Wreck of James T Staples stalls by river rise
Information from Mobile reports the rise in the river prevents body recovery and salvaging of cargo from the river boat James T Staples wreck near Bladon ferry landing. Divers and Captain Campbell awaiting conditions to resume search for Clerk Coot McKee and to locate the iron safe rumored to hold $3000 behind Mate Henry Morton’s recovered body.
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Mobile
James T. Staples
Bladon Fae Landing
Edward Gorman
James M. Campbell
Henry Morton
Coot” McKee
J. W. Bethea
Bethea
Woman's Story Publicized Promoting Cardui
Belton Texas Mrs Ethel Moncrief recounts relief from a lingering female complaint after using Cardui the woman’s tonic. She urges others to try it noting its gentle action on weakened organs and calls Cardui a true relief for womanly troubles. The Chattanooga Medicine Co invites readers to request guidance and a 64 page home treatment book.
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Belton
Tex
Ethel Moncrief
Cardus
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Mardi Gras Fund Drive at the Bijou Monday
The Bijou hosts a fundraiser Monday to support the Mardi Gras push. Attendees can enjoy fine pictures and popular songs as part of the event.
Safe believed to have fallen from steamer after explosion
Berthea dropped to the hold of the steamer and an iron safe is thought to have fallen into the hold. Its weight may have forced the safe through the hull, and it may lie in the river near the site of the explosion.
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Berthea
Rockefeller Vice Crusade Forms Social Hygiene Bureau
A subcommittee led by John D. Rockefeller Jr. forms the Bureau of Social Hygiene in winter 1911 to study crime and vice. Miss Katherine Bennett Davis heads a Bedford Hills laboratory to observe reformatory inmates and guide treatment or custodial care. The effort includes Kneeland and Flexner investigations of vice in New York City and international comparisons to shape humane, scientific reform methods.
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Bureau of Social Hygiene
Katherine Bennett Davis
New York State Reformatory For Women
Bedford Hills
New York
Paul M. Warburg
Kuhn, Leab É& Co
Starr J. Murphy
John D. Rockefeller
Bureau
Reformatory
Kneeland
Europe
George J. Kneeland
Chicago
Vice Commission
New York City
Abraham
Flexner
Social Evil Plan for New York City Proposed by Bureau
The bureau hopes to publish by December a practical plan to tackle the social evil in New York City. It aims to gain public support and stresses a constructive, non sensational approach driven by scientific and humane interest in a global issue.
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Bureau
New York City
Dew Stands Self Condemned in County Service Row
The text portrays a heated dispute over Mr. Dew in Mobile county service. It accuses Dew of public accusations, cites political influence from north Alabama, and claims the board faces unrest and loss of public confidence if Dew remains. It notes a trial and possible permanent suspension if found guilty.
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Dew
Mobile
North Alabama
Mobile County
Andrews
Brannan
Bauer
King's Royal Germetuer Promises Rheumatism Cure
Advert shows rheumatism cured by rubbing and internal use of King's Royal Germetuer. Claims rapid relief, external rubbings, internal doses every two hours, kidney action to drain uric acid, and hundreds of cures where others failed. Sold by druggists for $1 per bottle, via Ellis Lillybeck Co. Memphis and mobile supplier G Van Antwerp Drug Co.
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Ellis, Lillybeck Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
Mobile
G. van Antwerp Drug Co
Bridge Company Deal Sparks County Commission Crisis
An anti corrupting charge accuses Dew of promising a favorable bridge bid reversal for money and prompts calls to suspend him. The public dispute names a Nashville Bridge Company bid and alleges a conspiracy to defraud Mobile County, urging commissions to act.
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Dew
Bridge Company
Nashville Bridge Company
Tirty
Board of County Commissioners
Rheuma Rheumatism Cure Promoted In Aclaimed Letter
Bold claims claim Rheuma dissolves uric acid and relieves rheumatism rapidly. A 50 cent bottle is offered with money back guarantee. A testimonial from Prof H H Kolling of Richmond Indiana notes 25 years of suffering improved after two days, including appetite return and regained ability to work.
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van Antwerp Drug Corporation
H. H. Kolling
Ninth St
Richmond
Ind
Court Faces Crisis as Board Urged to Act
A speaker challenges the board noting those may not represent or have been raised to condemn the accused. He leaves the matter to the board and warns the court faces a crisis in its existence. He says the eyes of the people are upon you and I will judge you by how you meet it.
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Dew
Mobile County
McManigal
Harrison
N. W. Conti
Coreptiop
California Jurist De Haven Dies After Long Career
John J. De Haven, judge of the U S district court for the northern district of California since 1897, died Sunday at his country home near Napa. He previously served as a U S representative and a California supreme court member.
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San Francisco
John J. de Haven
United States Court
Califonia
Napa
Congress
California Supreme Court
Cascarets Cleanse Inside and Promote Regular Bowels
A promotional item urges Cascarets for internal cleanliness improving liver and bowel function. It claims quick relief from intestinal upset, with a 10 cent box promising a morning reset and gentle cleansing for children as well as adults.
Special Train Planned from Birmingham to Mobile Carnival
Passenger Agent H C Geron announced the Louisville and Nashville will run a special Birmingham to Mobile train Saturday night to serve carnival crowds from northern and central Alabama. The 11 p m departure arrives 6 30 a m Sunday with day coaches and sleepers, stopping at all points en route.
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H. C. Geron
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Birmingham
Mobile
Alabama
Fulton Renal Compound touted as Bright's disease cure
Claims of a new infusion called Fulton’s Renal Compound to counteract renal degeneration and cure Bright’s disease when taken early. Disclaims kidney excitants and asserts compatibility with standard treatments. Van Antwerp's Drug Corp lists the formula on each bottle and promotes pamphlet availability. Feature show and Mardi Gras fund at the Bijou Monday.
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Bright
Fulton
van Antwerp’s Drug Corp
John J. Fulton Co
San Francisco
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J. M. Walsh
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Bestor & Young
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L. C. Fry
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Royal and Canal Home
Windsor Cafe
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