New Orleans Man Builds Ten Foot Fence for Privacy
Thomas M Madden of 1422 Camp Street explains to a States representative why he erected a twenty to twenty five foot high fence between his Camp Street home and a double house being built by the Excelsior Homestead Association. He says the barrier protects his privacy from curious neighbors and potential tenants, noting light will still enter his own windows.
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New Orleans
Thomas M Madden
Camp Street
Excelsior Homestead Association
Madden
Farmers rejoice over needed rain across Georgia
Rainfall broke a dry spell across the cotton region with reports of about an inch or more at most stations in three days. Atlanta area received over one inch since May began, with more showers forecast, while Valdosta and nearby counties noted relief after a dry spell through March and early May.
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Atlanta
Valdosta
Washington
Camak
ZEMO advertised to stop itching and eczema
An advertisement touts ZEMO as an instant itch stop for scalp and body, claiming it cures eczema dandruff and related skin irritations. The 25 cent antiseptic solution is endorsed by Dr G H Johnson from Quannah Texas and sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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G. H. Johnson
Quannah
Texas
Mobile
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Woman Defends Slayer Says Mulraney Execution Was a Mistake
A woman lawyer who has studied crime argues that executing Happy Jack Mulraney, the New York gangster, was in some measure a mistake and unlikely to benefit society. She claims he never had the full chance to reform.
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Happy Jack Mulraney
New York
Chance
Lfe
Miss Doty
Mulraney
New Proposal Aims to Settle Alien Dispute
Associated Press reports a joint resolution proposed by Representative Bartholdt of Missouri to amend the constitution. It would vest Congress with exclusive power to legislate on all questions affecting the rights of foreign citizens resident in the United States, addressing the California Japanese situation.
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Bartholdi
Missouri
Congress
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Representative Bartholdt
Shoemaker seeks fortune tied to child name restoration
Henry W. Shoemaker of New York sues his divorced wife Beatrice Shoemaker Perry and Richard Perry in Seattle seeking annulment of the couple's adoption of his son and restoration of the boy's name. He alleges the grandfather Henry Francis Shoemaker left a $2,000,000 bequest to the boy if the name is restored, with no custody sought. The mother says the boy is adequately provided for under the current name.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Henry W. Shoemaker
New York
Beatrice Shoemaker Perry
Richard Perry
Shoemaker
Henry Francis Shoemaker
Burton Gibson Again on Trial for Murder
Newburgh New York May 23 Burton W Gibson charged with murdering Mrs Rosa Szabo at Greenwood Lake last July faced a second trial after the Goshen jury could not reach a verdict. A complete change of counsel accompanied the retrial.
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Associated Press
Newburgh
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
Rosa Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Goshen
Clemency Grants Packaged by President Wilson
President Wilson disposed of 28 clemency appeals toward end of May, restoring civil rights in 13 cases, granting two pardons, commuting seven sentences and denying six. Notable actions include reducing Albert Schoenle’s embezzlement term from five years to one year and one day at Central National Bank in St. Louis, and commuting Harry T. Lee’s five-year term to one year and one day after his guilty plea to bank embezzlement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Albert Schoenle
Central National Bank
St. Louis
Harry T. Lee
National Bank
Lawrence County
New Castle
Silas Rich
Portland
Ore
National Bank of
Salem, Ore
M Loughlin Begins Practice Ahead of Vis Cup Matches
M E Mc Loughlin, national Iowa tennis champion, arrived in New York and started practice on the West Side courts for the vis cup ties with Australia. He called the Australian team very formidable.
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Associated Press
New York
M. E. McLoughlin
Iowa
Legislative committee inspects levees in Cairo
A legislative committee visits Cairo to inspect the levees and will report to the legislature in favor of a 250000 dollar appropriation to raise Cairo levees.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Cairo Levees
Court Upholds Prohibition Law On Club Liquor Sales
Atlanta May 25 The Georgia Court of Appeals affirms the conviction of Ike Rothchild steward of the Brunswick Oglethorpe club for illegally selling whisky to club members. The decision states that selling intoxicating liquor by an employee for a club does violate the prohibition law and is not a valid defense. The ruling paired with a Savannah high court decision broadens enforcement and permits injunctions against blind tigers as nuisances.
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Atlanta
State Court of Appeals
Ike Rothchild
Brunswick-Oglethorps Club
Brunswick
Rothschild
Glynn County
C. B. Conyers
B. H. Hill
Court of Appeals
Savannah
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Georgia farmers offered chance to test cotton picker from New York
Atlanta May 23 A Dallas county Alabama farmer reports Wallace Lispenard Cotton Harvester Corp seeks Georgia planters to test its mechanical cotton picker in large fields near a railroad and city. Tests would be at planter's risk. machine reportedly picks about 9 percent of open cotton without damaging stalks. Commissioner J J Conner notes potential regional benefit and invites interested farmers to respond.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georga Darkey
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. J. Conner
Dallas County
Alabama
Wallace Lispenard Cotton Harvester Corporation
New York City
Selma
Ala
Conner
South
Gregory Ready to Probe New Haven Railroad
Washington May 23 Thomas W Gregory appointed special assistant to investigate the New York New Haven Hartford railroad under the Sherman act conferred with the attorney general on the probe which will start immediately The scope is described as unlimited covering all aspects of the railroad and related entities including the New England Telephone situation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas W. Gregory
McReynolds
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New England
Walter Johnson on Hunting Across California Idaho and Kansas
Walter Johnson of the Washington Americans discusses hunting during California visits in the Sierras and foothills, Idaho Rockies, and Kansas prairies. He recalls quail, pheasants, wild doves, prairie chickens, and aims to hunt deer and bears in Oklahoma and Idaho again, with a Grizzly dream in Idaho.
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Walter Johnson
Washington Americans
California
Sierras
Mountain District
Washington
Idaho
Rockies
California Sierras
Kansas
Wheat
Canada
United States
Oklahoma
Robert Edeson Improves After Hospitalization
Los Angeles reports actor Robert Edeson, who was hospitalized yesterday with blood poisoning, is now doing nicely. The update says his condition has improved and doctors are optimistic.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Robert Edeson
Large Vote Offer Promises 100000 Extra Votes on Labels
A historic catalog lists numerous product labels and coupons with "votes extra" tied to a campaign offer. Items include Blue Ribbon Bread, Crown Theatre Tickets, Imperial Laundry Slips, Grape Nuts, Post Toasties, and many others. The package claims 100000 additional votes beyond standard value, with a combined deal priced at $1.25.
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Gulf City
Crown Theatre
Columbia
Early Bird
Edge
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