Late Auditor Handles Large Sum of Money in Alabama
Special to The Item reports in Pay Ala that State Auditor J T Gorman finished a year end examination of the auditor and treasurer offices. The review found receipts of 6 288 992 06 and disbursements 6 608 659 44 for the fiscal year with 114 099 89 linked to the Lacy defalcation not paid into the treasury.
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Ala
J. T. Gorman
H. F. Lee
J. H. Chapman
Lee
Iie
Chap
Treas
State Pension Board
H. Y. Brooke
King
Sion
Bona Fide
Convention of road builders meets in Montgomery
The Alabama Association of Highway Engineers will convene tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the state capitol to hear talks on concrete and vitrified pipe, discuss uniform road standards, and elect officers. Luncheon at 1:30 p.m. and a social session with dinner at night follow meetings and tours of the city and county.
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Gomery
Ala
Jay
Alabama Asso- 2
Emery
Asion
Lauderdale County
Issiasiedippi
Associa
W. B. Atkins
Selma
State Highway Commis
C. B. Beasley
Birming
J. King
Etowah County
A. R. Gilchrist
M Montgomery
R. P. Boyd
J. B. Universe
Pic Department
Co Strange
Enmeer
Caddo Parish
Louisiana
George C. Scales
Hway
Perry County
G. N. Mitcham
Auburn
Alabama
Keller
Atl
Ason
Meteor flashes over France astonishes observers
People in Tours and Montagne witnessed a huge meteor blaze across the sky with intense white flames and loud explosions. Witnesses described the object as rapidly traveling and a sea impact rumor circulated near the English Channel area, though details remained unclear.
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Wt Press
Tours
Win
Mont Have
Bempol
English Channel
Ces
Hundred Seek Mothers Pensions Debated in Burg Township
Six hundred dollars for mothers pensions under Pennsylvania law were requested by trustees of Al ay in Burg today. The action follows the state operation of the law and notes they are not objects of the measure.
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Pennsylvania
Alay
Sailors Narrow Escape In Sea Storm Off Sandy Hook
Five men survived a gale 87 miles southeast of Sandy Hook after the oil steamer Oklahoma split in two. They clung to a capsized lifeboat as 11 men crowded into a life boat. four perished and two died in the water. Survivors named include George Johnson Fred Boa Jacon Swanstrom Wilzie Haht and John Kosaick.
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New York
Gregory
Oklahoma
Sandy Hook
George Johnson
Fred Boa
Jacon Swanstrom
Wilzie Haht
John Kosaick
Brewton Sets Modern Power Plant upgrade
Brewton Alabama city officials awarded a contract to the J. B. McCreary Company of Atlanta for new machinery to replace outdated equipment. The $13,000 project includes a 175 HP boiler, two 350 GPM pumps with 35 HP motors, a 300 HP steam heater and boiler-feed pump, a 250 HP four valve Corliss engine with a 150 KW generator, and a three panel switchboard. Construction will start upon arrival of the gear and run to completion.
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Brewton
Ala
J. B. McCreary Company
Atlanta
Kolb and Nunnelee Pay Entrance Fees for Primaries
Capt. R F Kolb and James H Nunnelee, leading gubernatorial and secretary of state candidates, paid the state committee assessments of 500 and 200 dollars. Kolb praised the two primary plan and promised a vigorous statewide campaign with speakers in the field until the canvass ends.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. F. Kolb
James H. Nunnelee
Goodwyn
State Committee
Kolb
Milwaukee merchants feel loss from eugenics law
Merchants in Milwaukee who supplied homes for newlyweds say the Wisconsin eugenics law has cut marriage licenses. Since January 1 only five licenses have been issued daily, versus 26 to 30 before the law, costing local businesses nearly 10 000 dollars per day.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkening Tonic Promoted
An advertised home remedy combines sage and sulphur to darken gray hair and improve scalp health. The article promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur tonic costing about fifty cents a bottle, claiming it darkens hair evenly and hides gray strands by morning with regular use.
