W Wing and Son In Bankruptcy
The hardware firm W Wing and Son with members Frank R Wing and Lucy Wing admitted insolvency amid an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by creditors including American Hardware Corporation Excelsior Stove and Manufacturing American Silver Company and Columbia Enameling and Stamping Company. Attendance before a referee is set for September 12 and other bankruptcy petitions were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Wing & Me
Frank R. Wing
Lucy Wing
United States District Court
Fig
American Hardware Corporation
Excelsior Stove and Manufacturing Company
American Silver Company
Columbia Enameling and Stamping Company
M. H. Savell
Burton Blanks
Mobile
Frederick N. Somerville
Lonnie Green
John C. Taylor
Whistler
R. T. Ervin
Whitlow man credits Chamberlains Tablets for cure
C H Hines of Whitlow Arkansas says he suffered from constipation and indigestion spending hundreds on medicines. After visits to a St. Louis hospital and a New Orleans hospital with no cure he used Chamberlains Tablets and improved. Sold by all dealers.
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C. H. Hines
Whitlow
Ark
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chamberlain
Anderson Monument Unveiled in Pascagoula
Forest Camp Woodmen of the World with Scranton camp unveiled a monument to the late Captain O. P. Anderson in Pascagoula Mississippi. Sovereigns Pennington Hamilton Verneuille and Mahon attended and Captain Mahon delivered the address Your Mother and Your Cross drawing tears from the attendees at the cemetery ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Camp
Woodmen of
Scranton Camp
Pascagoula
Miss
O. P. Anderson
Pennington
Hamilton
Verneuille
Mahon
Employers Claim Trades Strike 19 Practically Won
Striking machinists boilermakers ship carpenters and caulkers faced cautious optimism on the street as employers claim the strike is effectively over with orders being filled at major iron works and talks continuing with negro longshoremen over pay and division of work to avert a broader stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
New Orleans
International Organization
Louisiana
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment Praised For Cure
A reader reports fifty years of torment from tetter Eczema ended by Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. The testimonial notes cure and thanks to the ointment sold by Pfeiffer Chemical Co with distribution through Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfeiffer Chemical CO
St. Louis
Philadelphia
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Stevens Admits Criminal Record In Ongoing Case
Elliott K. Stevens held on a decoying charge involving 16 year old Marie A. Horlock whom he married in Meridian. He admitted to past bigamy in Kansas City and claimed no New Orleans marriage, while authorities seek his full record from multiple cities.
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Elliott K. Stevens
Marie A. Horlock
Meridian
Crenshaw
William Young
St. Louis
Stevens
Windmueller
Harry Chancellor
Kansas City
New Orleans
Earl Stevens
Memphis
Birmingham Plans Raise Nine Thousand For Shared Events
Birmingham plans to raise nine thousand dollars to fund its share of the Morgan Memorial and Panama Canal Celebrations linked to the Southern Commercial Congress. L. C. Irvine reports Birmingham aims to contribute five thousand, with support from the Chamber of Commerce and local newspapers. A special committee will handle the plan as interest grows in a possible visit by President Wilson.
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Birmingham
Southern Commercial Congress
L. C. Irvine
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Press of
Irvine
William C. Radcliffe
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Congress
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promotes Strength in Heat
An old ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a health beverage to enrich the blood, sustain the system, and counteract the depressing effects of hot summer weather. It sells at a price of 0c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonis Grove
Routine county board approves street work and slag debate
The Mobile county board of revenue and road commissioners met to approve routine bills including 1619.50 for Dauphin Way doorway pavement and 218.13 from Birmingham Slag Co. Commissioner Hagan objected to slag on Mary's Lane citing binder concerns while Engineer McClure noted slag’s value and hardening time. The board discussed road right of way and minor repairs on Citronelle road and thanked Satsuma for overall good road conditions.
