Prohibition and Education Clash in Mobile County
Editorial notes Alabama repeal of liquor licenses shifts funding away from public schools in Mobile County. Voters narrowly back a ten cent tax to sustain schools, while anti prohibitionists push cuts in terms, salaries, and expenses, risking harming children and prompting debate over education versus prohibition politics. The piece urges expanding education to weaken support for prohibition.
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Alabama
Mobile
New York
Mobile County
Ling
Ogilvie to dredge Stewart river for gold in Yukon project
Former Yukon Governor William Ogilvie plans to dredge the Stewart river beds to extract gold. His Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Co will deploy dredgers from White Horse toward the Stewart river, aiming to mine pay streaks on upper tributaries and expand activities across its length.
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Tacoma
Wash
William Ogilvie
Yulkon
Stewart River
Ogilvie
Dominion Government
Klondike
Yukon
White Horse
la France
White Pass
Opgilvie
Jerome Charges In Albany Raise New District Attorney Charges
William F. King announces the receipt of supplementary charges against District Attorney Jerome based on testimony given before special commissioner R. L. Haas appointed by the governor to hear the original charge.
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Jerome
Albany
N.Y
Hughes
William F. King
Millionaire Prorer Dies After Bank Robbery Attack
Lincoln banker and coal mine operator Frank F. Prorer died at 60 after an assault during a bank robbery in which robbers obtained 5000 dollars. The report notes Prorer’s prominence and the crime context.
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Millionaire Pead
Lincoln
Neb
Frank F. Prorer
Faces Suit Over Officer Death in Madison Square Blast
New York reports that William Randolph Hearst will be served with a summons in a city suit seeking up to four million dollars in damages for the Madison Square fireworks disaster of election night 1902. The action seeks to recover the city’s $20,000 judgment plus costs for patrolman Dennis Shea’s death. Hearst, who had just been elected to Congress, dodged earlier service on May 26 aboard the Lusitania, and the Taft-Tamman party’s local authorities plan further process upon his return in July.
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New York
Wm. J. Hearst
Europ
Lusitania
Sall
Dennis Shea
Taytan
Poenas
Simmons
Hearst
Safe Company Brings Action Over Damaged Safe
The Herring Hall Marvin Saie Company sues Letson Balliett for 1042 claiming payment for a safe bought from the firm. Balliett challenges the claim arguing the safe was fire proof. He alleges losses of securities and papers valued at over 30,000 due to the safe failing in the fire.
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Herring-Hall-Marvin Saie ‘Company
Letson Balliett
Balliett
Governor Deneen Denies Pardon In Chicago Murder Case
Springfield Ill June 09 Governor Deneen on recommendation of the State board of pardons refused to interfere in the case of Herman Billek condemned to death for murder in Chicago The execution is set for next Friday The ad cites five year old cream at 1350 per gallon from H J Hall Co in Daily Hosanna.
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Springfield
Ill
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Herman Billek
Science of
Chicago
H. J. Hall & Co
Today Declared Legal Holiday in State
The governor proclaims June 10 as a commemorative legal holiday for the unveiling of the Jon Mackay statue at Teno. Banks, county offices, and schools will close. the post office will follow Sunday hours. Mackay family to be guests of the state.
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Dickerson
Jon ‘Mackay
Teno
Mackay
Towne Browne Discusses Love and Insomnia in City Talk
In a brief item from the Philadelphia Press, Towne quips that he is deeply involved in love’s young dream, while Browne counters that he is past that phase, now troubled by insomnia as the city gossip swirls.
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Towne
Browne
Philadelphia Press
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