Wallace Declares Opponent Betrays Prohibition Record
John H. Wallace launches his bid for Alabama governor in Mobile, denouncing B Comer for breaking party promises on prohibition and local option. He blasts Comer for railroad, tax, and convict-lease issues, pledges broader utilities control and county school tax leeway, and says a constitutional convention is needed to overhaul the judiciary and convict system. Wallace vows to veto state-wide prohibition if enacted and to promote local option measures and road labor reforms.
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John H. Wallace
Gover
Mobile County
B. Comer
Alabama
J. Wallace
Comr
Somer
Govrnor Glenn
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Teodore Roosevelt
Wallace
Comer
Claude Grayson
Mobile
Upreme Court
United States
Minnesota
Hetate Railroad Commission
Ines
Tate
Swallace
Jelke
Mocounty
Leach's Virgin Oil of Pine Cures Cold Quickly
A 50 cent package of Leach's Virgin Oil of Pine promises rapid cold relief. Dissolve a few drops on sugar, then swallow to drive away the cold within minutes. If dissatisfied, money back. Sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp's and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
van Antwerp Corp
Leach
Ee Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mobile
van Antwerp’s
28 Days Pass Without Rainfall in Mobile
The article notes Mobile has seen 28 consecutive days with no appreciable rain. The last measurable rain was 1.40 inches in October with a few drops on October 27. Weather observers say only once in 43 years has a longer dry spell occurred for this time of year.
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Mobile
Albert Ashhenberger
Lord Pierre Denies Report On Harland and Wolff Chair
Lord Pierre rejected claims he would retire from the chairmanship of Harland and Wolff ship building and engineering firm in Belfast Ireland. The Associated Press reports the denial from Belfast.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Ireland
Navy
Lord Pierre
Harland and Wolff
An Easy Way to Get Fat and Be Strong
An advertisement touts Sargol as a scientific fattening remedy. It claims to boost digestion so the body converts food into fat laden blood, promising 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh and noting safety, low cost, and a refund guarantee from Van Antwerp Drug Co. in Mobile.
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Sargel
van Antwerp Drug Co
Mobile
Pierce
Arguments on Blackstrap Rate Hearing before ICC
Washington November 20 an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing explored the mobile blackstrap molasses freight dispute. Railroads including Mobile and Ohio oppose a 15 cent per hundred pounds rate to St Louis arguing it acts as an import rate and harms others by favoring Cuban and Louisiana product competition. The rate, enacted September 29, was suspended after protests by Louisville and Nashville Illinois Central Chattanooga and St Louis lines.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
Examiner Rynder
Commission
Ohio
St. Louis
Louisiana
Louisville
Nashville
Illinois
Chattanooga
R. V. Taylor
Mobile and
Huerta Doubles Internal Revenue Taxes In Edict
Mexico City on November 20 reports Provisional President Huerta issues an edict restricting powers as new congress approaches. The decree doubles the revenue stamp tax on checks receipts contracts and public documents and raises taxes on tobacco alcohol and crude petroleum.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mex
Huerta
Congress
Mexico
Imports of Cuban blackstrap trigger rate dispute in Mobile
The case centers on no Cuban blackstrap imports to Mobile and a short domestic supply. Cr U Snyder argues for a fifteen cent rate as feed mills rely on Cuba. opposing roads contend a lower import rate cannot justify law. Attorneys clash over whether twenty-one cents is fair and whether Cuba shipments suffice. A decision is expected soon.
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Mobile
Cuba
Cr. U. Snyder
Snyder
D. M. Goodwyn
Louisville and
Nashville
BE. B. Bowes
Illinois Central
F. W. Fletcher
W EF. Lamb
Atlanta Woman Seeks Missing Husband in Letter
Mrs J H Duane of 57 Connol ly street Atlanta Ga writes in a letter seeking information about her missing husband with no further details available in the fragment.
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Atlanta
J. H. Duane
Connolly Street
Atlanta, Ga
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Broad St
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New York
Mary Carmody
N. Elliott Ave
Brooklyn, N. Y
Duffy’s Pure
Duffy's
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Jas
McPhillips Gro. Co
Dauphin and Commerce
Lts
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Christian Science
Virgil O. Strickler
The
Boston
Mass
Battle House Auditorium
Ala
Dr. Pierce
M En
Buffalo, N. Y
F. W. Crenshaw
Mobile Electric Co
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