Bob Neil of Selma Honored in Fraternal Tribes
Washington letter reports the sixty sixth Gran t Council of the Improved Order of Red Men Geenona selecting Maine as the next meeting site. George A. Treadwell of New Orleans was elected secretary of the Fez and Feather Club, while R. F E. L. Neil of Selma was named past grand ruler of the Eleven o Clock Council, a Red Men Elks group.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gran T Council
Improved Order of Red Men
Geenona
Maine
George A. Treadwell
New Orleans
Fez and Feather Club
Eleven o’Clock Council
Elks
R. F E. L. Neil
Selma
terrible result of fight with bandits
Associated Press reports in Hanover Germany that bandits who rifled a Wilhelmsburg bank after killing the cashier and murdered and robbed a hotel keeper were found by officers at Osterode after a pursuit. One gang member died, the other was captured after wounding a posse member and slaying another.
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Associated Press
Hanover
Ger
Wilhelmsburg
Osterode
Kidnapped the Goat In New Orleans Shrines Case
In New Orleans on September 12 Os man Temple, a Shriners chapter member, had his goat released from quarantine after a Panama trip. Two Dallas Shriners allegedly stole the animal, boarding a noon train to Texas with the goat named Bill, said to belong to J. Harry Lewis of St. Paul.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Hella ‘Temple
Dallas
Texas
Osman Temple
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Panama
Osman Temple of Shriners ‘of
St. Paul
Shriners
J. Harry ‘Lewis
Bright's Disease Tied To Scarlet Fever in Many Cases
Many Bright's Disease cases among youths follow scarlet fever, with kidney damage that can be reversible. Reports cite two recoveries after Scarlet fever, observed by a physician who prefers anonymity, and endorsement from H. W. Knoll of San Francisco. Advertisement for Fulton’s Renal Compound via Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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Bright
Fulton
H. W. Knoll
San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
Turbine Drums From Other Side For New Battleship
The English Cy clip of Sheffield based Cyclops Steel and Iron Works offered turbine drums for the battleship No 89 at 57436 dollars, about one third of the American bids. Bethlehem Steel and Midvale submitted higher offers. Carnegie did not bid. Act Secretary Roosevelt justified offshore sourcing due to large price savings despite Navy policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
Cyclops Steel and Iron Works
Sheffield
England
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Eres States
Bethlehem Steel Company
Midvale Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Congressman Steals a Bride Elopes to Maryland
Washington dispatch reports George Curry a prominent Sixty second Congress member eloped to Rockville Maryland with Martha Clara Gans of Uniontown Pennsylvania. Curry fifty and the bride twenty one faced parental objections prompting the runaway. Curry a former sheriff frontiersman rough rider and Manila official retired after election to Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
George Curry
Rockville
Gretna Green
Martha Clara Gans
Uniontown
Curry
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Philippine Islands
Philippine Scouts
Manila
Order of Hoo Hoo to Build Home for Indigent Workers
The Concantenated Order of Hoo Hoo established a home for indigent lumber men and allied industry workers. A $2,000 relief fund was ordered for Hot Springs fire victims. Winnipeg was chosen as next year’s meeting location.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Allied Industries
Order of Hoo Hoo
Hot Springs
Ark
Winnipeg
Canada
Reduced Rail Rates Sought for Good Roads Meet in Mobile
J Asa Rountree secretary of the Alabama Good Roads Association seeks rail rate cuts for the November 20 21 22 Mobile meeting. He has written to the Southeastern Passenger Association inviting speakers including Vice President Marshall and Secretaries McAdoo Houston and Burleson. Governors of Southern states invited and over 1000 delegates expected as the Chamber of Commerce aids the effort.
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J. Asa Rountree
Alabama Good Roads Association
Mobile
Southeastern Passenger Association
Marshall
McAdoo
Houston
Burleson
Chamber of Commerce
Roundtree
First Trip Over All Southern Route Mapped By Paquettes
Mr and Mrs B J Paquette of Atlanta began a mapping trip for the Atlanta Sunday American and Montgomery Advertiser reporting on the All Southern Trans Continental route from Atlanta to San Francisco. They arrived in Mobile late Thursday after five days out and planned to continue to New Orleans. Paquette noted roads were fairly good with a stretch in Marengo and Clark counties from Dixon Mills to Thomasville harder.
