City cancels contract with sales manager
City officials announced the contract with the sales manager used to promote electric supplies was canceled and a preexisting arrangement would be restored. The move follows petitions and protests by local merchants who claimed unfavorable pricing and competition from the city’s sales program. The council said the change aims to balance municipal revenue and local business interests.
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Ramsey
Sthey
Gales
Texas and Sinclair Companies Get Contract 1924
The Texas Oil Company and the Sinclair Oil Company were awarded three month contracts to supply oil and gas for city use. The Texas Company will furnish lubricating oils for the electric turbine while Sinclair provides motor oils and gasoline. A separate item notes Malone Hardware denied damages for water damage from a burst water main.
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Texas Oil Company
Sinclair Oil1 Company
Texas Company
Sinclair Company
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Girl Killed by Boat Propeller at Saranac Lake
Elsie Hughes, 14, guest at the J. S. Bache camp near Saranac Lake, fell between a whirling motor boat propeller on upper Saranac Lake. She was saved from drowning but died at the general hospital. Her left leg was severed and her right leg mangled. Dr. John D. Walker of New York operated to try to save her.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Elsie Hughes
East Hampton
L. I
General Hospital
John D. Walker
New York
Miss Hughes
J. S. Bache Camp
State Democrats deny recount for Johnston governor bid
Columbia DC September 16 The State Democratic Executive Committee voted unanimously to deny a recount of votes cast in the second primary held September 9 for Olin D Johnston of Spartanburg defeated candidate for the party's gubernatorial nomination.
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Columbia
D. C
Democratic
Olin D. Johnston
Spartanburg
Masked men hold up Marianna Express
The article reports a masked robbery of the Marianna Express. A man was restrained. the bandits fled with a key. After escape, Mr. MecNeil notified city and county officers who alerted sheriffs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Sheriff Rollins of Dothan was notified. a special agent and private detectives were dispatched to investigate.
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Mr. MecNeil
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
C. J. Rollins
Dothan
Express Company
Cotton Market Dull Session Across Markets
New York September 18cotton trading was extremely dull with prices holding a narrow range. Weather showed heavy rains along Texas coast and Louisiana with showers in Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Georgia and South Carolina. Demand on the basis of around 11 cents for December keeps the market steady amid light hedge selling.
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New York
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Hold Up Victim Lived In Dothan For Years
H H McNeil, held up at Marianna this morning, formerly practiced law in Dothan with an office above Hilden Pharmacy in the Malone building. He is the son of Dr H H McNeil a longtime pastor and elder in the Dothan district, a figure in Alabama religious and political circles. His father now resides in Prattville.
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Marianna
Dothan
Malone
Hilden Pharmacy
Foster Street Methodist Church
Alabama
Prattville
Dothan Man in Hotel Attempts Suicide
Relatives of Mr. Vann say the Dothan man in a local hotel attempted death by his own action but did not strike his heart or left lung. They know little of motives, noting good health and no known financial strain. Mr. Vann is married with no children.
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Vann
Mr. Vann
North Carolina Solon Faces Severe Stroke at 89
Washington Sept 16 Representative Charles M Stedman of North Carolina who suffered an apoplectic stroke last week has not responded to treatment and is decidedly unfavourable, though doctors see a possible chance of recovery for the 89 year old Democrat and Civil War veteran in Congress.
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Washington
Charles M. Stedman
North Carolina
Congress
Third Yacht Race Postponed In Fog and Light Wind
Aboard the Erin at Newport R I Sept 16 Sir Thomas Lipton learned that the third race between Shamrock V and Enterprise was postponed until tomorrow due to fog and light wind. The 30 mile course could not be completed within the 5 1 2 hour limit to be official.
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ERIN
Newport
R. I
Thomas Lipton
John the Barber Dies in New York
John J. Ressler known as John the Barber, 57, a boxer and promoter, died at Lebanon Hospital from an infected finger. A Broadway figure for three decades, he claimed to have discovered Jack Dempsey and once sued him for breach of contract. He witnessed the Rosenthal murder trial and was among the first at the 1912 scene.
