L and N Seeks Purchase of North and South Alabama Rail Property
Louisville and Nashville stockholders at the annual meeting authorized directors to make an offer for the physical property of the North and South Alabama Railroad. The offer amount was not disclosed. The report shows fiscal year rail revenues of 59,465,699.14 and net operating income of 12,913,620.59, with board members re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louisville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
North and South Alabama Railroad
North and South Alabama
Louisville and Nashville
Four Texas Louisiana Rail unions form federation to pressure Southern Pacific
Four union railway groups in Texas and Louisiana unite to press for strict adherence to working schedules with Southern Pacific from New Orleans to El Paso. They say mediation with the company under Federal Mediator C P Neill is not being observed, while the company denies any breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Union Railway
Louisiana
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
el Paso
C. P. Neill
Failed 10 Kill Two Children in Minneapolis Case
Police say Ida Leckwold confessed to murdering her nine year old daughter Viola on September 8 and attempting to kill her twelve year old son Willie. She claimed a man inspired her to end her entire family and said four other children died earlier from natural causes. Only Willie and Ethel, 11, survive among the eight siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Ida Leckwold
Childernen
Viola
Willie
Ethel
Texas Wonder Cure for Kidney and Bladder Troubles
Patent medicine advertisement listing remedies for kidney and bladder issues in men and women. Claims to cure diabetes rheumatism and back pain and offers mail order with testimonials from Alabama. Mentions Dr E W Hall address in St Louis and sale by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Alabama
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Insane Patient Beaten to Death at Illinois Hospital
Carl G. Holst, 78, Paxton, NL, died after being beaten while confined at Kankakee state hospital for the insane. William Wolfe, a former attendant, confesses to the murder and implicates John Mahan and another former employee. Wolfe is jailed in Nashville, North Carolina, unable to post bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kankakee
Ill
Carl G. Holst
Paxton, NL
Holst
Kankakee State Hospital
Wiliam Wolfe
Wolfe
John Mahan
W. H. Byer
Nashville
N.C
Senators to Represent at Knoxville Expo
A delegation of eleven senators will attend the Knoxville exposition after a Tennessee resolution authorizing a vice chair to appoint a committee to attend the event was passed by the senate yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Knoxville
Associated Press
Washington
Senator Lodge Hosts Wednesday Improvement Recap
United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge reports improvement after his recent operation as he comments on the progress of Holland's major project for draining the Zuyder Zee and the danger from his condition has passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T
Mass
United States
Henry Cabot
Bryan and Mrs Bryan celebrate 29th wedding anniversary
Secretary Bryan and Mrs Bryan visited Fairfax to mark their 29th wedding anniversary. They joined Mrs John Barbour at the county fair where Bryan spoke on The Signs of the Times. He praised Virginia for producing a leader to curb private interests and support Wilson's policies.
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Associated Press
Fairfax
Bryan
John
Barbour
Wilson
Virginia
Dr Hobsons Eczema Ointment Advertisement
The advertisement touts Dr Hobsons Eczema Ointment as a soothing medicated cream that penetrates skin to stop itching and heal eczema rashes ringworm and other eruptions. It claims a doctor’s prescription status and offers mail order through Pfeiffer Chemical Co from Philadelphia or St Louis with a 50 cent price.
Secretaries Call To Meet In Mobile
Secretaries of Southern commerce gather in Mobile during the Southern Commercial Congress. Secretary Bruce Kennedy of the Montgomery Business Men's League issues the call, with M B Trezevant of the New Orleans Progressive Union to preside. Kennedy says the Congress represents and advances southern commerce and duties to support its efforts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Commercial Secretaries of
South
Secrtary
Bruce Kennedy
Ontgomery Business Men's League
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
M.B. Trezevant
New Orleans Progressive Union
Kennedy
US settlers flood Western Canada in 1919 season
Western Canada received about 140000 settlers from the United States this season, a slight increase over the previous year, according to a statement issued by the immigration commissioner in Winnipeg Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
United States
Commissioner of Immigration
Frank's Counsel Pushes New Trial Motions in Frank Case
In Atlanta on October 2, Leo M. Frank's counsel served the Solicitor with a motion for a new trial claiming 115 errors. Alleged prejudice by two jurors and questions about testimony characterize the majority of the counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Dorsey
Frank
Aeroplane Crash Injures Several at Elkton Fairgrounds
An aeroplane piloted by Irving Conley of Buffalo plunged about fifty feet at Elkins fair grounds due to a wind drift. Several people were hurt two severely. Willard Hallen sustained a fractured skull, Mrs. J A Peylen of Cumberland lost a hand and suffered body injuries. Conley himself suffered back sprain and body bruises.
