Train wreck kills twenty soldiers en route to fair
Meridian Mississippi October reports say a Mobile and Ohio special train carrying 179 soldiers to the Mississippi Alabama joint fair plunged through a trestle near Stateline Mississippi. A number of casualties were confirmed with many injured as debris trapped the twisted cars. Major Taylor commanded the unit.救
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Mississippi State Line
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Mobile
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Mississippi
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Clyde Teel
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Whistler
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War Department
Pigford
Murder Melodramatic Death on Railroad Cut Also Ward Name Confusion
A middle aged Black man named Ward was found dead in a railroad cut on Railroad Street around six this morning with a crushed skull. Police pursue robbery as motive and consider alternate causes including misadventure near a bridge. The identity confusion with Brown was corrected by officials.
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Ward
Brown
K. M. Anderson at the Star Theatre Today
At the Star Theatre today a fine line of pictures will be shown headed by G. M. Anderson in a western thriller. The theatre promises a comfortable neat and attractive house with management ensuring patrons’ comfort.
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K. M. Anderson
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Star Theatre Today
Star Theatre
Particu
G. M. Andeson
Decatur Company Moves Offices to Second Avenue Building
The Decatur Light Power and Fuel Company now occupies 608 Second Avenue in the former Preust and Benson building. They report well fitted quarters and invite the public to visit for electrical supplies and related products.
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Decatur Light, Power and Fuel Company
Ond Avenue
Preust and Benson
R. R. Y. M. C. A. Inter Membership Campaign Week
Campaign week runs October 18 to 25 1913 with inter membership effort details and local notices for the New Deestur region.
Tennessee moves toward dry status as liquor shipments halt
Mobile October 20 shipments to Nashville face new rules as railroads may stop receiving liquor from outside states for intra state use. Officials give mixed signals about enforcement. Local agents await higher level guidance while anti jug laws apply to commercial transport.
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L. & N. Railroad
Hoop
Horace F. Smith
Travel on American Railways Shows Safety Record
An article based on Interstate Commerce Commission data notes that from 1905 to 1911 only one passenger in 74 736 was injured and one in 2 275 123 killed on travel. It adds a hypothetical journey timing that would span thousands of years to reach the fatal outcome.
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Interstate Commerce Commissin
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Phidias
Zeus
Alfred the Great
Decatur Police Add New Officer For Street Fair
City Clerk E W Colber swore in Policeman Fred Haasson to the Decatur force as a special officer for the street fair week. The addition aims to bolster cover during the event amid anticipated conditions.
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E. W. Colber
Fred Haasson
Tax
Decatur
Aris
Haas
Twenty Eight Birmingham Police Officers Fired
Birmingham on October 20 saw Chief George H. Bodeker announce a revised 12 hour shift list effective 1 30 this morning. Twenty eight officers were dismissed amid retrenchment by the city commission. A near riot and talk of strike followed before Bodeker’s calm address.
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Birmingham
Cnief
George H. Bodeker
Bodeker
Suit for $150 Heard Today in Circuit Court
The suit of McFawly against Penny for 150 dollars is being heard in the Circuit court today. Attorney B. W. Godbey represents the plaintiff and C. Kyle appears for the defendant.
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McFawly
B. W. Godbey
C. Kyle
Mayor Wolcott Fines Two For Drunkenness
The first case before Mayor Wolcott involved a white person and a Black person each fined $21.60 for overindulgence in alcoholic beverages. The incident was reported as the morning session opened with this pair fined for drunkenness.
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Wolcott
Train travel years spent at 39 mph would equal 207
The passage estimates that at 39 miles per hour a person would have spent 207 years traveling by train and would have 87 additional travel years remaining before a fatal accident.
Wintry Weather Predicted for Rest of Week
Washington D C Oct 20 Wintry weather is predicted for the next several days east of the Rocky Mountains with frost likely in the central valleys eastern states and interior South Normal temperatures on the Pacific slope Rain Monday in the eastern states upper Ohio valley and the Great Lakes region A disturbance to cross the country midweek bringing a shift to higher temperatures followed by rain and snow along northern borders and colder weather in the northwest later in the week No disturbance indicated in the West Indies.
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Great Central
Nothern
West Indies
Bought and Paid For at Masonic Theater Saturday
A witty and clean comedy drama titled Bought and Paid For entertained a full Masonic audience Saturday night. Robert Stafford as the wealthy but drinking Stafford and Forrest Zimmer as Stafford's drunken scene standout performances carried the show. the ensemble delivered strong acting with a smooth plot about social ascent, romance, and reconciliation.
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Robert Stafford
Virginia Blaine
Virginia
Fannie
Stafford
Jimmie
Forrest Zimmer
Delegates Named for Alabama Good Roads Session
Montgomery officials announce delegates to the Seventeenth Annual Alabama Good Roads Association meeting in Mobile on November 20 to 22. Attending are Ray Rushton Alex Troy R B Steiner Gaston Griel W M Kelly E C Andrew Henry Hobble Harry regrizoey Danziger J K Jackson T J Reynolds Alex Rice Sam Kaufman J W Dur F C Stevenson J D Wyman.
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Alabama Good Roads Association
Mobile
Ray Rushton
Alex Troy
R B. Steiner
Gaston Griel
W. M. Kelly
E. C. Andrew
Henry Hobble
Harry Regrizoey
Alabama Express Rumor Spurs Drug Journey Between Cities
Anniston Alabama October 20 rumors spread that a wagon train named the Alabama Express transports illegal liquor between Anniston and Birmingham several times weekly. Authorities are investigating to verify the rumor and curb the activity in the region.
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Anniston
Ala
Birmingham
Blind Tiger
Warren Kerrigan Stars At The Delight Theatre
The popular Warren Kerrigan headlines a program at the Delight Theatre. The feature is Mast of Himself with A Slight Misunderstanding and The Original Will completing a well balanced cinema bill from the American Company.
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Warren Kerrigan
Delight Theatre
Amercain Company
Huntsville Shares Snow Load With Decatur Cities
Earl C. Wilson of the Huntsville Light and Railway Company reports snow blanketing Decatur and Huntsville today. He notes Huntsville shared in the morning snowfall along with the Decaturs.
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Earl C. Wilson
Huntsville Light and Railway Company
Decaturs
Ex-Gov Braxton Bragg Comer Visits Decatur Sunday
Ex Governor Braxton Bragg Comer, candidate for the state’s chief executive, spoke with supporters in Decatur on the coming Sunday and planned to address the same audience after returning to Birmingham.
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Decaturs
Braxton Bragg
Birmingham
St of Alabama
Mr. Comer
Judge Skeggs Names Delegates for Mobile Good Roads Meet
Judge William E. Skeggs of Probate announces delegates to attend the Alabama Good Roads Convention in Mobile on November 20 to 22, 1913. The letter lists many named officials and local leaders from Birmingham and surrounding areas designated to represent the Good Roads Association at the gathering.
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William E. Skeggs
Morgan County
Alabama
Good Roads Association
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