Thaw Lawyers Prep for Supreme Court Appeal After Federal Win
Littleton New Hampshire September 17 counsel for Harry Kendall Thaw won a major federal court victory and prepared for possible Supreme Court review. Extradition hearings to New York loom as the governor decides whether Thaw should be surrendered. The lawyers said appeals could proceed through the federal system if needed.
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Littleton
N. H
Harry Kendall Thaw
Supreme Court of the United States
New Hampshire
Thaw
New York
Concord
United States District Court
Wigh er prices for livestock predicted
Chicago reports rising livestock values with $10 cattle possible this month as packers rely more on the market. Missouri river markets set fat steer price bas es and eastward shipments to Chicago are expected. Lambs move freely in Montana and Wyoming with prices around $5.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Northwest
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Doctor Gives 100 Much Hope to Gadsden Man
Gadsden September 17 Robert H. Reed 45 died at Guntersville after taking a large morphine dose. He took the drug himself then visited a physician complaining of head pains. The physician, unaware of the prior dose, administered another amount and Reed died within an hour.
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Gadsden
Robert H. Reed
Guntersville
Reed
Buttrey’s Dry Goods Overhauled Adds New Booths
During the summer season Buttrey’s Dry Goods store has undergone a thorough overhauling and now presents a metropolitan appearance. A new toilet article and jewelry booth has been added and a lampson package carrier will be added soon. The store promises exquisite designs and patterns in dry goods to attract buyers.
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Buttrey
Lampson
Hog and cattle market notes on packer buying
Packers have been buying heavy pork at seven seventy five or less, while hog growers see no profit in feeding hogs on corn costing seventy five to eighty cents.
Decatur City Council Approves Street Fair Plea
Decatur City Council in a quiet session approved continuing city funding for the Salvation Army and heard protest from the Chamber of Commerce about the fall Street Fair. The council overruled an objection to granting a privilege license and approved hydrant charges for the past year. An engineer’s $2000 estimate for Church Street work was accepted.
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Decatur
Church Street
Chamber of Commerce
Dinsmore
Church Bt. Ce
Citizens for Boys Trained by Winston-Salem Board of Trade
The Winston-Salem Board of Trade runs a high school government and economics course for seniors. A Juvenile Club gives boys trade access without voting rights and tasks them with an industrial survey to link theory with local industry and civic welfare.
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Washington
Winston-Salem
Board of Trade
Escaped Stage Lure Tears Over Missing Teen Essie Nix
Atlanta reports 16 year old Essie Nix vanished from home night before last. Her mother curses the stage lure as motive while police doubt foul play. Essie, a former telephone operator, previously disappeared in February and was found a week later with an uncle in Griffin.
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Atlanta
Griffin
Work Begun on Malone Building for Owl Drug Move
Work has begun on the Malone building at Johnson street and Second avenue, preparing it for occupancy by the Owl Drug Co., which will move in about October 1.
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Malone
Johnson Street
Second Avenue
Owl Drug Co
British Rail Link to Congo Sparks German Unease
Berlin reports a Deutsche Kolonialzeitung article claims Britain pushes to complete a Cape to Cairo railway by seizing Congo land to bypass Germany. It warns the move would threaten the German East Africa colony and notes Britain may cede Walvis Bay and Zanzibar to win German consent.
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Berlin
Deutsche Kolonialzeitung
Great Britain
Cape To
Cairo
Congo
Germany
Kolonialzeitung
England
Walfisch Bay
Zanzibar
Junk Under Sail Feature Of New China Poststamp
Pekin China Sept. The old dragon stamp used since the start of the postal service by Sir Robert Hart is replaced in August by a new issue. The junk under full gait design represents China’s mythological and historical motifs as the postal service modernizes its stamps.
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Sir Robert Hart
China
Chinghwa Republic
Sun Yat Sen
Yuan-Shih-Kai
Comers Local Option Stand Probed By Reporter
A Daily reporter questioned Walter D. Seed at the courthouse about Comers local option stance. Seed cited Mobile County's last prohibition vote showing anti prohibitionists far outnumbered prohibitionists and warned about the uneasy coalition around Comer from liquor interests and state wide prohibition supporters.
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Comer
Walter D. Seed
Court House
Seed
Mobile County
Sale of tigrets for Lyceum course 10 begins
A Decatur Lyceum course opens October 14 at the high school with the Killarney Girls Orchestra. Six national attractions include Dr Edward Amherst Ott and John B Ratto. Season tickets cost 150 for adults until October 6, rising to 200 thereafter for a Woman's Missionary Society fundraiser.
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Decaturs Lyceum
Killarney
Edward Amherst Ott
John B. Ratto
Redpath Bureau
Lyceum
Woman's Missionary Society
Decatur High School
New United States battleship 39 to be built at Brooklyn Yard
Plans for battleship No. 39, a new United States superdreadnought, have been completed and steps toward construction begun at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The vessel will exceed 31,000 tons, carry a main battery of 12 fourteen inch guns, 22 five inch secondary guns, and measure about 608 feet in length with a 97.6 foot beam and 28.1 foot draft. It may be named for North Carolina or New Mexico.
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New York
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
North Carolina
New Mexico
Honest living urged to curb dishonesty in society
An editorial quotes the Exchange urging honesty as a daily principle not only in law but in schools, homes, and business. It argues that legislation cannot instill honesty and calls for consistent ethical practice to heal the commercial world’s woes.
Slayers Confession Ties Him to Wider Criminal Web
New York, Sept. 17. Hans Schmidt the priest and confessed slayer of Anna Aumuller admits to a counterfeiters den and hints that counterfeiting is only one of his “side lines.” Investigators doubt his insanity and foresee broader crimes. Dr. Ernest Arthur Muret jailed briefly on revolver charge. Bertha Zech released. Faurot links Schmidt and Muret as related, possibly kin.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Feinberg
Tombs
Schmidt
Father Evers
the Tombs Prison
West- One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street
Ernest Arthur Muret
Muret
Federal
Secret Service
Bertha Zech
Dr. Muret
Chicago
Faurot
Detective Bureau
Chandler's Suits Offer Quality and Low Prices
Read Chandler's ad in this issue calling out men and boys to embrace suits and sets of enduring quality at attractive prices. The notice emphasizes value in fabric, fit, and style to attract shoppers seeking good clothes.
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Chandler
Runaway Horse Causes Shuffle on Railroad Street
A horse belonging to Lichenstein Bros. bolted on Railroad Street and threw the negro driver from the rig but no injuries were reported.
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Lichenstein Bros
Opening Auspicious at Ory-Coken's Store
The morning opening at Ory & Cohen's in the Malone building on Second Avenue and Grant Street drew busy crowds. Polite attention greeted visitors as the new merchantile enterprise began with promising signs.
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Ory-Coken's
Twenty-Five Years Ago Decatur Fever Panic Report
Under News Events of Twenty-Five Years Ago the Decatur Mercury Banner recalls a Decatur fever panic over a death believed to be yellow fever. The mayor aided a family’s travel but others faced quarantine, train stoppages, and threats to tear up tracks amid an autopsy by fourteen physicians.
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Huntaville Mercury
Decaturs
Decatur
Spencer
Huntsville
Ed. I. Mastin
Memphis
America
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