Imagination of Mrs Ley Conjured Her Expectations
A long, tangled story from 1912 recounted by the St Louis Post Dispatch follows Iola Jeanette Strong, wife of Charles W Ley of Whistler, Alabama, whose invented wealth and marriages drew jurists and family into a muddled tale. Her mother Mrs George Lovejoy and others seek motive while a baby boy remains in question as alleged heir.
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New Orleans
Iola Jeanette Strong
Simpson
McEvoy Ley
Charles W. Ley
Whistler
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Red Cross
Memphis
George Lovejoy
Beacon Avenue
Ala
Hugh J. McEvoy
New York
McEvoy
Mayor Gay
Nar
New York City Hall
Amy
MecFvoy
Spo
Jorge E. Mix
Third National Bank
L. L. Pearson
Kdis
Miss
Lovejoy
Walnut Park
Iola
Mobile
Aogram
New
Charles W. Leyrean City
Ind
Hess
Toleeli
China
New Orm
Mic
Laine
Doulock
Fletcher Arrives at Tampico Seeks Guard on Oil Fields
Rear Admiral Fletcher arrives on the Rhode Island at Tampico amid pledges from General Aguillar to protect foreign property in oil fields near Tuxpam. U.S. battleships Nebraska and Michigan and gunboat Wheeling are present to safeguard American and other interests. Navy officials anticipate action as needed to protect wells and pipelines, with talks planned with insurgent leaders. The British cruiser Suffolk under Rear Admiral Crad docked, but no new developments reported.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fletcher
Aguilar
Tampico
State Department
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Michigan
Wheeling
Navy Department
Aguillar
Suffolk
Craddock
Dr William B Craig Goes On Trial For Knabe Murder
Dr William B Craig dean of the Indiana veterinary college appears in Shelbyville Indiana to answer murder charges in the 1911 Knabe case. Alonzo M Ragsdale also faces an accessory after the fact charge with trial date not fixed. Private detective testimony spurred indictments after previous inquiries deemed inconclusive.
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Shelbyville
Ind
William B. Craig
Indiana Veterinary College
Indianapolis
Helen Knabe
Alonzo M. Ragsdale
Knabe
Dr. Knabe
Katherine McPherson
Marion County
Grandson of General Grant joins army from Brooklyn Institute
Chapman Grant, grandson of General A. G. Grant, resigns from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences to become a second lieutenant in the Fourteenth United States Cavalry. He heads to Texas in December, hoping for possible active service on the Mexican border. He notes his choice reflects family tradition and interest in war.
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Associated Preses
New York
Chapman Grant
Grant
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Texas
United States Cavalary
Mexico
Fourteenth
Mexican
Jesse R. Grant
Williams College
Children’s Museum
Brooklyn Institute
Zelaya Extradition Request Lingers at State Department
Official documents seeking extradition of former President Zelaya for the 1901 Masaya murder ran late at the State Department. Zelaya, arrested in New York, faced no hearing as attorney Folk and Corry M. Stadden met. Extradition rules limit prosecution to the named killing without the specific request.
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Associated Press
Washington
Zelaya
Nicaragua
State Department
Folk
Corry M. Stadden
New York
Domingo Toribio
Sixto Pineda
Masaya
Cannon and Grace
Toribio
Pineda
Empress of India Launches Amid Delays at Barrow
The battleship Empress of India, last of four from the 1811-1918 program, was launched at Barrow-in-Furness. Delays from labor troubles slowed her progress after she was laid down May 31, 1912, and the Admiralty invited naval attaches from foreign embassies in London to attend.
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Barrow-Infurness
Eng
Admiralty
London
Hoboes Arrested as Car Theft Suspects
Four hobos named Charles Hiller C Clarke Donald Murray and Frank Collier were arrested Thursday in the Choctaw yards of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad by Deputy Sheriff John Lee after a freight car was found broken open. They face unlawful riding of trains with burglary potential pending investigation.
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Charles Hiller
C. Clarke
Donald Murray
Frank Collier
Louisville and Nashville Railrooad Company
John Lee
Meyer Arrested for Driving on Wrong Side of Street
Mr Meyer was arrested Thursday morning at police headquarters on a charge of violating the traffic ordinance. Officer Ludlow arrested him alleging he drove on the wrong side to pass a street car that had stopped, and he is to appear in the recorder's afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Meyer
Ludlow
Ateges Meyer
Recorder
Tragic Car Train Collision Claims Three Near Brownsville
In Brownsville Texas two women from Edinburg and Pharr died when their car was struck by a St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train near Brownsville. A third occupant, Mrs Roscoe Frazier of Pharr, was seriously injured. The incident occurred late yesterday.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
E. L. Brown
Edinburg
Texas
J. E. Anderson
Pharr
Roscoe Frazier
St. Louis
San Francisco
Twelve Hundred Bales of Cotton Burn in Demopolis
In Demopolis Alabama on November 27 twelve hundred bales of cotton were destroyed by fire at Winns warehouse discovered at 11:30 last night and brought under control by daybreak. Firefighters and citizens held the blaze to one warehouse compartment, with Meridian aid arriving too late to help. Local merchants face heavy losses due to incomplete insurance.
