Rooney to Enter Self Defense Plea in Saloon Killing
L W Rooney plans a self defense plea at a preliminary trial next Tuesday for the shooting death of Louie Smith in front of a Bibb Street saloon. Witnesses say Smith had his pistol when Rooney fired five times, all unavoidable in the quarrel over a $500 bad check. Rooney’s counsel denies any link to the June Fuller murder, noting tensions over the disputed check.
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Montgomery
Ala
L. W. Rooney
Louie Smith
Bibb Street
Rooney
Smith
Brooks Fuller
Fuller
Dickey’s Slayer Timken Brought to Jackson for Execution
Sheriff Elmer and a deputy drove Percy Newkirk from Gulfport to Hattiesburg and then to Jackson, placing the condemned man in the county jail. Newkirk, convicted of killing Chief of Police Dickey, is held to await execution on February 21.
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Jackson
Miss
Elmer
Percy Newkirk
Dickey
Gulfport
Hattiesburg
Bible Deemed Best Book For Time And Eternity
A reader proclaims the Bible as the best book in the world, noting its relevance for both time and eternity and its enduring significance beyond a single era.
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Atime
King's Royal Germetuer CLAIMS Blood Poison Cure
Advert says King's Royal Germetuer cures blood poisons and eczema by applying to sores and gargling. Claims immediate itching relief, neutralizes humors, and heals mucous patches, ulcers, and boils. Promotes renewed appetite and pure blood, costs one dollar per bottle, sold by Ellis Lillybeck Company Memphis and Antwerp Drug Co. Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis, Lillybeck Company
Memphis
Tena
Mobile
Alare Antwerp Drug Co
Eye strain and eye examinations for headaches relief
Some defective eyes strain to see clearly and headaches result. Eye examinations reveal the true cause and properly fitted glasses relieve strain if vision defects are present. If your seeing is uncomfortable have us examine your eyes.
Roosevelt to Visit Tuskegee by Northern Trustees
Col Roosevelt expected to join a Tuskegee Institute visit in February with Northern trustees and Montgomery businessmen. Local leaders plan a formal welcome reflecting the citys famed hospitality. Roosevelt previously praised Tuskegee, urging continued good impressions on the Bull Moose supporters and friends in town.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Montgomery
Roosevelt
United States
Good Road Builder Assassinated at Camp Vernon
Fred Johnson, a member of the good roads staff living at a Vernon camp, was killed Monday night. Bob Bailey and Baker Sisson held Johnson while Bailey fired. Sisson was jailed. Batley escaped and is being hunted.
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Vernon
Ala
Fred Johnson
Bob Bailey
Baker Sisson
Johnson
Good Roads
Sisson
Bailey
Batley
Ute Indians Adopt Peculiar Names in Census
Washington January 22 The Indian bureau census of the Ute tribe in southwestern Colorado shows fewer than 500 persons but many celebrities. Names include Elihu Root Champ Clark Ward Beecher Virgil Clark Oyama Coyote Togo Weeks Kate Fields and surnames Adams Bancroft Kingsley Beecher Brooks Browning Chase Fowler Hamlin Harrison Marsh Howe Mills Lang Peabody Fatty Burr Clark Babe Brown and Babe Deer.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
Colorado
Elihu Root
Champ Clark
Ward Beecher
Virgil Clark
Oyama Coyote
Togo Weeks
Kate Fields
Adams
Bancroft
Kingsley
Beecher
Brooks
Browning
Chase
Fowler
Hamlin
Harrison
Marsh
Howe
Mills
Lang and Peabody
Fatty Burr Clark
Babe Brown
Babe Deer
Cozy Corner Fire Disturbs Downtown Crowd
An alarm from box 21 sent the fire department to the Cozy Corner restaurant at Conti and St Emanuel for a rear fire caused by burning shavings. The fire was extinguished with a chemical babcock and the damage was very slight, though dense smoke drew a large downtown crowd.
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Conti
St. Emanuel
Babcock
Chamber of Commerce Directors to Meet Tonight
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League will meet Wednesday night by call of President Armbrecht. He plans to name fifteen standing committees and may address the Staples deal with L and N, alleged to thrott le progress.
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Armbrecht
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
L. & N.staples
Skating on Sidewalk Not Under the Ban Opinion Casts Doubt
Complaints to the chief of police about youths skating on sidewalks prompt Chief Crenshaw to say stopping the practice would be nearly impossible. The police chief suggests that young people should be given some guidance or alternative.
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Crenshaw
Giveri
Mississippi Officials To Travel In Special Inaugural Train
Jackson Miss. Jan 22 Arrangements set for a special train to carry Mississippi's official delegation to the Wilson inaugural ceremonies Governor Brewer and his military staff will use three Pullman cars Senator elect J K Varaman sworn in March 4 has a special car Major General Edgar Woods National Guard and staff will attend
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Brewer
J. K. Var@aman
Edgar Woods
National Guard
Spinal Meningitis in the Magic City
Birmingham health chief says no alarm as five cases and one death from spinal meningitis are reported in the city. Professor Melton Hoffman of Howard College is the deceased.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Nelson
Melton Hoffman
Howard College
Equity Society plans Bay Minette branch and shipping unit
In Bay Minette Alabama on January 22 farmers meet as J A Everitt of Indianapolis national president of the Farmers Society of Equity discusses organizing a Bay Minette branch. The goal is a regional shipping unit with headquarters in the South to control early garden truck shipments to northern markets. Everitt plans Mobile County outreach after Bay Minette.
