Plan to form third major baseball league considered
AP reports in Indianapolis at the American Association meeting a proposal to create a new third major league from the International League and American Association. Cities include Baltimore Buffalo Toronto Toledo Milwaukee Columbus Louisville and Indianapolis circles weigh a compact lineup to revive interest.
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Associated Press
Chicago
International League and
Themerican Association
Indianapolis
Ie Herald Today
B. B. Johnson
Baltimore
Buffalo
Toronto
Toledo
Milwaukee
Louisville
Iican Association
Columbus
Ssiient Johnson
Kidney Health: Take Salts to Cleanse Kidneys
An old remedy advises four ounces of Salts from grape and lemon juice with hot water before breakfast to relieve kidney sluggishness. It claims the formula cleanses and stimulates the kidneys, neutralizes urine acidity, ends bladder weakness, and is inexpensive and safe for regular eaters.
Pensacola Court Settles Naval Stores Case for 13800
A federal court verdict in Pensacola awards Carson Naval Stores Company 13800 plus interest from 1914 and 10 percent attorneys fees on the principal in the Tyus and Co case. Trial lasted three days with prior mistrial.
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Pensacola
Fla
Carson Naval Stores Company
J. L. Tyus & Co
A. C. Blount
Paul Carter
Marianna
John H. Carter
W. E. B. Smith
Pensacola Convention Committees Named For West Florida Associations
Five committees were appointed by a committee led by George H. Hinrichs Colonel R. M. Cary and W. M. Hertder to entertain delegates to the West Florida Highway Association and the Old Spanish Trail Association convention in Pensacola December 11 and 12. In addition to the committees on entertainment reception decorating and advertising will be present to arrange a complete program later. Suit was entered in federal court today by Allen and Friedrichs steamship agents of New Orleans against the American schooner Addison T. Bullard for damages of 30000. The libelants claim the vessel chartered for a voyage to France would not take a full deck load or allow sufficient under deck storage. Blo and Blount sand Carter are proof for the libelants. Escambia County will soon receive a deed to the right of way and 36 acres of land near the beach and will pay its pro rata share.
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George H. Hinrichs
R. M. Cary
W. M. Hertder
West Florida Highway Association
Old Spanish Trail Association
Pensacola
Allen’and Friedrichs Steamship Agents
New Orleans
Addison ‘T. Bullard
France
Blo
Blount
Sand Carter
Escambia County
Cuticura Heals Severe Eczema Says Miss Susie Reed
Miss Susie Reed of Baugh Tennessee reports eight months of intensive eczema covering face neck and body. After using three boxes of Cuticura Ointment and two bars of Cuticura Soap she says she was completely healed and requests the 32 page skin book.
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Susie Reed
Route 1
Baugh, Tenn
Cuticura
T. Boston
Mobile Negro Frozen to Death Warns Alabama Preacher
Rev J M Merritt of the Alabama Baptist convention cites the death of a Mobile county man who went to Pennsylvania for work and froze to death. He uses the incident to urge Alabama Negroes not to leave the state and to discourage northern exodus for labor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
J. M. Merritt
Alabama Baptist State Convention
John Smith
Mobile County
Pennsylvania
Pitcher Pug Cavet Sold to Nashville Club
Nashville confirms purchase of left handed pitcher Tillar Cavet, known as Pug, from Mobile. Cavet came from Detroit where he pitched for the Americans, after three seasons with Mobile’s Gull team. The sale price was not disclosed but described as a good one.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tillar' Cavet
Pug
Mobile
Nashville Baseball Club
Cavet
Detroit Americans
Harry T. Inge
Mobile Baseball Association
Puerto Rico sugar crop seen as record for 1917
Grounding of the new sugar crop began Monday in San Juan. Estimates say the 1917 output will be the largest in island history, likely exceeding 500 000 tons and possibly reaching 600 000 tons if a 26 percent rise over last year holds.
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Associated Press
San Juan
P. R
Coast Survey Employees Seek Pay Increase Petition
Secretary Redfield cited a coast and geodetic survey petition to Congress detailing rising living costs and urging higher wages for the survey staff.
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Washington
Redfield
Congress
Coast and Geodetic Survey
County to Build Gulf Beach Highway to Big Lagoon
The board of county commissioners approved a Gulf Beach Highway project and notified the highway committee. The county plans to appropriate $4,800 for construction and will receive land from James M. Maldon, with all formalities to be completed promptly.
