Felker Hears Thaw Case Deliberations In Concord
Governor Felker weighs whether New Hampshire should aid New York in extraditing Harry K Thaw from Matteawan asylum. Jerome argues for return. Thaw's lawyers challenge motives. Felker grants until Monday for supplementary briefs. decision expected in about a week with Attorney General Tuttleby advising.
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Concord
N. H
Newampshire
Harry Khaw
Per Felker
William Travers Jerome
Genral
New York State
Matteawan Insane Asylum
Jerome
New York
Senate
Tuttleby
Rally Day at Central Methodist Church Decatur
Rally Day at the Central Methodist Church in Decatur Alabama invites all to attend the church school on the upcoming Sunday. The notice urges members to bring friends and participate in the September 28th event with emphasis on cradle roll and home department participation.
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WWEXT
C. M1
Central Methodist Church
Decatur
Alabama
Central Methodist Go
New Decatur
Tral Methodist Sunday School
Central Methodist Ch
Cradle Roll and Home Department
Return of Ham by Honest Aunt Jane in Cold Weather
In Gadsden on September 24 Aunt Jane Hall an elderly Black woman returned a ham to a local grocer claiming it could not be afforded due to cold weather and coal costs. She has a long history of paying her bills and is described as honest and conscientious.
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Gadsden
Jane Hall
Jane
Thompson Pride Jr. Opens Abdominal Surgery at Local Infirmary
Thompson Pride Jr of Pridessta nSthen underwent an appendectomy at the Watson Greer Infirmary after being brought from Spring Hill College yesterday. He is reported resting easy after the operation.
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Watson-Greer Infirmary
Law and Equity Disposes Three Cases This Afternoon
Three cases were disposed of this afternoon in the Law and Equity court. A white youth pleaded guilty to an unspecified charge and received one year and one day in the state penitentiary. Roy Wise, a 14 year old Negro boy, admitted guilt in an assault near Austinville and was sentenced to two years and six months. Gustin faced a prohibition violation trial, with the jury still deliberating at four o'clock.
Descent of Vesuvius Reaches Record Depth
Naples reports Professor Maladra and two companions descended 1200 feet into the crater of Vesuvius setting a record for such an ascent. They spent an hour conducting experiments at the funnel bottom sounding 200 feet. Inside the funnel a fiery cavern formed by the crater floor subsidence. They lost thermometers and a steel rope but recorded 625 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Naples
Maladra
Vesuvius
Bars Visitors From Treasury Vaults
Detroit star Cobb enjoyed a sightseeing tour of the Treasury Department vaults but prompted an ironclad order from acting Controller Kane forbidding outsiders from entering any vaults containing national bank notes. Cobb, a director of a Lavonia bank, signed his name on a margin of notes, an act that violated an immemorial rule.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Cobb
Detroit
Thomas P. Kane
Treasury
Detroit Star
Lavonia Ga
Kane
Lateen Year Old Boy Crashes Father's Skull
Essick Gibson, sixteen, was arrested near Fort Deposit and jailed in Greenville charged with murdering his father. He says years of cruelty and a beating led to him creeping into the bed room, crushing the sleeping man’s skull, locking a dog inside, then fleeing to his brother’s home. A neighbor found the half eaten body in the garden. The youth offers to spend his life in prison if justified.
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Greenville
Ala
Essick Gibson
Fort Deposit
Alex Gibson
Debate Over Negro Carriers at Rural Mailers Convention
Evansville Indiana September 22 The proposal to exclude negro carriers from the association sparked heated debate at the national rural mail carriers convention. Southern delegates voiced strong opposition while Alabama and Mississippi representatives warned of disgrace and division if admitted. The constitution committee recommended barring all black carriers, with the vote pending as delegates attended a theatre party hosted by the Evansville Business Association.
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Evansville
Ind
Cullop
H. C. Old
Virginia
Old Wer
Alabama
Alfonso Rusell
Mississpi
Constitution Committee
J. F. O’kief
Connecticut
Evansville Business Association
Rainey to oppose Burnett for Seventh District seat
Capt. L. B. Rainey solicitor of the city court of Gadsden announced at noon that he will seek the Seventh Congressional District seat. He will challenge long time incumbent John L. Burnett who has held the office for twelve years. The formal declaration came as a surprise after prior hints Rainey might run. Burnett has faced no primary opposition in years.
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Gadsden
L. B. Rainey
John L. Burnett
Capt. Rainey
Black man released by Judge Wert after vagrancy trial
James Bunows, a Black man described as deranged, faced vagrancy charges and was released by Judge Wert who ordered him to leave the town. The report notes the judge’s instruction to depart.
