New China United Line Aims Open Trade Route
A proposed steamship line between China and the United States, centered on New York, is to be opened by a stock company of Chinese capital. The project, reported from Peking by Reinsch, will be financed by Chinese financiers with dividends to be shared with the Chinese government. The line would offer favorable rates on select products.
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Ofiated Press
NGTON
China
Ameriif
New”’ York
Ter Reinsch
Peking
Tock Company
Deadlock grows tighter in Illinois house
The two week old Illinois General Assembly speakership deadlock over the wet dry issue tightens as four ballots are cast. Democrats split with dry Democrats staying loyal while the veteran group aligns behind Lee O Neill Browne. Republican backers of W M Provine vow to stand by him to the last ditch.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
House of Representatives
Illinois General Assembly
Lee O'Neil Browne
W. M Provine
Export surge in cotton and grain to Europe urged
The Manufacturers' Record notes weekly exports show cotton at 343,613 bales and grain at 8,641,708 bushels, with flour and wheat also rising, indicating Europe’s strong demand. It argues for expanded Southern planting of grains and livestock to curb high food costs and reliance on cotton.
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Europe
Congressmen
Woman Falls Into Cedar Chest and Dies in Home
The body of Mrs. Frank A. Hunter was found in a cedar chest at her Pittsburgh home. The coroner ruled accidental suffocation as the cause of death. she had been missing since Monday and suffered from heart issues.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Frank A. Hunter
Jones elected president and manager of A and V railroad
Larz A. Jones of New Orleans was chosen president and general manager of the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad at a special directors meeting to succeed D. D. Curran. T. F. Steele was named vice president, Curran remains president of the board, with directors including Bonner and Thompson.
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New Orleans
D. D. Curran
G. T. Bonner
R. H. Thompson
Jackson
Deputy Sheriff Arrests Forgery Suspect Otis McPherson
Deputy Dennis Lynch arrested Otis McPherson, 23, who is wanted in Monroeville Alabama on a second degree forgery charge. Monroe county had indicted him in October and officers were notified to bring him to the county. He had been in Mobile for several days before the arrest.
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Dennis Lynch
Otis McPherson
Monroeville
Ala
Monroe County
McPherson
Mobile
Women's Aches and Ills Antikamma Tablets Advertisement
An advertisement touts Anti-kamma A-K Tablets as a universal remedy for women’s ailments. It claims instant relief for indigestion and dyspepsia and promises release from long‑standing pain after meals or travel. The copy emphasizes rapid soothing effects and notes genuine tablets bear the K mark.
Controversial 1914 Note by German Vice Consul Printed
A December 13 1914 Omaha World-Herald excerpt quotes Coburg Germany vice consul Cutright criticizing American bias toward Allied papers. The letter argues Germany did not want war and accuses allies of profiting from biased coverage while mobilization preceded the conflict.
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Associated Press
Qmaha
Neb
John L. Outright
Nottingham
Omaha World-Herald
Coburg
Germany
Cutright
England
Canadian
Mexico
Texas
Rio. Grande
Emergency workshops for the unemployed open in NYC today
The mayor's committee on unemployment funds emergency workshops to be opened at every training school of the Children's Aid Society in New York. Of a $250,000 total, $100,000 supports ongoing operations until spring, another $100,000 funds an emergency loan fund, and $50,000 covers miscellaneous plans, per Chamberlain Bruere.
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Associated Press
New York
Children’s Aid Society
Chamberlain Bruere
Postoffice employee in Montgomery arrested for theft
W R Daniel, night foreman at the Montgomery post office, was arrested on theft charges after an investigation into Christmas losses. He allegedly turned over seven letters. Daniel had twelve years of service with the postal service.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. R. Daniel
Secret Service
Daniels
Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange plans formal organization in Mobile
At a Mobile meeting the Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange decided to organize and incorporate with officers to be chosen in about sixty days. A special representative will study Florida Citrus Exchange conditions. An advisory committee of 60 to 70 members across Alabama and Mississippi was named, with extensive support from federal agriculture and local business leaders.
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Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange
Mobile
Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Messrs. S. A. le Blanc
Mobile Liners
George L. Kilmer
Mobile Gulfport Lumber Company
R. V. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
W. F. Owen
New Orleans, Mobile, and Chicago Railroad
James H. Webb
William H. Reynolds
Reynolds Music Store
John B. Dortch
Orr-Laubenheimer Company
Ben Padgett
Peoples Bank
John Rose
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
J. W. Hunter
Southern Railway
Joseph M. Walsh
Mobile Chamber of Commerce Advisory Committee
Albert P. Bush
G. E. Newman
D. W. Partridge
J. Curtis Bush, Jr
Rollin Broughton
M. W. Williams
G. M. Luce
Charles C. Paul
D. Farnell
H. Tacon
O. Fox
Winberg
Silver Hill
Ala
H. D. Money
Ocean Springs
Miss
Morris Frank
Magnolia Springs
E. L. Brodbeck
Zanders
John Cudahy
Robertsdale
Charles Anderson
Axis
Vernon Wright
Satsuma
John F. Whitehead
H. F. Webb
Calvert
Resinol Ointment trusted for eczema and rashes gains trust
The advertisement claims Resinol Ointment stops itching on contact and begins healing, with twenty years of use for eczema ringworm and other skin conditions. It touts warm baths with Resinol Soap to restore healthy skin quickly and cheaply, urging readers to try and buy at druggists.
Woman Recovers Health After Pinkham’s Compound
Richmond pa resident Mrs Frank Clark says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her severe female ailments and nerves after a rundown period. The ad notes women have used the remedy for forty years and recommends it to others with similar issues. Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
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Richmond
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frank Clark
N. Tulip St
Lydia E. Pinkhami
Lydia E. Pinkami
Dwellings For Rent With Electric Lights And Modern Conveniences
Dwellings listed for rent include 938 Government St with hall parlor dining room butler pantry kitchen store room upstairs bed rooms bath and toilet. 275 S. St Louis 2 E. Jackson St downstairs three rooms dining kitchen and upstairs five bedrooms hall and bath. 25S Monroe St Morill and Lyons advertise new modern bungalow with hall parlor dining room two bedrooms bath porcelain tub electric lights gas galleries yard.
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S. St. Louis
E. Jackson St
W. S
Monroe St
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