Government After Former Mobilian for Big Revenue Fraud
A Mobilian linked to large scale whiskey tax evasion is pursued as federal officers raid a Fort Smith saloon. The scheme allegedly involved John L. Caspar and Guy L. Hart owners of Rush Distilling, with 657 barrels produced in January and $30,000 lost to the government. The probe ties to con fidential files and broader efforts to corrupt revenue agents across the West. Philadelphia gas rates may drop to 65 cents per thousand feet if approved by officials.
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Jeral Internal Revenue Service
Eee
Mobile
Pervsc
Nashville
Washington
Fort Smith
Ark
John L. Caspar
Guy L. Hart
Caspar and Hartman
Kansas City
Weet States
Aged Wrinkled Faces Rejuvenated by Simple Wax Treatment
An old newspaper blurb touts wax therapy for facial rejuvenation. Ordinary mercorized wax removes worn skin to reveal a youthful complexion after a week or two. It claims to dissolve freckles liver spots pimples and wrinkles with a night application and warm water wash.
Visitors register at hotels in city on Tuesday
A list shows guests at the Cawthon Windsor and St Andrew hotels on Tuesday including R Seager and Mrs Seager Birmingham Alabama and many others from Mississippi Alabama Wisconsin Boston and Texas. Local travelers and tourists were noted among the visitors stopping over in the city.
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Nose
Eieay Ie
Seager
Wy. Heepe, Jr
Birmiham
Ala
Klosky’s
Annie Young
Daphne
Maggie Tansit
T. B. Pace
Jackson
G. F. Bridge
Axis
BE. H. Ginn
Atlanta
T. W. Moore
E. F. Botepean
Cawthon Hotel
Windsor Hotel
John Cox
Foley
F. M. Farmer
Wilmer
A. Wood
Selma
Calvert
John A. Bishop
Birmingham
J. W. Buckstrom
Leakesville
Miss
W. G. Murphy
Sun Flower
Mise Bessie Oover
Stockton
T. F. Ferguson
Lathrom
J. S. Martin
Montgomery
William A. McDowell
Camden
Vance Summer
Frank Boykin
Calvert, Ala
Walter Hannen
Denny Says Agreement Temporary Amid City Hospital Tensions
The Item reports Denny stating the accord between Dr Frazer and Sister Regina is temporary and will yield amicable relations. Dr. Jackson notes a letter from President Denny approving the arrangement and says Frazer is satisfied with the approval. He compares to other cities where large medical colleges access hospital clinics without hospital control, arguing Mobile Medical College need not seek total control of City Hospital.
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Frazer
Regina
Jackson
Denny
University of Alabama
City Hospital
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
Mobile Medical College
Denny Pushes For City Hospital Control at Alabama
President George H. Denny of the University of Alabama, reporting to trustees, insists on complete medical control of Mobile’s city hospital via direct contract with the city commissioner. He notes the need to retain points from the original petition and cites the Mobile School of Medicine as maintaining Class A status and steady development.
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Denny
School of Medicine
Mobile
Thetate
Dean Bondurant
Philadelphia
T. H. Frazer
Bondurant
Frazer
American Medical Association
University of Alabama
College of Arts
College of Engineering
School of Law
School of Pharmacy
Cecceseees
Lynch on New York Industrial Commission Appointments
Governor Whitman appointed the State Industrial Commission to supersede the workmen's compensation and labor departments. Members include John Mitchell as chairman James M. Lynch Syracuse William H. Rogers Rochester Edward P. Lyon and Louis Wiard. salaries are 8000 dollars yearly. Terms vary with Mitchell serving six years Lynch four years others undetailed.
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State Industrial Commission
Workmen's Compensation Commission
State Labor Department
Whitman
John Mitchell
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
William H. H. Rogers
Rochester
Edward P. Lyon
OOM A
Louis Wiard
Baavia
Senate
Mitchell
Mr. Lynch
University of Alabama Faces Funding and Facility Needs
The 1914 15 session reported 1 378 students the largest in UA history across Arts Science Engineering Law Medicine Pharmacy and Summer School. Immediate needs include larger maintenance funds new men’s dormitory library building women’s dormitory completion modern chemical laboratory dorm furnishings college hospital open to sick students free and campus facility upgrades.
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University of Alabama
Groun
How She Managed
A woman fails to make a phone call as others chat. she finally interrupts by saying she smells beans burning, prompting gasps before she gets through to place her call. The anecdote illustrates patient restraint under social interference.
Married Lit Sermon Sparks Irish Talk Among Friends
Old Irishmen in a parish discuss a curate's sermon on marriage after morning service. They praise the sermon yet envy the curate’s confidence, with one remark expressing a wish to know as little about the matter as he does.
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Tim
National Monthly
Grove's Tasteless Chilli? Tonic Quinine and Iron Ad
Advertising copy touts Grove's Tasteless Cholera? Tonic with Quinine and Iron. Claims the Quinine drives out malaria and the iron strengthens blood. Brand emphasizes tasteless formula printed on each label. Price stated as 9 cents.
Harbor arrivals greet rough gulf weather and cargo waves
The coastwise steamship Tatpon tied up in the harbor after rough gulf weather delaying arrivals to early Monday evening. Ships including Governor Powers and City of Mobile diverted routes into Pensacola and quarantine respectively while others offload naval stores and lumber for Mallory and Taylor-Lowenstein. A leaking James Gibboney coal barge was saved by a dockworker, and several Munson and Mallory Line vessels prepared cargoes for New York and Havana trade.
