
Buffalo Billaows
New York
Buffalo
Fought Trusts and Was Then Boycotted
In Boston on June 12 a witness testified that a rival was denied credit at Chapin National Bank of Springfield due to competition with United Shoe Machinery. Federal prosecutors aim to prove United Shoe Machinery interests controlled banking in Boston and New York. Richard H. Long testified. defense objected to bank ties, while government aide William S. Gregg said such connections would be shown.
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Boston
Chapin National Bank of
Springfield
United Shoe Machinery Company
United
United Shoe Machinery
New York
Richard H. Long
R. H. Long Machinery Company
Charles F. Choate
Pala Company
Wm. 8. Gregg
United States Attorney General
Immigrant Girl Charged as Streetcar Conductor Steals
Marionette Mada and two Italian immigrant girls boarded a cross-town streetcar in New York. They paid with silver and were given only cents in change after a conductor took a $20 gold piece. A male passenger intervened, leading to the arrest of conductor William Curtin on larceny charges.
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New York
Marionette Mada
Italy
Marionette
William Curtin
Gift to University of Chicago creates Ida Noyes Hall
A $300,000 gift from Laverne W. Noyes funds a social center and gymnasium for women at the University of Chicago. Ida Noyes Hall honors his late wife. President Pratt Judson announced the gift at the annual exercises. The event also included the awarding of 553 scholarships and a principal address by Jonkheer Loudon.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Laverne W. Noyes
Ida Noyes
Pratt Judson
Jonkher Loudon
United States
Netherlands
Indictment of W P Fain Tied to Atlanta Graft Probe
Atlanta June 12 W P Fain member of the Atlanta board of police commissioners was indicted on two counts by the Fulton county grand jury No action was taken on a blank indictment against Thomas B Felder linked to the Mary Phagan case and graft charges One Fain indictment accuses him of operating a disorderly house with M T Cantrell and the other accuses assault and battery on an unnamed woman
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Mary Phagan
Fain
M. T. Cantrell
Troop Train Wreck in Nogales Kills Hundreds
At Nogales on June 12 a troop train derailed after being mined by insurgents. More than 200 federal soldiers were fatally hurt with many others injured. Apparent sabotage and hazards loom as reports mention air attacks and a noted avietor. An airplane from Douglass, Arizona crossed into Mexico and was taken to Naco.
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Nogales
Arizona
Guaymas
Didier Masson
Apg
Douglass
Ariz
Mexico
Naco
Railroad Loses Suit Over Passenger Death at Flint
A jury in the Law and Equity court awarded Frank Rayburn $250 in damages for the death of Van Rayburn who died in the Decatur to Birmingham accommodation wreck near Flint. The case involved the L and N railroad and drew testimony from the train crew and many witnesses.
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Law and Equity Court
Frank Rayburn
van Rayburn
Decatur
Birmingham
L. & N. Railroad
Flint
Rats Eat Baby in Danville Tragedy
A four month old infant of Mrs Lena Popt in Danville Kentucky was reportedly killed by rats Tuesday night. The baby left asleep in a cradle while the mother visited a neighbor. Upon return the mother found the infant with eyes and ears eaten and the body dying minutes later.
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Danville
Lena Popt
Ria
Police Officer J M Hill Confined At Home
Decatur police officer J M Hill has been confined to his home with an injured foot for several days. He is improving.
Advertising Men To Enforce Cleaner Methods
Baltimore Maryland June 12 The creation of a commission to work out details for a plan to enforce clean methods on all the ramifications of the advertising clubs of America at its final session Friday The plan contemplates supervision by the commission of advertising methods and circulation statements to draw a line against dishonest methods and compel outsiders to purge themselves to get inside as soon as possible.
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Baltimore
Mds
Ods
Advertising Clubs of America
Commission of Advertising
Advertising Experts Gather in Baltimore Convention
Delegates from 160 local Advertising Clubs of America converge in Baltimore for the annual convention. European and Latin American attendees join as the group strengthens a global, ethical push against fraud and misleading ads while shaping laws and industry standards.
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Chicago
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Baltimore
United States
Canada
Union
Frosts Threaten Limited Crop Damage Across States
Washington reports officials from the agriculture department foresee no nationwide crop damage from the cold spell. Experts say fruit and vegetables should not face famine and that corn and other crops will likely endure. Frosts touched off in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with notable lows. Virginia and Maryland mountains also cooled.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Cranberry
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Standard advises Japan on California land question as business matter
The London Standard urges Japan to treat the California land issue as a business matter not an insult to national pride. It warns that unrestrained admission could invite similar demands from China, and notes race feelings influence attitudes in Japan and abroad. The piece cautions Japan to avoid provoking a united Western response.
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London
California
Standard
Japan
United States
British Columbia
China
America
Great Republic
Cave discovered near Milligan building site in Huntsville
Workmen blasting on the east side of Washington Street uncover a sizable cave at the Milligan building site. The cave slopes downward toward the Christian church, with cool air and vapor at the mouth hinting at water or a spring below. A second cavity to the left could connect, potentially forming a larger cavern.
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Huntsville
Milligan
Public Square
Washington Street
Christian Church
Revival at the Central M. E. Church South
Sunday through Tuesday revival at the Central Methodist Church South featured Brother Stephenson delivering a forceful sermon on Pauls mission and Satans hinderance. He warned the devil walks streets seeking to ruin men and urged abandoning procrastination to pursue godly deeds.
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M. E. Church
Stephenson
Paul
Hell
Stevenson
God
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Masonic Theatre
Camel
Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
W. P. Fain
Board of Police
Fulton County
Thomas B. Felder
LAW and Equity
J. M. Hill
Tails
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London Journal
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