Stock Exchange Opposes Incorporation and High Call Loan Rates
New York Stock Exchange officials tell Governor Sulzer they oppose incorporation and a maximum rate on call loans. Milburn argues the exchange is a voluntary body whose decisions could be litigated if forced to incorporate. Milburn and Mahon pledge cooperation with reforms but urge caution on delicate topics.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
New York Stock Exchange
Sulzer
Exchange
South
West
Stock Exchange
John G. Milburn
the Exchange
Milburn
Cotton Exchange
New York
Prehistoric Race Discovered Along Missouri River in Nebraska
Archaeologists from Harvard announce research into a prehistoric civilization that vanished millennia ago along the Missouri River. Prof. F H Stern and Dr. R F Gilder describe house sites, tools, and uniquely Egyptian style carvings found in Nebraska and Iowa, with distinctions between riverbank communities and a mysterious fate.
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Omaha
Neb
Harvard University
Missouri Valley
F. H. Stern
Harvard
Peabody Museum
R. F. Gilder
Missouri River Valley
Prof. Stern
Gilder
Missouri River
Candonice Eae
Sioux City
Kansas City
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa Hills
America
American
King’s Royal Germetuer Promises Health Rest and Strength
Advertisement claims King’s Royal Germetuer cures bladder trouble and rheumatic pain. It asserts relief from back pains stiff joints and kidney or urinary issues by destroying uric acid and boosting health. It targets those troubled by frequent night urination and general fatigue.
Alabama Steel Plant Sold by Court Order
Auction of the Alabama Steel Company properties was held Friday before the courthouse in Birmingham. Edward H. Buss and Daniel Holman of New York bid $1,530,000 to acquire the assets as part of bankruptcy proceedings. Security holders now have fifteen days to join the reorganiza tion plan before final confirmation and completion of the corporate restructuring.
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Birmingham
Ale
Et Nage and Steel Company
Edward ‘H. Buss
Daniel Holman
New York
Bulgars and Serbs to Storm Adrianople
Sofia reports Bulgarian and Servian troops besieging Adrianople plan a storming attack despite high casualties. Army headquarters restrict access for foreign attaches and correspondents, signaling imminent operations. Adrianople remains provisioned according to deserters.
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Adrianople
Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Schooner Fred W. Ayer Reaches Jacksonville
The schooner Fred W. Ayer, reported wrecked after being sighted at sea, arrived in Jacksonville, Florida. Captain Chris Boldt confirmed the 23 crew members and 138000 feet of lumber bound for Port Arenas, Porto Rico, after clearing Gulfport in December.
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Py Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Fred W. Ayer
Comal
Jacksonville
Fla
J. F. Stuard
Chris Boldt
Ayer
Port Arenas
Porto Rico
Woodruff Sentenced to Sixty Days for Concealed Weapons
Ulysses E. Woodruff former superintendent at Jackson for a Galveston insurance firm, was fined $100 or 60 days in jail after a city court found him guilty of carrying concealed weapons. The white slave abduction charges filed by his wife were dismissed. Woodruff, tearful, stated he was penniless and was sent back to jail to serve the sentence.
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Associated, Press
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Ulysses E. Woodruff
Galveston Insurance Company
Woodruff
Mardi Gras Schedules Announce Train Departures
Feb 4 schedule notes abandonment of Train No. 8 on the Main Line with all other Main Line trains on time. A special Meridian service departs Terminal Station at 10 30 p m. Mobile Bay Shore No 202 is listed as a special train departing at 10 30 p m from Sertaniel Gretien.
