YMCA Opens City League Basketball With Double Header
The YMCA basketball season starts tonight at 8 with a double header featuring the YMCA boys against Medical College, and Barton versus UMS. Crenshaw of Mobile Medical College named captain. Dr Toulmin Gaines elected City League president. all games on YMCA court.
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Marriott
Y.C. A
Medical College
Bartons
U.M.S
Pensacola
Charles Baumhauer
Crenshaw
Medical
Mobile Medical College
Fred Crenshaw
Montgomery
Barnes
Toulmin Gaines
Calomel Promoted as Harmless Laxative
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a safe 10 cent remedy for constipation and sluggish liver. It claims to avoid sickness, no griping, and works while you sleep, contrasting with calomel which supposedly causes illness and lost work.
Seek Evidence of Wheat Combines
Washington January 16. Department of justice officials monitor a jump in wheat and flour prices for possible evidence of illegal combinations behind the increases. Federal attorneys nationwide act under Wilson administration directives as food prices rise after the European war. The attorney general says discovery would prompt prosecutions. President Wilson considers Mrs Julian Heath suggestion to embargo wheat exports if prices keep rising.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Wilson
Julian Heath
The
National Housewives League
Threats to German Ambassador Lead to Six Month Jail Term
Edwin R. Scott of Raymond Washington received a six month sentence from Federal Judge Cushman for threatening the life of German Ambassador Count Johann von Bernstorff. Scott admitted writing two letters to the ambassador in which he claimed the threats were bluffs.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Edwin R. Scott
Raymond, Wash
Cushman
Count Johann von Bernstorff
Scott
Umpires Face Salary Cuts Across Baseball Leagues
Major and minor league umpires fear pay cuts next year with reports of up to 400 dollars trimmed from each annual salary. Officials defend current pay and threaten to seek other jobs if reductions proceed.
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New York Press
Destroyer Cushing to Be Launched Today
In Quincy Massachusetts on January 16 the torpedo boat destroyer Cushing is about eighty five percent complete and to be launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation yards. It is named for Lieutenant William Cushing famed for sinking the Confederate ram Albemarle in 1864.
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Associated Press
Quincy
Mass
Cushing
Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
William Cushing
Albemarle
Macon County planter Torrance shot to death at dawn
Montgomery Ala Jan 16 George Torrance owner of the Torrance plantation one of Macon county s largest was shot and killed early this morning while mounted on his horse preparing to inspect plantation work. An unknown assailant fired the fatal shot and fled the scene.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
George Torrance
Torrance
Macon County
Perso
Duffy Outpoints Dundee in Milwaukee Match
Jim Duffy of Lockport New York outpointed Johnny Dundee of New York in a ten round no decision boxing match in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Dundee had size disadvantage with Duffy weighing 136 pounds to 127 ½ pounds.
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Milwaukeer
Wis
Jimmy Duffy
Lockport
N. Y
Johnny Dundee
New York
Dundee
Duffy
Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey for Children Coughs and Colds
An advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey for children with coughs or colds. It claims quick action to ease symptoms, soothe the lungs, loosen mucus, and prevent progression of a cold. The snippet references a product page and pricing line.
Visiting physician in school advocates nurses
A Mobile meeting on Friday night urged nurses in public schools to aid the physician inspector. Dr James S McLester explained Birmingham’s program with two white and two colored nurses and outlined the needed number for Mobile. Community leaders backed the plan but cited budget limits. one white and one colored nurse were deemed sufficient for now.
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Mobile
Barton Academy
Jamess. McLester
Birmingham
American Medical Association
McLester
Etta Lambert
College Women's Club
John T. Cochrane
Me¢Lester
Toulmin Gaines
Gaines
D. T. McCall
R. P. Roach
City Brevities: Alberta Wallace fined for blind tiger
Alberta Wallace colored was fined 250 dollars and costs of ninety days by Recorder Edington for operating a blind tiger. She appealed, bond set at 250 dollars. In other actions, ten of nineteen chauffeurs arrested for operating without state licenses were dismissed with proper papers. remaining cases continued for license compliance. William Godbold of Plateau had case continued with hearing set for Saturday over meat inspection law violation.
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Alberta Wallace
Ike Kruse
Edington
Recorder’s Court
William Godbolt
Plateau
Godbill
Parade of Unemployed Marched on New York City Hall
Thirteen unemployed men led a larger crowd that included many police officers as they marched from Brooklyn to city hall to demand work. The group dispersed at the hall but regrouped in City Hall Park before likely dispersing again.
