Flood Devastates Mid West Cities Amid Massive Fires
Special to the Decatur Daily reports Adjutant General urges evacuations for Middleton and Hamilton as Marietta burns. Cincinnati notes Grand Reservoir breaks releasing 27 000 acres of water, Ohio River rising to 65 70 feet. Dayton devastated with fires, drowning, and mass displacement. National Cash Register workers building boats and sheltering hundreds in plants. Indianapolis records 126 drowned. broad property damage and widespread suffering.
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Cincinnati
Grand
St. Mary’s
Selina
Ohio
Senatorial Deadlock Breaks to Lewis and Sherman
Governor Dunn announced that after eight weeks the deadlock will end with James Hamilton Lewis, Democrat, elected to the six year Senate term ending March 4, 1919, and Lawrence Y. Sherman, Republican, to the short term ending March 4, 1915, following a report by Democratic and Republican leaders.
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Springfield
Lil
Dunn
James Hamilton Lewis
Lawrence Y. Sherman
General Assembly
Nationwide Cash Register plant destroyed rumor
Bulletin cites morning reports from Decatur residents about a supposed destruction of the National Cash Register Co plant in Dayton. Over 1,000 refugees were said to be inside the building and the company head ordered 500 coffins food boats and medical aid by a special Cincinnati train. Verification incomplete.
Steamer Caye Romano Rescued After Propeller Loss
The Caye Romano from Sields England bound for Galveston drifted in mid ocean after losing its propeller and was picked up by the Bohemanian from Leland Line bound for Boston. The Bohemanian is towing the Romano into Halifax and it should reach today.
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Halifax
N. 8
Caye Romano
Sields
England
Galveston
Bohemanian
Boston
Omaha Buries Nearly Hundred Storm Victims
Omaha officials report nearly one hundred funerals held after Sunday storm wrecks. Bodies recovered from debris were cared for at undertaking establishments and many were buried or sent to out of town relatives. Rescue work continued through the night with one additional body recovered.
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Undertaking Establish
Oine
Idlewild
Criminal Court Convenes Monday With Murder Whiskey Cases
The criminal division of the Law and Equity court convenes next Monday with several murder cases and whiskey cases to be heard. Whiskey seized in raids on the Lone Star Hotel is to be claimed on the 31st.
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Law and Equity Court
Lone Star Hotel
Storm Struck Gadsden Damaging Glass and Trees
A hurricane passed over Gadsden yesterday at 11 45 causing broken plate glass windows damaged buildings and split limbs of trees. Linden Thomas a colored girl on May Street was shocked but unharmed. The report ends abruptly with incomplete details.
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Gadsden
Linde Thomas
May Street
Great Flood Predicted Along the Mississippi
Memphis reports Col Emory of the weather bureau warning of a coming flood as the Mississippi rises from above. Officials say the flood stage could be reached in Memphis by Thursday morning and rains threaten to worsen the situation along the lower Mississippi and Ohio basins.
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Rea
Memphis
Mississippi
Ohio
Muskingum
Zanesville
Weather Bureau
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Cairo
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Gulf States
Instant Postum Demonstration At Local Store
Despite bad weather, a Post Tavern Special and Instant Postum demo drew crowds at Poin ter and Rauschenberg's. Miss Lotia Johnson, in charge, impressed attendees with her service and presentation.
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Pointer & Rauschenberg’s
Post Tavern
Lotia Johnson
Central Town School Improvement Fund Drive
The Central Town School Improvement Association selects ladies to solicit funds for Gordon Hind High School building needs. Volunteers include Mrs H B Beard Mrs A A Hardage Mrs D F Green Mrs Walter Todd Miss Elizabeth Jones and others. The group aims to raise 1500 dollars for constructing a ceremony walk on the school grounds.
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Central Town School Improvement Association
Gordon Hind
H. B. Beard
A. A. Hardage
D. F. Green
Walter Todd
Elizabeth Jones
J. M
A. F. Harrie
Roberts
Cermeny Walke
Kentucky First Ten Delegates Named for Good Roads Meet
Delegates are being appointed by governors to attend the National Good Roads Federation in Birmingham April 24 25. Kentucky leads with Governor J B McCreary naming seventy five delegates. Oklahoma plans fifty delegates and Secretary Hennessy of the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture expresses intent to attend.
