Pastor Elopes Leaving Wife and His Nine Children
St. Louis dated report of Rev James H Baldwin pastor of the Church of Christ and Mrs Alice Leona Erbs 22 eloping. Baldwin left wife and nine children. Erbs has a four year old daughter Clara. Police sought the pair. Baldwin's wife says she will not prosecute but will not live with him again.
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Alice Leona Erbs
James H. Baldwin
Church of Christ
Erbs
Clara
Andrew Zumwalt
Baldwin
Zumwalt
Breeders pledge aid for livestock day
Members of the Gulf Coast Duroc Hog Breeders Association will lead support for the Chamber of Commerce Livestock Day on February 15. President Elmer R. Sly said arrangements include exhibiting fine registered Duroc Jersey hogs at the Gulf Coast Home Products Show in the Alba building on North Royal Street.
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Chamber of Commerce
Elmer R. Sly
Breeders’ Association
Gulf Coast Home Products
Alba
North Royal Street
Confederates to Get Pensions Saturday in Mobile
Pension distribution for 400 plus Confederate veterans in Mobile county starts January 2. Judge Price Williams will dispense over $7,000 with payments from $16 to $25. Twenty three veterans receive $25, eighty four get $20, and 304 obtain $16. Warrants arrived from the state auditor on Wednesday afternoon.
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Mobile County
Price Williams
Well Known Japanese Marries Mrs Vaughn
Tsukasa Kiyono a well known Japanese manager of Saibara Nurseries in Mobile and Mrs Margaret Vaughan daughter of the late James T Overbey united in marriage at St John s Episcopal Church. Only intimate friends witnessed the ceremony with Very Rev Gardiner C Tucker officiating. Kiyono is noted for his classical education in Japan.
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Saibara
Margaret ©. Vaughan
James T. Overbey
Mobile
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Gardiner C. Tucker
Kiydéno
Japan
South Carolina Tabbed to Hire Sidney Smith as Coach
Sidney Smith a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates catching staff has signed to coach the University of South Carolina baseball team next spring. Smith is a former student of South Carolina, and the announcement came last night in Columbia.
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Associated Press
Columbia, D. C
Sidney Smith
Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
Smith
South Carolina
Almost Bald with Eczema Reported Cured
J W Fisher of Johnson City Tennessee reports head sores caused by eczema improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. He says pimples disappeared hair stopped falling out and hair became thick and glossy. Dated January 1, 1914.
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Johnson City
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J. W. Fisher
Self Sacrifice by Six Frenchmen Marks St Georges Capture
Paris dispatch describes six French sailors manning a three inch gun on a punt to breach German lines near St Georges. They were shot one by one until the gun reached the bank, allowing the French advance guard to seize the ruins of St Georges and a bridge-head on the Yser with Belgian support.
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St. Georges
Associated Press
Paris
Nieuport
Ramscapelle
Greek immigrant freed on bond in Stevenson killing case
Jim Jackson, a Greek, posted 1500 bond on the Christmas Eve killing of Jesse F. Stevenson, an insurance collector. Jackson was released by Sheriff T. Palmer, with a February city court grand jury to review the case. Coroner H. P. Hirshfield missed a witness appearance, triggering contempt charges against him. Spectators waited in vain for key testimony.
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Jim Jackson
Jesse F. Stevenson
Jackson
T. T. Palmer
H. P. Hirshfield
Selma
Ala
F. J. Inge
Missionary Field in East Discussed
Dr Adrian Taylor Mobilian spoke at the Govern ment Street Presbyterian Church on opportunities for the Christian physician in China. He reviewed past work, urged medical education, noted fatal diseases including a Manchurian plague that claimed 40 000 lives and praised Dr Christie for his efforts in stamping out the disease.
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Adrian Taylor
The
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Richard V. Taylor
Taylor
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Henry W. DuBose
Chinese Empire
Manchuria
Christie
Herbert An Applicant For Judicial Office In The First Circuit
The death of Judge Lackland in the first judicial circuit of Alabama creates a vacancy to be filled by the governor. Judge W F Herbert of Elmore and Herbert is an applicant and a petition will urge Gov O Neal to appoint him. Herbert, a University of Alabama graduate, served as city court judge in Demopolis and as clerk of the last house of representatives.