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Demopolis
Ala
Winn
Meridian
Popular excursion to Orange Belt and Dawes syrup mill
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee organizes a 1 to 5 p m Saturday educational excursion via Bay Shore branch to Dawes and nearby Orange Belt lands. The trip showcases a Mobile-made sugar cane mill operating at Dawes and the county orange production, with reduced fares for teachers and students. A special Rail plan by Mobile and Ohio will run a spur line train, departing Terminal Station at 1 p m.
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Ways and Means Committee
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Bay Shore
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Dawes
Mobile County
Satsuma
J. W. Kroner
Mobile and
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Farnsworth
Four Freed Prisoners Given Thanksgiving Clemency
On Chief Crenshaw's recommendation, four prisoners at police headquarters were pardoned by executive clemency. T. B. Grant, Frank Naylor, Janie Johnson, and John Evans were released under orders supported by Mayor Lyons and Commissioner Schwarz. They were to remain in custody until after the Thanksgiving dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Crenshaw
Lyons
Schwarz
T. B. Grant
Tennessee
Frank Naylor
Janie Johnson
John Evans
Boy Who Fell Into Cellar Is Hurt Again
The 10 year old son of John Langan of Church and Franklin streets slipped again in the cellar, receiving a severe head wound. A physician was called late Wednesday night for treatment.
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John Langan
Church
Franklin Streets
Supreme Court Affirms Two Alabama Lumber Cases
The supreme court today affirmed the cases of McGowin Lumber and Export Company vs. McDonald Lumber Company from Mobile circuit court and L. L Brannan vs. J. B. Marshall from Mobile chancery court.
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Montgomery, Aza
The
Supreme Court Today
McGowin Lumber and Export Company
McDonald Lumber Company
Mobile Circuit Court
L. L Brannan
J. B. Marshall
Mobile Chancery Court
Early Christmas Shopping Urged by Clerks
A column urges shoppers to begin Christmas buying Friday to ease the last minute rush, noting clerks cannot enjoy the holiday while the public delays gift purchases.
Schmidt Barton Wins Road Race
Adolph Schmidt of Barton Academy won the YMCA cross country two mile race in 11 minutes 23 seconds finishing fifteen yards ahead of Green who clocked 11 25 14 for second prize. M B Varnado was third in 11 32. Eighteen entered, seventeen started, and all participants received prizes. Runners Schmidt and Bartee represented Barton Academy. others were YMCA members.
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Adolph Schmidt
Barton Academy
Green
Schmidt
Varnado
J. Hahn
E. Newberry
George R. Powell
E. Mangum
J. McGuire
R. Posey
Montgomery to Host Regional Methodist Conference
The annual Methodist Episcopal conference for Middle and South Alabama and Western Florida opens December 3 in Montgomery. About 340 delegates from 196 pastorates attend five days of business at Dexter Avenue Church with evening services. Pastorate assignments will be made near the end of the meeting.
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Montgomery
Ala
Methodist Episcopal Church
Middle
Alabama
Florida
Dexter Avenue Methodist Church
Dexter Avenue
Oe Monte Prac
Thanksgiving Musings from Mobile and Nation Alike
A Mobile Thanksgiving piece reflects on the holiday origins, notes local customs such as oyster as the substitute bird, and mentions plans for the day including a YMCA cross country run and a golf dinner match at the Country Club. It frames Thanksgiving as a state of mind and a season of shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
United States
William Bradford
Plymouth
Pankhurst
Bradford
Costs of Mobile Southern Commercial Congress Detailed
Audit figures show 17000 total subscriptions by Mobile business men 10000 guarantee 5750 general entertainment costs and preparations and 1250 paid to L C Irvine as general director. Directors will publish a full accounts statement soon.
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Mobile
Southern Commercial Congress
L. C. Irvine
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Cleaning Revolver Accident Seriously Wounds Man
John J. Mans Jr age 23 of Franklin and Earle streets accidentally shot his right hand while cleaning a revolver. Dr Oliver H Harris dressed the wounds and described the injuries as painful though not seriously damaged.
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John
J. Mans, Jr
Franklin
Earle Streets
Oliver H. Harris
Battle for Juarez Ends in Rebel Rout and Prisoner Sparing
Rebels under Villa rout Huerta's Federals near Juarez as José Ynez Salazar is wounded while leading a daring eastward assault. Villa vows not to execute prisoners, sheltering them in Juarez jail while fighting for Chihuahua City.
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AsSociated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Huerta
Chihuahua City
Villa
Manuel Chao
Juares
Mexico
Jose Ynez Salazar
Salazar
Bloody affray between strikers and police near Durban
In Natal five workers were killed today during a clash at the Blackburn sugar estate in Mount Edgecombe, near Durban. Gunfire and volleys followed tense standoffs as authorities attempted to quell the strike.
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Associated Press
Durban
Natal
Union of South Africa
Blackburn Sugar
Mount Edgecombe
T& Bes
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DR. Craig
Helen Knabb
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Emperor OF
India
Winn’s
Orange Belt
Dawes Syrup Mill
Capt. Lyons
Mae Frees
Cityrisoners
Supreme Court
Conference OF State Methodists
City
Gov. Bradford
Congress
Self
S.A
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