Clergy Pleads to Stay as Vestry Delays Decision
The vestry of All Saints' Church in Mobile delays rector Rev. Bray Brown's transfer after he declined an Asheville call. Brown cites Mobile’s climate and community ties as factors, while he notes his ministry aimed at the wider community beyond the parish. He laments leaving Mobile as a personal sacrifice and vows to seek a workable solution in two weeks.
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Gata
Ailchurch
Itt Bray
Asheville
N. C
Mobile
Brown
All Saints
Cabinet Takes Up Address of China
The White House discussed the new Chinese republic address received by cable. President Wilson and the cabinet considered recognizing Yuan Shi Kai's government once the constitutional assembly completes, with plans for formal recognition in a few days.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Yuan Shi Kai
United States
Brazil
Peru
Mexico
China
California
Far East
Japan
Thies Will Interest Mothers
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children offer relief from feverishness headaches upset stomach teething issues and regulate bowels while destroying worms. Claimed to break colds in 24 hours with pleasant taste and over 10 000 testimonials. Used by mothers for 22 years and sold by all druggists 25c. Sample mailed free Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Gray
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Series of Accidents Befall Young Woman in Pasadena
Miss Belle Sams of Pasadena narrowly escapes with a chain of injuries in a single moment. While washing dishes she dropped a tureen on her foot, breaking a bone, then fractured an arm striking the sink edge, and finally collapsed with a leg broken in the fall.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Cal
Belle Sams
Miss Sams
Local resident endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for relief
Mobile citizen R I Duff at 706 Dauphin Street testifies Doan's Kidney Pills eased sharp backaches and kidney pain after five boxes, noting the cure was permanent. Pills available at Van Antwerp's Drug Store with Foster Milburn Co. as U S sale agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Mr. Duff
Mobile
R. I. Duff
Dauphin Street
Alan
Dean
Doan
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Heroic Death of Phone Lineman in Birmingham
B B Brooks a telephone lineman died after a live wire shocked him, sending him forty feet to the ground where his brains were burst on a curb stone. His friend Gilbert Aaron was shocked atop the pole but survived, and Brooks tried to rescue him before being fatally struck. Aaron is recovering.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
B. B. Brooks
Gilbert Aaron
Brooks
Aaron
Man Held On Charges Of Obtaining Money Under False Pretense
John P. McGinnis alias Bradshaw was jailed on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses after allegedly inducing Charles A. Blalack to pawn a phonograph for J. W. Olensky. The phonograph belonged to a Dauphin Street music house. Warrants were issued for Blalack and McGinnis. Blalack surrendered and was dismissed. McGinnis had not yet been located by Friday afternoon.
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John P. McGinnis
Bradshaw
McGinnis
Charles A. Blalack
J. W. Olensky
Blalack
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Relief
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption. It cites a strong testimonial from C H Brown of Moaszadine Alabama and notes the product has existed for forty three years with prices of 50 cents and 1.00. Brand endorsement by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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Dr. King
C. H. Brown
Moaszadine
Ala
Naval Stores Company to Resume Business in Savannah
The American Naval Stores Company plans to resume operations after weeks of suspension. A $750,000 loan secured by stock in four large corporations has been arranged, with creditors urged to subscribe 10 percent of their loans. The company claims strong finances and expects cash to sustain operations within weeks amid an ongoing Sherman anti trust suit in the U S Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Savannah
American Naval Stores Company
United States Supreme Court
Train Tickets for National Good Roads Federation Travel
Tickets sold by Mobile and Ohio Railroad on April 22 28 and 34 are valid for return until April 30. Tickets available through City Ticket office 238 S Royal Street or through H E Jones Jr General Agent Passenger Department for Sleeping Car reservations.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
National Good Roads Federation
S. Royal Street
H. E. Jones, Jr
Navy League to Visit Nation's Gun Factory
Delegates at the Navy League of the United States annual convention planned a day of inspection at the navy yard gun factory where experts would reveal 14 inch gun assembly methods. The program included a Mount Vernon wreath laying and a luncheon on the yacht Dolphin.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy League of the United States
Navy Yard
Mount Vernon
Dolphin
Fined for Violating Traffic Ordinance
T. K. Jackson president of Mobile Electric Company was fined $2 in recorder's court on a traffic charge. Co. P. Rodgers also fined $2 for a similar offense. Clifton Washam, a Negro, fined $2 for violating section 12 by speeding through a street intersection.
