Five year old Shoemate dies at Whistler home without treatment
William Francis Shoemate aged five dies at his Whistler residence after twelve days of illness with no medical care. An inquest will determine neglect. death certificate is delayed by coroner, health board, and state officials. Survived by parents and four sisters.
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William Francis Shoemate
Whistler
William F. Shoemate
Hale
Jack Courtney
Hhir
Shoemates
Shoemate
Ida Florence
Loucom Nell Belle
Loretta Shoemate
Fire Destroys Rooming House In Suspected Arson
A 2 1/2 story dwelling at 205 St Louis street suffered a blaze at 2 45 this morning and detectives say incendiary origin. Mrs Alice Baker owner occupant reports awakening to a cracking noise and flames. two gallon gasoline can found on upper gallery. Estimated loss near 4000 with partial insurance. State Fire Marshal W J Williams to receive report as investigation continues.
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St. Louis Street
Charles F. Howell
Dorson and Wilcox
J. W. Phillips
Alice Baker
Howell
W. J. Williams
Baker
Claiborne
Madison Etreets
Hallett Manufacturing Company
Rally Planned to Promote Seaport Amendment in Mobile
A large meeting at the Cawthon Hotel will inform local workers and business leaders about the seaport amendment plans. T. M. Stevens will lead, outlining October drives statewide with voting set for November 7. Rotary Club members will join from Battle House box to attend, and other groups are urged to participate to maximize campaign impact.
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Seaport
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile
T. M. Stevens
Rotary Club
Battle House
Montgomery Police Officer Killed In Night Ambush
Albert Sansom, 27, mounted officer and overseas veteran, dies after being shot by James Glenn, a 32 year old Black fireman, during a nighttime search for a suspect on North Ripley street. A crowd and guards swarm the area as bloodhounds are called to Kilby prison. G. A. Girard, a motorcycle officer, is injured in a collision while pursuing the suspect.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Jim Glenn
Albert Samson
Ripley Street
American Legion
Glenn
Albert Sansom
James Glenn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Sansom
Kilby
Nero
City Recorder
Crenshaw County
France
G. A. Girard
Cotton Cloth Exports Show Big Increase
Washington reports a strong rise in August 1922 cotton cloth exports with 272,808 bales valued at $31,166,035, up from 223,491 bales and $25,??? in August 1921. The data also show total square yards exported and value, highlighting a notable year over year gain despite 1921 shipments being higher in overall bulk due to rayon blends.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Zimmern Sets Club Attendance Record
Lee Zimmern, a charter member of Mobile Rotary Club, marks five years with perfect attendance and receives a Rotary button. Ray Haven sends congratulatory radio from Kansas City. Members plan a march to the Sea-Port amendment meeting at Cawthon Hotel, assemble at Battle House. Telegrams go to President Weinacker, Manager Niehoff, and Mobile baseball club players after Dixie championship win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Zimmern
Mobile Rotary Club
Mr. Zimmern
Rotary
Ray Haven
Kansas City
International Rotary
Zimmern
Cawthon
Battle House
Bert Niehoff
Mobile Baseball Club
Popularity Contest Grows in Interest at Legion Event
The Miss Mobile popularity contest by Lamar Y. McLeod Post American Legion is drawing growing interest. F. Taylor Peck, chairman of the national convention committee, notes daily increases in candidate numbers and votes cast for numerous girls including Eunice Armstrong, Elsie Berbeze, Billy Bruner, Mamie Paul Butler, Emily Cooke, Helen Courtright, Isabelle Cowan, Grace Dunlap, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Lamar Y. McLeod Post
American Legion
F. Taylor Peck
Mr. Peck
Misses Eunice Armstron
Elsie Berbeze
Billy Bruner
Mamie Paul Butler
Emily Cooke
Helen Courtright
Isabelle Cowan
Grace Dunlap
Frances Hampshire
Sadie Lyons
Rose McPhillips
Marion Overton
Mamie Clarke Pugh
Dorothy Ramsey
Effie Soost
Josepaul Savage
Alice Sackhoff
Nancy Spear
Isabel Sullivan
Helen Spaulding
Dorothy Turner
Helen Turner
Mary Lee Turner
Augusta Tucker
Claudia Willis
Dorothy West
Grace Zelnicker
Betty Hagan
Willey Creagh Inge
Hot Springs Support for Mobile Team Reported
George Diermeyer Pullman representative in Mobile says Hot Springs residents favored the Mobile club during a three week stay in Hot Springs Arkansas. He reports strong Ozark health backing and cheers from Mobilians watching returns after games with Fort Worth.
