Fugitive Billy Recalls Break from Justice Across North America
An outlaw known as Billy recounts two years on the run from U S and Canadian police. He describes escape from a Sing Sing guard, evading authorities in Canada, traveling through Chicago Springfield St Louis Louisville Little Rock to New Orleans, and slipping into Mexico amid gunfire before his latest capture.
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Mexico
Billy
Central Police
Sta
Canada
Canadian Mounted Police
Jey
Chigo
Springfield
St. Louisville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Wanya
el Paso
Billy Green Involved In Unclear Incident At Local Site
Fragmentary lines reveal Billy Green mentioning not returning to a place and Ty fearing arrest and danger at an unspecified event. The text is incomplete, with no clear dates, organizations, or outcomes.
Royal Germetuer claims and Sing Sing escape details
An advertisement touts King s Royal Germetuer as a universal cure with a money back guarantee. Separate feature recounts Green describing a jail break from Sing Sing, detailing how he and others escaped, fled via waterspout to the Hudson, and the warden arranging pursuit.
Germateur Promoted as Germ-Killing Remedy by Drug Firms
An advertisement touts Royal Germeteur as a new plan that kills disease germs. It urges dropping other medicines and taking Germateur, sold by druggists at one dollar per bottle with home treatment directions. Manufactured by Ellis-Lillybeck Drug Co and sold in Mobile Alabama by Van Antwerp Drug Co on Dauphin and Royal streets.
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Royal
Ellis-Lillybeck Drug Co
Mobile
Als
van Antwerp Drug Co
Dauphin
Royal Streets
Hints for Housekeepers Promote Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound
Keep Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound on hand to head off a cold with prompt use. It contains no opiates, eases inflamed air passages, stops the cough, and may save a big doctor’s bill. J. P. Higgins of Stanton WI reports it cured a bad cough and colds. In yellow package. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Foley
J. P. Higgins
Stanton
Wis
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Third lecture on Christian Life at First Baptist Church
James H. McConkey delivered the third in a series on Christian Life before a large congregation. He spoke on the Spirit Filled Life from First Corinthians and John, stressing belief, yielding, and service as ways the Holy Spirit flows through believers. The talk contrasted spiritual life with barren living and urged surrender to God to receive the Spirit.
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First Baptist Church
James H. McConkey
A. F. Carr
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Christ Church Chapter House
Conception Street
McConkey
John
Christ
Mr. McConkey
Jesus Christ
God
Turks Are Better Prepared for War Says Turkish Minister of War
Jan 6 Paris Nazim Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, declares the Ottoman army, though reorganizing, has advanced to a war footing. He notes 18,000 troops in Thrace at outbreak, claims success at Tchatalja, and vows a stronger force against future demands with disciplined units and purged ranks.
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Paris
Nazim Pasha
Thrace
Turkey
Tehatalja
Kirk-Kilisseh
Tchatalja
Lule-Burgas
Tchatalla
Oyster Commission Hears Complaint On Oyster Culling
At the Alabama Oyster Commission meeting, multiple fish and oyster companies voiced concerns about culling practices. President Craft said deputies are instructed to enforce oyster laws strictly, with few condemned cargoes sometimes returned to reefs, while several complainants urged not to return their oysters.
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Alabama Oyster Commission
Craft
Detention home project debated by city leaders
Officials consider expanding the juvenile detention home citing its reforming influence over wayward boys. Mayor Schwarz and Mr Buck champion the home as character building not just finance. Current appropriations total 322.50 with plans to set probation officer pay at 75 monthly.
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Buck
Ingeelac
George Fearn, Jr
Pierce Sails Abroad With Wife Amid Court Troubles
Henry Clay Pierce head of Waters-Pierce Oil Company sailed for Europe on the George Washington with Mrs Pierce. He has faced a $171,000 suit by Alice G. Rycroft claiming funds entrusted for investment and a recent settlement of $100,000. The Pierces wed in London in August 1905 and have spent much time in Europe.
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New York
Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Misouri
Standard Oil Company
Europe
George Washington
Mrs. Pierce
London
Pierce
Virginia Prickett Burrowes
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed for W R Buster in Berlin Alabama
A bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S district court at Montgomery by W R Buster a Berlin merchant in Dallas county Alabama alleging liabilities of 4000 dollars assets of 2180 dollars. The petitioner was adjudged a bankrupt and the case referred to Referee Campbell at Selma.
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United States District Court
Mon- Gay
W. R. Buster
Berlin
Dalas County
Ala
Buster
Campbell
Selma
Obedience as Virtue in Public Life
A call to embrace obedience as strength and nobility. The speaker urges daily practice of obedience in all work avenues to become useful or great after leaving the institution.
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Senate
Denver Woman Granted Divorce From Titanic Victim
Mrs. Mary Rippey of Denver was granted a divorce on Friday after learning her husband, missing for five years, was among the Titanic disaster victims. The article notes she had not seen him since before the voyage.
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Denver
Colo
Mary Rippey
Titanic survivor rumor ties to Leonion voyage
A Hewark attorney cited by a friend of the husband claimed Rippey left for Leonion and later sailed to New York under the name Charles Tait, with no record of being among Titanic survivors.
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Hewark
Rippey
Leonion
New York
Charles Tait
Ameria Resumes Voyage After Mud Bank Incident
Amer, a burg-American liner, resumed its voyage after becoming stuck in a mud bank early yesterday. The vessel was freed at 11 o clock and continued its journey despite the stowage disruption and damage to cargo observed during the salvage operation.
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New York
Amer
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Forfair
Green
Los Angeles
Sing Sing
Jack White
Barry Boyle
Brannigan
Izzy
Boyle
Hudson River
Kennedy
New York Penitentiary
St. Emanuel St
Alabama
Oyster Commission
H. Clay Pierce
Mobile’s Million-Dollar Bank
Amerika
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