Welding glare cited in suit against Mobile Light and Rail
George R. Powell files $1,500 damages claim in law and equity court alleging Mobile Light and Rail Company failed to warn of intense welding glare at Royal and St Francis streets on August 28. Powell says the eye injury left him unable to work for four weeks.
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Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Royal and
St. Francis Street
George R. Powell
Law and Equity Court
Jesse Hogan
Powell
American anger over Kiev ritual murder case reaches Washington
Prominent Christian clerics delivered a petition to Secretary Bryan urging the czar to halt the Mendel Beiliss trial in Kiev. The State Department declined to forward the plea, saying the Russian government did not wish to receive such communications. The petition, signed by Cardinal Farley and many bishops, argues the blood libel against Jews is unfounded and harmful to humanity.
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Washington
Kiev
Russia
State Department
Bryan
Tezar
Mendel Beiliss
Czar
Beiliss
Cardinal Farley
East
Governor O Neal Names Sponsors
Misses Virginia Abercombie and Mary Cobbs named sponsors of the governor staff in Montgomery Alabama with papers signed by Governor Cyrus Brown and J B Scully. The move, seen as a joke, is treated as honorary with no pay. attorney general Brickell asserts the governor can name sponsors as he can delegates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Virginia Abercombie
Mary Cobbs
Cyrus B. Brown
J. B. Scully
Brickell
Police Appoints J L Ryals to Supernumerary Roll
Chief of Police Frank W Crenshaw announced Friday morning the appointment to the supernumerary roll of the police department J L Ryals. The appointment is effective immediately. Mr Ryals was formerly connected with the police department during the year of 1906.
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Frank W. Crenshaw
J. L. Ryals
Rylas
Police Department
Pullman Bandit Sought After Train Robbery
Police in Omaha and Council Bluffs chase a sleep ing car robber on the Burlington Chicago Denver line. Initial theory pointed to Harry La Trasse, but Kansas reports place him in the state penitentiary. Bandit escaped with $500 and six watches.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Burlington System
Harry la Trasse
Kansas
la Trasse
Terminals of Canal Will Cost Large Sum
The Pacific and Atlantic terminals of the Panama Canal will require most of the remaining 37 million dollars toward the canal’s 375 million dollar projected cost. The estimates sent to the House Appropriations Committee cover dry docks and concrete coal pockets built below sea level to preserve bituminous coal from disintegrating.
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Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
Panama Canal
House Committee On Appropriations
Ill Treatment Claims At East Mississippi Insane Hospital
Mrs. Alice Shear testified before a legislative committee in Meridian detailing alleged confinement from 1900 to 1907 and a suspected conspiracy by her husband and sister. She described abuse by female attendants, disputes over her sanity, and efforts to obtain damages while investigators reviewed commitment papers and hospital policies.
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Meridian
Miss
East Mississippi Insane Hospital
Legislative Committee
Alice Shear
Chicora
Pensacola
Fla
Shear
Gavin
Florida
Mississippi
Mich
Battle Creek
Milton
I la
Colorado
Denver
Canada
South
Buchanan
Miss Russell Stars in She Stoops to Conquer at Lyric
Seats selling briskly for Miss Russell’s Saturday night appearance at the Lyric as She Stoops to Conquer with a strong company. Reviewers in cities en route praised her troupe and the management urges a crowded house. Also notes fresh fall garden seed stock and a local trustee denying patient mistreatment claims after independent checks.
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Lyric Theatre
Society Seat
Annie R Russell
She Stoops
Conquer Seat
Ans Nie Russell
Ely Cream Balm Opens Claogged Nostrils
Advertisement-style note extols Ely Cream Balm to relieve head catarrh and nasal congestion. Claims quick airway relief, headache and discharge vanish, with a call to buy a small bottle at any drug store. Describes the balm as a fragrant dissolving agent soothing nose throat membranes.
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Ely
Sragant_helm
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KODAK
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Pullman
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Resinol
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First National Bank
Mobile, Alabama
Alabama
The
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
Insane Asylum
E. Fougera & Co., Inc
C. J. Gayfer & Co
Mobile
Express
China
Sterling
Miss. Russell
English Carriage Co
Sun-Wed-Fritf
B. F. Hyde
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