New York bankers buy majority stock in Nicaragua assets
Brown Brothers & Co and J and W Seligman & Co announce purchase of 51 percent of Pacific Railways of Nicaragua and 51 percent of the National Bank of Nicaragua, with the government retaining 49 percent. They also discount 1.064 million in one year treasury bills dated Oct 1 1913 at 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Brown Brother & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Republic of Nicaragua
Pacific Railways of Nicaragua
Maine Corporation
National Bank of Niaragua
Connecticut
United States
Government of
Nicaragua
Treasury
Republic
Pacific Railways of
Curinto
Pacific Coast
Managua
Granada
Dr Anna Howard Shaw Arrives to Lead Suffrage Plans
National American Woman Suffrage Association president Dr Anna Howard Shaw arrived in Washington to assume charge of next month’s national convention preparations. A large delegation welcomed her arrival at the capital and she planned a rally at Chevy Chase Library tonight. Mrs Rheta Childe Door, traveling from France with Emmeline Pankhurst, was expected to visit Washington soon and a mass meeting was planned to honor her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Chevy Chase
Rheta Childe Door
France
Emmeline Pankhurst
Court notices from Berney court session in 1913
Law and Equity Court transacted business Wednesday including demurrers to replications, default judgment of 89 dollars with exemptions waived, garnishee hearing set for October 28, 1913, non-suit for J F Jordan, and juror fines of 50 dollars. Chancery Court entries include decree pro confesso against Masuria McGill and associates. Call for Thursday lists several pending actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Berney
Diamond Power Specialty Co
Hieronymus Bros
Mr. Luck
L. C. Windham
Helen E. Hutchisson
Guy Stone
J. F. Jordan
Wiley
Denmark
Leslie 3
Brown
Ernest BE. Wegar
Mary Roberts
Mobile Light & R. R. Co
D. D. Staples
Prudential Ins. Co
Mutual Ins. Co
Chancery Court
Don
Thomas H. Smith
J. W. Day
G. W. Ahrendt
David R. Burgess
Masuria McGill
Monroe Chaney
T. J. McGill
Philip Graham
Georgean Johnson Graham
LIV VER LAX Advertises at Sutton Bros
A vintage style advertisement promotes LIV VER LAX as a purely vegetable laxative available at Sutton Bros. The copy urges readers to choose LIV VER LAX over calomel, presenting it as an easier, modern remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton Bros
Mississippi Road Supervisors Attending Good Roads Session
W. T. Johnson road supervisor of district No 2 and G. W. Lowe Jones County Emissioner visited Mobile to arrange attendance at the Alabama Good Roads Association session in November. They will be delegates and inspected Mobile county roads during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Johnson
Distrit No. 2
G. W. Lowe
Jones County
Missis.s
Laurel
Migs
Mobile
Alabama Good Roads Association
John Craft
Thursday Circus Program at Monroe Park
Circus arrives over Louisville and Nashville from Gulfport. Parade will leave show grounds at 11 o clock and follow a route along Washington avenue Virginia Broad Governments Royal St. Francis Conception Government Broad Virginia and back to Washington avenue and the show grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Nashville
Gulfport
Washington Avenue
Virginia Street
Broad Street
Governments Street
Royal Street
St. Francis Street
Conception Street
Government Street
Noted educator Colonel George M. Edgar dies in Kentucky
Colonel George M. Edgar a renowned South educator and former physics and astronomy professor at the University of Alabama died in Harris Kentucky in his 77th year. He led a Civil War regiment and later served as president of the University of Arkansas and the University of Florida. His son Bliss Edgar is a Montgomery educator and survivors include Mrs. Ormond Somerville and Mrs. J P La Pansant among others. He served on the Alabama faculty from 1892 to 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
George M. Edgar
University of Alabama
Harris
University of Arkansas
University of Florida
Bliss Edgar
Ormond Somerville
Justice Somerville
Supreme Court
J. P. la Pansant
Paris
John B. Edgar
Memphis
Edgar
Wisconsin Professor Seeks Governor ONeal Speech
Dr Chester Lloyd Jones associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin Madison requests copies of Governor ONeals address on Distrust of Legislatures The governor has sent several printed copies. Five leading society women from an Illinois town were indicted for riding another woman on a rail The Chattanooga Times notes the danger of progress to lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Chester Lloyd Jones
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
O’neal
Alabama
Illinois
Chattanooga Times
Police News Drunkenness Fines and Arraignments Reported
Angelo Arpi was arraigned in the recorder's court and fined $2 or four days for driving past a car discharging passengers. Jerry Scully received $10 or twenty days for drunkenness with suspension. a second arrest added another $10 or twenty days. Effie and Frank Gamble faced arraignment. Effie discharged while Frank paid $25 or fifty days. Pat Collins discharged after claiming recent hospital confinement. A man nicknamed Dummy faces twenty days for drunkenness. Leslie Coleman fined $2.50 or five days for speeding past St Francis and Royal streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Arpi
Recorder’s Court
Jeff Pierce
Jerry Scully
Edington
St. Louis Street
Effie
Frank Gamble
Effie Gamble
Leslie Coleman
R. A. Lott
St. Francis and
Royal Streets
Recorders Court
Treat Eczema and Pimples with Poslam
An advertisement touts Poslam as a perfect skin remedy for eczema acne psoriasis barber’s itch and piles. It promises immediate relief with nightly application and claims rapid progress and eradication of pimples and rash with brief treatment. It notes Poslam and Poslam Seap are sold by druggists at 50 and 25 cents.
