Library memorial for Mrs Gorgas in university campus
Professor Brownell announced plans to raise funds for a memorial library at the university to honor Mrs Gorgas mother of General Orgas. The project aims for a $100000 library, with a first $10000 unit and the university contributing $20000, backed by alumni pledges. Brownell noted alumni support and the library’s central role in college work.
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Orgas
Peorge G. Brownell
Gorgas
Meethday
Ownell
Birmingham
Montgomery
Loosa
Pfessor Brownell
Mobile
Fie University
Brownell
Woman Avoids Operation After Pinkham Remedy
A reader recounts relief from chronic back pain headaches and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound instead of surgery The letter praises the remedy noting recovery began with the first bottle and enabled the writer to sit and eat with her husband within two weeks Before ending the piece it urges readers to seek advice from the same company in Lynn Massachusetts
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A.noe
Flushing Avenue
Am Laboratory
E. Pinkham
Great need for ship plant here in St Helena
Captain Walter Wrightson, building two auxiliary schooners in St Helena for Mobile lumber trade, visits family as he notes West shipyards handle more work than Mobile. He sold an undersized first vessel to New Orleans parties and lays keel on a larger ship. The 156 foot keel vessel, 85 foot beam, 12 12 foot hold, will carry 500000 superficial feet lumber, powered by two hundred HP engines with twin screws, due August fifteenth and to be sent to Mobile to load cargo.
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Walter Wrightson
St. Helena
Oregon
Mobile
Wrightson
West
New Orleans
Governor Aids In Search For Child Disappeared Jersey Boy
Governor Fielder sent two messages to Georgia Governor Harris asking for help locating Jimmie Glass who vanished over a year ago. Authorities say a Gypsy named Costello took the boy and filed habeas corpus. A photograph was requested to confirm identity and the boy should be held until verification. In Hattiesburg Mississippi officers searched Gypsy camps and cars, but found no trace of the boy.
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Trenton
N. J
Fielder
Harris
Georgia
Charles J. Glass
Jersey City
Jimmie
Gainesville
Costello
Mississippi Falls
Hattiesburg
Miss
L. Glass
Mississippi
South Sea Islanders to Fight for Allies
One thousand Polynesian youths are en route to Europe to join Allied forces, recruited in the Society Islands with French authorities stirring military spirit, per H A Richards British consul at Papeete. The report arrives via Richards after traveling from the South Seas to London.
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San Francisco
Europe
H. A. Richards
Papeete
Tahiti
South Seas
London
Richards
Society Islands
German Agent Held in Canada Bomb Plot Indictment
Wolf von Igel is held by the U S department of justice under indictment for complicity in a dynamite plot against the Welland canal in Canada. He was employed in the office of Captain von Papen who returned to Germany at U S request.
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Wolf von Igel
United States Department of Justice
Welland Canal
Canada
Captain von Papen
Germany
United States
Sun Shipbuilding Company to Open Chester Shipyard
Plans for a new Sun Shipbuilding Company shipyard in Chester on the Delaware River have been announced. The firm, with a 5 million dollar capital, will build tank and cargo ships under J How ard Pew as president and Joseph N Pew as vice president with William C Sproul of Chester as a key director.
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Philadelphia
Chester
Delaware River
Sun Shipbuilding Company
J. Howard Pew
Joseph N. Pew
Sun Company
William C. Sproul
T. Coleman du Pont
Delaware
E. V. Babcock
Pittsburgh
J. Leonard Replogle
New York
Sea Tale of Little Gull Island Rescue
In a January storm near Little Gull Island off New London a tug guided by Cap'n Tom Scott battled heavy seas to reach two idle workers left at the fort. The crew requested red lead for repairs, provoking fury from Cap'n Scott and other seasoned sailors as they faced a perilous rescue mission.
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Captain Hagan
Frances M
Trinidad
Long Island Sound
Little Gull Island
New London
Conn
Ed Chappelle
Cap
Tom Scott
Cap'n
Tom
Little Gull
Spindley Dock
Cap’ m
Rennie
Pinnacle Lamp
Flies Trapped Citywide With 232 Million Campaign Result
Since March 22 the Board of Health reports 3 238 000 flies killed in the city using 68 traps placed at key locations by Commissioner Laz Schwarz. The campaign aims to show how many can be destroyed and emphasize preventing breeding sites to reduce flies overall. Bids opened for 20 000 feet of cement flooring on Beauregard Street with bidders Toulmin and Son Brandon and Co E J Robb and Co and Jett Muths Construction Company. The contract will be awarded soon.
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Board of Health
City Commission
Dc. A. Mohr
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Beauregard Street
Toulmin & Son
Brandon & Co
E. J. Robb & Co
Jett-Muths Construction Company
Campaign Against Prohibited Liquor Steps Up In Mobile
Sheriff W H Holcombe leads a relentless drive against illegal liquor in Mobile county. Four cases of beer were found at 4 am on a wharf tied to McNamara Bros on Dog River. Soft drink stands on Royal Street and Government Street were raided with beer and whisky seized. Arrests will follow after the solicitor reviews the cases.
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W. H. Holcombe
Mobile County
McNamara Bros
Dog River
John Smith
Harry L. Puckett
Royal Street
William Ardoyne
George E. Flinn
Government Street
Royal
Water Streets
Another Gold Strike Reported in Alaska
Fairbanks reports a new rich gold strike in the Innoko district with pay streaks at Boob and Tolstoi creeks. Hundreds of miners head from Fairbanks and other towns to the area as three shafts yield 2 dollars per foot to the public.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Koyukuk
Iditarod
Kuskokwim
Boob and
Tolstoi Creeks
Innocko District
Boob Creek
Nation Missionary Congress Opens With Wilson Attendance
Hundreds of delegates gathered for the opening session of the National Missionary Congress in Washington. The event runs through Sunday and President Wilson is expected to attend the opening session.
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Washington
National Missionary Congress
Wilson
Shields Bill To Be Given Study At Membership Meeting
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce did not act on the Shields waterpower bill. They planned to distribute copies to members to inform them of the bill’s purpose if endorsement is sought. Resignations and factory location talks were discussed. magnesium production near Niagara Falls was announced for war use in aircraft parts.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shields
John Craft
Committee On
W. M. Clemens
R. G. Cobb
Niagara Falls
Omega Renovating Company to Open in City
The Omega Renovating Company capitalized at 2000 dollars filed in probate court to establish a plant in the city for renovating carpets upholstered furniture and other articles. Officers include Julius Hammel president Henry Stoutz secretary and Paul W Bowdle director. Most chicory used in Italy is made from dried figs and is in great demand.
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Omega
Julius Hammel
Hammel & Company
Henry Stoutz
Paul W. Bowdle
Italy
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