Enlistment of Negroes in Army Restricted
Only five of fifteen applicants succeeded for U S Army service on Tuesday. James Brice Iles Stacy Simon Williams joined coast artillery Arthur Purvis infantry. Lieut Col Thomas A Lewis supervised recruitment in New Orleans as a prior order restricted colored enlistments. Adjutant General Marsh ordered ongoing limits on colored troops until further notice.
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United States Army
James F. Brice
Iles W. Stacy
Simon W. Williams
Coast Artillery Corps
Arthur W. Purvis
Infantry
Thomas A. Lewis
New Orleans
McAleer Appointed Receiver for Muscat & Lott Plant
Vincent B. McAleer was appointed receiver for the Muscat and Lott Produce Company in bankruptcy proceedings filed in federal court Tuesday afternoon. Philip L. Muscat, president and GM, filed a personal bankruptcy petition Tuesday evening showing liabilities of 30 000 dollars and assets of 14 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent BK. McAleer
Muscat & Lott Produce Company
United States District Court
Philip L. Muscat
Damaged Jupiter Sustains Minor Dents in Gale Off Coast
The Associated Press reports in Washington that the big electric collier Jupiter, damaged in a gale off the New England coast, sustained very slight damages according to the Navy Department announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Jupiter
New England
Navy Department
New South Wales government to buy upcoming wheat crop
The legislative council in Sydney has ratified a bill enabling the government to purchase the entire next wheat crop of New South Wales at five shillings per bushel. The measure authorizes state purchase of the forthcoming harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
London
Legislative Council
New South Wales
Japan shifts from zinc importer to refined exporter
The article notes Japan’s transition from an all forms metal importer to a refined zinc exporter, highlighting a significant change in its metal trade position and industrial capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Trains Annulled Between Mobile and Laurel by Court
Federal judges H. T. Toulmin and Niles approve annulment of passenger trains No 3 and No 4 on the Mobile to Laurel route. W. F. O Dwyer announces revised No 2 timetable to New Albany via Laurel Newton and Louisville with No 1 returning from New Albany. Train 17 at 2 50 p m links Hattiesburg to Beaumont. Mississippi railroad commission may act. Holland plans grain and meat distribution to cap bread prices.
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H. T. Toulmin
District Federal Court
Mobile
Laurel
W. F. O'Dwyer
New Albany
Miss
Newton
Louisville
Hattiesburg
Beaumont
Niles
Southern Mississippi Federal Court
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Squirrels killed for fur in Siberia exceed five thousand
Report notes more than 4,500 gray squirrels were killed last year in Siberia for fur. In Wisconsin a haystack at Grand View farm near Oconomowoc holds 269 loads of hay totaling 175 tons. The stack measures 34 by 36 by 115 feet.
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Siberia
Grand View Farm
Oconomowoec
Wis
Ellis Named Vice President of United Fruit Co.
Crawford H. Ellis, Southern general manager, elected vice president of the United Fruit Company at the Boston meeting. He will head all Southern divisions from New Orleans and oversee Mobile, Galveston and Charleston, with New Orleans headquarters likely. Ellis has 15 years in company service and roots in Selma, Alabama.
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New Orleans
Crawford H. Ellis
United Fruit Company
Boston
Ellis
P. D. Parks
Charleston
New York
Mobile
Galveston
Selma
Ala
J. A. Jones
Fruit Company
Jones
Mr. Ellis
Minor C. Keith
Andrew W. Preston
South
New Orleans Board of Trade
Pan-American Life Insurance Company
United States Treasury Department
Citizens’ Health Committee
Cuba
Mississippi Valley
Vera Cruz
Beard of Brinkley Claims Longest in United States
Brinkley of Magnet City North Carolina asserts his beard is the longest in the nation, trailing along the ground when displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinkley
Magnet City
N. C
United States
Edison to rebuild plant after massive fire at age 67
Edison, 67, vows to rebuild after a devastating blaze destroyed 11 buildings at his New Jersey electrical plant. Four firefighters were injured, thousands gathered as power and lights failed, with losses estimated around 7 million dollars and 2.6 million in insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Edison
New Diamond Disc Company
Kinetophone Company
Bates
Edison Battery
Orange
East Orange
South Orange
Bloomfield
Montclair
Newark
Edison
Quick home made Pinex cough remedy promises rapid relief
A home made cough remedy using 2 1/2 ounces Pinex and sugar syrup claims to thin phlegm, ease dry or tight coughs, and heal chest throat inflammation within 24 hours. Sold via druggists with a money back guarantee and supplies a full pint for about 54 cents. Pinex Co Fort Wayne Indiana advertises a trusted pine extract cough remedy.
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Wayne, Ind
Dwellings For Rent Listings With Modern Conveniences
Advertises rental homes at 938 Government St and 275 S. St. Louis with parlor dining room pantry kitchen and multiple bedrooms, plus 275 S. St. Louis and 2 E. Jackson St. upstairs rooms. Also notes a new bungalow at 2 S. Monroe St. with hall parlor dining room and baths and gas lights.
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Government St
S. St. Louis
E. Jackson St
W. S. Stocking
S. Monroe St
Mormon Church Officers Buy All Sugar Holdings in Utah
Utah capitalists and Mormon church officers announced they have bought all holdings of the American Sugar Refining Company in the Amalgamated and Lewiston sugar companies, controlling plants in Utah and Idaho. A consolidation meeting is set for December 19 with stock likely fixed at 7.5 million dollars.
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Mormon Church
Ogden
Utah
American Sugar Refining Company
Amalgamated
Lewiston Sugar Companies
Idaho
Charles W. Nibley
Leroy
Eccles
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Wm. Humphrey
Little Bobby Connelly
Vitagraph
Mary Pickford
Biograph
Hearst-Selig
Victor Patel
Margaret Joslin
Hy. Todd
Sophie
Evelyn Nesbit
Lubin
Russia
Ormi Hawley
Evelyn Thaw
DeBriere
South Royal
the Times
Walkaway Shoes
Nelson & Bailey
Royal Street
W. B. M’aleer
Muscat & Lott
DEA
Gerardy
Phil
P.cresap CO
Lea
Lew Orianes
Graham
T. G. Bush Grocery CO
Mobile, Ala
CM. &C
U. S
Toulmin
Holland
Iobile Chamber OF Commerce
United Fruit CO
Selma Man
Mobile Chamber OF Commerce
Rowe
Norfolk, Va
Reiss
Barker Cotton Mill
Huck
Panama
Dawson
Yukon
Castoria
Seeberg Tee
Steamship Service
Windward and
Leeward Islands
Central and
South America
Colon
Curacao
Kingston
Jamaica
Port-au-Prince
Jacmel
Haiti
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Barbados
Trinidad and Demerara
Santo Domingo
West Indies
Sshi Seeberg Tie
Sabie Eae
North Claiborne St
Norville Bros
St. Francis Street
R. B. duMont
Wm. W. Croom
Dumont & Croom
St. Michael St
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Conception Street
Merchants Bank Mobile
ASA
Strebt’s Bakery
N. Royal Street
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