Flosser Home Double Tragedy Explained
The 1910 Blosser home deaths are linked to carbon monoxide from a blocked chimney. Present occupants Mrs. Marshall Willison and Mrs. Pearl Mangold were rescued after being overcome by gas, supporting the mother’s belief the tragedy resulted from poisoning rather than other theories.
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Associated Press
Cumberland
Charles Twigg
Grace Blosser
Blosser
Marshall Willison
Pearl Mangold
Twigg-Blosser
Lewis Blosser
Sunday School Work Discussed At County Convention
At the Mobile County Sunday School Convention speakers addressed the work of the association. Topics included the year’s work in Mobile County, training workers, teaching missions, and methods for junior and Sunday school instruction. Friday and Sunday sessions featured Miss Minnie T. Kennedy and Leon C. Palmer with programs on storytelling, teacher duties, and music education.
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Mobile County
Robert O. Harris
Rose Holland
Fred Rose
Kennedy
O. C. McGehee
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Moore
Palmer
Minnie T. Kennedy
Birmingham Sunday School Association
Leon C. Palmer
Alabama Sunday School Association
S. P. Moore
J. W. Phillips
E. A. Donnelly
Minnie E. Kennedy
Gen Jones Army Again on March in Havre De Grace
Patriots and suffrage pilgrims marching from Havre de Grace to Belair Md planned a long trek with full ranks and cheers after a restful night. The group hoped to reach Belair tonight as the route day unfolded.
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Associated Press
Havre DE Grace
Belair
Unrest in Mexico Surges as Huerta Faces Opposition
Across Mexico unrest grows from Oaxaca to Vera Cruz as factions resist the Huerta government. Federal troops move from Mexico City toward Orizaba and Jalapa while Indians in Oaxaca press for recognition of a provisional leader.
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Mexico City
Vera‘Cruz
Associated Press
Mexico
Coahuila
Sonora
Yucatan
Francisco Madero
Oaxaca
Huérta
Vera Cruz
Jalapa
Orizaba
Roberto Velasco
Huerta
Former U S Ambassador recounts escape from Mexico City
David B. Thompson, once ambassador to Mexico, reached Lincoln from Mexico City after the Madero Diaz fighting. his residence near the U S embassy bore the brunt of shelling and bullets. He describes rebels controlling trains and blocking passenger travel, forcing a long trek by ox team to Matamoras and onward to Rio Grande before reaching the U S line.
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Lincoln
Neb
David B. Thompson
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Mr. Thompson
Madero
Felix Diaz
Matamoras
Rio Grande
Kavanaugh Unable to Attend Southern League Meeting
The 1913 Southern League spring meeting in Chattanooga aims to adopt the schedule. President Kavanaugh is detained in Washington over rivers and harbors work, sending representative Secretary Jacobson. Sessions may end by midafternoon with deals likely as clubs enforce opening day salary and player limits.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern League
Kavanaugh
C. B. Andrews
Chattanooga Club
Washngton
Jacobson
Elderfield
Kava
All Clube
Jennings' Tigers Off to Gulfport for Spring Camp
Detroit Feb 22 manager Hugh Jennings of the American League club left with the first squad for spring training at Gulfport Mississippi. Pitchers Mullin Lake and stop Bush accompanied the squad.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Hugh Jennings
Detroit American League Baseball Club
Anes Miss
Mullin
Lake
Stop Bush
Turkish shell downs Bulgarian recon plane at Adrianople
A Bulgarian military aeroplane reconnoitering Adrianople fortress was hit by a Turkish shell and crashed inside the lines. It was piloted by Russian officer Lieutenant Nikolas, who was captured by Turkish forces. The wireless report gives no indication of injuries.
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Constantinople
Adrianople
Nikolas
Three Montgomer y parolees among Jefferson County cases
Governor O Nea l paroled three Jefferson County convicts. Mary Borden, jailed for second degree murder, has served half her sentence. Dennis Lindsay, held for vagrancy in Birmingham, and William Williams, in for assault and battery, were released. Lindsay must find work immediately. Borden cited medical concerns for Williams heart trouble.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
Jefferson County
Mary Borden
Dennis Lindsay
Birmingham
William William
Lindsay
Iliams
Ith
Three Condemned Men Seek Rehearing in Alabama
Special to The Item. In Montgomery on February 22, Arthur Jones, white, sentenced to die in Birmingham March 21 for murdering John Hollan, a negro, files another rehearing. William Watson, white, awaiting hangings at Birmingham March 21 for complicity, and Jay Smith, white, set for execution at Gadsden in the same period, also request rehearing.
