King's Royal Germetuer Promoted as Cure All
Advertised remedy claims to destroy disease germs and heal ulcers. It promises immediate results for a wide range of ailments from catarrh to rheumatism. Sold for $1 per bottle with home treatment directions by Billis Lillybeck Drug Co and Van Antwerp Drug Co in Mobile and Dauphin streets.
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Royal
Billis-Lillybeck Drug Co
Mobile
Ala
van Antwerp Drug Co
Dauphin
Royal Streets
Libel Filed Against British Steamer Indrakuala Over Julia Luckenbach Sinking
Libel proceedings in Norfolk seek $225000 from the British steamer Indrakuala after the January 3 collision with the American steamship Julia Luckenbach in Chesapeake Bay. The Luckenbach sank with 15 crewmen lost. libelants accuse high speed, incompetent officers, un sounding fog signals, and failure to assist. Named parties include Ed Luckenbach and trustees, Lewis Luckenbach estate executors, Charles H. Dikes & Co., and First Officer Frederick R. Hunt.
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Norfolk
Indrakuala
United States
Julian Luckenbach
Chesapeake
Luckenbach
Fif
Lewis Luckenbach
Execu
Tors
Edward Luckenbach
Charles H. Dikes & Co
Frederick R. Hunt
Wisner Fraud Trial Fast Nearing End
In New York on January 18, the government nears resting after examining the last of ninety witnesses. A. L. Wisner and John J. Meyers of A. L. Wisner & Co. face five weeks of federal court testimony over alleged mail fraud tied to ore and oil claims in Nevada and California. Guy H. Salisbury testified that after the 1907 lease expiration and property loss, stock sales continued on profitable-yield representations.
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New York
A. L. Wisner
John J. Meyers
A. L. Wisner & Co
Nevada
California
Guy H. Salisbury
San Francisco
Deacon White Dies After Long Financial Career
New York January 18 Stephen Van Cullen White known as Deacon White, Wall Street broker and former treasurer of Plymouth Church Brooklyn, died today after a career of winning and losing fortunes in stock corners. Born 1831 in Chatham County, North Carolina, he had lived in Brooklyn since the Civil War. A complication of maladies caused his death.
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New York
Stephen van Cullen White
Wall Street
White
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Deacon” White
Chatham County
North Carolina
Turpentine and Rosin Market Report from Savannah
Turpentine firm at 39 1 4 cents per gallon and rosin firm at 5 1/2 dollars for F and 5 52 1/2 dollars for G. Market notes dated Savannah Georgia January 18.
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Savannah
Turpentine
Rosin
New York Cotton Opens Steady Then Slips On Futures Markets
Cotton futures opened steady but declined through the day with January to December months showing net losses. Trading was light as general activity remained weak and short covering provided the main support, aided slightly by European-linked buyers. Prices closed easy across active contracts with modest gains for some months offset by losses in others.
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New York
Liverpool
Italy
Money on call and time loan rates noted in New York
New York Money reports call money with no final or loans. Time loans show weakness with rates for sixty and ninety days at 4 percent and six months at 4 1/2 percent.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Drops
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a 4 to 6 point decline as selling orders dominated and demand remained weak. Bull support was lacking while sellers, eager to balance losses from early week, supplied most activity. Rain across the cotton belt favored the short side, and prices fell 8 to 9 points by mid session.
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New Orleans
Bitter Turkish envoy blasts European note in London
Osman Nizami Pasha, Turkish ambassador to Germany, denounces the joint note to the Porte amid peace talks in London. He accuses Europe of broken promises, questions promised security for Turkey, and rejects ceding the Aegean islands without reliable guarantees. He notes Turkish reluctance to surrender territory without credible assurances.
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London
Osman Nizami Pasha
Germany
Europe
Turkey
Constantinople
Nizami Pasha
Porte
Aegean
Toulminville Box Party Benefits Local Church
A box party for the Toulminville Methodist church will be held at Mrs. M. W. Wright’s home on Clinton avenue in Toulminville Friday January 24 at 7 30 p m. L H Horn of 205 Government street reported that Richard Lewis injured in a collision with Horn’s car at Government and Conception streets on Thursday was at fault, with Horn claiming his vehicle was stationary when Lewis on a bicycle struck it.
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Toulminville Methodist Church
M. W. Wright
Clinton Avenue
Toulminville
L. H. Horn
Government Street
Richard Lewis
Mr. Horn
Government and
Conception Streets
Barret Lumber Company Incorporated In Mobile
Probate court notes the J. S. Barret Lumber Company is formed in Mobile to run a general lumber shingle building supply and timber business with capitalization of 4000 dollars. Incorporators include J. S. Barret C C Barret and Daniel McNeill. C C Tamm of Colorado Springs travels via Mobile after eight years away, last seeing the Battle House fire. Tamm once founded Tamms Illinois on the Mobile and Ohio line.
