Alabama editors visit Mobile for two hour inspection tour
Members of the Alabama Press Association editors from towns statewide briefed in Mobile this afternoon. They arrived from Fairhope at 1 80 o clock and will spend about two hours inspecting the new ground work railroad line and other development features. Delegations from the Chamber of Commerce will entertain them. The group plans a return trip to Fairhope after a midday boat ride to Mobile and a 1 30 o clock steamer disembarkation.
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Alabama Press Association
Mobile
Fairhope
Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Gaston
Dorothy Wears Unclear Dress In Fragmented Text
Fragmentary OCR describes a woman named Dorothy in a dress with unclear details. The text is heavily garbled, offering no coherent event, date, or place to establish a full news item.
Liquor seizures and arrests in county raid operations
Officers seized fifteen quarts of champagne and imported liquors from a room above Taxicab Company No 8 and expect arrest warrants. Other raids destroyed 19 barrels of mash at two stills on Wash Creek and nearby beer mash, with multiple arrests for violating prohibition laws. An additional suspect faced charges for possessing liquor and illegal sales, with one defendant pleading guilty and given a payment deadline.
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Cannon, Pruitt
Ferguson
Taxicab Company No. 8
Government
Commerce
Cannon
Tanner, Graves
Wash Creek
Charley Allen
Seabury Branch
Mobile
St. Stephen's Road
Tanker
Graves, Robbins and Pruitt
R. Bertilsen
Oak Grove
Lee
New Land Firm Incorporated In City
The City of Company, Inc. filed incorporation papers in probate court to day. The firm will engage in real estate investment and development with $5,000 capital and $0 paid in. Incorporators are L. Giblin, Agnes E. Giblin, and J. N. Bailey.
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City of Company, Inc
Pias 0
L. Giblin
Agnes E. Giblin
J. N. Bailey
Paving Considered for Cedar Point Road
The board of revenue and road commissioners will meet tomorrow afternoon to decide on paving Cedar Point highway toward the bridge at Paglessee. Commissioners favor paving and highway improvement in the action.
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Cedar Point Road
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Cedar Point
Hallgrim Arrives With Lumber Cargo for Monte and Buenos Aires
The Norwegian steamer Hallgrim from St. Andrews arrived in port with lumber o in the cargo and will load here for Monte and Buenos Aires. The vessel plans to depart with about 4 500 000 feet of lumber described as one of the best cargoes to leave the port in years.
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Hallgrim
van Heynigen Brokerage Company
St. Andrews
Fla
Monte
Buenos Aires
Weather Update for Mississippi and Fair to Tuesday
Partly cloudy conditions continue across Mississippi and the Fair area through Tuesday with a likelihood of thunderstorms in the extreme north regions. Forecast calls for possible afternoon and evening showers and bumps in temperatures inland.
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Mississippi
Wall Street Opens With Firm Undertone And Mixed Buying
New York stocks opened with a firm undertone as buying interest covered the market. Western rail shares led gains while some speculative operations boosted select issues including American Type Founders, hinting at a new high for the year.
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New York
Northwestern Rail
Cotton futures drift as markets open for July
New York reports futures prices with cotton tyres opening for July at 23.58, October 25.40, December 23.65, January 23.16, and March 23.35, outlining early trading directions.
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New York
New Futures and Cotton Prices Steady in Liverpool Report
Cotton futures opened steady with July at 23.70 and December at 23.17, while futures closed steady across dates. Liverpool spot prices held at Middling 13.59 with 6,000 bales sold, including 5,800 American, and 2,000 bales received, none American.
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Liverpool
Tuscaloosa Barge Brings Record Freight to Port
The self propelled Tuscaloosa of Mississippi Warrior Barge Line arrived from New Orleans with 938 tons of freight for local and up river distribution. About 528 tons are for Mobile consignees including ware and equipment. Up river freight totals 410 tons and six carloads of salt to be transferred to other barges for northern delivery.
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Tuscaloosa
Mississippi Warrior
New Orleans
Mobile Consignees
Heat Reaches 98 Degrees Across Cities
The mercury hit 98 in Montgomery and Birmingham yesterday while Mobile marked its highest since last August at 96. Temperatures stayed above 90 from Sunday morning until 5 PM. Forecasters expected continued warm and fair weather tonight and Tuesday.
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Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Man Fined $10 for Shooting Fresh Water Trout
J. I. Daugherty of McIntosh Alabama was fined ten dollars and costs by Justice Sam Roberts for violating state game and fish laws. District Warden A Z Oberhaus Sr jailed him after he used a high powered rifle to shoot five trout, one weighing five pounds, in a stream near McIntosh. The warden notes ongoing rifle fishing in Washington county streams.
