Wichelsen Fined and Appeals After Domestic Assault
Lawrence Michelsen was fined 10 dollars and costs of fifty days hard labor by Recorder Edington after a Tuesday assault and battery charge brought by wife Effie Michelsen. Michelsen appealed with a 250 dollar bond. James Evans, Hillmen Taxi chauffeur, had an assault charge dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Edington
Lawrence Michelsen
Effie Michelsen
Michelsen
James P. Evans
Hillmen Taxi Company
Warren Purch
Mrs. Michaelsen
Plans to rehabilitate the naval stores market in Florida
Jacksonville July 22 plans to rehabilitate the naval stores market were made at a mass meeting of producers and operators. An August 15 plant shutdown is proposed for an indefinite period to improve market conditions. Circular letters will be sent to about 1,200 operators inviting meetings in Savannah Pensacola and New Orleans August 6 to discuss the plan. Delegates would meet in Jacksonville August 8 if the project is approved.
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Jacksonville
Board of Trade
Savannah
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Seventeen year old girl shoots arm over forbidden marriage
Hattie Garretson aged seventeen living with her mother at 20 Maryland street shot her left arm between shoulder and elbow on Monday night at 6 45. She said she did it to frighten her mother who objected to her marriage to James Parker Welch of Crichton. Dr O H Harris treated her, calling the wound painful but not serious. The mother opposed the marriage because of age.
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Hattie Garretson
M. W. Garretson
Maryland Street
James Parker Welch
Crichton
Jimmy
O. H. Harris
Kickapoo Worm Killer Promises Health for Worms
Advert says fretful children become healthy by ridding worms using Kickapoo Worm Killer candy lozenge. Symptoms listed include grinding teeth and thirst. testimonial from Mrs. J. A. Brisbin of Elgin Illinois. Guaranteed. 25 cents. Sold by Kickapoo Iridian Medicine Co. Philadelphia St Louis and Van Antwerp Drug Co. Mobile Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Brisbin
Elgin
Ill
Kickapoo Iridian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
van Antwerp Drug Co
Mobile
Comer Sets Date for Opening of Campaign
The gubernatorial bid of Braxton Bragg Comer will open on August 8 and 9 in Tuscaloosa. Comer plans to campaign against Walter D. Seed, his prohibition leaning opponent, with anticipation of a heated start after Birmingham candidate joins the race.
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Braxton Bragg Comer
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
Walter D. Seed
Birmingham
War Secretary Wood and General Aleshire visit Fort Sam Houston
Secretary of War Garrison Major General Leonard Wood and Brigadier General Aleshire arrived in San Antonio and proceeded to Fort Sam Houston this morning.
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San Antonio
Tex
Leonard Wood
Aleshire
Fort Sam Houston
Mobile Youth Runs Over By Train In Mississippi City
Sheriff Palmer was alerted by a message from Mississippi City about Thomas Kelly a 17 year old Mobile resident who was struck by a southbound Louisville and Nashville train. His leg was amputated at the knee after the accident near Frederic's place on the Bay Shell road.
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T. T. Palmer
Missisippi City
Miss
Thomas Kelly
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
T Place
Kelly
Bay Shell Road
Frederic’s Place
Sheriff Palmer
P. W. Kelly
New York New Haven and Hartford Board Seeks MelJen Successor
A six member committee of directors formed by the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad met to select a successor to Charles Ss MelJen whose resignation becomes effective by October 1. Theodore N Vail chaired the committee and noted no decision was reached that day. Potential candidates discussed include Edward E Loomis Daniel Willard Howard Elliott Ralph Peters and W W Atterbury among others.
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Associated Press
New York
New York, New Pn and Hartford Railroad
Charles Ss. Meljen
Theodore N. Vail
Edward E. Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Stop a Carbuncle with Dr Porter’s Healing Oil Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a remedy to stop a carbuncle or boil after it begins forming. It lists price points 25 cents 60 cents and one dollar.
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Porter
Milk Poison Strikes in Hartsville Area
In Hartsville Tennessee Elliott Cook age 34 died from milk poison and his wife is critically ill. The Green Grove community reports several related deaths and illnesses across nearby families including the Love Cox and Tally households. Government experts previously investigated the area but could not explain the source of the poison.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hartsville
Elliott Cook
Green Grove
Here
Cook
A . Cox
Jesse Tally
Partridge-Mickie Grocery Firm Declared Bankrupt in Mobile
The Partridge-Mickie Grocery Company at St. Francis and Joachim streets was adjudicated bankrupt in U S district court after an involuntary petition by Anne F Partridge Mary K Mickle and Sulzberger Sons Co The business is expected to continue Under Sheriff Robinson of Temple Texas arrived to take Harry Henderson back to Texas for a $100 draft cashing charge Arrest followed by Pinkerton AGents location of Henderson by W H Smith The prisoner will be transported Tuesday night Grand Rapids and Chicago furniture purchases for William H Monk Jr Estate A Wabash representatives Blair and Plunket visiting Mobile Alabama Oyster Commission to inspect reefs in Mobile and Baldwin counties Grant's Pass reef growth examined Coden resident George W Rabby recovering after eye surgery
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Partridge-Mickie Grocery Company
St. Francis and
Joachim Streets
United States District Court
Anne F. Partridge
Mary K. Mickle
Sulzberger & Sons Co
Robinson
Temple
Tex
Mobile
Harry Henderson
Texas
City National Bank of Temple
Henderson
Burch and Pearson
W. H. Smith
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
New Orleans
Alabama Oyster Commission
Baldwin County
Craft
Charles Clark
Coden
J. A. Joullian
Grant’s Pass Reef
Coden citizens seek railroad time change for afternoon train
Local residents of Coden petition Mobile and Bay Shore Railroad officials to shift the departure of the afternoon train from 4 30 to 5 30. The effort aims to better align with daily schedules and improve travel timing.