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George Diermeyer
Pullman
Mobile
Hot Springs
Ozarks
Fort Worth
Diermeyer
National Basketball Schedule From St Louis to Philadelphia
National schedule lists St Louis at Chicago and New York at Boston with 3 15 start times. Washington visits Philadelphia in a second game.
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St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Weather Summary for Shington and Alabama Regions
Weather note from Sept 79 reports fair skies across Alabama and nearby areas. Temperatures rising with light winds, minor changes expected later in the week. Local forecast calls for continued fair conditions with mild humidity and no precipitation reported.
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Shington
Alabama
Aminapa
Marie Evans Cleared in Case Linked to Puckett Death
Marie Evans proprietor of a rooming house at 307 St Francis Street was acquitted after a nolle prosse of the charge of dangerous and suspicious conduct was entered on the docket Assistant Solicitor Jack F Courtney requested the action Acting Chief C F Howell said no further information was found from the arrests though the coroner's inquest keeps the mystery alive Walter E Puckett husband of the dead woman has left the city and has not been contacted by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Evans
St. Francis
C. F. Howell
Minnie Lee Puckett
Water E. Puckett
New St. Francis Street
Nolle Prosse
Jack F. Courtney
Puckett
Walter E. Puckett
Rat's Head Sent To Test For Baby Germs
The head of a rat that bit a two year old child of Mr and Mrs Paul Tate is sent to the Montgomery state laboratory for examination. The rat was captured after being entangled in fly paper placed on the bed as a precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul T. Tate
South Wilkerson Street
Montgomery
State Laboratory
State Health Laboratory
Fairhope Backs Alabama Sea Port Amendment in Mass Meeting
A large Fairhope area gathering at Cummings Hall endorsed the Alabama sea port amendment. Mayor George E. Crawford and Mobile City Commissioner R. W. Taylor spoke, with residents from Fairhope Battles Point Clear Daphne and nearby cities supporting the measure. A resolution urged Baldwin County voters and lawmakers to back the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairhope
Alabama
Baldwin County
General Assembly of Alabama
John McCormack Returns to Concerts After Recovery
New York reports that tenor John McCormack, who was abroad since spring with a throat ailment, has recovered. He plans to return from Europe on October 11 and resume a concert tour.
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New York
John Mc Cormack
Europe
Ministers Plan Bear Hunt Across Southern Parishes
In Monroe Louisiana Baptist leaders announced an old time bear hunt in Tensas Madison and nearby parishes. Notable participants include C. W. Daniel of Atlanta and Dr H L Winburn of Arkadelphia with other prominent ministers. They will depart in about thirty days and stay two weeks.
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Monroe
Baptist Church In
South
Tensas
Madison
Frank Tripp
C. W. Daniel
Atlanta
H. L. Winburn
Arkadelphia
Ark
Pershing's Car Carries Radio Fascination Revealed
The mystery radio on General Pershing's army limousine was installed not by the general but by his son Warren Pershing with aid from the car's sergeant driver. The two have been able to ride to music and even persuade the general to listen in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Pershing
Warren Pershing
Baptists to Hold Y. P. U. Convention
The District B Y P U will hold its convention this evening at Oakdale Baptist church starting at 8 o clock. It gathers unions from city churches and Whistler Toulmin ville and Crichton with representatives present. The quarterly meeting will cover routine business and feature a planned program at the close.
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Oakdale Baptist Church
Whistler
Toulminville
Crichton
Cars to Fight Seamen's Strike
Chicago, Sept. 29. All available cars will be pressed into service to move coal to the northwest as 6,000 Great Lakes seamen go on strike next Sunday. Federal officials say at least 1,000,000 tons of coal weekly must be unloaded at Duluth and other northern ports to avoid shortages.
