Annual Parade of Suffragists Leads Fifth Avenue March
Thirty thousand suffragists in uniform will march up Fifth Avenue a week from tomorrow with music from thirty five bands. Mrs Richard Coke Burleson will lead, followed by eight suffragette officers and National Woman's Suffrage Association executives. The Pilgrims led by Rosalie Jones will precede a carriage bearing pioneer Antoinette Brown, age over eighty.
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Associated Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
Richard Coke Burleson
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Negro chauffeur Daniel Howard fined in speeding case
Daniel Howard, a negro chauffeur, was arrested on a speeding charge and fined $10 or twenty days in recorder's court on Thursday afternoon. He was arrested by Patrolman H. R. Maone.
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Daniel Howard
Recorder’s Court
H. R. Maone
Modern dress styles probed as ribald and immodest
Dr. Ellen B. Ligon told a Mobile audience of hundreds at the YMCA auditorium that current women’s fashions promote immodesty and ribaldity. She urged self-control and moral purity, noting ignorance is not innocence and chastity requires knowing and avoiding evil. The talk was the second in a series, with a third titled The Moral Aspect planned.
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Mobile
Ellen B. Ligon
Christian Aoe
Croxone Promises Quick Kidney and Bladder Relief
An advertisement touts Croxone as a guaranteed remedy for backache rheumatism and urinary disorders. The copy claims rapid absorption dissolves uric acid and cleanses kidneys while soothing bladder linings with a money back offer if first use fails.
Education in Insurance Highlighted by Sills Address
Neil D. Sills president of the National Life Underwriters Association urged education in life insurance at a Mobile banquet. The Mobile Life Underwriters Association elected Charles A. Garland president L. D. Dix secretary and C. Allen Hopkins treasurer and voted to affiliate with the national group. Sills criticized twisting by unethical agents and offered to act on cases with his company head if needed. Other speakers included L. D. Dix Frank Fitts C. W. Moss Bodman James Thurman and Herrin.
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Neil D. Sills
National Life Underwriters’ Association
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile Life Underwriters’ Association
Sills
Mobile
National Association
Charles A. Garland
L. D. Dix
C. Allen Hopkins
Richmond
R. Sills
Mr. Sills
Frank Fitts
Tuscaloosa
C. W. Moss
Messrs. Bodman
James
Thurman and Herrin
Foley Kidney Pills Endorsement From Peoria Reader
C H Grant of 230 Waverly Peoria Illinois reports relief from kidney and bladder trouble after using Foley Kidney Pills. He describes backache, congestion, fatigue, and floating specks improving by day three and eventual complete recovery, calling for others to try the remedy. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Resson
C. H. Grant
Waverly
St., Peoria
Foley
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Teetotal diplomacy sparks debate in British press
London papers discuss Secretary Bryan's wireless dinner for foreign diplomats and the teetotal punch controversy. The Daily News questions moral rights and potential effects on diplomats digestion, while the Pall Mall Gazette mocks Washington's image as wishy Washington.
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Associated Press
London
Washington
Bryan
Daily News
Pall Mall Gazette
Night school closes with supper and social
The Y M C A night school ends with a Friday 8 o clock supper at the association building for its 104 members. Brief commencement exercises will be held and Arthur C Tonsmeire of City Bank and Trust Company will give the address. A new bureau for employment help is led by F Surmler. Enrollment rose from 78 to 104 this year.
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Association
Arthur C. Tonsmeire
City Bank & Trust Company
Ekavedtional
F. ©. Surmler
Immler
Negro relief planned for tornado districts in Crichton
Rev. C. W. Westry of Crichton returns from travel through Camden Selma and Lower Peach Tree storm area reporting continued hardship for negroes there. He plans to depart next week with provisions clothing for his race and asks for subscriptions at Crichton Box 8 through next Tuesday.
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C. W. Westry
Crichton
Louisville
Nashville
Camden
Selma
Lower Peach Tree
Tuealay
New England Seeks South American Trade via Panama Canal
A Boston Chamber of Commerce delegation of 38 business leaders sails for South America to boost commerce through the Panama Canal. The four month visit includes a message of good luck from Secretary of State Bryan and a farewell party with Dr. R Noon, Argentina’s minister.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
New England
Central and
South America
Panama Canal
Boston Chamber of Commerce
South
Bryan
R. Noon
Argentina
Child Rescued After Narrow Escape From Culvert Pipe
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Ekdna Newman aged two was rescued and resuscitated after being drawn through more than 300 feet of a sixteen inch culvert pipe near her home on Winber. The hazardous incident began when the child fell toward the culvert and was swept into the pipe.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Ekdna Newman
Winber
Fulton’s Renal Compound Promised For Bright’s Disease Tappings
Advertisement touts Fulton’s Renal Compound as a breakthrough for Bright’s Disease after repeated tapping. It cites two recovering cases, one from Clay New York and another in Oakland California, claiming renewed health and school return. Readers urged to obtain pamphlet or contact John J Fulton Co in San Francisco.
