Morgan Liner El Dorado Believed Lost
Galveston Texas January 17. Up to late last night no word reached officials on the Morgan Line steamer El Dorado eight days overdue from New York. General Manager J W Jurgen said he believed the vessel with thirty nine aboard had been lost. The El Dorado carried 2000 gross tons of steel rails. Captain W E Wood master and William Gower chief officer resided in New York. Charles Herbert chief engineer from Algiers Louisiana.
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Galveston
Texas
Morgan Line
el Dorado
New York
J. W. Jurgen
Jurgen
W. E. Wood
William Gower
Charles Herbert
Algiers
Local Stores Advertise Vacant Spaces and Contacts
Readable fragment lists several merchants and streets including Vanener Seed Store at 8 S Royal, Weinacker Bros on Catherine and Government streets, Harris Grocery Co on Dauphin and Joachim, signaling a classified notice of business locations and contacts.
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Vanener Eee
S. Royal Bt
Weinacker Bros
Government
Catherine Sts
Harris Grocery Co
Dauphin
Joachim Sts
Captain and mate cling to sinking ship in Mersey collision
In thick fog off Liverpool the British steamer Auchenarden sinks after a collision with La Blanca. The captain and mate refuse rescue and cling to the sunken vessel's propeller twenty feet above the water as La Blanca stands by to render assistance.
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Liverpool
Mersey
Auchenarden
la Blanca
Col Bricken's Soldiers Might Attend Wilson Inauguration
In Montgomery Alabama on January 17 Col C R Bricken said the Alabama second regiment will go to Woodrow Wilson's inauguration if the weather is mild. If it is too cold the state cannot afford overcoats and will delay decision until shortly before March 4. Adjutant General J B Scully seeks a regiment from Alabama and railroad men plan two special trains from Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Woodrow Wilson
C. R. Bricken
Quizz
J. B. Scully
Water supply rights affirmed by Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama cities may impound water to supply inhabitants without liable damages. In Shahan vs Brown the court said towns formed around springs have a natural right to use water sources within urban plots. Rural landowners may seek damages for infringed drainage. The ruling concerns city water Supply and ice factory needs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court
W. P. Shahan
A. Brown
Gadsden
Brown
Attalla
Shahan
T. C. McClellan
Bond Jumper Taken Back in Illinois Case
In Montgomery Ale, Jan 17, Will Johnson, a man of color, was taken from the city to St Clair county Illinois to answer a charge. He had been arrested here and was custody of Sheriff I Mulcomery of Past St. Louis.
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Montgomery
Ale
I. Mulcomery
St. Louis
Will Johnson
Neero
St. Clair County
Ena Jongon
Illinois
Pure Food Law in Controversy Before Supreme Court
Washington January 17. The Corn Products Company challenges Wisconsin pure food law labeling requiring glucose flavored with refiners syrup or corn syrup. Grocers fined for selling corn syrup labeled not per state law. State argues federal misbranding rule conflicts with federal act. three secretaries' rulings cited. State counters authority disputed amid Wiley board findings.
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Washington
Pure Food
Corn Products Company
Broadway
New York
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Strands
Department of Commerce and Labor
Wiley
Food and Drug Inspection Board
Corn. Products Company
Nelson
Launch Explosion Kills Five Near Gadsen Point
Five men are believed dead after the Tampa Shell and Sand Company launch Hattie May exploded and sank off Gadsen's point in Hillsborough Bay. Missing are Captain Clifford Mc Mullen Engineer James Walsh the cook Henry Clark and two unnamed African American men. The steamship Fokanoket from the Favorite line went to assist.
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Tampa, Fie
Hattie May
Tampa Shell and Sand Company
Gadsen’s Point
Hillsborough Bay
Clifford McMullen
James Walsh
Cook
Henry Clark
Favorite Steamship Line
Floods Hit Evansville as Ohio River Rises
Evansville Indiana faced a rising Ohio River with a flood stage not seen since 1884. A steady rain pushed the river to 46.4 feet and flooded sewers raising typhoid fears while many homes and numerous plants were submerged, leaving hundreds jobless.
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Evansville
Ind
Military matters on Alabama program debated Monday
Geographical rearrangement of Alabama regiments and medical corps reorganization are to be considered by the state military board in a meeting with the governor. Provisions for officer pay during any governor called duty and a brigade encampment this summer are also on the agenda.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Military Board
Supreme Court Affirms Mount Vernon Lumber Co Case
The Alabama Supreme Court today affirmed the Mount Vernon Lumber Company case against Kate T. Shepard and others from the Mobile chancery court.
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Supreme Court
Montgomery
Ala
The
Mount. Vernon Lumber Company
Kate T. Shepard
Mobile Chancery Court
Captain Wesley Markwood Laid To Rest In Washington
Captain Wesley Markwood buried in Washington D C. Claimed as the District of Columbia’s oldest native, he served seventy years in government and fought in Indian troubles Texas the Mexican War and the Civil War. He left the army after an altercation but reenlisted for the Mexican War under the name Samuel H Walker. A monument was erected in San Antonio and a county later named for him. He was last connected with the department of agriculture.
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Washington
Wesley Markwood
District of Columbia
Army
Texas
Mexico
Markwood
Samuel H. Walker
Huamatana
San Antonio
Department of Agriculture
Woman to lead Tennessee Public School Officers’ Association
Nashville January 17 for the first time in its 26 year history the Tennessee Public School Officers Association elected a woman president Miss May Williams superintendent of Shelby County schools. P L Harned of Nashville was reelected secretary and treasurer.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Public School Officers’ Association
May Williams
Shelby County
P. L. Harned
Neglected Colds and Liver Strain Warn of Dangers
The article warns that neglected colds and a sluggish liver thicken the blood, close skin pores, and cause facial heat, cold feet, and bowels to constipate. It emphasizes relieving congestion and keeping the bowels open to avert serious illness.
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Tod
Albanians Accuse Serbs of Widespread Killings in Kosovo
The Redispost reports that about twenty five thousand Albanians have been killed in Kosovo by Serbian regulars and irregulars since the Turkish invasion. It calls for a European commission to investigate the alleged atrocities.
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Vienna
Kossovo
Turkey
Redispost
European Commission
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