Factories Promise Month by Month Growth by Chamber Panel
The chamber of commerce factory committee reports the promise of one factory a month will be fulfilled and sixty days will bring enough new plants to offset recent delays. Jerome H. Sheip says a creamery project, backed by the chamber, is now an assured industry with funds subscribed. Secretary Clemens urges members to prioritize fellow members in business.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jerome H. Sheip
L. C. Irvine
Ge-Rar-Dy Tea Promoted As Kidney Toxin Remedy
An advertisement touts Ge-Rar-Dy Tea as a cheap home remedy to purify blood liver and kidneys. It claims Indians brewed effective hot teas from roots and herbs and offers a free sample from Phil P Crosap Co Ltd of New Orleans Louisiana.
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Phil. P. Crosap Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Granger Liver Regulator Ad Claims Quick Digestive Help
An old advertising blurb urges quick care for digestive symptoms and promotes Granger Liver Regulator as safe and effective. The copy emphasizes ease of use and absence of harmful chemicals, urging readers to buy at their drugstore and keep it ready at home.
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Granger Liver Regulator
Abe Martin and the Auto Boom Debate
Abe Martin notes the car boom has boosted neuritis and jokes that many people fail to use common sense. He uses humor to comment on public behavior and tech adoption.
Board Discusses Classified Memberships and Charities
Clemens to issue a quarterly classified business memberships list to members with no objections. E M Bailey and W W Croom voiced support for trading with chamber members, with no boycott. Norton said no need for an associated charities. Croom endorsed the Tourists Welcome Club. Norton sketched Mobile for Britannica. directors will revise the article.
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Tourists’ Welcome Club
Norton
Mobile
Chicago Prepares Parade Endorsed by City Council
The Chicago city council endorsed the Middle West preparedness demonstration and designated June 10 as parade day. The vote was nearly unanimous with only two aldermen opposing.
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Chicago
Inferior Court Sets High Fines Record in April 1916
Clerk F. W. Hermann announced that April fines totaled 2800 dollars, a 1916 record. Most fines came from violations of the prohibition law. Monthly operating cost was 875 dollars, yielding 1925 dollars for the county, with a peak week at 811 dollars.
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F. W .Hermann
Inferior Criminal Court
Whales Beside a Norwegian Bark in Mobile Bay
Captain Bill Alley recalls whales seen near the bark Premier in Mobile Bay then again ten years later following her, with pilots recounting the creatures waiting in deep water and a tale of strange sea ways.
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Mobile Bay
Bill Alley
Barkentine Skoda
Dipping of Cattle Begins in Mobile County Thursday
Dr. Selkin declares that dipping starts Thursday morning to eradicate ticks and boost cattle profits. He notes county quarantine could end in six months if locals cooperate, with no dipping fee at public vats as 150 cattle were dipped at Whistler Monday.
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Mobile
Dr. Selkin
Maya
Whistler
Selkin
Moriarity Named Manager For Memphis Southern Association
George Moriarity, utility infielder for the White Sox, signed Monday to manage the Memphis team of the Southern Association and will start his duties immediately. He was brought east to meet a Memphis representative about the job after being acquired from Detroit last winter to serve as pinch hitter and emergency man.
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Chicago
George Moriarity
White Sox
Memphis
Moriarity
Detroit
Comiskey
Memphis Officials Refuse Confirmation On Manager Choice
Memphis officials declined to confirm reports that George Moriarity, veteran infielder, would replace Dolly Stark as manager of the Memphis Southern Association club. T. R. Watkins, club secretary, was in Chicago and unavailable for comment. Stark was selected as manager after spring consideration of several players.
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Memphis
Tenn
George Moriarity
Chicago White Sox
Dolly” Stark
Memphis Southern Association
T. R. Watkins
Chicago
Moriarity
Chickasaws
Stark
Effect of Heavy Feed Tested on Six Chickens in New York
The foods and markets committee announced a test on six chickens to study the impact of feeding heavy substances such as cement and oyster shells to increase weight. This follows testimony at an inquiry about shippers and dealers feeding such foods to chickens.
