Guards Against Importation of Pink Boll Worm
A shipment of cotton seed from Egypt infested with the pink boll worm was refused entry in Boston. The federal horticulture board said the seed, intended for planting in Arizona, was banned under the ongoing quarantine against cotton seed imports. The board warned the pest is the most serious cotton pest in Egypt, causing damage comparable to the boll weevil in the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Egypt
Boston
Federal Horticulture Board
Arizona
United States
Woman Finds Health With Lydia Pinkham Compound
Florence South Dakota resident Mrs. P. W. Lanseng credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending monthly pains hackache and loss of appetite after suffering severe cramps She used one bottle then three more and felt well enough to work The ad promotes the remedy and offers confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts
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Florence
Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham
P. W. Lanseng
South Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Prados Family Wins Racial Reclassification Case
Judge E Skinner orders New Orleans board of health to erase the word colored from birth records of Mrs Camille Prados seven children and descendants, ruling they were raised white. The case centers on four generations linked to Haiti refugees and a prewar marriage.
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New Orleans
E. Skinner
Civil Court
Prados
Camille Prados
Board of Health
Skinner
William Hughes
Charles Prados
Brados
Port Au Prince
Haiti
St. Louis Cathedral
Port residents seek line extension past Del Champs Station
Alabama Port residents urge continuing the mixed local train along the Mobile and Bay Shore road to their town and not stopping at Del Champs Station. The General Superintendent E C Rendell says no formal protest has been filed while noting the train once left at 11 am but was discontinued for lack of patrons.
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Alabama Port
Mobile and
Bay Shore Road
Delchamps Station
E. C. Rendell
Hair loss cured by Cuticura remedy claim
Mrs. Laura A. Greene recounts malaria illness caused hair loss and severe itching. After trying shampoos with little effect she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting rapid relief and a full head of long hair after three boxes. Advised readers to buy Cuticura Soap and Ointment with samples offered.
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P. O
Clinton
Laura A. Greene
Home Face Peeling Gains Popularity Across Beauty Routines
A new wax-based home face peeling method claims to remove wrinkles by gradually lifting the skin in four-like segments. The technique, marketed through druggists, is applied at night like cold cream and washed off next morning for a healthy glow.
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Fcae
Mississippi Senate Debates Censorship Bill and More
In Jackson on March 19, the Mississippi Senate debated a moving pictures bill banning hugging and kissing except for love scenes, and excluding Wild West, gambling, drinking, smoking, and vulgar dances like the tango. The measure failed 24 to 14.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Senate
Bailey Land Corporation
Jefferson Davis
J. Z. George
National Capitol
George
United States Senate
Boyce & Co
Memphis
Masons Confer 30th Degree with Scottish Rite in Mobile
The Scottish Rite Masons of Mobile held degrees from twenty seventh to twenty ninth on Thursday with Mobile Council of Kadosh in charge. the thirtieth degree was taken up in the afternoon. Wednesday saw a degree team led by T. M. McMillan confer degrees from nineteenth to twenty third, followed by twenty fourth to twenty sixth after supper. Those receiving degrees on Wednesday included G. B. Armstead and others. On Thursday night Mobile Consistory No. 2 led by Percy B. Dixon will confer the thirty first degree.
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Mobile
Mobile Council of
Kadosh
T. M. McMillan
Messrs. G. B. Armstead
D. O. Bryant
M. L Bloch
R. I. Davis
O. Erchert
J. J. Fox
R. B. Fathergill
V. O. Gay
M. Heineberg
R J. Kelly
Joseph T. Larkins
C. E. Lanham
O. W. Little
J. T. Lawson
B. S. McMillan
H Newton
EB. K. Nelson
J. C. O’gwin
J. J. Paxon
Q. J. Purifoy
H.A. Robinson
John Reath
W. C. Rivers
H. M. State
F. Linter
R. L
Forney Johnston and Senator Lewis to Speak for Underwood
Campaign addresses in Mobile will begin March 26 with State Senator Lewis of Macon county and Forney Johnston of Birmingham, Underwood campaign managers, visiting key precincts and speaking alternately. The announcement came at the Mobile county committee meeting led by Chairman H. T. Hartwell, with positive ward reports and strong support for the congressman in the April 6 primary.
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Oscar W. Underwood
United States Senate
Mobile
Lewis
Macon County
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
Underwood
H. T. Hartwell
Mobile County Campaign Committee
Bicycle Thief Sentenced in Local Court
Norman Richardson was charged with stealing a bicycle from J. R. Courtney valued at five dollars. He appeared before Recorder Edington Wey and began a three months sentence at hard labor.
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Norman Richardson
J. R. Courtney
Edington We
Comaneoe
Spring Blood and System Cleanser Claims
An advert-like text describes a remedy marketed to purify blood and cleanse the body during winter months. It asserts impurities accumulate and organs fail to work, urging readers to use the product as a solution.
Gulfport Pilot Exonerated By Boardof Commissioners
Gulfport Miss March 19 Harry James the pilot charged with ramming the British steamer Parkwood into the government dredge Gulfport was exonerated by the board of pilot commissioners yesterday. Lieutenant Colonel Keeler of the marine corps had urged negligence charges and a suspension. The Parkwood was filtered at Norfolk about ten days earlier with the government claiming the dredge suffered 15000 in damage.
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Gulfport
Miss
Harry James
Parkwood
Board of Pilot Commissioners
Keeler
Marine Corps
Norfolk
Bennie Cross Arraigned for Petit Larceny
Bennie Cross was arraigned in the recorder's court on petit larceny charges after allegedly stealing $4 from Ella Bell. He received a sentence of three months at hard labor.
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Bennie Cross
Ella Bell
Recorder’s Court
Windsor Hotel Fire Forces Guests to Flee in Night Attire
In Milwaukee on March 19, nearly twenty guests at the Windsor Hotel escaped a fire that started in the Western Newspaper Union plant in the building’s south end. Damage is estimated at 200000 dollars. Hotel lessee Charley Sandberg led efforts with police to rouse guests and clear the four story structure.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Windsor Hotel
Western Newspaper Union
Charley Sandberg
Sandberg
Wilken
City court convict trio convicted of larceny
In a city court session Frank Jenkins and Edward Halli were found guilty of petit larceny. Charles Gradin alias Frank Austin who served at Atmore Alabama and escaped under the name Montgomery was found guilty of grand larceny.
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Frank Jenkins
Edward Halli
Charles Gradin
Frank Austin
Atmore
Ala
Montgomery
California Syrup of Figs Laxative Promise Helps Family
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle inside cleanser for all ages. It claims safe relief from constipation without griping and urges buyers to insist on the genuine 60 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
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