Auto Race News Amid Sea Reports and City Talks
Daily wireless reports reach ships about Savannah auto races while Ralph K. Mulford drives a Lozier to win the Vanderbilt Cup at the Savannah track. Other notes include a defrauder arrest in Atlanta, a Kansas City Hyde murder trial update, and hints of cotton yield shifts in the South.
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Savannah
Ralph K. Mulford
Lozier
Dr. Hyde
Col. Swope
Kansas City
Hyde
Crusades shaped Europe says Dean Robottom
In a compact survey of the Crusades the speaker traces causes the mass pilgrimages and the rise of Peter the Hermit. He notes brutal losses two early expeditions and the children’s crusade, then credits indirect results with ending feudalism and spurring trade. Next lecture will cover Thomas Becket 1118 to 1170.
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Dean Robottom
Europe
Jesus
Holy Land
Calvary
Gethsemeny
Peter
Asia
Africa
Thomas Becket
Beattie Letter From Death Row Expresses Faith and Gratitude
Beattie Jr. writes from death row to W. H. Gates praising Bible study and hoping to guide others to God. He recalls Gates family singing for him and signs farewell with prayers and blessing. Richmond, Va. research notes accompany the letter before his execution for wife murder.
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Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
W. H. Gates
Beattie
Gates
Electric Bitters cited by Mrs Gould as health booster
Mrs W W Gould of Pittsfield New Hampshire says Electric Bitters cured her long stomach and kidney troubles after other medicines failed. She advises others to try this tonic and liver remedy, claiming it benefits every woman and is the best stimulant. Drugstores stock it.
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W. W. Gould
Pittsfield
N. H
Bear Milk Thief Strikes Denison Ranches in D. C.
A large bear has caused damage at P. G. Denison’s ranch and Chinese gardens, stealing a 100 pound sack of carrots and scattering others. Denison notes the bear sometimes enters his kitchen to take the cat’s milk but never acts aggressively, fleeing when humans approach.
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Rossland
D. C
P. G. Denison
Family of Six Is Murdered in Sleep in Louisiana Home
Slain in their beds with an axe, Norbert Raundall his wife and four children were found dead in Lafayette Louisiana. Clementine Barnabet was arrested after officers found her clothing soaked with blood and she laughed at the charges. Zepherine Barnabet and two others were held as material witnesses. The crime occurred Saturday night.
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Lafayette
Norbert Raundall
Clementine Barnabet
Randall
Zepherine Barnabet
Solid whiskey debate reaches federal tax desk in Washington
Kansas claims a solid form of whiskey cannot be taxed under internal revenue rules since statutes cover liquids. Commissioner Cabell weighs whether solid whiskey falls under a rectifier or liquor tax as Baltimore papers note earlier experiments by Dr. David Genese.
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Cabell
International Revenue Bureau
Washington
Kansas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
David Genese
Whiskey Tablets Claim Stimulant Qualities
A claim that whiskey could be made into tablets without losing stimulant properties is described. The report notes the effort to solidify whiskey into a tablet form while preserving its effects.
Community lodge meeting notices in Georgetown area
The LODGES Courtney Camp No. 457 W O W meets first and third Wednesdays on the third story above Bank of Georgetown. Georgetown Rebekah Lodge No. 31 I O O F meets second Tuesday and 4th Tuesday at 4 PM at Odd Fellows Hall over Bank of Georgetown. Excelsior Lodge No 69 I O O F meets Thursday at 8 30 PM over Bank of Georgetown. Pancas Tribe No 78 I O R M meets Friday night at the Wigwam over Bank of Georgetown. Visiting brethren welcome.
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Courtney
Bank of Georgetown
F. J. Davis
C. C. A. Westbury
Georgetown
Rebekah Lodge No
Odd Fellows Hall
Gertude Siau
N. G
Geo. Easton
Sec’ty
Excelsior Lodge No 69
Pancas Tribe
H. S. Higgins
W.N. McLeod
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McNamara
Talesman
United States
Ars Gere
Charlestown, Mass
Oliver Holden
Joseph
Roderick
Cemen
Sewell W. Smith
Skenegan
Champ Clark
Champ
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Men of Vision
I. Hilliard
Henry Béattie, Jr
A. M. Schneider, Mgr
Tripple
L. Jones, N. G. J. A. Weathers
Sec
T. S. McConnell
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