Stribling Sharkey Fight Draws Thirty Five Thousand In Miami
Miami Beach Feb 27 Fifty five million fans? No thirty five thousand spectators are expected for the Stribling Sharkey fight in Miami with a near four hundred thousand dollar gate. Stribling predicts a hard fought win and aims to hit early and often while Sharkey exudes calm confidence.
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Miami Beach
Sharkey
Stribling
Dempsey
Tunney
Battler
Macon Mauler
Fla
Two Bad Checks Cashed By Saxon-Heard Co Report
Saxon-Heard Dry Goods Co. reports only two bad checks cashing out of about $75,000 in annual volume. The losses totaled $9.50 from a $6.00 and a $3.50 check. Manager Mr. Brock hopes to recover the smaller sum.
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Saxon-Heard Dry Goods Co
Brock
Alabama Dentist Barred From Practice by Court Verdict
Virgil McClendon of Gordon was barred from practicing dentistry after a quo warranto case in circuit court. The jury taxed costs against him, and the ruling cites Alabama law requiring graduation from an approved dental college and a satisfactory exam before the Board of Dental Examiners.
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Virgil McClendon
Gordon
State of Alabama
H. T. McKinnon
State Dental Association
Board of Dental Examiners
McClendon
Board of Dental Examiners of
Alabama
Wreck Victims Listed As Resting Well At Noon
In a Chattanooga wreck Sunday victims described as resting well include Dr. W L An dress who was fatally injured earlier information received at noon confirms the status of survivors.
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Chattahoochee
W. L. Andress
Washburn Coeds Hold Key Posts on College Paper
Two Washburn University students Constance Van Natta and Frances Bartel break tradition by jointly holding editor and business manager roles on the Washburn Review. Both appear on the honor roll and were pictured in the yearbook's beauty pages.
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Constance van Natta
Washburn
Frances Bartel Cleft
Washburn College
Hook
Flood Threat Rises as Rivers Reach Flood Stage
A gulf disturbance moves slowly northeastward as the Flint Chattahoochee Apalachee Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers exceed flood stage in Columbus Eufaula and Alaga Georgia and Alabama. Roads washed out traffic delays and lowland residents flee homes as rain continues and flood danger grows.
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Columbus
Eufaula
Alaga
Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Weather Bureau
Flint
Chattahoochee
Apalachicola
Ooomulgee
Oconee
Junior Chamber of Commerce Proposed Here
Serious consideration is being given by young city business men to form a Junior Chamber of Commerce. Membership would be limited to men 35 and younger, with an auxiliary for wives sisters and mothers. The plan aims to foster civic progressiveness without conflicting with the Dothan Chamber of Commerce or other groups. Names of sponsors were not disclosed.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Judgment Favoring Gamble Against Grant and Gwaltney
The court allows a judgment in favor of N. H. Gamble against William Grant and J. R. Gwaltney for $30.00 by agreement of the parties.
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N. H. Gamble
William Grant
J. R. Gwaltney
Plans to establish an athletic club with facilities
J. F. Antley and partners plan an athletic club with Turkish baths and modern exercising devices. An experienced trainer will lead, with women’s classes and modern methods of slimming. Expected membership is 200 with monthly dues. Boxing and wrestling will be taught.
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J. F. Antley
Ben Clendinen Ill in New York Bedside
Former Dothan boy Ben Clendinen is seriously ill in a New York hospital. A telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs E. Clendinen says relatives should come at once. He attended the National Bible Institute and had been confined to his room with a kidney ailment that worsened overnight. His sister Louise Clendinon and brother in law W T Jones left for New York after wiring Dr Grady Pape to visit.
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Ben Clendinen
Dothan
New York
Clendinen
National Bible Institute
Louise Clendinon
W. T. Jones
Grady Pape
Lenten Services At Episcopal Church Tonight
Lenten services will be held at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity on West Main Street tonight at 7 30. Rev E B Collier rector will conduct the services and the public is invited to attend.
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Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
West Mainstriet
E. B. Collier
Dothan Ice Cream Co Plans Milk Pasteurization
The Dothan Ice Cream Company will pasteurize milk with equipment costing about 15000 dollars and begin March 1 twice daily deliveries of sweet milk butter milk butter and cream. The company has absorbed two dairies and will take over their output and delivery routes while adding two new delivery trucks and reconfiguring the plant interior for the new equipment.
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Dothan Ice Cream Company
Dairies
J. W. Parkman
Mrs Renfroe Leaves for Louisville to Visit Mother
Mrs. W J Renfroe travels to Louisville Kentucky to be at the bedside of her mother Mrs Tressler Gunn who is reported critically ill at the home of her daughter Abs G W White in Louisville.
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W.J. Renfroe
Louisville
Tressler Gunn
Inaugural Day Splendor As Wilson Begins Term
Washington crowds greet Woodrow Wilson on March 4 1913 as he takes oath and vows to serve humanity. Generals, suffrage marchers, and 259000 visitors fill the capital, with Taft smiling and Ye faces reflecting a tense mix of celebration and duty amid a vast parade.
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Alexander Rh. George
Associated Press
Washington
Wahington
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Crective
United States
Wilson
Taft
White House
Leonard Wood
Vranei
Pennsylvania Avenue
White
Uncle Joe
Cannon
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Senate
George Norris
Nebraska
Thomas Wald
Montana
Joseph Robinson
Arkansas
Princeton University
Utility not seeking suburban line extension to Dothan
Mayor Fizell states Alabama Power will not extend transmission lines into the rural district surrounding Dothan without city consent. A state and local survey is to assess future loads, not just data collection, and rumors of lines to Fritter Springs Hall's Dairy and other points are denied.
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Alabama Power Company
Dothan
Fizell
Power Company
Eagle
Fritter Springs
Hall's Dairy
Fell
Mitchell Accepts Post Attorney General
William D. Mitchell, solicitor general, accepts the post of attorney general in the Hoover cabinet. Completion of the cabinet slate awaits Hoover and William J. Donovan, assist ant to the attorney general, whom Hoover wants as secretary of war.
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Washington
William D. Mitchell
United States
Hoover
William J. Donovan
Dothan Highway to Campbelton Complete May 1
The Dothan to Campbelton paved highway project, halted by weather, finances, and contractor issues, will be finished May 1 after a bonding company took over. Delays included floods washing out foundations and postponed completion dates. The bond firm has advanced progress since assuming the contract.
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Dothan Highway
Campbelton
Dothan-Campbelton
Negro Entertainers Set for Friday Night Show at Enterprise
The Dothan Concert Group and Jubilee Singers of the Dothan colored school will perform at John's Chapel A. M. E. church in Enterprise Thursday night February 28. G W. Mc Rae says 16 to 20 entertainers will appear with at least 10 boosters traveling from the city to attend.
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Dothan
Jubilee Singers
The
Dothan Colored School
John’s Chapel
A. M. FE
Enterprise
G. W. McRae
Melrae
Street Assessments Delinquent Notices Resume
City clerk reports payments on street paying assessments lagging as delinquents face renewed property advertisement unless debts are settled.
Clash Over Life for a Pint Law Rocks Michigan Legislature
Lansing reports a heated debate between Governor Green and Rev. R. N. Holsaple over Michigan’s habitual criminal clause. Green’s administration seeks to modify the clause so a pint of gin possession on a fourth offense is not a life prison felony, while Holsaple pushes back. Page Two continuation referenced.
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Lansing
Mich
Green
Holsaple
Vom
Fred W. Green Cleft
Michigan
R. N. Holsaple
State
anti-Saloon League
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