Demonstration in Jackson Ends With Injuries From Powder Blast
In Jackson on February 28 a demonstration honoring Senator-Elect Vardaman turned dangerous when J. T. Hale was seriously injured and George Mc Cormick burned after Hale rammed a lighted torch into eleven bags of powder placed near a cannon. Fireworks from the capitol sparked a brief blaze that caused little damage.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Vardaman
J. T. Hale
George McCormick
McCormick
Hale
State Capitol
Teacher Declares Innocence in Alabama Assault Charge
B F Teal a young school teacher was taken to Elmore county to answer a charge of assaulting a twelve year old girl en route to Prospect school. He denied the accusation and said he hugged and kissed the girl only in denial. Teal had taught since 1908 at Prospect school for ten months before a warrant was issued and he fled the county until arrested at Montgomery railway station.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. F. Teal
Elmore County
Prospect
Teal
Prospect School
Girl Risks Legacy by Aiding Father in Will Contest
Johanna Eckert, nineteen, risks an $80 000 legacy by aiding her father James Clendennin Eckert in challenging General Thomas T. Eckert's will. The bulk of the $1.65 million estate goes to Thomas Eckert Jr. The will leaves Miss Eckert $50 000 and a $30 000 country estate, and breaking it would cancel her bequest. Miss Eckert testifies about visits to the senior Eckert’s home and his alleged eccentricities.
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Associated Press
New York
Johanna Eckert
James Clemdennin Eckert
Thomas T.eckert
Western Union Telegraph Company
General Eckert
Thomas T. Eckert, Jr
James Clend
Noted artist dies in St. Louis at 83
Christopher Haueisen an eighty three year old well known portrait and landscape artist died in St. Louis at the home of a daughter. He painted portraits of several New York mayors now in city hall and portraits of state governors in Albany.
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ST. Louis
Christopher Haueisen
New York
State House
Albany
Rheuma Promise Relief From Rheumatism Pain
Thousands freed themselves from rheumatism last year using RHEUMA the remedy said to cure lumbago sciatica croitis gout chronic neuralgia and new disease. It claims uric acid leaves the system within hours and full cure in less than a week with a 50 cent bottle sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp. Inc.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Sheriff Wins Battle Over Colored Train Car Seating
Montgomery reporters note a federal circuit ruling during February that the Mobile & Ohio Railroad cannot eject Sheriff W A Spenny from a passenger train for refusing to ride a black prisoner in a segregated car. Judge Pearson rejected demurrers and allowed the case to proceed.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. W. Pearson
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
W. A. Spenny
Autauqua County
Bar
No-Prosecution Rule For Burning Unoccupied House
Montgomery court rules an owner may burn an empty dwelling to ground without arson charge if not to defraud. Jim Stewart, a Black man, was accused of setting fire to an unoccupied home and acquitted. judge Armstead Brown said intent matters for fraud charges.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jim Stewart
Armstead Brown
Immense East Texas Hailstones Reported After Night Storms
Dallas dispatches describe enormous hail across east Texas last night with nine inch circumference stones claimed at Thornton and baseball sized hail at Marlin. San Antonio records hail damage in the thousands while Troup cites about 50 000 dollars to orchards with other towns reporting smaller losses.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
East Texas
Thornton
Marlin
San Antonio
Troup
L & N Eyes Federal Court Over Passenger Rates
Special to The Item Montgomery Feb 28 The Louisville and Nashville Railroad may seek a federal injunction to suspend the Alabama Railroad Commission order reducing passenger rates. The pivotal issue is federal jurisdiction over rate matters and whether the commission can set rates separately. Judge Weakley to appear as special counsel for the commonwealth.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Alabama Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Wiones
Federal
Senate
Western Railway of Alabama
Central of Georgia Railway
South and North Alabama
N. C. and
St. L
Louisville and Nashville
Samuel D. Weakley
Birmingham
Commonwealth
Weakley
Ellen N
Western Railway
Central of Georgia
Beulah Crevasse repair expected within six weeks
Major Woodruff, engineer in charge of the third district, reports Beulah crevasse soundings at 5.7 feet with the deepest break at 16.1 feet. He estimates the gap will be filled in 36 days, preventing further trouble. The Yazoo Mississippi Valley rail line between Greenville and Rosedale is back in operation after submersion.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Woodruff
Third District
Beulah
World’s finest resort hotel rising at Sunset Mountain
Report notes the finest resort hotel in the world is under construction at Sunset Mountain in Asheville North Carolina with Wm S Kenney as manager.
