Zapata Brother Threatens United States In Strong Letter
In Mexico City General Eufemio Zapata, brother of Emiliano Zapata, writes that Mexicans will not be cowed by the United States and vows to fight if war comes. He says Mexicans are ready to defend their soil, even with no arms, and accepts responsibility for his words.
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Washington
Yaqui
Mexico City
Wilson
Garza
Eufemio Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexico
Stearns Electric Paste Ad Promotes Rat Control
Bat the Rat urges immediate use of Stearns Electric Paste to exterminate rats and mice, claiming one night of action can halt breeding. The ad notes a two ounce bottle costs twenty five cents and includes directions in fifteen languages.
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Boards of Health Everywhere
Earth
Stearns Electric
Stearns
Anxiety Eases Over Yaqui Valley Tension
Washington reports Admiral Howard says General Leyva assures quiet in Yaqui Valley. Marines unlikely to land. American casualties feared as photographs show mutilated bodies on the Colorado off Guaymas. Villa troops attempt rescue. work crews attacked. escorts suffer casualties.
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Washington
Yaqui
Mexico
Admiral Howard
General Leyva
Guaymas
Leyva
U. 8
S. S. Colorado
Mex
San Diego
Cal
Yaqui Valley
Villa
Empalme
Yaqui River
Corral
Jori
Sailors Move Sisal From Progreso to Merchants Trade
The American schooner James W. Paul Jr consigned to Seeberg Line arrives with sisal from Progreso Mexico and departs with general cargo for Progreso. The Ethel Clarke withdraws registry plans to sail with lumber to Genoa. The Danish steamer Tyskland is chartered to carry goods back to Progreso, and Edna V Pickles unloads sisal at the harbor. The Farmand arrives in quarantine carrying sisal from Progreso and proceeds to port.
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James W. Paul, Jr
Seeberg Steamship Line
Progreso, Mex
Progreso
Lee
Ethel Clarke
Genoa
Italy
Tyskland
James Gibboney & Co
Munson Line
Mex
Edna V. Pickles
Mexico
Farmand
James, Gibboney & Co
Mexic
Donna Christina capsized schooner to be raised
Searching the Donna Christina in Tampa Bay, divers expect to recover the captain T. P. Parrish his wife and child and crew from the cabin and fore castle as steam winches prepare to lift the derelict.
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Tampa
Fila
T. P. Parrish
Salitpa Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Salitpa notes list Alan George Vaughn Jr leaving for Mobile after a visit with Dr. J Kimbrough Jr. in town. Several residents including Miss Odie May Ruth York, Grace and Pearl Davis, Lucille Fall, and the McLeods are visiting relatives or guests at Cross Roads, Jackson, Grove Hill or here this week. Clarke County Sunday school convention set for June 22-23 with invitations, while Prof Dayton Robinson leaves for summer study at the University of Chicago.
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Salitpa
Alan George Vaughn, Jr
Mobile
John Kimbrough
Odie May
Ruth York
Coffeeville
Guy
J. D. Doyle
Jackson
Grace
Pearl Davis
Archie May
Cross Roads
John
Marie Fleming
Clarke County
Dayton Robinson
University At Chicago
Barkentine Hildegard Victim of Tornado Off Quarantine Station
In Mobile gulf coast storm Tuesday night the barkentine Hildegard, under Captain Jack Hunter with nine crew, capsized near the lower bay bar. Tug Mary Wittich rescued the crew, while Captain Peter Forbes aided from shore. A survey at Fort Morgan will decide righting options. The vessel, refitted after prior losses and repairs, was bound for Buenos Aires on its first post-reclassification voyage.
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Gulf Coast
Mobile
Lower Bay Bar
Barkentine
Hildergard
Jack W. Hunter
Mary Wittich
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Peter Forbes
Hunter
Ter
Santa Cruz
Fort Morgan
Hildegard
Mobile Bar
Saunders Estate
Pensacola
Ollinger & Bruce
Athena
Gulf
Argentine
Citrus truck growers push joint exchange plan
Swartout and Rhodes urge a central citrus and nut exchange in Mobile with regional sub exchanges. Agencies will appoint directors, set quality standards, and ship through a unified system to cut grower costs. Whistler Citrus Growers’ Association incorporated with ten founders.
