Second Victim of Assassins Plot Dead at Orleans
Ja cob Gilaredo a strawberry farmer shot Saturday night in Vita Di Georgia saloon and grocery died Sunday night marking the second victim of Italian assassins active in New Orleans. Earlier Saturday grocer Phillip Segretto died after three men shot him. An ice cream cone vender Angelo De Pichi was arrested for the murder. A torn letter found in Paul Cavataori's room mentions a business worth 15000 to 20000 and names a banker described as old man and alone. The Segretto killing follows the Matranga–Bonifonte feud and its aftermath.
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New Orleans
Jacob Gilaredo
Vita di Georgia
di Georgio
Phillip Segretto
Gilaredo
Segretto
Joseph Matranga
Guiseppe Bonifonte
Bonfonte
Matranga
Casement Health Improves as Trial Nears
Sir Roger Casement, visited by three friends in the London Tower, shows improved health after a fortnight. He can read and exercise, with the prosecution case expected to last four or five days. The prisoner will be moved secretly to the police court with limited spectator access.
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London
Reynolds Weekly
Roger Casement
London Tower
Roger
Sir Roger
County Board Denies Road Rescission and Claims
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners met and rejected Jere Austill’s bid to rescind the declaration making the old Jeff Hamilton road from Dawes to Grand Bay a public road. The county disallowed W H Payne’s horse injury claim, citing no liability. Several petitions for road improvements were referred for action.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Jere Austill
Jeff Hamilton
Dawes
Grand Bay
W. H. Payne
I Don t Suffer Any More From Lydia Pinkham Ad
New Castle Indiana health testimonial notes Hazel Hamilton suffering monthly pains from age eleven to seventeen. After using Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound she reports relief and regular cycles. A promotional claim invites letters for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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New Castle
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hazel Hamilton
South 15Th St
Abe Martin on campaign costs and women's high shoes
Abe Martin comments on the expense of securing nominations and the effort required to win office. He quips that a bright note is that girls keep their heads up and do not need to stoop to light a fire.
Death of Mr Harry Hagan at 52 after ball game heat
Mr Harry Hagan 52 former superintendent of the county convict camp died Monday at 5 AM at Mrs John Turner’s home on Washington Avenue near Hurtel Street. Heat and heart disease are linked to his death after a Sunday attendance at Mobile vs Chattanooga. He was son of late General James Hagan and survived by three brothers including Captain John D Hagan James R Hagan and Oliver Hagan of Boston. Roche Burke took charge and moved the body to Captain John Hagan’s home 206 Church Street for a private funeral at St Johns Episcopal Church Tuesday morning.
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Harry Hagan
John Turner
Washington Avenue
Hurtel Street
Mobile
Chattanooga
James Hagan
John D. Hagan
James R. Hagan
Oliver Hagan
Boston
Roche & Burke
John H. Hagan
Church Street
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Casement Trial Details Stir Irish Rebel Plot
The attorney general outlines Casement's alleged Berlin schemes and the 1915 plan to aid Ireland, including a submarine voyage to Tralee, a 20,000 rifle shipment, and a sunk ship. Casement shows defiant disregard, gazing at a green rebel flag as witnesses begin for the crown.
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Casement
Bailey
Sir Frederick Smith
Berlin
Tralee
Monteith
Germany
Ireland
Tower of London
Frederick
Roger
The Binnacle Lamp Club Whale Shark Tale
An old schooner meets a giant shark with a dorsal fin surpassing the vessel. The shark circles and nearly capsizes the boat as the crew feeds it four barrels of salt beef to appease the creature. Fear and awe grip the aboard family and aunts.
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Setay
Gina
Burning of Jesse Washington Seen by 15000 at Waco Square
In Waco Texas on May 15 a mob of about 15000 witnessed Jesse Washington a black youth convicted of the Mrs Lucy Fryar murder and assault be burned at the public square after a hurried trial. The crowd seized him from the fifth district courtroom and dragged him to the city hall yard where a fire was started.
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Fryar Takan
City Hall Yard
Waco
Texas
Jesse Washington
Lucy Fryar
Here
Fifth District
Dauphin Street Park Space Cut
The Mobile city commission will amend the traffic ordinance Tuesday to ban Dauphin street from Conception to St Emanuel as a parking area. Commissioner Schwarz drafted the amendment at the Automobile Club of Mobile’s request amid concerns over accidents on the narrow street.
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City Commission
Dauphin Street
Conception
St. Emanuel Street
Schwarz
Automobile Club of Mobile
van Liew
Automobile Club
Grettir the Strong and the Norse Revenge Tale
The Icelandic saga recounts Grettir’s battles against Thorbjorn Angle and the crowd who slain his kin. After Grettir’s death on the island, Thorbjorn fled to Norway and then Constantinople where the Norse guard and emperor witness his sword’s famed edge nick.
