Free Speech Clash in Tarrytown Ends with Violent Grudge
In Tarrytown last night I W W members clashed with locals as speakers A Alexander Berkman and Beckwith-Baiwn were assaulted and driven from the soap box. President Leonard Abbott hailed the scene as a victory for free speech amid the confrontation with John D Rockefeller Jr supported Colorado strikers.
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New York
Tarrytown
Leonard Abbott
Free Speech League
Industrial Workers ‘of the World
John D. Rockefeller
Nis
Colorado
A. Alexander ‘Berkman
Beckavith-Baiwon
Pilgrims of Sons of the American Revolution Visit Washington Route
About 150 members of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution began a pilgrimage tracing General Washington's 1775 route to take command of the Continental Army.
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Philadelphia
National Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Washington
Continental Army
Mother's Friend Promised Aid for Expectant Mothers
An advertisement extols Mother's Friend external embrocation as a safe aid to ease abdominal muscles during pregnancy. It claims to reduce stretching pains and provide relief, urging women to obtain a bottle from drug stores and request a booklet for new mothers from Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta.
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Bradfield
Regulator.” Co
Lamat
Atlanta
Villa gains victory and personnel shifts reported
Reports from Saltillo claim two Constitutionalist leaders opposed General Villa in his southern campaign have been removed. General Trevine, Carranza’s chief of staff, and Yaldro Fabola, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, are reported departures. Eduardo F Hey, Notre Dame civil engineer, is tipped as future chief of staff. Luis Cabera in Washington may succeed Fabola. The changes are seen as aiding Carranza peace talks.
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el Paso
Francisco “Villa
Saltillo
Villa
Trevine
Carranza
Yaldro Fabola
Eduardo F. Hey
Notre Dame University
Luis Cabera
Washington
Fabola
Three Weeks For Olympic Games Set At Berlin 1916
Paris June 23 representatives of the International Amateur Athletic Leagues decide the Olympic games will last three weeks not three months. The meeting also rejects baseball as a sport at the Berlin Games of 1916.
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Paris
Berlin
Mercantile Rates in Thomasville Fall Five Percent
Thomasville insurance rates for mercantile buildings and contents drop five percent after the city installed an auto fire extinguisher last year. The new rates take effect from June 2 and align with the 1912 Sanborn map requirements, as issued by the Inspecting and Rating Bureau to local agents.
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Thomasville
Inspecting and Rating Bureau
Sanborn
Minority Report Recommends Exoneration of Judge Emory Speer
Representative Volstead of Minnesota, on the Judiciary subcommittee, submits a minority report urging complete exoneration of Judge Emory Speer. He denounces the investigation methods as cruelly unjust, defends Speer against slander, and cites bankruptcy costs while noting Speer’s legacy of mercy to the poor and oppressed.
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Washington
Representative Volstead
Minnesota
Judiciary
Emory Speer
Speer
Volstead
United States
Judge Speer
Trade Commission would curb monopolies, Newlands argues
Washington June 23 The development of industrial monopolies could have been prevented by a Federal Trade Commission at the time the Interstate Commerce Commission was established. Chairman Newlands argues the commission would have blocked United States Steel International Harvester American Sugar Refining and Standard Oil from surviving the 1892 trust dissolution. The Senate bill would outlaw unfair competition empower the commission to curb price fixing and investigate foreign trade conditions affecting exports.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Trade Commission
Senate
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Committee
United States Steel
International ‘Harvester Company
American ” Sugar Refining Company
Little Jimmy's Composition on Baseball and Dreams
A reflective piece on summer days and baseball as the central hobby. The speaker notes boys enjoy the game, contemplates future as a banker or manager, and recalls a father’s view that some men never played youth matches but still work in ordinary roles.
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Little Jimmy
Sumer
Gut
Skool
Ayutees
Arian
Tf Am
Palin to Fetch New Max Well 25 Auto in Atlanta
Mr. W. A. Palin leaves today for Atlanta to bring back a new Max well ’25 automobile. He plans to drive the car home after purchase and expects delivery within days.
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W. A. Palin
Atlanta
Vote for Judge Harris the Veteran Georgia Governor Candidate
A political appeal extolls Judge Harris as courageous, devoted, learned, fiscally capable, and morally upright. The piece emphasizes his Confederate service, loyalty to Southern ideals, and claims of progressivism and practical leadership, urging Georgians to vote for the veteran candidate as the rightful governor.
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Harris
Lee
East Tennes
Bee Jin
Confederacy
Judge Harris
Georgia
Georgia School of Technology
Union
People of Georgia
Industrial Club Committee Chosen For City Hall Meeting
The Industrial Club appoints a committee including J. H. Mowers J. C. Beverly W. M. Parker R. L. Stewart E L M Smith Jr C J Heald Hugh Ford W A Pringle Homer Williams H W Hopkins Lee Neel W P Grantham and B H Wright. They will meet Friday at eight at City Hall by order of chairman B W Stone to arrange club operation.