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Bright
Fulton
F. H. Chandler
Clay
New York
A. C. Dean
Oakland
Cal
van Antwerp Drug Corp
John J. Fulton Co
San Francisco
Free Toll Panama Canal Urged by International Law Leaders
Delegates at the seventh annual meeting of the American Society of International Law hear Gregors W. W. Gram of Norway call for a free and open Panama Canal toll regime on equal terms for all nations. He suggests arbitration before The Hague if Britain and the United States fail diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama Canal
Gregors W. W. Gram
Norway
American Society of International Law
Great Britain
United States
Hague
Elihu Root
New York
Talcott Williams
Columbia School of Journalism
New York City
President Wilson Stands With Fans At Boston Washington Game
President Wilson watched a tense Boston vs Washington baseball game in a box, delaying a 6:45 train with Secretary Bryan for a White House conference. He stood with cheering fans in the seventh inning after a humorously prompted shout, accompanied by Miss Eleanor Wilson and Dr. Cary Grayson.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
White House
Pacific Coast
Boston
Tumulty
Woody
Eleanor Wilson
Cary Grayson
Land ownership as path to achievement for Negro race
John Mitchell Jr. told NAACP sessions in Philadelphia that land ownership remains the fundamental basis of achievement for African Americans. He noted rising prejudice in the North and subsiding in the South, but overall the trend toward equality appears to be upward.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John Mitchell, Jr
Richmond Planet
ZEMO Promises Instant Eczema Relief At 25 Cents
An advertisement touts ZEMO as an antiseptic skin solution that instantly relieves itching from eczema and related skin conditions. It claims a money back guarantee and lists benefits for infants and scalp conditions, urging readers to buy for 25 cents through Drug Company Grueciste and Sol Landau Cloak and Suit Co in St. Louis.
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Zemo
Sol Landau
C-O
Sol Landau Cloak and Suit Co
St. Louis, Mo
Explosion damages Free Trade Hall in Manchester
An immense window at the Free Trade Hall was blown out by a bomb that exploded beneath the platform. Police suspect the device detonated early, intended as a militant suffrage salute to John Burns, who was to speak there that evening.
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Associated Press
Manchester
Eng
Free Trade Hall
Andas
John Burns
Board of Trade
Hyomei breathes cure for catarrh offers relief
Nature based Hyomei claims to heal catarrh by medicating the air passages from nose to lungs. The listed Hyomei outfit costs $1 with 50 cent refills and a money back guarantee if it fails to meet its claims, sold by Van Antwerp Drug.
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van Antwerp Dru
Small-Salaried Clerk Indicted for Embezzlement
Cleveland April 25 Indictments for embezzlement and grand larceny were returned against Peter Seiss a $60 a month stock clerk at the Cleveland Furnace Company accused of stealing $30000 worth of brass and selling it in junk loads. Nathan Komito a junk dealer was indicted on receiving stolen property charges. Seiss allegedly lived in luxury during the two year period of the alleged crimes.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Peter ¥. Seiss
Cleveland Furnace Company
Nathan Komito
Seiss
Missing Ne gro Located at Mount Vernon Asylum
Thomas Ross a negro sought by relatives in The Item ad was found Thursday night by Chief Jailor John T. Brown at Mobile county jail. He is at Mount Vernon Alabama state asylum for negroes after going blind and crazy at Atmore convict camp following theft of liquor from a waiting room at the L and N passenger station.
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Thomas Ross
Henry Henry Henry Williams
John T. Brown
Mobile County
Mount Vernon
Ala
Ross
Atmore
Mount Vernon Institution
Judge D Cummings Dead in Abingdon Home
Judge David Cummings prominent Virginia state senator died at home in Abingdon. Reported by Associated Press from Bristol Virginia on April 25. Details note death occurred at his residence and mention his tenure in the state senate.
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Associated Press
Bristol
David Cummings
State Senate of Virginia
Pootertas 2
Abingdon
Georgia Manufacturer Sentenced to Three Years in Penitentiary
Alfred Shorter Hamilton former president of Tryon Manufacturing Co a one million dollar institution was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for embezzlement. He was convicted last December when receivers took over the company. Judge Price Edwards pronounced the sentence.
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Associated Press
Rome
Alfred Shorter Hamilton
Tryon Manufacturing Co
Hamilton
Price Edwards
New York Bakers Fined Over Rotten Eggs
In New York on April 25, the Teel-Drake Company factory, a major cake baker, was fined 500 dollars after 120 pounds of rotting liquid eggs were found. The manager claimed most bad eggs would not reach cake though a flavoring could mask off flavors.
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Associated Press
New York
Teel-Drake Company
Teel- Drake
Ge-Rar Dy Kidney and Backache Remedy advertised
A vintage ad claims Ge-Rar Dy Kidney and Backache Remedy thoroughly cleanses kidneys and restores natural action. It states the druggist sells Ge-rardy Kidney and Backache Remedy for 50 cents per bottle.
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Gotham
Ellen Ligon
Croxone
Home
Mobile Electric Co
N. Royal Street
St. Louis
City Ticket Office
South Royal Street
H. E. Lee JR
Life Underwriters
Hammer
Dauphin St
Hammel
Our Royal St
David Anderson
Amg
Hammel’s
Buster Brown
Leo Paris
Mount Vernon Asylum
Judge D. Cummings
Georgia
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