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J. 1
Daugherty
McIntosh
Ala
Chatom
Justice of the
Sam Roberts
A. Z. Oberhaus,Sr
Washington County
Atlanta Physician Delivers Address at Banquet
Dr. Stewart Robinson of Atlanta Georgia, president of the Southern Medical Association, spoke at a banquet hosted by the Mobile County Medical Society. The event, led by toastmaster Dr. H P Cole and organized at the request of Dr. E W Cawthon, marked his return home.
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Stewart Robinson
Atlanta
Southern Medical Association
Mobile County Medical Society
Robinson
Battle Ho
H. P. Cole
E.W. Cawthon
British Antillian Due Here For Cargo In Mobile
The British steamer Antillian of the Leyland line is due to arrive in Mobile this week to load cargo for Liverpool and Manchester. Mobile Liners Inc is the local agent for the ship which will operate in the new transatlantic service. The Katrina Lackenbach will sail Wednesday with cargo for the Pacific coast.
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Antillian
Leyland Line
Mobile
Hodd
Liverpool
Manchester
Mobile Liners,Inc
Katrina
Lackenbach
Pacific Coast
Saukee Sails for Key West Today
The coast guard cutter Saukee, arriving from Key West, Fla., will likely sail back to that port today. The Saukee previously seized the British auxiliary schooner Francis E. and has made several trips to this port since then.
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Coast Guard
Key West
Fla
Inf
Francis E
Meeting Set for Atlanta Port Adjustment
A meeting will be held in Atlanta to discuss a port adjustment affecting the Atlantis area. The traffic and port concerns involve Seapens tance to Mobile and will be represented by the Chamber of Commerce in person or by proxy.
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Atlanta Atlantis
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Plans Formed for Mobile Chamber Campaign Campaign
General chair Mark Lyons leads an opening campaign for Mobile Chamber of Commerce funds totaling 75000. Miss Katherine Crampton chairs the women’s division formed at a chamber meeting. Mrs H P Cole and others assign divisions A to D with captains chosen for each group.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Battle House
Katherine Crampton
Division of Women
Bessie Hencher
H. P. Cole
Women’s Department of the
Elizabeth Fonde
Martin Holbrook
Ot Gonzales
John Wilson
Gladys Brown
Anna P. McGowan
W.,b. Paterson
R. M. Welnacker
J. & Peterson
Alex Harvey
Mark Lyons
Minnie Harris
Bessie Klencher
W. R. Bickley
T. E. Halliwell
O. H. Kyle
Alice G. Foye
Lotus Stone
Leslie J. Taylor
Tom Moore
M. L. Dewitt
Katherine Sage
Edwina Turner
Ignorance Charged In Straight Talk
Prof W A Shelton of Emory University denounces evolution and scientific theories as concealing ignorance of God. He told a Methodist pastors school in Hendrix College, criticizing secular views and predicting future reputations of Paine and Ingersoll fading.
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Conway
Ark
W. A. Shelton
Emory University
God
Shelton
Thomas Paine
Robert Ingersoll
the Methodist Church
South
Hendrix College
China Sea
Sporsdine
Retired Admiral Craig Dies in Washington at 80
Rear Admiral Joseph F. E. Craig, 80, retired, died at his Washington home after a brief illness. He served in the U.S. Navy with a long and distinguished career. Known for leadership in several key postings, his passing marks a notable loss to military circles.
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Washington
Joseph FE. Craig
Landscape team to map Arlington waterfront project
Landscape gardener from Bir statane will arrive in Mobile to lay out a recreation park at Arlington docks. The plan includes a bathing beach near the dance pavilion and provision for band concerts, with a city map already laid out.
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Birstatane
Mobile
Hunter teams close in on axe slayer in swamp retreat
Sheriff posses and volunteers pursued Rufus Hicks, a negro convict and axe slayer, through four counties for eleven days across swampy terrain near Harris in Meriwether county. Hicks, armed with an axe and dogs, has evaded capture as officers report multiple gunfire exchanges and a possible wound while authorities press toward a final arrest.
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Columbus
Rufus Hicks
Hicks
Ned H. J. Walker
Muscogee County
Uate
Ty Wieme
Harris
Meriwether County
Ed Ae
Chattahoochee
Talis
Muscogee
Meriwether
Grant's Last Words Before Huntsville Hangman Killings
In a county jail visitors' room a man named Krauser stabbed Grant after a night of fear and pain. Grant refused a blood transfusion, cried I don't want to live, and died after a relapse as the hanging of Sams echoed the era's grim justice. Krauser remains in solitary with guards watching over him.
