Prominent Mason in State Capital Addresses Montgomery Lodge
George F. Moore of New York sovereign grand inspector general of the Southern jurisdiction spoke to the Montgomery Lodge of Perfection. His Montgomery visit ties to efforts to obtain a grant for higher Scottish Rite degrees in the city, currently requiring travel to Birmingham. Moore, formerly a Montgomery attorney, edits the New Age, the Supreme Council’s official paper.
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Montgomery
Ala
George F. Moore
New York
Montgomery Lodge of Perfection
Mobile Coat Company Promotes Hard Wall Plaster
The Mobile Coal Company markets a gypsum plaster line touted as vermin proof sanitary and durable. It claims fire damp and temperature resistance and notes several buildings recently plastered with the material.
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Mobile Coat Company
Mobile Coal Company
W. D. Harrigan
Scotch Lumber Company
Fulton
Ala
Biloxi
Miss
Powell Williams
Toulminville
Salvation Army
Conti Street
Indiana
Spring Hill Avenue
A. E. Judd
Ella McAndrews
ACME
Acme Cement Plaster Company
Texas
Pyramid
United States
Gypsum Company
Eldorado
Oklahoma
Requisition for Hunter Seizes DC to Selma Chase
Governor O Neal orders R W Hunter a Negro cashier from Alabama Penny Savings Bank Selma to be returned from Washington by Sheriff Peterson Randall. Hunter arrested by Burns detectives after a February 28 Selma disappearance with about 12000 dollar shortage. He resisted arrest in a Washington hotel but was overpowered. Sheriff Randall travels with cuffs and irons to prevent escape. Also notes Citronelle Chautauqua opening with sessions for Mobile and Citronelle children and a special train from Mobile.
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Montgomery
Ala
O'Neal
R. W. Hunter
Alabama Penny Savings Bank
Selma
Alabama
District of Columbia
White
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Pettus Randall
Dallas County
Hunter
Burns
William Hunter
Randall
Tigers blank Nations as Gulfport trip derailed by rain
Detroit Tigers, back from Mobile, routed Cincinnati 8 to 0 in Mobile. Manager Jennings blames Tinker for canceling Gulfport games, saying the Reds manager refused to play. Tiger schedule includes Tulane visit, college hop at Great Southern hotel, and new club physician Dr Keane joining the squad.
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Gulfport
Miss
Detroit Tigers
Mobile
Cincinnati Nations
Jennings
Gulf Coast
Tinker
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati
Mike Finn
Bunch
Sea Gulls
Tigers
Pelicans
Tulane University
New Orleans
Hayes
Tiger
Fair Grounds
Detroit
DR PORTER ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL PROMOTION
An advertisement touts DR PORTER ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL for throat relief with sprays or mopping and states price options 25c 50c and 1.00. A separate theatre notice lists a Shylock adaptation with March 11 admission prices and Royal Theatre. Keller en tour: State Highway Engineer W S Keller begins a weeklong North Alabama road inspection trip on state aid projects.
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Porter
Keller
Montgomery
Ala
W. 8S. Keller
North
Alabama
Passenger Rate Case Again Up in Alabama
The Western Railway of Alabama rate hearing resumed before the Alabama railroad commission with W H Smith of Atlanta recalled for cross examination. The panel will decide if the railroad must cut its passenger rate from three cents per mile, a level set under a federal decree last summer. The outcome hinges on Federal Judge W J Grubb's decision in Louisville and Nashville v enjoin the commission order setting a 21 2 cent rate and whether federal jurisdiction remains in these rate matters.
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Montgomery
Ala
Western Railway of Alabama
Alabama Railroad Commission
W.H. Smith
Atlanta
W. J. Grubb
Birmingham
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Mark Twains sarcasm noted in 1867 suffrage letter
An AP summary of a rediscovered 1867 Mark Twain letter mocking women suffrage sentiment. It envisions an election scene with a torchlight procession and caricatures of candidates, noting witty lines about a governor and a police chief. An unrelated ad for Chamberlain Tablets claims cures for constipation.
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder ailments including gravel and diabetes, regaining function in men and women. It offers a two months treatment per bottle, mailed for $1 if not available locally, with Alabama testimonials and Dr. FE. W. Hall listed in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Texas
Alabama
FE. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Ady
Captain Bill Seeks Texas Plowed Ground After White House Visit
Captain Bill MacDonald, longtime personal bodyguard to President Wilson after the Baltimore convention, says he is returning to Texas. He complains of the White House trappings and longs to feel plowed ground again. He is a candidate for a U.S. marshal post in Texas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bill” MacDonald
Texas
Wilson
Baltimore
Bill
White House
United States
Witnesses Summoned Against James O'Brien in Montgomery Trial
Several St Louis citizens have been summoned to testify in Montgomery on March 28 in the James J. O'Brien trial. O'Brien is indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses, claiming to be the son of a St Louis real estate dealer and alleging he was in Alabama to help Polish families invest in Alabama realty.
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Montgomery
Ala
St. Louis
James J.o’brien
O’brien
St Louis
Hardaway-Covington Cotton Company
Alabama
Alabama Realty
Soe
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