Campaign to remove diseased women prompts mobile arrests
RUSADE AGAINST SAVE MANPOWER and others were fined thirty dollars in lieu of paying fifty one dollars and were remanded to jail for treatment. Four men held until June 15 for a campaign in Mobile to take charge of women thought afflicted with venereal diseases. Some women were placed under medical treatment to remove what officials term a menace to the community.
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Mobile
United Ites Ment
United States
Nationwide campaign detains women with general disease
A staff correspondent reports the United States is waging a nationwide effort to detain every woman with a general disease for examination and treatment. Arrests are made in many cities as women are examined and sent to hospitals for care. Hundreds are detained in New York for ongoing treatment amid daily new arrests.
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New York
United States of America
Barly
Washington women held for medical care in health drive
Hundreds of women have been aff and detained in Washington as part of a national campaign to improve health for soldiers and citizens. They are taken to hospitals for medical treatment and will be held until their condition warrants discharge.
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Washington
Women deemed a menace to conditions in Atlanta bet cases
Atlanta reports many women considered a danger to public bet odds have been taken to hospitals for care. The same pattern is reported across southern cities in June.
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Atlanta
South
No Strike As We Fight Says Knights Of Labor
District Assembly No 15 Knights of Labor adopts a resolution pledging no work stoppages during wartime industry. It directs grievances be settled in conference or by the National War Labor Board, with possible charter revocation for noncompliance.
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Honey Bosse Ner
Nate Je Ja
United States
CSF
Rich Will
Exfsachool
Knights Labor
District Assembly No. 15
Knights of Labor
Edward Rhoné
William Smith
District Assembly
National War Labor Board
Mr Shirley Benn Believes England's Courage Will Win
In a Tribune letter Arthur Shirley Benn, ex consul at Mobile and now MP, writes that despite worrying times he is convinced England's courage and doggedness will prevail as families at the British front in France remain safe.
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Shirley Benn
England
the Tribune
France
Arthur Shirley Benn
Great Britain
Mobile
Hunter, Benn & Co
Tourist Welcome Club Re-elects Officers
Gordon Smith was re-elected president of the Mobile Tourist Welcome Club at a Wednesday meeting. Officers also selected include W. H. Bryant as first vice president M. A. Bowen as second vice president Peyton Norville as secretary and S. H. Peck as treasurer. Directors chosen were W. H. Bryant M. A. Bowen G. H. Peck W. H. Reynalds and H. Bernhardt.
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Gordon Smith
Mobile Tourist Welcome Club
W. H. Bryant
M. A. Bowen
Peyton Norville
S. H. Peck
G.H. Peck
W. H. Reynalds
H. Bernhardt
Prohibition Violators Go To Investigation
Prosecution of cases against Aurie Herris and others continued to February 19 as officers joined by Chief Polo J. and grocer William Schroeder pursued violations of the prohibition law. The incidents involved four individuals on a government street car and were part of ongoing investigation.
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Aurie Herris
Polo PF. J
William Schroeder
Grocer
Fume
Retail Clerks Ask Mobile Merchants to Close Saturdays
The Retail Clerks Union in Mobile requests all non exempt merchants to close at 1 p.m. on Saturdays and to open at 8 a.m. with 6 p.m. close on other weekdays. Exempts apply to grocery and drug clerks. A reply was not yet received by President Egrove. notice dated June 10 1913 requests response by June 14.
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Mobile
Retail Clerks Union
Ernest Grove
Retail Clerks Association
Retail Clerks of Mobile
Ala
Central Trades Council of
E. J. Grove
Retail Clerks International Protective Assn
Visitation Academy Holds Closing Exercises
The Visitation Academy displayed a formal closing program Wednesday evening in which Rt. Rev. E. P. Allen, bishop of Mobile, conferred diplomas and medals. A large audience attended as patriotic features highlighted the ceremony, naming honorees Marie McPhillips, Yvonne Norich, Mary Emily Roe, Barbara Sheppard, Catherine Van Antwerp, and Grace Van Heuvel, all of Mobile with Norich from Livingston Guatemala.
