New mobile made coal barge loading for trip down river
Birmingham January 12 report on Pratt Consolidated Coal Co order two shipyard built barges loaded at Maxine with 1500 tons coal bound for Mobile. Aimed for downstream transport on Warrior river with plans for more barges and a second towboat to carry coal to Mobile and New Orleans.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pratt Consolidated Coal
Bile
Maxine
Mobile
Warrior River
Pratticated Coal Company
Pratt ‘Consolidated
Debardeleben Coal Company
Oveners
Baldwin
Tuscaloosa
Cane Creek
Cordova
Martha Hennen
New Orleans
Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
EnSley Southern Railroad
Taylor’s Bluff
Gome
Effort to secure Mobile Navy Yard urged in vigorous talk
Parsons led a push to back a Mobile Navy Yard and a local committee was chosen to nominate statewide names. Irvine travels to Birmingham to mobilize merchants and manufacturers and secure help from the Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Co. to win support from Alabama leaders and possibly Mississippi.
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Mobile Navy Yard
Parsons
Washington
Irvine
Birmingham
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
L. C
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Navy Yard
R. S. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Anniston
Alabama
Mississippi
Committee
Gulfport
Biloxi
Jackson
A. J. Parsons
J. M. Walsh
Harry Pillans
S. H. Peck
R. G. Cobb
Horace Turner
J. S. Taylor
R. V. Taylor
J. Leslie Taylor
T. J. Taylor
W. H. Reynolds
F. I. Thompson
W. M. Clemens
J. €. O'Connell
L. C. Irvine
Erwin Craighead
Henry Hall
Percy
Eufaula Bride Killed in Shotgun Accident
Mrs Fay Lamar wife of a prominent young farmer was killed when a shotgun she was helping clean discharged. Her husband held the gun and pressed the trigger as she poured oil into the barrel. Both barrels fired into her heart killing her instantly. Local notices follow with community names and business updates about Mobile shipping plans and a Navy yard lobbying effort.
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Eufaula
Ala
Fay Lamar
La Fayette Arrives After Threatening Warnings At Sea
The French liner La Fayette reached New York after anonymous threats to passengers from Bordeaux. No submarine or mine was sighted during the voyage and officials conducted a thorough pre voyage search. Passengers, including Henry Clews and his wife, reported nervous tension but details of the warnings were not disclosed.
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New York
la Fayette
Henry Clews
Bordeaux
Lusitania
Clews
Robert Goelet
Birthday Celebrants Born on January Twelfth Across Years
A set of notice lines records birthdays on January 12 for individuals born in 1913 1911 1909 1904 1902. The items present multiple entries, each noting the January 12 birth date in different years.
Revenge on the cook and a brisk court tale
A humorous Tribune excerpt notes Melissa Palmer a colored Trady is fined 25 dollars and 25 days in jail for drunkenness while joking about her price. It hints she is Recorder Edingtons cook and spins a kitchen court tale with social satire of hunger and fines and a dawning breakfast food rationale.
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Melissa Palmer
Trady
Melissa
Wallstreeters
Recorder Edington
Nichols Pardoned After Petit Larceny Conviction
Jim Nichols, convicted of petit larceny and sentenced to one year in jail three months ago for stealing a garden truck, received a gubernatorial pardon on Tuesday from Governor Henderson. The article also notes a push for universal military service in the United States.
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Nichols
Jim Nichols
Henderson
Demand for swift punishment of Villa bandits grows
U S officials demand full satisfaction from Carranza after 28 Villa followers killed 19 foreigners on a Chihuahua City to Cusihuirischic train. Holmes escaped as the group opened fire. Telegrams pleaded for action while Congress debates possible measures and the White House weighs next steps.
