Weather improves crops with strong winds lift to yields
United States Weather Bureau forecasts fair weather and normal temperatures for four days with possible local showers along the Atlantic coast. Reports from correspondents describe rain aiding crops and strong prospects. corn leads Alabama and Mississippi, early sweets nearing market, and fruit trees like pecans, peaches, and figs in good condition. Farmers anticipate diversification and higher hog and poultry numbers.
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United States Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Newco
Alabama
Isissippi
Corn Prospects Improve as Rain Helps Alabama Mississippi
Continuous rain aids crops in Alabama and Mississippi as corn stalks recover and many report five or six ears per stalk. Weevils decline in some areas due to winds and rain, though some counties still face crop losses. Surplus beans cucumbers melons and fruits argue for more canneries to profit producers and prevent waste. Continued on Page Two.
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Alabama
Mississppi
Moule’s
Tantenee Teeseports
Wet Weather Delays Proper Cultivation of the Cotton Crop
National weather crop report notes cotton conditions favorable overall but cool northern belt weather slowed growth. Wet spells delayed cultivation in Oklahoma and Mississippi while drought relief improved Texas and other states. Boll weevils increase in Texas and appear in other areas.
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Washington
National Weather Crop Report Bulletin Today
Cotton
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Texas
Two Negroes Sentenced to Death for Crimes at Evergreen
In Montgomery, July 7, Todd Salter and Robert Saaiuien, who confessed to murdering a white woman Mrs Mary Lassiter and wounding planter Wiley House, were sentenced to be hanged by Judge Gammon. They admitted to destroying the planter’s house as well. State militia guarded Evergreen during the trial to prevent a lynching. no hanging date was set.
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Montgomery
Todd Salter
Robert Saaiuien
Sale and Supply Taken Over by Britain in War Districts
London reports under the defense of the realm act the British government ordered control of intoxicating liquor sale and supply in several districts where war material is handled.
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Britain
London
Couperl
Wife Rules on Baby Haircut, Police Rule
A Columbus report states a wife may decide how her baby's hair is trimmed, a ruling issued by police in the city. The decision emphasizes a spouse's prerogative in domestic grooming matters within the local context.
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Columbus
President Studies New Messages On Germany's Views
Washington dispatches report Ambassador Gerard transmitted to President Wilson a draft German reply on submarine warfare. The messages show Germany open to compromise and adapting its note to meet the American position, signaling tentative progress and hope despite earlier doubts.
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Germany
Washington
Gerard
Wilson
Cornish
Indecipherable Text Blocks From War Era Dispatch
Fragmentary OCR reads uncertain notes about Germany and new proposals. It mentions officials, draft information, and United States responses with incomplete names and dates.
Reventlow Attacks Ar tions On America Berlin
London July 7 Count Vom Reventlow military writer in Tages Zeitung devotes two columns to attack Admiral Von Truppel for his article in Der Tag. He warns Germans not to underestimate danger of a breach with the United States and questions the value of Germanys submarine warfare against British commerce. He says Americans will read Truppels remarks with pleasure and think See how strong and frightful we are. The piece argues Britain cannot be brought to its knees by submarines and accuses Trappel of incorrect tone toward the United States.
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Reventlow
America
Berlin
London
Count Vom Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Admiral von Truppel
der Tag
United States
Germany
Erate Mtlow
von Truppel
Trafor
Seven of 182 Plead Guilty in 1914 Election Frauds
In Indianapolis seven of the 182 men charged with election fraud in 1914 pleaded guilty at arraignment in the criminal court. The case list includes Thomas Taggart, Democratic national committeeman, and Bell, mayor.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Bell
Body attachment issued in Thaw sanity trial
New York on July 7 a body attachment was issued by Supreme Court Justice Hendrick for Evelyn Nettit Thaw who failed to appear to testify in the sanity trial of her husband Harry K. Thaw. Her physician Dr Bernard Livingston testified she was in a nervous state and advised against testifying./The Adirondacks retreat and strain of testimony influenced her absence.
