Mobile land dispute involving Georgia and Tennessee streets
A court describes land in Mobile Alabama and the attached buildings and personal property, deeded to the complainant by a warranty deed dated August 1 1911 from Sims Stone Company. The deed was recorded September 11 1911 in Book 149, N S, Page 269. Respondents must plead or answer by November 10 1914.
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Chancery
Mobile
Alabama
W. Sims
Sims Stone, Co., Inc
Court of Neery
Southwestern Chancery Division
Simstone Company, Inc
E ‘Sims-Maddox Stone Company, Inc
Maddox-Easton Stone Company
Ala
Georgia Street
Washington
Tennessee Street
Sims Stone Company, Inc
N. S
Wabash Railroad Foreclosure Sale Authorized
United States Circuit Judge Elmer Adams ordered the Wabash railroad sale at a minimum of 34 million dollars and no appraisal. Chester H. Krum named special master to oversee the sale with required deposits of 1.7 to 3.5 million in cash or bonds. Equitable Trust Company holds 41.9 million in bonds and receives 4.323 million in interest due.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Elmer Adams
United States
Adams
Chester H. Krum
Wabash
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
Wabash Company
Sall
Equitable Trust Company
Red Cross to raise twenty million in China project
Peking reports the American Red Cross has a year to raise 20 million dollars for a China flood control project. A preliminary agreement was signed by Paul Reinsch, American minister, and Chinese officials. Funds to be raised via a five percent loan.
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Peking
American Red Cross Society
Thriver Hwai
Paul 8. Reinsch
China
Italian Steamer Mongiello Runs Aground At Galveston
GALVESTON Tex Jan 30 Efforts to float the Italian steamship Mongiello after she went aground yesterday when she missed the harbor entrance began today. The rudder was smashed in the rough weather but no other damage was reported and the task is believed not to be difficult.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Georgia Commission to Inspect Convict Camps
The state prison commission ordered an investigation of Fulton county convict camps following a grand jury hearing into misstatements of convicts. Clyde Thomason, head of the Adaméville camp, was suspended after being indicted for assaulting a prisoner with intent to murder.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
State Prison Commission
Grand Jury
Clyde Thomason
Adaméville
State Commission
Circle Contest and Subscription Credit Policy
The article explains that advance payment does not bar circle contest entry and funds will extend the subscription term. It notes a local agent can continue paper delivery and that solutions must include cash to be registered with The Hem.
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Jackson
Jane W
Billboards Torn Down in St. Louis
Work began to remove nearly 1,000 outdoor signs under a city ordinance. Building Commissioner McKelvey supervised a crew near downtown as police protected workers. Attorneys sought an injunction. Judge Byer scheduled a hearing to show cause.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
McKelvey
Bill Board
Federal District Court
Byer
Confessed to Slandering Knights of Columbus
In Philadelphia on January 31 Charles Megenigel and C. M. Stage pled guilty or no contest to libel and conspiracy to libel the Knights of Columbus. They were accused of printing and distributing an oath alleged to be from members of the order. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty said the order felt vindicated and favored suspension of sentence. The court granted this request.
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Associated Pres
Philadelphia
Noile Contendre
Charles Megenigel
C. M. Stage
Knights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty
Supreme Knight
Order
Blackhand Gang Leader Guilty in New York
Angelo Sylvestro, 23, an Italian charged as the leader of a blackhand gang that terrorized the East Side with bomb outrages, was found guilty after a five minute jury verdict. He was shackled to a deputy sheriff and taken to the Tombs. Judge Rosalsky noted the maximum sentence of six years and six months and a $1000 fine.
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Associated Press
New York
Angelo Sylvéstro
Sylvestro
Otto Rosalsky
Railroad Schedules for Alabama Tennessee and Northern
The page lists rail timetable details for several lines including the Ohio Railroad, Cincinnati to Chicago Limited, Bay Shore, Southern Railway, Louisville and Nashville, and New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago. It provides departure and arrival times such as 1:50 am, 7:30 am, 5:45 pm, and 6:30 pm with notes on service days including Sunday operations and connections at Meridian and Chicago.
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Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad
Ohio
L.-Cin.-Chi. Ltd
Meridian
Cin
N. Y. Lia
See & Bay
Sone
Southern Ai Railway
Eas Sentech
Thor Act
New Orleans
Mobile
Chicago
Sam Gompers Denies Drunken Charge At Seattle Convention
Duncan McDonald accuses Samuel Gompers of drunkenness at the AFL Seattle convention. Gompers rebuts the claim calling it libelous while leaving the hall for a train before a Moyer speech. McDonald also targets Gompers’ leadership, Democratic ties, and chamber of commerce ties.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Federation
Duncan McDonald
Milnols
United Mine Workers of America
McDonald
Gompers
Resolution Committee
Jim Duncan
Sam Compers
Hall
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Minners
Moyer
Michigan
Democratic Party
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Executive Council
Admiral Fletcher Shifts Battleships Stations
The battleships Virginia Rhode Island Nebraska and Georgia moved from Vera Cruz to Tampico while Connecticut and Kansas moved to Vera Cruz. Rear Admiral Fletcher reported the changes to the navy department and officials said they were without significance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Georgia
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Connecticut
Kansas
Fletcher
Navy Department
Eight Arkansas Mines Idle Because of Strike
Eight Central Coal and Coke mines at Hartford Huntington and Bonanza remain idle as a thousand miners strike began yesterday. No negotiations have started and no disorders were reported.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Yort Smith, Ark
Central Coal and Coke Company
Hartford
Huntington
Bonanza
Columbus Business Man Here In Maer Interest
William Clark of Columbus Mississippi visits in support of Percy Maer editor of the Columbus Dispatch as a candidate for collector of the port of Mobile. Maer has backing from Senator James K Vardaman but faces opposition from parts of the Mississippi coast south of Mobile.
