Demurrers in Alabama school lease case filed in chancery
In Mobile County chancery court a suit by the state of Alabama against the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County and others challenges school leases. Webb & McAlpinefiled demurrers arguing lack of common interest among defendants and absence of an equitable basis to join multiple suits.
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Alabama
Mobile County
Sixteenth Vollar
Chancery Court
State of Alabama
Board of School Commis 8
A Corion
KEK
D. Laurendine
John +t als
Cery
Mobile
Webb and
McAlpine
W. T. McGowin
George Leatherbury, Jr
T. A. Hatter & Son
Everett
H. R. Turner
Pace & Ian
T. B. Pace
Jett Brothers
Gler
Henry Brannan
Board of School
Board of School Commissioners
Made in Mobile Trade Exhibit Plan Meeting
The Made in Mobile Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League will meet at 6 50 tonight to arrange exhibits of Mobile products. Exhibits will be forwarded on the first Munson line steamship September 11 to eastern South American ports. The effort, with the Trade Expansion and Publicity Committees, aims to show Made in Mobile goods at main South American ports to boost trade. Chairman I Irvine reports strong cooperation and expects a large attendance.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Munson Line
South America
I. ©. Irvine
Son Returns Quietly to See Mother in Coffin
Edward Crim, 19, of Moundsville visiting Indiana friends planned a secret homecoming at his mother Mrs. Sarah C. Joiner’s home. He found her coffin and fainted from shock after seeing her in a shroud. He is in serious condition.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Edward Crim
Cay
Valparaiso College
Indiana
Sarah C. Joiner
Crim
Aldermen Press for Early Trials in Bribery Case
Detroit Aug 22 Alderman Louis Brozo faced a preliminary bribery inquiry over a $100 offer to favor Wabash Railroad. Fellow aldermen Tossy Ostrowski and Watson demanded speedy hearings as prosecutors push rapid preliminaries. Cross-examination of former clerk Schreiter, who implicated eighteen aldermen, looms as key evidence.
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Detroit
Mich
Louis Brozo
Wabash Railroad
Tossy
Ostrowski
Watson
Stein
Glynnan
Edward R. Schretter
Schreiter
Georgia Democratic primary yields Sla ton governor nomination and Bacon renomination
Returns from Georgia's Democratic primary show John M. Slaton winning the gubernatorial nomination by about fifty thousand votes. United States Senator A. O. Bacon is renominated by a large margin. Congressman Bartlett loses renomination in the sixth district. Judge Crisp wins in the third district and Bell in the ninth. Randall Walker leads Parker in the eleventh district. State officials and many incumbents renominated with uncontested races.
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Atlanta
Georgia
John M. Slaton
Senate
Hooper Alexander
DeKalb County
Jon Hill Hall
Bibb County
United States
A. O. Bacon
H. H. Perry
Hall County
Charles Bartlett
G. Fayette
Charles F. Crisp
Congress
Thomas M. Bell
Randall Walker
T. A. Parker
George Stallings To Lead Boston Nationals Next Year
George Stallings, manager of the Bisons, has consented to lead the Boston Nationals in 1913. He will have full charge after arranging terms with President James E. Gaffney and has long sought a return to the majors. Johnny Kling is expected to be released and join Kansas City as manager.
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Buffalo
N. Y
George Stallings
Bisons
Boston Nationals
James E. Gaffney
Boston
Stallings
Hal Chase
Gaffney
New York Americans
Clark Griffith
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
Johnny Kling
Johnny
Kansas City
Kling
Birmingham to host Alabama Good Roads convention
Birmingham authorities plan a flagship Alabama Good Roads Association meeting in October with Oct 8 9 10 slated. An executive committee drawn from Jefferson County Good Roads Association and 75 civic leaders coordinates the event with help from the Chamber of Commerce Business Men's League Birmingham Motor Club and Birmingham Automobile Dealers Association. The organizing team aims for a record success.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Alabama
Jefferson County Good Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce
Business Men's League
Birmingham Motor Club
Birmingham Automobile Dealers’ Association
John . O'Neil
J. A. Rouitree
Death by Own Action Identified in Gotham Case
An inquest identifies A. W. Vercer as the person who died by own action in Gotham. A man disappeared from Biloxi, Mississippi on August 13. Remains will be brought to Mobile for interment by family.
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Biloxi
Miss
Death by own action identified in Broadway death
Positive identification of the Broadway death by own action as Arthur W. Yerger of Mobile Alabama was made at the morgue by Coleman Kelly of a local trust company. Yerger using the name Rogers killed himself yesterday in the Rialto. He had disappeared from Mobile after writing to his brother the family would never see him again. He was a traveling salesman.
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Yerger
New York
Arthur W. Yerger
Mobile
Ala
Coleman
Kelly
Rogers
Rialto
William Rogers
Broadway
Coleman Kelly
Arthur Yerger
Death by own action of Arthur Yerger noted in New York
Arthur W. Yerger, about 36, committed suicide in New York City and his remains will be brought to Mobile for interment. Survived by wife, two children, mother, and brother Frank J. Yerger, the well known attorney. Chamber of commerce and business associates describe him as devoted and reliable.
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Arthur W. Yerger
New York City
Mobile
Frank J. Yerger
Arthur Yerger
John Morrett & Co
Business Men’s League of
Montgomery
League
W. H. Taylor
Department
Commissioner of Justice
Taylor
Old Turkey Hen Mothers One Turkey and Six Quail
An old turkey hen in Elmore county emerges from her nest with one turkey and six quail. Frank Randolph 발견 the birds in his cotton patch while walking his Elmore farm. The tale was shared at the state capital and vouched for.
