Race betterment conference to discuss Kallikak ancestry
At the first annual conference in Battle Creek Michigan Dr Victor Vaughan of the American Medical Association outlines the Martin Kallikak story. He notes the two family lines show a mix of illegitimacy and feeble mindedness and urges discouraging such unions.
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Associated Press
Battle Creek
Mich
Victor Vaughan
American Medical Association
Martin Kallikak
Kallikak
Alrect
Kallikik
Conferencer
Lillian Russell Heads Mobile Vaudeville Return
Lillian Russell 93 returns to vaudeville with a strong Mobile show. Her company and supporting acts like Bert Melrose Rose and Arthur Boyan deliver clever entertainment and dancing, while Russell’s beauty talk and songs draw steady audience praise.
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Lilian Russell
Miss Russell
Cleveland
Lillian
Alexander PC. Moore
Clinton
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Bert Melrose
Rose
Arthur Boyan
William Farnum
James O'Neill
Knowles
Virginius
Kramer & Bellclair
Marguerite Farell
Comedienne
Be Lvin
Jamaican Exporter to Be Dinner Guest
Mobile Chamber of Commerce directors host an informal dinner for Mr. H. F. Kerr of Montego Bay Jamaica at 6 p.m. Monday at the Cawthon Hotel. He will outline why Mobile should pursue West Indian trade and how local merchants can capture the market currently headed to New York.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce
H. F. Kerr
Montego Bay
Jamaicca
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Kerr
West Indies
New York
Biliousness and Constipation Cured by Tablets
R F Erwin of Peru Indiana reports a year ago he suffered indigestion biliousness and constipation. After trying Chamberlains Tablets he says they helped him right away. Available at Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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R. F. Erwin
Peru
Ind
Chamberlain
van Antwerp Drug Orp
Widow seeks 250000 damages in Pell grade crossing suit
New York, Jan 3. Mrs. H S Osgood Pell widow of a wealthy real estate operator sues the Long Island Railroad Company for 250000 alleging negligence at a grade crossing after a train crashed into Pell's automobile. The suit follows a grade crossing tragedy.
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New York
Osgood Pell
Long Island Railroad Company
Long Beach
L. J
American ball teams arrive in Australia for tour
The Chicago White Sox and New York Giants reached Sydney this morning for a Australasian tour. In the opening game the Chicago team defeated the Giants 5 to 4 before about 10 000 fans. A civic welcome is planned by the Lord Mayor on Monday.
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Associated Press
Sydney
S. W
Chicago White Sox
New York Giants
Chicago
Australasia
Moore urges Mobile as Gulf coast boom city for investment
Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburgh tells Mobile residents to organize a boomers club to attract capital and promote Mobile as a premier Gulf coast city with strength for winter homes and manufacturing plants. He praises Mobile as a superior port to New Orleans and urges widespread advertising to lure investors and tourists.
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Mobile
Gulf Coast
Panama Canal
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburgh
Moore
New Orleans
United States
Pittsburg
Jones Army Faces Steep March To Albany
Rosalie Jones leads a small group of women on the second hike toward Albany. The trek covered 17 miles through rough country from Mack to Haverstraw and Stony Point with eleven of the marchers already taking trains home.
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Associated Press
Eral
Rosalie Jones
Albany
Mack
Haverstraw
Stony Point
Sweeney Reports for Duty in Alabama
Army sergeant John L. Sweeney arrived in Montgomery from Galveston to begin duty in Alabama under Adjutant General Scully. He was recently assigned by the War Department to activity in the state and comes from the Nineteenth Infantry.
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Montgomery
Ala
John L. Sweeney
War
Alabama
Scully
Galveston
Nineteenth Infantry
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsed for Bowel Troubles
Readers ad text praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as superior for bowel issues. It claims gentle, natural action on stomach and liver, stimulating regularity and toning the bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Tragic Knell Family Mystery Shocks Glendale
At 38 Dry Harbor Road Glendale officers investigate the death of Henry Knell 29 and his wife Emily 25 and their two children asphyxiation and a gunshot. Neighbors cite domestic trouble rumors while relatives defend a loving family image amid questions of a suicide pact or wife’s self kill.
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Glendale
L. I
Dry Harbor Road
Henry Knell
Emily
Henry Jr
Edith
Knell
Philadelphia Steel Forge Co
Church Street
Manhattan
Forest Park Athletice Club
W. R. Seeley
Elm Avenue
Ridgewood
Helen
Herman Knell
Preserly
New York
Alabama Travelers Hold Annual Convention in Montgomery
Alabama Travelers gathered at the Gay Teague hotel in Montgomery at 11 o'clock for their annual convention. About 50 to 100 delegates attended. the session continued today and likely into tomorrow, followed by a luncheon after the morning meeting.
