Blount County Rally Urges Bond for Good Roads
Special to The Item Oneonta Ala March 17 Hon John Craft president of the Alabama ace mence Seseeees advocates a $150000 bond issue to fund county roads. He argues cheaper to borrow than to pay for bad roads and cites national aid hopes from President Wilson and Congress. He warns roads spur commerce, health, education and rural prosperity while politics should not hinder the effort.
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Oneonta
Ala
John Craft
Alabama Ace Mence Seseeees
Croft
Alabama
Congress
Wilson
United States
Congress of the
Posterity
Blount County
Thieves Break Into Citronelle Saloon Steal Watches
Weekend break in near Grove on the Mobile fourteen miles from the Pee, sees thieves steal watches from Frank L. Allen's Citronelle saloon. Entry via rear window after illict entry. law and equity court injunction had closed the business weeks earlier. Police dispatched to scene.
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Grove
Frank L. Allen
Citronelle
Law and Equity Court
Negro Shot Dead by Policeman in Suburban Subway Incident
In New York on March 17 a man named Daniel T. Davis accosted a young woman as she left an uptown subway. The responding patrolman was cut on the face with a razor but fired five shots, four hitting the fugitive as he fled. Davis died from his wounds after a pursuit.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel T. Davis
Dr Kings New Discovery Proves Cough Remedy Power
Dr Kings New Discovery claims forty three years of reliable cough relief worldwide with over three million bottles used last year. The ad offers a refund if not effective and cites J J Owens of Allendale South Carolina praising its ability to cure coughs colds and throat and lung troubles with prices 65 cents and 1.00 at druggists.
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Dr. King
J. J. Owens
Allendale
S. C
Grant Monument Still Incomplete After Thirty-One Years
After 31 years since the cornerstone was laid the Grant tomb remains unfinished. A $350 000 fund lacked for nine planned stained glass windows now bought with a $7 000 yearly city maintenance allotment. Two features the dome statuary and landscaping await funding and park officials seek $26 000 for trees and grounds along the boardwalk.
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Associated Press
New York
Grant
Grant Monument Association
Park Department
Grant’s Tomb
Mecca
Li Hung Chang
Blizzard Deaths Reported in South Dakota Family Found Frozen
International News Service reports Mia A F Perry and three of her children died from a blizzard while traveling to a ranch in South Dakota. Husband died after freeing the horses. A son survived but is hospitalized. another son and two men are missing, feared dead. The wagon party was found sixteen miles east of Rapid City.
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International News Service
Rapid City
Mia
A. F. Perry
Dakota
Perrys
Death of Rear Admiral Eaton Probed in Inquest
In Bingham Massachusetts an inquest in the district court investigated the death of Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton. Associate Justice Edward B. Pratt presided as the district attorney said all potential witnesses will be summoned, including Mrs. Eaton and her two daughters from a prior marriage.
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Associated Press
Bingham
Mass
Joseph G. Eaton
District Court
Edward B. Pratt
Admiral Eaton
Eaton
Physical Education Congress Opens in Paris
Paris March 17 The International Congress of Physical Education opened with President Poincare presiding. Sections will study the physiological effects of movements training for war boxing athletic sports and the impact of sports on women and mothers. Mme Girard Mangin urged that girls need fair chances to develop strength health and grace.
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Associated Press
Paris
International Congress of Physical Education
Poincare
Mme
Girard Mangin
Mexican Government Said To Be Bankrupt
St Louis March 17 Count Raoul de Boigne of Versailles reports the Mexican government is bankrupt and the wealth of Madero vanished He is en route to Mexico City to confer with Provisional President Huerta and General Diaz about a 200 million loan from France and to supply arms and ammunition if the loan is approved
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Mente
Madero
Raoul de Boigne
Versailles
Count de Boigne
Mexico City
Huerta
Felix Diaz
France
Mexico
Nevered
Brooke Might Lead Convict Board In Alabama
State Examiner H Y Poggogy reports James G Oakley faces removal as convicts head with the axe likely to fall soon. Rumor says Governor weighs offering the post to M R Brooke, who would gain less pay if he accepts. Brooke silent on the speculation with two sources suggesting a possible appointment.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. Y
Ecenca James G. Oakley
Brooke
Palm Sunday Observed Across Mobile Churches
Special Palm Sunday services drew large crowds in Mobile churches. In Catholic parishes palms were distributed at masses and Rt. Rev. Bishop Edward P. Allen of the Mobile Catholic diocese led the Cathedral services.
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Mobile
Edward P. Allen
Barber's Death Rocks Nashville as Wife Is Freed on Bond
In Nashville Tennessee on a Broadway street a barber Jes Cobb was shot and killed by Mrs. W Dodson wife of a Gal latin physician. She was released on five thousand dollar bond by Police Judge Killen. A preliminary hearing is set for morning. Cobb's funeral arrangements were made in Big Rock Tennessee. Mrs Cobb says Cobb had recently received a letter from Mrs Dodson urging him to visit.
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Associated Press
Nabhvillee
Tenn
W. &. Dodson
Gallatin
Jes Cobb
Killen
Dodson
Cobb
Big Rock
Thayer Lectures on Adolescence at YMCA Auditorium
Dr A K Thayer of the Educational Committee of the Committee of One Hundred spoke on eugenics in a Sunday address at the YMCA auditorium. He presented a third of a lecture series and announced a fourth talk on Adolescence for Tuesday night at 7 30.
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A. EK. Thayer
Committee of One Hundred
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for backache headache nervousness and bearing down pains in women describing work and life improving with the tonic and urging readers to use it.
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Lydia EB
Pinkham
Bargain Five-Room Cottage For Sale At Reed Avenue
For sale a pretty five room cottage on a large lot at N. E. Reed avenue and Elizabeth Street opposite the Hannan Home. Located in a good neighborhood and offered at a bargain. See for details.
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N. E. Reed Avenue
Elizabeth St
New Hannan Home
Three Chinese killed in Pacific coast tong war flare up
Three Chinese were killed and four wounded in the resumption of the tong war last night. One victim was a San Francisco resident, while the other two slain men were killed in Portland Oregon.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Portland
Ore
Cure a Cold in One Day: Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box. Price 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Hollis Elected Senator Faces Investigation Hearings
Concord New Hampshire March 17 A legislative committee opens hearings to probe charges of corruption in the United States senatorship contest. Henry F Hollis Democrat is declared winner after a protracted struggle with narrow margins on many ballots.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. H
United States
Henry F. Hollis
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