Police Uncover National Medical Imposter Ring
Four operators of medical museums and assistants arrested in New York claim a confession will reveal a nationwide fraud system. The chief operator allegedly amassed over 1,000,000 through a chain of free museum offices across New York Newark Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburgh and other cities. Police expect more than 100 witnesses to testify about swindles targeting mainly poor and immigrant residents.
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York
Medical Mu
New York
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Marian Clarke
State Department of Labor
Evi
Gulf Coast builds film showcasing farming opportunities
J Laws Siple directs mobile publicity films for Gulf Coast Motion Picture Company with American Spineless Cactus Company and Louisville and L B Ely. Three reels will be used in the serial Tourist to be released in Mobile in two weeks. Filming will capture year round climate, crop rotation, and farming prospects, plus Gulf Coast Fair scenes for nationwide release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Motion Picture Company
J. Laws Siple
Louisville
L. B. R. Ely
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Bunday
Pascagoula Plans 17000 Dollar Bond Issue for Wharves
Pascagoula Mississippi officials approve 17000 dollar municipal bonds at a special meeting to fund purchase of riverfront land for public wharves and docks. The plan ties to river harbor improvements with a 25 foot channel through Horn Island and 22 foot channel to pass up the Pascagoula and Escatawpa rivers contingent on land reserved by Moss Point and Pascagoula. Moss Point has secured its land.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Horn Island
Escatawpa
Moss Point
Northern
Maloney Active in Tick Eradication Effort
George A. Maloney county farm demonstration agent traveled to the Downs School community to confer with farmers on building a dipping vat. Mobile county already has twenty five vats and thirteen more are under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Maloney
Downs School
Mobile County
Oney
SAYS DOG WILL KNOW HER VOICE
Miss Maude Klotz and Miss May Beatty both claim a prize French bulldog. Klotz says the dog named Bunny recognizes her voice and comes when she sings, and when she says stand it rises on its hind legs and barks twice. Beatty says the dog named Gaby belongs to her.
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New York
Maude Klotz
All Saints’ Universalist Church
Brooklyn
May Beatty
Miss Klotz
Bunny
Legislators to Meet Citizens in City and County Gatherings
The lower house representatives will hold a series of meetings with city and county residents beginning next Monday at 7 p.m. in the municipal building. Senator Hartwell cannot attend due to recess committee duties but supports any legislation benefiting the area. Representatives Wilson Chamberlain and Grayson urge citizens to request suitable dates for discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
W. E. P. Wilson
Messrs
B. B. Chamberlain
Claude B. Grayson
Dope Fiend Eaters Store Burglary Under Fire in Hattiesburg
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a burglar denied opiates by Harrison anti-narcotic laws broke into the Bethea Drug Company at 1014 Main Street. He seized morphine and allied drugs, crawled through a back window, with bullets raining as he escaped. Police learned of the incident the next morning with no clue to the thief's identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Harrison
Bethea Drug Company
Main Street
Festival at St John’s parish to fund church repairs
The Saint John’s Episcopal Church festival on the church grounds Thursday evening invites all to support a new coat of paint for the church and rectory. Refreshments, novelties, guessing contests, booths, and magazine subscriptions are planned with dancing for the younger attendees later in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
Probationer Payment Debate at Alabama Asylum
Tuscaloosa officials investigate asylum finances amid claims many patients are treated at state expense. The committee may require relatives who can pay to cover costs, examining 1800 to 2000 patients with only about seventy five paying. The panel will review Dr. John Little’s books and inspect the university buildings amid tense frater nity politics.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Eee
Soniainsee Investigati Committee
John Little
Merritt
George H. Denny
Denny
Birmingham
C. W. Joplin
Pan- Hellenic Association of the University
J. C. Pennington
Montgomery
Former Mobilian Killed by Electric Car in Laurel
News from Mobile reports the death of Mrs. J. W. Mullroy, a former Mobilian, who was fatally struck by an electric street car while crossing a Laurel street. Her sister and brothers, Mrs. C. W. Morse, Andrew and Green Vernerville, left Mobile Thursday morning to attend the funeral in Shubuta, Mississippi.
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Mobile
J. W. Mullroy
Lausel
Miss
C. W. Morse
Andrew
Green Vernerville
Shubuta
Recorder's Court News and Pending Assault Case
William Hare case for assaulting R. E. Wallenstein is continued to Friday for two material witnesses. Alonzo Singleton’s disorderly conduct also continued. Smith Hunter bound over to city court on grand larceny for allegedly stealing $40 from John T. Riley. Jimmie Owens fined $50 or ninety days for carrying concealed weapons. Henry Jones held over to Friday for holding charge and alleged embezzlement of $5 from Nettie Conley.
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William Hare
R. E. Wallenstein
Recorder’s Court
Alonzo Singleton
Smith Hunter
Hunter
John T. Riley
Jimmie Owens
Henry Jones
Jones
Nettie Conley
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Calomel Replacement
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable-based remedy to replace dangerous calomel. It claims quick relief from liver issues, headaches, and digestive distress, with a money back guarantee if it fails to perform and urges readers to ask their local druggist or storekeeper for a bottle.