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Montgomery
Ala
The
Alabama
Gay -Teague Hotel
Mississippi College Sophomore Dies on Campus
Miles W Haipear an 18 year old sophomore at Mississippi College dropped dead on campus yesterday during a basketball game. Authorities attributed the death to heart trouble. His home was Crystal Springs Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Miss
Miles W. Haipear
Mississippi College
Crystal Springs
Iola girl rendered deaf by pin accident
In Iola Kansas on January 3 Miss Maudé Rodgers pinned her hat as hair covered her ears. She drove a pin through her ear drum causing nerve damage and paralysis on the left side of her face leaving her speechless and deaf.
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Iola
Kan
Meyers electricity invention backers seek another demonstration
Roy J. Meyers the electricity front air inventor faces renewed scrutiny as backers led by W E Chenot and T H Van Heuval push for a second demonstration in New Orleans. Chenot, an Idaho investor who already put up thousands, warns he may sue if Meyers fails to prove a genuine invention and repay staged funds.
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New Orleans
Roy J. Meyers
W. E. Chenot
Chenot
Reynolds
Mr. Chenot
Idaho
Los Angeles
Meyers
Iberty
T. H. van Heuval
Mobile
Germany
van Herval
Ala
Chénot
Meyer
Vah Heuval
Lind's Mission Explained The President Seeks Contact
The passage describes President Wilson learning of Mrs Mezzinson's efforts to see her son aboard a cruiser. He asks Secret Service to locate her address and intends to write explaining the situation and regret that she cannot board. Wilson also orders newspapers gathered for the Chester's crew and placed aboard the vessel.
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Therm
Mr. Lind
Mail Deluge at Gulf Port From Warship Visit
The scout cruiser Chester docked at Gulf Port Mins with John Lind aboard for a Wilson conference. One hundred sacks of mail were sent ashore straining the small post office as ships in Mexican waters previously mailed parcels before Christmas.
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Gulf Port
Mins
Chester
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Christ
Dallas cashier ends life in downtown hotel plunge
Samuel E. Long, 42, a restaurant cashier, waved to friends on the third floor of a downtown Dallas hotel and then jumped into the Boos waters last night. Police investigated the fatal incident as a possible suicide.
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Dallas
Tex
Samuel E. Long
Belyea Death Controversy Northeastern Referee Letter
The protest challenges the NCAA committee report on Vern I. Belyea of Norwich University who died after a football tackle. Nathan A. Tufts of Waltham, the Norwich body referee, argues there was no unnecessary roughness and cites a prior injury in the 1912 Norwich Dartmouth game.
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Associated Press
Boston
National Colegiate Athletic Association
Nework
Vern I
Belyea
Norwich University
Nathan A. Tufts
Waltham
Norwich
Dartmouth
Tufts
Seabright Again Hit by Storm Deluge Destroys Repaired Bulkhead
Seabright New Jersey awoke to fresh storm damage after Christmas Eve wreckage. High tides swept away a bulkhead replaced recently and inundated shorefront buildings. The Octagon Hotel suffered major damage as pilings gave way and dining room wing was wrecked. Emergency crews labored to raise barriers as wind and water battered the fishing district.
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Associated Press
Oe Seabright
Thia Village
Octawon Hotel
Personal notes and license grant in Mobilé report
El Sp di Michardsho is seriously ill at Southern Infirmary but somewhat improved. Gustav A. Conzman, agent of Terre Haute Brewing, received a Mobilé license from the excise commission on Friday afternoon.
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el Sp
Gustav A. Conzman
Terre Haute, Ind
Weeks more required to unload Argentine corn cargo
The steamer New lands will need about seven more days to discharge its cargo of Argentine corn. J T Pope Mobile Chamber of Commerce grain inspector says the corn quality is better than expected and the bank of corn should run No 20. About 80 000 bushels will be sold locally with more sent to Pensacola and other markets, boosting Mobile's grain port prospects.
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Newlands
J.T. Pope
Grain
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Pensacola
North
Ville
Pope
Mobile
Mischief Quartette and Its Work
January reports list victims from influenza influenza pneumonia and bronchitis. The cough weakens the system and signals general decline. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advertised as promptly easing coughs and aiding health to prevent complications.
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Hogee
Phil. P. Cresar Company, Ltd
Louisiana
S. Royal Street
Bernhardt
Pell
Eden
Campbell
A. Osgood Pell
Australia
Hammel
Hammer 'S Savings Bank
Hammer Store
Alex. P. Moore
Lillian Russell
Lands Mobile Country
Gen. Jones
Sweeney
Gill
Travelers IN Annual Convention
C. J. Gayfer & CO
Big Coat Sale
W. £. Chenot
Lind
Seabright
Jersey — Coast Resort
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