City Plans Pave Cedar Point Road Six Miles South
The city commission and county board push paving Cedar Point road from city limits to Dog River bridge as funds are raised to redeem bonds. Asphalt from Anniston area will be used. cost approx 15 000 per mile totaling 90 000 for six miles. The move also includes paving Washington avenue to the tourist camp.
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Cedar Point
Dog River Bridge
City Commission
Board of Revenue
Commission Yes Wers
Ution
Washington Avenue
Lloyd E. Warner
Cedar Point Road
Warner
A. 8. Towle
Anniston
Upward Trend Seen In Wall Street Open
Stock prices opened with gains of a point or more as trading began in New York. Western rail shares led the advance with Western Pacific Great Northern and Soo preferred rising briskly along with Public Utilities and other industrials. Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with July at 24.05 and December at 23.20.
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New York
Western Rail
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Soo
New Orleans
Arrest of Sturgis scion ends elopement bid in Charlotte
Robert B. Sturgis of Baltimore, son of Major General Samuel D. Sturgis, was jailed in Charlotte after an attempted elopement with a socialite. Baltimore authorities sought his arrest on auto theft and interstate flight charges, with ministers and parental opposition cited.
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Charlotte
N. C
Robert B. Sturgis
Baltimore
Samuel D. Sturgis
Third Army Corps
Young Sturgis
Stolen Atlanta Car Found at Mobile Garage
An automobile stolen in Atlanta on June 10 was found at Reliable garage in Mobile. C D Lawrence owner of Rent A Car Company identified the car. Detective Eddie Warren said three Atlanta boys left the car for repair and a $500 bad check was passed. Lawrence told Chief Warren Burch the car was rented by a girl in Atlanta who turned it over to the trio. Local officers have the boys’ names and descriptions.
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Atlanta
St. Michael Street
C. D. Lawrence
Eddie Warren
Lawrence
Warren Burch
Two Stills Destroyed Near Tanner Ferry Road
Two 50 gallon stills were destroyed on the Tanner Ferry road fourteen miles west of the city yesterday afternoon. Indictments from the last grand jury were served by deputy sheriffs. Oliver Maddox Henry Laurendine and Berry Byrd faced prohibitions charges. Dennis Moore, a negro, pled guilty to possession and was fined fifty dollars or fifty days.
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Tanner Ferry
Graves
Pruitt
Tanner
Oliver Maddox
Henry Laurendine
Berry Byrd
Dennis Moore
Recorder’s Court
Vincent Kilborh
Cutter Saukee Due Back In Port Today
The coast guard cutter Saukee, flagship of patrol boats near rum row, with about 300 cases of liquor on board, will return to port today after two weeks touring the gulf and delivering supplies to smaller government craft off Cedar Keys.
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Coast’ Guard
Francis E
Cedar Keys
Fra
Gulf
Rum Row
French Liner Michoacan Set to Sail With Cargo
After loading cargo here for several days the French liner Michigan will sail this afternoon. The Michoacan is one of several freight boats of the French Line and is the second to load cargo in Mobile in recent months. The Niagara, a combined freight and passenger steamer of the French Line, will arrive here on July 3.
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Mobile
Niagara
Sermon at St. John's Church Promises Deaf Mute Address
Rev. H. L. Tracy of Jackson will deliver a sermon to the deaf mutes at St. John's Church at 8 pm. He serves on the faculty of the Mississippi School for the Deaf.
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H. L. ‘Tracy
Jackson
Miss
St. John’s Church
Mississippi Schoo Fer the Deaf
Plans for Chamber of Commerce drive to boost membership
Preliminary arrangements for a Chamber of Commerce campaign to raise 75 000 and increase membership are nearing readiness. Men and women teams are organized and set to canvass next Tuesday after a meeting led by Mark Lyons, general chairman, urging maximum effort.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mark Lyons
Golett Bay Front Property Sells for 27500
The Golett property on Mobile Bay front sold today by Mobile Light & Railroad Co to Gulf Trading Co led by George S Leatherbury for 27500. Deed filed in probate court. George W Pearson sold a bay front tot on Land Green Inn for 1000. Martin W Thoss and spouses sold land in Shore Acres bay division to Dora Adams for 4000.
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Golett
Mobile
Baw Front
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Gulf Trading Company
George S. Leatherbury
George W. Pearson
J. T. White
Bay Front
Land Green Inn
Martin W. Thoss
Fugeng Thoss
Dora Adams
Bay Division
Shore’ Acres
Pensacola Excursion To Mobile For Baseball Game
The Louisville & Nashville railroad plans an excursion from Pensacola to Mobile for a baseball game between Mobile and New Orleans next Sunday. Agent H C Geron says 800 tickets have sold. Additional excursions from Mobile to New Orleans on June 28 are announced for Mobile Pelicans games.
