Bull's Head Diversifies From Gambling To Odd Eggs
The Bull's Head near Prichard, famed for racing and games of chance, seeks publicity through legitimate business. A curious venture yielded an egg with a chick inside, when Mr T B Menefee produced a dozen eggs and Mrs Menefee found a second egg contained a developing embryo during a Fourth of July breakfast.
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Bull's Head
Prichard
Monte Carlo
T. B. Menefee
Charleston Street
Paraders Illness Reports And Recovery
D N Millmire of Government street road who was sent to the city hospital unconscious last Monday night is improving. Pedestrians carried him after a dizzy spell to the hospital. James H Johnson of North Conception street who suffered acute indigestion after the parade has recovered and left the march line for home. He works as a machinist for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
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D. N. Millmire
Government Street
City Hospital
Millmire
James H. Johnson
North
Conception Street
Johnson
O. H. Harris
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Bad Dreams as Symptoms in Lydia E Pinkham Ad
Mrs Esie J Vandersande of Paterson New Jersey credits Lydia E Pinkham remedies with relief from back pain irregularity nervousness and bad dreams after using Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier She urges other women with female ailments to consult the firm for free confidential advice in Lynn Massachusetts
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Paterson, N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Esie J. Vander Sande
Godwin Street
Paterson
N. J
Four Youths Drown When Motor Boat Hits Barge
In Frankfort Kentucky last night a motor boat carrying nine young men and women struck a barge on the Kentucky River three miles above Frankfort, drowning four party members. Frances Champ and Ann Embry from Paris, Ky., and Carroll Dale and Eugene Buchignani from Lexington were identified among the dead. the remaining party members were rescued by barge passengers.
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Frankfort
Kentucky River
Frances Champ
Ann Embry
Paris
Carroll Dale
Eugene Buchignani
Lexington
Montgomery Contractor Shoots Tuscaloosa Man
In a dispute over an account settlement, A. G. Carter a Montgomery contractor shot and killed Thomas C. Wells a Tuscaloosa sub contractor near the Henderson Land and Lumber Co store at Fox four miles east of Tuscaloosa. Carter surrendered to the sheriff after coming to town. Both men were married.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
A. G. Carter
Montgomery
Thomas C. Wells
Henderson Land and Lumber Company
Fox
Carter
All Saints Rector Returns From Baltimore Trip
Rev. J. F. Plummer rector of All Saint's Episcopal Church returns from a short stay in Maryland with his two sons. He resumes duties at the Episcopal parsonage on South Ann Street and services will continue at the church starting Sunday morning.
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J. FE. Plummer
All Saint's Episcopal Church
Maryland
Mr. Plummer
Episcopal Parsonage
South Ann Street
New York Sees Surge in Infantile Paralysis This Summer
Health officials report 524 polio cases with 126 deaths as the epidemic widens from southern districts to the city. About 60 000 families evacuated to the countryside for safety while eighty seven hospital staff and field agents work with nurses and orderlies to treat patients amid a grim outlook.
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New York
Health Department
Italia Ter
Lyn
Methodists Open Mobile District Conference with Business Session
The annual Mobile district Methodist Episcopal Church South conference opened this morning in Toulminville with a business session. Rev Otis V Calhoun presided and Rev A J Lamar preached at 11 o clock. Notable visitors included Rev J S Frazer of Emory University. Committees will examine candidates for deacons and elders. four lay delegates will represent Mobile at the Alabama conference in Selma next November.
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Mobile District
Methodists Episcopal Church
South
Toulminville
Otis V. Calhoun
A. J.lamar
Nashville
J. S. Frazer
Emory University
Atlanta
Mobile
Calvert
Citronelle
Coffeeville
Crichton
Fairhope
Grand Bay
Grove Hill
Jackson
Broad Street
St. Francis Street
Government Street
Oakdale
Prichard
St. Stephens Road
Mobile Circuit
Realee Sugegsville
Whistler
Alabama
Selma
T. A. White
Lincoln Given Three Years on Spy Claim
A three year sentence of penal servitude was imposed on Ignatius Tribich Lincoln the self styled German spy after a guilty verdict following his confession to forgery in New York.
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Lincoln
New ‘York
Sty
Ignatius Tribich T. Lincoln
British Advance In German East Africa Reported
A British official statement says British troops have advanced in German East Africa. Lt Colonel Vaneventer drove the enemy from Kondalirangi on June 24 and pursued toward the central railway. West of Lake Victoria forces occupied Bukoba and secured Karagwe district.
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London
German East Africa
Protectorate
Vaneventer
Kondoa-lirangi
Central Railway
Lake Victoria
Bukoba
Karagwe Dis
Avoid Spring Colds and Seasonal Coughs Warned
The article warns that sudden weather shifts and high winds in spring trigger colds and grippe, risking chronic summer coughs. It recommends Dr. King’s New Discovery and Vision Laxative Tar Syrup as soothing treatments, noting long use and efficacy.
Puss in Boots Jr Joins Mother Goose on Breakfast Quest
Puss Junior and Mother Goose travel with a gander after a cat sings from a barn and a honey craving scene with a bee. They seek breakfast from a farmhouse, passing quips about ownership and meals while the gander lumbers along waiting for a faster pace.
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Puss Junior
Mother Goose
Gander
Puss
Dame Hahewles
the Bee
New Orleans Hosts Large Independence Day Parade
New Orleans July 5 celebration featured an Americanization parade with several thousand members of patriotic fraternal and civic groups. Government offices closed and most business suspended as Louisiana cities observed the day with park picnics and speeches.
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New Orleans
Wilsons Attend Washingtons Fourth Fireworks Display
President and Mrs. Wilson joined thousands in Washington Monument Park to view a municipal fireworks show and hear the United States Marine Band. Congress adjourned as citizens observed the Fourth with various contests and celebrations. The day included activities at the national guard camp from which the first unit departed today.
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Washington
Wilson
United States Marine Band
Washin Monument Park
Congress
National Guard
Steamer in Port Has 289 Refugees
The Spanish steamer Monteserrat with 289 passengers, mostly Mexican refugees, arrived in New York from Vera Cruz and Havana. Refugees from Mexico City described unrest, transport crowding, and fear of disrupted train service to Vera Cruz as reason to flee. They cited collapsed business, depreciated money, and scarce food as drivers of emigration.
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New York
Monteserrat
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Havana
Mexico City
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