Battle Over Alabama Governor and Senate Seats Forges Ahead
Ex governor Comer remains a sphinx like figure fueling Alabama politics as Hobson and Johnston enter a crowded field. Rumors say Comer may back Henderson while Seed and Welks or Bowie emerge as other contenders. Hobson faces Johnston while Comer sides with no clear declaration, shaping a tense campaign landscape.
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Walter D. Seed
Willam D. Welks
Sydney J. Bowie
Reuben F. Kolb
Comer
Henderson
Railroad Commission
Senate
Johnston
R. P. Hobson
Hobson
Senator Johnston
Merrimac
Mr. Seed
Pinex Syrup Remedy for Cough and Lungs
An old home remedy describes making cough syrup with Pinex and sugar syrup, including quantities and a pint bottle method. The ad touts quick relief, appetite stimulation, and the product’s safety guarantee, urging readers to ask their druggist or send to the company in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Senator Johnston Rapidly Improving
Washington January 7 Senator Joseph F Johnston confined to his hotel by illness shows continued improvement doctor says he has not been dangerously sick during the present attack
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Washington, D. C
Joseph F. Johnston
Judge Fort Charges Grand Jury in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama on January 7 Judge William Fort of the criminal court organized and charged the grand jury. He denounced ongoing crime saying many offenses escape justice and calling out robbers grafters burglars and thieves. Charles B. Freeman is the jury foreman.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Fort
Criminal Court
Fort
Rumor of Judge Jones Retirement Circulates in Alabama
Birmingham report swirls around U.S. District Judge Thomas G. Jones possibly retiring after his 70th birthday or after two more years. Jones, 68 last November, says he cannot predict his future and may stay or retire if health permits. He spoke in Birmingham while reviewing federal officials' reports and avoiding public comment on Alabama rate cases.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas Goode Jones
United States District
Age Herald
Thomas G. Jones
United States Court of the Middle District
Alabama
Jones
Expert secured for Birmingham Holy Innocents Hospital
Miss Inez Sparrow of Boston will arrive January 17 to take charge of Holy Innocents Hospital in Birmingham succeeding Miss Aurie Armstrong. Trustees authorized Rev Willis G Clarke to hire Sparrow, whose life work centers on children, to push further improvements as the hospital expands its care for young patients. A recent doll bazar in the Brown Marx building raised over 1200 dollars for the institution. Mrs Crawford Johnson presides over the Hospital Association and a new financing plan is expected.
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Birmingham
Holy Innocents’ Hospital
Inez Sparrow
Boston
Aurie Armstrong
Willis G. Clarke
Miss Sparrow
Miss Armstrong
Doll Bazar
Brown- Marx
Crawford Johnson
Hospital Association
Health Back After Lungs Were Affected
A testimonial from Mrs. H. K. Bailey in Keyser West Virginia reports severe lung illness after a fell fever and malaria in 1908. She credits Eckmans Alterative with a return to health after three months in bed and calls for others with lung trouble to try the medicine. The ad lists bronchitis asthma hay fever and throat issues as conditions it helps.
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Eckman
B Street
Keyser
W. Va
H. K. Bailey
Lay Warns of Bureaucratic Control Over Alabama Waterways
W P Lay, a pioneer in Alabama waterways, warned Governor O Neal that a Washington based bureaucracy would seize riparian and state rights over Alabama waterways. He described the move as confiscation of riparian owners rights and state powers, wielded by a single bureaucrat, likening it to medieval control. The governor showed strong interest in the presented facts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Washington
Alabama
W. P. Lay
O'Neal
Lay
Mayor of Tuskegee After Blind Tigers
Tuskegee Alabama January 7 1924 The new mayor and city council move to end illegal whiskey sales and bootlegging in the city At least six offenders were fined and given labor sentences for second offenses The mayor pledged to personally see the crackdown through with help from county authorities and detectives
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Tuskegee
Ala
Thompson
Several Seek Job as Tuskegee Postmaster
In Tuskegee Alabama on January 7 a stirred contest forms for the Democratic postmaster nomination. Aspirants include B C Gibson who has gathered hundreds of endorsements, Mrs Judge Hurt likely to run, and Webster Edward pressed by supporters. The office covers four rural routes and a substation at Tuskegee Institute. J A Grimmet, the Taft appointee, serves efficiently but the spoils system looms amid a possible primary.
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Tuskegee
Ala
B. C. Gibson
Judge Hurt
Webster Edward
Tuskegee Institute
J. A. Grimmet
Taft
Secured High Place To Do His Exhorting
W T Blackerly a white man was denied a street preaching permit in Montgomery Alabama. He climbed to the top of the Madison Avenue high water reservoir beginning a gospel exhortation for two or three children until police reached him and placed him in the city jail. Blackerly age forty claims Kentucky as home.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. T. Blackerly
Madison Avenue
Blackerly
Kentucky
Remains of Ike Lowenberg Sent for Natchez Burial
The body of Ike Lowenberg, a traveling salesman, was shipped to Natchez Mississippi for burial after he committed suicide by swallowing bi chromate of mercury at a Montgomery hotel. No motive was given.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ike Lowenberg
Natchez
Miss
Lowenberg
Pensacola Military to Attend Inaugural Parade
Com pany M of Pensacola plans to travel to Washington for Woodrow Wilson's March 4 inauguration. The unit will spend about $1,500, assess $10 to each of 60 men, and raise at least $300 at a carnival ball with business community contributions. past trips suggest few funding troubles.
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Pensacola
Fila
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
DeFunilak
Chipley Light Infantry
New York
Parcels Post Burdens Alabama State Health Dept
Alabama faces higher costs as the state health department uses parcels post for mailing supplies to physicians and midwives for monthly birth and death reports. Officials regret the rule but will follow post office directions, purchasing parcels post stamps to comply despite potential savings from regular postage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Statistical Department of the
State Board of Health
Uncle Sam
Hurley Brothers Enter Bankruptcy In Montgomery Firm
Hurley Brothers of Montgomery known tailor shop filed voluntary bankruptcy citing roughly 20 000 dollars in liabilities. The Dexter avenue business lists stock of goods and unpaid accounts as assets. partners named are Dallas M Hurley and Frank C Hurley.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hurley Brothers
Dexter Avenue
Dallas M. Hurley
Frank C. Hurley
Harrison Co Mills Made Much Lumber
A Gulfport Mississippi lumber exporter says Harrison County mills produced about 130 million feet of lumber in 1912 with an estimated value near 18 million dollars. Ten mills operate with some daily capacities around 200 thousand feet each, implying timber on about 21 666 acres or 338 sections would suffice to supply that output.
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Gulfport
Miss
Progress in Alabama shows state partnership in springs venture
In Wilcox county the Mineral Springs near Camden operated with state support for a summer resort and related shipping, with the company capitalized at 25000 dollars and 8075 dollars subscribed. Incorporators include J L Bonner Sara M Bonner and John Miller. The Birmingham Railway Light and Power Co reports a capital stock rise from 7 million to 7.4 million dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mineral Springs
Camden
Wilcox County
Gono Wilcox County
J.L Bonner
Sara M. Bonner
John Miller
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company
Syrup of Figs Promises Health for Women
A vintage health advert touts Syrup of Figs as a cure for biliousness headaches constipation and nervousness. It urges using the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product and warns against inferior substitutes.
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California Fig Syrup Company
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