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Pensacola
Mobile
New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville Road
H. C. Geron
Geron
Pelicans
Crescent City
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Gulfport
Fla
Woman Tries in Post Office Case in Federal Court
Mrs. Lulu G. Powers former post mistress at Creola faces trial on charges of rendering false accounts to boost pay. A large witness list fills the docket and completion today is uncertain. In a separate case Elmer Maddox of Mobile is acquitted of violating the migratory bird treaty by late shooting with state game warden A Z Oberhouse as key witness.
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Lulu G. Powers
Margaret Walker Charged In Purse Snatching Case
Margaret Walker, a Negro woman, is charged with petty larceny in connection with a purse snatching at Grant's store. The case, set for June 23 in recorder's court, followed her illness at police headquarters after arrest. The purse was recovered by Officers Welch and Lilly.
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Margaret Walker
Petu Lars Celly
Ball players to visit Eastern Shore excursion on Ray Queen
Members of Mobile baseball club and their families will guest the steamer Ray Queen for an excursion to Fairhope. They will board tomorrow at 2 o clock morning and return the same day.
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Mobile’ Baseball Elub
Ray Queen
Fairhope
Danish Steamer Olef Maersk Plans Cuban Coal Run
The Danish steamer Olef Maersk, flying the house flag of the Maersk line, will load coal here for Cuba. The voyage aims to supply coal for steamers bound for Puerto Tarafa under Malt charges.
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Cuba
Olef Maersk
Puerto Tarafa
Britisher Gavin Mobbed by Chinese in Shanghai
P S Gavin a British motorcycle officer in the Shanghai International Settlement was mobbed on East Kashing road after interrupting a harangue by a student. He was found with a fractured skull and taken to a hospital after his motorcycle was stolen. No further disturbances reported by 11 o'clock tonight.
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Shanghai
A.P
P. S. Gavin
Shanghai International Settlement
Gavin
Harbin Road
East Kashing Road
Retired Bishop Benjamin Keiley Dies in Atlanta
Rev. Benjamin J. Keiley, 78, retired Roman Catholic bishop of Savannah, died suddenly in Atlanta while preparing for a hospital ride. Born October 13, 1847 in Petersburg, Va., he studied in Rome, was ordained in 1873, served as pastor in New Castle and Wilmington, and Atlanta and Savannah, and was consecrated bishop of Savannah in 1900, retiring about two years ago.
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Atlanta
Benjamin J. Keiley
Savannah
Keiley
Kelley
Petersburg
American College
Rome
Italy
New Castle
Wilmington
Del
Shriners Plan July Fourth Family Outing
Abba Temple of Shriners will host an open air July Fourth picnic for members and families. The bay front site between Shore Acres and Bay View is to be chosen by a committee. H. N. Stevens, potentate of the Shrine, serves as general chairman.
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Abba Temple of Shriners
Bay Front
Shore Acres
Bay View
H. N. Stevens
Fire Slightly Damages Home on Franklin Street
The dwelling at 405 North Franklin Street sustained slight fire damage at 10 15 this morning caused by a defective flue. Fire Department reports note the incident and L C Williams a supernumerary member has tendered his resignation to Chief Gds Rehm.
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North Franklin Street
L Cc.Williams
Gds Rehm
Fire Department
Trainmen Hurt In Railroad Accident At Mark Arkansas
Brakeman J. Cummins of Hozie Arkansas fractured leg and Engineer C W Johnston of Little Rock injured when Missouri Pacific Red Bull freight train opened a switch at Mark Arkansas. Engine turned partly over.
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Popular Bluff
J. Cummins
Hozie
Ark
C. W. Johnston
Little Rock
Misouri Pacific Red Bull
Mark, Ark
New Disturbances Rise in Shanghai Strike
A foreign police sergeant was severely wounded in Shanghai when a mob assaulted him while dispersing rioters in the foreign settlement. After a mass meeting, 150,000 Chinese flooded streets with anti foreign threats and damaged billboards.
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Eer Nts ‘i
Aribe
Shanghai
Pine Men Pledge Co operation in Lumber Grade Marking
Memphis June 17 The Southern Pine Association will cooperate with other lumber organizations nationwide to adopt the grade marking system. Members voted to furnish full information on grade marking to interested groups. Minor issues since the system began in association mills April 1 were resolved.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Pine Association
Association Mills
American Polists Defeat Britishers in Practice Match
New York June 17 The American army polo team defeated Lord Wodehouse’s Harlequins 13 goals to 4 in a warm up for the international military polo championship title defense against the British army team set for June 20.
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New York
Lord Wodehouse
Harlequins
Americans Beaten in British Tennis Match
In Eastbourne on June 17, Ray Casey of San Francisco and John Hennessy of Indianapolis lost to L. A. Godfree and J. D. Wheatley in a British American contest. The Americans took the second and fourth sets while the British pair won the others in a five set match.
