Spicer Named in Triple Crime Linked to Insurance Motive
In Alabama, Samuel Spicer is accused by prosecutors of arranging the murder of his wife to collect life insurance, allegedly causing the wife’s death, her unborn child, and the shooting of Joe Greene. Indictments for murder have been issued. defense supporters doubt his guilt as public interest grows.
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Mon Mery
Ala
Samuel Spicer
Covington County
Montgomery
Spicer
Joe Greene
Greene
Andalusia
W. L. Parks
O'Neal
Middle
South Alabama
San Francisco Court Bars City Opera House Plan
The state supreme court ruled that San Francisco cannot permit the Musical Association to build on city land for a proposed 760000 dollar municipal opera house in the civic center.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
The
Musical Association
Municipal Opera House
Moundville Normal School muddle to be settled
Montgomery Alabama June 12 A state normal school board committee will visit Moundville Tuesday to investigate conditions and report back. The board shows waring factions reconciled and aims to settle the deed issue and appoint a new president once local tangle clears.
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Montgomery
Ala
Moundville Normal School
State Normal School Board
W. T. Sheehan
W. W. Lavender
RK. B. Evins
Moundville
W. B. Oliver
Tuscalooza
BR. F. Smith
Texas Wonder claims kidney bladder cure for all
A Texas Wonder patent remedy promises to cure kidney and bladder troubles in men and women including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It claims to regulate bladder disorders in children and offers home delivery by mail for 1.00 with a two months treatment per bottle.
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Texas
Alabama
KH. W. Hall
Oliverote
St. Louis
Hundred Thousand Bushels Potatoes Going to the Bad
One hundred thousand bushels of potatoes said to be spoiling on railroad tracks may be turned over to charitable institutions. The spoilage is caused by congestion from new crops arriving from the South and existing stock on hand.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Illinois House Favors Women Suffrage Bill Passed
The Illinois House approved the limited woman suffrage bill by 83 to 58. Governor Dunne will decide after possible reconsideration motions. Speaker McKinley and others saw delays as absences and late votes shaped the final tally.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Dunne
McCarty
Chicago
Senate
Magill
General Assembly
McKinley
Barker
Illinois Suffrage Victory Sparks Chicago Jubilation
Chicago leaders react to Springheld suffrage win calling it the biggest eastern gain since the Civil War. Catherine Waugh McCulloch hails the action as a boost for national efforts and predicts further moves toward full suffrage in Illinois and other states.
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Chicago
Woman's Suffrage
Mississippi
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Nevada
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
The Nivery family is urged to keep Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand during hot weather. It is presented as essential and superior for its purpose and is offered for sale by all dealers.
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Nivery
Chamberlain
Police Court Rows and Town Repairs Report
A string of court actions includes Joan Gates jailed thirty days for petty theft of food from a railroad car, and Ed Stanbury arrested for concealed weapons. Charles Allen and F J Galle faced reckless driving after a collision, with ongoing cases. A Greek man, Nick Andros, was fined for cruelty to animals. The amended curbing ordinance saw John M McVoy fined for failing to install curb front, a test case. Town work crews began renovating the police headquarters interior and improved recorder's court facilities, improving case flow.
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Phursany
Joan Gates
Gates
Spencer Newell
Ed Stanbury
Larry Murray
Recorders Court
Charles Allen
E.i J
Nick Andros
J. 8
Vucornesu
Edington
John M. McVoy
Dauphin
Jackson Streets
Recorder’s Court
Women Fight Off Officers In Defense Of Friend
About two dozen women, friends of Esther Kalver, surrounded a music store in Kansas City to protect her from five deputy sheriffs. They fought the officers for nearly an hour as they attempted to take Kalver to a sanitarium under probate court orders urged by her husband Harry Kalver. Hair was pulled and an officer’s finger bitten before the fracas ended.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Esther Kalver
Harry Kalver
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GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC Promises Strength
The Old Standard tonic claims to strengthen the system and drive out malaria for adults and children. A general tonic presented as a true restorative, priced at 600.
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Grove
Interment of Grand Vizier in Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha, assassinated grand vizier, was buried this morning in the mausoleum on the Hill of Liberty on the outskirts of Constantinople. The funeral was marked by pomp with most of the city garrison in attendance to honor his role in the 1909 operations against the capital.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Liberty
Abdul Hamid
Color blind squad selected from police cadets
Chicago police form a color blind squad after civil service exams for second class detective sergeants. Seven percent failed to qualify. One officer mismatched tassels while another insisted several colors were the same.
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Chicago
Recognition of China by US May Harm Chinese Cause
A letter dated May 2 from W. C. Chen, under Sun Yat Sen, to Austin P. Brown argues that US recognition of the Chinese republic could be harmful to China. The letter notes the Shanghai origin and aligns with ongoing tensions over formal recognition.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
China
Austin P. Brown
W. C. Chen
Sun Yat Sen
Shanghai
Theodore Roosevelt to visit Argentina for lectures
Announcement from Buenos Aires states Theodore Roosevelt will travel to Argentina to lecture on United States progress. New York confirms the plan but notes details are unsettled with departure expected in the fall.
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United States
Associated Press
Buenos Ayres
Arg
Theodore Roosevelt
Argentine
New York
Col. Rosege
Contenge
Argentina
Smith argues L and N cannot accept half cent rate cuts
President Milton H. Smith denounces the Birmingham News editor's view that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad could absorb a half cent fare reduction. He cites a 32 month Alabama loss of $640,128.15 and projected annual losses exceeding $1,000,000 from nationwide rate cuts, warning of credit impairment and stalled expansion. The piece urges careful consideration of intrastate versus interstate traffic and broader economic harm. May 23, 1913.
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Birmingham News
Grubb
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Alabama
Ohio River
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Louisville & Nashville
Louisville
Nashville
New Orleans
Birmingham
Tensas River
Hurricane Station
Pensacola
East Tennessee
Atlanta
Illinois
Indiana
United States
Southern Railway
Alabama Great Southern
Mobile & Ohio
Southern Railway Company
North Carolina
Great Southern and
Railroad Commission of Alabama
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Commerce St. Mobile
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
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Chamberlains
Police News
Pecce
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Liberty Hill
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Milton H. Smith
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