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Atlanta
San Francisco
H. L. Ferguson
Atlanta Sunday American
Montgomery
B. J. Paquette
Mobile
New Orleans
Pensioners Called by Special Master in Alabama
General Fred S. Ferguson the special master in Alabama pension rolls has cited 73 Blount County and 15 Butler County pensioners to show cause why they should not be dropped for ineligibility. He has cited over 150 pensioners in total and other names span Autauga Barbour Bibb Bullock Blount Baldwin and Butler counties. Ferguson works with H Y Brooke examiner of public accounts collecting Confederate records data in Washington since May first.
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Montgomery
Fred S. Ferguson
Blount County
Butler County
Ferguson
Autauga
Barbour
Bibb
Bullock
Blount
Baldwin
Butler
General Ferguson
Examiner of Public Accounts
H. Y. Brooke
Washington
Alabama
Huerta Rumors Grow He May Resign Or Go To Europe
Associated Press reports persistent rumors in Vera Cruz that General Huerta intends to resign the presidency soon. Two anecdotes, including a cataract operation hint and a dinner tale, fuel belief he may leave office or pursue exile in Europe, with eyes on the electoral race or Diaz’s path.
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Associated Press
Vera Cruz
General Huerta
Wilson
Lind
Huerta
Capitol
Porfirio Diaz
Europe
Alabama Good Roads Assn Invites Congress for Mobile Meeting
Invitations were sent to Senators Bankhead Clayton and Alabama's entire delegation for the seventeenth annual Alabama Good Roads Association session in Mobile on November 20–22. John L. Burnett vows attendance if Congress is not in session. A broad regional campaign aims to attract a large delegation from Alabama and neighboring states.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Bankhead
Clayton
Alabama
Congress
Mobile
J. A. Rountree
John L. Burnett
Washington
D. C
United States
Mississippi
Florida
Louisiana
Juvenile Delinquents Convicted in Plateau Theft Case
Doctor Scott Willie Thomas and Nathaniel Thomas were charged with stealing a gun valued at 45 dollars and a suit of clothes from L. B. George in Plateau. They were committed to the negro reform school at Mt. Meigs Alabama for six months by Acting Judge Moses Kohn after conviction in the inferior criminal court.
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Doctor Scott
Willie Thomas
Nathaniel Thomas
L. B. George
Plateau
Negro Reform School
Mt. Meigs
Ala
Inferior Criminal Court
Moses Kohn
Made targets of each other in Sedalia tragedy
In Sedalia Missouri on September 12 William Evans a restaurant keeper was killed and his wife fatally wounded after she lured him from a rooming house and began shooting witnesses say she acted out jealousy.
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Associated Press
Sedalia
William Evans
President's Cup Given to American Winners
President Wilson presented the President's Cup to the American crew winners of the German American sonder class yacht race. The ceremony occurred on the south lawn of the White House with nearly the entire cabinet in attendance. The president hosted a buffet luncheon for both American and German crews as the marine band played in the background.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Witte House
Marine Band
George Tinworth Dies at 74 in London
London artist George Tinworth, renowned for terra cotta works, died yesterday in London. Born in 1843 to a wheelwright, he entered the Royal Academy in 1864 and gained fame for his sculptural terra cotta pieces.
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Associated Press
London
George Tinworth
Royal Academy
Wearing Apparel Seized For Duty In New York
Customs inspectors seized twenty trunks from Mrs. Frank Wiborg and her three daughters arriving from Europe. Declared declarations contained errors and undeclared items valued at about 5000 dollars with roughly 3000 dollars estimated duty. The trunks were sent to appraisers and a federal attorney will handle the case.
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Associated Press
New York
Europe
Frank Wiborg
Cincinnati
Wiborg
Bids 100 High For Memorial Delayed Action
The Lincoln Memorial Commission received seventeen bids for the $2,000,000 Potomac memorial and delayed action until September 25 due to how high the proposals are. Officials noted it would be hard to finish within the authorized budget. A rumor references a man whose remark went awry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Potomac River
Congress
Marriage by elopement prompts annulment request
Mingo Junction man Fred Beschore and 17-year-old Helen Dorothy Oliver, a high school pupil from St Louis, seek annulment in circuit court claiming both parties were under age when they wed in Wellsburg West Virginia after meeting at a funeral. The teachers were surprised by the marriage.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Fred William Beschore
Helen Dorothy Oliver
Circuit Court
Mingo Junction
Fred Beschore
Mingo
Wellsburg
W. Va
Beschore
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