Exhumation Planned in Box Car Death Case
The charred body found in a Mobile and Ohio box car yard may be 18 year old Andrew Lycan of Atlanta. His father A J Lycan travels from Atlanta to Montgomery to aid the search and identify the victim by four missing fingers. Lycan had left Manchester Georgia for Birmingham after business troubles and disappeared April 23.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Ohio
Andrew Lycan
A. J. Lycan
Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta
Manchester
Lycan
Lucan
Formery
Birmingham
Pathe's Weekly No. 27 preview for Royal Theatre
Pathe's Weekly No 27 dated Thursday July 10 lists showtimes and listings for Royal Theatre with programs running at 7 to 9 10 pm and entertainment notes for local patrons.
Militant Edith Rigby Confesses to Arsons in England
Mrs Edith Rigby a Preston physician wife admits to setting the Rivington house blaze near Horwich causing about 100000 dollars in damage She also claims responsibility for the July 6 Liverpool Stock Exchange bombing Gazing at the magistrate she proclaims the acts were meant to spotlight suffrage grievances and easy access to explosives She has long been a militant suffragist with multiple imprisonments and hunger strikes praised for her public activism.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Edith Rigby
Preston
Nelson Monument
Rigby
Women's Social and
Pathe's Weekly No 27 Royal Theatre listing
The issue notes Pathe's Weekly No 27 for Thursday July 10 at the Royal Theatre. Include program details likely a cinema or stage listing with show times and titles.
Smith Guilty Of Defrauding Mississippi In Auto Purchase
C Smith, president of the state Biaka of prison trustees, found guilty after forty five minutes in Hinds County Circuit Court for defrauding the state in an automobile purchase. An appeal will be filed. Also pending: A A Davis case on cotton seed sale fraud and Rankin County indictments against McLendon Miller Purvis for grand larceny. Miller confessed.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
C. Smith
Biaka
Hinds County
A. A. Davis
Parchman Farm
Verrer
Prison Board
W. B. Gowdy
Rankin County Grand Jury
Brewer
J. L. McLendon
A. F P. Miller
Gaines Purvis
Rankin
Rankin County
McLendon
Miller
Purvis
Senator McClane Testifies in West Virginia Bribery Trial
Joseph A. McClane, Davis Elkins's campaign manager, testified that a vote for senator was worth 6000 dollars plus 100 dollars daily expenses. Duff claimed four votes could be delivered and offered the senator candidacy through bribery. Detective Guy Biddinger corroborated Duff's demands for tens of thousands in exchange for votes for W S Edwards and McClane's alleged higher offer.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Joseph A. McClane
United States
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Ruth Duff
McClane
Duff
Elkins
Dever
Guy Biddinger
W. S. Edwards
Theories Spread On Death Of Alice Crispell In Pa Lake
Wilkes Barre authorities and the state police pursue the death of 18 year old Alice Crispell whose body was found at Harvey s Lake. Her suitor Herbert Johns is held. detectives seek a letter from a friend and consider alternate killers or fainting spells as causes. The inquest opens tonight as theories race from accident to homicide.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barke
Alice Crispell
Harvey's Lake
Herbert Johns
Wilkes-Barre
Johns
Miss Crispell
Crispell
Rural social and economic survey begins in Thorsby and Jemison
Special to The Item reports Dr Cc W Thompson and Moréri of the bureau of rural organization, with the agricultural department in Washington, launching a government study of rural conditions in Chilton County Alabama. Moran and family will live in Thorsby as they survey homes, meeting residents and assessing living standards.
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Thorsby
Ala
Cc. W. Thompson
Mycah Sterling
Moréri
Bureau of Rural Organization
Agricultural Department
Washington
Jemison
Chilton County
Moran
Thompson
B. K. Moss
W. H. Conway
Theo Lacy Wins Watch in Montgomery Raffle
Special to The Item Theo Lacy, clerk for Alabama state convict department, won a gold watch in a Montgomery raffle Tuesday night. He disappeared March 12 with $96,000 of state funds, and detectives search for him. Lacy’s name appeared among raffle ticket holders, making the outcome uncertain until he claims the prize.
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Montgomery
Ala
Theo Lacy
State Convict Department
Lacy
Alabama
Montgomery Business Men's League Forms Three Man Committee
Montgomery July 10 The Clarke amendment to a tariff bill proposes a 50 cent levy on each bale of cotton for future delivery. President Kf. G. Salter appoints Lawrence Weil Michael Cody and Charles L. Gay to investigate the measure. Farmers and commercial bodies urge action citing market control shifts to foreign exchanges and crop value losses. Senators Johnston and Bankhead have been asked for help though no formal letters from farmers exist.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Johnston
Bankhead
Cotton Planting Association
Get A New Stomach For Twenty Five Cents
An advertisement touts Digestit Tablets claiming a new stomach by eating all foods and digesting them easily. Readers share testimonials from Mrs J C Finfrock and W F Tilson praising relief from indigestion and dyspepsia. The note promises 25 cent trial packages and a money back guarantee through the druggist.
Measure Seeks Relief for Tillers of the Soil
Washington July 10 Representative Hallings of Pennsylvania introduced a Progressive party bill to create federal farmers loan associations to loan on agricultural lands. The measure requires permission from the comptroller of the currency to commence business and mandates deposits with the treasury of promissory notes equal to capital stock, bearing three percent interest, in return for United States circulating notes equal to stock par value.
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Washington
Representative Hallings
Pennsylvania
Progressive Party
Treasury
United States
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promoted by Tex Resident
In every home a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve should be kept for burns cuts wounds and scalds. J H Polanco Del Valle Texas writes that it saved his daughter's cut foot and surprised skeptics. The ad touts it as the world's best salve priced at 25 cents and recommended by Vance Drug Corp.
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Bucklen
J. H. Polanco
Delvanile
Tex
R. No
Vance Drug Corp
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Pathe’'s Weekly
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