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Chicago
Northwest
Great Lakes
Federal Fuel Administration
Duluth
Committees Raise Funds for Ant Cation Work
Women’s committees went out yesterday to secure options for the fund. About $400 was raised toward a $900 target. Poison syrup material will be shipped from New Orleans by the Warrior River Barge Line.
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New Orleans
Warrior River
Weather forecast notes minor temperature change
Local weather bureau forecaster says temperatures will stay about the same tonight and Saturday with little variation. Last night’s low reached 71 degrees as temperatures edged slightly warmer.
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Weather Bureau
Harding's Father To Bolt G O P For Democracy
Dr George T Harding son of President Harding says if a resident of Iowa he would bolt the Republican party and vote for Clyde L Herring Democrat for United States senator. He was a guest in Des Moines with E T Meredith at the G A R encampment and described Smith W Bristow as a socialist.
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George T. Harding
Harding
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
United States
Caperas
Des Moines
G. A. R. Encampt
E. T. Meredith
Agri¢ Ad
Smith W. Br
Washington
Turkish Sultan Mohammed VI abdicates in favor of Abdul Medjid
A Turkish imperial report from Constantinople claims Sultan Mohammed VI will abdicate. The decision reportedly transfers the throne to his cousin Abdul Medjid, with Mustapha mentioned as influence in the process.
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Burkish Sultan
Turkey
Mohammed VI
Abdul Medjid
Constantinople
Kere
Moda
Mustapha
Saas
Secret flight of Greek royalty sparks unrest in Athens
An abdicated Greek king's family and royal aides reportedly boarded a warship and vanished to an unknown destination. Paris dispatch notes Greek political circles foresee a republic, with King George's reign ending soon and Alexandre Carapanos tipped to head a new cabinet. General Neder anticipated as army chief.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
George
Alexandre Carapanos
Epistrates
Constantine
Nider
British Fears of Europe War Rise Over Near East Crisis
London officials warn a general European war possible due to Near East tensions. Cabinet meetings focus on preventing conflict as Turkish Soviet relations threaten northward moves toward the Dardanelles. Turks near British outposts violate the neutral zone and inch toward wider confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Europe
Near East
Angora
Russia
Ias
Dardanelles
Thrace
Balkans
Tulsa Aggressive Baseball Team Sets Strong Season Marks
Tulsa finished with a .325 team batting average and a .964 fielding mark. Boehler won 29 games, Danforth 6 2, Ruansell 6 2, Houghland 11 7, Sherman 8 8, McLaughlin 14 12, Bennett led hitting at .372 in 158 games. Davis 350 with 35 home runs, Lamb 32, Bennett 25. Tulsa total 103 wins and 65 losses.
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Tulsa
Boehler
Detroit
Jost
Danforth
St. Louis Americans
Ruansell
Houghland
Sherman
McLaughlin
Bennett
Lelivert
Lamb
Davis
Radio Transmitter Licensed in Frisco
WTA has been licensed by the commerce department as a portable radio telegraph and telephone transmitter. KTA will operate on 540 meter wavelengths and will be used by the Examiner for news assignments to KUO, with transmissions not available to the public until printed or broadcast. It will be employed where telephone and telegraph lines are unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
WTA
Department of Commerce
San Francisco Examiner
J. F. Dillon
KTA
Aminer
KUO
Examiner Broadcasting
Examiner
Hardwick Seeks Presidential Pardon? No, Respects President Harding
Georgia Governor Thomas W. Hardwick visited Washington to pay respects to President Harding. He planned a swift trip to Atlanta and said he would not appoint a successor to the late Senator Walden, leaving the decision to a state committee in Macon and a special primary ten days before November.
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Washington
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
Harding
Hardwick
Atlanta
Walden
State Committee
Macon
Power Relayed From Sheffield Plant Across Southern Grid
Washington reports energy from the Sheffield Alabama government steam plant, part of Muscle Shoals, is relayed by intervening systems to span up to six hundred miles. W Martin of the Iran Power Company says thousands of miles of high voltage lines connect Alabama Tennessee Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina, creating the nation’s largest operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government Steam
Sheffield
Ala
Muscle Shoala
Iinc
W. Martin
Iran Power Company
Bankers Reticent in Hong Kong Case Reported Shortage
Hong Kong police investigate a $200000 cash and notes shortage at the International Banking Corporation as bank officials remain reticent about the affair. The loss was reported by the cashier yesterday.
