Siegel Store 10 to Close After Indictments
The Fourteenth Street and Simpson Crawford stores will close by order of Judge Hough. Inventory and sale of stock totaling about $1,000,000 will occur on March 24 for creditors. About 2,100 clerks will lose jobs as the Siegel Bank affair widens with potential new indictments.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Simpson- Crawford Company
Henry Siegel
Frank EB. Vogel
Arthur Co. Train
Siegel
Vogel
Three Men Die in Bridgeport Tenement Fire
A six family tenement in Bridgeport Connecticut erupted in flames in the basement and quickly spread. Three men James Stadio George Rocolla and John Katrice died from suffocation in a first floor sleeping room. A fourth man is hospitalized in serious condition. Police aided occupants as they fled to the street. Monetary loss described as small.
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Associated Press
Bridgeport
Conn
James Stadio
George Rocolla
John Katrice
California Defeats Hawaii in First UC Return Game
In Berkeley on March 13 the University of California beat the University of Hawaii baseball team, the Chinese squad, in its first game since arriving from Honolulu.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Cal
Honolulu
University of Hawaii
University of California
Danderine Promises Lustrous Hair At Low Cost
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline claiming 25 cent bottles produce soft fluffy hair in minutes and banish dandruff and falling hair within weeks with visible new growth. It urges readers to test by drawing a strand with a damp cloth for quick shine and softness.
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Knowlton
Phoebe A Walker Made The Hike To Washington
Phoebe A Walker undertook a notable hike to Washington, detailing her journey and reaching the capital city. The report highlights her persistence and the significance of the voyage.
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Washington
Mother Writes So The Fall in Line Suffrage March
Mrs Henry G Hawn of Brooklyn writes a suffrage march titled The Fall in Line Suffrage March which the New York Women’s Suffrage Association adopts as the official march for the Hawn family clan in the state. It is noted that Phoebe Hawn inspired her mother to push for suffrage activity.
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New York
Hawn
Brooklyn
Phoebe Hawn
Washington
Phoebe
Henry G. Hawn
New York Women's Suffrage Association
Conscience Stretchs Beyond the Fun Hours
A witty aphorism notes that a well trained conscience extends its reach as long as enjoyment endures. It frames moral discipline as lasting past pleasure and into ongoing self restraint.
Resinol Heals Skin Problems Say Doctors Nationwide
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap promise rapid relief for eczema rashes ringworm and other eruptions. The ads claim decades of professional approval with a trial size free offer and urge avoiding substitutes.
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Baltimore
Pension purge targets widows and deserters in Alabama
Special to The Item Montgomery March 13 three Clarke county women drawn as widows of J. A. Walker stripped from pensions. Nicey Tullis dropped for double county claims. Board investigated 660 cases across nine counties, 447 pensions canceled, 66 deserters found. Further purge across counties revealed erroneous Spencer's Cavalry entry for L. B. Burcham.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clarke County
J. A. Walker
State Pension Board
Met
Nicey Tullis
Coffee
Covington
L. B. Burcham
Colbert County
Spencer
Alabama
Mississippi
Gideons Plan Bible Placement in Mobile Hotels
A Friday conference at First Baptist church brings ministers of Mobile and national Gideons secretary W. E. Henderson to outline placing Bibles in every Mobile hotel room. Henderson lists 230000 Bibles already placed in the United States and Canada and notes Louisiana usage totals.
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Mobile
W. E. Henderson
The
Gideons
First Baptist Church
Mr. Henderson
United States
Canada
Chicago
Henderson
Fourth District Sunday School Convention Plans
The first 1914 convention of Mobile County Sunday School Association District No 4 meets Sunday afternoon at Toulminville Methodist Church. Nine western city Sunday schools will attend with J H Wiehand directing music and Rev J T Eckford leading devotional exercises at 3 pm. The program includes a banner standard discussion, roll call, minutes, treasurer report and open parliament with adjournment at 5 pm.
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Mobile County Sunday School Association
Toulminville Methodist Church
Dauphin Way Baptist
Central Presbyterian
St. Stephen's Road
Dauphin Way
Methodist
Crichton Methodist
Crichton Baptist
Toulminville Methodist
Barker Cotton Mills Union
Dumas Institutional Methodist
Japanese Export Agent Completes Year’s Work
M. Kobayashi of Japan acting for the Japan Cotton Trading Company has completed this year's business in the United States. He came to Mobile to arrange shipments of cotton pig iron and steel rails on the British steamer City of Naples and will sail for Japan soon. He plans to stay until September then return to arrange for parts of the 1914 cotton crop.
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M. Kobayashi
Japan
Japan Cotton Trading Company
Mobile
Naples
United States
Bidder to Road Meet
President John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association invites attendance at the all Southern highway convention in Lake Charles Louisiana April 7 8 The gathering is described as one of the Southwest’s most important road meetings.
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John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Lake Charles
Southwest
Outbreak of Pluck Beats Luck in Focused Resolve
An odd modern aphorism hints that effort and nerve outweigh sheer fortune. The line, though fragmentary, elevates perseverance over luck in tackling tough tasks.
Peace meeting to back Wilson's efforts in New York
The American Peace and Arbitration League with Woodrow Wilson as honorary president will hold a public meeting in New York on Sunday evening. The gathering aims to support Wilson's drive toward universal peace. A stray line about a wise maid and a youth is included in the report.
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New York
American Peace and Arbitration League
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Stranger Kills Self in Birmingham Hotel Room
The body of a man identified only as Al Glover, about 35, was found with a gunshot wound in his room at the Weaver Hotel on Second Avenue in Birmingham. Coroner Spain investigates. authorities suspect suicide after a pistol shot earlier that morning and say the man led a crooked life.
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al Glover
Weaver Hotel
Second Avenue
Spain
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