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New York
Foods and Markets Committee
Ten Minute Classics Continued The Friar and the Dead Confession
A friar confronts a malevolent man who seeks evil, but the intruder overpowers him and the friar discovers a long-dead soul. Brother Mendo dies after confessing the dead, in a tale linked to Padre Lanza and other print variants.
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Brother Mendo
Mendo
Padré Lanza
Padre Lanza
Thomas
News Briefs Of Interest Highlights From Across The Nation
In Pensacola federal judge Sheppard rules the schooner Lucy H violated U.S. neutrality laws by carrying an armed Villista expedition from Florida to Mexico. In Baton Rouge Ruffin G Pleasant inaugurated governor advocating ending public office fees and attracting settlers. In Santa Fe a 21 day reprieve is granted to seven Villa bandits due for hanging for a raid on Columbus. In Roanoke a demurrer in the McGavock will case favors the estate executor upholding a prenuptial agreement. In Washington officials urge approval of inland waterway linking Lake Michigan to the Gulf. In Chicago James B. R. opens Republican committee HQ ahead of the nominating convention. In Washington the War Department proposes an eighteen foot James River channel to Richmond. In San Juan production of sugar is projected above 463000 tons, up from 345000 last year. In Berlin Karl Helfferich is favored to become interior minister and vice chancellor.
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Pensacola
Fla
Sheppard
Lucy H. Monday
United States
Florida
Mexico
Santa FE
N. M
McDonald
Deming
Columbus. & G
Roanoke
McGavock
Wythe County
James H. McGavock
Cardui Restores Weaverville Woman After Long Illness
Mrs Abbagail Hampton of Weaverville North Carolina recounts twelve years of poor health and four days in bed each month. After taking Cardus her strength returned, she regained weight and now tends her garden cooks for boarders and does housework. Cardui sold by all druggists with directions.
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Weaverville
N. C
Abbagail Hampton
Cardus
Cardui
Sheriff Raids Four Liquor Establishments in City and County
Sheriff W H Holcombe directs deputies in raids on four local liquor venues Allen & Goulding Read Wilson Charles Nelson John Adams and a fifth on Rosedale Road near Dog River finding small quantities at each site. Orders issued to close road houses around Os River near Fulton Road.
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W. H. Holcombe
Allen & Goulding
Southwest Commerce
Lipscomb
Read Wilson
North Royal
St. Anthony
Charles Nelson
North Cont Street
John Adams
Booth Conception Street
Frank Farley
Rosedale Road
Dog River
Os River
Fulton Road
King Duytan of Annam Deposed by French Authority
Shanghai May 16 The governor general at Hanoi has ordered King Duytan of Annam deposed on charges of complicity in riots in Quang-Ngai and Quang Nan. The riots were quickly suppressed. Since 1907 Annam's king has been a figurehead under French protectorate amid several uprisings and martial law across Indo China last month.
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Shanghai
Hanoi
Duytan of
Annam
Quang-Ngai
Quange Nan
Egypt
Indo-China
Reverend Hurlburt Speaks on Oriental Women
Rev. Mr. Hurlburt of Dauphin Way Baptist Church will lecture on Women of the Orient Wednesday night at Government-street Methodist Church at seven o clock. The talk is drawn from The King's Highway and was taught recently at Government-street Presbyterian Church by Mrs. Hill. Slides from the Laymen's Missionary Union will accompany the address and a musical program will follow.
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Guy R. Hurlburt
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Government-street Methodist Church
King's Highway
Government-street Presbyterian Church
Hill
Importation Restrictions Signal Global Trade Shift
The article notes Rome and Paris restricting imports of luxury articles to secure essential goods and government supplies. It highlights how French and Italian measures align, potentially limiting American and English manufacturers as prohibition spreads.
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Rome
Sec
Governenee
Take Iron Says Doctor to Gain Strength Like an Athlete
A New York doctor urges iron supplementation for those lacking iron in the blood to boost strength and combat nervous, run-down conditions. He promotes two five-grain tablets of ordinary nuxated iron three times daily after meals for two weeks, claiming many patients show doubled strength and relief from dyspepsia and related issues. The ad notes a money-back guarantee and availability through Van Antwerp's and other druggists.
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New York
N. Y
Sauer
Europe
van Antwerp
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