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Coden
Mobile and
Bay Shore Railroad
Tax Commission Visit Promises Mobile Property Tax Increases
The Mobile waterfront property market faces likely tax hikes as the state tax commission visits Mobile after ordering rises in Tuscaloosa. Tax Commissioner Dan Callaghan has pushed for increases on multiple properties including printing plants, signaling a broader revenue-raising policy.
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Mobile
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Tuscaloosa
Dan Callaghan
Mobile County
Arguments Heard in Freeland Case at Grand Bay
The case of Louis Freeland charged with killing David Mabee on February 29, 1912 heard rebuttal and opened jury argument. State and defense attorneys spoke as witnesses testified. a large crowd attended, including many relatives. The jury was seated Tuesday afternoon after lengthy proceedings and lists 12 jurors.
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Louis Freeland
Grand Bay
David Harry Mabee
Socilitor
Clarke
Robert E. Gordon
Leslie B. Sheldon
John W. McAlpine
J. H. Webb
Frank S. Stone
Ray Minette
Freeland
Joseph F. Bray
James R.D. Bray
Thomas A . Boon
James C. Batchelor
Gregory L. Kenny
Frank T. Barnett
William A. Martin, Jr
Charles A. Kuehl
Cotton flourishing but corn crop poor in Montgomery region
J. H. Drakeford president of the Bank of Tuskegee said in Montgomery that the cotton crop is very good and likely to yield well. He warned that the corn crop is in very poor condition due to weeks of dry weather, predicting a slim yield unless conditions improve.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. H. Drakeford
Bank of Tuskegee
State Banking Department
First Fruited Cotton Bolls Reported Near Montgomery
P T Johnson, a Black farmer on the Upper Wetumpka road two miles from Montgomery, brought in the season s first fruited cotton bolls. With about twenty five acres under cultivation mostly in cotton he credits high fertilization. Seed were sown in March and a bale should be ready for market next week.
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Montgomery
Ala
P.T. Johnson
Wetumpka Road
Johnson
Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy Restores Health for Mrs Manges
Mrs Manges of Mogadore Ohio describes severe female troubles and bearing down pains that nearly required surgery. After three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she recovered, had two healthy children, and credits the remedy with avoiding operation and restoring vitality.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Consta
Three Bullets In Husband's Head Fatal Shooting
After a quarrel near Whistler Rachel Ross shot and killed her husband John Ross with a 32 calibre revolver. Deputy Sheriff Charlies Smith arrested her. coroner viewed the body and she was held for investigation. She claimed he attacked her with a dirk and she fired three times in self defense.
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Rachel Ross
Whistler
John Ross
Charlies Smith
Inferior Criminal Court
Ross
New Orleans
Roas
Conecuh Tax Collector Settles Indebtedness
Special to The Item reports Conecuh County Tax Collector W. B. Oliver has settled about ten thousand dollars owed to the state and county. Embezzlement charges were withdrawn after Oliver deposited the funds following a pending settlement talks with Solicitor C R Bricken. The sum covered taxes due July 1 for the fiscal year.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. 8. Oliver
Conecuh
Belt plan to halt boll weevil risks cotton losses in South
Federal experts estimate an annual loss of about 108 million dollars to Alabama Georgia Tennessee and Florida cotton growers if Senator Smith of South Carolina proposed belt restrictions to ban cotton growth to stop boll weevil eastward expansion. The 100 mile wide strip path through Tennessee Alabama Georgia and Florida drives the projected harm with no offset figures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Florida
Smith
South Carolina
Atlantic
Department of Agriculture
Unusual Sequel Reveals Double Life of Dr. Montclair
In La Crosse Wisconsin the widow of Wilfred B Frost learned he lived a double life as Dr Wilford B Montclair in Chicago. Each family believed him a devoted husband and father until his death on February 28. The Chicago widow and La Crosse widow plan to live together with their children for life.
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Associated Press
Lacrosse
Wis
Wilfred B. Frost
Chicago
Frost
la Crosse
Wilford B. Montclair
Froster Montclair
Man Fatally Shoots Wife Then Self in Front of Store
In Kansas City Missouri on July 22 Albert Snyder pleaded kiss and then shot his wife Olivette in the forehead before turning the gun on himself in a downtown store area. The couple had been in divorce proceedings and neither’s recovery seems likely.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Albert Snyder
Olivette
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