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Wyeth
Calls Halt on Germanys Greed Debated in Prussian Lords
Count Yorck von Wartenburg on behalf of conservatives in the Prussian house of lords raises a constitutional question over Prussia tapping federation revenue. The interpellation seeks government steps to prevent shifting constitutional guarantees to the disadvantage of individual states.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Yorck von Wartenburg
House of Lords
Empire of Prussia
Spreckels Must Pay Full Subscribe for Panama Exposition
Rudolph Spreckles was ordered by Superior Judge Seawell to pay the Panama Pacific International Exposition $25,000 in full, with $2,500 already paid in 1911. The ruling, seen as influential, holds payment implies waiver of later nonpayment reasons and affects related cases.
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San Francisco
Cal
Rudolph Spreckles
Seawell
Spreckles
New York C. O. C. Backs Rail Freight Rate Increase
The New York Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions supporting the proposed railroad freight rate hike. It called the advance not only an act of justice to the railroads but also beneficial to the business of the United States overall.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Chamber of Commerce
United States
Two Kentuckians Wounded in Pistol Duel
Hickman Kentucky January 9 A M Tyler an attorney was fatally wounded and Bud Langford seriously wounded in a pistol duel following an altercation weeks earlier when Tyler was struck with a slingshot. No motive statement has been released.
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Hickman
Tyler
Bud” Langford
Night telephone operators to fill jobs after 9 p.m.
Seventy five male trainees enter the Pittsburg and Allegheny Telephone Company instructional school and will start work as night operators within a few days. They will replace girls barred by the new child labor law from working after 9 p.m.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Jan
School of Instruction
Pittsburg and Allegheny Telephone Company
For Rent: Diverse Stores and Offices on City Streets
Multiple rental listings across New Orleans streets including a 21 by 75 foot single story brick store on S W Royal and Conti at 1800 per year. Additional spaces at 112-114 Government between Royal and St Emanuel for 900 yearly, a 2 story frame store with residence at Conception Claiborne Canal ideal for grocery or drug store at 869 annually. Also spaces at 62-64 St Michael, 59 N Water, 118 S Commerce, and 22 S Commerce between Dauphin and SAM? Gria’s? with annual rates listed.
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S. W. Royal
Conti
Government Street
Royal and
St. Emanuel
Conception
Claiborne
Canal Streets
St. Michael Street
Water ‘Street
St. Francis
St. Michael
S. Commerce Street
Government
Church
Residential property listing with multiple properties and rents
A fragmented real estate listing describes numerous residences including Touart Place on Spring Hill avenue and properties at 8rd W. Indiana avenue 8 r k and b, N. W. Texas and Michigan Ave 7 r k k and b, 8-story brick at S. E. dame and St Joseph St 15 r k and b, and other 1 and 2 story frame houses on N. E via Shell road Julia St N. E. lane Spring Hill 6 r k and b, N. Lawrence near State and Congress Porttek and OD. Prices show $20.00 or month and $15.00 per month for various 4 and 5 room dwellings with baths and kitchens, plus land parcels and chicken yard descriptions.
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Touart Place
Spring Hill Avenue
Indiana Avenue
Texas
Michigan Ave
S. E. Dame
St Joseph
N. E
Shell Road
Julia St
Spring Hill
R. K
W. Conception
Conception
Clairborne
N. Lawrence
Congress
N. Broad St
State
S. Hamilton St
Monroe
Eslava
N. Spring Hill
S. W
Catherine St
Bath
Old Shell
Champions of Child Labor Law Campaign Begins
A nationwide drive by women supporting a federal child labor law opened in New York with National Child Labor Committee members. Resolutions urging passage by Senator Kenyon were adopted to spread through women’s clubs and voters’ groups. Edward F. Brown cited Gulf Coast oyster shed children aged six working from 4 AM to 10 PM.
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Associated Press
New York
National Child Labor Committee
Kenyon
Washington
Edward F. Brown
National Child Labor Commission
Gulf Coast
Perry County For C H Greer In State Secretary Race
An enthusiastic meeting in Marion Alabama formed the Perry county Greer campaign committee for secretary of state. Voters pledged support and expect a solid vote from the home county. Officers named J C Drew president J M Moore vice president N B Mason secretary. Resolutions endorsed Mr Greer’s fitness for the office.
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Marion
Ala
Charles H. Greer
Perry County
Greer
J. C. Drew
J. M. Moore
N. B. Mason
Danderine promises lustrous hair and dandruff cure
An advertisement touts Krowlton's Danderine at 25 cents claiming immediate fullness and gloss, dandruff elimination, and later new hair growth. It urges use at drug stores and describes a quick test to prove softness and shine.
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Krowlton
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