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J. S. Barret Lumber Company
J. S. Barret
Cc. H. Barret
Daniel McNeill
C. C. Tamm
Colorado Springs
Col
Mobile
Battle House
Mr. Tamm
Arctic Circle
Tamms
Ohio
Illinois
Chicago
Lumber cargoes sail to Cuba as port traffic resumes
Three lumber schooners with car go to Cuba sailed from port. Three vessels the steamers Glensldy Ravn and Hovding arrived late Friday and Saturday morning. Departures included the American schooner Clifford N. Carver the British schooner W. H. Baxter and the American schooner Annie bound for Havana Daiquiri and Guantanamo. The Glensldy will load at Mobile and Ohio pier 2. The Hovding from Barbados will load lumber for South America. The Ravn from Puerto Cortez discharged bananas at pier 1. Fort Morgan from Bocas due Saturday night or Sunday. both boats overdue.
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Cuba
Glensley
Ravn
Hovding
Clifford N. Carver
W. H. Baxter
Annie
Havana
Daiquiri
Guantanamo
Glensldy
Mobile Liners, Incorporated
Port Aene Texas, Light
Mobile and Ohio
Hording
Barbados
Spanish River
South America
United. Fruit Company
Puerto Cortez
Fort Morgan
Bocas
Personalities in Mobile Weekend Visitors and Travels
A sequence of brief notices lists Raymond Miles Lela Miles and Thomas J Miles of Clayton Ind staying several weeks in Mobile during January February. Also named are guests A G Mackin and family of Chicago at the Battle House. A E Parkinson and wife of St Paul Minn. J A Crowley and T J Sweeney from Idaho Falls on a Southern tour. M A Quinn and William Drummond from Pensacola on business. D Dawson and wife of Memphis. M J Wise Southern Railway superintendent with wife at Cawthon Hotel. J G Jones and Gaston Gunter of Montgomery on business. R Addams and wife Miss Alice Bowers and F H Townsend of Meridian. Mrs F H Brunell of Chicago wintering at Magnolia Springs on a shopping tour. Mr and Mrs Daniel Waite of Duluth Minn staying ten days. C E Clapp and wife winter tourists from Chicago. C C Bromley wife and son of Fairhope Ala. The Transvaal diamond mines are said to yield 600 percent profit due to heavy American gem purchases. An investigating committee is proposed.
Cleopatra’s Remains Reported Resting in Paris
The New York Sun notes Cleopatra’s remains are now said to rest in Paris. The piece warns tourists that visiting Paris is a difficult performance and contrasts old hoop skirts with modern restricted fashion. It praises the marvels of merchandise.
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New York Sun
Cleopatra
Paris
Weather map shows high cold air over central U S and west
A high barometer area brings fair and cold conditions from Manitoba to Oklahoma and into Arizona with 16 degrees below zero at Moorhead Minnesota and freezing south to southern New Mexico. A low area over the lake region brings rain and snow with southerly winds along the north Atlantic coast and cold northerly winds in the upper lake region. A second low area lies over the northwest quarter of the country and the westward high will drift eastward to bring fairer and colder weather to Mobile tonight and Sunday.
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Manitoba
B. A
Oklahoma
Arizona
Moorehead
Minn
New Mexico
Lake
North Atlantic
Upper Lake Region
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Liverpool Cotton Prices Hold Steady in Quiet Market
Liverpool reports quiet spot trading with steady prices for American mids. Daily sales reach 6,000 bales, including 5,006 American, while receipts total 32,000 bales with 23,800 American. Futures open steady and end barely steady across months.
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Liverpool
Governor Pardons Burglar Turned Author in California
Governor Johnson pardons a convict once known as a burglar social worker and author. The governor notes no poem moved him and hints Hodges could win public support with a backbone and a three word plan to reduce taxes. The piece also reflects on Austria and Serbia amid rising tensions.
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Johnson
California
Hodges
Austria
Servia
Weather forecast for Alabama rivers and shipments
The Black Warrior and upper Tom Bigbee rivers are expected to rise while the lower Tom Bigbee remains steady over the next two days. The Alabama River is forecast to rise Sunday and Monday with 22 degrees for 36 hour shipments north 38 degrees east and 36 degrees west.
Obstructions to Navigation Reported Near Lat 39 40
A vessel described as Evelyn encountered a boat at sea with a large hatch aft and a forward cabin. The single mast ship bore the name Elsie at the stern with the word Atlantic beneath.
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Elsie
Atlan
Four Men Debate Water Temperature At Downtown Table
In a city restaurant four strangers shared a table and each chose water without ice. Reasons ranged from digestion fears and malaria germs to dislike of artificial ice and habit. The man who rejected cold water opted for beer. others chose raw oysters and sauerkraut.
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New York Mail
Othello Receives Mild Defense Amid Domestic Allegations
A reader notes Othello was allowed some leniency as a comment on his supposed choked wife and lack of nagging over household bills. The column then references a quiet day with no aviation deaths reported, while warning that those who rise will fall again, often violently.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Mobile Bay Shore division schedule
Mobile and Ohio Railroad announces double daily service starting Sunday January 5 1918 on the Mobile Bay Shore division. Trains leave Mobile daily except Sunday at 9 15 am and 4 00 pm with Sunday services 8 35 am and 7 20 pm. Arrivals to Mobile occur daily except Sunday 9 00 am and 2 20 pm with Sunday 8 11 am and 6 45 pm. City ticket office at 23 South Royal Street. H E Jones Jr is general agent passenger department.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Bay Shore Division
Mobile
South Royal Street
H.E. Jones, Jr
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