RF Kolb Jr Dies in Montgomery After Illness
Reuben Kolb Jr., son of Agriculture Commissioner Reuben F. Kolb, dies at his home in Montgomery after weeks of pneumonia. The 52 year old former traveling man and current clerk in the agriculture and industries department is survived by his wife and three sons.
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Montgomery
Ala
Reuben Kolb
Reuben F. Kolb
Department of Agriculture
South
Hull Street
Alabama
Department of Agriculture and Industries
Mr. Ku
William H
F. W
Reu
Negro Babe Chapman Shot by Alabama Posse
In Goodwater Alabama near Brownville Clay County a Black man named Babe Chapman was shot and killed by a posse of officers and citizens while fleeing a house after being surrounded. He had been accused of murdering M. B. Manning earlier that week on a public road.
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Goodwater
Ala
May
Babe’ Chapman
Brownville
Clay County
M. B. Manning
Here
Family details of Ben Kolb Jr and kin
Ben Kolb Jr and two daughters Mrs J A Tyson and Mary Kolb are listed along with his parents Captain and Mrs Reuben F Kolb. Also mentioned are his brother Howard Kolb of St Louis and his sister Mrs L J Richardson of Montgomery.
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Ben Kolb, Jr
J. A. Tyson
Mary.Kolb
Reuben F. Kolb
Howard Kolb
St. Louis
L. J. Richardson
Montgomery
Two States Hit by Heavy Storm
Heavy rain hail and wind swept southern and central Alabama yesterday. The storm caused minor property damage in Montgomery with broken windows and endangered crops including corn cotton and truck. At Dothan Annie Drake a 16 year old Black girl was seriously injured when a schoolhouse steeple fell.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Dothan
Annie Drake
Storm Kills Two Men In Mississippi Counties
A Mississippi storm swept Issaquena Sharkey and Warren counties killing two men named Sam Randall and Robert Rathton both African American. Several people were injured and farm buildings timber lands cabbage oats and crops suffered heavy damage as fruit trees were stripped and early corn cotton beaten down.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Issaquena
Sharkey
War Yen
Mississippi
Sam Randall
Robert Rathton
Roosevelt discovery of new river questioned by geographers
London critics and Sir Clements Markham raise doubts about Roosevelt discovering a new river in Brasil. New York geographers urge withholding judgment until more details emerge, suggesting the Canuma river may be the river in question traced further south than previously known.
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Associated Press
New York
London
Sir Clements Markham
Theodore Roosevelt
Brasil
Clements ‘Markham
Royal Society
Canuma
Colored Methodists Convened in St. Louis
In St. Louis on May 8 seven bishops and over 500 delegates gathered for the Colored Methodist Episcopal church general conference. The quadrennial address, read by Bishop Williams, urged closer ties with the Methodist Episcopal Church South, from which Black Methodists, about 300000 strong, were previously set apart in 1870.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Williams
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Cornell Grads Visit Baldwin County on Inspection Tour
A group of Cornell University graduates and journalists toured Baldwin County Alabama with L T Rhodes to inspect the area. The party included professors McElrroy Miller Holroyd Goffren Kissick and Lister from Louisville Gulfport and Atlanta. They traveled by automobile from New Orleans through Mobile and found the visit highly satisfactory, with focus on citrus culture and orange tree care.
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Bay Minetta
Ala
Southland
Cornell University
Baldwin County
T. Ki. McElrroy
Columbia, Tenn
A. Miller
Atlanta, Ga
H. Bb. Ho
Mass Announcement From Spring Hill College
Father Guyal will celebrate a 7 o'clock Sunday Mass at Battles Wharf for the benefit of weekenders. Confessions precede the service and communion will be offered during Mass.
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Spring Hill College
Decision of Interest to Southern Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled on deviations of southern railroads from long and short haul rules. Hundreds of applications sought higher intermediate freight rates. some were granted, others denied, reshaping rate relations across the region. Restrictions apply to routes from New York Cincinnati Louisville and New Orleans to Atlanta Athens Cordele Rome, with limits at intermediate points.
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Washington
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
South
New York
Cincinnati
Lotiaville
New Orleans
Atlanta
Athens
Jacob Riis Improves at Battle Creek Resort
Riis makes progress at Battle Creek Resort noted in updated report. London bankers' and clearing house business in 1918 totaled $79 087 760 066. Much of womtan's vanity is due to man's flattery.
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Jacob Riis
Battle Creek
Associated Press
Mich
London
Womtan
Big Extra Vote Offer Booms in Campaign Incentives
A home campaign promotes a grand prize plan with Studebaker or Ford cars, Kimball pianos, diamonds from Zadek Jewelry Co, Southern Business College courses, bank accounts, and kodaks. It emphasizes a big offer giving extra votes for subscriptions and urges late starters to join before the deadline.
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Studebaker
Kimball
Smith Piano Co
Zadek Jewelry Co
Southern Business College
First National Bank
Kodak
Declining Vote Scale Periods For Subscriptions
This notice outlines subscription vote scales by period from April 20 to May 16 by carrier and daily, then May 15 to June 13 including Sunday deliveries, and June 15 to June 24. It lists price points though legibility is poor with fragmented figures and dates.
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