New Montgomery to Birmingham Highway Link Planned
State Highway Engineer W. S. Keller announces a 13 mile link from Clanton to Mountain Creek as part of the Montgomery Birmingham interurban. A survey will decide construction method, with bids to be opened March 16.
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Montgomery
Ala
Keller
Tuscaloosa
Engineering Club
University
State Highway Engineers
Mshaw County
Averue
Montgomery Counline
Boyd
Selman
Dallas
Autauga
Avery Named at Pensacola Head of Interstate Fair
Pensacola Florida February 11 A M very longtime leader of the Interstate Fair Association has been named president of the group which includes five west Florida and Alabama counties. N J Lillard is secretary and most officers are re elected. The board will likely approve eliminating ties with all counties except Escambia and to spend funds on a strictly county fair in the future.
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Pensacola
Fla
Very
Inerstate Fair Association
Florida
Alabama
N. J. Lillard
Escambia
Kid McCoy to Fight Carpentier in Paris on March 14
Former lightweight and ex-champion Kid McCoy returns to title contention to challenge French champion George Carpentier in Paris on March 14. McCoy quit boxing in 1905 and attempted a comeback in 1911 with limited success, then spent three years as a vigorous physical culturist in strong condition.
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Kid McCoy
George Carpentier
Paris
McCoy
Impersonator Inge Arrested After Months of Operation
Pensacola Florida report says Chat F. S. Inge began posing as a postoffice inspector in January in Atlanta. Post office inspectors arrived to testify that he issued bad checks while wearing a badge and uniform. Inge, a Richmond Virginia native, had lived in Dothan Alabama for three years after marrying into a wealthy local family.
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Pensacola
Fla
F. S
Inge
Atlanta
Richmond
Dothan
Ala
Post Office
Pensacola Seeks Lower City Light and Telephone Rates
City Commissioner Pou vows to push reductions in electric light and telephone charges in Pensacola. With the telephone contract expired the city may adjust rates under the new charter granting commissioners power over public service firms. Advices indicate East Hill street railway a two direction schedule forthcoming.
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Pensacola
Fila
Pou
Street Railway
East Hill
Just As Good? The True Dandruff Remedy Promoted
The ad argues against imitators and touts Newbro's Herpicide as the genuine dandruff destroyer. It claims benefits like stopping scalp itching and hair loss, with 50 cent and 1.00 prices and a money back guarantee. Samples and booklets offered, with Detroit the company address and Van Antwerp Drug Corp. as agents.
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Herpicide Company
Dept. A
Detroit
Mich
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Self-Declaration as Senate Candidate in Obile County
A local resident announces candidacy for the Senate from Obile County subject to the Democratic primary nomination and asks citizens to support the campaign.
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Senate
Obile
Mobile County
Seven paroles issued including James F. Latham parole
Governor O Neal granted seven paroles in Alabama with James F Latham a Jefferson County white man life term for highway robbery receiving the landmark parole conditioned on leaving the state for California within thirty days Others included John Mobley a 1909 Pickens County murder parole and mobile county defendant Johnnie Owen Hilliard Beasley Louis Manning Berryman Dill and Peter Hill with various reductions and conditions
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
James F. Latham
Jefferson County
Latham
California
Alabama
John Mobley
Pickens County
Johnnie Owen
Mobile County
Hilliard Beasley
Macon County
Louis Manning
Montgomery County
Berryman Dill
Brookhaven Lumber Buys Large Yellow Pine Tract Near Hattiesburg
Deed filed in Hattiesburg chancery shows Wm McPherson and associates of Detroit transferring a large yellow pine timber tract to Brookhaven Lumber Company of Hattiesburg for 210000 cash. The land is part of a 5006 acre tract previously sold to the same concern for about 400000 as the company plans a new sawmill just south of Hattiesburg.
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Jackson, Miss
Chancery
Hattiesburg
Wm. McPherson
Detroit
Mich
Brookhaven Lumber Company
Disorderly conduct cases continued in recorder court
The cases of IE Courtney C Courtney and James McKnight charged with assaulting Officer B F Burch and his wife were continued until Wednesday. The incident occurred as the officer and his wife returned from the theatre and confronted a crowd of men cursing and fighting.
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IE. Courtney
C. Courtney
James McKnight
Recorder's Court
B. F. Burch
Woman’s tonic Cardui praised by traveler in Tennessee
Mrs. Liza Barber of Mangham Louisiana reports recovery after using Cardui the woman’s tonic on a West and Middle Tennessee trip. She claims two bottles eased her weakness and enabled full work, urging other women to try it. Cardui is touted as the standard tonic with over a million helped in 50 years.
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Cardus
Cardui
Wave of self destruction in New Orleans claims seven lives
In New Orleans, seven people attempted suicide in a span of hours with three deaths and four survivals. Frederick Anepohl 35 died by poison in his warehouse after brooding over his brother George who killed himself last month. Walter Gruther 32 died after cutting his throat in hospital. Percy Carroll 40 hanged himself at a boarding house. Mamie Carlton 30 survived poisoning, Antonine Pardo 38 also poisoned and to recover. Max Lauber 45, a prisoner, attempted suicide with suspenders but was saved and later fined for intoxication. R M Sheffield 45 injured himself with a pocket knife and was hospitalized for mental illness.
