Cigarettes Defended By Hill Edison Ford Face Challenge
Percival L. Hill of American Tobacco defends cigarettes against health claims by Edison and Ford. He cites extensive analyses by chemists and medical journals in Britain and the United States, arguing no substance in cigarettes injures health and urging further investigation to test his stance.
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Percival L. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Henry Ford
Mr. Hill
America
Europe
Hill
Edison
London
Great Britain
The
Medical Journal of New York
Lancet
Leonard K. Hirshberg
Johns Hopkins University
Harper’s Weekly
Hirshberg
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Osler
Mr. m
Proposition to appeal to builders and supporters
A letter from Toul Bon in The Item urges a proposition aimed at those interested in expanding construction and development. The missive highlights potential benefits for builders and related supporters, framing the measure as a driver of growth and local opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tention
Toul ‘Bon
Diamond Players Noted Incomplete Outdoors Row
Readers note fragments naming Diamond and Note as players, but missing context. The line suggests an error in a sports lineup or roster entry needing correction.
School Children Memorial for Frohlichstein
The Item reports a plan to fund a granite monolith in a public place to honor Esau H. Frohlichstein Mobile youth who died at Vera Cruz. Ten thousand public school children would each donate ten cents, with inscriptions crediting the pupils for the patriotism. The memorial aligns with a funeral participation by students and draws broad parental support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esau H. Frohlichstein
Vera Cruz
Frohlichstein
McLean Urges Panama Canal Toll Exemption Repeal
Republican Senator McLean of Connecticut argues against toll exemptions for Panama Canal shipping, urging repeal to reflect treaty obligations and preserve U S credibility. He notes tolls have limited commercial impact and that there is no such thing as free transport, stressing costs ultimately fall on consumers.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic Coast
McLean
Connecticut
Senate
United States
Republic
Great Britain
United States Treasury
A Practical Beauty Hint From A Southern Journal
An excerpt discusses cosmetics and artificial beauty aids from ancient to modern times. It notes ancient use among courtesans, modern advertising in metropolitan papers, and physician warnings against dangerous preparations. A satirical beauty hint suggests burying rouge and a rabbit's foot two miles from home and walking to verify they remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Election returns to be reviewed next Tuesday
The Democratic Executive Committee will meet next Tuesday to review and verify returns from the recent primary. It is expected to reveal which journal credited Henderson with winning the city vote against the state result, showing Henderson’s overall majority independent of Mobile, Birmingham, and Montgomery tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
Public Journal
Henderson
Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Alabama cities seek government armor plant relocation
Birmingham aims to lure the government armor plant and Mobile pledges to help secure the project for Alabama, offering full support if Mobile cannot obtain the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Mobile
Alabama
The British Crisis Parliamentary Practice
A condensed comparison of Westminster and Washington parliaments. It explains committee control, cabinet dominance, private member time, the speaker’s powers, and the division method in the House of Commons, noting procedural contrasts with the U S Congress and the role of question periods.
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London
United States
House of Representatives
Washington
Czar Reed
House
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
House of Commons
Cannon
Commons
Westminster
The
Congress
Clark
Underwood
Three Kingdoms
Ireland
Local Government Board
Department of Government
Ulster
New Zealand
New Foundland
Jamaica
Transvaal
House of Lords
J. W. Lowther
Westminster Palace
Toulmin & Son Protest Against County Pipe Discrimination
A Mobile letter to the editor protests county officials for excluding Mobile-made concrete pipe from bids. The authors argue home-made goods meet traffic loads and cite standard use by Mobile & Ohio and Southern rail lines. They urge open competition and challenge the engineer to cite a failed foot of their pipe when properly laid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Revenue Board
Toulmin & Son
Becaues
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
Southern
Mobile & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
A PEEP BEHIND THE MASK IN ALABAMA RACE NEWS
The Mobile Register misread the outcome of the Alabama race, then faced criticism from The Mobile Item and Birmingham News. Henderson won big outside Jefferson, Montgomery and Mobile counties, including Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa and Walker, all historically prohibition counties. The dispute reflects shifts in public opinion and media perspectives.
