Bile Five Set to Battle Vandy on Local Y M C A Floor
Bile five hosts Vanderbilt in what promises to be the season’s top basketball game at the local YMCA. Tipoff is 8 15 pm with a strong crowd expected. Expected starting lineup includes Wford and Baker forward Doyle center and Sye guard with Phillips Bru among subs.
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Vanderbilt
Lys
Mobile
Wford
Baker
Doyle
Syeat
Bile
Phillips
Bru
Chess Champ Plays 129 Games at Once
Frank Marshall, American chess champion, played 129 simultaneous games in Philadelphia yesterday. He won 97, tied 23, and lost 9, facing top players from Chicago Port Arthur Texas and London. His feat required tracking 4,128 positions at once and was widely hailed.
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Philadelphia
Frank Marshall
Chicago
Porta
Texas
London
Hall
Come-Back Man Seeks Health With Haarlem Oil
A vintage advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil for quick vitality restoration. It claims overwork, poor diet, and body toxins cause weakness and sleep issues. The copy promises three capsules daily can revive health, with druggist refunds and price options of 25c 50c and 1.00.
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Haarlem
Officers Elected by Mobile Lodge No 67 Knights of Pythias
Mobile Lodge No 67 Knights of Pythias held a semi annual meeting electing officers led by Chancellor Commander L B McLean. New and reelected officers include Richard D Lundy vice chancellor J G Goodman prelate Claude A Grayson master of work Herman W Lienkauf exchequer Henry Simon keeper of records and seals and master of finance R A Moffatt master at arms H J Kittrell inner guard J W Rodrigues outer guard. Dr J A Reaves was named representative to the Alabama Grand Lodge with C W Culver as alternate. Trustees Adolph D Bloch L D Browne and E S Head and directors J G Adler Henry Simon and Dr L W Wilson were named for the Mobile Pythian Castle Hall Association. A hot supper followed on the castle’s third floor. Installation is set for January 9.
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Knights of Pythias
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Claude A. Grayson
Herman W. Lienkauf
Henry Simon
R. A. Moffatt
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J. W. Rodrigues
J. A. Reaves
Alabama Grand Lodge
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Four Jurors Named For Small Trial In Ossipee
Ossipee New Hampshire December 27 Four jurors named for the trial of Frederick L Small charged with his wife s murder were accepted yesterday County Solicitor Walter T Hill said opening arguments for the prosecution could begin late today The case centers on a joint life insurance policy of 20000 on both spouses and Mrs Small s body was found in her burnt cottage with a cord about the neck a bullet wound and head injuries
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Frederick L. Small
Walter T. Hill
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Equipment of Pershing Much Damaged in Storm
Washington dispatches report heavy damage to Maj. Gen. Pershing's command in Mexico from a Christmas day storm. Wireless station masts at Colonia Dublan and El Valle toppled, field hospital No. 3 demolished, commissary storehouse and other structures ruined, walls blown in roofs carried away, 75 percent of Colonia Dublan tentage destroyed and telegraphic lines along the line interrupted.
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Mexico
War Department
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Field Hospital No. 3
Indicted Plumbers to Enter Nollo Contendere Plea
Judge Orr ordered William McCoach and 82 other Master Plumbers Association members to plead nollo contendre to Sherman anti trust indictments. The defendants were charged with forming a monopoly to control plumbing equipment sales and installation.
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Charles P. Orr
United States District Court
William McCoach
Master Plumbers Association of
United States
Constipation Cited as Cause of Bad Skin in Ad
An advertisement claims dull, pimply skin stems from sluggish bowels and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a bedtime laxative. It promises a full non-griping morning movement and drives out fatigue from overloaded intestines and sluggish liver. Get a bottle at al Druggists for 25c.
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Carrel Method in Treating Wounds Highlighted
New York December 26 A senior American Ambulance Hospital surgeon in Neuilly praises Dr Alexis Carrel’s wound septic treatment. He notes rapid germ count based healing, two hourly irrigations, and daily microscopic counts guiding closure readiness. The hospital is cited as a premier American aid to France aiding war injuries and joint surgeon dentist efforts.
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Alexis Carrel
Neuilly
Paris
Carrel
America
France
United States
American Ambulance Hospital Impresses Allies With Fractured-Extremity Devices
The wounded French soldier inspires quiet gratitude and no bravado in his resolve. American surgeons are praised for kindness and the hospital’s efficiency attracts renowned surgeons from France and allied nations. Young American staff continually improve apparatus for fracture management.
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Cny
America
American Registry Saved Ship From Sea Grave
Captain Plater of the American steamer Sacramento reports a German submarine stopped his vessel in the English Channel. The commander said the wheat cargo to France was contraband but allowed passage because the ship was American. The Sacramento has recent ownership changes and was once blacklisted by Britain.
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Plater
Sacramento
Buenos Ayres
English Channel
France
New York Maritime Register
Pacific
British to use American twine for next year’s harvest
English farmers ignore pleas to buy home-made twine. American mills already secured orders to bind Britain’s 1919 harvest. Officials cite ship space savings, high local stocks, and favorable prices as reasons for preferring American binder twine despite appeals to support English manufacturers.
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London
Associated Press
United States
Atlantic
Cleveland Milk Prices Rise After Embargo End
Cleveland Ohio December 27 The milk embargo ends and city receives normal supply after nearly two weeks. Price up to 10 cents per quart from 9 cents as producers and distributors settle on 2212 cents a gallon instead of 20 cents. producers sought 23 cents.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Major Powell Clayton Dies from Injuries at Fort Sam Houston
Major Powell Clayton, formerly on the general staff and lately with the Sixteenth cavalry on the Mexican border, died at Fort Sam Houston Texas from injuries suffered two weeks earlier while schooling horses over hurdles on the drill field. He was the son of former Governor Clayton of Arkansas.
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Washington
Powell Clayton
General Staff
War Department
Sixteenth Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Clayton
Arkansas
Younger men take up the work with ready success
The article notes how readily younger men have adopted the work and pursued it with evident success, signaling a shift in participation and energy.
Wounded Under American Surgeons At Neuilly Hospital
Amid Allied WWI relief, 1,500 wounded under American ambu lance surgeons. Neuilly hospital houses about 975 and auxiliary wards hold 1,000 more. A Philadelphia Episcopal priest and a U.S. professor assisted as orderlies and historians. A morale anecdote recalls four wounded men dining out, then returning late after one helps feed the others.
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Neuilly
Philadelphia
Tout Petit
Relief for a lingering cold with Dr King's New Discovery
An advertisement claims Dr King's New Discovery relieves a hacking cough and cold symptoms by soothing membranes and killing germs. It urges readers to buy now at their drugstore for immediate relief.
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Dr. King
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