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Associated
New Orleans
Frederick Anepohl
George Anepohl
Frederick
Walter Grather
Percy Caroll
Wallace Gregson
Austin
Minn
Mamie Carlton
Antonine Pardo
Max Lauber
First Precinct
R. M. Sheffield
Lauber
Bardin
Death rate low in United States, 1918 Census data
The 1918 death rate reached 13.8 per 1000 across 18 states and 45 cities, indicating generally favorable public health. Maryland led states with 16.3, while Portland Oregon had the lowest city rate at 11.0. Memphis Tennessee the highest at 22.9, with several other cities listed including Birmingham, Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, Nashville, and Richmond.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Maryland
Minnesota
Portland
Ore
Memphis
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Troops Fight Forest Fire at Fort Gaines
A company of United States troops was sent from Fort Morgan to Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island to assist in extinguishing a forest fire within the Fort Gaines military reservation. The fire burned for a time before being subdued and is said to have been started through carelessness.
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United States
Fort. Morgan
Fort Gaines
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Fort Morgan
Fort Gaines Military Reservation
President's Special Will Run Birmingham to Mobile Train
Passenger Agent H C Geron of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad plans a train named the association President's Special for the All Sunday School Association meeting in Birmingham in April. The service will depart Birmingham in the morning and arrive in Mobile in the afternoon. A connecting train will run from Anniston to Calera.
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H. C. Geron
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Association
Birmingham
Mobile
Anniston
Calera
Charles Mohr Society Elects Officers at Evening Meeting
The Charles Mohr Society will hold its annual meeting at 7 30 Thursday evening at the residence of Mr Van Aller at the corner of Charleston and Broad streets. The meeting will discuss important matters and include the election of officers for the next term. The society studies nature and preserves relics, reptiles, fossils, shells, insects, and related items.
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Charles Mohr Society
van Aller
Charleston
Broad
Private detective pleads guilty to attempted extortion
George Howard, a private detective, pleaded guilty in Pittsburg to attempted extortion involving a package believed to contain $5,000 from Mrs. E. M. Ferguson. He was sentenced to six to eight years in the state penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
George Howard
E. M. Ferguson
Cleveland Streetcar Fare Increase Set For July 1 1914
The city and the Cleveland Railroad Company agreed to raise streetcar fares on July 1, 1914. A one cent charge for transfers will be implemented, averting a broader streetcar war in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Railroad Company
Prison jury convicts Pringle. 40 indictments in session
In Meridian Mississippi on February 11 the jury found W B Pringle guilty of murdering Caroline Watts. The record says he struck her with a scale pen and cut her throat with a razor, leading to a life imprisonment sentence. The grand jury added four indictments, bringing total session counts to forty.
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Meridian
Miss
W. B. Pringle
Caroline Watts
Pringle
Painters Arrested for Fight in Business District
W. B. Coleman and Dan Johnson two painters will be arraigned in the recorder s court Wednesday afternoon on disorderly conduct charges from a Tuesday clash on Joachim street near Dauphin. Police report say Coleman advanced with an open knife and Johnson struck with an ax causing a severe scalp wound. They were released on bond.
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W. B. Coleman
Dan Johnson
Recorder’s Court
Joachim Street
Dauphin
Johnson
Goleman
Building Committee Reviews Church Home Plans
The Episcopal Church of Alabama building committee met Tuesday to discuss plans for an administration building and four cottages with dining rooms and kitchens. Each cottage and the administration building would house 25 people, with an estimated total cost around 50000 dollars.
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The
Episcopal Church of Alabama
John E. Mitchell
Sanitary Campaign in Oakdale Gathers Pace
The City Board of Health began cleaning Oakdale south of Virginia Street on Monday and will continue until the area is sanitary. Street Superintendent Joseph J. Heller oversees trash removal and urges residents to put out all garbage for collection. Dr. C. A. Mohr reports satisfaction with early results.
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City Board of Health
Virginia Street
Oakdale
Joseph J. Heller
C. A. Mohr
Cotton Seed Co Suffers Heavy Loss in Birmingham Fire
Fire destroyed the cotton seed house of the Farmers and Ginners Cotton Seed Oil Company in southwest Birmingham. Loss estimated at 140000 with part insured. Night watchman alerted staff who sheltered inside until flames peaked. Wind slowed firefighting. blaze burned past 4 am.
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Cotton Seed Co
Birmingham
Associated Press
Ala
Farmers and Ginner’s
Cotton Seed Oil Company
Bell Blessed and Installed at St. Catherine's Church Crichton
The bell presented by the Misses McGill was blessed on Tuesday and placed in the church tower at Crichton. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and bears an inscription with names including Bishop H Allen of Mobile diocese and the donors.
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McGill
Crichton
H. ( Allen
Mobile Dioces
Vap-O-Rub External Cold Remedy Ad
An old circular praises external treatment for colds using Vap-O-Rub and Vick's salve. Rub a little on the chest, cover with warm cloth, and rely on body heat to release vapors of pine tar menthol thymol and eucalyptus to loosen phlegm and ease breathing. One bedtime application promises a sound night’s sleep. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
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Vick
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John T. Bauer
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Charles Green
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J. O. Bolton
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Chard A. Finch
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William H. Holcombe
Reuben L. Dorson
Frank Cazalas, SR
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Irvington
Mobile Negro
Hattiesburg Concern
BIG Timber
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Liza Barber
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Middle and
West Tennes
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