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New York
John the Barber
Broadway
Lebanon Hospital
John J. Ressler
Jack Demp
Dempsey
John
Reisler
Charles A. Becker
Herman Rosenthal
43Rd Street
Ruth Nye charges wire tapping exposed by hearings
Ruth declares NYE body fears charges after uncovering illicit wire taps during summer talks with Washington office. She tweeted evidence and photos from a vacant house with aid from the Winnebago county sheriff and a photographer. Nye denial and 47 telegrams tied to the Dannerberg agency are slated for public release as hearings resume.
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Washington, D. C
Winnebago County
Birmingham Negro Fined for Digging Up Diseased Bodies
BIRMINGHAM Alabama September 16 AP H G Nelms cemetery owner was fined 100 dollars in records court for digging up graves without permit health department officials testified Nelms opened old graves burned coffins and secreted contents to resell the plots.
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Birmingham
Ala
H. G. Nelms
Recorders Court
Health Department
Nelms
Federal Reserve Board Announces New Appointees
The advisory council of the Federal Reserve Board announces Melvin A. Traylor of First National Bank Chicago as Seventh District representative succeeding the late Frank O. Wetmore. Howard Loeb of Tradesman's National Bank Philadelphia named as council successor, Levie L. Rue resigns. B. A. McKinney of Dallas elected president, Walter W. Smith of St. Louis elected vice president, with Potter of New York and Harris Creech of Cleveland joining the executive committee.
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Federal Reserve Board Today
Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank of Chicago
Frank O. Wetmore
Chicago
Howard Loeb
Tradesman’s National Bank and Trust Company
Philadelphia
Levie L. Rue
Counceil
B. A. McKinney
Dallas
Wetmoe
Walter W. Smith
St. Louis
William C. Potter
New York
Harris Creech
Cleveland
Loeb
Traylor
Parental aid recaptures young offender on county roads
Birmingham, Sept. 16 The long arm of the law was reinforced by a strong parental hand as D. M. Stephens 21 escaped yesterday by leaping onto the running board of a car driven by his 15 year old wife. His father E. G. Stephens located them in Birmingham and returned him to camp while juvenile authorities took charge of the wife.
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Birmingham
Ala
D. M. Stephens
Young Stephens
E. G. Stephens
Milton Sills Educator Actor Dies Suddenly
Obituary recounts Milton Sills educator turned actor who rose from Chicago University instructor to Broadway matinee idol and Hollywood star. Highlights include major films The Barker Burning Daylight The Crash The Hawks Nest and The Valley of the Giants. Survived by his mother and brother, with former wives and children noted. Also mentions Southern Conference grid title history.
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Hawks Nest
William Sills
Chicago
Clarence Sills
Sills
New York
Delaware Senate candidates claim victory in split race
In Wilmington on September 16 AP reports that with Saturday's Democratic primary returns incomplete both Senate hopefuls claimed victory. Former Senator Thomas F Bayard says he has 118 of 210 delegates and expects nomination at Dover convention. Josiah Marvel also claims a majority with about 11 delegates and predicts a close floor fight. Marvel is backed by the dry bloc despite his numerous public statements on prohibition.
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Wilmington
Del
United States Senate
Thomas F. Bayard
Dover
Josiah Marvel
American Bar
Marvel
Kruschen Salts touted for weight loss by Bartford writer
An Ohio woman claims a ten pound loss from Kruschen Salts sales pitches. The ad urges Fat folks to take half a teaspoonful in hot water each morning before breakfast. An 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks and is sold at Dothan Drug Co. and drug stores worldwide. Dazzy Vance records show five wins in six starts vs the Giants and six losses in seven vs the Cubs.
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Ohio
Dothan Drug Co
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