Delta highway bid session unites Mobile Baldwin counties
A joint Mobile and Baldwin county commission meeting produced bids and specifications for a Mobile-Baldwin delta highway. Business leaders from both counties urged necessity of the link, with Engineer Fisher and Engineer Garrett presenting the joint report as discussions extended to midday.
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Mobile-Baldwin Delta
Mobile County Revenue
Baldwin County Commissioners
Mobile
Commerce Street
Water Street
Dauphin Street
Mobile Rotary Club
Palmer Pillans
Mobile Bar Association
Automobile Club of Mobile
L. G. Adams
Chamber of Commerce and Busines Men's League
Tourist Welcome Club of Mobile
Baldwin County
Chamber of Commerce
A. G. Ward
Mobile County Board
McFayden
Fisher
Mobile County
Garrett
J. H. Webb
Sloan's Liniment Claims Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An old advertisement pledges Sloan's Liniment eases rheumatic pain by stimulating circulation to painful muscles. It asserts rapid relief and a tingling warmth after application with testimonial from Jaimness of Philadelphia and 25 cent price at druggists.
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Sloan
Jaimness
Ferguson
Philada
British cruiser stops Flora A Kimball then questions Longscar
A British cruiser halted the Flora A Kimball off Mobile Bay on Saturday afternoon and later, disguised as a passenger vessel, overhauled the Longscar to check its identity. Pilots report the cruiser approached closely, deck cleared for action, while Longscar’s captain described a search with a bright light and questioning from a presumed commercial vessel.
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Flora A. Kimball
Bar
Mobile Bay
Longsear
Gulf
Santo Dominio
Donald Mackey
Willis
Longscar
Bay
Man of War
Galveston
Delta highway bid plan approved after shouting debate
In Mobile the push for a delta highway continued with speakers urging bids on any route while noting tourist and merchant benefits. The commission decided to issue bids and specifications under any plan, with the city engineer to review, after mulling over reports deeming construction costly.
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John Craft
Gordon
Mobile
Ward
Seven Villa Followers To Die On May Nineteen
In Deming New Mexico April twenty fifth seven Villa followers convicted of murder in the first degree after the Columbus raid were sentenced to die May nineteenth by Judge Edward L Medier. The men pleaded ignorance and coercion under threat of death. Six remained unmoved while Jose Rangel, wounded and brought in on a cot, cried for mercy. They were ordered to Santa Fe penitentiary for safe keeping.
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Judge Medler
Santa Fe
Lone Star Colors Fly for Alamo Men
The Lone Star flag of Texas unfurled over Independence Hall in Philadelphia on San Jacinto Day to honor Alamo Mission heroes who died in 1836. The flag, gift of the Alamo Mission chapter, DRT, rose at noon as a municipal band played The Star Spangled Banner. A prior ceremony occurred in the signing room of the Declaration of Independence.
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Philadelphia
Betsy Roses
San Antonio
Independence Hall
Verdun Battle Sees Lull Amid Front Line Activity
London reports a comparative lull at Verdun with both sides largely in contact. French forces push along the Meuse west line and in a northwest Caureltes wood attack. A heavy bombardment is under way at Dead Man's hill as Dover endures an enemy air raid plan driven off by anti aircraft fire.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Caureltes Wood
Dead Man's Hill
Dover
Artist Paints Verdun Battle Scene From Tower Perch
French artist Francois Flameng habitually sketches atop a hill tower near Verdun amid shelling to create a colossal painting of the Verdun battle. He writes that the epic struggle tests French virtue, rejuvenates the race, and may preserve this war’s memory.
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Paris
Verdun
Francois Flameng
Niax
Army Museum
Meuse
Argonne
Costa Rica Coffee Exports Shift to United States
Costa Rica plans sending coffee to the United States this season. Walter J. Field, president of the International Costa Rica, arrived on the Calamares. He predicts war will boost Central American trade with the United States. Estimated Costa Rican crop is 360 000 bags. Manuel Castro Quesada, Costa Rican minister to the United States, also aboard returning to his post after vacation.
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Costa Rica
England
Germany
United States
Walter J. Field
International Or
Calamares
Field
Manuel Castro Quesada
Supreme Court rules ads can be fraud even with value received
The high court held advertisers liable for fraud when exaggerated mail ads mislead buyers, even if they get what they paid for. Decision may trigger prosecutions and stricter federal mail advertising supervision. Justice McKenna cites false representations beyond puffery as criminal, especially in selling small home tracts. Also noted: Wauchula Development Company president W Gandy was arrested in Chicago for mail fraud linked to Florida development business.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice McKenna
District Court
Florida
New Booth Farm and Home Company
Itran
Florida Company
Florida Court
Hol4
Chicago
W Gandy
Wauchula Development Company
Brooklyn Preacher Sued For Libel By Nephew
A libel suit seeks 50 000 in damages against Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis pastor of Plymouth Church Brooklyn filed by his nephew Harry M Hillis. The claim cites newspaper articles in which Hillis claimed to have given earnings to help repay debts said to be owed by two nephews including Percy D Hillis. A separate suit by Percy D Hillis was previously settled with an arbitrator ordering about 4000 dollars.
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New York
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church of
Brooklyn
Harry M. Hillis
Dr. Hillis
Romanian Turkish Treaty Talks Progress in Berlin Dispatch
A Constantinople dispatch reports Turkish government and Romanian delegation are negotiating a convention similar to the German Romanian agreement. Turkish newspapers say both sides show goodwill and seek to strengthen cordial ties between the two nations.
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Berlin
Germany
Roumania
Constantinople
China's Premier Promises Peace and Reforms
Premier Tuan Chi-Jui pledged to restore tranquility in China after his Saturday appointment. He said the cabinet would move beyond the palace, assume full power, and push a constitutional parliamentary election within three months under Yuan Shikai’s government.
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Peking
China
Tuan Chi-Jui
Associated Presse
Yunnan
Kwei-Chow
Taal-Ao
State Council
Yuan Shi-khai
Tuan Chi-fui
Lu Chen-Hsiang
Wang Yih-Ting
Sun Pao-Chi
Liu Kuang-Hsun
Chang Kuo-Kan
Ching Pang-Ping
Tsao Yulin
Chang Tsung- Siang
Wang Shih-Chen
Dr King's New Discovery for Spring Colds and Grippe
A historical advertisement urges avoiding spring colds by using Dr. King's New Discovery a pleasant Tar Syrup. It soothes coughs checks colds and helps end grippe attacks with no mixing required. The product is touted as tested and tried for over 40 years with ready to use packaging.
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Dr. King
Villa Threat Rumors Prompt New U.S. Campaign Plans
Reports from Mexican sources say Francisco Villa has not crossed the Durango Chihuahua line and may be in the Sierra Madre northwest of Parral. American officers cite Villa as possibly dead or in hiding, with monclova and Monclova area sightings. General Pershing contemplates redistributing forces and a new campaign against Villa.
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Wills
Namiqupa
Mex
Columbus
N. M
Francisco Villa
Durango
Chihuahua
Sierra Madre Mountains
Parral
Rea
Monclova
Villa
San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Satovo
Pershing
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