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Grant
Sams
Krauser
Freight Looters Found Guilty in Federal Court
In Knoxville Tennessee seven more convictions were returned in the government case against an alleged interstate freight looting band. The tally reaches twelve convictions with three indicted members nolle pressed after serving as government witnesses. sentence reserved for June 29 pending a motion for a new trial.
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Knoxville
Tenn
International News Service
Nolle
Pepeee
New T Si
Intellectual giants inevitable, says psychologist in London
London June 22. Dr D J Shaw Bolton, noted psychologist, argues that humans will evolve into a race of intellectual giants. He says even the brain at its best only uses a fraction of its potential and much thinking is repetition of learned gossip and phrases.
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London
D. J. Shaw Bolton
Rumor Claims Athletics Trio Injured in Auto Crash
Unconfirmed reports state three Athletics players Cochrane Dykes and Welsh were hurt in an automobile accident near Nazareth, a few miles from Easton, Pennsylvania, on June 22.
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Easton
Philadelphia Athletics
Cochrane
Welsh
Nazareth
Here
War rumor startles city of Hong Kong
On June 22 an unconfirmed report, cited by International News Service, claimed Japan declared war on southern China, sending Hong Kong into startled confusion per Central News dispatches.
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Hong Kong
International Cited Service
Japan
China
of Central News
Weekend arrests rise as county officers crack down on speeding
County traffic officers report multiple speeding arrests on Cedar Point road and Craft highway. Ten drivers jailed on speeding charges. several fined for running street intersections and other violations. Dockets include drivers charged with reckless driving and drunk driving with hearings scheduled.
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Wea
Cty
Moses
Cedar Point Road
Craft
Ernst
St. Francis
Government Streets
Kilborn
Broad Street
Mimira
O. Goodwin
C. F. Huggins
J. T. Stanbrook
R. W. Beard
J. G. Pfau
South Lawrence Street
R. H. Long
Church Street
Burch
Brinson
L. P. Dunn
Lartigue
Bernstein
Fred C. Craig
Ira Billingsley
Richard Miller
C. F. Johnson
Alex Laland
Allen Wastram
Eldridge Williams
John Henry
Foreigners Warned In Chinese Riots At Canton
In Shameen Canton a siege is reported with two gunboats guarding the creek and foreign quarters fortified. Europeans are warned not to enter the Canton city and foreign residents urged to seek safer lodging as French sailors bolster Shameen defenses. ShanghaI dispatch notes ongoing unrest and advised precautions for outsiders.
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Canton
Shameen
Seige
Serogins
Aieasd
Cart
Prince of Wales guarded by crowd in Johannesburg
Johannesburg June 22 Precautions were taken today to protect the Prince of Wales from the enthusiastic crowd after he nearly fell in an over hospitable reception.
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Johannesburgh
South Africa
Prince of Wales
Senator Edwin Ladd of North Dakota Dies in Baltimore
Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd, a Maine native and longtime North Dakota chemist and educator, died in Baltimore after arriving from Washington. He served as president of North Dakota Agricultural College before his 1920 U S Senate election and was a strong proponent of federal food regulation and nonpartisan league policies. He leaves children Milton and Virginia and was at his bedside with family.
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Edwin Fremonta
North Delta
Cten
Ladd
Tee
Rs. Ladd
Washington
Milton
George Washington University
Virginia
Senator Ladd
Douglas H. McArthur
Edwin Fremont Ladd
Maine
North Dakota
United States
Dr. Ladd
Starks
John and
Rosilla Locke Ladd
Somerset Academy
University of Maine Om
New York State Experiment Station
North
North Dakota Agricultural College
Agricultural College
United States Senate
Congress
Standards Committee
League
Sitet Akes
Tennessee Boy Drowned in River Near Johnson City
Norman Barton nineteen year old son of Mr and Mrs William Kegtee Sr of Johnson City Tenn drowned in the Tennessee River at Gebben while bathing late Sunday. Despite heroic efforts by others he could not be rescued.
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Johnson City
City
Tenn
Norman Barton
William Keg Tee
Thatauga River
Gekben
Barton
Debt Situation Discussed by Officials and Senators
A government panel reviews debt issues including talks with Italy on foreign debt. Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury are among those involved, with Senator Reed participating in discussions on current status.
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Tlington
Secretary of the Treasury
Reed Smooth
The
Treasury
Toy
Italy
Ursday
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