Hidden identities in city court reveal two desperate lives
An elderly woman and her son, using fictitious names Mrs Florence Miller and Samuel J Miller, were arraigned after a gas asphyxiation attempt in a West Side New York flat. They had fallen from wealth to poverty, and social reformer Mrs Wise offered to help. The pair were discharged with plans for aid from friends in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Florence Miller
Samuel J. Miller
West Side
New Orleans
Wireless tests by Marconi prove successful at sea
The Duke of Abruzzi reports to the navy that Marconi achieved excellent results with a new radio telephonic apparatus aboard the battleship Regina Elena. Communication extended to ships about 45 miles away and lasted twelve hours. Wire telegraphy linked Rome 360 miles, Venice 606 miles, Clifden 1,750 miles, and Canada 4,062 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Duke of the
Venice
Clifden
Ireland
Canada
Vinci touted for frail children in local notice
Letter from Mrs. J. P. Weatherford of Litchfield Illinois claims Vinci helped her invalid child after nine years of coughing and weakness. It praises the cod liver elements and tonic iron in Vinci and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile Alabama. Saxo Salve also advertised for rough scaly skin.
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J. P. Weatherford
Litchfield
Vinci
van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Mobile
Ala. P. S
Seeberg Steamship Line Announces Mobile Sailed Routes
Seeberg Steamship Line Inc lists freight and passenger service from Mobile Alabama to the Leeward and Windward Islands Central and South America. Scheduled sailings include the Crathens Mechlenberg Cratheus Alm Hilding and other steamers to Kingston Guadeloupe Martinique and Panama with cargo calls at La Guaira Curaçao and more. Passenger capacity for first class on Crathens and Alm noted. schedules subject to change.
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Mobile
Ala
Leeward
Windward , Islands
Central and
South America
S. S. Crathens
Kingston
Jamaica
Haiti
S. S. Mechlenberg
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Barbados
Demerera
Trinidad
la Guaira
Curacao
S. S. Cratheus
Kinston
Hayti
Colon
Panama
San Pedro de Cacoris
San Domingo City
S. Hilding
S Crathens
Jamaican
Steamship Line
U. S. Crathens
S. S. Alm
Colom
Santo Domingo
ERG
I Seeberg Steamship Line
City Bank Sangin
Windsor Hotel and Cafe Breakfast and Dinner Hours
A Club Breakfast is served from 6 30 to 10 00 am. Combination Sw served from 5 30 to 8 00 pm. A La Carte Meals All Day. Reasonable Prices at The Windsor Hotel and Cafe.
Double tragedy in Darval e Miss. Polk and Dr Stringer die
In Oakvale near Columbia Mississippi a 19 year old girl Miss Clara Polk is found shot dead with a bullet through her heart and Dr John J Stringer 42 is found nearby with a self inflicted wound. The coroner's jury rules Polk killed by Stringer with a revolver, Stringer then taking his own life. Mrs Stringer said she had urged Stringer to stop. Polk's father and others describe late night gunfire and the community doctor had practiced there nearly twenty years.
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Associated Press
Columbia
Miss
Clara Polk
John J. Stringer
Oakvale
Miss Polk
Stringer
Dr. Stringer
Leon Schwarz Speaks at Vicksburg Bnai Brith Anniversary
Leon Schwarz of Mobile delivered the principal address at a major anniversary celebration of the B'nai B'rith Society in Vicksburg Mississippi. Joseph Hirsch, a prominent attorney, presided over the event, the oldest branch of the order in the state.
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Leon Schwarz
B’nai B’rith
Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Miss
Mobile
B’nai B'rith Society
Order
Mississippi
Joseph Hirsch
Chamberlain's Tablets Endorsed for Constipation Relief
Paul B Babin of Brushly Louisiana praises Chamberlains Tablets for constipation with good results. The product is on sale through Van Antwerp Drug Corp and all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Paul B. Babin
Brushly
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Bill Smith to trim Cracker roster for waiver picks
Atlanta March 16. Manager Billy Smith plans to cut the Cracker squad to fifteen, with seven players likely to move to other Southern League clubs. He lists twenty seven on hand including five catchers and ten pitchers, noting several outfielders and infielders will be cut or kept as utility options. Six players of real merit could be added by waiver, though many are uncertain as to who stays.
