TRY IS MONEY MAD SAYS HODGES
Governor George Hodges told the Western Lumbermen's Association that the nation is money mad and neglects boys. He cited Kansas Industrial School for Boys data showing 225 boys with 22 using liquor, 108 using tobacco, 55 with drinking fathers, and 75 with separated parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
George H. Hodges
Hwestern Lumbermen’s Association
Hodges
Kansas Industrial School For Boys
Topeka
Train Blocked by Flood Then Caught in Freeze
A Reno branch train of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road stalled for 11 hours after a January flood at Eacrosse Wisconsin arrived with 160 passengers nearly famished. The train had no dining car or sleeping cars and froze in the ice after the rain and temperature drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eacrosse
Wis
Reno
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Henderson urges strict farming to fight boll weevil
In Montgomery Alabama W L Henderson agent for Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway cautions against ignorant negro farming as the cause of boll weevil damage and urges better agriculture. He cites Choctaw county where a planter raised 17 bales on 34 acres while fighting the weevil and notes progress in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
W. L. Henderson
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
The
Southern Railway
Mobile
Henderson
Choctaw County
What is Woman's Beauty but Health
Health, not cosmetics, underpins beauty as a key claim. The text cites constipation as a common root of headaches lassitude dull skin and eye brightness, urging Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild permanent remedy suitable for women families and the elderly. It promotes the product price fifty cents to one dollar and offers a free sample by mail from Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
America
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Ill
Yuan Shi Kai Moves to Establish Confucian State Religion
In Pekin a bill prescribing worship of Heaven and of Confucius passed the administrative council, replacing dissolved parliament. Yuan Shi Kai proposed ceremonies at the Temple of Confucius and Temple of Heaven, but rejected the diadem. The plan sparked wide opposition from Christian missions and other faiths. A broad anti state religion league formed among various religious representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pekin
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Yuan Shi Kali
Confucius
Surprise at Washington over action of council
Washington observers react to the Chinese administrative council’s decision despite a constitutional clause pledging religious freedom. They note that China’s religious freedom is safeguarded by numerous treaties with world powers, including three with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Yuan Shi Kai
Chinese Administrative Council
China
United States
Halley will in Memphis excludes relatives after inheritance
The will of E. J. Halley known as Halley's comet disposes of about 250000 to friends, with 500 to 25000 to thirteen beneficiaries and real estate to St. Peter's orphanage. Relatives are cut off and plan to appeal after a chancery court decision upheld the will amid questions of his mental capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
E. J. Halley
Halley
United States
Europe
Defendants Acquitted of Disturbing Worship in Vinegar Bend
In Vinegar Bend Alabama on January 30 1940 Henry Grimes Sam Gardner and Dan Gardner were acquitted of disturbing public worship after a crowded trial. Judge W M Baxter ruled not guilty following testimony by state witnesses Jim Holland and Wash Beary and defense by Cora Courtney John Grimes and Mrs J L Holland. The case drew a large crowd in the small town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Henry Grimes
Sam
Dan Gardner
Breeland
Leakesville
Miss
W. M. Baxter
Precinct 9
Jim Holland
Wash Beary
Cora Courtney
John Grimes
J. L. Holland
Woman Found Murdered and Husband Is Missing
The body of 22 year old Millie Hurrell was found wedged under her bed in Cincinnati. A jagged temple wound caused her death and her father Frank Crutchlow with cousin John Mason located the body after forcing entry. She had not been seen since Tuesday and authorities pursue her husband Jacob Hurrell who reportedly left for his father's home in Craig Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Millie Hurrell
Cornatzer Promoted to General Passenger Agent
John N. Cornatzer of Memphis Tennessee rises from assistant general passenger to general passenger agent for the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. He succeeds A Hilton who becomes passenger traffic manager. The general passenger agent’s office will move from St Louis to Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry Associated Press
ST. Louis
John N. Cornatzer
Memphis
Tenn
San Francisco
Mr. Cornatzer
A. Hilton
Officer 666 at Lyric Theatre Monday February 2
Lyric Theatre presents Officer 666 in a one night show featuring a suave thief who uses a millionaire’s house to steal paintings and a mistaken lover meanwhile being handcuffed during a comic pursuit. The plot unfolds with intrigue and romance as police chase a famed thief and a would be suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
Lyric Theatre
Ene
New York
How to Enter This Contest Open to All Readers
The contest invites any man woman boy or girl to submit puzzle solutions. A subscription payment from 50 cents to $5.00 with each solution covers the paper rate and adds to prizes. Additional payments may accompany multiple solutions but no more than $5 per solution. Prizes depend on subscription payments and a dividend schedule. payments can be sent by check money order registered letter or stamps. Submissions without cash subscriptions are not registered. The contest is open to old and new subscribers within the designated area. The manager may reject solutions or refund payments if answers are from someone other than the named entrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miory Boi
Postal Subscription Rates and Privileges Summary
The notice lists mail and carrier subscription options with varying durations and prices, including 50 5 weeks, 1.00 3 months, 2.50 6 months, and 1 year. It states mail subscribers have the same privileges as Mobile or suburban subscribers.
Contest Closes Saturday February 21 1914
No solution can be changed after submission. Count circles carefully and be sure you are right before sending. No one associated with The Mobile Item will be allowed to enter this contest.
Border Cutout Offer Promises Smooth Fit and Payment
A prompt requests a clean border cutout and its delivery with payment. The note asks for plain wording and to include the cutout along with the money in the package.
Prize structure for The Mobile Item subscription contest
The notice outlines multiple prize levels for a subscription-based contest. Prizes range from capital prizes of 100 dollars plus multipliers of subscription payments to merchandise orders and smaller cash awards, with specific multipliers tied to the winner’s subscription amount and a bound encyclopedia as a top prize.
Rules For Tying Prizes In A Puzzle Contest
The notice explains tie handling for first prizes in a puzzle contest. Ties are kept until solved by those submitting the most correct answers. Prizes are not divided. unresolved ties receive full prize value. Any questions may trigger a committee decision and contestants must accept the contest manager’s rulings.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Try
Kansas
Weevil
Mrs. C
Vance
PIPER
Mobile Brown-Morgan Coal Co., Inc
Lertz, Gaillard, Serato Coal Co
ST. Francis Stree
Louisiana
Texas
DR. Brown
Kenny Tex
Cornatzer
Mobile’ Item
Colburn Co
Ty Committee
Actuay
Pareon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!