Mail Order Swindler Fined And Sent To Jail
Chicago judge sentences Robert Koch to three months in county jail and 250 dollar fine for fraud through the mails after pleading guilty to cheating working women out of 10 cents each by promising at home earnings of 5 to 6 dollars per week. Alfred H. Monroe of Globe Association faces a 5000 dollar fine after a nolo contendere plea on fraudulent mail use.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Robert Koch
Koch
Alfred H. Monroe
The
Globe Association
South State Street Mail Order House
Landis
Monroe
Rious States of the Union
Ollie Mack Closes Lyric Week With Finale Show
Ollie Mack ends a busy Lyric week with a full show and the Chorus Girl's Contest as added attraction featuring twelve new specialties and latest dances. Seats on sale for all performances. Sunday screens five reels of pictures. Jake Wells vaudeville five acts Monday to Tuesday and Wednesday. Margaret Illington Thursday. Freckles Friday and Evans' minstrel Saturday.
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Ollie Mack
Ollie
Mack
Finnegan
Lyric
Jake Wells
Margaret Illington
Evans
Dreamland draws big crowds for weekend shows
Dreamland attracted three large audiences Friday with a fourth record crowd anticipated for the children matinee this afternoon. Final performances are tonight at 7 15 and 8 45. Tomorrow five reels of first run motion pictures start at 3 o'clock as usual with further announcements in The Item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamland
Hoskins Lyric Vaudeville Association
Dreamland Pe
Program adds comedy and classics to week schedule
Fear a new comedy opens Monday through Wednesday with Tuesday matinee. The Battle of Life appears Wednesday to Friday with Thursday and Saturday matinees. Select motion pictures screen at the Orpheum Sunday afternoon.
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Orpheum
Two Teams Will Go To Pensacola
Cleveland Americans and Toledo American Association plan spring training in Pensacola Florida. Advance 25 man Cleveland squad under Joe Birmingham arrives February 21 with 14 more a week later Toledo follows, as the path leased by President Somers is prepared for play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Cleveland Americans
Toledo American Association
Clevelands
Joe Birmingham
Toledo
Somers
President Taft Keeps Busy With Speeches in Philadelphia
President Taft attended three dinners and delivered three speeches in a single evening. This morning he was guest of honor at a Clover Club breakfast. He spoke again near 1 a.m. at a twenty story hotel rooftop garden to the Medical Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Taft
Clover Club
Medical Club
Mobile and Chiva Mailroad Train Schedule 1913
Mobile and Bay Shore division doubles daily service effective Sunday January 5 1913. Trains leave Mobile daily and Sundays at 3 15 a m and 4 00 p m with Sunday only 8 35 a m and 7 20 p m departures.
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Mobile
Chiva Mailroad
Bay Shore Division
Women Faint During Uptown Poker Raid in New York
Fifteen women and seven men in evening dress were rounded up in a high stakes poker game during a police raid on an upscale New York apartment. Two detectives, invited to play, signaled for the raid by waving a handkerchief. Some women fainted under arrest, others pleaded not to alert husbands. Detectives report one woman lost about 1400 dollars. In Washington the excise board approves an official growler for beer drinkers with prescribed size and attachments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Excise Board of
Washington
Taft to resign Yale fellowship for Kent professorship
New Haven January 18 The Yale corporation may hear that Taft will resign as a fellow to accept the Kent professorship of law. It is understood the Kent seeks to avoid serving with his own employer, though university rules do not bar a professor from holding both a chair and a fellow position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Taft
Kent
Spain Expands Navy Amid Cautious Readiness
Spain plans a new naval build up while signaling restraint in use. officials emphasize defensive posture and readiness should crisis arise, aiming to bolster deterrence without escalation.
Probate case notice to non residents in Mobile County
Notice to William Frolichstein of Chicago Illinois and Benjamin Frohlichstein of St Louis Missouri regarding probate proceedings in Mobile County Alabama for Esau H Klichstein deceased. Matilda Frohlichstein filed a petition in writing on January 16 1913 in the probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frolichstein
Chicago
Illinois
Marquette Building
Benjamin H. Frohlichstein
St. Louis
Missouri
Silk Exchange
Twelfth
Washington Avenue
Mobile County
Alabama
Esau H. Klichstein
Matilda Frohlichstein
Scranton Fights Gambling as Evangelist Ramps Up Crusade
In Scranton Pennsylvania on January 18 officials launch a drive against gambling houses. Detective Wilson and County Detective Rafter gather testimony, indictments are expected, licenses may be revoked, while evangelist Mr. Jones accuses the town of vice and quips that even a glass eye can see more than the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Board of Trade
Jones
New York
Elm Park
William L. Connell
Wilson
Pittsburgh
Reedy
Rafter
Thomas
Mr. Jones
Lackawanna Valley
Pennsylvania
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Cassidy 70 Relict of John Cassidy
Mrs Margaret M Cassidy aged 70 widow of John Cassidy died at 3 46 am after a long illness. Born in Ireland she had lived in America 63 years and was known in Mobile. Survived by sister Mrs Ellen Willis three nephews Meséra Joseph M John T and Lee Walsh and three nieces Mrs Robert Matthews Mrs Edward Allen and Mrs James Williams. Funeral from Mrs Willis residence Sunday afternoon.