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Atlanta
Billy Smith
Billy
Bill
Bil
Welch
Flanagan
al Nixon
Kircher
Manush
Munch
Dunn
Reynolds
Dent
Price
Sindler
Doscher
Kissinger
Lawrence
Browning
Perryman
Hamilton
Efird
Louis
Spring Blood and System Cleanser Claim
Purports an electric four week treatment to purify blood and restore vigor. Claims to improve kidney liver and bowels function with guaranteed results. Sold by H. E. Bucklen & Co. of Philadelphia or St. Louis for 31.00.
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H. E. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Poison Pen Letters Trial of Mrs Pollard in Elizabeth
Crowds fill a Elizabeth courtroom as Mrs Nelson L Pollard a leading society figure faces charges of mailing scurrilous letters to neighbors. Defense claims she is the victim of an enemy who wrote the poison pen notes and used Pollard's typewriter for evidence.
At the Top or Bath A Lesson on Wants and Values
A narrator relates how a relative’s will grants an annuity of 1250 a year, provoking reflections on wants versus needs. The piece contrasts mere desires with real necessities, citing Alpine guide stories to show that truly aiming for the top depends on genuine want, not wish.
Novel Jewish Rite Observed in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama a rare Jewish ceremony was held at Knesses Israel Synagogue as Congregation Beth El celebrated the Torah service. The event drew a large crowd and featured Hebrew prayers, marking one of the area’s notable recent celebrations.
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Birmingham
Ala
Knesses Israel
Congregation Beth-El
Overburdened Wife Sufferer Hailed by Pinkham’s Vegetable
A historical notice hints at women’s pains from wifehood and motherhood and endorses Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. It emphasizes internal complaints like headaches and organic derangements, urging hope through trial.
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Pinkham
State Department and Navy Officials Named in Orders
An official notice lists Satanone C. Knox as Secretary of State, Ma Gen xox Kaogane Woop, and Rear Admiral Ricward WaIa waicut as aiding for operations in the Navy.
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Department of State
Satanone C. Knox
Secretary of State
Kaogane Woop
the Navy
Ricward WaIawaicut
A Title Page Without Parallel
A bold claim asserts unmatched endorsements for a book and links the reader to government lineage, claiming the work reveals all about it and that the reader is part of the government through paternal legacy.
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Marconi
Seeberg Steamship Line Incorporated
the Windsor Hotel and Cafe
Royal and Contists
Darvale
Bill Smith
E. P. Little
Mrs. Pollard
Nelson L. Pollard
Elizabeth
Pollard
Arthur
Paul Larrault
Larrault
Willliam H. Taft
United States
The
Treasury Department
Franklin MacVeacy
Secretary of the Treasury
the Postal Service
Frank H. Hirencock
Interior Department
Carmi A. Tuomisox
Secretary of the Interior
Patent Office
Enward B. Moore
Patents
I S ‘ Homie Te Maes, Actig
Department of Agricultures
Wwilson Secretar of
Agriculture
the Weather Bureau
Wuris L. Moore
Department of Commerce and Labor
Chances Nacet
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Census Bureau
E. Dana Durano
Census
Bureau of Standards
Ss. W. Sheartox
Harvey W. Wier
Bureau of Chemistry
Warren Wyman
Surpore
Health and Hospital Service
Rataam
Panama Canal
W. Gorrtnats
Commissiupson
Clarence Swarps
Congress
Thomas S. Martin
Democrati Conference
House of Representer
Canur Crane
Senate
James S. Swerman
Library of Congress
Henrveer Putnam
B. Donagty
James
Civil
Service
Brac
Service Commission
Supreme Court
H. McKenney
S. Hinmax
Lerk
United States Commerce Court
Department of Jus'Grange
W. Wickeesham
Ae Pan American Union
Mm Barrett
National
Cuno H. Ruvoen
Board of Commisers of
District of Ibia
Ote
Frederic J. Haskin
Barney, M.clinedinst
Haskin
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