Crop diversification essay contest boosted by rail line reach
The crop diversification essay contest backed by the Tennessee and North railroad aims to involve fourteen counties. Winners receive cash prizes from local civic groups and will be entertained by The Mobile Item and The Register. Plans include late announcements and regional participation to promote agricultural culture in Alabama.
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The
of Commerce
Tennessee & Northrailroad
John T. Coch
L. Plan
Irvine
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Mobile Item
Register
Oe Ae Ie Go
Baymen's Benevolent Intra Union Officers Nominated
At a Baymen's Benevolent meeting in Mobile officers were nominated for ballot at the next session. Nominees include Charles Williamson for ident Burns vice president O P Roy F Kelly recording secretary J J Sullivan financial secretary Duff Alva Farmer treasurer John M Clark doorkeeper D Hyland Marshal C Medicus physician Dreaper Feagin and Rush hall committee Leesch Chur L Elliman.
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Baymen’s Benevolent
Mobile No. Eat
International Longshore's Association
Royal Street
Charles Williamson
Burns
O. P. R Oy
S. F. Kelly
J.J. Sullivan
H. Duff
Alva Farmer
John. M. Clark
D. Hyland
C. Medicus
Drs. Dreaper
Feagin
Rush
Hall
J. Ten William Leesch
M. Chur
L . Lelliman
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion gas heartburn and sour stomach. A fifty cent case should relieve stomach misery in five minutes with relief from nausea headaches and bad breath.
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Pape
Women’s Organizations News Seeks Meeting Notices
The editor invites notices from women’s groups including church, philanthropic, fraternal, musical, and literary clubs. Submissions covering suffrage civics economics and culture are welcome with interest to women. Send news by 1 PM Saturday or noon other days.
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Euterpean Fraternity Plans Two Final Meetings at Y M C A
The Euterpean Fraternity meets Tuesday at 8 PM in the Y M C A Auditorium for two final sessions of the course. No notices will be mailed. attendees urged for strong turnout to enjoy a program on Corot Keats and Schubert performed by Roderick McKenzie S P Speigel and Mrs S S Tam.
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Euterpean Fraternity
Euterpean
Corot
Keats
Schubert
Roderick McKenzie
P. Speigel
McGehee
John Collier Willis
Mabel Heustis
St. Agnes
Edwin Lyles Taylor
Wanderer
T. H. Halliwell
J. W. Cox
Win Schock
Mr. McKenzie
Planck
Schwarz Beautifies Graves of Ex Mayors in Magnolia Cemetery
Commissioner Laz Schwarz seeks harmony with Mobile lot owners to clean up and beautify City of the Dead. He has already improved several ex mayor graves including George Walton from 1837. Some owners remain unlocatable, others cared for by city prisoners. Marlin is taking in spring practice with New York National League players McGraw and Fromme joining yesterday.
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George Walton
Marlin
Tex
McGraw
Fromme
McLean
Palermo
What is civilization the power of good women
A reflective column urges readers to stop using lack of time as an excuse for failures. It highlights how busy people still find time for self improvement and cites examples from poets painters and business leaders. The piece ends with Emerson on women shaping civilization.
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Legion
Whittler
Indianapolis News
Emerson
Suffrage and Women Figures Highlight Puck and Society Notes
The February 16 Puck issue champions suffrage with Helen Todd of California touring New York to rally voters, while The Survey’s February 6 special on Minimum Wage edited by Florence Kelley offers broad wage analysis. Other notes feature Ethel Leginska’s England to New York arrival and stage plans, Ola Humphrey’s life tale in film, Fraulein Marie Weissman the Austrian Joan of Arc, and various contemporary women in arts and royalty.
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Puck
Helen Todd
California
New York State
Todd
Florence Kelly
National Psumers’ League
East Twenty-second Street
New York
Ethel Leginska
England
Liszt
Leginska
New York Symphony Orchestra
Ola Humphrey
Prince Hassan
Princess Hassan
Pe Hassan
London
Joan of Arc
Vienna
Fraulein Marie Weissman
Maid of
Orleans
Fraulein Weissman
Red Cross
Mobile Solons Dine With Rotary Club on Lawmakers Day
Mobile Rotary Club plans a social Thursday at the Cawthon Hotel reception room labeled Lawmakers Day. State Senator Harry T. Hartwell and three Mobile House members W E P Wilson Bart B Chamberlain Claude A Grayson will speak. A number of stunts are arranged to add interest at the event.
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Mobile Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
Perichees
Harry T. Hartwell
Messrs
W. E. P. Wilson
Bart B. Chamberlain
Claude A. Grayson
Remedy for Kidney Trouble Promises Swamp Root Cure
In 1908 Mace Clinkinbeard of Fairfield Iowa suffered kidney trouble and found relief using Swamp Root after consultation with a Libertyville physician. He purchased bottles from Jericho's Drug Store in Fairfield and remained well with no recurrence. He endorses the medicine and recommends it to others. The affidavit was sworn July 12, 1909, in Jefferson County Iowa.
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Libertyville
Iowa
Jericho
Fairfield
Mace Clinkinbeard
Pairfield
Towa
Mace Clinkerbeard
Charles
Prove Swamp Rest Offer Drafted for Kilmer Co
A promotional letter from Binghamton New York invites Dr Kilmer and Company to send ten cents for a sample of Swamp Rest. The note stresses the sample will prove its value to the recipient and persuade them of its usefulness.
