Freight car tragedy kills Alabama railroad worker
William Westbrook a 27 year old former Grand Bay station agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad died after being run over by a freight car Sunday near Mobile. He fell under a rear car while attempting to catch a northbound freight caboose and suffered fatal injuries en route to Ocean Springs for burial. He left a wife, parents and other relatives.
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William Westbrook
Grand Bay
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile
Westbrook
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Ocean Springs
Miss
Death of Mrs G B Wilson at Clarksville Tenn
Mrs G B Wilson died suddenly Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs Frank T Hodgson in Clarksville Tennessee from heart trouble. She leaves seven children including Mrs Joseph R Wilson of Nashville sister in law of President elect Woodrow Wilson. Joseph R Wilson a senate secretary candidate had planned to go to Washington but will delay until after the funeral. Now that wireless telegraphy is real it remains to show money in chicken raising business.
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G. B. Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Frank T. Hodgson
Clarksville
Joseph R. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States Senate
Washington
National
Christchurch Lenten Mission Ends With Sermons and Music
The Lenten mission at Christchurch concluded with morning and evening services led by Rev. Frank J. Mallett of Salisbury. Dr. Matthew Brewster assisted. texts from Moses and the burning bush informed sermons on New Experience and The Question of Questions. Daily services continue through Lent at 5 pm with noon Litany on Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Christchurch
Frank J. Mallett
Salisbury
N. C
Matthew Brewster
Calvary
Calvary’s Hill
Dr. Mallett
Biblical Foundation
Christ
Brewster
Digestit relief for acute indigestion praised by user letter
Springfield Ohio reader c H Pelton reports a near death from acute indigestion last January. After using Digestit he recovered quickly gaining weight and strength and recommends the product to others. The ad claims Digestit tablets relieve indigestion instantly and recommends Digestit Elixir with tablets for liver and bowel support. Money back guarantee offered.
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C. H. Pelton
Springfield
Ohio
van Antwerp
Voters' League to Meet at E. L. Russell School
An important meeting of the Voters League of the E. L. Russell school district will be held at the school on Savannah and Jefferson streets Monday night at 8 15. The league invites all voters and interested Mobile citizens to discuss improving city schools and the Russell school. No definite program is set but the proposition will be discussed and recommendations may follow.
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Voters League
E. L. Russell
Savannah
Jefferson Streets
Mobile
Death of H. L. Wilson in Pittsburg
Henry Langford Wilson president of the Archaeological Institute of America and professor of Roman Archaeology and Epigraphy at Johns Hopkins University died of pneumonia in a Pittsburg hospital last night.
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H. L. Wilson
Pittsburg
Henry Langford Wilson
Archaeological Institute of America
Johns Hopkins’ University
Cardui praised by Arkansas woman after illness
Mrs. Alphie McGill of Miller Street Jonesboro says after years of weakness and failed treatments Cardus cured her. She reports relief from headaches and backaches and now does housework. The ad urges other women to try Cardui and write for guidance and a 64 page booklet.
First Lady Wilson Downplays Wardrobe Plans
Mrs Woodrow Wilson in Princeton says she will not seek a lavish Washington debut and dislikes spending on clothes. She emphasizes democracy in dress and aims to focus on social reform and intellectual pursuits while guiding three daughters and maintaining staff at the White House.
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International News Service
New York
Woodrow Wilson
The
White House
Wilson
Philadelphia
Washington
Mrs. Wilson
Art Academy
WhHson
Husband
Talleyrands Entertain for the Shepards in Paris
Paris the Duke and Duchess de Talleyrand hosted a refined dinner for Mr. and Mrs Finley J Shepard at their Avenue du Bois de Boulogne residence. Guests included American Minister Myron T Herrick and staff, with the Shepards sailing to New York in May aboard the Berlin.
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Paris
Duchess de Talleyrand
Finley J. Shepard
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Trianon
Versailles
Anna Gould
Shepard
Myron T. Herrick
J. O’hara Murphy
New York
Mile. Nikita
Opera Comique
Rue Cravaux
M. Sacha Votstchenko
Elsie Kuscher
Norman Hutchinson
David Bayne Hill
Germany
Hristoff
St. Petersburg
Wiliam Sprague
Shaun Kelly
Edmund Kelly
Shane Leslie
Henry Ide
Leslie
John Leslie
Jerome
G. A. de Grasse Catlin
United States Army
Gilbert White
Frank Andrews
McAlpin Hotel
William Henry Young, Jr
Tuexta Park
John Howard
Chicago
White
Rue Cassetta
New Haven
Princess de Stigliano Colonna
Nice
John W. Mackay
Count
Countess Jules de Bonvouloir
Prince Marc Antonio Colonna Stigliano
Gilbert King
Gwendoline King
Avenue Marceaus
William Payne
Bettini
Piere de Maupas du Juglart
Edna Hall
Gladys Reid
Sproul
Frank Sproul
Pittsburg
Mesdame Diaz
Sulzer’s Life Said In Danger After Alleged Plot
Governor Sulzer received a report of an alleged assassination plot. A man with a bandaged head claimed overhearing two men planning to kill Sulzer in an abandoned cider mill. Sulzer said he is not alarmed and notes both he and Mrs. Sulzer have been sent threatening letters.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Executive Chamber
Owen L. Potter
Potter
Pweutaojul Souterot Oyj
Somerfield Safe Report Denies Executions
A scrambled dispatch from Mexico City states Felix Somerfield, head of Ma déro's secret service, is not captured and remains at large despite rumors of his execution. Friends know his whereabouts, contradicting reports from other sources.
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Mexico City
Felix Somerfield
Madéro
Secret Service
Mexico City Shock at Assassination Sparks Silent Mourning
Reports describe the assassination near the penitentiary as crowds mark the spots with stones and candles. Officials pledge full investigation while the escort members are under arrest. Foreign minister de la Barra notes the killing to diplomats and promises inquiry. British residents thank the U S ambassador for handling the disturbances.
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Penitentiary
Mexico
Carednas
Huerta
Senor de la Barra
Mme Gorgoza to Sing for Charity in Paris
Paris reports Mme Emma El Gorgoza plans charity concerts after a troubled season. The prima donna, once mentor and lover to Miss Wire and Miss Eleanor Wise, now seeks support for American students at the Students' Hotel on Saint Michael as she contemplates the concert stage once more.
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Paris
Mme
Emma el Gorgoza
Eleanor Douglas
Baltimore
Mme. Gorgoza
Miss Wire
Ward
Miss Wise
Goroza
Seth Burton French
New
Ing
Saint Michael
Gorgoza
Deni
Amer
Street Car Kills Man in Nashville
J A Townsend who claimed kin to Rear Admiral Towns of the U S Navy and to a brigadier general in the U S Army was killed by a street car in Nashville Tennessee. The fragment mentions relatives and a dentist as a potential party connected to the incident.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
J A. Townsend
Towns
United States Navy
Martin Townsend
U States Army
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