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Demopolis
Fire Aboard Steamer Perugia Believed Extinguished
A Lloyds dispatch from Fayal Azores reports the steamer Perugia bound from Leghorn to New York caught fire yesterday but the flames were believed extinguished after the crew reached the seat of the blaze. The 2566 ton Anchor Line vessel operates between Leghorn Palermo and New.
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Associated Press
London
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Fayal
Azores
Leghorn
New York
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New
National Institute to Present Gold Medals
New York report notes that on December 31 the National Institute will award gold medals. Details on recipients and ceremony are to follow in later notices.
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The
National Institute
Harbormaster Norville Returns From Battles Summer Home
Captain Thomas P. Norville has returned to the city after a pleasant week at his summer home at Battles across the bay.
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Battles
the Bay
Thomas P. Norville
Governor Cancels Dickson Requisition Papers
Special to The Item. In Montgomery on December 31 Governor O Neal declined to honor requisition papers for C R Dickson of Birmingham after Attorney General Brickell found the complaint aimed only at debt collection. Dickson, once connected to a Tennessee based insurance firm now bankrupt, appeared following representation by his attorney H B Fuller. The governor revoked the papers after Brickell advised against the request.
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Brickell
C. R. Dickson
Birmingham
O'Neal
Dickson
Tennessee
Insurance Company
Santo Oteri Dead Wealthy New Orleans Importer
Santo Oteri, 46, heir of Sal vadore Oteri and head of the Bluefields Fruit and Steam ship Co, died in his Commercial Place apartments at 6:30 PM after a brief illness. He left a fortune of over a million dollars and a widow, Mrs. Alva Stevens Oteri. The funeral is set for Thursday at 2 PM from the family residence.
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Santo Oteri
Salvadore Oteri
Oteri
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Col
John P. Sullivan
Sullivan
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The
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Two Greensboro Stores Burn in Alabama Fire
Greensboro Alabama December 81 two general merchandise stores owned by John Helton and T F Hall and Sons were destroyed by fire. Loss in goods about 3000 with partial insurance. Fire started in Helton store likely from a defective flue and spread rapidly in high winds. Buildings valued at 5000 owned by Mrs R H Stickney with no insurance.
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Greensboro
Als
John Helton
T. F. Hall & Sons
Helton
R. H. Stickney
Walgreen’s Bank Reopens in Phoenix News Brief
Dec 31 reports the Wal bank reopens in Phoenix Arizona with routine notes on operations as the city resumes normal banking activity after holiday closures. The item hints at standard local business recovery and public interest in financial services.
Pratt Denies Federal League Move To Join Independents
Derrill Pratt of the Browns refutes Federal League plans to sign him and says he will remain with the Browns if offered no big pay raise. He notes stays in St Petersburg and expresses loyalty to Branch Rickey and the Browns while keeping an eye on spring training in the warm Florida town.
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Fila
Derrill Pratt
Browns
Federal League
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St. Louis
Brownlie
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Hedges
Feds
Derrill
B. Rickey
Passage of Ship Purchase Bill Prompts Senate Report
Association with the commerce committee’s majority outlines urged passage of the ship purchase bill. Secretary Redfield notes December 30 merchandise balance near 100 million dollars and warns against relying on foreign flags. He calls for an American owned merchant marine to unlock opportunities as the nation shifts from debtor to creditor and aids Latin American republics.
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Washington
Sip Chase
Fletcher
Commerce Committee
Senate
Incorporated
Redfield
United States
Thousands Train for Snow Fight in New York City
Theoretical snow storm drills in New York saw about four thousand men practicing clearing drifts and loading snow into wagons or sewers. Police ordered by the street cleaning department staged the exercise as a rehearsal for a real storm, forming the nucleus of a planned force exceeding 46,000 workers this winter.
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Associated Press
New York
Elmar Sails for Bremen with 7000 Bales of Cotton
The Morgan liner Elmar departed Galveston, Texas, on December 31 bound for Bremen carrying 7,000 bales of cotton. This marks the fourth cargo in a series of shipments.
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Bremen
Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Elmar
Leeds Firms Win Orders for 100000 Tanks
Leeds firms have secured orders to supply 100000 tanks to the Russian army. The contract specifies large scale production and delivery timelines coordinated with military requirements.
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