Father and Son Reunited After Fifty Years
John Waters of Summit New Jersey found his son in Centralia Illinois after fifty years. At Civil War start Waters entrusted his infant to Mrs Fitzpatrick who placed him in an orphanage then he was adopted by Charles Jennings of Centralia. The son James Fitzpatrick later searched and was reunited with his father aided by a Waters daughter. The column also promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and chest illnesses with testimonials.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Ill
John Waters
Summit
N. J
Waters
Fitzpatrick
Fitrick
Orange County
N. Y
Charles Jennings
James Fitzpatrick
New York
Pake Case In Advisement Seeks Removal Of Assignee
Attorneys for creditors of the Leinkauf Banking Company seek removal of Harry B. Pake as assignee. On Tuesday the court heard argument in the law and duty court and Judge Berney took the case under advisement on the registrar in chancery report.
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Leinkauf Banking Company
Harry B. Pake
Law and Duty Court
Qeality
Berney
Register In Chancery
Kidney Remedy Swamp Root Praise by Illinois Reader
E B Pitney of Paxton Illinois testifies in 1912 to Dr Kilmer and Company Swamp Root curing kidney and liver trouble after hemorrhage and chronic illness. He recounts trying multiple remedies, obtaining a trial bottle, buying five bottles, and gaining weight and restored health. Notary Rudolph Schneider verified the statement.
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Dr. Kilmer & Company
Binghamton
N. Y
E. B. Pitney
Rudolph L. Schneider
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
A promotional letter from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York invites readers to send ten cents for a sample size bottle of Swamp Root. It promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles are sold in drug stores. It asks readers to mention The Mobile Daily Item.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Panama Canal to Open Deep Draft Passage By Next Spring
Washington confirms plan for first ocean to ocean passage by a government Panama Railroad steamer. Secretary Garrison aims to give Col Goethals time to finish work and test the canal before the ceremony likely by February 1. Fram voyage and staff reorganization also discussed.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Ocean
New York
Colon
Garrison
Colonel Goethals
President Wilson
Canal
Panama
Cristobal
Atlantic
Balboa
Pacific Entrance
Goethals
Cucaracha Slide
Fram
Amundsen
Moss
Bering Sea
United States
West Indies
Europe
Sea View opens new tuberculosis hospital on Staten Island
New York enlarges its TB treatment facilities with a 3.5 million dollar hospital at Castleton Corners on Staten Island. Eighty patients admitted already. Eight pavilions form a semi circle to ensure sunlight in every room. Each pavilion houses 125 patients with additional admin, staff, nurses, surgical, and kitchen buildings served by central trolley trucks.
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Associated Press
New York
Staten Island
Castleton Corners
Sea View
Five Die in Springfield House Fire Trapping Family
A November fire on the second floor of a Beardstown area home claimed five lives and left one seriously injured. The Laseter family of W. D. Laseter were trapped as their house burned early morning, destroying the dwelling.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Beardstown
W. D. Laseter
No Sign of Revolt Against Gompers
Delegates report at the American Federation of Labor convention in Seattle. Reid faction seeks peace by resignations and reorganization of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. No action on pending strikes to avoid destabilizing the situation.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
British Union Congress
American Federation of Labor
Reid
International Brotherhood Oflectrical Workers
Gompers
New Orleans Opens French Opera Season with Aida
New Orleans hosts the 1918-14 French opera season at the French Opera House with Mile Brias in the lead as Aida. M Affre as Radames, Bernard as Leroi, and Mile Dalcia as Amneris receive strong applause from a large fashionable audience. The chorus, ballet, and orchestra under M Dobbelaer are praised.
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New Orleans
Mile
Brias
Aida
M. Affre
Impressario
Radames
M. Bernard
Leroi
Mile. Dalcia
Amneris
M. Dobbelaer
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for Children
A cough medicine for children that eases coughs and colds without upsetting stomachs or bowels. Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and avoids sour stomach or constipation, helping with stuffy noses wheezy breathing and throat irritation for better sleep. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Escaped Death Reported At Sawmill Boiler Incident
In Searcy Arkansas on November 12 five men were at a saw mill boiler project at Russell near here. Henry Roetzeli was saved along with John Hatfield Will Hatfield and Ea Lari snore. Will Davis died in the boiler incident as reported from the scene.
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Associated Press
Searcy, Ark
Henry Roetzeli
Russell
John
Will Hatfield
Larisnore
Will Davis
The
Germany Takes Up Reciprocity With United States
Berlin reports ongoing negotiations over the most favored nation clause in treaties. The U S seeks full equality of treatment for Canadian wood pulp under Canadian American reciprocity, while Germany adopts a new interpretation and withholds parts of reduced tariffs from American importers on steels silica and related goods from Sweden and Japan.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Sweden
Japan
Governor Urged to Parole Will Brown in Alabama Case
Montgomery November 12 An effort will be made to have Governor O Neal parole Will Brown the Jean Valjean of the Alabama penitentiary. Brown worked under the alias William Kelley for M B Ferrin Lumber Co Cincinnati and lived upright during his three years as an escaped convict. If parole is denied officials seek to credit him for his time, reducing his total remaining sentence to about one year.
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Montgomery
O'Neal
Will Brown
Jean Valjean
Alabama
M. B. Ferrin Lumber Company
Cincinnati
William Kelley
Brown
Gulfport Woman Joins Husband in Jail
Gulfport Mrs Nelson Flowers sought arrest to join husband in jail. Her husband is the confessed murderer of Guy Johnson, Handsboro youth. Denied admission she harassed officials and was arrested for trespass. Fined one dollar and costs, she refused to pay and was committed to the jail.
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Gulfport
Miss. Navy
Nelson Flowers
Guy Johnson
Handsboro
Patterson Endorses Nationwide Anti Saloon Program In Columbus
Former Tennessee governor Malcolm R. Patterson spoke at Governor's Day session of the Anti-Saloon League in Columbus. He cited a change of view on liquor and urged support for a nationwide plan to eliminate the saloon, recounting his past stance and personal sorrows linked to alcohol's social impact. He was accompanied by Governor Ben W. Hooper.
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Columbus, CO
National League
Malcolm R. Patterson
Tennessee
Patterson
Columbus
Ben W. Hooper
Anti-Saloon League
Mr. Patterson
Parole Granted in 1910 Manslaughter Case
Governor O Neal with the board of pardons and Tuscaloosa leaders paroled Wert Naugher who had served five years of a manslaughter sentence after being sent up from Tuscaloosa county in 1910. The pardon board heard many clemency applicants.
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Montgomery
Board of Pardons
Tuscaloosa County
O'Neal Yessterday
Wert Naugher
Reformed Speaker Calls for Prohibition After Struggle
A speaker recounts a moral crisis and addiction, describes seeking divine aid, and declares the saloon a convict felon. He urges prohibition in all forms to end liquor traffic from personal to national levels.
Footlight Star Grinnell Dies in Brooklyn Poor House
Grinnell, a veteran footlight star, dies at 84 in Brooklyn's poor house after living as a vagrant for ten years. She once led a stock company and performed two generations with Edwin Rest Company at the Astor Theatre in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Grinnell
Footlight
Brooklyn
Burie
Poslam Heals Unsightly Skin Conditions A Claim
Poslam heals unsightly skin diseases including eczema herpes rash pimples and itching. The advertisement touts Poslam medicated soap as safe for daily use and suitable for scalp care and bath. Free samples offered from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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Emergency Laboratories
West 26Th Street
New York City
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