Alabama Conference Opens With Sermon On Shrunken Ideals
Special to The Item from Montgomery reports the Alabama Conference opening at Dexter Avenue Methodist Church. Bishop Hendrix delivered a sermon on shrunken ideals urging reflection and warning against worldly temptations. John W. Gilbert, a negro missionary, spoke on Africa’s need for God’s help. John J. McBryde, a Methodist minister from Powellton Florida, was suspended for twelve months for prevarication. Five candidates for the ministry were advanced to higher classes after examination.
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Montgomery
Mts
Dexter Avenue Methodist Church
Hendrix
John W. Gilbert
Africa
S of God
John J. McBryde
Powellton
Flg
Alabama
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
McBryde
Y. Benjamin
Joyner
William J. Carnathan
Bufaula
Fletcher Harvington
Dothan
Samuel Thomas Trotter
Koro
David Register
Marion
Hyomei inhaler touted as cure for catarrh and breathing issues
Ad promotes Hyomei as a scientific remedy for catarrh and breathing troubles. The complete Hyomei outfit with inhaler costs $1.00, extra bottles 50 cents. Sold by Druggists. endorsed for bronchitis coughs colds and inflammatory breathing illnesses.
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G. van Antwerp & Son
Kansas City Sets Egg Boycott to Lower Prices
A mass meeting led by the Kansas City Housewives League announced a citywide boycott of home consumption of eggs until prices drop from 40 cents. The National Housewives League urged a 32 cent price for best storage eggs, with several organizations joining in the effort.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas City Housewives’ League
National Housewives’ League
W. Q. Church
Housewives’ League
Kansas City Council of Clubs
The
Athenaeum Society
Council of Jewish Women
Consumers’ League
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman’s tonic Cardui praised by relieved Alabama reader
Mrs Ollie Owens of Renfree Alabama says Cardui eased years of womanly troubles and restored sleep appetite and energy after using two bottles. She urges other weak women to try Cardui and notes the medicine family also keeps Thedford’s Black-Draught. Advertisement invites letters to Chattanooga Medicine Co for instructions and a Home Treatment for Women booklet.
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Cardui
Thedford
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Egg price rise noted at Pittsburg Butter and Egg Exchange
In Pittsburg on December 4 agents of the Department of Justice arrived to probe egg prices. The exchange raised quotes for selected eggs from 45–46 cents to 50–52 cents a dozen, with dealers attributing the rise to freshness rules that restrict selects to under a week old.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Department of Justice
Pitsburg Butter and Egg Exchange
Chancery and Law Court Actions in Mobile
In Thursday session of Chancery Court Judge Smith heard Parker vs Parker and two related cases with motion to amend bill granted and notice set. Mobile Light and Railroad faced injunction bonds at 500 dollars. Several display cases included judgments for plaintiffs in Rawleigh Medical Co. v Turner and Baxter Co. v Weeks with costs and waivers. Friday calls list Hauser v Foley, and others. In Law and Equity Court multiple demurrers and judgments totaled with costs. Circuit Court proceedings included verdict for F. W. Cole and Sons and trials of McGrue and others adjoining.
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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. Hall
Law and Equity Court
Law Side
Berney
Minnie C. Richards
Mobile Light and Railroad Co
I. H. Pringle
R. B. Somerville
Rawleigh Medical Co
H. R. Turner
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
Mingée & Co
Janie Fountain
van Stringfellow
John S. Stotler
Henry Delaney
Browne
F. W. Cole and Sons
Horace Weaver
Arthur McGrue
Sandy Allen
O. F. Burke
Panama Grocery Co
Ve Louisville and Nashville
Wright and Sims
Partridge-Mickle Grocery Co
Peter Smith
Egg boycott by Chicago pupils and clubs aims to cut egg price
Associated Press reports Chicago public school pupils and city women’s clubs joined to push egg prices down to 32 cents a dozen. Earlier, the Chicago butter and egg board saw a one cent drop in egg prices.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Woman Club
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Land fraud ring nabbed in trials of moving pictures sales
W B Emerich and N H Spitzer of Louisville were arrested in Kansas City on charges of misusing the mails in a land scam. Spectators at shows were told lucky numbers could win California deeds, then told to pay excess fees for paper filings. Similar schemes were reported in Louisville and multiple Alabama towns.
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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 to Long and Wilson
A marriage license was issued Thursday in probate court to William Earl Long and Cora Lee Wilson. The note about eating meat and a cargo from Argentina appears to be stray nonessential text irrelevant to the notice.
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William Earl Long
Cora Lee Wilson
Argentina
Surprise in store for Moose Thursday
Members of Mobile lodge No. 321 Loyal Order of Moose will be treated to a regular surprise at their hall on Royal and St. Michael streets at the conclusion of business. An entertainment is prepared but kept secret while the committee reports on the Moose’s new home location.
