Open Alabama Conference Opens with Sermon on Shrunken Ideals
The Alabama Conference convened at Dexter Avenue Church with Bishop Hendrix delivering a sermon on shrinking ideals and urging restraint from worldy pleasures while W Gilbert urged aid for Africa. John J. McBryde of Powellton Fla was suspended for twelve months for prevarication after a trial committee found charges sustained. Five candidates for the ministry faced trials and several were advanced to higher classes.
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Dexter Avenue
Hendrix
W. Gilbert
Africa
John J. McBryde
Powellton
Fla
Alabama
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oota
McBryde
E. Y. Benjamin
Joyner
Wiliam J. Carnathan
Eufaula
Arthur Fletcher Harvington
Hyomei inhaler promises relief for breathing troubles
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a guaranteed remedy for catarrh snuffles and breathing ailments. A complete Hyomei outfit costs $1 with extra bottles priced at 60 cents. Sold by G. Van Antwerp & Son and druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. van Antwerp & Son
Kansas City Housewives Call Egg Boycott Over Prices
A mass meeting of local women led by the Kansas City Housewives' League called for a citywide boycott on home egg consumption until prices fall from 40 cents to 32 cents for the best storage eggs. The National Housewives' League endorsed the price, and groups including the Council of Clubs Athenaeum Society the Council of Jewish Women the Consumers' League and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union joined the effort.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas City Housewives’ League
National Housewives’ League
Woman’s tonic Cardui praised by relieved patient
Mrs. Ollie Owens of Renfree Alabama declares Cardui the woman’s tonic and Thedford’s Black-Draught liver medicine improved her long standing female troubles. She sleeps soundly, has appetite and energy, and urges others to try Cardui with medical advice from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
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Cardui
Egg prices rise as selects fetch higher rates in Pittsburg
Pittsburg on December 4 reports the Department of Justice probing egg price causes. Quotations for selected eggs jump from 45 46 cents to 50 52 cents a dozen at the Butter and Egg Exchange. Dealers say selects must be under a week old to carry the name.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Department of Justice
Pitsburg Butter and Egg Exchange
Court business and call in Mobile chancery and circuit
Thursday proceedings list motions and judgments including Parker versus Parker and Russell et al for amendment, Hail injunction bond set at 500, Richards versus Mobile Light and Railroad demurrers, multiple judgments totaling the day, and calls for Friday across Law and Equity and Circuit courts with cases including Barrett Bros Shipping, Fountain v Stringfellow, and McGrue v Mobile Light and Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Noah B. Parker
Meener Parker
City of Mobile
John F. Russell
M. H. Lavelle
Kate T. Touart
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Richard A. Hail
Law and Equity Court
Berney
Minnie C. Richards
Mobile Light and Railroad Co
I. H. Pringle
R. B. Somerville
Rawleigh Medical Co
H. R. Turner
G. S. Baxter and Co
R. Weeks
L. E. Lister
Grand Bay Land Co
John E. Mitchell
George W. Adams
Adams Advertising Agency, Inc
Barrett Bros. Shipping Co
Minge & Co
Janie Fountain
van Stringfellow
John S. Stotler
Henry Delaney
Circuit Court
Browne
F. W. Cole and Sons
Horace
Weaver
Arthur McGrue
Sandy Allen
O. F. Burke
Panama Grocery Co
Louisville and Nashville, Wright and Sims
Partridge-Mickle Grocery Co
Peter Smith
Chicago Pupils Aid Egg Price Protest
Pupils in Chicago public schools join women club members in an egg boycotting effort to push egg prices to 32 cents a dozen. The Chicago butter and egg board reported a one cent drop in prices yesterday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Woman Club
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Land fraud arrest over alleged mail misuse in multi state scheme
W B Emerich and N H Spitzer of Louisville were arrested in Kansas City on charges of misuse of the mails. The scheme used moving picture show tickets and state lotteries to promise deeds to California Guerneville lots, with buyers paying more for filing papers than the lots were worth. Frank F Sharon, a post office inspector, said the operation had been run in Louisville and several Alabama cities.
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Kansas City
Post Office
United States
W. B. Emerich
N. H. Spitzer
Louisville
Guerneville
Sonora County
California
Frank F. Sharon
Ala
Marriage license issued for William Earl Long and Cora Lee Wilson
A marriage license was issued by the probate court on Thursday to William Earl Long and Cora Lee Wilson. The second sentence appears to be editorial or non-news text and is not incorporated into the summary.
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William Earl Long
Cora Lee Wilson
Surprise In Store For Moose Thursday
Members of Mobile lodge No. 321 Loyal Order of Moose will attend a regular surprise at their hall on Royal and St Michael streets after business. An entertainment is planned with details kept secret. A report from the committee on the new Moose home will be presented.
