Tick Eradication Drive Urges Cattle Voting in Mobile County
Mobile County Tick Eradication Association intensifies campaign to push a March 15 election on universal dipping. Speakers plan visits across Bayou la Batre Coden and surrounding areas with former Senator Frank S. White set to speak at Bayou la Batre Masonic Hall urging farmers and cattle raisers to vote for the plan to save the industry.
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Mobile County
Mobile
Enmera
Mpetus
Fight For Universal
Frank S. White
Masonic Hall
Bayou la Batre
Balou la Batre
Coden
White
Georgetown
Downes School
Lott Road
Wilmer
Delehamps
Orchard
Chamberlain's Tablets Offer Quick Relief
Indigestion and constipation are common health issues and Chamberlain's Tablets provide relief. The ad promises lasting improvement for many and urges readers not to give up, claiming widespread availability.
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Chamberlain
Twice Told Tale Endorses Doan s Kidney Pills
A Mobile woman confirms after two years that Doan s Kidney Pills eased severe sciatic rheumatism and helped her walk. Mrs Vincent Bride of 501 S Hamilton St praises the remedy again, noting lasting benefit. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y advertises.
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Vincent Bride
S. Hamilton St
Mobile
Dean
Villa encampment battle prompts border alert across Chihuahua
Villa reportedly at Nogales ranch in Chihuahua while his forces move from Bosques Grandes toward Palomas. American and Mexican patrols brace the border as Carranza guards fortify gates near Columbus after Villa’s near-border appearance.
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Hachita
N. M
Nogales Ranch
Chihuahua
Villa
Bosques Grandes Ranch
Here
Palomas
Carranza
H. J. Slocum
Thirteenth Cavalary
Gibson's Ranch
Columbus
Five American soldiers killed in Columbus NM clash with bandits
Five U S soldiers died in a night battle at Columbus New Mexico as Mexican bandits attacked the town. A railroad pumper was wounded and his wife killed when arson and gunfire erupted. Reports describe the depot and coal chutes burned and troops repelling the attack with machine gun fire. A conductor relayed that two soldiers halted his freight train to seek reinforcements. Information flowed to General Pershing’s aide as the fight continued near Columbus.
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EL Paso
Tex
Columbus
N. M
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Deming
United States
Lumley
Eel Paso
A. Danley
General Pershing
M. C. Shallenberger
J. J. Pershing
Shallenberger
Thirteenth Cavalry
Slocum
Fort Bliss
A Single Application Banishes Every Hair
A beauty ad claims Delatone removes unwanted hair quickly with a powdered Delatone and water paste. Applied to the surface for 2 to 3 minutes, rubbed off, washed, hair supposedly disappears. The method is described as painless and inexpensive and may only need one application unless growth is very thick.
Columbus Fight After Villa Raid Sparks Night of Destruction
Reports detail Villa forces crossing the border to attack Columbus New Mexico. The town faced heavy fire from snipers and soldiers, with civilians and railroad workers caught in the crossfire. Casualties include J. J. Moore and Walter Walker, while Major Tompkins and Col. Slocum led pursuit. Troops blocked retreat and rescued survivors as fires spread through the town.
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J. S. Dean
Dean
Villa
Slocum
Columbus
Walter Walker
Central Hotel
W. T. Ritchie
New Mexico
Rachel Walker
Playas
N. M
Jolly Garner
Ben Aguire
United States Customs Border Riders
Walker
Here
Wisall
Beson
Col. Slocum
J. J. Moore
Samford Denounces Signature Attack on Senator Underwood
In a Montgomery letter to Fred M. Jackson of Birmingham, William Hodge Samford says signatures on a statement attacking Senator Oscar W. Underwood were obtained by unfair methods. He expresses surprise at being linked to the attack, defends Underwood as a leading Alabamian serving patriotically, and says he believed he was signing a request to withdraw an amendment rather than a charge of unfaithfulness and corruption.
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Montgomery
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
William Hodge Samford
Fred M. Jackson
Birmingham
Samford
Underwood
Alabama
Mr. Samford
Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Prohibition Parade Broken Up in Toronto Riot
A prohibition parade to the parliament building in Toronto sparked a riot injuring several. Among marchers were returning soldiers angered by an allegorical “Old Man Ontario on the Water Wagon” display. A torn placard and a shredded banner followed as mounted police restored order.
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Toronto
Parliament
Ontario
Stormy Weather Halts Porter Trials at Rockland Harbor
Blizzard conditions force the torpedo boat destroyer Porter to return to Rockland Me harbor before completing its standardization trials begun yesterday. The respite follows a controversial shortcut to the parliament building described as the water wagon.