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Couch
Romero
Chihuahua City
Cusihuirischic
Chihuahua
Villa
Holmes
Wilson
Carranza
Washington
Oac
Manuel M. Medinieviata
Peter Kane
Madera
Juarez
Lansing
State Department
Senate
Sherman
United States
Mexico City
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Dyer
Congress
White House
Dr King’s New Life Pills for liver and stomach relief
An advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a tonic for torpid liver and queasy stomach. It claims to purify blood relieve constipation biliousness dizziness indigestion and restore feeling of wellness. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Plan to strengthen National Guard over continental army
Washington plans to strengthen the national guard with regular pay and admission to the regular army in war time. Chairman Hay of the House military committee argues a guard expansion, projecting initial 130000 troops growing to 400000 within two years, instead of adding ten new regular regiments. President Wilson has endorsed the war department's continental army plan, marking early admin disputes.
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Washington
National Guard
War Department
Wilson
Hay
House Military Committee
White House
Hays
Aes
Pga
Beach Highway Right of Way Sought in Biloxi
Biloxi Mississippi January 12 Special A committee appointed by Mayor Edward Glennon to secure the right of way for the beach highway through Biloxi by the county. Harrison county supervisors authorized 200000 in bonds to build a roadway from Point Cadet to Henderson Point and need Biloxi right of way.
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Biloxi
Miss
Edward Glennon
Harrison County Board of Supervisors
Point Cadet
Henderson Point
Charles Ross 80 Sweden native dies at Home for the Aged
Charles Ross aged 80 a Sweden native died Tuesday night after a long illness at the Home for the Aged. He is survived by a nephew and other relatives in the city. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon.
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Charles Ross
Sweden
Be Careful in Using Soap on Your Hair
Advice warns against soaps and shampoos with excess alkali that dry scalp and brittle hair. Recommends plain emulsified coconut oil as a greaseless, cheap alternative sold at drug stores. Describe how to apply a teaspoonful with water to produce rich lather that rinses easily and leaves hair soft and manageable.
Dr Bell's Tar Honey for throat and chest relief
An old ad claims internal throat and chest troubles cause inflammation and soreness if unchecked. It promotes Dr Bell's Tar Honey to loosen phlegm destroy germs in the throat or nose and notes pine oil as soothing and antiseptic.
Trade adviser to visit southern trade centers soon
Stanley H. Rose, export trade adviser for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, will soon start a southern trip to meet merchants and manufacturers and promote foreign trade opportunities. The itinerary includes Danville, Lynchburg, Charlotte, Greensboro, Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta, Rome, and New Orleans with dates to be announced. Hamel is arraigned in police court on prohibition law violation. request for continuance granted. case set for Saturday after raid on Kaiserhoff Hotel on Conception street.
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Washington
Stanley H. Rose
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau
Danville
Lynchburg
Charlotte
Greensboro
N. C
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Rome
New Orleans
Hamel
Peter Hamel
Kaiserhoff
Conception Street
Rheumatism Advice Promoted as Urgent Remedy
A health advert claims damp weather triggers rheumatism from uric acid buildup. It urges people to drink Jad Salts or a similar rad Salts solution each morning to stimulate kidneys and excrete the toxin. The pitch emphasizes inexpensive, harmless lithia-based alithia-water as kidney friendly.
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Stewart Brooks
W. C. Lott
Palmer Pillans
John T. Cochrane
W. F. Owen
J. Hammel
H. T. Hartwell
Henry A. Forchheimer
M. Forchheimer
A. P. Bush
A. LeBlanc
J. Howard Wilson
P. J. Lyons
John Craft
LeBaron Lyons
J. W. Little
M. J. McDermott
Jacob Reiss
BE. O. Fow
Gulf
Pensacola
Galveston
Nesbitt
Battle House
N Yard
William Adler Smith
Michigan
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Gulf Coast
V.L.S. E. Feature
V. L. S.E. Star
The
Harrigan
Iselim
Iammunition Wagon
Orden Porterfield
St. Michael
Empire Theatre
Universal Military Service
U. S
Scott
Army
Horlick
Hasse
Miami
Ariz
J. Adams
el Paso
R. H. Simmons
W. D. Pearce
Los Angeles
J. W. Woom
Charlies Ross
Columbia Theatre
Aills & Myers Comedy CO
Ross Aills
Simon Myers and
the Drisdall Sisters
Royal Street
TSP
Lewis
H. L. Oberkirk
J. Druhan
the Weather Bureau
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