Alabama Good Roads Leader Presses for Horseshoe Bend Anniversary Bill
John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association plans to urge Congress for a presidential proclamation to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27 1914 and seeks a $500000 appropriation toward a national park at the historic site. Mrs Nora Miller of Dadeville is highlighted for her pivotal highway work connecting Dadeville to the Horseshoe Bend ground and for her fundraising and speaking roles at Birmingham Mobile and other gatherings.
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Dadeville
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Alabama
Nora E. Miller
Tallapoosa County
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Birmingham
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Mobile
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Congress of
United States
Tallapoosa River
Woodrow Wilson
The Girl with Beautiful Hair and Horseshoe Bend Plan
An old advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide promising dandruff removal and hair growth with a refund offer. It also reports a resolution by the Alabama Good Roads Association calling Congress to fund $25,000 for Horseshoe Bend anniversary celebrations and a $500,000 federal road project to develop the site.
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Detroit
Mich
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Salty Democratic reply filed in Hopkinsville contests
A 34 page answer by five Democratic officers-elect against Republican contest charges details denials of bribery and fraud and accuses Republicans of vote buying across Lantrips Precinct East Crofton Baker's Mill Dogwood Howell and Bennettstown with specific sums and names cited.
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Hopkinsville
Lantrips
East Crofton
Baker’s Mill
Dogwood
Howell
Bennettstown
Woman Alleges Divorce For Kindness Not Cruelty
Loretta Van Pelt seeks a legal separation from Clifford Van Pelt on the ground of kindness rather than cruelty in Denver. The case is set for trial in Judge Teller's division of the district court, as Clifford answers that his chef is cruel.
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Loretta van Pelt
Law Should Stop Sale Of Elastic and Spring Trusses
An advertisement touts the Clothe Truss as a painless rupture cure that avoids operation and belts or springs. It promises automatic support, waterproof wear, and physician endorsements, offering a free cloth-bound book and trial by mail from Box 575 Cluthe Company, New York.
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New York City
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Saratoga Racing Back With Larger Purses Next Summer
International News Service reports Saratoga will offer bigger purses next season after distributing 127000 dollars in August. Daily purses will rise from 4000 to 65000 dollars, reflecting strong patronage and renewed interest in thoroughbred racing.
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International News Service
Saratoga
Saratoga Racing Association
Belmont Park
Association
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United States
Hypnotic Suggestion Aids Alcoholic Treatment
Dr John Duncan Quackenbos of New York reports treating over a thousand alcoholics with mental suggestion at the Society for the Study of Alcohol and Other Narcotics in Philadelphia. He cites 75 to 80 percent permanent cures and notes society women are largely beyond hope. He says awakening to self sufficiency and rational explanation unlocks inner will to change.
Rats 100 Wise for Engineer
Cleveland December report recounts three large rats at police headquarters stealing John Gibbons lunch. The engineer chased one rat as two more emerged from holes and dragged the meal away, with the trio vanishing into their burrows.
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John Gibbon
Gibbons
Egg on a Man's Shirt Front Sparks Plutocracy Debate
A fragment notes that visible egg on a man's shirt front signals class power, paired with a cryptic phrase ja diamond stua reflecting social critique.
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