Three Brokers Suspended for Crookedness in Marconi Deal
The London Stock Exchange committee suspended for five years three senior partners of Heybourn & Croft for improper methods in placing shares during the American Marconi deal. Heybourn linked to Godfrey Isaacs and the Marconi Wireless Company faced parliamentary scrutiny, while Grenfell & Co. and other brokers were acquitted and deemed to have acted in good faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
NDON
London Stock Exchange
Marconi
Seriior
Heybourn & Croft
Heybourn
United States
Godfrey C. Isaacs
Marconi ‘Wireless Company
Rufus Isaacs
Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Porter’s antiseptic healing oil as a surgical dressing that relieves pain and heals promptly. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 price points.
Gadsden to Organize Military Company Soon
An application for forming a second military company at Gadsden to join the Fourth Infantry was approved by Adjutant General Scully. Lt. W. E. Bare leads the effort and will likely command. The move brings the Fourth Regiment to eleven companies, needing one more by January 1 to meet new war department standards.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gadsden
Scully
W. E. Bare
Alexander City
War Department
Bartam man cured by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for foot ulcer
H D Ely of Bartam Ohio suffered a four year foot ulcer. After refusing amputation he used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a last resort and reports his foot was soon completely cured. Advertises the salve as best for burns cuts bruises and eczema with 25 cent boxes available from Alden druggists or by mail H E Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Ely
Bartam
City Bank Building Opens New Rest Room
A modern rest room with a maid in attendance opens on the third floor of the City Bank and Trust Company building. The facility offers feminine comforts and is intended as a downtown shopping headquarters for Mobile women, featuring oak furniture and heavy rugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Bank and—Trust Company
Mobile
Get A New Stomach For Twenty-Five Cents
Digestit tablets promise digestion relief for indigestion dyspepsia and related stomach issues. Advertised as a cheap guarantee by a local druggist Van Antwerp with testimonials from readers in Finfrock Brooksville and Pulaski. Sold with refund guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.ff. Tilson
Pulaski
van Antwerp
Successful Work of Mobile Negro at Auburn Church
Rev. A F Owens of Selma University preached at the negro Baptist church in Auburn to mark the first anniversary of Rev. Harry E Jones's pastorate. Under Jones's leadership the church added 60 members, built a $1 100 parsonage, raised 2500, and plans a $1500 church remodel with 300 raised at a rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
A. F. Owens
Selma University
Selma
Negro Baptist Church
Harry E. Jones
Mobile
A Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Ailments
Patent medicine advertisement claims the Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles dissolves gravel cures diabetes and rheumatism for men and women and regulates children's bladder issues. One bottle lasts about two months and a mail order option exists for $1.00. Alabama testimonials promised. Dr EF W Hall St Louis Missouri. Sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Alabama
EF. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Health Restored by Eckman's Alterative
A testimonial notes recovery from glandular tuberculosis after using Eckman's Alterative. The claimant, Joseph B. White, describes initial hospital failures, two bottles of the medicine, weight gain, restored appetite and sleep, and return to work by November 1910. The advertisement claims broad efficacy for throat and lung ailments and lists Braswell's Drug Store as a seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Larnston St. Phila. Pa
Joseph B. White
Braswell
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
JOE LEITER MUST SHARE THE LOSS
Joseph Leiter of Chicago was found by a New York jury to be a pool partner with Cyrus Field Judson and J W Hoadley to inflate International Power Company stock prices. The 1908 share fall from 175 to about 87.5 prompted suits by brokerage houses including Franklin Scott and Company seeking 65700 dollars. Leiter must pay his share unless reversed on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Leiter
Cyrus Field Judson
J. W. Hoadley
International Power Company
Supreme Court
Rabid dog runs amuck at Wetumpka State Pen
A rabid bird dog strayed into the Wetumpka penitentiary yard. It bit Harris Cothran a convict and three dogs before being killed. A nearby Black boy was bitten earlier. Both victims receive Pasteur treatment as convicts and guards watched the animal’s rampage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Penitentiary
Wetumpka
Harris Cothran
Cothran
State Pasteur Department
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO GINTMENT
Cure claims for itching bleeding and protruding piles. Druggists refund money if PAZO GINTMENT fails. First application provides relief. 50 cents.
