Finley Favors Co operation to Boost Southern Agriculture
President Finley of the Southern Railway Company urges agricultural communities in the South to form cooperative selling associations to prevent overstocking and reduce waste. He cites international talks in Glasgow with 600 delegates and 20 million members, and argues cooperatives can improve marketing for fruits and vegetables by pooling producer data and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Finley
The
Southern Railway Company
Southst
International Co-operative Alliance
Glasgow
Scotland
Lorde Grey
Denmark
Ireland
United States
Digestit Digest It Stomach Relief Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Digestit as a new principle indigestion treatment. It claims tablets act on food to aid digestion while resting the stomach, promising relief for gastritis dyspepsia and sour stomach. A Cleveland user testifies to avoiding surgery after taking Digestit. Sold and guaranteed by Van Antwerp.
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America
England
France
Chas. W. Ross
St. Clair Ave
Cleveland
Ohio
van Antwerp
Adv
Decatur Daily Telegraph, Home Steam Laundry Incorporations
Montgomery Oct. 2 report notes Daily Telegraph Publishing Co of Decatur files incorporation papers with the secretary of state to start a daily newspaper. Capital of 10,000 dollars with a long list of stockholders led by J. D. Wyker. Home Steam Laundry of New Decatur also incorporates with 12,000 dollars capital, shareholders including John W. Hurst.
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Montgomery
Ala
Decatur
Daily Telegraph Publishing Company
J. D. Wyker
Home Steam Laundry of
New Decatur
John W. Hurst
Co operative Marketing and its Impact on Rural Prosperity
The article argues co operative marketing improves market balance by uniting producers for grading packing and distribution. It highlights canneries creameries and dairy cooperatives as profitable paths while stressing reliable management and steady cream supply for success. It notes Southern Railway market agents promote cooperative selling and Colorado is cited as a leading coal state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern States
Catawba
Hickory
N. C
Southeast
Poiret Ends Slit Skirt Trend With Russian Boots
French designer M. Paul Poiret urges women who wear the slit skirt to pair it with soft Russian boots claiming current fashion is masculine and boots complete the look. He labels the style as masculine and insists boots are necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Paul Poiret
Poiret
Funeral for Thomas Douglas McMillan at 920 Dauphin
The funeral of Thomas Douglas McMillan was held Wednesday at 4 p.m. from the family home at 920 Dauphin Street, attended by relatives and friends. Rev. O. C. McGehee of St. Francis Street Methodist Church officiated. Interment followed in Magnolia Cemetery with pallbearers Charles Allen, Charles Wheeler, Thomas St. John, Harry Randall, W. A. Locklin, and Dr. T. Tunstal.
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Thomas Douglas McMillan
Dauphin Street
O. C. McGehee
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
Charles Allen
Charles Wheeler
Thomas St. John
Harry Randall
W. A. Locklin
Ort
T. Tunstal
Remains of Mrs Jane Russell Interred In Magnolia Cemetery
The remains of Mrs Jane Russell who died Tuesday were interred Wednesday afternoon at Magnolia cemetery after a funeral at 8 from her home 554 Delaware street and 3 30 from St Vincent’s Catholic church officiated by Rev T J Earley. Pallbearers were Joseph Spach T J Conboy Charles Yuckers J P Barrett William Donovan and Harry Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Russell
Magnolia Cemetery
Delaware Street
St. Vincent's Catholic Church
T. J. Earley
Messrs
Joseph Spach
T. J. Conboy
Charles Yuckers
William Donovan
Harry Moore
Death of Bernard S. Gibney in Texas returns to Mobile for interment
Bernard S. Gibney died after a short pneumonia illness in Orange Texas where he had lived several months. He was a Mobile native, a boilermaker, son of Mrs P J Gibney, survived by his mother two daughters Sophie and two sons Joseph and George four sisters and two brothers. Remains will be brought to Mobile for interment.
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Bernard S. Gibney
Orange
Texas
P. J. Gibney
South Royal Street
Sophie Gibney
Joseph
George Gibney
Henry
Ledebur
Lena
Rosa
Mobile
George Hr
California Syrup of Figs Advertised as Harmless Laxative
An advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults, highlighting its claim to cleanse and regulate the stomach liver and bowels without griping. It warns readers to buy only genuine 60 cent bottles made by the California Fig Syrup Company and cautions about counterfeit syrups in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
U S Cotton Crop Condition Report and Weather Impacts
The September 25 U S cotton crop condition stood at 64 1 percent of normal, down from recent years and varying by region with drought easing in Arkansas and Tennessee while Texas Oklahoma and southern Missouri faced earlier heat and drought. The report notes shifting prospects across the belt and cites heavy rains and winds affecting open cotton. A separate China Formosa item notes Japan’s stance on Formosan killings.
