Mobile Baseball Association Reelects Directors for 1914
At the Mobile Baseball Association meeting held at the Battle House Parlor C on Wednesday night, directors Henry Piser W O Lott Julius W Woolf A L Staples and C Z Colsson were reelected for 1914. Staples and Colsson were praised as officers and a future meeting October 10 will elect officers again and select the 1914 manager. Discussion included Eugene Paulet with rumors of a Memphis offer dismissed by President Staples who said Paulet may not return to Mobile though not with Memphis either. A silver pitcher was presented to Secretary Colsson.
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Mobile Baseball Associaton
Parlor C
Battle House
Henry Piser
W. O. Lott
Julius W. Woolf
First National Bank
A. L. Staples
Bank of Mobile
C. Z. Colsson
Messrs
Stapels
Colsson
Wire
Staples
Mobile
Eugene Paulet
Finn
Mr. Staples
Paulet
Memphis
Commissioner Kolb Backs USDA Corn Grade Plan
Montgomery Oct 2 Commissioner of Agriculture R F Kolb expresses strong support for proposed United States Department of Agriculture corn grades. He and the Nashville Grain Exchange secretary urge Southern representation at the New Orleans meeting October 14 to advocate for rules to improve grain quality and curb shipment of damaged corn from Western dealers. Kolb expects a Washington hearing soon to discuss the proposition.
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Montgomery
Ala
Commissioner of Agriculture
R. F. Kolb
United States Department of Agriculture
Kolb
W. R. Cornelius, Jr
Nashville Grain Exchange
Nashville
Tenn
South
Orleans
New Orleans
National Grain Dealers’ Association
West
Alabama
Cornelius
Keib
Washington
Missionaries Given Warning Amid Kidnapping Crisis
In Peking on October 2 Associated Press reports that missionaries at Siang Yang Fu planned to move to Tsaoyang to plead for the release of five American and four Norwegian missionaries held by Chinese bandits in northern Hu Peh. Edward T. Williams urged caution fearing bandit capture. he argues Chinese emissaries would be better.
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Associated Press
Peking
Siang Yang
Russian immigrant in plight through transfer error
Statan Dolsevik, a Russian immigrant, traveled from New York to Lincoln, Nebraska, but his steerage ticket was marked Lincoln, New Hampshire. An error in the transfer ticket sent him across the continent. Police, via an interpreter, learned of his situation and efforts are under way to have the steamship company reimburse his expenses to New Hampshire.
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Lincoln, Neb
New York
Statan Dolsevik
Lincoln
N. H
New Hampshire
A Good Dentist Urges Dentifrice Use and Care
A fragment urges patients to value a dentist’s labor and to follow his advice, including using a standard dentifrice. The note stresses professional dedication and cautions against neglect of dental care.
Water floods Culebra Cut as Dike destruction looms
Water was released from Gatun lake into the Culebra cut via four 24 inch pipes under the Gamboa dike at nine yesterday. The cut between Cucaracha slide and Gamboa dike will fill to about fifteen feet by October 10, when the Gamboa dike is to be destroyed. The Cucaracha slide blocks the cut at the 73 foot level. ditching through it is planned to allow a flood of water to carry away much of the obstacle.
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Associated Press
Panama
Culebra
Gatun Lake
Gamboa Dike
Cucaracha Slide
HULSE S FAMILY SAFE IN EL PASO
Lieutenant Governor John M. Reynolds reports via telegram that his son in law Shirley C. Hulse and family reached El Paso Texas safely after being in a Mexico interior mining venture with Fuller. Fuller escaped while Hulse traveled by wagon to the border. Government officials in Washington were alerted.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Fla
John M. Reynolds
Shirley C. Hulse
el Paso
Tex
Hulse
New York
Fuller
Mexico
Willingham to Review Tallapoosa School Leader Applicants
State Superintendent H. J. Willingham will visit Tallapoosa County on October 9 to study qualifications of candidates for county superintendent of education at Dadeville courthouse. Incumbent J. P. Oliver, who has served several years, has applied for the post and will hold over until a selection is made.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. J. Willingham
Tallapoosa County
Dadeville
J. M. Burnett
Willingham
J. P. Oliver
Burnett
secret marriage plea to save business in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee man seeking a marriage license asked his name be withheld to protect his butcher shop. He warned that news of his marriage would anger matchmaking mothers who ship young women to his shop to attract moneyed suitors. He planned to introduce his wife as a new hired girl to avoid backlash and possible boycott.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Widale
Vfice Today
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Baseball
Alsn Annual Meeting
Dollar Day
Renee Done
Paul Jones
Eeeeteere
Brussels
Hammel
Ister
Wooltex
Hammel Savings Bank
Commissioner Kolb
Interior of
Tallapoosa
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