Road bond funds in Mobile county near exhaustion
County Treasurer George E. Stone says the remaining 200000 of the 500000 road bond issue should be issued. Two 150000 installments have funded Mobile county road work and, with the mapped completion, these funds will soon be exhausted. The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners will act on Stone's recommendation at an early date.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
George E. Stone
Mobile County
Police Court Actions in Summers and Others
Detectives Murphy Lacey and Burch continued Charles D Summers burglary case to November 14 before Recorder Edington. Several others faced gaming and assault charges with fines or jail time. Sam Riley received 101 or fifty days hard labor after a revolver was found. James Jackson and William Washington faced assault charges. Charles Rosemburg posted a $54 bond and was ordered to depart the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Summers
William Washington
Vince Boykin
Ike Kruse
Edington
Sam Riley
Recorder’s Court
Riley
Charles Rosemburg
University of Texas Claims Southwestern Title in 1913
The University of Texas defeated Oklahoma 14 to 6 in Houston to claim the 1913 Southwestern football championship. Longhorns scored two first half touchdowns through dazzling open plays, while Oklahoma’s defense stifled scores in the second half. Fumbles hurt Oklahoma as their lone score came on a late forward pass. Reed outgained Barrell with longer punts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
University of Texas
University of Oklahoma
Sooners
Longhorns
Oklahoma
Iklns Homans
Reed
Barrell
Woman and children killed in Norman house fire
Norman Oklahoma November 11 W W Warren likely fatally injured as his wife and two children died in a blaze that destroyed their home near etre seer by fire yesterday per early reports.
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Associated Press
Norman
Okla
W.W. Warren
Etre Seer
Yester
Will Brown tells why he fled prison life in Alabama
In a dramatic confession to J H Sammons Brown, an escaped convict now back at Speigner's prison, details three years of life in Cincinnati as William Kelley. He explains money, dress, and status while evading pursuit and why he chose to return to service. The Wetumpka penitentiary confirms his employment history in Cincinnati.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Great Southern
Bibletown
Will Brown
Speigner’s
J. H. Sammons
Cincinnati
Brown
Sammons
M. B. Ferrin Lumber Company
William Kelley
Wetumpka
Lammons
ZEMO Glows as Instant Itch Stopper Says Endorser
An advertisement touts ZEMO as a guaranteed instant remedy for itching and eczema. Endorsements claim rapid relief of scalp itch and skin sores with claims of wide distribution through Sutton's drug store Roe Drug Co Dave Bauer’s and Weiracker Bros.
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Zemo
A. Stierlin
Guarap
Sutton’s
Roe. Drug Co
Dave
Bauer's
Weiriacker
Bros
Clergyman Credits Peruna with Long Recovery
Rev G W Roberts of Hartsell Alabama recounts decades long recovery after starting Peruna in 1902. He attributes renewed health to the remedy and praises its creator, sharing letters from 1904 to 1918. He says Peruna prolonged his life and aided his work and family.
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Peruna Co
G. W. Roberts
R. R
Box
Hartsell
Alabama
Peruna
Roberts
The
Erts
Returned convict Brown seeks release to work in Cincinnati
A Marion county second degree murder convict, about thirty, known as Brown, escaped from Speigner's six years ago. He returned claiming he wished to resume work, wore prison stripes and carried $772.76 found on him. Officials, sympathetic to his plight, plan to grant liberty to return to Cincinnati if allowed by the governor.
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Tograph
Cincinnati
Marion County
Speigner’s
Speigner's
Brown
Cinnati
Partial Rent List From Now
List of rental properties with addresses and unit details including stories rooms and kitchen shorthand. Properties include brick and frame structures on S Hamilton Govt and Church areas Spring Hill Ave George St Hunter and Old Shell Road with rents shown from 270 to 360 dollars per month.
Fishing as sport and travel wisdom
The text compares fishing to hunting and notes travel teaches that a branch line is never as good as the through line. It reflects on effort and progress with cautionary observations about getting results.
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Joe Leiter
Murphy
William J
Fingy") Conners
Buffalo, N. Y
Charles F. Murphy
Adv
Wright
Calbraith P
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Cal
Tournament Park
Rodgers
Arizona
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Rye
Lewis
Rodger
South
Police News
Willie Robinson
Henry Powers
Raymond Peyton
Willie Gross
George Denver
Murray and Meedy
Willie Pate
Walter Burch
Recorders Court
James Jackson
Chidren
Rev. Roberts
Oberte
Kaveney R. F
Cohio
Touart
Spring Hill Ave
Indiana Ave
Joachim and
St. Anthony
R. Bh. K
B. Ss
N. W
Michigan Ave
N. EB
Franklin
R. K
Lawrence
S. Govt
N. Govt
E. Catherine
Adams and
St. Joseph
R. and
Georgia Ave
Montauk
R. H
K. and
S. Hamilton, Bet
N. E
Old Shell Road
Julia Sts
Bet
Conception and Joachim
Spring Hill
W. Kilmarnock
Margaret
Reed Ave
Dauphin
George St
S. Church
R. and K
N. Hunter
W. Houston
W. Church and Broad
New St. Francis
Hallett and Pine
G. Ss. S
St. Joseph St. Bet
Congress and
Dearborn
Sage, Burgett & Yuille
Carter
Nelson & Bailey
Royal ST
St. Stephen Road
Bath
North Scuolina St
Broad St
Garnett Ave
Orchal
Oe Faville & SI
Van
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