General Gates P Thurston Dies in Nashville
General Gates P Thurston, veteran author and soldier, died at his Nashville home after a two week pneumonia illness. He served in the Civil War starting as a captain in the First Ohio Infantry and earned a brevet brigadier general rank. Thurston wrote Antiquities of Tennessee and Adjacent States and led the Army of the Cumberland Society in 1906. He settled in Nashville after the war and remained active in state affairs for decades.
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Nashville
Tenn
Gates P. Thurston
Gates P. Thurston, Jr
Thurston
Ohio Infantry
Shiloh
Stone River
Chickamauga
United States Army
Tennessee
States
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Notice to Creditors Texas Steamship and Banana Co
Notice to creditors of the Texas Steamship and Banana Company in Mobile Alabama. A decree dated December 2 1912 requires all claimants to file within ninety days of the decree in the chancery register's office or be barred. Carl Holzborn, Register. December 9 to 16 1923?
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Texas Steamship and Banana Company
Ir Chancery
Moble
Alabama
Virgil C. Reynolds
Court of Chancery
Southwestern Chancery Division
Register of Chancery
Mobile
Carl Holzborn
Register
Harrigon Mutual Burial Association
Office Northwest Conti and Conception
POUND NOTICE Sold at city pound December 13
Taken up December 3 1912 at 12 30 pm on Spring Hill road and Scott streets one large light jersey cow with horn and ear marks and one light red heifer. Will be sold December 13 1912 at 12 noon unless owner James Curran appeals. Impounding Officer 461 12 7.
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Spring Hill Road
Scott Streets
James Curran
Two Louisiana Men Die in Saloon Quarrel
In Vidalia Louisiana Davis Swaysee and Marion Tooley both sons of Concordia parish farmers were killed in a Sunday morning quarrel at C W Yanceys saloon on Black River. Tooley shot Swaysee three times and fled where Allan Swaysee later killed him. Allan Swaysee is held for the killing. Both victims were under 21.
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Vidalia
Davis Swaysee
Marion Tooley
Concordia Parish
C. W. Yancey
Black River
Tooley
Swaysee
Allan Swaysee
Cipriano Castro Causes Worry in Paris Headlines
Paris reports Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president stirs alarm as The Temps claims he plans another revolution. Telegraphs say he may travel from Antwerp to Hamburg then to a German sanatorium, or have disembarked to go to Brussels en route to Paris.
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Paris
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Temps
Antwerp
Castro
Hamburg
Brussels
Unreasonable Freight Rates Suspended by I C C
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the permanent suspension of higher freight rates on cotton seed products from Oklahoma to the southwest and on edible tallow from Oklahoma to Louisville Cincinnati and Hammond transfer points. The rates were deemed unreasonable and discriminatory.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hammond
Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf Florida and Alabama railroad selects depots on Coyle Street
In Pensacola Florida and Alabama railroad awards contracts for a brick freight depot costing 6000 dollars and a brick passenger depot on Coyle Street. The passenger facility will be temporary and cost under 2000 dollars while the freight building is designed for expansion as business grows. An elopement remark finishes the snippet.
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Pensacola
Fla
Gulf, Florida and Alabama Railroad
Coyle Street
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Clear Skin
Famous stage beauties fear skin eruptions but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve allegedly clears blemishes. It claims to heal eczema, salt rheum, chapped skin, burns and bruises and relief for piles. 25 cents at druggists. advertisement notes a future Mobile Item teaser.
Dreamland Reopens With Balcony Additions and Big Vaudeville
Dreamland reopens today after a three week closure to add a balcony boosting seating for top vaudeville acts. The Hodkins Lyric circuit deal is sealed, pricing set at 10 26 cents upstairs and 20 cents on the floor. The show lineup includes The Star Comedy Four, Lolott the man monkey, Mr and Mrs Cliff Marion, Jack Grant and Gilbert and Graham, with W F Webb leading a six piece orchestra.
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Pooley
Hodkins-Lyric
Dreamland
Hodkin Lyric Company
Star Comedy Four
Willy Boy
Mule
Viola
Lolott
Marion
Jack Grant
Gilbert
Graham
Chicago
Hodkins Lyric
Mobile
W. F. Webb
Folly Theatre
Hagan Presses Train on Stephens Road Work
In a county meeting the board debated contractor profit, bid rules, and saving potential on road work. Jett pressed to bid on a bridge at Williams Creek, while commissioners argued over whether advertised bids were required. Andrews admonished Hagan for questioning the engineer, referencing labor disputes over a figure called Strange.
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Stephens
Jett
William's Creek
Dew
Hegan
Bauer
Andrews
Hagan
Paris Hospital Treats Brights Disease With Fulton Compounds
A New York exporting house ordered Fulton’s Renal Compound worth 180 dollars for Paris Hospital supplies. The shipment was slow. three duplicates were ordered for monthly quick delivery. A physician from Imperial Army Medical College of Canton, China, called Renal Compound essential for kidney disease. Becklet mailed free address John Fulton Co. San Francisco. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation is the focal agent.
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Bright
New York
Fulton
Paris
Imperial Army Medical College
Canton
China
Vinci advertised cod liver and iron tonic claim cures grippe
An advertisement urges readers to take Vinci cod liver and iron tonic to counter grippe and prevent pleurisy or pneumonia. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. A A Crabill of Strasburg Virginia and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit, sold by Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation in Mobile Alabama. It also promotes Saxo Salve for eczema of the scalp.
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Grippe
Vinci
A. A. Crabill
Strasburg
van Antwerp
S Drug Corporation, Inc
Mobile
Ala
Towel Ban Ordered Abolished on Interstate Carriers
Secretary MacVeagh bans the common towel from railroad cars ships and other interstate vehicles and from stations in an amendment to quarantine rules The towel may be used again only after sterilization in boiling water preventing shared use across carriers
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Washington
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Union and Southern Pacific to Dissolve
Plans for dissolving the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads under a Supreme Court decree are advancing this week. William F. Herrin and N. H. Loomis, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific officials respectively, travel to New York to confer with Harriman system leaders including Chairman Lovett.
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New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States Supreme Court
William F. Herrin
N. H. Loomis
J. A. Monroe
Lovett
Harriman
Heike Case Postponed by Supreme Court Today
The Supreme Court postponed January 6 action on Charles L. Heike, former secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, awaiting consideration of his conviction on conspiracy to defraud the government of sugar duties.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Charles Ll. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Suger
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Princess Flora
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Paris Hospital
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United Fruit CO
Steamship Service Superior Pasenger
New Orleans
Colon
Bocas del Toro
Panama
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Simon and Colon
Bank of Mobile
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Brick & Coal CO
ST. Francis Home
Roche
Burke
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Pheunes
B. Luscher & Son
Dr.Brown
Dr. Brown
Kenny's Tea Store
BON Secour Oysters
Southern Hotel Buffet
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Harry Horlock
Prop
Union and Southern Pacific
Ge FayeXe
Mobile Daily Item
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Eaton Bible
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