National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Opens 39th Convention
Portland Oregon October 19 The 39th annual National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention opens with a address from President Mrs Lilian M N Stevens and a report noting 1000 new members bringing total to 300000 The speaker cites progress including liquor bans by railroads and insurers opposition to intoxicants and urges petitioning steamship lines to ban liquor notes high cost of living tied to alcohol and calls for repeal of the canteen law citing army officers supporting the stance.
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Portland
Ore
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Jance P. Parks
Stevens
Society Belle Enters Carmelite Convent in Davenport
Emma Seelbach a Louisville society belle entered Carmel convent novitiate after a piano performance at a Davenport hotel. She plans to take the veil in three years and never leave the convent walls, leaving behind aim for grand opera in Paris. Her parents have died. she studied in Chicago Cincinnati and Germany.
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Davenport
Emma _ Seelbach
Louisville
Chicago
Cincinnati
Germany
Paris
Mobile court actions list two contests and several orders
The docket records civil and chancery proceedings in Mobile with cases including City of Mobile versus Joe Simonsen and Henry Berry. Other actions note Dauphin Auctions Company continued, Stella Jackson found not guilty, and various hearings and orders across estates petitions and trusteeship notices.
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O. J. Semmes
City of Mobile
Joe Simonsen
Ienry Berry
Dauphin Auctions Company
Stella Jackson
E. L. Wilson
Barrett
Theodore Parker
Walter Gills
George Strachan
Chancery Court
Thomas H.smith
Carrie Agudo
Willie Agudo
Millie R. Jackson
Ralph Jackson
John FE. Logan
Pine Grove Past Church
M. V. Craft
Citronelie Turpentine Company
H- Buhlig
Home distilling breakthrough promises 2 cents a quart
A Cincinnati report claims an expert distiller has devised a home method to make whiskies and cordials from a concentrated extract. No operatives needed, minutes to prepare, and legal under current laws. A quart of liquor could be produced for about 2.5 cents with a trial offer from the Import Company at 8077 Sycamore Street.
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Cincinnati
Sycastreet
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Ladies’ Home Journal
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