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Dr. Kilmer& Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dee Kilmer & Co
Ton
N.Y
The Fortunes of Fanny
Fanny Heden leaves Delia and her circle after clashing with Delia’s crew. She faces alienation from Nellie Bengon’s world and defends herself when Delia’s brother Tom O’Brien assaults her. A confrontational dinner scene ends with Fanny striking back and fleeing with Miss Irwin’s letters.
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Delia
Fanny Heden
Ates
Ned
Fanny
Nellie Bengon
Nellie
Miss Irwin
Mrs. Irwin
Irwin
Tom O’brien
Green Pepper Cookery and Its Reliable Methods
Sweet green peppers have gained a place in cookery in this country. Their flavor enhances soups stews salads and many vegetables. Here are several reliable methods of cooking them emphasizing versatility and flavor.
Parboiled greens stuffed with rice and roast beef on toast
A brief cooking note describes parboiling vegetables, removing seeds, and mixing with minced roast beef and cooked rice. The mixture is baked in a buttered crumbed pan for twenty minutes, basted with butter or stock, and served on toast.
Stuffed With Nuts Recipe Technique
The method stiffs nuts by parboiling then stuffing with a forcemeat of chopped nuts and bread crumbs, moistened with cream or melted butter and seasoned with salt and pepper. Bake and baste with melted butter for twenty minutes.
Pepper Puree and Stewed Peppers for Meat Dishes
Stewed ay peppers are cut, seeded, and boiled in salted water then drained. Mix with butter and cream and serve with beefsteak chops or cutlets. Pepper puree boils peppers and skins them then simmers and presses through a sieve before mixing with butter cream and salt to accompany meat.
Pepper boats with fish and celery mayo mix
Cut green peppers lengthwise in half and hollow out. Fill with a mixture of flaked cold cooked fish minced celery and mayonnaise. Chill briefly before serving as an appetizer.
French Dressing and Mayonnaise Like Sauce in Historic Recipe
A scanned recipe fragment describes French dressing with pepper paprika salt olive oil and vinegar and optional mustard or onion juice. It then gives a method for a yolk based dressing thickened with oil and vinegar, plus a fruit salad mix including pineapple Malaga grapes orange pulp bananas and other items.
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Malaga
Nash resident cures tetter with Cuticura in 1914
In Nash Virginia M D Fitzgerald reports severe hand tetter with cracking bleeding and pain at night. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for one month the hands healed, as dated October 15 1914.
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Nash
M. D. Fitzgerald
Women Arts Benefit and Community House Vision
Musicians plan a March 12 program at Dauphin Way Baptist Church under Mrs Mathilda Mann Crosby with Mrs William Schock as accompanist. Admission is free and a goodwill offering supports the window fund. The article also extols Greenwood Mississippi for a community house model linking rural and town women in commerce and social ties. The Wom en s Eastern Golf Association sets early June dates for its Griscom cup at Merion Cricket Club near Philadelphia.
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Dauphin Way Baptist Cill
Mathilda Mann Crosby
Cross
William ‘Schock
Greenwood
Anna J. Pennypacker
New York
Women’s
Eastern Golf Association
Merion Cricket Club
Philadelphia
Woman Recovers After Illness With Vinci
Waynesboro resident Y R Horbough says a bout with bronchitis left her weak and unable to work. After trying Vinci she reports renewed strength, better appetite, digestion, and blood, returning to housework she had not done for months. Van Antwerp's Drug Corp. and leading drug stores advertise the product.
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Waynesboro
Vinci
Y. R. Horbough
Van _Antwerp
Drug Corp., Inc
Cuticura Emollients Advertise Skin Purification
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are presented as creamy emollients and prophylactics for skin scalp hair and hands. They claim to meet all toilet nursery needs and offer a 32 page Skin Book free by mail with a request card to Cuticura Dept T Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. T
Bos
Reduced rents for four room apartments in city district
Listings show EL Jefferson and N Charleston Streets hall units with four rooms kitchen and bath water included. Claesemann and E Sostt Streets offer four room units with kitchen water included. W Wilkinson at 2 S es Streets advertises a water included four room setup.
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EL Jefferson
Charleston Sts
Ie Claesemann
E. Sostt
Girls' Canning Clubs Organize With 100 Members
Mrs Jessica W McGuire leads fifteen Girls Canning Clubs across as many schools with about 100 participants. Clubs meet at Alliance Hall Wilmer Theodore Palestine Government street road West Dog River Irvington Union Church Calvert Citronelle Chun beege Axis Eight Mile Blanken ship. Advanced girls begin planting growing and canning fruits and vegetables and the tomato canning restriction is lifted. The U S Department of Agriculture aids by supplying seeds.
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Jessica W. McGuire
Alliance Hall
Wilmer
Theodore
Palestine
Government Street Road
United States Department of Agriculture
California Syrup of Figs Ad Warns Against Counterfeits
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful for feverish or constipated kids and promises relief from foul waste and sour bile within hours. It warns to buy only the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Reduced Rentals List of Multiple Local Homes
A serialized catalog notes various available properties including 2 story frame residences at 904 Government St and on N side near Michigan Ave. Also lists 2 story brick homes at St Anthony and Joachim Sts plus 109 Hamilton between Church and Government Sts. Includes 1 story frame cottages and bungalows on Dauphin Julia St Lafayette Washington Ave Augusta St Le Moyne Ave and Spring Hill Ave with large lots and corner locations.
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Michigan Avenue
St. Anthony
Joachim Sts
Hamilton
Church and
Government Sts
Montauk
Hallett
Georgia Avenue
Dauphin
Julia Sta
Tuafayette
Augusta St
Washington Uave
Augusta
Washington Square
LeMoyne Avenue
E. Margaret
First Spring Hill Ave
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