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National
Good Feads Federation
Birmingham
Good Roads
Sibley
Washington
Builders Exchange
Montgomery
Mobile
Houston
National ‘Good Roads Federation
Alabama Good Roads Association
Jefferson County
Good Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce and Business Men's League
Federation
Jefferson Theatre
Benj. F. Hennesay
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
J. A. Rountree
Hennessy
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Cat and the Fiddle Charms Rainy Masonic Theatre Crowd
A large crowd braved bad weather to see The Cat and the Fiddle at the Masonic Theatre. Applause indicated strong audience approval. My Maid in the Moon drew the biggest laughs. The male chorus impressed, and the production was among the season’s best.
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Masonic Theatre
Detectives Watch Two Prominent Men in Lacy Defalcation Case
Montgomery March 27 Detectives surveil two men accused in the Lacy defalcation. They pursue hazy recollections and unseen facts, hoping to clear up discrepancies. Investigations span the United States as they seek the whereabouts of the defaulting clerk and aim to run Lacy to ground within two weeks.
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Montgomery
Lacy
United States
Robbers Not Yet Caught After Rail Payroll Robbery
In Tuscaloosa on a Friday afternoon robbers halted a railroad motor car and killed W B Turner of Hardaway Construction Company while stealing payroll funds exceeding 8 000 dollars from Searles to Loc 17. Bloodhounds failed to track them. a posse scoured the area as a shotgun, army rifle, biscuits and jam, and a black mask were found near the scene.
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Tuscaloosa
W. B. Turner
Hardaway Construction Company
Tom Gant
Mr. Sparks
W. B. Benton
Searles
Loc 17
Imboden Girl Survives After Severe Mule Accident
Miss Mollie Brooks aged about 19 from Randolph County Arkansas was thrown from a mule on Tuesday morning while en route to town. She suffered a dislocated neck and is unconscious as physicians say recovery seems unlikely. The accident occurred when she rode behind a small boy and could not keep balance.
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Imboden
Ark
Mollie Brooks
Randolph County
Tuesay
Mass Meeting Sunday at YMCA Led by Rev Wyatt
Reverend Robt L Wyatt of First Baptist New Decatur will lead a men's meeting at the YMCA Sunday morning with church members invited to attend.
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Robt. L. Wyatt
First Baptist Church
New Decatur
Docket Set for Jury Term in Circuit Court
The docket for the upcoming jury term has been set and the court will convene before Judge Speaks. The docket details the schedule of cases to be heard and confirms the court’s readiness for proceedings.
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Circuit Court
Benefit Bazaar for West Town School Planned
The First Ward Association West Decatur will hold a benefit bazaar tomorrow with an afternoon and evening program to raise funds for the West Town School building and grounds. Expect Shad ow Pantoming, needlework, refreshments and entertainments aimed at sprucing up the grounds.
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First Ward Association
West Decatur
West Town
Association
Pension Warrants For Veterans Received
The pension warrants for the April quarter for the Confederate veterans have been received by Judge W. Skeggs and are ready for issue on April 1. This will be the last pensions issued this year as the treasury funds are exhausted.
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W. Skeggs
Height Of Waves In Ocean Forecasts
The article discusses wave height measurements by ship observers, noting accuracy within about one foot in ten. It criticizes sensational reports of extreme depths such as eighty to one hundred feet, and suggests typical Atlantic mid‑storm waves run forty to forty-five feet with rare moments near sixty-five.
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Vaughannish
Lord Kelvin
Chin Ching
Marriage License Granted in Lamar County
A marriage license appears to have been issued to Miew Mary Swanson Bibb by Judge Lamar Jr, with clerical details indicating the finalization of the union.
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SS Law Lamar, Jr
Mary Swanson Bibb
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Bulletin
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Memphis, Tenn
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Kentucky
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