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Bay Minette
Ala
J.A. Everitt
Indianapolis
Ind
Farmers’ Society of Equity
Robertsdale
Society of Equity
Everitt
Mobile County
Preparing Levees for the Flood Water
Vicksburg Mississippi January 22 Colonel Townsend president of the Mississippi River Commission gave personal attention to increasing government forces at the Beulah levee and left Greenville for the Hymelia crevasse levee near New Orleans Major J A Woodruff engineer in chief of the third district reported progress at Beulah and Lake Jefferson
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Vicksburg
Miss
Townsend
Mississippi River Commission
Beulah Levee
Greenville
Hymelia Crevasse
New Orleans
J. A. Woodruff
Third District
Beulah
Lake Jefferson
School Boy Fatally Stabs Principal in Hatfield Arkansas
In Hatfield Arkansas Professor J C Hoheimer principal was stabbed and likely fatally wounded by K G Morrow a fifteen year old suspended pupil now under arrest. Morrow's brothers aged thirteen and Shelby Lebow sixteen were detained but not charged. Hoheimer was attacked after ordering the pupil from the building.
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Hatfield, Ark
J. ¢. Hoheimer
K. G. Morrow
Hoheimer
Morrow
Shelby Lebow
Blease Inaugurated for Second Term Amid Sharp Attacks
In a full assembly in Columbia on January 22 Governor Cole L. Blease took the oath for a second term. His inaugural address attacked South Carolina newspapers and called for abolition of football at the state university while accusing the university president of diverting Peabody fund money from Winthrop College to the university.
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Columbia
D. C
Assembly
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
State University
Peabody Fund
Winthrop College
Red Cross Sends $1000 for War Refugees Aid
The American Red Cross cabled $1,000 to the Constantinople chapter for relief work among refugees in Constantinople Salonica and Monastir. The gift followed an urgent appeal from American Ambassador Rockhill.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Constantinople
Society For Relief
Salonica
Monastir
Rockhill
Brewer to oversee convict work on Beulah Crevasse levee
Governor Brewer announced he would depart for Beulah Crevasse on the Mississippi River to personally supervise convicts removing a severe leak in the levee. The governor predicted strenuous work to strengthen the levee against rising water.
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Jackson
Miss
Brewer
Beulah Crevasse
Mississippi River
Congressional Club Women Hold Election
Washington January 21 women of the Congressional Club voted for officers in a lively election. Prospective president rivals include Mrs Claude Swanson and Mrs Duncan Fletcher wives of Virginia and Florida senators. Vice presidential candidates include Mrs Thomas Gore Mrs William Sharp and other spouses. Polls remain open tonight.
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Washington
Capitol
Congressional Club
Claude 8
Swanson
Duncan A. Fletcher
Virginia
Florida
Thomas P. Gore
Gore
William G. Sharp
Ohio
W. A. Collup
Indiana
J. W. Baker
A. Mitchell Palmer
California
Pennsylvania
College Suffers by Fire in Sherman Texas
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the main building of Austin College in Sherman Texas. The loss was about 100000 dollars with some insurance coverage.
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College
Sherman
Tex
Austin College
National Warehouse Co Declared Bankrupt in Mississippi
A federal court in Jackson Mississippi issued a formal order declaring the National Warehouse Company a 1 million dollar corporation bankrupt. Officers withdrew their answer to the involuntary petition and consented to a voluntary adjudication. Oscar Newton Jr George B Power and J B Fain were named receivers and trustees.
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Jackson, Miss
National Warehouse Company
Oscar Newton, Jr
George B. Power
J. B. Fain
Negro cabman held for murder of white James Allen in Birmingham
Louis Allen a Negro cabman was arrested in Birmingham on December 18 in Woodlawn for the murder of James Allen a white cab passenger. Detectives Nation and Gray questioned him while Thomas K Williams a white man previously held was released. The incident involved a car driven by a Negro and a claim of a setup over fare.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Allen
Woodlawn
Louis Allen
Nation
Gray
Thomas K. Williams
Williams
Birmingham Residents Press for Extra Legislative Session
A January 22 meeting called by John W. Altman in Birmingham aims to mobilize support for an extraordinary legislature session to enact the anti fee system amendment approved by voters. Attendees will discuss timing and strategy after a 60 cent luncheon at the Gold Lion tea room.
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Birmingham
Ala
John W. Altman
Gold Lion Tea Room
Altman
vAny i Meas
Public sentiment splits over distribution fairness
Readers express dissatisfaction with how resources are allocated, noting some groups receive excess while others face shortages. The comment reflects broad frustration and calls for more balanced, transparent distribution practices.
Fortune Telling Advice Promises Love and Luck Reading
An ad-style piece touts astrology as a science that can reveal past present and future. It claims to answer whether friends are true, if marriage will occur, and how to secure desires through astrology.
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Grimecen
Mous Rosenthal
New York
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TC Ae Mats
Wights
McNamee
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Sun’s Musical Conservatory
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Room NO
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