Beisk oe tee SEGROES RISK THEIR LIVES AT BREAK IN LEVEE
A crowd of farmers and enslaved laborers fought to save the Poydras levee near New Orleans as a 13 mile breach began to cave. Negro workers braced the top with boards and filled sand bags, followed by hours of frantic bag filling to stop flood waters and avert regional disaster.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Poydras Levee
Plaquemine
St. Bernard
Anniston Man Declares He Is a Devil
Dee DeArman of Calhoun County Alabama tells an Anniston reporter he is the devil and the son of a devil, asserting Judas sold his soul and condemning those who betray theirs for money or gain. He cites Bible study and Mephisto as context. He comes from a respected local family.
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Anniston
Ala
Devil
Dee DeArman
Here
Goethe
Faust
Mr. DeArman
Christ
Judas
Reverend Archibald III Sidelined by Nervous Breakdown
Rev. R. M. Archibald, missionary secretary of the North Alabama Conference, is confined to his home at 1203 Tuscaloosa avenue West End in Birmingham with a nervous breakdown. Doctors ordered complete rest and expect a several week absence from duties under care of Dr. M. E. Schooler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald III
Birmingham
Ala
R. M. Archibald
North Alabama Conference
Tuscaloosa Avenue
West End
Archibald
M. E. Schooler
Albanian Autonomy Declared Under Turkish Suzerainty
A Corfu letter reports Essaad Pasha has formed a Tirana government declaring Albanian autonomy under Turkish suzerainty. The regime hoisted the Turkish flag, claims church recognition, and states no hostility to Greece while accepting Epirus frontiers per Greek demands. Tirana lies near Scutari and Croia, historic Albanian strongholds.
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Associated Press
Athens
Corfu
Essaad Pasha
Scutari
Tirana
Albania
Turkey
Essaad Pash
Durazzo
Greece
Epirus
Croia
Scanderbeg
Europe
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
A colonial era patent medicine claim promises to cure kidney and bladder issues for men women and children. It asserts dissolving gravel diabetes and rheumatism with two months treatment per bottle and offers mail order via Dr E W Hall St Louis Missouri and Alabama testimonials.
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Texas
Alabama
E. W. Hall
Olive San St. Louis
Campaign to Eradicate Hookworm in Marengo County
Dr. E. V. Caldwell for Alabama State Board of Health led a countywide effort in Demopolis to educate residents on typhoid fever hookworm malaria and tuberculosis. The plan includes lectures with stereopticon and six weeks of free dispensaries offering examination and treatment funded by the state and county. About thirty counties have participated and roughly thirty thousand people treated.
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Demopolis
Ala
E. V. Caldwell
State Board of Health
Caldwell
County Medical Society of
Linden
County Board of Commissioners
Plateau Normal and Industrial Institute Plans Grand Commencement
Isaiah J. Whitley leads Plateau Normal and Industrial Institute in a sequence of Friday concerts starting May 16. Commencement sermons and addresses are set for June 1 at 3 p.m. supervised exhibits and an industrial program follow June 4 and 5 with speakers H D Parker S S Murphy John Harrison and George W Lovejoy.
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Plateau Normal and Industrial Institute
Isaiah J. Whitley
H. D. Parker
Jeans Fund
S. S. Murphy
John Harrison
George W. Lovejoy
Dr. Ligon Addresses Mobile Business Women's Club
Dr. Ellen B. Ligon spoke at the Mobile Business Women's Club at the YMCA on Thursday evening presenting The Moral Aspect of the Vice Question. Miss Mollie Parker of Mobile also addressed the meeting.
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Ellen B. Ligon
Mobile Business Woman's Club
Mollie Parker
Mobile
Gold Dust Soap Promises Easier Laundry Time
An advertisement touts Gold Dust as a superior laundry soap that cleans better with less rubbing. It claims to save time and spare the back, works with any water type including hard or rain water, and is a vegetable oil soap with cleansing additives. The copy is attributed to The N. K. Fairbank Company of Chicago.
Men’s Summer Suits Offer New Club Checks and Serges
The ad touts men’s summer suits including new club checks and fancy serges. Prices range from 12 to 30 dollars for well made, perfect fitting guaranteed suits. Open a charge account.
Wash Dresses Attractively Priced For The Season
A wide display of washable dresses awaits inspection today with many styles and materials. Prices as low as 2.50 present value for women and junior selections, and shoppers are urged to choose now for the best season selection.