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Rockland
Porter
Automobile shipments rise in February says traffic head
Detroit March 9. Automobile manufacturers of America used 21 502 freight cars to ship their product in February this year, compared with 11 973 in February 1915. J S Marvin traffic manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce also provided a corrected January total of 19 973, or 11 973 more than last year’s January.
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Detroit
Mich
Automobile Manufacturers of America
J. S. Marvin
National Automobile Chamber of Commer
Marvin
Deaths and Funerals: Mosteller and Roche
David Byron Mosteller aged 48 died in Pascagoula Mississippi after a long illness. He lived in Mobile previously and worked as an electrician for Mobile Electric Company and later in the Pascagoula fish business. Survived by wife, siblings in Philadelphia and Charlotte. Funeral from home Thursday at 8 PM. Magnolia Cemetery Pascagoula. John Roche aged 73, a native of Ireland and longtime Mobile resident, died at the Home for the Aged after a long illness.
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David B. Mosteller
David Byron Mosteller
Pascagoula
Miss
Mr. Mosteller
Charlotte
N. C
Mobile
Mobile Electric Company
Philadelphia
Magnolia Cemetery
John Roche
Ireland
Funeral of James O Sims Held at Family Home
The funeral for James O Sims took place from his son Oscar V Sims residence at 49 Van Ranssalaer Street Thursday at 11 15 AM with Rev W H Wanters officiating and Rev Guy R Hurlbutt assisting A solo by Miss Eugenie Rosson and floral decorations at the grave Pallbearers listed as Frank Pringle Herndon Pringle J A Jones Jr H E Palmes Smory Jones William Schock
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James, O. Sims
Oscar V. Sims
van Ranssalaer Street
W. H. Wanters
Guy R. Hurlbutt
Eugenie Rosson
Frank Pringle
Herndon Pringle
J. A. Jones
Justice Anderson Leaves Mobile for Montgomery After Stay
Chief Justice John C. Anderson of the Alabama Supreme Court, after a several day stay in Mobile, departed Thursday for Montgomery. Justice options and further proceedings were not disclosed.
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John C. Anderson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Mobile
Montgomery
Birthday Parade Of Mobile Children At Empire Theatre
The Mobile Item congratulates several children for birthdays and invites them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets have been mailed. March born children are asked to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Birth day Editor two days before their birthday.
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Mary M. Charest
S. Warren Grace Nesbit Lindale
N. Ann
Mary L. Charest
S. Warren
Ollie Burt
Oak
Ida M. LaCoste
Roper St
Pauline Chassin
N.wilkinson
Empire Theatre
Anderson Delights in Carnival Visit Promises Regular Attendance
Anderson described a most delightful visit in M and praised the carnival festivities. He called the parades the finest he had ever witnessed and pledged to become a regular attendee in future carnivals.
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Anderson
State Illiteracy Fight Begins In Mobile With Campaign
Miss Esther R Foster and Professor John B Hobdy arrived in Mobile to launch an illiteracy button campaign set to begin March 18. They met at Barton Academy with Mobile school officials and civic leaders to outline funding plans and campaign method. Mayor Lyons to declare the date a holiday for campaigning. President L J Adler of the Alabama Travelers Association pledged support.
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Esther R. Foster
Montgomery
Alabama
Lyons
L. J. Adler
Alabama Travelers’ Association
Booker T Washington Memorial Fund Collection Planned
Tuskegee on March 12 set aside for a special collection by colored churches and Sunday schools to raise one eighth of the fund to honor Booker T. Washington. Emmett J. Scott announces the effort as secretary in charge.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Booker T. Washington Memorial Fund
Tuskegee Board of Trustees
Emmett J. Scott
Fund drive aims to build Booker T. Washington memorial
The trustees of Tuskegee Institute plan a two million dollar memorial for Booker T. Washington. They ask the colored community to contribute at least 250000 as their share, with collections from churches and schools scheduled in March and April 5, the educator’s birth anniversary. Local pastors may adapt Sunday collection dates.
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Booker T
Tuskegee Tate
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
City Court Roundup Details Cases and Convictions
Joe Montgomery, a Black man, stands on trial in city court Thursday for a statutory offense. William Godbold is convicted of stealing a cow from Doc Dunklin at Magazine Point and remanded for sentence.
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Joe Montgomery
William Godbold
Doc Dunklin
Magazine Point
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