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Iceland
Thorbjorn
Grettir
Thorbjorn Angle
Illugi
Norway
Thoreteinn Dromund
Constantinople
Byzantium
Thorsteinn Dromund
Mediterranean
Varangian Guard
Grettir the Strone
George Oinslie Hight
Grettir the Strong
Julius W. Muller
Gulf Coast Duroc Jersey Breeders Meet Scheduled
Gulf Coast Duroc Jersey Hog Breeders' Association calls a meeting at 12:30 PM on May 18 by President T. J. Riley. The group aims to have the American Duroc Jersey Association and the National Duroc Jersey Record Association donated to be competed for at the next Coast Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Duroc Jersey Hog Breeders’ Association
T. J. Riley
American Duroc Jersey Association
National Duroc Jersey Record Association
Methodist Union Action Planned For Tuesday Session
In Saratoga Springs on May 15 the general conference will hear a special report urging reunification of the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Episcopal South churches once divided since 1845. A five bishop ten minister ten lay commission would negotiate with other bodies to forge a unified plan.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist General Conference
Special Committee On Federation
General Conference
General Committee On Federation
Board of Bishops
Methodist Protestant Church
United States
Norway Secession Anniversary Celebration Program
The May 1 1814 secession anniversary will be celebrated Wednesday evening at the Norwegian-Seamen Mission with a planned program including songs prayers violin and piano solos recitations patriotic songs and two addresses by Aug. Nelson and Oscar H. Olsen. All Scandinavians are invited.
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Norway
Denmark
aAll
Lucille
Mildred Wienand
M. E. Tisdale
Louise Knutsen
N. B. Pooley
Hjordis Amundson
Aug. Nelson
J. F. Peterson
Oscar H. Olsen
Knut
U S Reads Notes on British Mail Interference
Washington reports the U S government is preparing a very rigorous protest over British interference with mails to and from the United States. A forthcoming note will demand an end to seizures and delays affecting neutrals and reflect dissatisfaction with Britain’s reply to prior protests. President Wilson will press for policy modification.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Europe
State Department
Wilson
Mines wash ashore on Dutch coast in April report
Amsterdam reports via Overseas News Agency that ninety naval mines were cast up on the Dutch coast in April. Of the fifty British, three French, thirteen German mines, the remainder undetermined. Since the war began, 1,014 mines have been found on the Dutch coast, including 535 British, 61 French and 193 German.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Tiger Man Pays $50 In Prohibition Case
Buddie Bronson pleaded guilty in the inferior criminal court to violating the prohibition law. Bronson paid a fine of 50 dollars and costs. Similar cases against Robert Jenkins and Adolph Moskowitz were continued. Jack Harris alias Rabbit, charged with assault with intent to murder William Crapp, had his case continued until May 22. Dixie League opens Tuesday in Moultrie Georgia with six towns in eastern Alabama and southern Georgia.
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Tiger Man
Buddie Bronson
Inferior
Bronson
Robert Jenkins
Adolph Moskowitz
Jack Harris
Rabbit
William Crapp
Variety of Mail Reaches Mobile Chamber Office
Secretary W. M. Clemens of the Chamber of Commerce reviews a broad array of inquiries from across the nation. Letters request contacts for firms, investment, hotel recommendations, and descriptions of Mobile, with officials promising member access to prospects and potential customers.
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New York
Mobile
Middletown
N. Y
Mobile County
A& Cincinnati
Munson Steamship Company
Chamber of Commerce
Munsomo
Clemens
Woodmen Attend Unveiling at Bayou La Batre Cemetery
Members of the Maple Camp Woodmen of the World and Company C 123rd Regiment held unveiling ceremonies at the grave of Dr. James T. Persons in Bayou la Batre. The event featured a poem recitation by Miss Bessie Cunningham and an address by Sovereign J. M. Mash of Montgomery. A Mobile delegation assisted with arrangements and hospitality at Laurendine House afterward.
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James T. Persons
Bayou la Batre
Asc
Rmie Seiple
Andreant Russell Seiple
Bessie Cunningham
J. M. Mash
Montgomery
Frank E. Smee
W. R. Garrett
River
Bayou la Barre
Mobile
Gus Seiple
H. G. Duffee
Coden
Eek
Laurendine House
General Assembly to Address Comity and Negro Presbyteries
Orlando Florida May reports the Presbyterian General Assembly in session to fix womans place in the church and seek closer cooperation with negro Presbyteries. Delegates count 300 representing about 835000 to expense. Topics include minister support, retirement provisions, and rural church needs.
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Orlando
Fla
Mayan
Therr
4Th States
W. McF. Alder
New Orleans
Minstry
No Appetite Little Sleep Vinci Health Claim Ad
A mobile health advertisement promotes Vinci tonic with a money back guarantee for restoring appetite sleep and strength. It cites a testimonial from Catherine Hoar of West Chester New York and notes Vinci outperforms cod liver oil emulsions. Distributed by Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile Alabama with local Vinci drug stores.
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Mobile
Vinci
Catherine Hoar
West Chester
N. Y
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Ala
Vinci Drug Store
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St. Emanuel
Methodist
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W. M. Clemens
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Kentucky
Berkeley
Biloxi
Miss
Beauvoir
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Oakland
Owensboro
Oscar L. Gray
Maple Camp
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Mobile Delivery Co. Water and Conti Streets
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Dauphin ST
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