Arson Follows Robbery of Store at Crawford
A Crawford Alabama store and post office owned by W D Arrant was burned late Wednesday night after a suspected robbery. Arrant notes the post office would be discontinued soon due to a new rural route. Only a small amount of insurance was carried.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Girard
W. D. Arrant
Russell County
Crawford
Arrant
Declared Legally Dead But Very Much Alive
W. H. Caldwell, once declared legally dead after seven years, appeared in Topeka for an insurance case rerun. His wife had won a $2,000 policy after testimony by James Caldwell, who revealed disputes with his wife before Caldwell left Topeka. Caldwell said he has been in Berkeley, California.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
W. H. Caldwell
Opera
Caldwell
James Caldwell
Berkeley
Cal
Santa Fe Chief Clerk Held for Embezzlement
W. J. Ranney chief clerk in the Santa Fe Railroad auditor’s office in Santa Fe was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of embezzling more than 60 000 dollars over six years. The arrest followed alleged theft of 670 dollars with broader shortages concealed through fraudulent vouchers.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
W. J. Ranney
Santa Fe Railroad
Ranney
Hibbard
Another Chapter to Leo Lesser Flight Opens in Bankruptcy
Tunica May 2 The Draughon Warfield Dry Goods Co of Tunica Mississippi in which Leo Lesser a missing Memphis banker and cotton dealer was a stockholder and custodian filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the U S district court at Clarksdale The assets are estimated at 23000 liabilities 18000 An audit of the Tunica Bank whose doors closed last week began yesterday Lesser was president of the bank and is believed to be sought by authorities in connection with bankruptcy proceedings against Lesser Ely Cotton Company Memphis relatives report no word on his whereabouts Since last week Lesser has been associated with court actions and inquiries continue.
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Associated Press
Tunica
Draughon- Warfield Dry Goods Company
Tunica, Miss
Leo Lesser
Memphis
United States District Court
Clarksdale
Miss
Bank of Tunica
Lesser
Electric Bitters Offer Health Boost Claims
Tired-out, nervous men and women are urged to take Electric Bitters to feel energetic and have a good appetite. The ad praises benefits for stomach, liver, and kidneys, citing O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York and low prices 59 cents and 1 60 at Van Antwerp Drug.
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O. Rhinevault
Vestal Center
N. Y
van Antwerp Drug Orp
State Bank of Sturgis Fails to Open Doors
Starksville receiver H. P. Castles appointed yesterday for the Bank of Sturgis in Sturgis Mississippi after it failed to open Thursday morning. The bank held about $25,000 in deposits with assets around $30,009, with inability to realize on outstanding paper cited as the cause.
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Associated Press
Starksville
Miss
H. P. Castles
Bank of Sturgis
Sturgis
Father Seeks 16Yearold Ernest Jones Missing From Prichard
Ernest Jones aged sixteen, son of N L Jones of Prichard, is missing after leaving home Thursday for school. Described as small for his age, he wore a grey striped suit and old grey felt hat. He likely returned home and changed clothes. authorities notified. He previously ran away and was found near Oak Grove. Information to authorities welcome.
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Ernest Jones
N. L. Jones
Prichard
Ernest
Oak Grove
Fred Alger Looses Race With Death In Atlantic City
Fred Alger son of a McKinley era cabinet secretary arrived in Atlantic City from Detroit on a special train after learning his mother-in-law Mrs. Ernest Swift had died that afternoon. He had hoped to see her alive before departure. He learned of her illness while at a Michigan City theater and immediately headed east.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Fred Alger
McKinley
Detroit
Ernest Swift
Alger
New Officers Elected at American Naval Stores Company
In Savannah Georgia on May 12 the creditors plan was carried out with the resignation of existing officers accepted. New officers chosen include M. A. O'Byrne of Savannah as president. All elected officers are local residents.
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Savannah
American Naval Stores Company
M. A. O'Byrne
Weed Resigns From Postal Savings Director Post
Theodore L. Weed, director of the Postal Savings system since its founding, presented his resignation to Postmaster General Burleson. The resignation takes effect June 30, and Weed plans to enter business in New York.
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Associated Press
Washington
Theodore L. Weed
Postal Savings System
Burleson
Weed
New York
Washington Women Protest Delay in Greene Execution
Women of Washington petitioned the District of Columbia court of appeals urging faster action in the case of Nathaniel Greene a Black man sentenced to death for assault near the Capitol. They call for amending the law to ensure capital punishment when jury fails to recommend it and oppose lengthy hearings on technicalities.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Nathaniel Greene
Adelaide Grant
National Capitol
Greene
Sought recovery of his wife and alimony
Leavenworth Kansas May 2 A petition in district court seeks to set aside the divorce granted to Mrs Cora Kelley and annul her marriage to Lt Col Benjamin P Cheever Retired The husband Br A Kelly cashier of the Army National Bank at Fort Leavenworth asks repayment of 4066 alimony and other relief He contends the divorce was obtained through false statements by Mrs Kelley She had been granted a divorce about a year earlier and soon after married Golda Cheever now living at Evanston Illinois
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kans
Ocourt
Br. A. Kelly
Army National Bank
Fort Leavenworth
Cora Kelley
Benjamin P. Cheever
Kelley
Golda
Cheever
Evanston
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