New Directorate for St. Louis Iron Mountain Board
At a January meeting in York the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway elected new directors replacing most of the prior slate. J Gould chairs the board with Finley J Shepmo and James mar l L Marston among officers and C A Pratt retained. George J Gould chosen head of the executive committee as Pacific controls the line forming the backbone of the Gould system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
St. Louis, Iron and Southern Railway
Electra
Con
J. Gould
Dent
Finley J. Shepmo
James Mar l L. Marston
EB. T. Jeff Simmons
O. L. Garrison
Waife
Albert H. Wiggins
Idol of impish heathen god found in Osage River
Everett E. Phillips, a New York Life Insurance lawyer, retrieved a small idol from the Osage River in Camden county while drifting in a skiff with three companions. He deposited the idol and other fossils at the public library museum, noting the find could be a Great God Budd or prehistoric artifact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ozark
Everett E. Phillips
New York Life Building
Budd
Public
Philips
Ary
Daniel B. Dyer
Osarks
Mr. Phililips
Osage
Camden County
National Biscuit Co President Tours Mobile Plant
A. W. Green, president of the National Biscuit Co, arrived in Mobile on Thursday noon in his private car and toured the city. He was joined by Louis Isselhardt, traffic manager, and visited the river front while expressing satisfaction with Mobile as a potential distributing point for South American and Central American trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Green
Na- Berner Company
Moursday
Mobile
Green
Louis Isselhardt
South
Ely’s Cream Balm Promises Quick Catarrh Relief
A vintage remedy ad touts Ely’s Cream Balm as the fastest safest cure for catarrh and cold symptoms. Claims include relief from head pain sore throat and nasal congestion with renewed taste smell and hearing. Advertising copy notes a 60 cent bottle and druggist availability through Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Aoahich
Circling the Globe by Automobile Ends in New York
New York on January 24 reports Mr. William A. Hall and his son Melvin completed a 40000 mile auto circumnavigation through 33 countries. They started June 10, 1911 in a four cylinder phaeton, drove England, Europe, India, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Cochin China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, up through Mexico and back via Santa Fe trail ending in Broadway garage. They wore out 117 tires and used 5000 gallons of gas with no serious mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. Hall
Melvin Hall
Broadway
Halls
Mexico
Denver
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Washington
RACE SEGREGATION OPPOSED IN ST. LOUIS
A committee of five white residents and five Black residents in St. Louis opposes a proposed municipal ordinance to segregate the negro population. The group argues segregation cannot solve racial issues and would hinder movement to better neighborhoods, calling the law unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chris
Castro Loses Temper With Inquiry Board At Ellis Island
Cipriano Castro, enraged by the refusal to let him enter the United States, ordered the three members of the Ellis Island board from his rooms shouting I will not talk to you Away. The board sought to question him about the killing of General Parades in Venezuela as its appeal against the decision awaits in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cipriano Castro
Special Board of Inquiry
Ellis Island
Venezuela
Castro
Washington
Just and sane laws as a remedy for divorces
Illinois commission on uniform marriage and divorce laws approves a report by Judges Hugo Pam Marcus A Kavanaugh and Rev W C Walters urging better marriage laws and federal legislation. The report notes divorce rose three and a third times as fast as population over the last fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Commission On Uniform
Hugo Pam
Marcus A. Kavanaugh
W. C. Walters
Tennessee Construction Company Bankruptcy Petition Filed
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed Thursday afternoon against the Tennessee Construction Company a Missouri corporation by the American Surety Company the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago and William Hayes as trustee for Jesse Spaulding estate. Claims total 526000 with total liabilities exceeding 1 000 400, assets not stated.
