Kolb Campaign Gains Momentum in Jefferson County
Kolb supporters report strong backing from farmers in north Alabama as campaign teams in Birmingham and Ward committees prepare ground efforts. Organizers plan a late week meeting at St Andrews hotel to review ward poll lists and coordinate activities ahead of Kolb’s anticipated visit and state speakers from Birmingham.
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Kolb
Jefferson County
Joseph Espaila, Jr
Birmingham
North
Alabama
Avondale
Mobile
Comet
Reuben F. Kolb
Captain Kolb
St. Andrew Hotel
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Promoted for Cold Relief
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best defense against minor colds and their serious follow on illnesses. It claims the medicine loosens a cold aids expectoration and helps the body throw off the cold, with Van Antwerp Drug Corp selling it locally.
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Chamberlain
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Railroad officials tour Mobile inspection trip ends
General Superintendent E C Rendell of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company returns from St Louis with President Fairfax Harrison to inspect lines. President L H Passmore of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company departs Mobile for New Orleans joined by Mrs Passmore. All Tennessee and Northern Railway officials also depart Mobile after inspecting the property.
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E. C. Rendell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
St. Louis
Fairfax Harrison
Mobile
L. A. Dix
L. H. Passmore
Penn. Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Orleans
All- Tennessee and Northern Bailad Company
Ll Houston
R. A
H. P
C. H. Carpenter
J. W. Toxey
J. A. Caviezel
Cure Found for Baby’s Scalp in Cuticura Products
In Edison West Virginia a one year old girl suffered a crusty head eruption spreading to the ears with watery pimples and sores. Hair growth halted and the child cried during washing. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the scalp healed. Signed William Davis June 26 1913.
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Edison
W. Va
William Davis
Landlords and Commissioners Clash Over Mobile Water Rates
Acting Mayor Pillans defends a proposed water ordinance aiming to equalize charges across houses of similar size, while landlords challenge the plan as unfair to owners with multiple properties. The measure, discussed by Craft and Pillans, would set minimums by size and adjust for flat rates, with revisions requested and the ordinance laid over due to the mayor’s absence.
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Ately
Pillans
Craft
Pillang
M. J. Vickers
J. L. Taylor
Mobile
William Yuille
P. J. Lyons
Mexican Tanker Here for Repairs
Four arrivals and as many vessels that put to sea marked the morning’s business along the water front Tuesday. The Mexicano, en route to dry docks for extensive repairs, dominated the day as other ships moved cargoes to and from local piers and schedules.
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Orubian
Leland Steamship Line
Pensacola
Fla
Liverpool
Eng
Karen
Pederson
Munson Steamship Line
Havana
Cuban
Pier 8
West Indies
Harald
Monsen
United Fruit Company
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Mobile and Ohio
Progreso
Mexico
Ollinger-Bruce
Nueces
Johnstone
Mallory Steamship Line
New York
Key West
Tampa
Wearwood
Speaker
Genoa
Italy
Marjorie A. Spencer
Richards
Nuevitas
Cuba
Alice Lord
West Indian
Mrs Mendoza Dies After 62 Years in Mobile
Elodie de G. Ray Mendoza aged 86 a New Orleans native and Mobile resident for 62 years died Tuesday at 2 35 AM at the home of her niece Mrs A T Byrnes 63 South Broad Street after a long illness. She was widow of Fernand Mendoza and survived by daughter Mrs J L Southworth a New Orleans nephew Gaston Fortier Birmingham nieces Mrs Co F Horst Mrs P Boyle and Mrs A T Byrnes. She was a devout Catholic and died fortified with Catholic rites.
