Rat Poison Victim Reported Improvement After Oatmeal Incident
Birmingham Alabama December 23 The condition of Lee Birchfield improved in hospital after he and his father Patrick Birchfield became ill from oatmeal believed to be poisoned. Mrs A F Godfrey housekeeper at the Birchfield residence died after eating the oatmeal. Some poison was said to have been placed in a container of oatmeal later mixed with the food prepared by Mrs Godfrey.
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Birmingham
Als
Lee Birchfield
A. EF. Godfrey
Birchfield
Godfrey
Tragic Hit Silent Road Kills Brewton Girl
Miss Annis Ruth Hammons of Brewton dies after an auto plows into a group of young pedestrians on a highway near Brewton. Rufus Payne suffers a leg injury requiring amputation. Johnny Durden and Miss Annie Kate Burgess injured. Percy Watson Jr., the driver, says he was blinded by a parked car’s lights and was not arrested. Hammons dies at hospital.
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Percy Watson, Jr
Brewton
Hiss Hammons
Wall Street Bonuses To Make Christmas Merry For Employees
New York reports Christmas bonuses on Wall Street will be larger than in prior years as profits rise. Brokers’ sales and commissions surge with total NYSE shares traded nearing 1.2 billion, aiming for about 54 million in commissions, plus added charges for certain transactions. Profit growth expected to push commissions up by roughly 15 million from 1928, with volume nearly doubling 1927. Exchange oversight on bonus payments remains strict.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Auburn
Auburn Officials To Aid In Extending Boy Scout Movement
Auburn Alabama December confirms a pact to extend scouting beyond towns into rural areas with Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Boy Scouts of America leaders. The agreement aims to promote scouting among farm boys and to cooperate on 4 H club work and rural education, sharing materials and support while counties and extension workers assist merit exams and local leaders.
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Auburn
Boy Scout Movement
Ale
Boy Scout
Bradford Knapp
Aabama Polytechnic Institute
L. N. Duncan
Extension Service
James B. West
Q. H. Benson
H W. L Wman
Boy Scouts of America
Br. Knapp
Scout
Knapp
Alabama
2Pp
Gnu
Uorden
Royal Portables Built to Last a Lifetime Ad
Royal Portables are advertised as durable and long lasting with contact options listed for further details. The snippet mentions a person or alias Coke Janes and provides a phone number 981 for inquiries. This item reads as a classified or advertisement note from a historic page.
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Royal
Coke Janes
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Saleen Ke
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Tata Blip
Twin Oak Floral Co
Mark Wain
Jerida
Mark Twain
Monroe County
Studnts of Alaska College
Fairbanks
Northern Territory
W. G. Carr
W. D. Hares
Style Shoppe
Berlinp
Harry Tt. Lewis
National Poultry Council
Lewis
Lipon Atme
Flere Tate Fact Wits Industrialiam
Coolidge
Santa Claus
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Rath ‘Pt
the Ladies Specialty
Dothan, Ala
Weathers Grocery
Arthur Weathers
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