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New York
Tennessee Construction Company
Missouri
American Surety Company
Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
William Hayes
Jesse Spaulding
Chicago
Rain Halts Field Trials at Ogers Springs
In Ogers Springs Tennessee on January 24 a field trials event was stopped by rain delaying competition and forcing postponement of remaining heats. Organizers LJ Smith and committee officials pledged rescheduling and continued coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogers Springs
Tenn
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestive Relief
The ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural remedy for indigestion. It cites pepsin and gastric agents, claims tests and physician acceptance, and asserts the tablets aid digestion when the stomach is weak. A 50 cent price and claim of digesting 3,000 grains of steak and eggs are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Why Servant Wanted to Give Up a Good Job
Portland records tell of a servant girl in a wealthy home who threatened to quit over staying Sundays at a sister with a sick baby. Hulda fears smallpox and argues she must leave to stay safe, prompting the Schlegels to conclude they can manage without her.
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Portland
Ore
Wase City Park
Frank Schlegel
Schlegel
Sixty-second Street
Alameda
Hulda
Mr. Schlegel
Ma Saster
Silka Shay
Good Roads Solution for the Cost of Living
Speakers at the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association convention discussed high living costs. Elmer C. Hole cited reduced farm output. N. S. Darling blamed transportation gaps. Both urged better roads as the remedy and called for lumbermen to support the good roads movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Southwestern Lumbermen’s Association
Elmer C. Hole
Chicago
N. S. Darling
Oklahoma City
Mr. Darling
Berlin Aeroplane Fatality Claims Two Officers
Lieutenant Otto Schlegel was killed and his pilot Lieutenant Scheele was fatally hurt when their aircraft collapsed several hundred feet above ground at Bure, Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Otto Schlegel
Scheele
Bure
Cudahy Plans 60000 Fig Trees Near Robertsdale
John R. Cudahy of Chicago arrives in Mobile to discuss growing tobacco and establishing 60 000 fig trees near Robertsdale Baldwin county. He will plant fine varieties and set up packing facilities, shipping fresh figs daily to Chicago New York Washington and other cities by refrigerator cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Cudahy
Chicago
Ill
Robertsdale
Baldwin County
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Cudahy
New York
Washington
Ten States to Join In Great Inaugural Parade
Ten states have notified Major General Leonard Wood as grand marshal of the inauguration parade of their intention to send national guards to Washington for the ceremonies. Georgia Maine Rhode Island Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland North Carolina South Carolina and Missouri thus participate while Utah Kentucky Idaho Washington Arizona Iowa Kansas Louisiana Nebraska South Dakota Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Oregon Montana with Virginia nativity recognized in the court of honor and a Jefferson portico review stand at the White House and Mount Vernon porch replica for the public stand on Pennsylvania Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard Wood
Georgia
Maine
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Missouri
Utah
Kentucky
Idaho
Arizona
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Nebraska
Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Oregon
Montana
Wilson
Court of Honor
White House
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mount Vernon
Pending disturbances amid partial elections in Santa Clara province
Reports from Havana say troubling rumors point to serious disturbances in Santa Clara with focus on Arisa where partial elections occur today. The government bands regulars rurales and a large troop column are nearby on a practice march within striking distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Santa Clara
Arisa
Sutton Bros to Double Store Space With Modern Improvements
Sutton Bros druggists at St Francis and Royal streets have let the contract for enlarging their store to Davis and Coop. William Van Antwerp says floor space will be doubled and an extended stock added. New showcases will be installed at a cost of several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton Bros
St. Francis and Royal Streets
Davis & Coop
William van Antwerp
The Broken Melody Actor Van Biene Dies During Show
Auguste Van Biene the actor musician who toured in The Broken Melody died suddenly during a performance in Brighton England. Born in 1850 in Holland he appeared about 6000 times in The Broken Melody which premiered in London in 1892 and was on tour in America and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
England
Auguste van Biene
America
van Biene
Holland
London
Nine Firemen Injured Including Chief In Turpentine Blast
An explosion in the Brennan Hut basement in Los Angeles injures nine firefighters, including Chief Archie Ely, with eight others hurt and the fire causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Ely’s prognosis was uncertain and the others were expected to recover. The note on the Reverend term clarifies it is honorary unless warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Archie Ely
Brennan Hut
Ely
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George Gould
Osage River
National Biscuit CO
Iave
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Cudahy 10
GEO. Evans
Honey Boy Minstrels
Corkera
Ballweg
Dauphin St
Scott
Walter Mitchell
Vay
Cee
Flannelette Kimonas
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