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Dodson
South
New Orleans Cotton Drops on Selling Amid Weather Rally
Cotton futures fell 6 to 7 points in early New Orleans trading as selling intensified by favorable belt weather. Liverpool offerings added to the decline, pressuring prices across the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
New York Cotton Opens Lower as Liquidation Pressure Tells
Cotton declined early on renewed liquidation and foreign selling with easy cables and favorable South weather. Wall Street and commission house buyers steadied the market near the day’s lows as spot remained steady and May through January futures posted varied gains and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
South
Wall Street
Commission House
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Totals
Spot cotton in Liverpool on April 22 eased with good middling at 6.02, middling 6.66 and low middling 5.26. Sales reached 10,000 bales for speculation and export, receipts 28,400. Futures held steady with May-June 5.64 and other strip noted from June 201 to March-April 6.07.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B
Continent
Liverpool
Stocks Edge Lower At Opening With Tobacco Gains
New York stocks opened with widespread declines led by Union Pacific Amalgamated Copper and Rock Island. Bethlehem Steel fell while tobacco shares rose 8 to 16 points as trading showed moderate activity.
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New York
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Southwestern Railway
Bethlehem Steel
Death of Captain George W. Logan in Portsmouth
Norfolk Va April 22 Captain George Woods Logan commander of the U S 8 Nebraska died at the naval hospital Portsmouth this morning at 12 30 following an operation for acute intestinal obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
George Woods Logan
U. S
Nebraska
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth
L N and N Railroad Reports Cotton Bales at Exchange
The local cotton exchange records show 84 bales of cotton reported by the L and N Railroad Company as transit. This total completes the day's reported load at the exchange.
Spanish Youth Stowaway Held for Deportation
Antonio Garcia a 20 year old native of Spain arrived in Mobile on the steamship Vala as a stowaway. He boarded in Spain aiming for Chile to join relatives. Immigration Inspector H C Brownlow says he will be deported back to Spain due to likelihood of becoming a public charge.
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Antonio Garcia
Spain
Mobile
Vala
Garcia
Chile
H. C. Brownlow
Child Victim of Accident to Be Buried in Mobile
The remains of Charles S. Gardiner age five who was killed in an accident near Birmingham arrived in Mobile on Thursday morning via the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Roche & Burke took charge and transferred the body to the home of his father Captain Sam Casper on 9th Avenue. The boy was son of Charles G. and Julia Gardner of Birmingham and Mobile friends mourn his death deeply.
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Charles S. Gardiner
Birmingham
City
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Roche & Burke
Sam Casper
Avenue
Charles G
Julia Gardner
Ala
Wds
Mobile
Threat of Prosecutor Falls on Deaf Ears
Fred Lane was arraigned in the inferior criminal court on a statutory charge and discharged after a trial attended only by counsel and officials. Judge Chamberlain ruled Lane not guilty. Assistant Solicitor Harry H. Smith said he would have Lane arrested in every county justice court to detain him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lane
Inferior Criminal Court
Block named to state normal school board in six year term
MONTG MERY Ala April 22 Special W C Block of Troy was appointed to the state normal school board to succeed John B Weakley of Birmingham. The appointment is for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montg
Mery
Ala
W. C. Block
Troy
State Normal School Board
John B. Weakley
Birmingham
Four Suits Filed Against One Man
In the law and equity court on Wednesday, four suits were filed against Henry M. Lindsey. Creditors include W. B. Atkins Grocery and Commission Company for 171.60, A. J. M. Atkins for 303.83, F. Milhouse for 407.27, and C. L. De Bardeleben for 62.30, all on account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Henry M., Lindsey
W. B. Atkins Grocery and Commission Company
A. J. M. Atkins
Milhouse
C. L. de Bardeleben
Blackfriars at Lyric Present A Bachelor’s Romance
The seat sale for tonight’s appearance of the Blackfriars at the Lyric signals a large audience for A Bachelor’s Romance presented by the University of Aldean drama group. Previous Mobile performances featured substitutes, but tonight’s cast is expected to deliver an excellent show.
Hill 60 Sees Bitter Battle In Western Front
The British report a local but important victory at Hill No. 60 after heavy fighting. Weather favors western operations while floods hinder movement in the east, with the front allegedly at a standstill in Poland and the Carpathians.
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Hill
Carpathians
Poland
St. Eloi
Spain May Now Get Chemical Products
Madrid via Paris April 22. Marquis De Leme Spanish foreign minister said at a cabinet meeting that France agreed to permit free transit of aniline dyes oxalic acid and other chemical products between Italy and Spain. The halt on imports from Germany had nearly halted Spanish industry.
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Madrid
Paris
Auto Rams Electric Car Collision
Cullen C. Mitchell of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company collided with a street car while driving his machine at Toulminville near his residence on Wednesday evening. The machine was damaged but he was unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Rams
Cullen C. Mitchell
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company
Toulminville
Lieutenant Issues Curb Repair Notices Citywide
Lieutenant Henry Farmer of the police department issues notices to residents to repair and curb sidewalks to prevent accidents. He has been busy sending notices for several days.