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New York
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Evelyn Nettit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Judge Semmes Sentences Convicted Robbery Suspect
George Price convicted of robbery of M B Cates on March 12 in Plateau was sentenced to years in the penitentiary by Judge J Semmes in city court. His attorney Y B Chamberlain gave notice of appeal to the supreme court and execution was stayed pending appeal. Other sentences included Buford for assault and battery, Lilla Sanders and George Hoffman among others with terms of hard labor and grand larceny for Daisy Sheron and Charles instruments.
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George Price
M. B. Cates
Plateau
B. Chamberlain
Supreme Court
Gee
E Buford
Deys
Lilla Sanders
George Een
Guy L. Hoffman
Ward Glaud
Glaude
Benjamin
Daisy Sheron
Charies
Sheriffs Tighten Prohibition Crackdown on Violators
Deputies visited Charlies Schrein er on Davis avenue and Marmotte street and seized four half pints of gin. Clarence Blalack faced a prohibition charge after Robert Lind testified he bought a half pint from Ellack. Lind was arrested previously for selling another liquor dose but released when no sale was proven. Hugh Gillis appeared in inferior court on a prohibition charge with trial set for July 10 due to attorney R E Gordon’s city court engagement.
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Charlies Schreiner
Davis’ Avenue
Marmotte Street
Clarence Blalack
Inferior Criminal Court
Robert Lind
Ellack
Lind
Blalnack
Hugh Gillis
R. E. Gordon
Gulfport Students Take Harbor Vessel Trip By Water
In Gulfport thirty five students from Gulf Coast Marine Academy toured the harbor aboard the yachts Ruthie and Hazel. Commanded by Major Colonel J C Hardy the group planned a weeks long trip starting July 2. The excursion aimed to show harbor sights and maritime operations to the students.
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Gulf Coast
Gulfport
Ruthie
Hazel
Ifport
J.C. Hardy
Théy
Cagerro
Chamber of commerce chief defends pig iron rate stance
Cobb of the chamber of commerce says no change to the present rate of 1.75 dollars for pig iron at the Alabama Railroad Commission hearing. He doubts the commission will alter the rate, noting the Louisville and Nashville testimony was unchanged. He predicts the rate could rise to 2.75 dollars if the commission revises the decision.
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Ae Pee Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Mo- Alabama Railroad Commission
Commission
Mer
Cobb
Louisville & Nashville
Press Admitted To Pilot Hearing At Chamber Meeting
Chamber of Commerce directors limited press access during the port charges discussion and announced a private meeting next Tuesday to which the press and interested parties will be invited. Palmer Pillans spoke for the press side as the board outlined the plan and decisions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Palmer Pillans
J. M. Walsh
G .H. Fonde
John Bose
D. R. Dunlap
R. A. Christian
Leon Schwarz
T. K. Jackson
George Fearn, Jr
A. L. Staples
A. LeBlanc
Stewart Brooks
A. J. Parsons
Mobile Bay and Bar Pilots’ Association
Rich
Rogers of Birmingham to Be Named President of the Convict Board
Governor Henderson is expected to appoint P. J. Rogers of Birmingham as president of the board of convict inspectors to succeed Hartwell Douglass. Rogers, long associated with the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company, is seen as highly qualified for the role.
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Rogers of
Birmingham
Convict Board
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
P. J. Rogers
Board of
Hartwell Douglass
Rogers
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Petit Jurors for City Court Next Week Drawn
The list of names includes Charles W. Sadroff, Bennie Merritt, Lee Pullman, Augustus M. renshaw, Joan P. Barbee, Robert McKay, Harry B. Bouchard, William M. Moore, John W. Carroll, Eddie Burge, Burnis L. Graham Jr., Henry W. Bolton, William R. Kent, Marian Deakle, Thomas H. Goff, William H. Fletcher, Benjamin Kler, William Johnson, George B. Roberts, Meyer Toulmin, Artemus Jacoby, Charles B. Watson, Herndon R. Tuttle, James Schnadelbach, William Capps, George L. Mountain, Ls Williams.