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William Clark
Columbus
Miss
Percy
Maer
Dispatch
Mobile
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi Coast
Fire destroys Birmingham machine plant. 200 workers out of work
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Caldwell-Watson Machine and Foundry Company plant in Birmingham Alabama early today. The loss is estimated at 50 000 dollars and partly covered by insurance. The blaze puts about 200 men out of work.
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Birmingham
Ala
Caldwell-Watson Machine & Foundry Company
Cheaper Butter From Argentina Cited at Dairymen Meet
Freeport report says butter prices chase Chicago quotes not Elgin board. Argentina butter could arrive duty free for 24 1 2 cents a pound, prompting imports when domestic prices rise. FF F Rookwood of Danville won butter contest with 04.8% score. F J Karlen of Winslow and Carter & Sons of Freeport won dairy cattle prizes.
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Freeport
HH. J. Credicott
Chicago
Elgin Board
FF. F. Rookwood
Danville
F. J. Karlen
Winslow
Carter & Sons
Mississippi druggists ordered to stop diagnoses
Jackson Mississippi January 30 The Hinds Rankin Medical Society in Jackson announces that druggists must stop prescribing over the counter for illnesses and ailments The notice urges patients to seek medical advice from physicians not druggists and notes most Jackson physicians belong to the society.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Hinds- Rankin Medical Society
Memphis Cold Wave Drops Temperatures Across the Region
Memphis Tennessee January 30 reports a cold wave moving east from the West with sheet rain and heavy rain accompanying the drop. Low temperatures are common from North Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with Fort Smith at 26 degrees and points in Oklahoma at 22. The local 32 degree reading marks a 40 degree fall since yesterday.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Ark
Okahoma
Senate committee backs immediate ratification of general arbitration treaties
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 11 to 2 to recommend immediate ratification of twenty five general arbitration treaties with Great Britain, Japan, and other nations. Four senators were absent. O Gorman and Smith voted no. Bacon, Stone, Shively, Hitchcock, Williams, Swanson, Pomerene, and Smith of Arizona voted yes. Borah, Sutherland and Burton favored re ratification.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Japan
O'Gorman
New York
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Bacon, Stone
Shively
Hitchcock
Whitliams
Swanson
Pomerens
Smith
Arizona
Borah
Sutherland
Burton
Survivors of Ill-Fated Steamship Reach Norfolk
The Nantucket arrived with eighty-five survivors from the Monroe disaster and two bodies. Mrs. Harrington of Norwalk and Lt. Legrand B. Curtis were identified among the dead. Thomas Harrington recounted the hour of peril as rescue came, describing his wife clinging to him until saved.
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Norfolk
Monroe
Merchants & Miners
Nantucket
Thomas Harrington
J. Kelly
Stevens Street
Norwalk
Conn
Lieut
Legrand B. Curtis
Second Coast Artillery
Mia. Harrington
Curtis
Bridgeport
Dr King’s New Discovery Endorsed for Cough and Cold
Widson Tennessee merchant Dr P Lawson praises Dr King’s New Discovery as the finest cough cold throat and lung remedy he has sold. He notes it relieves obstinate coughs and colds quickly and recommends keeping a bottle at home for all family members. Price 0c and 1.00. Available from Bucklen and Co Philadelphia or St Louis by mail.
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Mali
H. B&, Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Postmaster Nominee J Blocker Thornton Named for Mobile
Washington January 30 President Wilson nominates J Blocker Thornton as postmaster at Mobile Alabama with others named for Mississippi Louisiana Alabama Texas and Sylacauga posts. Thornton a Mobile lawyer and school board member expresses gratitude and vows to serve faithfully.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Senate
Wilson
Associated Press
Washington
Mobile
Ala
Mississippi
Eusie F. McCormick
Yazoo City
Lizzie Dillon Oitenburg
Winona
Amos K. Porter
Boyle
Louisiana
John B. Sewell
Baldwin
James M. An . Farmville
James H. Leggett
Oakdale
Alabama
W. B. Jones
Camden
Randolph St. John
Sylacauga
Texas
P. N. Jons
San Angelo
Clatreas
President Wilson
P. BD. Barker
Thornton
JudgenRy Hamilton
San Juan
P. R
Judge Hamilton
Judgeton
Board of
School Commissioners of
Mobile Sanne
Sylacinga
Jo Camden
Thomas St. John
Bt. John & Co
Samuel St. John
Governorion 2
Ann Streets
John
Daphne
Baldwin County
Mr. Thornton
Greene County
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Red Cross
St. Louis White
W. D. Halsted Oil Co
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Joseph Street
Broad Street
Southern Realty Company
St. Francis Street
Dauphin
Union
St. Michael Street
Bell
Joachim Street
Church St
Bell Phone
G. H
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South Dearborn Street
Address Mobile Plantation Co
Theodore, Ala
Goubil Produce Co
William J. Keral
N. W
Congress Aid Royal
Wartt
Marx Grocéry and Produce Co
Neo
Dan Williams
M. J
Marshall Co
Lisbon Falls
People’s Employment Bureau
Hill
Secret Service Agency
Trust Bldg
Madame Reynolds
Palmist
Bridge
Whistler
Prichard
Wabash Railroad
American Red Cross
S. Jackson Street
R. Green
Chance
Blackhand
Angelo Sylvestro
Louisville
Nashville
N. O. Ltd
Weeten
Mail & Ex
Sam
Miners
Admiral Fletcher
Birmingham Ynd
Argentina
B. Thornton
Frederic J. Haskin
Haskin
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