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Mobile Lodge No. 321
Order of Moose
Royal and
St. Michael Streets
The
Moose
California Syrup of Figs Promoted as Child Laxative
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for children and adults, claiming it provides gentle inside cleansing and is loved for its pleasant taste. It advises letting a good liver and bowel cleaning be the first treatment for colds, sore throats, stomach upsets, and indigestion.
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California
Paige
Don’t Tolerate Streaked Hair Promotes Brownatone Dye
An advertisement urges women to avoid faded hair using Brownatone hair dye. It claims instant, undetectable color from golden brown to black, with samples and booklets offered for 10 cents. Distributed by Kenton Pharma Co and sold in Mobile through Bienville Pharmacy and others.
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Kenton Pharm Co
E. Pike St
Covington, Y
Mobile
Bienville Pharmacy
Dave S. Bauer
R. L. Braswell
Notable Visitors in Mobile This Week
James Burns and family of Minneapolis are guests at the Cawthon hotel. George E. Driver Jr of Gulfport is visiting friends. General Freight Agent B E Dufuniak of the Louisville and Nashville, Montgomery, stays at the Battle House with Mrs Dufuniak. M Voorsanger and wife of Philadelphia visit Mobile. Robert and Mrs Brown of St. Joseph, Missouri, are also in Mobile. William Speer and wife of Philadelphia are in Mobile visiting friends.
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James Burns
Minneapolis, Minn
City
Cawthon Hotel
George E. Driver, Jr
Gulfport, Miss
BE. A. Defuniak
Louisville
Nashville
Montgomery
Battle House
M. Voorsanger
Philadelphia, Pa
Robert 8. Brown
St. Joe, Mo
Mobile
William Speer
Chamberlain's Tablets Aid Sleep By Relieving Stomach Ailments
The common insomnia cause is stomach disorders and constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets correct these issues and help you sleep. For sale by all dealers. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation, advy-
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van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Maritime traffic and river sailings near the lower bay
The Norwegian bark Disa arrived for anchorage after orders. The British schooner Glenafton, from Cuban ports, towed to quarantine to load lumber. The Austrian steamer Boheme sailed for Rotterdam after bond posted. Multiple ships sailed to Progreso, Havre, Rotterdam and other ports with cotton, lumber, naval stores and pitch pine. The Sunny South carried 61 passengers and large cargo from 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
Maskinonge
Griffith
European Lumber Company
New York
N. Y
Sunny South
Alabama River Packet
Selma
Twenty Lives Claimed by Texas Flood
Flood deaths mount across Texas with Belton Brownwood Dallas Grand Prairie and Fort Worth casualties. Amador, praised for rescuing a man in Dallas, refused a purse offered by onlookers. Police report rising floodwaters threatening homes and businesses in Fort Worth as crews cope with a dangerous new rise.
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Texas
Carlisle
Amador
Belton
Polk
Brownwood
West Indies Pilot Volume 1 announced by hydrographic office
The hydrographic office announces H. O. No. 128 West Indies Pilot Volume 1 covering Bermuda Islands The Bahamas and Greater Antilles plus Florida coast from Fowey Rocks to Tortugas The plan reorganizes Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean volumes into three parts and previews Volume II and III developments
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West Indies
Hydrographic Office
H. O
Bermuda Islands
Bahamas
Greater Antilles
Florida
Fowey Rocks
Tortugas
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Lesser Antilles
Venezuela
Mexico
San Antonio Flood Swamps City After Heavy Rains
Associated Press reports San Antonio flooded as the river and Alazan and Martinez creeks overflowed. Rescue squads from Fort Sam Houston aided police and fire crews. damage estimated at about 250000 dollars. Water began receding by late morning. This was the city’s second flood that fall after days of rain and a night of intense downpours. Local brewery workers alerted the city as water rose.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Martinez
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Here
Mexico Spends More for Aviation Than U S
Brigadier General George P. Scriven told the house military affairs committee that the war department sought 300 for military aeronautics while Mexico allocated 400 for the same. He noted the cost of owning an automobile hinges on available funds.
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Associated Press
Washington
George P. Scriven
Signal Service
War Department
House Military Affairs Committee
Mexico
Mobile and Ohio Fight Over Freight Case Remains Unresolved
Foreign freight agent reports no compromise in sight as Illinois Central and other lines discuss routes Mobile and St. Louis. Arguments are set for December 10 with General Counsel R. Prince stating no compromise will be accepted and the fight will continue.
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Mobile and Company
Illinois Central
Mobile
St. Louis
Terstate Commerce Cmateane
R. Prince
Ohio
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R.O. Harris
House
Renfree
Ollie Owens
Cardus
Maritime Matters and River News
Partridge & Fox
U.S
Ahexr
Duffy
Duffy Malt Feote Co
Rochester, N. Y
Anyobile Gas Company
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