Praise for Dead Alabamian Rev Murphy Opens New City Memorial
A New York gathering honoring Rev Edgar Gardner Murphy formerly of Montgomery Alabama recalled his work with the Southern Education Board and child labor reform. Speakers valued Murphy's leadership and cited his 1902 collaboration with A J McKelway and his advocacy for nationwide child labor laws.
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Southern Education Board
National Child Lnd
Compaenana
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Sewanee University
Tennessee
North Carolina
Murphy
America
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Atlanta
Mr. Murphy
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McKelway
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Baltimore pledge to curb spending shapes tariff era budget
Democratic appropriation chairs pledged to obey Baltimore convention economy lines to avoid treasury deficits after the new tariff law. Congress faces 1913 15 and 1914 15 spending totals with a $73.7 million overage unless cuts hold. Navy postal and agriculture funding are debated amid a possible one year naval construction pause.
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House Leeder
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Senate
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Posoffice Department
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House Military Affairs Committee
Triple tragedy from discarded can in Connellsville
A 16 year old, Robert Stewart, and his brothers Charles 12 and John 10 were near fatally injured and blinded after they dropped a lit match into a can of blasting powder found in the street. The powder had been abandoned by a miner.
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Connellsville
Robert Stewart
Charles
John
Enlivened Montgomery Leader Praises Child Welfare Advocate
In Montgomery the Reverend Norman Guthrie and Francis G. Caffey hailed Mr Murphy as an enlightened citizen and reformer. They noted his lifelong focus on child labor reform dating back to Alabama’s 1895 repeal and his dedication to Alabama’s children.
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Francis G.caffey
Murphy
Alabama
Norman Guthrie
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Prominent Choctaw Men Visit Mobile on Business
Hon. Oscar L. Gray and Hon. William J. Dansby of Butler Choctaw county visited Mobile on Saturday. Gray is a former solicitor for his circuit and a well known lawyer in the first congressional district. Dansby, his law partner, is the Choctaw county superintendent of education.
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Oscar L. Gray
William J. Dansby
Butler
Choctaw County
Mobile
Gray
Dansby
Alabama Day Celebration At Russell School
Public and county schools hold Alabama Day events Monday afternoon with a 2 PM program at E. L. Russell School. The Russell School Improvement Association organizes the celebration and invites the public to attend the activities.
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McRae Announces Candidacy for County Board
Irwin C. McRae of Calvert Alabama announces his bid for revenue and road commissioner from the Second district. A Calvert resident with Gulf City ties his family known locally. He is a University of Alabama law school and Georgetown graduate and Spanish American War veteran who served in the Philippines.
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Irwin C. McRae
Calvert, Ala
McRae
Gulf City
Stewart McRae
the Commercial Printing Co
Mobile
University of Alabama Law School
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Philippines
Shift of Admirals
Rear Admiral Benton Howard, president of the naval and retiring board, was assigned by Secretary Daniels to command the Asiatic fleet succeeding Rear Admiral Reginald F. Nicholson around February. Nicholson will come to Washington for duty with the naval general board in preparation for retirement next December.
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Naval and Retiring Board
Daniela
Reginald F. Nicholson
Nicholson
Washington
Naval General Board
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