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Visitation Academy
E. P. Allen
Mobile
Marie McPhillips
Ala
Yvonne Norich
Livingston
Guatemala
Mary Emily Roe
Barbara
Sheppard
Catherine van Antwerp
Grace van Heuvel
May Abandon Building Work Mobile Schools
Prohibitive material costs and labor shortages will likely force halting school improvement in Mobile County. At a Wednesday board meeting bids for Toulminville School nearly double the authorized amount. Efforts will enlarge Axis and Turnerville to handle higher attendance, but Toulminville abandonment could trigger broader pause in improvements.
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Mobile County
Toulminville
Axis
Turnerville
Black smallpox outbreak reported at Essen factory
A reporter from London notes a smallpox outbreak at a Whaley Works factory in Essen. The fragmentary dispatch mentions four or five penned Asia as unclear details.
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London
Essen
Asia
Mothers at Marne Inspire Marines and Men in War
June 13 report describes American mothers' influence as Marines, machine gunners, infantry, and artillerymen fight near Paris. Chaplains relay messages from wounded soldiers asking to tell mother they made good. Soldiers endure heavy packs. a New York sergeant survives a near-miss with only a cut.
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Rines
Paris
Maine
New York
Principal Grove Selected for Mobile High School
Prof Frank L Grove of Gadsden High School was chosen as principal of Mobile High School and his appointment ratified by the board. The board also authorized a rural school supervisor at up to 1200 dollars yearly, with September 23 set to open the 1918 1919 session and Bernice Stiggins named kindergarten supervisor for Semmes School.
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Frank L. Grove
Gadsden
Mobile High School
Board of School Commissioners
8. S. Murphy
Bernice Stiggins
Semmes
Elks To Meet For Flag Day Program Plans
Mobile Lodge, B. P. O. Elks will hold a regular meeting tonight to hear the flag day program report and decide final arrangements.
Baker Defends Wood Move as Military, Not Political
Secretary Baker testified before the Senate military committee that Maj Gen Leonard Wood was detached from command for military reasons and that the action was proper. He said Wood discussed the matter with President Wilson, understanding the situation, and that Wood’s next assignment had not been decided.
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Washington
Judé
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Leonard Wood
Crozier
Sharpe
Ordnance
Quartermaster’s
Wood
Eighty-ninth
France
Gen. Wood
Wilson
Factories and Mills Ask Rule on Child Labor
Washington June 183 Teletgrams and letters pour into the children's bureau as employers seek guidance after the supreme court ruled the federal child labor law unconstitutional. Some ask to employ under 16-year-olds full time at night or in mines. Julia C. Lathrop says field staff are returning from a conference to complete investigations.
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Supreme Court
United States
Julia C. Lathrop
Fulford Enlists in Navy as Third Class Fireman
Navy recruiting station reports the acceptance of F. Lee Fulford of South Wilkinson Street as third class fireman. He will be sent to Birmingham tonight for final examination.
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Navy
F. Lee Fulford
South Wilkinson Street
Birmingham
Mobile Verein becomes Mobile Glee Club
The Mobile Verein has renamed itself the Mobile Glee Club and will be known by that title. The group, with many Mobilian descendants and some foreign born members, also adopts revised program numbers. Public rehearsals regularly draw large attendance.
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Mobile Verein Freshinn
Mobile Glee Club
House Passes Bill to Rebuild Wounded Soldiers
The House approved a rehabilitation bill for wounded soldiers. An appropriation of two million dollars funds the program under army officers supervision and an advisory board.
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Washington
House
Swamp Chills and Fever Tonic Contends on Market
A Fort Smith Arkansas based Morris Morton Drug Co promotes Swamp Chills and Fever Tonic as a unique remedy with urging to ask a druggist for the product. The advertisement stresses its singular branding and availability through local pharmacies.
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Morris Morton Drug Co
Fort Smith, Ark
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Spirit of the Mothers of America
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Mins
Fulford
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Excelsior Brass Band
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