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Elodie de G. Ray Mendoza
New Orleans
Mobile
A. T. Byrnes
South Broad Street
Fernand Mendoza
J. L. Southworth
Gaston Fortier
Co. F. Horst
Birmingham
P. Boyle
Mendoza
A P Tacon Appointed Clerk Of Probate Court
Avelin P Tacon, son of Hy Tacon, of this city, named clerk of the probate court succeeding Price Williams who becomes judge after his late father. Tacon will take charge March 19. He is son in law of the late Judge Williams and current bookkeeper for Frank M Ladd & Co.
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Avelin P. Tacon
Hy. Tacon
Price Williams
Tacon
Judge Williams
Frank M. Ladd & Co
Vergara Body Exhumation Not Carried Out by Rangers
Report states no Texas Rangers crossed the border to exume Vergara. Relatives and undertaker Convery handled the body at a San Enrique landing and in Laredo. Four bullet holes noted. neck chafed. body decomposed. pants matched coat left behind. Identification deemed reliable. recovery cost 8. Hill, relative, paid 400. body held at request of Adjutant General Hutchings. Consul Heard confirms no border force action. burning hand claims disputed.
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Vergara
Sanders
Texas Rangers
San Enrique
Convery
Laredo
T. Hill
Hutchings
Garrett
Bryan
Clemente Vergara
Rio Grande
Hidalgo
Mex
Huerta
Bliss
Washington
Texas seeks identity of man who found Vergara body
Austin reports no new information on the Texans who recovered Clemente Vergara's body from a Mexican grave while investigations by federal and state authorities continue. Gov. Colquitt is away in Fort Worth and Henry Hutchings leads the inquiry from Laredo. Capt. Sanders offers no names despite claiming a source would locate the body on the American shore of the Rio Grande.
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Austin
Tex
Clemente Vergara
O. B. Colquitt
Fort Worth
Henry Hutchings
Laredo
Colquitt
Hutchings
Vergara
J. J. Sanders
The
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande River
Sanders
Mexico
Cough Remedy Ad Warns Against Opium for Children
An old advertisement cautions against giving children cough medicines containing opium and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective for coughs colds and croup in both children and adults. It notes no opium or harmful drugs and lists Van Antwerp Drug Corp as a seller.
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van Antwerp Dru Corp
February infectious illnesses claim eighteen deaths in Mobile
The Mobile board of health reports eighteen February deaths from communicable diseases, ten among negroes and six whites from tuberculosis plus one white typhoid and one white diphtheria. Measles urged as dangerous and two recommendations call for a larger health lab with a bacteriologist and city trash can ordinance for street garbage.
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Mobile
Board of Health
Negro charged with bicycle theft in arraignment set
Norman Richardson a negro was arrested by Patrolman F E Helton on a petit larceny charge. J W Courtney the complainant says the bicycle belongs to him and Richardson will be arraigned before Recorder Edington on Wednesday afternoon.
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Norman Richardson
F. E. Helton
J. W. Courtney
Richardson
Edington
Chicken Theft Charge Against Alex McCoy
Alex McCoy was arrested Tuesday morning by Police Officers Adams and McKay as a dangerous and suspicious character. He is alleged to have stolen several chickens from Alfred Tabb and will be arraigned in the recorder's court Tuesday afternoon.
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Alex. McCoy
Adams and
McKay
McCoy
Alfred Tabb
Recorder’s Court
Monogram as a cipher of initials in a private collection
A monogram is a grouping of initials designed to conceal the full names. It serves as a personal mark that identifies ownership or authorship while remaining ambiguous to outsiders.
Simple nightly wax treatment for skin blemishes promises results
The notice advises against covering blemishes with makeup and promotes mercorized wax, applied nightly to gradually remove freckles pimples moth patches and blotches. It also suggests saxolite wash lotion for wrinkles and furrows, to be prepared with hazel and powered saxolite.
Dodson’s Liver Tone Endorsed by Druggists for Safe Use
The advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe remedy for constipation biliousness and lazy liver headaches. It claims calomel can knock users out for days and promises a full refund if customers are not satisfied with the liver remedy.
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Dodson
All_druggists
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