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County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Hagan
Mary's Lane
Mobile
Dauphin Way
Bauer
Green
Gaillard
Stone
Gulfport
Mobile County
Calvert
Old Mobile
Citronelle
Satsuma
Reads
Mount Vernon
McClure
Inngineer McClure
Dolorway
Dauphin Street
Birmingham Slag Co
Mother Learns of Son Murder in Mexico
Edmund Hayes Jr. of Farmington was killed in Madera Mexico by federal soldiers under Fransicio Cordova when they captured the town. A Bowdoin College graduate, he had been employed by the Madera Lumber Company for three years after college. Mrs Ellen Hayes received the Washington telegram.
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Associated Press
Farmington
Edmund Hayes, Jr
Madera
Mex
Ellen Hayes
Washington Today
Edmund
Fransicio Cordova
Young Hayes
Bowdoin College
Mexico
Madera Lumber Company
Page Finds Official London Home for Three Years
Walter Hines Page American ambassador secured a three year lease for No 6 Grosvenor Square in London after evaluating many homes. The residence sits in the square's best district near the Japanese embassy recently bought by Japan and near the Italian embassy and Chilean legation. Dukes Portland Manchester and Somerset own town houses in Grosvenor Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Walter Hines Page
Grosvenor Square
Warehouses Burn in Taylor High Loss Fire
Fire destroyed the Swift & Co warehouse Prewitt Hardware Co Richter Furniture Co and Hochs Hardware Co in Taylor Texas. Estimated loss is $100,000. Fire occurred yesterday morning. A brisk blaze caused extensive damage to multiple businesses. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Taylor
Texas
Swift & Co
Prewitt Hardware Company
Richter Furniture Company
Hochs Hardware Company
Good Reason for His Enthusiasm
A reader extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after recovery from severe bowel distress. The testimonial highlights relief after one or two doses and urges others to try the medicine in similar cases.
Acceptance Due Soon for Chamber of Commerce Committee
Business Manager Don Farnsworth says acceptances for membership in the Chamber of Commerce ways and means committee must arrive by Tuesday. A final committee meeting is set for Monday afternoon to finalize arrangements for the first meeting and luncheon, with many businessmen eager to start the plan.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
Don Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Man of Mystery Fully Identified in New York Burial
The oldest star-gazer of Madison Square is identified as Frederick J. Seybold a former University of Illinois professor who left academia to promote typewriters and stylographic pens. He later sold moon views in Madison Square until his death as friends seek his relatives without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Madison Square
Frederick J. Seybold
University of Illinois
Return From Three Months European Trip
After a three month absence from Mobile Mr. Sr. Gonzales president of Star Fish & Oyster Co. and several Gonzales family members traveled through Paris Barcelona Madrid the Balearic Islands Granada Gibraltar London and Liverpool. They sailed from New York on the Barbarrossa and returned on the Mauretania arriving August 16 with Mrs. S Gonzales and two children joining in New York before continuing home via Buffalo Niagara Falls and Chicago.
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Mobile
Sr. Gonzales
Star Fish & Oyster Co
Nelo Gonzales
Grace Perez
Magietta
Emilia Gonzales
Europe
Paris
Barcelona
Madrid
Balearic Islands
Granada
Gibraltar
London
Liverpool
New York
Queenstown
S.gonzales
Metropolis
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Municipal Ownership Endorsed by Schwarz
Mobile prizes her waterworks system and is strongly in favor of municipal ownership. Mayor L H Chappell of Columbus Ga received a letter from Mayor Schwarz in reply to a request for views on the subject. Columbus owns its waterworks but there is talk of selling to a private company. The mayor seeks advice from other cities with municipal ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
L. H.chappell
Columbus
Schwarz
Body of Drowned Porter Found Floating in Bay
A body found by the schooner Ella Co. Andrews in the lower bay Sunday morning proved to be Jim Davis the porter of the St. Andrew Hotel. He drowned when he fell from the bay steamer Pleasure Bay during a moonlight excursion to Battles last Tuesday night. The body was tied to a piling and Mobile authorities were notified for burial arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Bay
Ella Co
Jim Davis
St. Andrew
Pleasure Bay
Battles
Detroit film makers seek to shoot Mobile industrial piece
The International Industrial Film Company of Detroit proposes filming Mobile’s public buildings streets parks and industries. Vice president H A Van Deventer has written to Mayor Laz Schwarz seeking endorsement, citing Detroit officials’ support and a contract with that city. Mayor Schwarz will send the request to the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