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Hong Kong
Associated Press
International Banking Corporation
Pressmen Back League of Nations Endorsement in Meeting
The 29th biennial convention of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America adopted a committee report endorsing the League of Nations. The world disarmament effort led by President Harding was noted with sympathetic consideration, but the report questioned the practicality of achieving the envisioned results.
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Knoxville
Tenn
League of Nations
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America
George L. Berry
Af Harding
Court to Set Date for Trial of Herrin Men
In Marion Illinois on September 29 the opening date for trials of 74 men indicted over the Lester Coal Mine killings on June 21 and 22 was to be set by Judge D T Hartwell. First trials involve 48 defendants charged with murder in the death of Howard Huffman of Huntington Indiana one of 19 non union workers killed.
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Eee Marion
Ill
Associated Press
Lester
D. T. Hartwell
Williamson County Circuit Court
Hartwell
Howard Huffman
Huntington
Ind
Georgiana Fire Destroys Blocks in Morning Blaze
A early morning fire in Georgiana Alabama swept four town blocks, destroying seventeen buildings in the business district including the Virginia Hotel and W R Boone cotton warehouse where the fire began. The losses were estimated at about 200000 with several warehouses and residences burned.
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Loulaville & Nashville
Robert Sheppard
Virginia
Bater
Arehoure
Boone W
Georgiana
Ala
W. J. Weathers
W. R. Boone
Compass Blinded by Bootleg Alcohol At Sea
Captain Thomas Chermside of the British steamer Hopkins Brothers reports his compass was rendered blind by bootleg alcohol sold in San Diego. The crew retreated nine miles offshore after the compass smoked, and the captain refused gasoline as a substitute seeking pure grain alcohol.
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San Diego
Cal
Thomas Chermside
Hopkins Brothers
Baptist Women Observe Prayer for Mission Campaign
Nashville Tenn Sept 29 Under the leadership of the women's missionary union thousands of Southern Baptist women will observe the first week in October in prayer for the 75,000,000 campaign. Many pastors will preach on prayer Sunday morning and mid week services will be devoted to supplication for the denomination's success.
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Nashville
Tenn
Woman's Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist
Peace Seeks After Wild
In Altoona Pennsylvania a woman named Mrs Margaret C and her three children return to the city from a wild setting described as a menagerie. She recalls infestations from snakes and milksnakes in the kitchen and wild critters on the porch while noting the country outside was not all bad.
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Altoona
Yegg Teacher Helped Cracking Vaults Police Say
Police say a recognized con man taught methods to crack safes and vaults. The pamphlet, found at a Chicago building, included explicit instructions for opening nineteen vaults using explosives. Charles Brown is identified in the case as the man who possessed the pamphlet.
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Los Angeles
Charles Brown
Chicago
Brown
Suspect Escapes Cuffs After Counterfeiting Arrest
New York on September 7 a 19 year old artist identified as Jack escaped from guards while being led into a police station on a counterfeiting charge. Harry Shaw 18 and John P. McGiff ? were arrested following a chase and fight with detectives after presenting a counterfeit $1 bill to a taxicab driver.
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New York
Jack
Guardaes
Yorkville Coug
Harry Shaw
John P. McGiff
Phil
Founteen
Wage Board Action Aimed at Labor Pay
In Chicago a 2% labor board action is anticipated to set pay levels. E F, president of the association, advocates for establishment terms and timely payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. F
For Establishme
Record Molasses Cargo In Seattle Aboard Matson Line
A record bulk shipment of 1 200 tons of molasses arrived in Seattle Washington in September aboard the Matson Shipping Line vessel. The cargo was described as the molasses olulu and Hile and represents the largest bulk molasses shipment to the city to date.
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Seattle
Wash
Bept
Matson Sh
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