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Montgomery
Supreme Court
Arthur Jones
Birmingham
John Hollan
William Watson
Jay Smith
Gadsden the Pagar
Polleeman Bae
Fifth Brigade Orders to Deploy from Galveston
The Fifth Brigade, Econ Ave, was ordered to embark in Galveston Texas for deployment to Mato.
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Econ Ave
Galveston, Tex
Mato Embark
Empress Dowager of China Dies After Illness
Ye Ho Na La empress dowager of China died at 2 30 am after a brief illness. Her death ends a reign marked by palace intrigues and shifting influence as Pu Yi ascends and reform moves begin. She was 48, daughter of General Kwisung, married to Emperor Kuang Su in 1889 and abdicated February 12 of last year with Pu Yi.
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Associated Press
Peking
Ye Ho Na la
China
Forbidden City
Kwi Sing
Kwang Su
Tau Hai
Tsu Hai
Board of Rites
Tsu Hsi
Ye Ho No la
Pu Yi
Prince Chun
Republic
Ye Ho Nan
Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Sunday Baseball Law Invalid
The Tennessee supreme court today voided the Sunday baseball prohibition law due to irregularities in its passage marking a notable legal reversal in Nashville Tennessee.
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Nashvile
Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
Jackson residents convicted of mail fraud in Guthrie trial
F A Ward H F Crisler and R O Bonds all of Jackson Mississippi were convicted yesterday at Guthrie Oklahoma of using the mails to defraud The trio had ties to the Jackson Loan and Trust Company founded here The supreme court affirmed an earlier circuit court ruling declaring the firm a fraud and barring it from operating
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
F. A. Ward
H. F. Crisler
R.O. Bonds
Guthrie
Oklo
Crisler
Jackson Loan and Trust Company
Supreme Court of
Circuit Court
Day in Congress Fades Between Addresses and Bills
Senate session opened at 11 a m with Senator Brandegee reading Washingtons farewell address. The river and harbor appropriation bill was advanced as debates on economy continued. A later reading of Washingtons farewell address punctuated the day.
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Brandegee
Washington
College Women Club to Present School Needs Facts
About twenty women from the College Women's Club will present statistics on Mobile's school facilities at city hall Saturday noon. The club will not advocate a bond issue or any specific plan. only information compiled by the club will be submitted to the school commissioners. No resolutions will be offered.
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Mobile
Aaco
Pale Tech
Board of School Commissioners
College Women’s Club
College Women's Club
Eal
Aubrey Boyles
Turkish Troops Face Bitter Cold at Gallipoli
Daily Mail dispatch from the Dardanelles reports 12,000 Turkish troops landing to resist a possible Greek assault in Besika Bay. They bivouac in severe cold on snow covered heights near Troy with campfires and a ready fleet at action. A Constantinople dispatch notes rumors of a battle near Belair.
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London
Daily Mail
Dardanelles
Gallipolli
Besika Bay
Troy
Constantinople
Belair
Post Office at Wilmer Robbed for Over $100
Robbery struck the Wilmer Alabama post office and general store late Friday night with more than 100 dollars taken. Deputies from the sheriff’s district were dispatched after the incident was reported early Saturday morning. This marks the county’s second robbery within two days.
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Wilmer
Ala
Sheriff's Office
Sheriffs Department
W. H. Delchamps
Ton’s Pla
Theodore
Taft in New York on Natal Day observance and memorial plans
President Taft spends Washington's Natal Day in New York with breakfast at Henry W. Taft's home. Groundbreaking for an American Indian memorial on Staten Island and a dedication of a national institute for the blind marked the day, with chiefs from fifteen tribes in attendance.
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Associated Press
New York
Taft
Washington
Henry W. Taft
Fort W
Staten Island
Har Entrance
Chilefs
Weatexu
Et Dent
Congress Pays Tribute To First Executive
Washington’s birthday anniversary observed in the house and senate. Senator Brandeges of Connecticut read Washington’s farewell address despite presiding officer’s pressure. public sense of tribute noted in Washington dispatches.
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First Executive of
Nation
Senator Brandegee
Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Waiton
House
Senate
Brandeges
Connecticut
Voters League Meeting Called for Russell School District
An important meeting of the Voters League of the Russell school district is set for Monday at 8 15 p m at the Russell school building corner Savannah and Jefferson streets Mobile all voters residents and interested citizens are urged to attend to discuss bonds for new school buildings and improvements to district structures
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Voters League
Russell
Isellat E Ga
Mobile
Voters’ League
Russell School
Savannah and
Jefferson Streets
Gov ONeill Dissects State Assessment Decision
Special to The Item from Montgomery Alabama February details an in depth look at Governor ONeal’s approach to the ongoing state assessment and related decision making. The piece analyzes policy implications and potential outcomes for fiscal planning and education.
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