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Associated Press
Elkins
W. Va
Irving Conley
Buffalo
N. Y
Fair Grounds
Willard Hallen
J. A. Peylen
Cumberland
Conley
Death by self inflicted wound in Houston jail
William H. Dammibéyer a businessman from Indianapolis severed his wrist arteries with a tobacco tag and bled to death while under detention in Houston. He was found dead by prison attendants and a coroner's jury ruled the wounds self inflicted. He had been removed from a hotel Tuesday over alleged strange notions.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
William H. Dammibéyer
Indianapolis
Ind
City
Dammeyer
Indianapolis businessman commits suicide in Houston
William M. Dammeyer of Indianapolis, a well to do businessman, killed himself in Houston yesterday after traveling there two weeks earlier seeking health relief. Relatives had heard nothing from him since his departure, and the illness remain unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indianapolis
William M. Dammeyer
Houston
Pardon Plea Filed for Reading Murderess Kate Edwards
The state board of pardons was asked to commute the sentence of Kate Edwards who has been imprisoned over a decade for first degree murder. Convicted September 14 1901 she faced a March 1902 hanging. Commutation was refused in 1903 and officials cite brutal treatment and a claimed reform as grounds for clemency.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
State Board of Pardons
Kate Edwards
Reading
Edwards
Police set up bureau to identify unknown dead
New York reports an effort to identify all unknown dead buried at Potter's Field. Police Commissioner Waldo created a bureau of unidentified dead with detectives to work before burial, spurred by the thirteen day unidentified death of Don Timothy D. Sullivan.
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Associated Press
New York
Army of the Unknown
Potter's Field
Waldo
Don Timothy D. Sullivan
Victoria Sackville West Weds Harold Nicholson In London
Victoria Mary Sackville West daughter of Lord and Lady Sackville married Harold Stanley Nicholson son of Sir Arthur Nicholson under secretary of state for foreign affairs. The ceremony was a grand society function held in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Victoria Mary Sackville-West
Lord
Lady Sackville
Harold Stanley Nicholson
Arthur Nicholson
Price of coal raised 26 cents a ton in Boston
Retail prices of all grades of coal were advanced 26 cents a ton by dealers in Boston today. The dealers say the increase was necessitated by higher costs of handling.
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Associated Press
Boston
Officers in violent clash with suffragettes in London
Miss Harriett Roberts Kerr and Mrs Beatrice Saunders, leading WSPU figures, were re arrested under the cat and mouse act after resuming duties. Saunders faces fifteen months and Kerr twelve months for conspiracy. Police clash with staff as four young clerks are seized.
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Associated Press
London
Harriett Roberts Kerr
Beatrice. Saunders
Women's Social and Political Union
Mrs. Saunders
Miss Kerr
El Paso and Southwestern GM Buys Lumber for Tucson Mining Plans
H J Simmons head of operating department buys 10 million feet of lumber for a new Phelps Dodge mining unit fifty miles west of Tucson. The purchase signals the first stretch of an intended line extension toward the coast, announced in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
H. J. Simmons
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Phelps-Dodge
Tucson
Woman Feels 10 Years Younger After Pinkham Medicine
Letters from Louisville Kentucky and Romayor Texas praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving weakness and bladder issues. Mrs Mize Wile Lis and Mrs Viola Jasper report improved health and renewed energy after use. Confidental letters are read and answered by women at Lynn Massachusetts plant.
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Louisville
Lydia
Pinkham
Mize Wile Lis
Bank St
Louisville, Ky
Romayor
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Viola Jasper
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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Zuyder Dee
Sir Oliver
Secretary of State
Rhabdy
C. J. Moffett
Philadelphia
Aim
C. J. Maflett Medicina
St. Louis, Ma
Tex
Castoria
THE
Centaur Company
New York City
Dauphin
DR. F. L. Tapia
the Peoples Bank
State of
Crichton Lumber CO
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
LaFitte
French Market
New Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd
Just
Rockinham
the Merchants. Bank
Francis
Windsor
Albert E. Reynolds
Colden A. Brown
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Conception Street
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