Mobile Shrines Leave for Dallas by Train
About a thousand Shriners passed Mobile through Friday en route to Dallas Texas with special trains on the Louisville and Nashville. Travelers included Lulu temple members from Philadelphia Charlotte North Carolina and Richmond Virginia. Osiris Temple of Wheeling West Virginia arrived Thursday night and enjoyed dinner a river ride and a river cruise before leaving for New Orleans. The Mobile Abba Temple contingent left Friday at 4 19 PM heading to Dallas joining Savannah and Montgomery groups led by James H Webb and Thomas J Young with Charles S Shawhan as Potentate and sixteen Mobile members in the party.
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Mobile
Louisville
Nashville
Dallas
Texas
Lulu Temple of Shriners
Philadelphia
Charlotte
N. c
Richmond
Shriners
Osiris Temple
Wheeling
W. Va
Cawthon
Pleasure Bay
New Orleans
Abba Temple
Savannah
Montgomery
James H. Webb
Thomas J. Young
Charles S. Shawhan
Bates Denies Accusation In Missouri Insurance Dispute
Chicago attorney for fire insurers rejects Jefferson City claims that he urged resuming business in Missouri on a promise from Attorney General Barker that enforcement of the Orr law would be light.
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Bates
Chicago
Thomas Bates
Missouri
Jefferson City
Barker
Alabama Tennessee and Northern completes Calvert to Mobile link
Promoters of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company have secured backing to finish the Calvert Alabama to Mobile extension. The line will form the Mobile to Reform route, completing a Mobile network and uniting the Mobile Railway and Terminal, Tombigbee Valley, and ATN railroads. The state railroad commission prepared tentative tariffs in response to Chatom citizens protest, with adoption possible unless changes are demanded.
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company
Cochrane
Calvert, Ala
Mobile
Reform
Pickens County
Alabama
Mobile Railway and Terminal Company
Tombigbee Valley Railroad
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Alabama, Tennessee and
Northern
State Railroad Commission
Chatom
Tombigbee Valley
Record speed judge sets juror charge pace in Spokane
Federal Judge Frank H. Rudkin delivers a wholly extemporaneous nine minute jury charge totaling about 1900 words in the personal injury suit Leslie Gray vs Oregon Washington Railroad. Court reporters credit him with a world speed record for charging juries.
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Spokane
Wash
Frank H. Rudkin
Rudkin
Leslie Gray
Oregon- Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Willard P. Bottome
New York Supreme Court
West
Accomplishments of Mobile Chamber of Commerce in 1918
The quarterly report by President William H. Armbrecht highlights ten achievements by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League. They include six conventions secured for 1914, new factories such as Blenville Syrup and cane mill plant, the Mobile Crop Improvement association, boosted publicity in national magazines, and the United Fruit service to Colon with equalized Mobile rates. The traffic bureau, rate investigations with Luther Walter, and Central America trade tours are noted along with Booster trips to Meridian, Gulfport, and Montgomery.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
William H. Armbrecht
Meridian
Gulfport
Montgomery
Mobile Crop Improvement Association
Mobile
United Fruit Service
Colon
New Orleans
Luther Walter
New Traffic Bureau
Battle House
Chamber
Armbrecht
B. N. Trefz
United States Chamber of Commerce
Blenville Syrup Company
Mobile County
Expansio
Mobile Trade Commission
Central America
Tropics
Alabama
Mississippi
R G Cobb
Cotton Exchange
Chicago
Hot Springs
Southeastern Freight Association
Southeastern Mississippi Valley Association
Cobb
Southern Gas Association
Alabama Grand Lodge of Knights and Ladies of Honor
Alabama Sunday School Association
Tri-State Launderers’ Association
Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association
Southern Poster Advertising Association
Armebrecht
Wealthy Ghink Returns Home
Sing So, a Chinese millionaire and Spokane area figure, plans to return to China after forty years in America. Wah Tong will accompany him as nurse and bodyguard. Sing Ho led the Twin Wo Company with 2,000 laborers and a $2,000,000 capital, involved in Canadian Pacific projects and owning a Portland hotel. his son in Hope, Idaho, remains in the U.S. to run the business.
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Spokane
Wash
America
Sing So
China
Wah Tong
Sing Ho
Twin Wo Company
Canadian Pacific Construction
Portland
Ore
Hope
Idaho
Tampering With Mails Charged
Edward Lindsay a messenger for the T H McPhillips Liquor Company was arrested Thursday afternoon on a federal charge for opening mail in transit. Deputy J H Gates remanded him to jail by order of Commissioner Richard Jones Jr after a decoy letter led to the warrant. Lindsay remains in county custody in default of bond.
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United States
Edward Lindsay
J. H. Gates
Richard Jones, Jr
Lindsay
T. H. McPhillips ‘Liquor Company
United States Marshal’s Office
Marshall
Harvey
Vice President Marshall Responds to Wealth Curtaint Speech Claim
On May 9 Vice President Marshall rejected Col. George Harvey’s accusation that his speeches urged wealth curtailment. He vowed to go to Wall Street and personally apply if any utterance advocating wealth control beyond fair inheritance tax could be produced.
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Washington
Marshall
George Harvey
Wall Street
Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound Promises Kidney Cure
Advertises Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound as a universal remedy for kidneys and bladder issues including bed wetting and diabetes. Claims rapid effects after first dose, relief from backache and urinary symptoms, and prevention of Wright's Disease. Priced at 5 dollars for a full treatment, sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corp. in Mobile Alabama.
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Stuart
Wright
Elief
Mobile
Ala
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Dauphin and
Royal Sts
Express
Weak kidneys blamed for widespread illness and a tonic claimed
An old advertisement argues most sickness stems from weak inactive kidneys. It portrays sufferers with back pains dizziness and bladder trouble and promotes Croxone as a universal remedy. The copy claims Croxone cleanses kidneys stops uric acid buildup and relieves rheumatism with a money back promise if first use fails.
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Bright
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Ondon Woolen Mills
Mobile Shriners
Eaewese Ow
U. S
B. V. D. Company
New York
Calvert
Judge Rudkin
C. OF C
WORK
Walter Mitchell
Dauphin Street
To Wear Department
Abc
Kimonas
Balbriggan
Lisle
F. M. Hoyt Shoe Co
Mekera
UNION
Beacon Shoe Store
Ghink
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