Birmingham Fair Showcases First Cavalry Band and Fireworks
At the Alabama State Fair in Birmingham October 9 to 18 the First Cavalry Band directed by Rudolph Berliner will perform. The unit, modeled on regular army bands, will be encamped by the infield. The Pain Fireworks Display Company presents Pioneer Days in Alabama a 800 foot stage reenactment with a fort, settlers, and a night attack by Indians concluding with a grand fireworks finale costing about 1000 dollars.
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Birmingham
First Cavalry
Rudolph Berliner
United States Cavalry
Cavalry
Berliner
U. S. Cavalry Band
Fort Mayer
Washington
D. C
Berliner’s
First Cavalry Band
Alabama
Pain Fireworks Display Company of America
Taft Declines Yale Law School Vacancy
New Haven Conn September 22 Former President Taft now Kent professor of law at Yale says he is not a candidate to replace Henry Wade Rogers as dean of Yale Law School Rogers has been named a judge of the federal circuit court by President Wilson Taft notes Rogers has the tastes and attainments for the position Yale will be sorry to lose him and it is expected Rogers will resign as head at the corporation meeting day.
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New Haven, Conn
Taft
Kent
Yale
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law School
Federal Circuit Court
Wilson
Dean Rogers
Law School
Sullivan Will Leaves Estate To Family After Read
Timothy D Sullivan major will filed by probate after reading in New York. Executed October 6 1967 it leaves entire estate real personal and mixed to his sisters Mrs Margaret Hickey and Mrs Mary Ann Sommers and brothers Patrick H Sullivan and Lawrence Mulligan. Sommers is dead and her share goes to her four children. Estate valued at about 2 million with over 1 million in real estate.
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New York
Timothy D. Sullivan
William B. Ellison
Sullivan
Margaret. Hickey
Mary. Ann Sommers
Patrick H. Sullivan
Lawrence Mulligan
Wireless camera invention claims night vision for ships
Vallejo California reports a local inventor has created a wireless night vision photography device that mirrors a scene within miles. The Navy Secretary Daniels invited the inventor to Washington for expert inspection. The instrument uses a mast top wire web to form its impression. The inventor claims it could prevent night collisions and fog related accidents at sea.
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Vallejo
Cal
Daniels
Washington
Navy Department
Robbers Steal 800-Pound Safe From Post Office
In Springfield Massachusetts on September 22 a thief or thieves took an eight hundred pound safe from the Agawam post office. The safe contained New Haven bonds valued at $3,000. The burglars made a quick getaway with the heavy loot.
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Springfield
Mass
Agawam Post Office
New Haven
Miles of Timber Used in Scaffold in Westminster Hall
London Sept 22 The scaffolding in Westminster Hall for roof work is highly complex with many miles of poles. The oak roof, added by Richard I in 1397, remains a landmark carpentry feat after 1820 repairs with old ship timber. Westminster Hall is among the largest non pillar supported halls worldwide, measuring 238 feet long 67 feet wide and 90 feet high.
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London
Westminister Hall
Richard I
Milwau kee man hosts 23rd birthday anniversary dinner
Mr. Jno. Fred Hartung of Milwaukee Wisconsin was the honor guest at a six o'clock dinner Saturday evening celebrating his 23rd birthday. Held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L Turner, fifteen guests attended with an elaborate menu and after dinner music and conversation.
Merchants Reserve Space for Fall Festival Tents
The Merchants and Farmers Fall Festival plans tents likely arrive tomorrow. Merchants are urged to call at the fair grounds to reserve space.
Carroll Case Docketed For Trial Wednesday
The murder case of A. C. Carroll over Floyd Roberts death on July 4 1912 was docketed for a Wednesday court session.
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A. C. Carroll
Floyd Roberts
Huerta Rules Out Presidential Candidacy
President Huerta said it would be an anomaly for Mexico to have a candidate for president and that no candidate would be aided in the forthcoming elections while all parties would be fairly treated. In Washington the statement is seen as likely indicating Huerta will not run. In Albany Gov Sulzer and Mrs Sulzer will testify in impeachment proceedings. Murphey may be compelled to testify. Three thousand cavalrymen in Virginia will march to Washington for review by President Wilson in early October.
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Huerta
Washington
Sulzer
New York
Virginia
Wilson
Wilsons Currency Bill Faces Senate Test In Committees
Jacob Weèlfssohn under arrest in Philadelphia confessed to murdering Anna Catherine Schumacher in a Rochester cemetery four years ago. Copper mine strikers in Calumet denounce injunctions stopping them from interfering with workmen.
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Jacob Weélfsohn
Philadelphia
Anna Catherine Schumacher
Rochester
N. Y
Calumet, Mich
Lawyers Aid Thaw in New Hampshire to Fight Extradition
Lawyers from four states travel to Concord New Hampshire to assist Harry K Thaw as they resist New York authorities efforts to extradite him back to Mattea.
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Canada
Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Mattea
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Bank Street
Collier White
Odom
Lklome
Birmingham Fair
Postoppfice
Scaffold
Westminister
The
Decaturs
Morgan, Limestone, Lawrence, Cullman, Marshall
Madison Counties
J. H. Stone
Sec’y
Deecaturs
Sivley & Sandlin Builders’ Hardware
Mi T
Dix
Decatur
Carroll
William A. Jones
House Insular Affairs Committee
Philippine Islands
Philips
Islands
Senate
Piper Little
Malone Coal
New Decatur, Ala
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