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New York
City Hall
Brooklyn
City Hall Park
Restau rant to Open at 62 North Royal Street by Mihalakis team
Duggan and Taylor announce lease of the store at 62 North Royal Street to Andro Mihalakis and partners who will operate a restaurant in the building. S. J. Rhodes files suit in circuit court seeking 250 damages against Southern Railway for alleged late delivery and damage to goods. Judge Price Williams admits will of Frank C. Frazer to probate. estate left to widow Bertha Do. Frazer resided on Cedar Point Road.
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Duggan & Taylor
North Royal Street
Andro Mihalakis
S. J. Rhodes
Buit
The
Southern Railway
Price Williams
Frank C. Frazer
Bertha Do. Frazer
Frank Frazer
Cedar Point Road
Charles Schimpf Restaurant Sells Fresh Dishes
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Charles Schimpf Restaurant at 3527 North Royal selling fresh items. The text mentions oysters, loaves, pricing, and seating or hall references, but details are unclear.
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Charles Schimpf
North Royal
Shepperd murder charges denied in WV prisoner case
Information from Wheeling West Virginia says Harold B Shepperd alias E N Smith arrested in Selma Alabama on escape from Moundsville penitentiary is not wanted for murder but for horse stealing He was sent up from Hancock County West Virginia escaped after a year in custody The former Pittsburgh resident had a wife and child in East Liverpool Ohio His wife divorced and remarried Friends aim to seek a pardon for him
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harold B. Shepperd
E. N. Smith
Selma
Ala
State
Moundsville
Mobile County
Hancock County
West Virginia
Sheppherd
Pittsburgh
Liverpool
Smith
Shepperd
Lyric Theatre
Seven rescued seamen recount wreck of schooner Dann
Seven sailors rescued from the John W. Dann wreck off Live Shoals arrived in New York aboard the Malinche. They described leaving Charleston, facing a succession of gales and a January 13 northwesterly hurricane that tore away rigging and deckload, leaving the hull waterlogged. The Malinche made a difficult rescue the following day amid heavy seas and lifeboat danger.
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Associated Press
New York
John W. Dann
Live Shoals
Charleston
S. C
Realty Firm Chartered In Probate Court Record
Line-McGowin Realty Company filed incorporation papers in the probate court with a capital stock of 2000 dollars to engage in real estate in the county. Officers include Charles Line of Chicago president William T McGowin of Motile secretary treasurer and John L Ramsey vice president.
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Line-McGowin Realty Company
Charles Line
Chicago
William T. McGowin
Motile
John L. Ramsey
Silent Treatment Accorded German Landsturm in Brussels
In Brussels the Belgian public coldly shuns German landsturm troops. Children avert eyes, shoppers leave shops, and streetcar riders avoid contact. An American who spoke to a German off duty heard the surprised response that no one had spoken civilly to him in a month.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Dr Hines to Lead First Baptist Opelika
Rev W P Hines, three and a half years Dauphin Way Baptist pastor in Mobile, announces resignation to accept call to First Baptist Church of Opelika Alabama. He said he cannot yet say when he will leave Mobile and asks his congregation to find a successor promptly. Dauphin Way's departure takes effect on or before April 1. He had received other calls in Alabama Georgia and Virginia.
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W. P. Hines
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Opelika
Ala
First Baptist Church
Dauphin Way
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
Knabe Moran and Magee Jab at Star Batsman Standoff
Otto Knabe Terrapin manager and Pat Moran Philadelphia leader flank Sherwood Magee to keep the star batsman from talking too much at the National League meeting.
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Otto Knabe
Terrapin
Pat Moran
Philly
Sherwood Magee
Hope for sons on destroyed yacht tragedy fades
Five missing after the private yacht Julia exploded and burned off Pimlico Sound near Engelhard. An island search was planned as relatives abandoned hopes of survivors. J. W. Murray of Burlington is named as owner while Mrs. Murray was rescued clinging to wreckage.
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Associated Press
Beaufort
N. C
Julia
Pimlico Sound
Longe Shoat
Engelhard
O'Neill Says Western League Season Mixed for Managers
Tip ONeill, president of the Western League, cites a successful season yet laments an inferior lot of managers. Arthur Devlin, former Giant star, has agreed to manage Denver in the league, offering ONeill some relief.
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Tip O'Neill
Arthur Devlin
Giant Star
Denver
Mr. O'Neill
Dr. King's New Life Pills for Liver Trouble
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy for constipation headache nervousness and bilious spells caused by a sluggish liver. Mentions 25c price and dry Bucklen s Arnica Salve for skin eruptions.
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Dr. King
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