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Eastbourne
Eug
Ray Casey
San Francisco
John Hennessy
Indianapolis
L. A. Godfree
J. D. Wheatley
Bargain Day in Recorder Court for Drunkards
The article reports Acting Recorder Kilborn reducing penalties for public intoxication during Recorder Edington's absence. Two drunks paid $5 each, instead of the usual $15, with sailors also receiving lower fees. The piece notes price variance across groups and mentions Vincent Kilborn as acting recorder.
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Vincent Kilborn
D.hadington
Recorder Edington
Kilborn
Edington
Cade
Nurse Testifies In Poison Germ Trial In Chicago
A nurse testified in Chicago that Shepherd admitted telling her Billy McClintock said he had typhoid and that Shepherd gave a cathartic. The nurse described care at the Shepherd McClintock home and noted three needle punctures in McClintock's arm after death.
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Chicago
William Darling
E Bevero
Wales
Enority Verore Court
Shepherd
William Nelson Stemstock
Onaiwe
Savage
Suman
Charl C. Faiman
National University Sciences of Chicago
Promine
Asphord
Marie Hall
McClintock
Miss Hall
Shepherd-MacClintock
Billy
Shepherd-McClintock
Isabelle Pope
Ince
Young McClintock
Judge Withdraws Old Resignation in Virgin Islands Case
Judge Lucius J. M. Malmin of the appellate court in the Virgin Islands writes to President Coolidge withdrawing his resignation tendered two years earlier after disputes with naval authorities over jurisdiction. Malmin was appointed by President Harding and cited improper naval interference in judicial functions.
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Chicago
Lucius J. M. Malmin
Appellate Court of the
Virgin Islands
Harding
Coolidge
Malmin
Ison
Trainmen Die In Readville Freight Crash
Readville Mass June 17 Two trainmen were killed when a fifty car freight from New Haven rammed the caboose of a 48 car freight at Readville station on the New Haven railroad. The dead are William E Murphy conductor and John B Davis brakeman of Boston.
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Readville
Mass
International News Service
New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven
Carpenter Falls to Death at Belmont Theater Construction
Lonnie B. Kellow age 49, carpenter, collapsed from heat fainting and fell from the balcony at the Belmont Theater construction on Hillsboro Avenue in Nashville. He sustained a fatal skull fracture and died at General Hospital.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lonnie B. Kellow
Carpenter
Belmont
Hillsboro Avenue
General
MacMillan Sets Sail From Boston to Pole Expedition
M M i l l a n sails from Charlestown Navy Yard aboard the Peary bound for Wiscasset Maine with the Bowdoin for the first leg toward the Arctic. Hundreds cheer as hydroplanes circle overhead and officials wish the expedition bon voyage. MacMillan aims to rescue Amundsen if needed and proceeds with plans to Etah Greenland. Governor Fuller and Mayor Curley attend the sendoff.
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Boston
de Donald
B. MacMilLan
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Wiscasset
Maine
Peary
Bowdoin
MacMillan
Amundsen
North Pole
Etah
Greenland
Governor Fuller
Theodore D. Robinson
Curley
Defense Says Dorothy Perkins Did Not Kill Templeton
New York June 17 Dorothy Perkins pleads not guilty and not accidental in the death of Thomas Templeton at a St Valentine party Defense counsel Lash announces the intent to show death was not the result of an accident Prosecution had presented a stenographic confession from Perkins saying she did not intend to shoot and that she was nervous and did not realize what she did
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New York
Dorothy Perkins
Thomas Templeton
Lash
Templeton
Radium Found in Large Quantities in Ontario
Toronto June 17 A P two prospectors Charles Earle and E W Austin claim radium in commercial quantities in Haliburton county Ontario samples submitted to provincial assay officials are distinctly radioactive a claim of 1700 acres has been staked by the prospectors
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Toronto
Haliburton County
Ontario
Charles Earle
E. W. Austin
Duchess of Westminster Granted Divorce in Nisi Decree
The Duchess of Westminster was today granted a decree nisi in her divorce suit against the Duke of Westminster. The announcement came from London on June 17.
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London
Duchess of Westminster
Nisi
Duke of Westminster
Tuberculosis Serum Producing Results Reported
In Paris tuberculous families show none with active disease and city statistics indicate low incidence. A preventive program uses BOG administered to milk to protect infants from three to ten years old. The serum aims to detect and prevent tuberculosis in babies and gauge infant exposure.
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Paris
Baltimore Blaze Threatens City Storage Tanks
A serious fire in Baltimore June 11 threatened the city as 4,000,000 gallons of gasoline and oil stored in tanks on an ad block were ignited. One tank car exploded and the blaze was brought under control.
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Baltimore
Missing Norwegian Explorer Team Heads Toward E Bay
The two aviators from the Norwegian expedition begin a seaplane search from Advent Bay toward E Bay, about 30 miles away, as rescuers continue efforts to locate the missing North Pole explorers.
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Advent Bay
Spitzene
Ing
E Bay
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Elbridge H. Curran
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William Sweeney
Mike Genna
Sweeney
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Saukee
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Eastern Shore
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M’millan
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