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James H Webb
Central Exchange
Mobile
Ala
Florida
Port of Mobile in Monopoly's Hands Says Investigators
A Mobile Chamber of Commerce port inquiry report notes difficulty obtaining stevedores and labor leaders for testimony and suggests abolishing deputy harbormaster offices and having pilots perform duties without fees. Mayor Pillans defers judgment, urging legislative action to regulate towage and pilotage charges. Captain Norville details funding limits for port literature and surveys, underscoring the city’s role and lack of funds.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pillans
C. Ofc
Harry Pillans
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Moce
Mobile
Rich
Australia
George R. Vaughan
G. M. van Liew
Norville
Real estate and insurance directory items in New Orleans area
Directory style listing shows firms on Royal Street and nearby streets including Duggan Taylor Realty Co Inc at 58 North Royal, Langan Hat Co at 110 Dauphin, and Gulf Coast and 35 South. Includes references to Clears, Ando pressers and Conceptics.
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New Orleans
Nack Cortesions Works
Nam Royal Street
Bell 1824 Real Estate and Insurance
Duggan-Taylor Realty Co. Inc
N Royal Street
Langan Hat Company
110 Dauphin Story
Ando Pressers
Gulf Ot
Ministers 10 Hold Services in Parks
Public speaking in Mobile parks and squares will occur Sundays and weekday evenings all summer under the Mobile Federation of Churches. A leading committee was elected, with Dr. J W Phillips selected to speak first in Bienville Square at 8 p.m. The effort has long enjoyed public support and received city permission to use public spaces.
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Mobile Federation of Churches
L. D. Dix
J. W. Glasgow
F. W. Evans
H. O. Hanson
Travers and Newton in rainy Lynnewood Hall match
Jerome Travers open golf champion defeated F C Newton 3 up with 2 to play in the Lynnewood Hall cup second round at Huntingdon Valley under heavy rain. Newton pressured the veteran as most holes were played in a downpour and Travers secured the win on the final stretch.
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Philadelphia
Jerome D. Travers
United States
F. C. Newton
New York
Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Travers
Newton
Orange
N. J
Middle States
Mountain Station
H. N. Balch
C. F. Watson, Jr
W. L. Pate
Cornell
Macomber
E. P. la
First Infantry Band Renders Good Music at Open Air Concert
The First Infantry Band gave an enjoyable Bienville Square concert drawing hundreds of children who danced around the band stand. City parks chief Pat J Lyons weighs a dancing platform for kids and Chamber of Commerce chair L W Savage appeals for subscriptions as concerts amuse thousands of Mobile residents. A heavy squall after 9 30 p m drove many attendees away.
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Bienville Square
Pat J. Lyons
L .W. Savage
Chamber of Commerce
Alleged Cow Thief Dies in Jail from Pellagra
Enoch Gibbs aged 35 died in the county jail on Tuesday afternoon from pellagra. He had been held on a $1,000 bond for stealing a cow from Mrs. H. B. Watkins on Government Street several months prior. Gibbs deteriorated after illness and lost his mind. County Physician B. W. Cawthon and jail officials tried to save him, but he died. His case was removed from the city court docket.
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Pellagra
Enoch Gibbs
B. Watkins
Government Street
Pellagora
Gibbs
B. W. Cawthon
Zeppelins Bombard South Shields Navy Yard
A Christiana message via the Overseas Agency reports Zeppelins dropped bombs on the Armstrong Works at South Shields England. The raid caused extensive damage with many buildings burned, enormous losses, seventeen employees killed and forty injured. The event refers to the prior nights air raid over the English northeast coast, details previously suppressed by censorship.