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Margaret M. Cassidy
Margaret M. Casesidy
John Cassidy
Ireland
America
Bhé
Mobile
Ellen Willis
Dauphin Street
Meséra
Joseph M
John T
Lee Walsh
Robert Matthews
Edward Allen
James Williams
Willis
Burial of A N Spear in local ceremony
The funeral for Alexander N. Spear was held Friday at 3 PM from the family home at the southeast corner of Joachim and Btate streets. Rev A G Richards of Trinity Epleco church conducted the service and the remains were laid to rest in Magnolia cemetery with several floral designs. Pallbearers listed include Mese고 Jacob Meyer M Miller Lee Fearn John Renth.
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A. N. Spear
Alexander N. Spear
Joachim and
Btate Streets
A. G. Richards
Trinity Epleco Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Meséreacob Meyer
M. Miller
Lee Fearn
John Renth
Girls Weigh Coal On Nagasaki Barges In Japan
An article describes Japanese women loading coal onto ships at Nagasaki by passing half bushel baskets up a ladder from a barge to a ship. The process is nonstop with chant and coordinated movement as barges are emptied and ships ready to sail.
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Nagasaki
Japan
Sage & Writer
Wide World Magazine
Wanchor
Pellagra Leads as Death Dealer in Alabama Insane Hosp
New York January 18 report from Alabama Insane Hospitals trustees shows Pellagra as the principal cause of death in 1912, tallying 146 deaths among insanes including 100 whites and 46 negros. The document details patient counts by county, race, and sex, and notes employment and expenditure figures for Bryce hospital and Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trustees of the Insane Hospitals of
Alabama
Cobora
Sexon
Tuscaloosa
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson
Mobile
Rg Creed
Walker
Talladega
Houn
Atowah
Crarg
Cullman
DeKalb
Winston
Lamar
Blount
Bible
Bhelby
Ineane
Bryce Hospital
Montana Woman Accepts Novel Suffrage March Speaker
Miss Jeannette Rankin of Missoula accepts invitation to be official speaker for the suffrage march from New York to Washington before President Wilson's inauguration. Rosa Lee Jones leads the marchers.
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Helena
Mont
Jeannette Rankin
Missoula
Montana
Suffrage Army
New York
Washington
Wilsen
Rosaie Jones
New Parcel Post Plans Include Artistic Postage Concept
A note mentions a new filekel arriving around February 1 with uncertain reach beyond basic egg value, described as an artistic cost. It suggests testing the parcel post by sending a box of Christmas cigars to a friend instead of delaying.
Civic League Officer Condemns Poor House Conditions
Secretary W H Roberts of the Kile County Civic League after an inspection of the Mobile county asylum Friday reported water supply is worse than described. He notes a ill kept grounds litter and waste waters in open pools. State Inspector W H Oates approved forcing the board to attend to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Roberts
Kile County Civic League
Mobile County Asylum
W. H. Oates
Roberts
Back Fire Triggers Auto Blaze In City Intersection
A car owned by HB BL was badly damaged in a Friday blaze at the intersection of hovels and St Michael streets. Fire crews arrived after residents alerted authorities when the occupants learned of the fire from bystanders. The cause cited was a backfire.
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HB. BL
Hovels
St. Michael Streets
Royal and
St. Rye Pose
Mae Aoe
Not All The Cops Are Involved In Public Protection
Joe Mitchell Chapple argues in National Magazine that police officers face public scorn yet perform essential service. He contrasts American police with London’s Bobby and urges stronger protection for public officers amid political rancor and graft concerns.
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New York
Seher
London
Bobby
Neptune
Scotland Yard
Col
Roosevelt
Joe Mitchell Chapple
National Magazine
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van Antwerp
Night Watchman’s Clock
Young Mah
R. A
Lyric Theatre
van Antwery Building
M. CG. Forcheimer
Government St
East of Genes
Reed
Conception Street
Government Street
South Conception
Southern Feather Co
le Merit Woolen Mills
North Royal Street
Xmas Tree Lght
Schenker-Alidor Electric Co
St. Emanuel Street
McGuire and Co
Daupuin Ee
Sam
South Royal Street
Pollock
Rearone
Rattner
Dr. Daly
Jos. Patt
Evans’ Place
Dauphin
Bath
St. Anthony Street
S.cedar Street
Phome
H. P
Oran Overton
Schenker-Alidor Blaetrie Co
P. O. Box
Magnolia Compress & Warehouse Co
Royal St
Congress
Adams St
F. Tyrrell
Reed Ave
George
Roper
Sali
Marine Street
DRD. N. Browne & Co
St. Francia Street
George Buckley
Whistler and
Holt Road
Hall's Mill Road
Hillison & Wilson
Saapaadd
Reed Avenue
H. B
N. Royal St
George Dit
St. Francis Street
Bell
Belle
Joseph A. Marques
North Mobile
Notify Mobile Chair Co
Raven
St. Michael Street
Pauline
Princess Flora
Crithton
Spring Hill
Burton Avenue
Madame Pauline
Antwerp Bldg
G. BH
Rosargé
Conception
Kaiserhof Hotel
R. A. Lambert Bell
Church Street
YALE
Spain
Penn
Pellagra
Jos
Reine Geo
Weeta Distillers
Nashville, Tenn
Richard Liquor Ge
Distributera
N. Commerte St
Civic League
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