Tragic Death Near New Decatur Shocks Alabama
A one year old boy, child of Wd BE Thickston, died after tumbled from a high bluff near Kus ellmi ten miles west of New Decatur. A rock fell on him amid a 60 foot plunge as several children played, causing instantaneous death. The report also notes a political trip by Rev L N Fitzpatrick to South Africa and local river improvement plans for Coosa, plus a Dadeville shooting affray, Montgomery fire, Wheeler not running, rising Birmingham revenue, and the Elk’s street fair set for May 14 in Birmingham.
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New Decatur
Wd BE
Thickston
Kusellmi
Vie Little Fellow
Tennavaal
Rov
L. N. Fitzpatrick
A.M. EB
Opolika
South Africa
Transvaal
Turner
Colored Methodist Church
Dwane
South
Fitzpatrick
India
Abbyssinia
Egypt
Noah
Chels
Archangel
God
Christ
Heaven
Hell
Elks Street Fair to Parade in Birmingham Next Week
The Elks Street Fair comes to Birmingham with gate closed sections on Second Avenue between Fourteenth and Eighteenth Streets. Attendants from Elkdom cities such as New Orleans Nashville Louisville Tuscaloosa Mobile arrive for twenty attractions including animal shows, villages, booths, rides, and nightly illumination. E C Meglemry leads Birmingham preparations with railroads offering special rates.
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Birmingham
Second Avenue
Squires
New Orleans
Nashville
Louisville
Tuskaloosa
Mobile
Order of Elks
E. C. Meglemry
Union Depot
Hagenback
Trusty Remedies in a Local Patient Testimony
Witness T. L. Martin of Dixie Kentucky endures coughing fits before giving evidence. An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as the cure for coughs throat chest and lung troubles with guaranteed results and trial bottles free at R F Lovelady s Drug Store. Also advertised are Jeemott s Chocolate Laxative and The One Day Cold Cure for kids and sore throats.
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T. L. Martin
Dixie
Kentucky
Dr. King
R. F. Lovelady
Jeemott
Pulpit and Wealth Clash Across Wy lam Newsroom
Local notes report Frank Murphy injured by falling coal and Wy lam considering incorporation. Visits from Pratt City and Plate City residents, district conference at M E Church South on May 7, and obituaries. A debate on John D Rockefeller funding splits church leaders, with calls for clean hands before accepting gifts.
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Frank Murphy
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Alabama State News
Coon River
Coosa River
House Committee On
Washington
Alabama
Burnett
Frank Lethrop
Riverside
Cabot, Lull
Wetumpka
C. R. Hood
W. P. Lay
Gadsden
Dadeville
King
Neely King
J.T. Howie
Howie
Montgomery
Todd's Gap
North Court Street
P. N. Tyson
Wheeler
Huntsville
Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Internal Revenue Collector
Elk’s Street
Church
Great Deep
Johnstons Mieset
Anita
de Hinston
Irina Real
Chen
Sony
OTHE
Michigan Drug CO
Detroit
Mich
Civerettea
J. W. Brown & Co
Model Pharmacy
Pratt City
Wylam
C. J. LeCrew
Plate City
Sam Rice
Edward Mandy
George M. Burkell
Dolomite
A. J. Finklea
Gulf
Brobile
Miss May
M. A. Lively
Kermott
Enny
Ogs
Bend
John 7. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Church
H. C. Applegarth
Rockefeller
Applegarth
W. H. Cosaum
China
American Baptist Missionary Union
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Sam Foley
Greenwood Cemetery
America
Uboral
West 14Th St
New York City
Kalamazoo Corset CO
JOB Going
Tam
B. Luster
the Practical Shoe Man
Ala
Birmingham Business College
Tudenta
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