Former Shah of Persia to Visit America in May
Mohammed Ali former shah of Persia plans a May visit to the United States. Persian consul general H. H. Topa im confirms the trip, with a likely city sequence including New York Chicago and San Francisco. The exiled monarch, who ruled under a constitution, was deposed in 1909 and lived in Odessa before seeking to regain the throne.
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Mohammed Ali
Persia
Merica
Berlin
H. H. Topaim
Prio
Chicago
San Francisco
Shah
Ed Ali Mirza
Muzaffar h-ed-Din
Bnarch
Odessa
Girls Rescued From Henderson Brown Dormitory Fire
In Arkadelphia Ark yesterday a fire swept the main building and the young women’s dormitory at Henderson-Brown College. All students were saved many carried out in night clothing. Estimated loss is 125000 dollars.
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Ark
Ain
Henderson Browns
Arkadelphia
Baxter Seeks Railroad Data In Tennessee Rate Case
Special to The Item Montgomery Alabama February 4. Per kins Baxter Nashville lawyer and counsel for the Tennessee Railroad Commission travels to Montgomery with Or. Anderson to discuss proceedings aiming to cut passenger rates from three to two and one half cents per mile. Baxter has portrayed in federal rate cases including the Nashville Traffic Bureau coal rate dispute where the ICC cut rates. The Tennessee rate cases now before the U S Supreme Court are closely watched by Alabama officials.
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Montgomery
Ala
Perkins Baxter
Nashville
Tennessee Railroad Commission
Tennessee
Capitol
Or. Anderson
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Mobile Chamber to Host AP Convention Delegates
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce will host delegates from the Southwestern Association of the Associated Press when they meet in Mobile February 17 and 18. An elaborate banquet will cap the entertainments, with further program details to be announced at the next board meeting.
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Southwestern Association of the Associated Press
Mobile
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Parsons
Ordinance Adopts Check Reins Ban in Mobile
City commission approves ordinance at request of the Mobile Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It requires loosening check reins on horses or mules within Mobile limits, keeping them loose when the animal stands or is hitched, with fines from two to ten dollars per offense.
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Mobile Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Commission
Mobile
Board of Commissioners
City of
Bank OF Mobile
National Banking Association
Oysters at Risk if Law Passes Said to Hurt Gulf Coast
A Mississippi oyster commission meeting heard a letter from W H Rowan warning that a proposed bill banning oysters taken within a mile of any sewer mouth could force the best reefs to close and cost many jobs. The note urged the commission to grant enforcement authority and penalties.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi Oyster Commission
A. W. Bond
Mississippi Sound
Louisiana
Oyster Commission
W. H. Rowan
Biloxi Dairy and Truck Farm Proves Highly Profitable
Biloxi Miss February 4 An example of intensive farming is shown at A Pirie dairy farm covering about two acres. Eight cows are milked plus young stock. A Holstein bull from Wisconsin leads the herd. The tight layout houses a thriving dairy and trucking business, with a well kept kitchen garden and diverse fruit and nut trees adding to profits.
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Biloxi
Miss
A. Pirie
Pirie
Wisconsin
Keep Off the Grass Coxey Looks Over Chicago Field
Jacob S Coxey, leader of the 1894 unemployed march, arrived in Chicago to examine the industrial field and consider leading a new march with unemployed men and women to the city hall. He said he was not opposed to directing such a protest through the city streets.
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Chicago Field
Associated Press
Chicago
Jacob
Washington
City Hall
Lord Strathcona Leaves $500000 to Yale
The bequest of $500,000 to Yale University by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal surprised university authorities. The college secretary notes the gift may reflect Yale's 1892 honorary degree to the donor.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Notable nautical financier Captain Twohy dies at 72
Norfolk memorial note reports Captain John Twohy of Atlantic coast shipping and financial interests dies aged 72. A native of County Limerick Ireland he was well known in maritime circles. Also Atlanta mourns Isaac Stiles Hopkins founder and first president of Georgia Tech who died at 74 after a three week illness.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
John Twohy
County Limerick
Ireland
Atlanta, Ga
Isaac Stiles Hopkins
The
Georgia School of Technology
Obituaries for Rev Elbert W Snyder and Christian Heifner
New York obituary notes the death of Rev Elbert W. Snyder retired Episcopal clergyman former Lehigh University chaplain who died at Elmhurst aged 70. Tennessee notice reports Christian Heifner 102 died near Maynardville survived by wife and four children, lifelong Union County farmer.
