Oceanic Line Reports Heavy Loss After Titanic Sinking
London May 14 The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company owner of the White Star Line posts a final dividend of 50 percent for 1912 down from 60 percent in 1911 due to the Titanic disaster and the Olympic repairs. A 540 790 write off is noted as the proportion of Titanic loss and directors regret J Bruce Ismay retirement.
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Associated Press
London
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
White Star Line
J. Bruce Isay
Quinine and Iron Tonic Promoted as General Strengthener
An old advertisement touts GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC as the most effective general tonic for malaria chills fever and weakness. It claims 36 years of regional use and notes the medicine dissolves in stomach acids without a bitter taste. Guaranteed by your Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil ad claims
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a universal remedy for wounds burns ulcers sores eye lids throat and skin diseases with claims of fast healing and multiple uses. It also promotes Laxative Brom Quinine with E W Groves signature and reads that it cures a cold in one day.
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E. W. Groves
Attorney Killed Crossing Tracks Near Linck's Station
W G Hutcheson a prominent Nashville attorney was killed when struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train while attempting to cross the tracks at Linck's station before boarding for Ridge Top where he summers. He apparently saw the approaching engine but misjudged the crossing timing.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
W.G. Hutcheson
Louisville and Nashville
Linck’s
Ridge Top
Three Men Arraigned for Gaming in Inferior Court
Jake Sanders Preston Davis and Leslie Borden were arraigned in the inferior criminal court on gaming charges. A fine of 25 dollars or twenty days imprisonment was imposed.
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Jake Sanders
Preston Davis
Leslie Borden
Inferior Criminal Court
Trade prospects in Central America eyed by Texas Company official
J. A. Gray, Texas Company foreign department manager, arrives in Mobile with Mobile Trade Commission to study export facilities for Central America. He predicts growing U S dominance due to long credit terms and says a June Central American trip is planned. He notes revolutions pose fewer issues than rail, duties, and cultural gaps.
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Mobile
Central America
Mobile Trade Commission
J. A. Gray
Foreign Department
The
Texas Company
Trade Commission
Tropics
Gray
South America
United States
Mr. Gray
England
Germany
Electric Bitters Promise New Life for Weary Voters
Tired-out, nervous men and women would feel energetic and have good appetites by taking Electric Bitters, a home remedy for stomach liver and kidneys. Mrs Rhinevault of Vestal Center NY credits it as a great gift. Get a bottle to see the difference. Only 50c and 1.00. Recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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0. Rhinevault
Vestal Center
N. Y
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Grand Ball Opens Shrine Convention In Garden Of Allah
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine close their 1914 convention in Dallas selecting officers and planning the imperial council agenda. The entertainment features a Garden of Allah ball for about 10 000 on a dance floor. Officers to be elected include imperial potentates and guards with many moving up annually. Charters granted to new temples in San Diego East St. Louis Parkersburg Naville and dispensations issued to Shreveport and Halifax.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Fox
Mystic Shrine
Imperial Outer Guard
Imperial Potentate
William W. Irwin
Wheeling
W. Va
Frederick R. Smith
Rochester
N. Y
Imperial
Rabban
J. Putnam Stevens
Portland
Henry F. Niedringhaus, Jr
St. Louis
William S. Brown
Pittsburg
Benjamin W. Rowell
Boston
Imperial Recorder
Charles Overshire
Minneapolis
Imperial Oriental Guide
Elias A. Jacoby
Indianapolis
W. Freeland Kendrick
Philadelphia
Ellis L. Garretson
Tacoma
Wash
William J. Matthews
New York City
Ernest
Finesse Club Hosts Society Bridge at Mrs Carter Home
Two tables of players met yesterday afternoon at Gov ernment street home of Mrs Kearsley Carter for the Finesse Club with Mrs John Quill winning the club prize a pair of silk hose while Mrs E J Seiders of Brooklyn posted a strong score. Ice cream strawberries and cake followed the game with next hosting by Mrs Lynn Cameron.
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Finesse Bridge Club
Finesse Club
Kearsley Carter
Government Street
John Quill
E. J. Seiders
Brooklyn
Lynn Cameron
Personal notes from Choctaw Bluff to Mobile visitors
Mrs. W. H. Overstreet has returned home from a visit to her sister Mrs. Ek. W. Gormley in Pensacola guesting at the St. Andrew hotel in Mobile. W. C. Thorn, traveling passenger agent of the Great Northern Railroad, based in St. Louis, is in the city visiting friends for several days.