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Judge Wert
James Bunows
Wert
Count counterfeit travelers checks looms large
New York reports the United States Express Company warns twenty thousand banks worldwide about a band of swindlers counterfeiting its sixty dollar travelers checks. Twenty four counterfeit checks cashed in Carlsbad Lugano and Nice within a week bear the names Robert T MacDonald and William T Riley. Wiener Bankverein Vienna cable describes one man as an elderly smooth faced American with a light build and flat nose. Detectives across Europe pursue the culprits.
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New York
United States Express Company
Europe
Carlsbad
Lugano
Nice
Robert T MacDonald
William T. Riley
Wiener Bankverein
Vienna
West Point Cadets Face Court Martial Over Hazing
Eighteen cadets at West Point threaten court martial after appealing to Secretary Garrison, claiming punishment for obeying orders in drilling lower classmen. They are charged with violating a regulation against forcing a cadet into a ridiculous or humiliating posture. War Dept calls the actions deviling youngsters not standard drill.
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Washington
West Point
Garrison
Military Academy
War Department
Began Work on Moulton Street in New Decatur Project
After months of delay, construction started this morning on Moulton Street at Second Avenue. Crews began with curb line work while moving east along the street.
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Moulton Street
Decatur Streets
Second Avenue
Brooks Sues For $1009 Over Bad Steaks
Mrs. Claude Brooks sues T. R. Sawtell of Whitehall Street Atlanta for 1009 dollars after two pounds of beefsteak made her and her husband ill. She claims she lost 50 pounds in weight and remains seriously sick while her husband recovered the next day.
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Sues
Atlanta
Claude Brooks
T. R. Sawtell
Whitehall Bt
Negro Sentenced for Vagrancy in Law and Equity Court
Robert Vinson was found guilty of vagrancy in the Law and Equity court and sentenced to 3 months and 21 days on the county road.
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Robert Vinson
Law and Equity
Decaturs Named Good Cities to Make Home
The Decaturs in Alabama are praised for rapid growth over the past year. The article highlights abundant water, superior climate, excellent sewers and streets, and strong health averages. It notes optimal factory location and strong distribution routes by water and rail across the South.
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America
Ala
Murderer of clothing merchant traced to national spree
Indianapolis authorities urge federal and city police to watch for Joseph Ellis of Richmond Virginia believed to be the killer who murdered Joseph Schlansky and robbed him in a hotel. Ellis also known as Brokaw and Robert Duncan is linked to robberies in Louisville Cleveland Toledo Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as detectives track him after he fled toward an eastbound train.
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Joseph Schlansky
Joseph Ellis
Indianapolis
Ind
Mississipi River
Richmond
Schlansky
Union Depot
Ellis
Brokaw
Robert Duncan
Louisville
Cleveland
Toledo
Philadedelphia
Pittsburgh
Legislator 15 Convicted of Bribery in Senate Election Case
Santa Fe New Mexico September 24 J P Lucero a Rio Arriba county legislator and three other lawmakers were found guilty of soliciting bribes related to the United States Senator Fall election. The remaining cases await the next term of court.
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Santa Fe
N. M
J. P. Lucero
Rio—Aribe
United States
Fall
Montgomery Ward In Serious Condition After Fall
Montgomery Ward founder of a large mail order firm and longtime watchdog of Chicago's lake front is in critical condition at his Highland Park home after fracturing his hip in a bathroom fall caused by a fainting spell. He has battled illness for months.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Lake Front
Highland Park
Dummy in House Scares Princeton Resident
Bud Mullin of Princeton was frightened when a mannequin placed by neighbors appeared in her living room yesterday. Police arrived after her cries, but the figure proved to be a dummy used as a neighborhood prank. Mullin was shaken but not seriously harmed.
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Princeton
Tad
Mra
Bud Mullin
Miss Mamie Young Joins City Clerk Staff
In New Decatur Mamie Young has accepted a role as assistant to City Clerk Henry Hartung and is performing efficient work.
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Mamie Young
Henry Hartung
Royal Arch Degree Conferred in Special Convocation
Decatur Chapter No. 38 holds a special convocation tonight with Messrs Rauschenburg Fitzpatrick and Chapman to receive the Royal Arch degree.
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Decatur
Messrs Rauschenburg, Fitzpatrick and
Chapman
Merchants and Farmers Fair Opens Monday in Morgan County
The Merchants and Farmers Fall Festival opens Monday with the Metropolitan Shows providing attractions. Livestock and agricultural exhibits promise strong displays from Morgan County. Aerial acts, diving stunts, and band concerts highlight the outdoor program and carnival riding devices include Go-Round Ferris Wheel and Wave.
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Morgan County
J. H. Stone
the Barfield
Hassen
Oriental Theatre
Arizona
Joe Cody
Dixie
Prise
Serenvin
Panama
Amezonia Passafirme
Carl Nelson
Moore
Metropolitan
Maral
Ree Exhibitiona
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State Penitentiary
Roy Wise
Austinville
Ference
A Y. Gustin
Ting
Rainey
Burnett
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