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Meyer Jacoby
Artemus T. Watson
Charles B. Tuttle
Herndon R. Radcliffe
James 8. Schnadelbach
Joseph R. Dooley
William Capps
George L. Mountain
Tee Ls. Williams
Fielder Jones Reconsiders Resignation After Umpire Dispute
ST LOUIS July 7 Fielder Jones manager of the St Louis announces he will reconsider his resignation submitted after a dispute with Umpire Howell in the Kansas City game last Monday. Remains of G C Lazenby killed by a train in Los Angeles last Friday will be shipped to Greenville Alabama for interment.
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ST. ‘Louis
Fielder Jones
St. Louis
Howell
Kansas City
Lazenby Beach
Greenville
Ala
Guy
G. C. Lazenby
Los Angeles
G. Lazenby
Forest Home
Special Race for Vanitie and Resolute in New York
A special thirty mile cup defense race was arranged today in New York under the Indian bar Yacht Club for Vanitie and Resolute. Resolute had won the sole race this season, with the event marking the third in the series.
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New York
Cup Defence
Resolute and
Vanitie, Se
Corear
Negro Kills His Wife at Georgiana in Alabama
In Georgiana Alabama Eugenia Walker a Black woman was killed by a knife after an alleged attack by her husband who claimed self defense. He was arrested by Officer Ben Harbin and held at the guard. The report also notes unrelated court actions in Greenville and a separate maritime libel case before Judge Toulmin.
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Greenville
Ala
Eugenia Walker
Georgiana
Walker
Ben Harbin
Marriage Licenses Issued in Probate Court Tuesday Afternoon
Marriage licenses were issued in probate court on Tuesday afternoon to George E Stringfellow and Lottie Stringfellow Charles J Teague and Nora Jordan Merton H Brewton and Lillie May Garner Roscoe Lane Funk and Mary Jane Gilbert in a routine city filing.
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George E
Lottie Stringfellow
Charles J. Teague
Nora Jordan
Merton H. Brewton
Lillie May Garner
Roscoe Lane Funk
Mary Jane Gilbert
Inferior Court Fines For Gaming Infractions
Charles Tyley and Marshall Harris were fined $20 or ten days by Judge Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court for gaming. Willie Brooks Willie Akron Andrew Jackson Gue Champion Ramon Coleman Curtie Sharper Fred Williams John Rattles John Westley and John Collin were each fined $1 or ten days for ees.
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Charles Tyley
Marshall Harris
Chamberlain
Willie Brooks
Willie Akron
Andrew Jackson
Gue Champion
Ramon Coleman
Curtie Sharper
Fred Williams
John Rattles
John Westley
John Colline
Man Linked to Plots Died. Letters Implicate Atlantic Liner Plan
Fragments reveal Frank Holt linked to a national Capitol shooting and a poisoning of his former wife, with an alias and references to a suicide at Mineola. The note suggests plans to destroy an Atlantic liner, tied to his alleged schemes and death, as described in the wife’s letter.
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Frank Holt
Gee “Gine
National Capitol
J. P
Alle Ie
Rand Someryrd
Mineola
Atlantic
E Wif
Medical College Becomes Class A Standard Institution
The University of Alabama School of Medicine will open its fiftieth session September 30 as a Class A Standard institution after AMA approval of the Council on Medical Education report. Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan chaired the council and Dr. N P Goswell contributed to the report received in Mobile with pleasure by faculty and friends.
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School of Medicine
University of Alabama
American Medical Association
San Francisco
Cal
Council On Medical Education
Arthur Dean Bevante
Mobile
Faculty of the Hool of Medi- Becine
Courts in Session Report Dismissals and Decrees
Equity and Chancery sessions note several dismissals without prejudice, decrees pro confesso, and motions granted. Cases include Bolton v Bolton ending with dismissal, Henderson v Henderson, and Crawford et al v Sibley Land Co. plus various motions and resets, with references to non-age matters and bankruptcy filings.