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Berlin
Sayville
Christiana
Sarum
Stavanger
Armstrong Works
South Shields
Eng
Eventeen Epie Sons
England
Shields
Alameda Personalities Report Social Visits and Harvest
Alameda residents share social visits with neighbors in Kelleytown and Thomasville. J A Sherman and wife spent Sunday with the Kelleys, Mrs B F Adams and son Ed visited Fulton relatives, Mrs W Q Anderson made a business trip to Thomasville, T L Horton was in Thomasville, R B Cummin plus Joe Morris visited Thomasville, and Cummin harvested 316 bushels of Irish potatoes.
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Alameda
Ala
J. A. Sherman
Kelleytown
T. A. Kelley
B. FY
Adams’ and Son
Fulton
W. Q. Anderson
Thomasville
T. L. Horton
Cuming
Joe Morris
Cummin
Wireless Message Notes Mobile Manager's Panama Passage
A Marconi station picked up word that Irving T. Carpenter former Mobile branch assistant manager passed through the Panama Canal in the J. K. Luckenbach from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. his sister is ill. Max Marston of New York advanced in golf, likely to meet Travers in the final for the trophy. Lansing says he is fond of Mr. Bryan and may grow more fond of his job.
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Marconi Wireless Company
Irving T. Carpenter
Mobile
Panama Canal
J. K. Luckenbach
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Max Marston
New York
Travers
Mr. Lansing
Mr. Bryan
Slaton Home Guarded as Protests Continue
Atlanta June 23 militia guard surrounds Governor Slaton's home to prevent damage to property amid ongoing protests over Leo M. Frank’s death sentence. A later event in Columbus shows an effigy calling Slaton a traitor was shot and burned on Fourteenth Street bridge, with several hundred demonstrators present.
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Atlanta
Slaton
Columbus
Fourteenth Street
Chattahoochee River
Georgia
Alabama
Deaths and Funerals Bring Local Notices From Magnolia Springs
Obituaries and memorial notes from Magnolia Springs and nearby Mobile recount funerals for Mrs Harriet Patterson of Atmore Ohio and Mrs Mary Khourie of Syria, plus infant Leslie Vinn Stevens of Mobile. Local updates include harvests, fishing trips, rural route transfers, church services, and community remarks.
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H. Patterson
Harriet . Patterson
Harry H. Son
Atmore
Ala
Cinnati
Ohio
H. A
Church Street
Christ Episco Church
Mary Khourie
Syria
Mobile F
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
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York
Meridian
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Ealing
Key West
Mallory Steamship Company
F. DU Bois
Norman Bell
N. Royal St
Marine News
Oma
City Ticket Office
Royal St
Bell 210
H.C. Geron
Pass
Agt
Barkentine Hildegard
L. G. Swartout
L. T. Rhodes
Theodore
Grand Bay
Dawes
Orchard
Citronelle
Irvington
Mobile Bay
Dickens Ferry Road
Ocean Springs
Creole
Satsuma
Hall’s Mill
Road
Shore Acres
Axis
Lucedale
Spring Hill
Robertsdale
Fairhope
Silverhill
Bay Minette
Whistler
Whistler-Citrus Growers’ Association
N.S. Gray
A. B. Baumhauer
L. C. Hartford
C. Bromley
S. N. Kelly
G. W. de Vaughn
R. W. Horn
J. A. Galeman
P. Leipf
J. B. Dortch
A. F. Lerner
Prin Com
St. Michael Street
Wood Co
St. Michael
Dr. Phillips
First Infantry
Grand Central Palace
Armstrong Yards
Arsenal
Gov. Slaton
Howe
Leslie Vinn Stevens
Leslie Vinn
Carl L. Jessie A. Stevens
South Jackson Street
Pine Crest Tery
Magnolia Springs
Reeves
Magnolia Sp
Wesley Sisson, Jr
William Gaillard
Wes Anniston
Weller
Famil
Walker
Cotta
Bishop Ou
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Howard Walker
Margaret Forster
C. J. Gayfer & Company
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