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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1913

Page

14

Alabama Good Roads Leader Presses for Horseshoe Bend Anniversary Bill

John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association plans to urge Congress for a presidential proclamation to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27 1914 and seeks a $500000 appropriation toward a national park at the historic site. Mrs Nora Miller of Dadeville is highlighted for her pivotal highway work connecting Dadeville to the Horseshoe Bend ground and for her fundraising and speaking roles at Birmingham Mobile and other gatherings.

Sident John Craft Alan Good Roads Association D C Jabamaon Congress Wilson Battle Horseshoe Bend Ala Nora Miller Dadeville Tallapoosa Wunty Craft Miller Alabama Nora E. Miller Tallapoosa County Alabama Goods Association Birmingham Horseshoe Benc Mobile Alabama Good Roads Association Congress of United States Tallapoosa River Woodrow Wilson

The Girl with Beautiful Hair and Horseshoe Bend Plan

An old advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide promising dandruff removal and hair growth with a refund offer. It also reports a resolution by the Alabama Good Roads Association calling Congress to fund $25,000 for Horseshoe Bend anniversary celebrations and a $500,000 federal road project to develop the site.

Newbro Cide Co Dept. R Detroit Mich van Antwerp Drug Corp

Salty Democratic reply filed in Hopkinsville contests

A 34 page answer by five Democratic officers-elect against Republican contest charges details denials of bribery and fraud and accuses Republicans of vote buying across Lantrips Precinct East Crofton Baker's Mill Dogwood Howell and Bennettstown with specific sums and names cited.

Hopkinsville Lantrips East Crofton Baker’s Mill Dogwood Howell Bennettstown

Woman Alleges Divorce For Kindness Not Cruelty

Loretta Van Pelt seeks a legal separation from Clifford Van Pelt on the ground of kindness rather than cruelty in Denver. The case is set for trial in Judge Teller's division of the district court, as Clifford answers that his chef is cruel.

Denver Colo Loretta van Pelt

Law Should Stop Sale Of Elastic and Spring Trusses

An advertisement touts the Clothe Truss as a painless rupture cure that avoids operation and belts or springs. It promises automatic support, waterproof wear, and physician endorsements, offering a free cloth-bound book and trial by mail from Box 575 Cluthe Company, New York.

Cluthe Company East 23Rd St New York City Ffer

Saratoga Racing Back With Larger Purses Next Summer

International News Service reports Saratoga will offer bigger purses next season after distributing 127000 dollars in August. Daily purses will rise from 4000 to 65000 dollars, reflecting strong patronage and renewed interest in thoroughbred racing.

International News Service Saratoga Saratoga Racing Association Belmont Park Association Al_J United States

Hypnotic Suggestion Aids Alcoholic Treatment

Dr John Duncan Quackenbos of New York reports treating over a thousand alcoholics with mental suggestion at the Society for the Study of Alcohol and Other Narcotics in Philadelphia. He cites 75 to 80 percent permanent cures and notes society women are largely beyond hope. He says awakening to self sufficiency and rational explanation unlocks inner will to change.

Rats 100 Wise for Engineer

Cleveland December report recounts three large rats at police headquarters stealing John Gibbons lunch. The engineer chased one rat as two more emerged from holes and dragged the meal away, with the trio vanishing into their burrows.

Cleveland John Gibbon Gibbons

Egg on a Man's Shirt Front Sparks Plutocracy Debate

A fragment notes that visible egg on a man's shirt front signals class power, paired with a cryptic phrase ja diamond stua reflecting social critique.

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