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Sunset Mountain
Asheville,n.c
General Steever Ordered Before Eye Sight Retiring Board
Brigadier General E Z Steever commander of the second brigade cavalry division with HQ at Fort Bliss Texas is ordered before a retiring board over eye sight. Col Wilbur E Wilder of the Fifth cavalry will be in temporary charge of the brigade.
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Associated Press
Washington
E. Z. Steever
Cavalry Division
Fort Bliss
Tex
Wilbur E. Wilder
Fifth Cavalry
Abercrombie Headed to Washington for National Inaugural
Dr. John W. Abercrombie congressman elect at large from Alabama will depart Montgomery for the inaugural exercises and attend a March 5 Democratic caucus in Washington to address vacancies on the house ways and means committee. He plans to stay in the capital through the extra session opening April 1.
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Montgomery
Ala
John W. Abercrombie
Alabama
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Ways and Means
Abercrombie
Congress
Tuscaloosa
You Can Bank On ZEMO For Eczema
An advertisement touts ZEMO as a safe eczema remedy priced at 25 cents. It claims rapid relief from itching sores pimples and blotches and also promises dandruff relief and benefits for irritated skin cuts sores and hives. The copy emphasizes child use and quick skin improvement with a squidly application description.
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Eczema
Zemo
Governor O Neal names staff judges in Alabama
Governor O Neal has appointed Judge John B. Talley of Scottsboro as judge advocate general on his staff with rank of colonel. Probate Judge C B E Thomas of Prattville was not appointed to that post and will serve as an aide-de-camp with rank of colonel. Judge and Mrs. Thomas and Judge Talley will accompany the governor to Washington Sunday morning.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
John B. Talley
Scottsboro
C. BE. Thomas
Prattville
Judge Thomas
Thomas
Judge Talley
Washington
English Divine Lecturing at Marion Institute
Rev Richard Hall, English native, lectures at the Marion Institute in Marion Alabama on England the Land the Literature and the People. The first talk drew an enthusiastic crowd and the series continues through the week. President T W Palmer of Montevallo will speak March 14 on the Education of Women.
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Marion
Ala
Richard Hall
England
Marion Institute
T. W. Palmer
Montevallo
Six Year Old Fatally Burned Near Fireplace
The six year old son of J. M. Lolley of Coffee Springs Alabama was fatally burned while playing near an open fireplace in his parents home Tuesday morning. He died after twelve hours of intense suffering.
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Coffee Springs
Ala
J. M. Lolley
Troops Arrive in Gainesville From Fort Snelling Snowbound
White with snow the first trainload of troops from Fort Snelling Minnesota arrived at Gainesville Texas on February 28. The train carried soldiers en route to duty as the storm disrupted travel and delayed orders. Local residents watched as the convoy passed through the snowbound town.
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Associated Press
Gainesville
Texas
Fort Snelling
Minn
Head of G A R to visit Birmingham in March
Fred D. Beers of Hartford Connecticut commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic will visit Birmingham March 31 for the twenty fifth annual encampment of Alabama G A R officials will accompany him. The gathering will include the Woman's Relief Corps the Sons of Veterans and others with talks planned from United Confederate Veterans members.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fred D. Beers
Hartford
Conn
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Alabama
State Organization
Soldiers In Blue
Alabama
Beers
Woman's
Sons of Veterans, United States of America
United Confederate Veterans
Galveston mobilization reaches North Texas for training
The Galveston mobilization arrived in North Texas yesterday with soldiers detraining for exercises. The train left Fort Snelling when temperatures were 10 below zero.
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Galveston
North Texas
Fort Snelling
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