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Gulf
Pensacola
Fila
Baxter Tie Company
Alice M. Col
City of
Mobile
Paolina
Bodo
Bluefields
Alabama River
City of Mobile
Municipal Docks
James Gibboney & Co
Fla
Sabine
Mallory Line
New York
Frednes
Munson Steamship Line
Avana
Cuba
Munson Line
Havana
Petra
Karen
Ottar
Maritime Movements Report from Pensacola and Key West
Maritime notices list arrivals at Pensacola including Napierian Galveston Uland Pros Ill Origans tetranger Mobile tania us raltar and at Key West ships 30th 7 30 p m including Georgian Prince Morgan liner Creole Ligonier El Zorro Standard Oil steamer Westwego and more. New Orleans clears Teutonian for London and Port Eads reports arrivals Cardium Barry Cartago Frontera Comus Coppename Ochoa Port Barrios and others with sailings Alexandra to Havre and Dorothy Carrie W Babson from Tampa.
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Pensacola
Fla
Strs
Napierian
Galveston
Uland
Swed
Gulfport
Pros Ill
Itr Origans
Tetranger
Mobile
Tania Us
Raltar
Key West
All West
Creole
Ligonier
el Zorro
Standard Oil
Westwego
New Orleans
Strs. Teutonian
London
Newport News
Cardium
Barry
Cartago
Bocas del Toro
Colon
Colombia
Nor
Frontera
Comus
New York
Coppename
Port Barrios
Puerto Cortez
Belize
Philadelphia
Ochoa
Sonora
Mex
Cardenas
Tana
Tegucigalpa
Celba
Hermes
Avyonmouth
Str
Alexandra
Havre
Norfolk
Tampa
Fila
Dorothy
Carrie W. Babson
Tela
Important school board meeting with Mobile delegation
An important meeting of the board of school ... will be held on Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. Commissioners will meet the Mobile legislative delegation to discuss legislation affecting the county schools.
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Board of School
Oamaniatonetni
Mobile
Bridge closure notification for Mobile drawbridge repairs
Notice to the public from Mobile Alabama dated May 380 1915 announces closure of the Southern Railway draw bridge across Mile Creek Mobile County at the north city boundary. Bridge will be closed from 6 30 a m Tuesday June 1st and reopen 6 80 p m Saturday June 5th as repairs proceed.
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Mobile
Ala
Southern Railway
Mile Creek
Mobile County
Had Tuberculosis Now Insured Patient testimonial for Eckman’s Alterative
A Brooklyn man reports severe lung symptoms improved after using Eckman’s Alterative and gaining life insurance. He notes night sweats, cough, weakness, and weight gain to 142 pounds with medical confirmation of recovery. The ad claims efficacy for bronchial catarrh and lung conditions and urges readers to buy from druggists.
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Sterling Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eckman
W. &. Geekman
Gelinas Labora Philadelph Ckman
Meeps Dinas
Mobile
Hundreds of Thousands of Vitalitas Books In Press
Hundreds of thousands of copies of The Story of Vitalitas are in press and will be distributed in Southern cities. Demand extends across seas and is strong. The book outlines Vitalitas history and production, claims a natural product with no harmful ingredients, and notes availability through Betton Dove Store and Drug Wister Ady.
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Vitalitas
Betton’ Dove
Ady
Spring Hill and Auburn Baseball Set for Monroe Park Series
For the first time in both colleges history Spring Hill and Auburn meet at Monroe Park on June 4 and 5. Coaches and players push training as a double header is planned for the 5th with Mobile observers watching. Pitchers Christovich Ching Bienvenu and Brand lead the Purple and White in strong form.
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Spring Hill
Auburn
Monroe Park
Donahue
Ducote
Touart
Mobile
Mobile Southern Aassociation
Christovich
Ching
Bienvenu
Brand
Boy imitates stunt. lady offered dime for worm act
In a park a boy asked a passerby for a dime so his younger brother could imitate a chicken by eating a worm. The elder boy proposed the routine as a real stunt rather than a cheap imitation.
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Brudder
National Monthly
Scottish minister and parishioner pay joke
A parishioner tells a minister he should be better paid. The minister responds pleased that the parishioner values clergy and jokes that higher pay would attract a better class of men.
Domestic Bliss Triggers Unlikely Veil Gift
A Seattle family mistress cooks herself after losing a cook and earns praise with fine meals. Her husband gifts her sable fur after a month of satisfactory dinners, prompting a neighbor to remark on past jealousy. When the neighbor’s wife quits, the wife humorously asks her husband what she’ll get for cooking, and he replies with a stark warning.
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Seattle
National Monthly
Mackin Curren Spark Big Series as Catcher Pivots
Mackin and Curren operate as the team's key catchers. They bring exceptional ability and act as the pivots of the lineup. Their presence injects pep into each game and promises more excitement in the upcoming big series.
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Ae Oe
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ills. It emphasizes women’s quiet heroism and urges sufferers to try the herbal treatment, claiming it has helped for forty years and benefits both the woman and her family.
Every Man Read This This Treatment Claims Unusual Benefits
An advertised remedy, described as a three grain Cadomene tablet, is said to fortify nerves, boost personal magnetism, and aid those with insomnia fear or dizziness. Marketed for a wide range of ailments, it claims self administration without a physician, with benefits for writers, professionals, and those long exposed to alcohol.
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East
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Jersey
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Welch
W.T. Goubil
Bell
Dauphin ST
Palm Beach
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Union Terminal Station
York
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
DeBriere
R. B. duMont
Wm. W. Croom
Dumont & Croom
St. Michael St
J. T. Jett & CO. General Contractors
City Bank
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