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Henry Farmer
The
Police Department
Farmer
Austrians Beaten Back After Carpathian Assaults
Petrograd reports Austrians failed to relieve pressure on the Russian center in Meza laborez region by two parallel flanking movements toward Stry and Gorlice. Russians invited advance without resistance, then unleashed a sudden counterattack that routed the enemy and yielded large prisoner captures. Similar success near Polen as Russian forces seized a battalion and prisoners.
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Petrograd
London
Carpathian
Hungary
Mezalaborez
Stry
Gorlice
Polen
Rus
Only 300 Take U S Government Offer to Leave Tampico
Washington reports that among about five thousand foreigners in Tampico half American only 300 accepted the U S government’s offer to depart aboard the army transport Sumner. The ship carried 285 Americans ten British and five German subjects and has sailed.
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Tampico
Washington
United States
Sumner
Zeta Cleared at Custom House with Lumber and Gasoline Cargo
The British schooner Zeta cleared at the custom house on Thursday carrying 227,778 feet of lumber 108 drums of gasoline 1 000 cases of gasoline and an additional 98 124 feet of lumber marking the day’s early clearance and listing the cargo components.
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Zeta
Custom House
Suit filed for 10500 damages over sale of 800 acres
In the law and equity court on Thursday Samuel S. Foshee M. T. Watson and Joseph H. Douglass, by attorneys John D. Leigh and Powell Hamilton, sue Martin Lindsey for 10500 with interest from October 26 1908 for breach of covenant relating to the sale of 800 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Samuel S. Foshee
M. T. Watson
Joseph H. Douglass
John D. Leigh
Powell & Hamilton
Martin Lindsey
Divorces Sought In Chancery Court Cruelty Allegations
Two divorce suits filed in chancery court allege violent cruelty. George B. Taylor sues Cyril Taylor and Clara Larson sues Peter Larson. Attorneys for plaintiffs are Tompkins and Kirkpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
George B. Taylor
Cyril Taylor
Clara Larson
Peter Larson
Tompkins & Kirkpatrick
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against F H Russ of Alabama
In the United States district court at Toulmin an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against F H Russ of Atmore Alabama by Levy Wolf Shoe Company and others. The case was referred to R T Ervin of Mobile as referee in bankruptcy.
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United States District Court
Toulmin
F.H. Russ
Atmore
Ala
Levy- Wolf Shoe Company
R. T. Ervin
Mobile
Chancery Court Actions And Decrees Report
Court records show bond cancellations and new bonds in receivership, multiple decree pro confesso filings, and several cases reset or dismissed without prejudice. Notable items include a $500 new bond, habeas corpus reset, and several demurrer and call entries across numerous pairs and guardianships.
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Chancery Court
Fen
Thomas H. Smith
Thomas St. John
Henry C. Brewer
Henry Jordan
Young Men’s Heart of Hearts
Martha Patterson
Abe Patterson
Thomas C. Wilhite
Katie Wilhite
Zella Smith
Alfred Smith
William Pettis
Annie Pettis
Daisy Wood
Walter Wood
Lela Wheeler
Braxton Wheeler
John Henry Dameron
Marie Antoinette Dameron
Matilda Jones
Zedie Jones
Mamie A. Miller
Thomas C. Miller
Ira Houseman Zinsel
William Zinsel
Effie Dahlgreen
Darion Dahlgreen
John A. Munch
Hilda Louise Munch
Josephine Molette
Nat Molette
Co. P. Fisher
Stella Louise Fisher
Lelia Simon
Guardian
Amelia Morningstar
Hill & Horton
T. O. Young
Mattie Radcliff
Beaver Meadow Turpentine Co
Enoch Gibbs
Oliver Johnson
Zora D. Johnson
Abram Edwards
Jennie Edwards
Fannie Platt
Mooseheart public address by Prof A J Rondthaler at Moose Auditorium
Professor A J Rondthaler dean of Mooseheart will speak at an open meeting and reception at Moose Auditorium Mooseheart NL tonight at 8 15 in support of Mooseheart a vocational and educational institution for orphans of Moose members Public invited to hear him during his southern tour
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Moose Auditorium
A. J. Rondthaler
Mooseheart
Moose
Rendthaler
South
Senate Rejects Equal Jury Service for All
Sacramento report states the senate reversed a prior vote and defeated a bill that would have required equal jury service for men and women, overturning earlier approval of the provision.
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Sacramento
Cal
Senate
Message to Thin Nervous Folks Promises Quick Weight Gain
An advertisement touts Sargol as a regenerative fat absorbing aid for underweight individuals. It claims tablets with meals build firm flesh, filling out cheeks and reducing waste. Dealers like Van Men at Pa Drug Co offer a guarantee of weight gain or money back.
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Pa Drug Co
Sargel
Adv
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Lyric
J. T. Jett & CO. General Contractors
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Bell
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Union Terminal Station
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