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Montgomery
Ala
Elmore County
Frank Randolph
Elmore
Defends sister by giving up life in fatal shootout
In HEREIN IL Aug 22 Thomas Guffy, miners' union president, and his sister in law Mrs Anna Fisher killed each other after Fisher tried to shield Mrs Guffy from an attack. Guffy fired at his wife but missed. Floher from a window fired, killing Guffy and fatally wounding Floher.
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Herein
Thomas Guffy
Miners’ Union
Culpville
Anna Fisher
Guffy
Moose Pay High Tribute to Founder of Order
Kansas City August 22 Tribute was paid to the memory of Dr. John Wilson of Louisville founder of the Loyal Order of Moose in 1881. A resolution provided Mrs S B Tyler Wilsons daughter should receive 50 a month from the supreme lodge. The Austin flood relief fund reported 8000 paid for sufferers. Delegates studied resolutions as Elbert Hubbard of Hast Aurora N Y addressed the meeting.
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Kansas City
John Wilson
Louisville
Loyal Order of Moose
Elbert Hubbard
Hast Aurora
N. Y
Hubbard
Montgomery inspector lauds farm tile drainage progress
Inspector McCrory of the U S agricultural department visited Montgomery to review county tile drainage projects. He toured Ellsberg plantation and Dr Frank McLain’s farm, praising the system as moisture retaining and foreseeing wider adoption on sizable farms nationwide.
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Montgomery
Ala
Inspector McCrory
United States Agricultural Department
Business Men's League
Montgomery County
McCrory
League
Salter
Kennedy
State Farm
Moss
Ellsberg
Frank McLain
Mobile Road
Kid McCoy Is Released From Custody In London
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy was discharged from custody in London after July 26 provisional extradition for larceny alleged at Ostend. The Belgian legation initiated proceedings. McCoy’s counsel called the arrest based on an intoxicated woman’s unsworn statement later denied. The magistrate ruled insufficient evidence to justify extradition and dismissed the case.
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London
Kid McCoy
Norman Selby
Ostend
Legation
McCoy
Osten
Fire destroys AT&SF freight depot in Oklahoma City
A blaze of undetermined origin destroyed the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad freight depot and five box cars in Oklahoma City last night. No injuries were reported. ©
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe
Mobile Trade Exports Plans Trade Excursions
President John T. Cochrane of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce proposes a series of merchants excursions to rail and river routes to deepen ties with country suppliers and boost Mobile’s role as a premier jobbing center. He advocates coordinated trips every ten days or two weeks and seeks railroad and steamboat company cooperation for wide outreach.
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John T. Cochrane
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Mobile
Cochrane
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery to attend New Orleans cotton meeting on August 26
Montgomery will likely send representatives to a New Orleans Cotton Exchange meeting August 26 to protest new rules of the South Atlantic and Gulf Cotton Inspection Bureau. The contested density rule sets 22 1/2 pounds per cubic foot as minimum for compressed cotton, which growers deem unjust for bales near the threshold.
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Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
South Atlantic and Gulf Cotton Inspection Bureau
Emil Meyer
Bsiness Men's League
Governor O Nea lprepares Maine campaign speech
Governor Emmett O Neal spends Wednesday gathering data and shaping a speech to explain why Wilson should be elected in November. He plans to deliver it in Maine in September for Governor Woodrow Wilsons presidential bid.
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Montgomery
Ala
Emmett O'Neal
Maine
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Night watchman found with fatal head gash in Nashville
Jas H. Taylor, night watchman at the Pinner Coal Company elevator at Eleventh and Johnston avenues, was found dead at his post this morning with a terrible gash on top of his head. Police consider foul play likely and believe the blow was dealt with a sharp instrument.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jas. H. Taylor
Pinner Coal Company
Eleventh
Johnston Avenues
Johnson to Box in New York Pending Athletic Commission Decision
The New York state athletic commission will decide if Jack Johnson can fight Joe Jeanette on September 25. The heavyweight title bout is under review amid regulatory concerns.
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Johnson
New York
Jack Johnson
State Athletic Commission
Joe Jeanette
Wanted good live male canvassers apply for roo tail
Classified brief seeking male canvassers for easy second shift work. Apply in person at Roo Tail likely offering steady hours and basic sales tasks.
Independent inquiry eyed into Montgomery police graft
A Montgomery Business Men's League panel may probe alleged graft in the police and sheriff departments if a Thursday night resolution passes. The public inquiry targets hush money from gambling dens and prostitution houses, with hopes to publicize findings and cleanse the department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Business Men's League
Justice
C. P. McIntyre
Department
Business Men’s League
Strong Campaign Energy As Wilson Tours Summer Capitol
Sea Girt New Jersey August 21 Gov Woodrow Wilson strolls from the summer capitol to view his office meeting secretary Joseph Tumulty and joking with cousin James Woodrow about a game of catch. The governor reports improved health and spirits from active campaign work and planning.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Tumulty
Tye
James Woodrow
Young Woodrow
Wilson
Sence
Corre
Railway workers strike for higher wages in Vera Cruz
Several hundred railway employees at the con here have struck for higher wages leading to service disruptions. The action reflects wage demands affecting operations and labor relations in Vera Cruz as of August 22.
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Vera Cruz
Con
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