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T. K. Jackson
Mobile Electric Company
recorder’s court, _ Co
P. Rodgers
Clifton Washam
Cardus touted as women’s tonic in nurse’s letter from Taylorville
In Taylorville North Carolina Mrs Stella Bowman shares how Cardus eased her mother from weakness and bed rest after nine weeks. The letter urges other suffering women to try Cardus a tonic and strength builder claiming it relieves womanly troubles headaches backaches and fatigue. It also notes the product’s 50 years of use and directs readers to the Chattanooga Medicine Co advisory dept for instructions and a 64 page home treatment booklet.
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Taylorville
N. C
Stella M. Bowman
Cardus
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Notorious Forger and Bigamist Dr Cooper Sentenced
Oakland based police report that Sir Harry Westwood Cooper alias Dr Milton Abraham was sentenced in Durban to 18 months hard labor for obtaining money by trick and device. Authorities note his world wide frauds including multiple marriages for funds. Cooper used many aliases and left for Halifax London Cape Town Durban Sydney and Australia before capture.
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Ly Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Peterson
South Africa
Harry Westwood Cooper
Milton Abraham
Durban
Cooper
California
Halifax
N. S
Richard J. Monahan
Thomas O'Connor
Royal Bank of Canada
London
Cape Town
Norman E. Mackay
New South Wales Government Bank of
Sydney
Australia
Durban National Bank
Durrara
America
Charles Ernest Chadwick
Ernest Chadwick Moore
Songs and Scenes From Grand Opera At All Saints Church
A public entertainment at Battle House Auditorium presented by All Saints Episcopal Church with tableaux and vocal numbers from La Boheme Faust Butterfly Leoncavallo Carmen and I Pagliacci. Featured soloists included Mrs. George Leftwich Mrs. W F Tebbetts Mrs. Charles B Hervey Mrs J C Turrentine Miss Mabel Heustis and others with many assistants in the tableaux.
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Butterfly
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Battle House Auditorium
George Leftwich
W. F. Tebbetts
Charles B. Hervey
J. C. Turrentine
Mabel Heustis
Mirlan
Jacobson
Davis
William OO. Daly
Max Lavell
Ervin Little
T. H. Halliwell
Margaret Taylor
Tremlet Holzborn
Marie Richards
Jenks Black
Dith Tucker
Corinne Roberts
Bucite Schwarz
Ethel Schwarz
Thrilling Escape in Venezuelan Wilds
William L Taylor and Guy M Bijorge of Duluth Minnesota arrived on the steamer Zulia from Maracaibo after being attacked by a band of Indians in Venezuela. The pair, touring lands, were set upon but saved by fellow passengers who said Taylor was severely wounded in the skirmish. The attackers were driven off after two of the Indians were killed.
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Associated Press
New York
Venezuela
William Leslie Taylor
Guy M. Bijorge
Duluah
Minn
Zulia
Maracaibo
Public hearing on Mobile harbor and bar improvements
A public hearing on the preliminary examination of Mobile harbor and bar to secure added depth and width for commerce will be held at 2 PM in the Young Men's Christian Association building office of the United States engineer. The hearing is provided for by the river and harbor act of March 4, 1913. Written statements are preferred, but oral testimony will be accepted from all interested in the deepen ing and widening of the harbor and bar channel.
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Mobile Harbor
United States Engineer
Young Men's Christian Association
Mobile Bar
Government officers inspect Mississippi levees ahead of floods
In Natchez and Vicksburg on April 12 Captain O. Sherrill and Captain William Baker led U S Army engineers inspecting the lower levees from Ferriday to Fish Pond and in the third district. Work to raise levees by three and a half feet and plank the river side to prevent wash is to finish by midweek. Baker organized flood relief HQs. Bayou Sara levee feared unstable. The railroad offered free transport of livestock and household goods if levees fail.
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Associated Press
Natchez
Miss
Co. O. Sherrill
United States
New Orleans
Louisiana
Ferriday
Fish Pond
Sherrill
Bayou Sara
New Orleans and Northwestern Railroad
Vicksburg
William Baker
United States Army
Hickman
Third District
Dermatology Ad Claims Cuticura Healed Severe Scalp Rash
A woman from Atlanta reports a years long itchy burning scalp with sores and hair loss. She credits three months of daily Cuticura Soap and Ointment with improvement, noting the product’s effectiveness for men shaving and shampooing as well.
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N. Boulevard
Atlanta
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Mobile Coal Company
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Armbrecht
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Harry T. Hartwell
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Illinois
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St. Michael Street
Mobile, Ula
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Lincoln's
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