Mardi Gras Carnival Para des and Motor Boat Race in Mobile
Mardi Gras carnival in Mobile is positioned as the citys greatest yet with large parades from Infant Order of Myths Knights of Ivy and a grand free mask ball under steel sheds on Mardi Gras night February 4. The motor boat carnival includes a parade from One Mile creek to Eslava street with entries by owner name and a race for working boats. Notable entries include de Belle Murray Dunlaps cruiser Barry Lyons Princess and J A Watters cruiser Sweetheart. illumination work begins on the streets and the Comic Cowboys parade promises two hours of stunts once ready.
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Paul Wilson
Moe Carn! Association
Pro
Mobile
Order of Myths
Knights of Ivy
Carnival Association
Alabama Polytechnique Instiute
Auburn
Man Linning
Conar
Mardi Gras
Revenue
Wisona
One Mile Creek
Eslava Street
Linning
de Belle
Murray Dunlap
Barry Lyons
J. A. Watters
Shelton Frederic
F. A. Jr
Dave Levi
Taft Anxious 10 Honor Lincoln Memorial Road Mention
President Taft met with Republican members and heard reports the House might shelve the Senate memorial bill. He voiced concern that such action would delay the Lincoln memorial in Potomac Park and the memorial road from Washington to the Gettysburg battlefield.
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Washington
Senate
Ham Lincoln
Potomac Park Fe
House
Congress
Memorial Road
Wash
Gettysburg
Adrianople Surrender Ordered by Turkey to Bulgarians
Vienna dispatch reports that Turkey decides to surrender Adrianople to Bulgarian forces. The telegram from Constantinople cites heavy naval action and widespread shelling. The note also mentions Greeks and Serbs in Hungarian prisons amid the broader Balkan conflict.
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Vienna
Austria
Turkey
Adrianople
Constantinople
Russian pressure on Porte rises amid likely Turkish peace move
The Times correspondent reports heightened Russian pressure on the Porte and hints of a threatening ambassadorial stance. Turkish officials and press show signs toward peace as the sultan prepares to open the national assembly Wednesday to consider the situation.
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Russia
Porte
London
Constantinople
the Times
National Assembly
Turkish Losses In Dardanelles Battle Reported
Constantinople reports four Turkish officers and thirty six men killed and one hundred sixty four wounded in the Dardanelles clash with the Greek fleet on January eighteenth. A Greek shell exploded in a turret on the Torgut Reis killing and wounding all inside and disabling two 11 inch guns. The Assari Tewfik suffered heavy damage. Turkish gunners claim they inflicted heavy Greek losses.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Torgut Reis
Assari-Tewfik
Szegedin Prisons Flooded as Servian Agitators Spread
Despatch from London reports Szegedin prisons crowded with Servian agitators and courts overwhelmed. Hungary suspends jury trials in several areas because jurors are Servians and acquit countrymen.
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London
Szegedin
Hungary
Turkish Grand Council Session on Peace Decision
The Grand Council of the Ottoman Empire meets in Constantinople to vote on whether a peace declaration will be issued or hostilities resumed. the outcome will shape regional relations and potentially end the current conflict.
Democrats Seeks Cotton Tariff Reduction Plan in Hearing
In Washington on January 22, Democratic leaders pushed a plan to cut tariffs on cotton manufactures. They argued the change would not reduce revenue and would lower the cost of cotton clothing by over 80 million dollars annually, citing comparative duties from 1910 and 1911. Republicans challenged the claims as cotton interests testified before the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Delegates Gather With Senators and Ecclesiastics
About eighty delegates attended the assembly today, including senators, high ecclesiastics, state ministers, and under-secretaries from various government departments.
Wilson Makes Second Move of Reform in New Jersey
Governor Wilson, in Trenton, asks legislative leaders to convene a conference next Tuesday to discuss his reform program. He aims to push corporation bills, expects Democratic support, and hopes enactment before leaving to assume the presidency. Chancellor Walker, who drafted the measures, is urged as a possible attorney general candidate.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Edward R. Walker
Laborer Survives Fall From Union Central Elevator Shaft
Cincinnati with William Coogan a laborer fell from the twenty ninth floor of the Union Central building yesterday while playfully grabbing elevator wires. He lost his balance and toppled over but is reported to have a fair chance to recover.
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Cincinnati
William Coogan
Union Central
Discolored skin renovation with Mercorized wax saxolite remedy
Advert says Mercorized wax removes surface skin defects such as chaps liver spots pimples freckles and blackheads replacing with clear white youthful skin. It promises a girlish complexion in under two weeks and notes saxolite formula as public property with a wash lotion to erase lines.
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WANY
Illuminating
Comic Cowboys
Taft
Lincoln
Lower House
OUR Bon Secour Oysters
Southern Hotel Buffet
B. B. Cor
Water and Conti
Bell Phone
Barry Horlock
Prop
Castoria
Jersey
Chichester S
Partridge-Mickle Grocery Company
Abbott Bros
Seeman
van Antwerp Drug Co
W Mobile
Ala
ABE
Chicago
Fil
Perpetual Care
Pine Crest
Park
American Securities .Co
ST. Joseph Street
Bell
Southern Realty Co
B. F. Adams
St. Francis St
G. Hardy Smith
St. Michael Street
Mobile, Ala
United Fruit CO
Superior
New Orlieans
VLOM
Bocas del Toro
Panama
Arrios
Simon
Colon
Elize and
Cortez
Panawa
Pacific Coast
Central and South America
Moblile
Bocas del Turol
Honduras
Puerto Cortez
CEIBA
TELA
T. D. Nettles
J. J. Kelleher
New Orleans
N. E. Car. Miine and
Elmira Sts
North Side
Elmira
East Marine St
Morrill & Lyons
The
J. T. Adams, M. D
Ph. G
Oph
Dr. Adams
Eerie Ordan
Ceocarda
Mobile’s“Million-Dollar Bank
B. Luscher & Son
Dauphin St
E. Oka
Roche
Burke
Northeast Corner
St. Joseph
State Streets
S. E. Charleston
Dearborn
Conception
N. O
Delaware
St. Emanuel Street
Bente
Epergel
J. J. Vickers & Son
Mobile Coal CO
Harrison
Windsor Cafe
Albert ER. Reynolds
Colden A Brown
North Royal St
Brick & Coal
Francis Bell
Home
Crichton Lumber Co
F. GO. Horton
van Antwerp Building
the Peoples Bank
State of
Alabama
Merchant’s Bank
Mobile, Alabama
Louis Forchheimer
L. D. Batre
Ho “Ik F. Ladd
L. C. Fry
F. Ladd
G. A. Michael
W. H. Cooper
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