Local Baker School Grads Hear Commencement Address
John McDuffie of Monroeville urged the graduates to value home life over politics and noted no graduates favor woman suffrage. Fifteen girls received diplomas including Marian McDuffie and Grace Luck, with Misses Gabriella Barret and Marie Cowles among others in the class.
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John McDuffie
Monroeville
Baker's
McDuffie
Grace Luck
Green Mill
Annie
Marion McDuffie
Gabriella Barret
Aleta Bennett
Hazel Cashman
Marie Cowles
Alice Drago
Claudia Freidenthal
Alba Gower
Mattie Hickey
Marian Mebuffie
Sarah Nightingale
Martin Overton
Helen Stanton
Eula Walsh
Olive Richard
Hobson Tackles Prohibition and Suffrage in Montgomery
Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, candidate for US senator, spoke to a large audience at Montgomery court house detailing vital issues and labeling himself a progressive. He advocated prohibition and woman suffrage and planned further speeches in Laverne Prattville and Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richmond Pearson Hobson
United States
Court House
Captain Hobson
Laverne
Prattville
Birmingham
Masson Defies Mexican Shells Over Guaymas Bay
Aviator Didier Masson flew his big biplane over the gunboat Guerrero in Guaymas bay as state troops pressed federals back toward Guayamas. Shells failed to hit the aircraft at 5000 feet while Masson made five flights to defy the gunner fire. State officials say a concentrated attack on Guayamas is ready with Masson overhead and insurgents striking from three sides.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Didier Masson
Guerrero
Guaymas Bay
Masson
Guayamas
Batametal
Like Magic Grape Nuts Restores Digestive Health
A Chicago man credits Grape-Nuts with restoring his long troubled digestion and appetite after years of poor digestion and coated tongue. He reports relief after four packages and renewed appetite, strength, and focus, contrasting with prior remedies. The ad emphasizes a wholesome food over drugs and cites the Postum Company and its literature.
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Chicago
Postum Co
State Adopts Central Depository for School Books
The Alabama state text book commission voted unanimously to establish a central depository for school books and to appoint a custodian. Attorney General Brickell said the custodian selection is discretionary with the board. Publishers may oppose allowing municipalities to buy books outside the depository for free distribution to pupils.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Text Book Commission
Brickell
Commission
Four Alleged Crooks in Jail at Jackson
United States marshals arrested C. W. Whittaker J. Harrison Isaac Kirby and Robert Jobe in Vicksburg and brought them to Jackson Mississippi. They are charged with using the mails to defraud by obtaining goods from a Chicago mail order house with bogus checks. Whittaker has previously served a year in Atlanta for a similar scheme. The men are held pending a preliminary hearing.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
United States
Vicksbore
C. W. Whittaker
J. Harrison
Isaac Kirby
Robert Jobe
Chicago
Whittaker
Atlanta
Coastal Canal Finishing Ceremony Near Freeport Texas
The final cut in the 200 mile Coastal Canal linking Galveston and Corpus Christi was completed last night under Colonel Riche of the U S engineers in charge of the Galveston district. Brazos and San Bernard rivers waters will mingle through the city as the celebration of the completion proceeds.
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Associated Press
Freeport
Texas
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Riche
United States
Brazos
San Bernard
Lee Re interred beside Robert E. Lee in Lexington
A flag draped casket bearing General Light Horse Harry Lee arrived from Cumberland Island and was re interred in the Lee mausoleum beside his son General Robert E. Lee. Cadets from VMI and students from Washington and Lee University carried the pallbearers in a ceremony marking the return of the Revolutionary War hero.
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Harry’ Lee
Lexington
Virginia Assembly
Cumberland Island
Harry” Lee
Virginia Military Institute
Washington and Lee University
Lee Mausoleum
Robert E. Lee
Editor Johnson resigns from Century Magazine
New York May 81 Robert Underwood Johnson retires as editor in chief of the Century Magazine after a long tenure since 1873. Johnson, known for poetry and broad literary work, led the magazine following Richard Watson Gilder’s death and fought literary hierarchy while supporting international arbitration.
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Associated Press
New York
Robert Underwood Johnson
Century Magazine
Mr. Johnson
Century
Richard Watson Gilder
Mr. Gilder
Lyric-Vaudeville to Close Week with Matinee and Night Shows
The Lyric presenting a ladies and children's matinee today at 3 PM and night shows at 7 46 PM and 9 15 PM. The Dunedins trio plus a young man perform a notable cycle act while other numbers feature cavalry strength. Sunday presents five reels of moving pictures from 7 to 10 PM. Monday debuts a new bill headlined by Howard and the talking pony Tom on an angle.
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Lyric
Howard
Vena
Tom
Parachute Jumper Buried in Marsh After Fall
Arthur Lampham, a young parachute jumper, fell 400 feet from an airplane over Staten Island and landed in a marsh buried to the neck in mud. Rescued with ropes and boards, he escaped with shock and no serious injuries.
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Associated Press
New York
Arthur Lampham
Staten Island
Lampham
Harry B. Brown
County jails in bad condition across Montgomery area
Montgomery Alabama May 31 A report by prison inspector Dr William H Oates cites Macon county jail Tuskegee as old and insecure with prisoners kept on insecure walls and light and ventilation reduced He plans remodeling with Macon county authorities He also notes Clanton Chilton and Andalusia jails in poor state while Pike county jail in Troy is described as splendid and a new jail under construction
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Montgomery
Ala
Macon County
Tuskegee
Gether
William H. Oates
Oates
Macon
Death of H. L. Sayler in Indianapolis
H L Sayler manager of the Chicago City Bureau died in a local hospital after a stroke while visiting Indianapolis. He came from Chicago to attend speedway races and began his newspaper career in 1888, later founding the Chicago Press Association. He was fifty years old.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
H. L. Saler
Chicago
Sayler
T Speedway
Chicago Press Associate
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