Opportunities in Live Stock Raising for Mobile
The article argues Mobile’s growing agricultural area will boost livestock markets and packing capacity. It notes rising trade with surrounding counties and the potential to raise feed locally to cut costs. Citing 1910–14 U S trends, it links meat supply needs to cattle, sheep, and swine declines and urges southern focus on cattle raising and refrigeration for expansion.
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Mobile
Alabama
United States
National Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Great Central
Modern Dances And Robbed Homes To Get Presents For Best Girl
An instructor of modern dances in a Milwaukee school is accused of robbery and burglary. Police say Herman Zastrow used his dual persona to steal valuables from several Milwaukee homes while dating a Chicago girl to whom he gave goods. He remains hospitalized after a shooting during a residence entry attempt.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Herman ‘Zastrow
Zastrow
Jukee
Chicago
Feht
The
Ice
Dascarets Laxative Ad Promises Quick Sleep Aid
A fragmented ad touts Dascarets as the best laxative priced at 4 10 cent boxes. It claims stomach upset causes lack of sleep and suggests Dascarets can help with this problem. The readable text references men and women experiencing foul taste and sleep disruption.
Railroads Lose in Damage Suit in Mississippi Court
A. R. Davis of Hattiesburg sues The N O M C Railroad and the L and N for 3000 dollars after being ordered off a train from Pensacola to Live Oak. Davis refused to alight and a conductor relented after wire inquiries, with witnesses noting rude conduct and a contentious session that occupied most of the day.
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Pascagoula
Miss
A. R. Davis
Hattiesburg
N. O., M. & C. Railroad Company
L. & N. Railroad Company
Davis
Live Oak
Fla
Pensacola
Todd Gun Sale Offers 10 000 Rifles to Mexican President
Geo Todd of Montgomery admits negotiations for selling ten thousand rifles and 500000 cartridges to President Huerta. Mexican Consul Gayon in Mobile says the Todd offer is accepted and shipments would go through Mobile port if bid is approved. Senor Gayon notes the arms would aid the Federal government during the conflict.
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Montgomery
Ala
Geo. Todd
Todd Bun Company
Huerta
Mexico
Gayon
Mobile
Todd
Senor
Roberto Gayon
Todd’s Gun Store Company
United States
Wilson
Senor Gayon
Believed Boy Found Alive in Gulfport After Death Report
In Gulfport Mississippi on February 11 W H Patheal, once thought dead after a fall at a Mississippi county fair years ago, was found alive. His father S B Patheal of Mattoon Illinois, a Shriner and Mason, sought help from local Masons to verify the report.
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Gulfport
Miss
W. H. Patheal
Patheal
Mississippi
S. B. Patheal
Shriner
Mattoon
Ill
Gulf
Islana
Somers system and Houston plan to be debated in legislature
Absent board members postpone regular Chamber of Commerce meeting. Next meeting will review the Somers valuation system and the Houston taxation plan. E. Q. Norton, appointed in December, aims to mobilize Mobile, Dothan, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Talladega, Montgomery, Birmingham and other cities to urge Governor O Neal to endorse the systems in a special legislative session.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tueday
Somers
Houston
E. Q. Norton
Mobile
Dothan
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
Talladega
Montgomery
Cayman Islands need machinery for sisal trade
A Cayman Islands business letter to the Chamber of Commerce from E. B. Parsons & Company cites strong demand for American made sisal fibre machinery. It notes a local owner with extensive sisal plants awaiting harvest and asks for U S manufacturers who produce machinery to process sisal into fibre.
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Cayman Islands
Chamber of Commerce
E. EB. Parsons & Company
United States
Q Ban Promises Dark Thick Glossy Hair
A vintage ad hawks Q Ban a 7 ounce bottle claimed to darken gray hair make hair thick and glossy while also stopping itching dandruff and hair loss after nightly use with a shampoo-like rub on the scalp and a towel dry.
Watts of Huntsville enters race for Congress
C L Watts of Huntsville announces candidacy for congress in Alabama's Eighth District to succeed William Richardson. He faces two strong opponents, Judge E B Almon of Tuscaloosa and W W Callahan of Decatur, in a highly watched three way race. Watts has eight years as secretary to Richardson and is pursuing a law career.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. L. Watts
Huntsville
Congress
William Richardson
E. B. Almon
Tuscumbia
W. W. Callahan
Decatur
Watts
Congressman Richardson
Tillis of Montgomery Sells One Million Bonds
Montgomery financier Richard Tillis disclosed he sold bonds worth one million dollars to New York parties. The sale, tied to his electric light interests, followed an offer he described as satisfying and routine.
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Montgomery
Richard Tillis
New York
Tillis
Resinol Offers Quick Relief for Itching Eczema
The ad urges readers to visit a druggist for Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap to bathe eczema patches with hot water, dry, apply ointment, and end itching. It promises instant relief from itching and burning, improved sleep, and eventual healing, with pricing noted for the soap and ointment products.
January Typhoid and Tuberculosis Fatalities Reported
City Health Officer Dr. C A Mohr cites 4 of 33 typhoid cases fatal in January and 7 tuberculosis cases with 12 deaths. The monthly death rate is 23.11 per 1000, 20.52 excluding non residents. Additional infectious cases include meningitis, scarlet fever, and diphtheria.
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C. A. Mohr
Mohr
Nance
Patterson of Tennessee To Speak at the Capital
Former Tennessee Governor Malcolm R Patterson, once tied to the liquor ring, speaks tonight at the Grand Theatre in Montgomery under the Alabama Anti Saloon League auspices as a prohibitionist address.
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Patterson
Tennessee
Montgomery
Ala
Malcolm R.patterson
Grand Theatre
Dove Hunters Fear Friday Dove Shoot On Hoodoo Day
In Russell county Alabama on February 13 a small group invited by a popular local host prepare for a dove shoot but fear the Friday the thirteenth superstition. The host dismisses spooks and tries to reassure guests despite their nerves.
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Montgomery
Ala
Russell County
Cause of ill health signals kidney trouble remedy claim
The article describes how kidney disease can mimic other ailments and warns that symptoms include head pains swelling under the eyes dry skin and fatigue. It promotes Warners Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy as a medicine that heals the frail tubular kidney structures and soothes the organs.
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Warners
5 Acre Fruit Farm Ad Offers Cash and Rent
Classified notice offers a 5 acre fruit farm for sale with $25 cash and $10 per month. Contact options include P O Box 11 Delchamps Alabama or Norville Bros local agents at 56 St Francis Street. Ee ali.
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Prest
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Mobile Book Binding CO
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John P. Cronin
Royal
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N. Royal ST
T. G. Bush Grocery Company
Mobile, Alabama
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