Tells Girls Not to Seek Ballot at Baker's Graded School
John McDuffie urged graduates that useful women belong in the home and not in politics. Fifteen graduates received diplomas, with Marian McDuffie as valedictorian and Grace Luck delivering the salutatory.
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John McDuffie
Monroeville
Baker's
McDuffie
Marian 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 Melufsie
Sarah Nightingale
Martin Overton
Helen Stanton
Eula Walsh
Olive Richard
Hobson Appeals In Montgomery For Senate Seat
Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson spoke to a large Montgomery crowd at the courthouse urging his United States senate bid. The progressive candidate backed prohibition and woman suffrage and outlined vital issues before later 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 with aerial flights
Aviator Didier Masson soared his large biplane over the Guerrero in Guaymas bay at 5000 feet. Gunboat gunners fired but failed to hit. Masson conducted five overflights amid state troops driving federals back toward Guayamas as plans for a coordinated attack unfold.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Didier Masson
Guerrero
Guaymas Bay
Masson
Guayamas
Batametal
Like Magic Grape Nuts Restores Digestion in Chicago Man
A Chicago man says Grape Nuts gave him back his appetite after years of dyspepsia. He reports that after four packages his stomach is normal and he can enjoy meals again. He claims improved strength and overall nourishment from Postum Co. products.
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Chicago
Com
State text book commission orders central depository
The Alabama state text book commission unanimously decided there shall be a central depository for school books and a custodian will be designated. The action, while not required by law, is seen as best for the schools and is to be settled within 24 hours. The attorney general said the custodian selection is discretionary with the board and that contractors must recognize the state depository. Publishers may challenge the move allowing municipalities to buy books outside the depository for free distribution.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Text Book Commission
Brickell
Four Alleged Crooks in Jail at Jackson
United States marshals arrested at Vicksburg and brought to Jackson Mississippi C W Whittaker J Harrison Isaac Kirby and Robert Jobe charged with defrauding by mails. They allegedly obtained goods from a Chicago mail order house using bogus checks. Whittaker previously served one year in Atlanta for a similar scheme. The men are held for 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
Completion of Intrrogastal Canal Finali in Freeport Texas
The final cut of the intrrogastal canal, 200 miles long, linking Galveston and Corpus Christi, was completed last night under Col. C B Riche, U S engineer in charge of the Galveston district. The Brazos and San Bernard rivers are now allowed to mingle in the city for the celebration.
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Associated Press
Freeport
Texas
Wectina
Galveston
Corpus Christi
C. 8. Riche
United States
Brazos
San Bernard Rivers
Lee Reinterred Beside Robert E. Lee in Lexington
A flag draped casket bearing General Light Horse Harry Lee arrived from Cumberland Island Florida to be interred beside his son General Robert E. Lee at the Lee mausoleum in Lexington Virginia. Cadets from VMI and students from Washington and Lee University served as pallbearers during the ceremony.
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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 Quits The Century Magazine
Robert Underwood Johnson announced his retirement from the Century Magazine after a long tenure dating to 1878. He is known for poetry and his campaigns against literary hierarchy and for advocating international arbitration, serving as editor in chief following Richard Watson Gilder.
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Associated Press
New York
Robert Underwood Johnson
Century Magazine
Mr. Johnson
Century
Richard
Watson Gilder
Mr. Gilder
Lyric Vaudeville Closes Week With Matinees and Pictures
The Lyric announces a week end finish with a 3 PM matinee for ladies and children and shows at 7 46 and 9 15 PM. The bill features four Dunedins with three girls and a young man in a top cycle act and cavalry perges numbers. Sunday through 10 PM the theater offers five reels of moving pictures and Monday a vaudeville bill includes ventriloquist and talking acts.
Parachute jumper buried in mud after failed drop
Arthur Lampham, a young parachute jumper, fell 400 feet from an airplane and landed in a Staten Island marsh, buried to his neck in mud but saved with ropes and boards. He was only shaken, with the parachute reportedly failing during the leap.
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Associated Press
New York
Arthur Lampham
Staten Island
Lampham
Harry .B. Brown
County Jails In Poor Condition Across Alabama
May 31 report by Prison Inspector Dr. William H. Oates cites Macon County Jail in Tuskegee as insecure and undersized with poor lighting and ventilation. He notes plans to remodel to standards and reports on Chilton, Cotton, and Pike counties with varied conditions and a new jail under construction in Andalusia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Macon County
Tuskegee
Gether
William H. Oates
Oates
Macon
Chilt County
Cotington
Andalusia
Pike County
Troy
Death of H. L. Sayler, Chicago Press Leader
Indianapolis May 31 H L Sayler manager of Chicago City News Bureau died in a local hospital after a swoon he suffered while visiting friends. Sayler came from Chicago to attend speedway races and earlier founded the Chicago Press Association starting his newspaper career in 1888. He was fifty.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
H. L. Sayler
Chicago City
New Bureau
Sayler
Chicago
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