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Comer
Mobile Register
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile Item
Register
Henderson
Jefferson
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Prohibition
Seed
Mr. Henderson
Capt. Hobson
Underwood
Alabama
Birmingham News
Captain Kolb and His Friends Letter of Gratitude
R F Kolb writes from Montgomery on May 16 1914 thanking supporters across Alabama for their letters after a late primary. He notes public approval and personal sympathy for his wife who is recovering from an accident. The message expresses gratitude for kindness and states he remains steadfast in public duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Kolb
Montgomery
Something Fashionable Crusade Sparks Community Interest
A stylish effort draws applause as locals rally for a cause framed as a graceful crusade. The appeal grows into a trendy movement that captures public attention and participation.
Mass meeting prompts wartime accountability
A brief exchange hints at a wartime context with a character returning from a mass meeting with his wife to discuss war measures. The conversation implies scrutiny and a powder-stained shoulder, symbolizing recent action or vigilance. The fragment suggests a domestic scene tied to broader conflict.
Conductor Killed in Mobile and Jasper Wreck
Mobile and Ohio freight train struck the rear of a Northern of Alabama train three miles south of Jasper Alabama. Conductor H Plant was killed instantly and engineers A Smith and W Allen seriously injured. Two negro workers were hurt, one with both legs broken. Both locomotives derailed and pig iron and slag cars torn to splinters.
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Associated Press
Asper
Ala
H. Plant
A. Smith
W. Allen
Mobile and Ohio
Alabama
Here
Plant
Shaw Buys Alabama Farm Land Foresees Bright Rural Future
Leslie M. Shaw former secretary of the treasury invested fifty thousand dollars in Lowndes county Alabama farm lands after a brief ground study. He expresses strong faith in development of Southern farms, noting Lowndes county borders Montgomery and is among the state's wealthiest agricultural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie M. Shaw
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Secretary of the Treasury
Lowndes County
Shaw
Tennessean Plans Bank Start in Lexington
W S Caperton of Lawrenceburg Tenn has applied to Alabama banking department for a charter to organize a new bank at Lexington Lauderdale county Alabama. The bank will be capitalized at 10000 dollars and the department has supplied necessary information for launching the institution.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. S. Caperton
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Alabama Banking Department
Lexington
Lauderdale County
Alabama
Mississippi Press Association Opens Forty-Ninth Session
The Mississippi Press Association convened in Jackson for its forty-ninth annual session. Opening events included welcoming exercises, social features, a concert by Deaf and Dumb School pupils, and Colonel M. J. Connelly of Memphis speaking on "The Mission of the Press." Sessions continue Wednesday and Thursday.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Press Association
Deaf and Dumb School
M. J. Connelly
Memphis
Mission of the Press
Masonic Temple Dedication At Memphis
Hundreds of Knight Templars from Tennessee with guests from Arkansas and Mississippi attended the dedication of the new 300000 dollar Masonic Temple in Memphis during the fifty second annual Tennessee grand commandery conclave. A ball concluded the two day session.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Masonic Temple
Grand Commandery of
Resolute Woman Missionary Stays in Mexico City Post
Laura Temple a Methodist missionary in Mexico City refuses to flee amid danger. She explains staying to guard property and aid wounded, planning to work as a hospital volunteer if needed. Temple, Pennsylvanian and Allegheny College alumna, has led Sarah L. Keen College since 1903.
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New York
Mexico City
Laura Temple
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions
Republic of Mexico
Sarah L. Keen College
English Hospital
United States
Red Cross
Miss Temple
Pennsylvania
Allegheny College
Woman Convicted of Murder in First Degree
Mrs Made lina Ferola, 45, widow, was found guilty yesterday of the murder of Carmelo Conestrale who she stabbed on December 29 1913 after he refused to marry her. This marks the first female conviction in New York in fifteen years. Death penalty to be pronounced next Tuesday for first degree murder.
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Associated Press
New York
Madelina Ferola
Carmelo Conestrale
Old Russian Church Sits With A Louvre Worthy Painting
In Sitka Alaska a weathered frame houses a brush painted wall piece admired by art lovers. The work’s origin is unclear though it is said to deserve a Louvre place. Its remote Alaskan setting appeals to locals and visiting miners and natives alike.
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Sitka
Alaska
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HE Mobile Item ‘Item Company
In' Inc
ST. Emanuel ST
Batensve
Shicags Alding
Smith Company
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Assn
Home
Bell
Net
Po Et Crades [Union] Council
By Frederic J. Haskin
People’s Forum
FOR Home Industry
Captain Kolb
Jasper
Smith and
Allen
Tennessean
Press Association OF Mississippi
Unesco
Odd
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