Startling Confession Reveals West Hammond Murders
Frances, 20, confesses to coroner and county attorney to involvement in alleged murders in West Hammond suburb near Chicago. Her eighty five page statement cites vice conditions, a fatal hypodermic injection, and a bar bottle used for drugging patrons as investigators seek motives and missing deaths beyond the three on record.
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Chicago
West Hammond
Frances
John Messmarker
Virginia Brooks
Hoffman
Land Congress Work Under Way In Alabama
A tentative program for the Alabama Land Congress was created by a special Chamber of Commerce and Business League committee. Departments include Railroads, newspaper interests, land owners, and agricultural education. The congress will convene during the county fair on November 12 13 and 14 with broad railroad support sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Land Congress
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
N. F. Thompson
Third Trial of Dr Hyde To Resume In Kansas City
The third trial of Dr B C Hyde of this city opens September 3 in Missouri. He faced murder charges linked to deaths in the Swope household after prescribed remedies and typhoid outbreaks. Two trials failed amid juror escapes and complex medical testimony. Hyde vows a vigorous defense to clear his name.
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DR. Hyde
Kansas City
Hyde
Colonel Swope
Swope
Mr. Hyde
James Moss Hunton
Independence
Hunton
Chrisman Swope
Logan Swope
Chrisman
Chicago
Margaret Swope
Margaret
Stewart
Railway men plan agricultural congress cooperation in Alabama
W L Henderson named land and industrial agent to persuade state railroads to cooperate for a congressional effort. Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn will run the agricultural education department. Presidents Finley Smith Yoakum of major lines are invited to attend. Chairman Thompson reported strong statewide interest and substantial correspondence and clippings.
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W. L. Henderson
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway
Alabama Polytechnic Institute At
Auburn
Ala
Department of Agricultural Education
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway
Milton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville
B. F. Yoakum
Frisco,ees
Thompson
Cowboy gin banned under Alabama pure food law
Alabama state pure food department has banned the Cowboy gin brand. A letter to manufacturers states the label motto and picture are objectionable and sale is prohibited in the state. The notice references a label showing a cowboy image.
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Montgomery
Ala
State
Pure Food Department
Alabama
Billingsley
Calcu lated image sparks racial sentiment in old newspaper caption
A still shows a cowboy aiming a pistol at an object with the caption It Hits the Spot. The department notes the image could inflame racial tensions amid readers and fears overtones tied to liquor and violence.
Braves and Nashville Set Battery Matchup for Game Day
Brady and Reynolds for Atlanta and West and Glenn for Nashville were the prospective batteries for today's game. Weather fair.
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Atlanta
Brady
Reynolds
West
Glenn
Nashville
State Education Official Sells School Lands in Mobile Area
State Superintendent Henry J. Willingham will auction 50.46 acres of school lands in Mobile Baldwin and Washington counties on September 28 in front of the county courthouse. The sale follows a voters petition with net proceeds to the state treasury and annual interest credited to the township and range.
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Henry J. Willingham
Range
Mobile
Baldwin
Washington
Mrs Campbell Found Dead in Chicago Home
Mrs Edgar C Campbell age 39 wife of a paymaster clerk at Fort Sheridan Chicago was found dead in her home. She apparently asphyxiated by gas from a stove with unclear cause whether suicide from illness or accidental gas escape after returning from the Philippines last year. Her father was Captain R G Carter of the Seventeenth Infantry U S A stationed at Fort McPherson Georgia.
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Chicago
Edgar Co. Campbell
United States Army
Sas
R. G. Carter
Seventeenth Infantry
Three Victims of Aeroplane Maneuvers
In strong winds a Bavarian Army lieutenant and two officers died when a biplane collapsed from 260 feet. Captain Hamilton earned his pilot certificate on March 12. He belonged to the Worcestershire regiment and was detached to the army flying corps. Lieutenant Stewart was not an aviator.
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Eng
Stewart
Hamilton
Worcestershire Regiment
Army Flying Corps
Lieut Steger Killed in Bavarian Aviation Accident
Bavarian Army lieutenant Steger died after his biplane buckled and crashed at about 300 feet during local maneuvers in Munich. He had earned his aviator certificate only three weeks ago and was a novice in flight.
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Munich
Bavaria
Steger
Tragic Demise of Brave Civil War Veteran in Milwaukee
Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur who spoke at a Twenty fourth Wisconsin reunion died of a brain hemorrhage after an apoplectic stroke. Captain E B Parsons collapsed from shock. the regiment prayed and covered the general with an American flag. Cronin reported the death was instantaneous and Parsons later recovered.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Atlanta
Arthur MacArthur
U.S. A
Chamber of Commerce
Peach Tree Creek
Atlante
William J. Cronin
E. B.parsons
Parsons
General MacArthur
Cronin
Montgomery Farmers Will Ship Cabbage
Montgomery Alabama September 6 Montgomery county farmers will ship cabbage in quantity for market. The effort comes as local growers consolidate shipping to improve prices and reduce spoilage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Abercrombie Passes on 1916 Senate Campaign
Alabama figures show Hon. John W. Abercrombie will not campaign for the U S Senate in 1916 unless redistricting is unresolved. If no districting occurs he may again seek congressman-at-large, while remaining with a publishing house until taking seat in March.
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Montgomery
Ala
John W. Abercrombie
Alabama
The
State University
United States
Abercrombie
Dr. Abercrombie
State Capitol
Tuscaloosa
Wetumpka
Elmore County
Teachers’ Institute
Congress
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Land Congress
Mrs
B. C. Hyde
Maull Bros
St. Louis, Mo
Conti Street
Mobile Item
St. Emanuel Street
Campbell
Lieut
Geraty
South Carolina
Mr. Geraty
Point Clear, Ala
City Bank & Trust CO
Mobile’s
W. J. McCowan
F. A. McCowan
Bell
Ray
Rhus
Aes Wais
Lisle
Tokio Silk
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