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W. H. Overstreet
Choctaw Bluff
Ek. W. Gormley
B. C. McLellan
Pensacola
Mobile
the St. Andrew
W. C. Thorn
The
Great Northern Railroad
St. Louis, Mo
Strong Defense for Capt. Smith in Arkansas Court Martial
The Arkansas navigational officer was not aboard when the ship struck a Cuban shoal in February. Damages to 28 steel plates cost 60000 to repair, and Captain Roy C. Smith faces negligence charges. Lieutenant Smythe testified he acted as navigator due to the captain’s absence for an operation. Nine captains and six rear admirals sit on the court martial under Admiral Richard Ikcee.
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Associated Press
New York
Arkansas
Cuba
Roy C. Smith
Guantanamo
Smith
W. W. Smythe
Charles H. Davis, Jr
M. A. Leahy
Conveyor Injury At City Bank Knocks James Braulee
James Braulee, a black construction worker for City Bank and Trust Company, was struck by a conveyor on Tuesday afternoon. He suffered cuts and bruises but no broken bones and was taken to the city hospital for treatment.
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James Braulee
City Bank and Trust Company
City Hospital
Stearns Electric Paste Promises Cockroach and Rodent Elimination
An old advertisement claims Stearns Electric Paste exterminates cockroaches rats and mice. It says use as directed by morning sweep up dead pests and assures money back if it fails. Sold by druggists for 25 cents or 1 dollar or prepaid by mail.
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Stearns
City police to inspect new uniforms and helmets
On Friday May 16 at 5 30 PM Mayor Laz Schwarz and Chief F W Crenshaw will inspect the police department uniforms and helmets. Uniforms are blue serge military coats with five buttons and light blue braid on patrol sleeves. Sergeants and lieutenants coats are fly front with black silk braid and gold letters for ranks. This marks the first issuance of such uniforms. Dreaper and Burns placed the order April 20 with individual measurements for each officer.
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Laz Schwarz
F. W. Crenshaw
Fearon
Sanmaersin
Conviction of Milling Firms in Sherman Act Case
The western district of Oklahoma federal court found the Hunter Milling Company of Wellington Kansas and the Blackwell Mill and Elevator Company of Blackwell Oklahoma along with Frank Foltz guilty of conspiring to restrain trade. Judge Cotteral set sentencing for May 24 with fines possible up to 5000 dollars for corporations and individuals.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Western District
Oklahoma
Hunter Milling Company
Wellington
Kansas
Blackwell Mill and Elevator Company
Blackwell
Frank Foltz
Blackwell Company
Foltz
Hunter Company
J. H. Cotteral
Two Injured In Dauphin Street Car Collision
Lee Watkins, a cab driver, suffered severe injuries while a female passenger in the taxi was bruised when a Dauphin street car collided with the cab on Tuesday afternoon at Dauphin Street.
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Lee Watkins
Dauphin Street
Dauphin
Visitors converge on Mobile hotels from nearby towns
Among Mobile visitors Wednesday were Paul Errot and wife of Macon Georgia Mrs Bounds Moss Point Mississippi Mrs C N Edwards Tupelo Mississippi at the Battle House Jack H Crawford former Alabama assembly member W H Bissell W W Gamble J W Dufro y Miss at the Cawthon hotel Batson and wife of Leakesville Mississippi.
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Mobile
Paul Errot
Macon
Bounds
Moss Point
Miss
C. N. Edwards
Tupelo
Battle House
Jack H. Crawford
Alabama Assembly
W. H. Bissell
W. W. Gamble
J. W. Duifro Oy
Cawthon Hotel
Batson
Leakesville
St. Andrew
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Dauphin and St. Emanuel
Oceanic Steamer Line
Attorney
Perpetual Care
Pine Crest
Park
American Securities Co
ST. Joseph Street
Bell
Texas Oil Co
Garden OF Allah
Dauphin Way
Council of Jewish Women
H. Gabriel
Mobile Council of Jewish Women
Order of
B'Nai B'rith Hall
H. P. Hirshfield
Pauline L. Kaufman
Kaufman
Hirshfield
Leon Schwarz
Rose Holberg
B. H. Eichold
Sigmund Haas
J. Simon
J. Zelnicker
J. Reiss
Pauline Kaufman
Edward Richard
Henry Forcheimer
L. Hammel
M. Rosenbaum
de Solomon
Jewish Council of Women
Nannie Owen
Owen
Jennie L. McAcary
Birmingham
Purity Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Reils
Aic
Gingham
Reiss
Mercantile Co
Capt. Smith
Rowan
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