Fight May Prove Fatal Near Speigners Farm
In Jila on September 20 a night fight at a state lumber yard led to Bud Bowdoin being accused of striking Prescott with a paling. Prescott suffered severe head injuries and is not expected to survive. Bowdoin, once respected, faces trial for murder as the case against Wilkes resumes next term after the killing.
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Sean
Henderson-Boyd Lumber Company
Miehburg
Prescott
Beth
Will Wilkes
Wilkes
Howdein
Pwillkes
Heasermatic Hate Convention Opens Amid Mayor Gaynor Bid
Delegates gather for the Heaseratic Hate Convention as Mayor Gaynor seeks gubernatorial nomination. Leaders debate open field and potential acclamation while James Havens leads factions. Late changes stir delegation tensions as conferences begin ahead of doors opening.
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Hitferus
Aaimmany
Fen Ather
Doles Dix
Doniggni
Germany
CroUe Coming to Do Than Next Month Rail News
The text notes a transport arrangement with The Shaw to visit Dothan on the 21st of October. It mentions Tisgenbeck and Wallues lig showing plans and expresses the arrival near that date for transportation purposes.
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Croue
Dothan
Wallues
Shaw
Stricklands Move Into Vacated West Main Home
Mr and Mrs J M Strickland have moved into their West Main street home recently vacated by the Peevatt family, marking a new occupancy in the neighborhood.
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J. M. Strickland
West Main Street
Ob DL Peevatts Family
Sleet Promises Beauty After Paving and Pole Removal
A town note expresses that once paving is completed and poles removed for reuse, the area will present a striking sleet. It also asks readers to announce any available dwelling houses for rent, promising quick rental within the week.
Ozark Man Seeks Pardon After Birmingham Visit
Ozark resident William Garner joined local citizens in petitioning Acting Governor Henny B. Gray upon his return from Birmingham on Wednesday morning. Garner and others urged clemency for Warnes Carroll, convicted in Quirk, with J. Craig Smith overseeing the convict department. The meeting, held in private, produced no decision from Governor Gray at that time.
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Vfpon
Birmingham
Henny B. Gray
William Garner
Ozark
Gray
Tle
Chinf
Warnes Carroll
Priden
Quirk
Carvel
J. Craig Smith
iGovernor Cray
Mayer and Vienna’s door tax jolts late hours life
Mayer Gaynor of New York criticizes Vienna’s night rules noting a door opening tax called sperr geld. Citizens pay four cents to pass the doorway before midnight and eight cents afterward, with tolls again on every entry and exit including posting letters. Janitors oversee the scheme at building entrances.
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Mayer Gaynor
New York City
Vienna
America
Route 8 resident describes destroyed home and empty dwellings
A fragment notes the origin of a fire as a defective stove flue in a house on Route 8. The family survived but lost most household effects. The town lacks renters, with carpenters moving tools and good houses remaining vacant.
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Route 8
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Frank Bonlias
Briar Creek
YORK
Ozark Manarks
Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta
J.D. Campbell
Campbell Institute of Shorthand
Alabama
H. Blumberg & CO
Cesis
H. Blumberg and Company
Merchants, Redate and Protective, Association
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