Alabamaan Falls From Third Story Window in New Orleans
W B Amos dies from injuries after falling from a third story window at 135 South Rampart street. Police imply accidental stumble around 3 am. his skull fractured and he dies before ambulance arrival. He worked as a steam loader for Vredenburgh Sawmill and leaves a wife and three children. His body to be sent to Vredenburgh, Alabama.
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New Orleans
W. B. Amos
South Rampart Street
Vredenburgh
Ala
W. R. Woot
McWilliams
Amos
Rampart Street
Staats
First Precinct
Edward Gudry
O Nolsily
Wood
Morgan Books to Be Examined in Public Question
A statement recalls that Morgan firm profits from New Haven line deals total about 350000 in 20 years, including handling securities worth 333000000. It denies any claim that Morgan fathers managed the railroad and asserts records are complete and ready for production.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
New Haven
Farm Beef Cattle Prices Low in Alabama and Other States
The Agriculture Department reports beef cattle prices rose over 3 percent overall, with Alabama among the lowest state averages at 4.30 per hundred pounds. Hogs and sheep prices generally declined from 1913 levels, while Rhode Island and Connecticut posted the highest cattle averages at 9.60 and 7.60 respectively. The report notes April 15 prices and compares them with last year’s figures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Nebraska
Kentucky
Virginia
Oklahoma
Ohio
New England
South
Texas
Florida
Connecticut
Pipes Shipped for Oil Wells in Semmes Field
Pipe two carloads were sent to Semmes Alabama near the Mobile line for oil well drilling. A major company backs the experiment aided by a county geologist report deeming conditions favorable. Over three hundred leases on land for oil and gas filed in the probate court after the report.
Camden Sheriff Seeks Bigamist Suspect
Camden Ala Sheriff P C Jenkins asks Mobile authorities to hold William Jackson alias William Kidd a black man arrested for bigamy to aid identification as the Camden escapee sought for burglary. Jenkins plans to identify him in Mobile after arrival later this week.
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Crenshaw
P. C. Jenkins
Camden
Ala
William Jackson
William Kidd
Jenkins
Kidd
Jackson
Mobile
Kinnamon
Harriett Kidd
Recorder’s Court
Mobile Fair selects executive head and plans November event
At a directors meeting George Fearn Jr was named executive head of the Mobile Fair. The fair is slated for November 1 to December 1 with an eight member executive committee and ongoing work to secure site plans buildings and funding. The committee will manage details and may add outside directors as work accelerates.
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George Fearn, Jr
L. J. Davis
BE. J. Buck
Albert Pes-Bush
L. Brannan
Mobile
Three-reel drama by Edison stars Trunnelle at Royal Theatre
A three reel feature drama from Cyrus Brady novel stars Mabel Trunnelle with Herbert Prior and Augustus Phillips. The film ends with the battle of Mobile Bay including scenes on Farragut’s Hartford bombarding Fort Morgan. Shown tomorrow in Mobile for five cents.
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Edison
Cyrus Brady
Mabel Trunnelle
Herbert Prior
Augustus Phillips
Mobile Bay
Admiral Farragut
Hartford
Fort Morgan
Mobile
Royal Theatre
Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Johnson Murder Verdict
The Mississippi Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case of S. L. Johnson, sentenced to death for the murder of Elston Brewer, because a confession was admitted after a night visitation by a newspaper man claiming to be a spiritualist. Chief Justice Smith dissented.
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court of Mississippi
L. Johnson
Elston Brewer
Smith
Dandruff Relief Promised by Cuticura Remedies
An elderly North Carolina woman describes scalp dandruff with sores and hair loss and credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with rapid relief after two months. The ad urges warm baths and samples, claiming benefits for children’s eczema and sleepless nights, with free skin book and Boston postal address.
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Geo. High
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Relief
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liquid to improve sluggish liver constipation and biliousness. It claims it replaces calomel, suits children and adults, and offers a money back guarantee from druggists if not satisfied.
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Dodson
Liever
Bequests of 158000 to Unitarian Association
Boston reports an annual bequest total of 158000 at the eighty ninth annual meeting of the American Unitarian Association. The secretary Rev Lewis G Wilson notes the word Unitarian is inadequate in the report. A cough remedy advertisement follows claiming Dr King’s New Discovery cures long standing coughs with relief or money back.
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Associated Press
Boston
Henry M. Williams
American Unitarian Association
Unitarian
Lewis G. Wilson
Dr. King
Jennie Flemming
New Dover
Ohio
Busklen
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Uus Goldstein
Orleans
Morgan
Providence
Postum
Semmes
West
Ern
Fearn
Mississippi High Court
Smithfield
N. C
First National Bank
Mobilf
School of Medicine
University of Alabama
Lyric Theatre
George H. Denny
William C. Gorgas
HE Bank OF Mobile, National Banking Association
Bank OF Mobile National Banking Association
M. J. McDermott
A. L. Staples
J. O'Connor
R. W. Byrne
Ass’t
Mobile Gas Co
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