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Mobile Lodge No. 321
Order of Moose
Royal and
St. Michael Streets
The
Moose
California Syrup of Figss Laxative Ad for Children
A vintage advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as the ideal fruit laxative for sick children. It claims the product tastes pleasant and relieves symptoms like irritability upset stomach and indigestion while emphasizing a liver and bowel cleansing as first treatment.
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BNE
California
Brownatone hair color promises instant, undetectable shade
An advertisement touts Brownatone as a simple, harmless hair stain that can be brushed in to achieve any shade from golden brown to black. It claims the product is undetectable and long lasting, with samples and a booklet available for 10 cents. Kenton Pharmacy Co. markets it. Bienville Pharmacy and others in Mobile supply it.
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Kenton Pharage Co
E. Pike St. Covington, Y
Mobile
Bienville Pharmacy
Dave S. Bauer
R. L. Braswell
Personal visitors fill Mobile with names from across the nation
James Burns and his wife with children from Minneapolis are staying at the Cawthon hotel. George E. Driver Jr. of Gulfport is visiting friends. EB Dufuniak of Louisville and Nashville is in Montgomery for business and stays at the Battle House with Mrs. Dufuniak. M Voorsanger and wife of Philadelphia stop to visit friends. Robert S Brown and wife of St. Joseph are among Mobile visitors. William Speer and wife of Philadelphia are visiting friends for several days.
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James Burns
Minneapolis, Minn
City
Cawthon Hotel
George E. Driver, Jr
Gulfport, Miss
EB. A. Defuniak
Louisville and
Nashville
Montgomery
Battle House
Dufuniak
M. Voorsanger
Philadelphia, Pa
William Speer
Chamberlains Tablets Aid Sleep By Relieving Stomach Disorder
The most common insomnia cause is stomach disorders and constipation. Chamberlains Tablets correct these disorders and help you sleep. For sale by all dealers, Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Maritime and River News Highlights from the Port
The Norwegian bark Disa anchored in the lower bay awaiting orders. The British schooner Glenafton was towed to quarantine and will load lumber from Cuban ports. The Austrian steamer Boheme sailed for Rotterdam after a bond secured in port. Several ships departed for Progreso Havre Rotterdam and Puerto Cortez carrying cotton lumber naval stores and pitch pine. The Suny South carried passengers cotton seed naval stores and sundries leaving Selma.
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Disa
Anderson
Lower Bay
Glenafton
Eden
Mary Wittich
Boheme
Capponi
Dempster Steamship Company
Rotterdam
Holland
Bangor
Kernhan
Progreso
Mex
Domira
Robertson
Rolland
Savan
Hinds
Havre
France
Margaret F
Burgess
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Maskinonge
Griffith
European Lumber Company
New York
N. Y
Sunny South
Alabama River Packet
Selma
West Indies Pilot Volume I publication announced
The hydrographic office issues H. O. No. 128 West Indies Pilot Volume I with directions and port facilities for Bermuda Bahamas and the Greater Antilles including Florida coast from Fowey Rocks to Tortugas. Volume II and III plans noted with revised volumes to cover Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea and Lesser Antilles Venezuela coast. A free summary of all Noose speeds will accompany the publication.
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West Indies
Hydrographic Office
H. O
Bermuda Islands
Bahamas
Greater Antilles
Florida
Fowey Rocks
Gulf.of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Lesser Antilles
Venezuela
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Flood Claims Twenty Lives and Rising Water Threats
A flood disaster across Texas leaves a growing death toll including the Polk family in Belton and others in Dallas Brownwood and Austin. A Mexican rescuer Amador aided a tugboat victim at Fort Worth as floodwaters surged toward homes and business districts.
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Belton
Polk
Brownwood
San Antonio Flood Battles Citywide Rising Waters
San Antonio flooded after twelve days of rain with Alazan and Martinez creeks overflowing. Rescue squads from Fort Sam Houston aided police and fire departments as water threatened the pumping plant. damage nears 250000 with no fatalities.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Alazan
Martinez
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Here
Mexico spends more for aviation than the United States
Brigadier General George P. Scriven told the House Military Affairs Committee that the War Department sought 300 for military aeronautics while Mexico appropriated 400 for the same purpose. He noted costs depend on resources and implied budget limits.
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Associated Press
Washington
George P. Scriven
Signal Service
War Department
House Military Affairs Committee
Mexico
Freight dispute escalates as ICC hearing set
Compro Foreign Freight and Thoretag clash over an eighteen cent rate to Mobile and St Louis. Arguments before the Interstate Commerce Commission are scheduled for December 10. General Counsel S R Prince says Mobile and Ohio will not compromise and will fight to the finish.
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Compro
Hipany
Thoretag
Illinois Central
Mobile
St. Louis
Commerce Commission
R. Prince
Ohio
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House
Renfree
Ollie Owens
Cardus
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Chicago School
Argentina
Maritime Matters and River News
Texas
Joe Carlisle
Amador
U.S
Duffy
Duffy's
Duffy’s
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
Fiona
Partridge & Fox
Scurtfy
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