Five ministers join Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Favorable action on seven applications at the Mobile Chamber meeting. Five Mobile ministers became members. Bridge permit for the Tensas River as part of the delta highway project to be sought from Congressmen Gray and Dent. Delegation to Selma conference to be led by L G Adams. Harry Locke spoke on the road’s value. New members include W P Howell T J O Connor Rev S D Monroe Rev J W Phillips Rev J E Barnes Father R C Gerow and Rt Rev Gardiner C Tucker.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Tensas River
Gray and
Dent
L. G. Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Selma
Jackson
Alabama
Harry Locke
B. M. Bailey
Messrs
W. P. Howell
T. J. O’connor
D. Monroe
J. W. Phillips
J. E. Barnes
R. C. Gerow
Gardiner C. Tucker
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham tonic for health regain
Mrs Harold M of Clarksburg West Virginia shares a long personal testimony praising Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for curing cold related suppression at 16 and later aiding pregnancies and ongoing health. She claims the remedy strengthens women and treats back ache nervousness uterine and ovarian issues and irregular pains.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harold M. Situ
Water Street
Open air Verdi production lights up Franklin Field
Flashing briefs report an outdoor Verdi Aida staging by the University of Pennsylvania on Franklin Field attracting notable society figures from Philadelphia and major cities. Other items note Beach Hargis paroled for his father’s murder case, Bishop Hamilton named American University chancellor, forest fires near Del Rio, Kitchener’s death reverberating in Paris, and Robert Hudspeth’s re election as New Jersey Democratic committeeman.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
New York
Chicago
Boston
New Orleans
Short measure charged: J. S. Herrin appeals
J. S. Herrin was arraigned in recorder's court on violating the city weights and measures ordinance and fined ten dollars. He appealed to the city court with bond set at one hundred dollars. City Inspector J. A. Hughes testified Herrin used a peck measure one and one eighth inches short.
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J. S. Herrin
Recorder’s Court
City Inspector of Weights and Measures
J. A. Hughes
Herrin
Aviator Steve MacGordon Dies From Flight Fire Injuries
Newport News Virginia June 7 Steve MacGordon aviator at the Atlantic coast aeronautical station died from burns after his aeroplane burned when the engine separated and the gasoline exploded during a flight with student E F Keefer. MacGordon held the American altitude record of over 15000 feet and recently completed a nonstop Newport News to Sheepshead Bay flight. He was 33, native of New York City, unmarried.
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Newport News
Steve MacGordon
Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
Burns
MacGordon
E. F. Keefer
Keefer
Sheepshead Bay
New York City
Sheriffs clash in Georgia case over contempt writ
In Lafayette Georgia on June 7 Sheriff Ward of Catoosa county tried to serve a bench warrant on Q M Clemons Walker county clerk. Sheriff Garmany of Walker county blocked the move and Clemons refused to go to Ringgold for Judge Fites sentence. Garmany faced contempt over a courthouse construction dispute and both sheriffs faced citations for failing to serve an injunction against the roads and revenue board.
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Lafayette
Ward
Catoosa County
Q. M. Clemons
Walker County
Garmany
Walker
Clemons
Ringgold
Fite
Cherokee Circuit Court
Thore's cliffside rescue wins the girl in Norway tale
Thore endures a brutal fight with Knut Husaby and survives a perilous cliff plunge to win Aslaug’s regard. Bjornson Bjornsterne, famed Norwegian author, is noted for Synnove Solbakken and broader peasant-life tales.
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Bjornson Bjornsterne
America
Norway
Parade of whales forms military formation off Pensacola bay
Captain Joe Norville recounts an unusual sight from a Binnacle Lamp Club meeting. A tug boat spotted fifty whales near the snapper banks, led by a seventy foot bull, swimming in a precise double column and spouting in formation as they moved eastward.
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Joe Norville
Binnacle Lamp Club
Pensacola Bay
Gulf
Newspaper Man Named by West Virginia Democrats
J. J. Cornwell, a Jefferson county newspaper man, won a sweeping victory for the Democratic nomination for governor. The primary returns were sparse and varied between Republican candidates A. A. Lilly and Ira Robinson, with Robinson slightly ahead on early tallies.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
A. A. Lilly
Ira Robinson
Supreme Court
Robinson
J. J. Cornwell
Jefferson County
D. E. French
Bluefield
Gary Hogg
Fayette County
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Harold Eet
Abe Martin
Frankfort
Kentucky Prison Commission
Beach Hargis
Breathitt County
James Hargis
Washington
John W. Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
American University
Franklin Hamilton
del Rio
Texas
Santa Rosa Mountains
Mexico
Paris
Earl Kitchener
France
Trenton
N. J
Robert S. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Democratic State Committee
Alabama-Georgia Syrup CO
Montgomery
Ala
Suag
Mobile Electric Supply Co
North Water Street
Steve M'Cordon
Georgia
Catoosa
Old Knut
Thore
Husaby
Aslaug
Eyrie
Hulaby
Knut Husaby
The
Sale
van Antwerp
Stanb
Dauphin Street
the Item
Baldwin Counties
Bell
Home
Royal Street Lumber CO
Ascade Ginger Ale
Selzer
Case
D. Palliser
ROSED
Dauphin
Pure Food Fish Company
Florida Fise CO
N. E. Cor. Royal and Church
J. G Maj
Barret Lumber CO
Birmingham
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