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Associated Press
Elbert W. Snyder
New York
Lehigh University
Elmhurst
University
Knoxville
Tenn
Christian Heifner
Maynardville
Mr. Heifner
Tennessee
Union County
Two Mississippi Convicts Surrender To Federal Authorities
Barney Lewis and Jerry Ennis, linked to the Queen & Crescent train robbery near Hattiesburg in 1912, were turned over to U S Marshal Ligon and moved to Biloxi after Lamar County grand jury failed to indict. Indicted by federal grand jury for obstructing the mails, they will await trial in Biloxi.
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Barney Lewis
Jerry Ennins
Queen & Crescent
United States
Ligon
Biloxi
Lamar County
Ennis
Lewis
Federal
Grand Jury
To the Housewife: Health care for husband and children
A domestic guidance note urges wives to monitor coughs and minor illnesses in themselves and their children. It warns that small symptoms may signal serious diseases and emphasizes proactive care and early attention.
Meat injuress kidneys claim quick relief through Jadina
A newspaper blurb cites a well known authority blaming meat for kidney trouble and uric acid buildup. It urges readers to take four ounces of Jadina each morning to clear eliminative tissues, ease back pain, cloudy urine, and nighttime urges.
Knife for cancer is surest method
Dr Edward Reynolds of Boston warned against faith in radium cures at a Pittsburgh public educational meeting of the American Society for the Control of Cancer in Soldiers Memorial hall. He said no evidence shows radium cures advanced cancer, though external skin cancers respond to treatment. Frederick L Hoffman cited early operation as the best chance for cure, noting hospital records support prompt surgery. Judge James W MacFarland presided as clergy and insurers spoke. the event was hosted by the Twentieth Century Club of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Edward Reynolds
Boston
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Soldiers’ Memorial Hall
Reynolds
New England
American Society
Reynols
Frederick L. Hoffman
Hoffman
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
James W. MacFarland
Twentieth Century Club of
First Woman Registers in Chicago Ward Polls
Chicago report shows Elizabeth Heitschmidt registers as the first woman in a North Side precinct. Mayor Carter T. Harrison, Edith Harrison, and three household staff also registered nearby, declaring ages from 52 to 53, amid questions on age disclosure rules.
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Associated Press
Chicago
North Side
Elizabeth Heitschmidt
North Winchester Aversue
Carter T. Harrison
Edith Ogden Harrison
Barry Avenue
Sheridan Drive
Women’s houses look always as if mid of house cleaning
A concise remark noting that some women’s homes always appear to be in a perpetual state of tidying or cleaning. It suggests a persistent impression of ongoing domestic upkeep without asserting broader context or specifics.
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Beecham
Registration By Women In Chicago Totaled 153,897
Official returns show 153,897 women registered in Chicago under the Illinois suffrage law. Their first opportunity to vote is February 24 at the aldermanic primaries. The piece ends with a proverb about luck and a remark on oysters.
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Chicago
Australian swimmer and partner injured in tank explosion
In Hamilton Bermuda on February 4 Australian swimmer Anne nette Kellerman and Herbert Brennan suffered severe injuries when a glass exhibition tank burst. Kellerman sustained deep lacerations on her left side while Brennan was badly gashed on arms and legs. Brennan was rushed to a hospital and Kellerman was taken to a hotel where she was staying.
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Bermuda
Annenette Kellerman
Herbert Brennan
Miss Kellerman
Brennan
Miss Kellerma
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