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City Hall
Pias
APTA
Thomas County Industrial Club
Conateta
J. H. Mowers
W. M. Parker
R. L. Stewart
Elm. Smith, Jr
C. J. Heald
Hugh Ford
W. A. Pringle
Homer Williams
H. W. Hopkins
Lee Neel W. P. Grantham
B. H. Wright
B. W.stone
Herald Square Theatre to Become Twelve-Story Office Building
New York June 28 The famous Herald Square Theatre long a landmark for forty years is slated for conversion into a twelve story office building. William Barnum and William Bygrell hold the site for six million dollars with construction costs estimated at two million.
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New, ‘York
William
Barnum
William Bygrell
Adel hosts guests of Mrs J B Merrill on Jefferson Street
oMye and Mra J B Lockhart of Adel visit Mrs J B Merrill on Jefferson Street as guests in a brief social note.
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oMye and
Mra
J.B. ‘Lockhart
Adel
Congress Considered Sale of Mississippi and Idaho to Greece
Secretary of the Navy Daniels urged Congress to approve selling the battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece. President Wilson reportedly favors the sale, with Greece offering twelve million dollars. The plan includes using funds to build a new dreadnought similar to the Wyoming to match modern fleet needs.
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Washington
Navy
Daniels
Congress
Mississippi
Idaho
Greece
House
Naval
Walt UY
Wilson
Wyoming
Men Free From Coats At Atlanta Church Vote
In Atlanta Ga June 23 church members vote to allow men to remove coats inside the Park Baptist Church from now until October. Pastor Rev Fran J Flem tine presided as women in the congregation raised hands to approve the measure.
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Atlanta
Fran. J. Flemtine
Columbus man Cliff C Johnson in the lefty on business
Mr Cliff C Johnson of Columbus is on business travel as a lefty worker.
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Cliff C. Johnson
Columbus
Through the Furnace to the Farm industrial film for farmers
James Watt & Bro and W L Ball announce a moving picture by American Steel and Wire Co titled Through the Furnace to the Farm. It shows steel making and fence production with 6000 feet of film and scenes of mining, furnaces, ingots, rolling, galvanizing and fence post fabrication. Free tickets available to farmers. showtime is Saturday June 27 at 3 30 P M at Broad Street Dobb Theatre.
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James Watt & Bro
W. L. Ball
American Steel and Wire Company
Broad Street
Dobb's
Bomb placed at St Mary the Virgin Church
An exploded bomb was found at the entrance to St Mary the Virgin Church in Reading on June 23. Police say it was placed by Militant Suffragettes. the fuse was lighted but had gone out.
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Reading
England
St. Mary the Virgin Church
Young Girl Returns to Jail After Escape
Atlanta June 23 Bernice Holland 15 years old is back in juvenile detention after a sensational escape in which she persuaded a youth to steal trousers to aid her departure. After a day of liberty without meals or lodging she telephoned police and requested to return.
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Atlanta
Bernice Holland
Bernice
Exportation of gold will be discontinued
Washington report notes gold exports to cease as grain moves from the United States to Europe. George E. B. Roberts, director of the U S mint, stated Europe is buying large quantities of wheat and Treasury officials cite the falling exchange rate as proof.
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Washington
United States
Europe
George EB. Roberts
Mint
Two Arrests Reported After City Altercation
Mr Jack Hawkins was arrested on charges of assault with intent to murder following a Sunday evening altercation with Mr L D Johnson. Johnson suffered a severe head wound from a brick alleged to have been thrown by Hawkins. Hawkins posted a $1000 bond and was released. Also, Mr Lee Stokes, convicted in Meigs of selling liquor and bound over to the Superior Court, failed to make a timely bond and was arrested in Thomasville.
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Jack Hawkins
L. D. Johnson
Johnson
Hawkins
Hawking
Lee Stokes
Meigs
Mqnor
Thomasville
Widow of famous inventor dies in Lenox Mass
Lenox Mass June 23 Mrs George Westinghouse widow of the famous electrical inventor died here today after suffering a paralytic stroke last Friday.
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Lenox, Mass
Associated Prese
Lenox
Mass
George Westinghouse
Farm Loans Offer Quick Service and Low Rates
Farm owners urged to apply now for large loans on well improved farms at lowest rates. Barrow Loan and Abstract Co in Pelham Georgia advertises unlimited supply of cheap life insurance money to lend and promises prompt service before fall deadlines.
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Barrow Loan & Abstract CO
Pelham
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Corson
North Broad Street
John
Merry Cain
VLA
Hoke Smith
Neel Bros
Thomasville, GA
Minority Report
Committee OF Investigation
Aty
Nate
Industrial Club
Herald Square Theatre
Tork UF
Mey
He Wants
W. H. Burch & Son
Thomasville GA
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