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Washington
United States
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics
United States Department of Agriculture
Cotton
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee
South Carolina
Flooding Wrecks San Antonio and Lake Charles Areas
San Antonio experiences river flooding with water five to six feet deep in downtown areas and widespread service outages as damage runs into the hundreds of thousands. In Lake Charles heavy rains raise the river, threaten more flooding, and hamper commerce amid scarce meat supplies.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Flood Devastates San Marcos Area With Bridges Lost
Flood damage totaling at least 250000 dollars has struck San Marcos and Blanco rivers in the last day turning the area into a large lake. Several costly steel bridges collapsed and railroad traffic is virtually suspended.
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Associated Press
San Marcos
Tex
Blanco
Amusements Panama Fete Tablesaux at Lyric Theatre
Dress rehearsal for eleven tableaux and a musical review to be staged next Monday and Tuesday at the Lyric Theatre by home talent. The cast is ready for a finished performance with Mobile vocalists performing. dramatic scenery and costumes will be superb. More than thirty Red Men will appear in one tableau. Box office seats go on sale Saturday morning.
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Lyric Theatre
Lion and the Mouse charms crowds at the Orpheum
Rogers Barker stars in The Lion and the Mouse to standing ovations as J. H. Huntley, the Orpheum manager, congratulates the company. The show continues through the week with matinees Thursday and Saturday and popular prices.
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Rogers Barker
the Lion and the Mouse
Orpheum
John Burkett Ryder
J. H. Huntley
Lion and the Mouse
Ready Money at the Atlanta Theatre Promises Laughter
The Atlanta Constitution urges readers to see Ready Money and other comedies at the Atlanta Theatre. It touts the cheerful plot of a young man who gains fortune and a wife with a small stake, noting rapid laughter from curtain rise to finale and praising Excuse Me and Baby Mine in the program.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Theatre
Atlanta
Millionaire Treasurer Testified About Sulzer Plea
In Albany the millionaire treasurer of the national Democratic committee testified that Governor Sulzer asked him to treat a $1,000 Sulzer campaign contribution as personal and to go easy with him if called before impeachment proceedings.
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National Democratic Committee
Albany
Sulzer
High Court
Ready Money at Lyric Theatre Mobil
The play Ready Money will be presented at the Lyric Theatre in Mobile with Friday matinee and night showings. Seat sales run daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and telephone orders are being accepted.
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Lyric Theatre
Mutt and Jeff In Panama At Lyric Saturday Shows
The Lyric offers a Saturday matinee and night welcome for Mutt and Jeff in Panama. A company of fifty performs as box office opens Thursday with heavy demand. A special 3 pm matinee for ladies and children is set with balcony seats at fifty cents.
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Mutt
Jeff
Panama
Lyric
Matt
Cardui credited with restoring Effie Maxey’s health after years of suffering
Mrs. Effie Maxey of Yale Kentucky says after years of womanly troubles and near death she regained health and gained 20 pounds after using Cardui the woman’s tonic. She praises Cardui as essential and urges others to start the remedy. The ad notes Cardui’s vegetable ingredients and offers gratis instructions and a 64 page home treatment book from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Effie Maxey
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Bids Sought for Walls Mill Road Second Section Material
Mobile County Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners invites sealed bids by October 6 1913 at 12 o clock for hauling about 12000 cubic yards of surface material for Walls Mill road section two. Get proposal forms from the county highway engineer Room 11 Bank of Mobile. A $100 certified check accompanies each bid. The board may reject any or all bids.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile County
Walls Mill Road
Bank of Mobile
Board OF Revenue and Road Commissioners OF
St. Louis Swindle Nets Brandon Couple of 5000
William Young of Brandon Manitoba appeals for police help after two men swindled him and his wife out of 5000 dollars in a staged horse race scam. The pair met in West Paden Indiana with a man claiming inside betting knowledge who lured them into the fake scheme. They traveled 2000 miles to St Louis to recover funds, but the money vanished.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
William ¥. Young
Brandon
Manitoba
Young
West Paden
Ind
C. Heinfelder
Kleinfelder
Mr. Rector
New York
Rector
Mrs. Young
Ordi nance grants Ogburn Griffin Grocery rail spur in Mobile
The city awards a 15 year franchise to Ogburn Griffin Grocery Company to construct operate and maintain a railroad switch across St Joseph Street near the union depot. The track runs about 160 feet to the private property at the southwest corner of St Joseph and Bloodgood streets with city supervision and required street restoration. Annual payments of fifty thousand dollars are specified and removal rights reserved.
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Ogburn-Griffin Grocery Company
St. Joseph Street
Mobile
Alabama
Southern Railway Company
Union Depot
Rivergood and
St. Joseph
Board of Commissioners
City of
Ogburn-Griffin
Grocery Company
St. Joseph and Bloodgood Streets
Southern Railway
St. Joseph and
Bloodgood Streets
Ogburn= Griffin Grocery Company
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Huntley
Angelo Festorazzi
N. Conception ST
R. O. Harris
List
Jones
Decaturs
Co-Operative Marketing Association
Co-Operative
Colorado
Mme. Poiret
T. D.mccmillan
Japan
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Gulf
la Cassine Bayou
Mermentau River
Antonio
Hostetter
Henry Morgenthau
Mutt and
Sears
National Banking Association
St. Louis Crooks
Horlick’s
Horlick
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