Rain relief as Mobile area receives needed storm
A heavy Thursday night into Friday storm brought high winds and scattered rain across the Mobile region. Gusts damaged wires, trees fell near More, and some homes were leveled by the wind. Mobile rain measured .07 inch while interior rainfall reached two inches benefiting crops in Mobile County per local forecast.
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Mobile
Trmore
Louisville and
Nashe
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Ashenberger
Storms Hit Atmore With Tornado Winds And Hail
A tornado like wind and hail storm struck Atmore on Wednesday evening and again Thursday. Many trees were uprooted and minor damage occurred. Hail damaged berries and fruit trees but crops benefited from the rain. Vegetation looks promising as crops revive.
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Atmore
Ala
Rain Helps Washington and Escatawpa Farmers Grow
Good rains on Wednesday and Thursday welcomed farmers as hard dry soil slowed germination. Farmers resumed plowing planting and cultivating corn cotton and other crops while noting that more rain is needed in this section.
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Washington
Escatawpa
Ala
Conecuh Farmers Return To Field Work After Rain
In Range Alabama on May 7 farmers resume field labor as drought lessens. After dry spells the showers on Wednesday and Thursday revived cultivation with thousands of tomato plants and sweet potatoes in progress.
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Conecuh
Range
Ala
Dreuthers
Carman Witness in Trial of Wife for Murder
Dr. Edmund R. Carman testified again in his wife’s murder trial during a June Freeport shooting. He described seeing a hand with a revolver through a broken window as glass crashed. The defense argues the attack occurred in darkness while the state cites daylight.
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Mineola
Edmund R. Carman
Louise D. Bailey
Freeport
Rural Outlook Improves as Crops Benefit from Rains
Farmers in Alabama and Mississippi report better crop prospects after recent rains. In Baldwin County Alabama planting rushes ahead as ground conditions improve and drought relief lifts corn cotton and potato plans. In Harrison County Mississippi rains help crops but some drought damage remains. In Birmingham a May storm damages windows buildings and homes, with total losses estimated in the thousands.
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Foley
Ala
Baldwin County
Baldwin
Drouth
Birmingham
Summer School on International Relations Set for Ithaca
Announcement from World's Peace Foundation in Boston states a two week summer school on international relations will run in Ithaca New York from June 15 to 30. Students will come from International Polity clubs at thirty colleges and seminaries, with expenses funded by the Carnegie endowment for international peace and the church peace union. Norman Angell will preside and lectures will be delivered by American and European authorities.
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Boston
Ithaca
N. Y
World's Peace Foundation
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Church Peace Union
Norman Angell
United States Seeks Allied Plans on Japan China
The United States pressed Britain France and Russia for their position on Japan China negotiations. Secretary Bryan said the Chinese ultimatum remained under discussion with no clear word from Peking, while Ambassador Chinda signaled a forthcoming full statement.
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United States
France
Russia
Japan
China
Washington
Great Britain
Wilson
Bryan
Peking
Tokio
White House
Chinda
State Department
Woll
Yuan Shi Kai
Weather fronts bring cool temps and frost across the southwest
A high barometer area moves southeast across the country west of the Mississippi bringing freezing temperatures in Colorado and frosts in southern New Mexico. A low area northeast over the upper Lake region causes rains along the Atlantic coast. The westward high will bring generally fair weather and cooler conditions tonight and Saturday for Mobile.
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Mississippi River
Colorado
New Mexico
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Large Anonymous Gift to the Red Cross in World War Effort
A donor contributed ten thousand dollars anonymously for use by the American Red Cross in Europe where urgency is greatest. It is the largest anonymous gift the Red Cross has ever received.
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The
Red Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
Acquitted of Killing in William Tell Act
Mrs. Juanita Griffin and her husband Robert W. Griffin were acquitted of manslaughter in the death of 16 year old Michael F. Garvin during a Lynn theatre William Tell act. Mrs. Griffin said the boy moved as she aimed to shoot a potato from his head.
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Salem
Mass
Juanita Griffin
Michael F. Garvin
Lynn
Robert W. Griffin
Dodson's Liver Tone: A Harmless Liver Remedy Claim
An anti calomel advertorial promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy for biliousness and constipation. It markets one spoonful nightly to cleanse the liver and bowels, guarantees relief by morning, and touts non irritating taste and family use.
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Dodson
Civil Service Board to Examine Large Class
The Mobile civil service examiners will hold an exam May 12 14 for 150 applicants for post office positions. Successful candidates will join the eligible list for civil service jobs in local post offices, marking the largest class ever examined in Mobile.
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J. B. Thornton
Washington
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Civil Service
Civil Service Board
Mobile
1915 U.S. Wheat Crop Report
The May grain report from the Department of Agriculture shows winter wheat to be harvested on 40,169,000 acres with a 92.9 percent condition. Indicator yield stands at 17.3 bushels per acre, indicating total production of 693,000,000 bushels.
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Washington
Ee Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt Denies Paris Temps Interview
Syracuse May 7 The former president Theodore Roosevelt denied an alleged interview printed in the Paris Temps claiming to be with him. The printer Grabiel Alphaud said he interviewed Roosevelt. Roosevelt said he did not give such an interview and denied the report last night.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Paris Temps
Grabiel Alphaud
Colonel Roosevelt
Temps
Wilson
Suffragists Quit Fight to See the President
Washington May 7 suffragists Mrs Lawrence Lewis Jr and Mrs Harry Lowenburg from Philadelphia had besieged the White House to press President Wilson to address their group in Philadelphia Monday They announced they would renew efforts when the president travels to Philadelphia
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Washington
Lawrence Lewis, Jr
Harry Lowenburg
Philadelphia
White House
Wilson
Court notices in Equity and Chancery readied
In Equity Court Judge Safford Bernay sets motion to amend bill for May 8 in the matter of Nicholas Blickhahn vs. South Orchards Company. In Chancery Court Judge Thomas H. Smith lists Lloyd Thomas vs. Nettie Thomas. Mobile Docks Company vs. Alabama Corn Mills Company submitted on demurrers.
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Law and Equity Court
Safford Bernay
Nicholas Blickhahn
South Orchards Company
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Lloyd Thomas
Nettie . Thomas
Mobile Docks Company
Alabama Corn Mills Company
What Leads to Tuberculosis
An article cites medical authorities asserting pulmonary tuberculosis worsens with decalcification and calcium loss. It promotes Bechman’s Alterative as a calcium-rich remedy aiding decalcified patients, claiming ease of assimilation and safety without narcotics, with the druggist or Stickman Laboratory connection.
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J. W. Carhart
San Antonio
Texas
Békman
Eckman
Sickman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Braswell
What Kills First At Age Forty A Health Snapshot
A 40 year old in good health is expected to live about 26 years longer, yet three main ailment classes cut that span: stomach disorders, liver or kidney issues, and nervous disorders. Stomach problems strike earliest, often dying by age 45 to 50. liver or kidney troubles reach 55 to 60. nervous disorders extend to 70 or beyond. Vitalitas claims to cure these ailments and is advertised as the nature cure, sold at Sutton's Drug Store and generally by druggists.
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Vitalitas
Sutton’s
Adyvy
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