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Mardi Gras
Meridian
Terminal Station
Mobile
Bay Shore
Sertaniel Gretien
Milwaukee Pioneer of Friction Matches Defends Earlier Origins
Robert W. Pierce a 92 year old Milwaukee match maker disputes that friction matches were invented in 1843 in Zanesville Ohio He recounts apprenticeship in Charlemont Mass 1842 starting his own Milwaukee factory in 1844 and selling westward detailing early methods and one notable accident
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Milwaukee
Wis
Robert W. Pierce
Zanesville
Ohio
Henry E. Pierce
Charlemont
Mass
Mr. Pierce
West
Cincinnati
Detroit
St. Louis
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Inois
Chicago
Illinois Canal
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Pierce
TWO MEMPHIS MEN HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGES
Ernest L. Nolen a former city official and John M. Jones a barber were arrested by federal officers in Memphis charged with conspiring to aid a government prisoner in Omaha Nebraska to escape. The case centers on Nolen using the name Robert E Lee to gain access and smuggle dynamite saws knives and pistols and a code to time an escape.
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Associated Press
Mphis
Tenn
Feb.j
Ernest L. Nolen
John M. Jones
Bondsigners Assembled For Mc Namara Plot Suspects
In St Louis on Friday four men signed Morrin’s bond for 30000 and two signed Barry’s bond for 40000 as sureties for their release from the federal prison at Leavenworth Kansas. The defendants J P Barry and Paul J Morrin are charged with alleged complicity in the Mc Namara dynamite plot. Politicians saloon keepers and a professional bondsman appeared before United States Commissioner Irvine to qualify as sureties.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
United States
Irvine
J. P. Barry
Paul J Morrin
Leavenworth
Kas
McNamara
Morrin
Barry
Nervous Prostration Claims Cure with Vegetable Compound
Philadelphia residents Mary Johnston and an Ephrata caller describe severe nervous prostration with palpitations headaches and insomnia. They credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength and health after prior doctor visits and long illness.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary Johnston
Siegel Street
Alabama Wins Bust of Knapp at National Corn Expo
Alabama received the bronze bust of Dr Seaman A Knapp for best exhibits of corn and canned goods from 20 boys and 20 girls clubs across 27 states at the National Corn Exposition Attendance on National Education Day was the largest since public opening An afternoon program featured Walter H Page Dr S C Mitchell Miss Mabel Carney Clarence Poe J D Eggleston W K Tate and Dr Bradford Knapp Teachers and pupils enjoyed a holiday in many schools James Wilson will attend and may speak later today
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Associated Press
Columbia
Alabama
Seaman A. Knapp
Walter H. Page
World's Work
New York
C. Mitchell
University of South Carolina
Mabel Carney
Tinois Country Life Federation
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
Raleigh
N. C
J. D. Eggleston
United Bureau of Education
K Tate
South
Carolina
Rura
Bradford Knapp
Farmers’ Co-operative
James Wilson
Agricultural Committee of
House of Representatives
Wilson
Pay Your Poll Tax By February 1 Or Lose Voting Rights
A notice urges eligible residents to pay their poll tax before February 1 to preserve the right to vote in this year’s elections. The reminder emphasizes timely payment to avoid disenfranchisement.
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Alabama Steel
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Memphis
Ephrata
Hornserver
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Nazim Pasha
Thhatalja
Porte
Mahmoud Pasha
Princetonians
Collegians
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Princeton
White House
James Madison
Paul F. Myers
Mr. Wilson
Washington
Princeton Alumni Association of
Taft
Capitol
Essex Cavalry Troop
New Jersey
Round Table Club
H. E. Jones
Jir
Pass. Dept. Mobile
Ala
G. Hardy Smith
St. Michael Street
Mobile, Ala
Securi
Ornamental
Standard Oil Company
W. H. Cooper Real Estate, Timber, Stocks and Bonds
Bank of Mobile Building
Bell Phones
Merchant's Bank
ST. Francis Sts
J. M. Walsh
Walsh Stevedoring & Contracting Co
Louis Forchheimer
M. Forchheimer
O. D. P. Bestor
Bestor & Young
Thames’ & Batre
E. F. Ladd . Cashier
L. C. Fry
Leon Beanly
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