International Industrial Film Company
Detroit
Mich
Mobile
H. A. van Deventer
Laz Schwarz
Henry Pickens Fined for Prohibition Law Violation
Judge Chamberlain in the Inferior Criminal court Monday morning imposed a fine of fifty one dollars and costs of thirty days held labor on Henry Pickens for violating the prohibition law. Notice of appeal was given and the bond fixed at one hundred fifty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Henry Pickens
Labor Leaders Deny Charge Against Feeny
Philadelphia labor leaders rejected accusations that Frank Feeny, a city labor figure, was paid by Martin Mulhall to help break a printers strike. A central labor union committee report exonerated Feeny, with five members signing the majority and two dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Martin M. Mulhall
Frank Feeny
Central Labor Union
Feeny
Mulhall
Pope Receives Report on Priest Appointment
Associated Press reports the Pope received announcements regarding church leadership changes with mention of an auxiliary bishop of Newee and related audience details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newee
Pensacola Man Held for Fraud
Charles S. Downey organizer and president of the Southern Loan and Real Estate Co was arrested in Pensacola charged with using the mails to defraud The company capitalized at 1 000 000 had been founded only months earlier and did extensive business Downey came from Oklahoma City where he was connected with the Prudential Loan and Realty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fra
Charles S. Downey
Southern Loan and Real Estate Company
Downey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Prudential Loan and Realty Company
Power of purse prolongs war in China
The Times correspondent reports chaos in the Yang-Tse valley as 2,000 southerners resist near Wu Sung forts and Kiang Yin forces cast doubt on allied fleets. Nanking endures a three-army assault while provisional administration grows weak, letting influence rival the sword.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Peking
the Times
Yang-Tse
Wu Sung
Nanking
Provisional Administration
Acquitted Man Kills Mob Leader in Ohio Valley
Millard Mastin, who had just been acquitted of a serious charge, shot and killed William Dayton, alleged mob leader, as the mob broke into Mastin’s Mount Olivet home. Dayton was struck in the breast and died instantly. Mastin was brought to Maysville for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maysville
Millard Mastin
Mount Olivet
William Dayton
Mastin
Dayton
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Best Pain Killer
E. E. Chamberlain of Clinton Maine touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin injuries. The ad claims it instantly removes pain and robs wounds of their terrors with equal healing power. Available for 25 cents at Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
E. E. Chamberlain
Clinton, Me
van Antwerp Drug Corp. Adv
Slaver Conditions In The Philippines Report
Washington August 25 Slavery in the Philippines exists widely including Manila and peonage is common. Filipinos kidnap children for sale or shipment to China, with some lured by promises of schooling. A 13 year old girl was bought for pigs rice chicken and a cloak. The supreme court freed the slave trader due to no physical force used, hindering prosecutions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippines
Manila
Dean Worcester
War Department
China
Worcester
Supreme Court of the Islands
Remarkable Recovery After Dysentery Remedy Use
B W Hill of Snow Hill North Carolina suffered dysentery around July 15. After two months of worsening condition and weight loss from 145 to 125 pounds, he used Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and found permanent relief after two bottles. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
B. W. Hill
Snow Hill
N. C
Indian Princess Wedded in London
Princes Indira daughter of Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda wed Prince Jitendra son of the Maharajah of Cooch-Behar in a private ceremony in London. The couple, who had planned a May 5 wedding in India, had Brahmin rites before a civil marriage at a registry office. The pair then sailed from Bombay for England with their families.
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Associated Press
London
Mos
Indira
India
Saile
Bombay
England
Jitendra
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W.wing & Son
Morris M. Meyer
VV. B. McAleer
St. Michael St
Magic City
Imperial Sanitary Laundry
State Department
Maine
Page
St. ‘James Bents House
Grosvenor, Square
Man OF Mystery
U, of
Detroit Film Makers
LABOR
Southern Loan and Real Estate Co
British India
Western Union
Tel AM Theo. N. Vail
Kelephons
Western Union Telegraph Company
N. B
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