Booster Special Train Schedule From Mobile to Meridian
Officials released the two hundred mile Booster Special schedule under the Trade Expansion Committee. The train will depart Mobile at 8 a.m. stopping at Whistler Oak Grove Chunchula Gulfcrest Russell Citronelle Dwight Deer Park Vinegar Bend Escatawpa Fruitdale Yellow Pine and Meridian before returning the next morning with a separate southbound sequence ending in Mobile.
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Mobile
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Card
Commercial Organization
Harvey Jones
Ohlov
Jones
Meridian
Whistler
Oak Grove
Chunchula
Gulfcrest
Russell
Citronelle
Dwight
Deer Park
Vinegar Bend
Escatawpa
Fruitdale
Yellow Pine
Meridian At & A. m
Greeks Ready Ten Land Troops At Besieka Bay
A London dispatch says thirty five Greek transports wait at Mitylene to land troops at Besieka bay though weather delays. Twelve thousand Turkish troops move from Gallipoli to Dardanelles with others by land toward Besieka bay. A Constantinople report notes fighting at the Tchatalja lines will likely pause for about three weeks.
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Associated Press
London
A _ dispatch
Daily Mail
Dardanelles
Mitylene
Besieka Bay
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Tchatalja Lines
European mediation seen in Turkey Balkan talks
The Times reports EU mediation likely with Turkey and Balkan allies alongside Bulgaria Romania talks. War weariness and weather hinder combat, increasing hope for European intervention. Sofia says Bulgaria will seek additional direct negotiations with Romania before arbitration.
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Associated Press
London
the Times
Turkey
Balkan
Bulgaria
Roumania
Times
Sofia
Dierte
Dr King’s New Discovery Cited in Personal Testimony
A Floydada Texas resident J R Wells reports that Dr King’s New Discovery cured a severe cough and cold, with a 15 pound gain. The ad promises money back if it fails and urges purchase at all druggists.
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Dr. King
J. R. Wells
Floyduda
Texas
Jefferson County Wins in State Aid Road Case Test
Judge Gaston Gunter rules Jefferson County is entitled to two years of state aid funds despite unspent 1911 and 1912 allocations. He finds contracts approved by the highway commission create an obligation equivalent to use. The decision aims to shape how unused aid is treated and may go to the supreme court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gaston Gunter
County of Jefferson
State Highway Commission
Jefferson County
Highway Commission
Gunter
Supreme Court
Two Killed in Flume Disaster at Siawash Creek Mine
Yale British Columbia February 21. W H McVeth manager and J A Flodin miner killed when a flume failed at Siawash Creek mine. Several men injured as they were swept through the tunnel. Bodies recovered. considerable damage reported.
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Associated Press
Yale
B. C
W. H. McVeth
J. A. Flodin
Siawash Creek
Subscriptions Grow for Scott Fund Fronted by RGS and Lord Strathcona
London February 21 reports significant additions to the Scott fund subscriptions yesterday. Five contributions reached five thousand dollars each with major backers including the Royal Geographical Society and Lord Strathcona.
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Associated Press
London
Scott Fund
Royal Geographical Society
Lord Strath
Bloodhound Leads Officers To Murder Suspect In Tennessee
In Chattanooga on February 21, after the assassination of Dr. R. P. Cochran of Bradley county near Mount Zion, authorities arrested John Teague, a local neighbor. Bloodhounds traced the trail to Teague’s home a half mile from the crime scene and he is jailed in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
R. P. Cochran
Bradley County
Mount Zion
John Teague
Cleveland
Teague
Vacant Lots Listed on State and Kennedy Streets
Vacant lot S State at 2nd W Pine St measures 471 by 2x150 and vacant lot S Basil at 3rd E Kennedy St measures 47 by 150 with lot details listed.
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S. S. State St
W. Pine St
S. S. State
S. Basil
E. Kennedy St
Semmes Ave
N. Hamilton St
N. S. Monroe
E. Stocking St
N.S. Montgomery
E. Marine St
Old Shell Road
Gilbert St
S. S
Congress
W. Calhoun St
Government St. Heights
Government St
Responsibility for the Estrays: Laymen Rally Presbyerian Movement
At the third annual Laymen's Missionary Movement convention in Memphis Tennessee on February 21 the group pledged 6600 dollars for two more years of work and backed a world tour to study evangelistic methods. Woods White of Atlanta urged better church work and more ministers noting many members go astray and crooks fail to be guided. Rev Henry H. Sweet from Louisville called for more ministers as retirements outpace seminary graduations.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Presbyterian Church
J. B. McCauley
Chattanooga
Charlotte
N. C
Henry H. Sweet
Louisville
Porter Wins $3000 in Skimmerton Assault Case
A Newark jury awarded Hugh Porter of the Skimmerton party $3000 for injuries from a July 1911 shooting when Walter J. Force fired two shotgun blasts at a serenade crowd in Livingston near Newark. Force faced shooting charges and served time in jail. Porter and Walter Leven Guth, also shot, were witnesses. Several Livingston residents supported Porter's account amid Force's defense claiming the bride fainted as hospital authorities feared the crowd would trouble the house.
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Newark
N. J
Hugh Porter
Walter J. Force
Bride
Livingston
Here
Force
Porter
Walter Levenguth
Werere
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