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Charbery Court
William W. Crawford
Asseta Realizing Company
Sibley Land Co
Special Register
Nora B. Gifford
Joseph B. Gifford
Susan Idell Henderson
Ernest W. Henderson
Walter Knowles
Serena Knowles
George Washington
Josephine Washington
Amy
Peeler
Albert Guy Peeler
Gustav Lind
Rivira
Lind
W. Waller
Singleton
Zack Jemquae
Cemiane
Baxter
Tyugtee
Daly
Benjamin Mses
William
John
Holmes
Remiery
Lapenee
Roe
French destroyers sink twelve ships in Asia Minor bays
London dispatch reports French destroyers conducted coastal raids from Chios to Kiobama, destroying twelve enemy supply vessels and burning Birmen forest. They also shelled Hitsia Chesmeh and Agailion, destroying a lighthouse and a customs station and sinking several ships.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Athens
Asia Minor
Chios
Kiobama
Birmen Forest
Hitsia
Chesmeh
Agailion
Teutons
Death of bomber Holt tied to Muenter plot and ship threat
New York July 7 The death of bomb maker Frank Holt in Mineola is linked to the Muenter case and a threat to wreck a transatlantic liner. Police and officials examine Holt’s autopsy findings and a trunk of dynamite traced to Central Park L I, while questions about jail negligence and the broader plot continue.
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New York
Frank Holt
Nish
Molt
Saxonia
Philadelphia
Holt
Mineola
J. P. Morgan
Atlantic
Muenter
Murd
Harvard Universt
Capitol
Washington
Erich Muenter
Navy Department
Central
L. 1
Walter R. Jones
Can “Holt
Harvard
Morgan
Eas
Italian Attack Advances in Cater Legion Front
From Udine via Paris, Italian forces report success in the Cater Legion with 900 prisoners taken over two days along a five to six mile front. Italian air service earns honors for a Trieste factory bombardment. An Austrian encampment at Doberdo was bombed and the Dornberg railway station struck.
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Udine
Italy
Paris
Cater Legion
Triesté
Trieste
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Doberdo
Dornberg
Vienna denies Austria sought separate peace with Serbia
London dispatch reports Fremdenblatt denial that Austria invited any peace talks with Serbia. British envoy Duncan Gregory departs for the Balkans visiting Bucharest Sofia Belgrade and Athens. Frontier fighting along the Austrian border remains violent with artillery duels near Predil pass and Malborghetto as Italians push toward Tarvis.
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London
Vienna
Exchange
Geneva
Fremdenblatt
Austria
Serbia
Balkan
Rome
Paris
Duncan Gregory
Regation
Vatican
Balkan States
Bucharest
Sofia
Belgrade
Athens
Udine
Farou
Predil Pass
Malbor
Tarvis
Bryan Urges Disclosure of Editors Interest in Policies
William Jennings Bryan urged a law at the Panama-Pacific Exposition requiring editors to disclose their financial interests in policies they advocate. He spoke as a journalist, recommending signed editorials, praising small weekly papers over corporate dailies, and urging transparency to benefit public welfare.
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Francisco
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Send
State Department
Funeral Notices for Harris and Mary Wandooeen
Funeral notices report the July 4 1916 services for Sadie Harris and Mary Wandooeen. Harris will be buried at Magnolia Cemetery after a ceremony from 120 Marmotte Morrow and St Jonpiees. Wandooeen's friends are invited to a residence service and Germain Church rites concluding at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Nance Fort Smith
Ark
Mary
George W Ando Oeen
Ge Lauber
Theatre Street
Tom Row
Magnolia Cemetery
Lost and Found Notices From Local Streets
Lost on Marine street at 7 30 p m a medical instruments stolen from Dr Mastin corner Conti Joachim streets reward for return to 958 Oakdale no questions asked Also lost a Bay mare Kushia with white face and scar on left hind leg returns please notify Kushia and carrier towed ring 3364 3 or pick up rewards offered
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Marine
Charter Benevolent Railway
Carmen
America
Oakdale
Mastin
Conti
Joachim
Kushia
St. St
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Evergreen
Count Reventiow
Willi
Min
Amne
F. Holt
Evelyn
Sheriff’s Force
C. OF C
City Court
Vanitie
Resolute
Negro
United States District Court
W. T. Hierus
Walton M
Medical College
Council On Medical Education of American Ass’n Se
Birmingham College
Law and Equity Court
Equity
Side—Berney
Henry H. Bolton
Aliie Bolton
Petrograd
Krasnik
Russian Poland
Warsaw
Isonzo
Gorizia
Calais
English Channel
Dardanelles
Jan Hamilton
Dardanell
Essrul
Carlo
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