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Gulf Beach
Big Lagoon
Board of County Commissioners
Bulding
James M. Maldon
Mo lina Bridge bid opening deferred by county
The county commissioners defer the opening of bids for the $15,000 Mo lina steel bridge until December 28. Advertisements call for bids December 12. The award is postponed due to the need for War Department approval of the draw on the navigable Es cambia River crossing at Ferry Pass.
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Molina
War Department
Escambia
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by User
A reader extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds coughs and hoarseness praising prompt relief and recommending it to friends who also reported benefits.
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Chamberlain
Captain J. T. Jones of Gulfport Dies in Buffalo
Captain Joseph T. Jones founder of Gulfport and rail president, died in Buffalo, leaving a multi state empire. He built the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad and Gulf Coast Traction, owned hotels and banks, and amassed a fortune. Survived by wife Louisa and daughter Grace. funeral plans to be announced.
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Gulfport
Miss
Joseph T. Jones
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Buffalo
N. Y
Captain Jones
Oil Creek
Pennsylvania
Rouseville
Clarion
Sistersville
West Virginia
Bradford
New York
Marri
Louisa Blackmar
Grace E
Joseph A. Jones
Jones
Miss Jones
U S Currency Declared Legal Tender by Carranza Government
Official advices from Mexico City report a circular permitting American currency to be used as legal tender in Mexico. The move signals Carranza’s government acknowledging its issued paper money has failed to gain circulation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico City
Carranza
Twenty six women killed in shell plant explosion
London reports that twenty six women were killed and about thirty injured in a munitions factory explosion last night, according to an official statement.
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Associated Press
London
Deficit projected for 1918 in McAdoo report
Secretary McAdoo presents a fiscal year 1917 balance of 115 million in the general fund and a 185 million deficit projected for 1918. He estimates 1918 outlays at about 1.278 billion with ordinary receipts around 995.55 million, a shortfall of 282.47 million. Customs revenues rise modestly but World War I disrupts receipts.
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Washington
McAdoo
Congress
Postal Service
Government report urges tariff revenue under normal and wartime conditions
The report notes prewar tariff would have produced expected revenue and wartime receipts meet projections. It cites imports up 848 million and exports rising 2.77 billion from the prior year. It calls Congress to amend the anti narcotic law, fund drug treatment, and provide appropriations for the public health service and coast guard aviation section.
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McAdoo
Congress
Supreme Court
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Daggett brother freed as grand jury finds no indictment
Orville Daggett was released after a New York grand jury did not indict him in the jewelry theft case tied to Mrs. E. H. Harriman. His brother Arthur P. Daggett testified that Orville was innocent in the transaction.
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New York
Orville Dagtt
Arthur P
E. H. Harriman
Arthur P. Daggett
Remarkable Pinex Based Cough Syrup for All Ages
A home made cough syrup recipe promises quick relief for children and adults. By mixing 244 ounces of Pinex with a pint of granulated sugar, you create a full pint family remedy costing about 50 cents instead of $2.50, offering rapid soothing of throat irritation and chest symptoms.
New York Giants to wear violet accented uniforms
Uniforms for the New York Nationals next season will feature violet accents. Home outfits will be white with violet stripes, violet and white stockings, white caps with violet trimmings, and royal purple sweater jackets, while road uniforms will be blue and gray with violet stockings.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Nationals
Pennsylvania Selected for Golf Championships
New York December 7 The women’s golf committee named Shawnee Country Club at Shawnee on the Delaware for the 1917 national title tournament and earlier chose Whitemarsh Valley Country Club for the next open championship. Final course selections rest with United States Golf Association delegates at their annual meeting.
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New York
Woman's Golf Committee
Shawnee Country Club
Shawnee
Delaware
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Pennsylvania
United States Golf Association
Eye Specialists to Visit Mobile from Memphis for Holiday Session
Forty ophthalmologists meet in Mobile after accepting invitation from Charles B. Hervey of the Cawthon Hotel. The December 15 fishing trip to Coden ends with a seafood dinner at Rolston's, with deep water fishing guides provided. Saturday tours include Mobile business district, Spring Hill, and the Country Club. Visitors may pluck Satsumas.
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Ger
Charles B. Hervey
Cawthon Hotel
Memphis Tenn
Mobile
Hervey
Grant's Pass
Rolston’s
Satsuma
Automoobiles
Spring Hill
Country Club
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