Debates Over Indian Rights Open Major Conference
At Mohonk Lake New York the Friends of the Indians conference opens with divergent views on federal policy toward American Indians. Speakers discuss land frauds faced by the five civilized tribes of Oklahoma and the push to distribute ten million dollars to Choctaw and Chickasaw claimants amid accusations of attorneys profiting from citizenship claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
National Congress
Conference of Friends of the Indians
Oklahoma
Dana H. Kelsey
Union Indian Agency
Muskogee
P. J. Hurley
Congress
Mob Hangs Man For Insult To White Woman In Monroe
In Monroe Louisiana on October 22 a Black man named Werren Eaton who insulted a white woman was seized from the jail by a mob before dawn. He was hanged to a telegraph pole as masked gunmen restrained the jailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Monroe
Werren Eaton
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Advert Still Works
An old time hair dye remedy promises to restore natural color and shine. Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is advertised as darkening gray hair, reducing dandruff and itch, and lasting with easy daily use for about 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Ady
For Rent An assortment of 2 story and flat dwellings
Cottage No 860 Palmetto street hall parlor dining room pantry kitchen three large bedrooms one small bedroom bath hot and cold water electric lights modern conveniences No 118 St Stephens road two story seven rooms hall kitchen bath room electric lights porcelain tub gas sanitary sewerage city water Large E 8 Broad 2 north South Carolina St two story six rooms up and down stairs hall bath room kitchen electric lights city water sanitary sewerage Good condition Upper flat 705 Dauphin St hall a kitchen and bath electric nils Building NW Conti and Wilkinson Sts suitable for horse shoeing shop or garage Will remodel to suit tenant
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Palmetto
St. Stephens Road
North South Carolina St
N. W
Germans Seek Close Relations With United States
Berlin reports preliminary steps toward forming a German American Economic Association to foster business ties and economic policy cooperation. The group seeks a German American commercial treaty and aims to protect German interests under the new U.S. tariff law while informing German businessmen about American conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Evidence of Counterfeiting Found in Potato Patch
In Alexandria Louisiana on October 22 secret service agents uncovered a first class counterfeiter outfit buried in a potato patch near Tioga. The plant was near the home of James Cooks and his son Sel eer who were arrested and held on a separate charge. Photographic negatives of five and ten dollar bank notes were found along with finished counterfeit money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
United States
Secret Service
Sey
Tioga
Law
James Cooks
Seleer
Secret-Service
Sulzer Refuses To Step Down Front Page Stay
Jonesboro Tribune reports Sulzer keeps dominate front page presence despite calls for rest as editors push ongoing coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulzer
Jonesboro
Ark
Tribune
Nova Scotians Tired of Thaw Case Comment
Montgomery Alabama October 22 The Canadian Nova Scotia public reacts to the Thaw case with fatigue and disinterest according to A J Fleming United States consul to Nova Scotia stationed at Yarmouth visiting Dr G P Walker. Fleming notes Nova Scotians welcome a lull in Thaw activities and express no strong opinion. Fleming also served as a U S consul in Arabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery, Ala
Canada
Nova Scotia
A. J. Fleming
United States
Yarmouth
G. P. Walker
Montgomery
Fleming
Arabia
Pride of Fleet for Speed Trial
The battleship Texas, largest of the American sea fighters, arrived in Rockland Maine for a builders acceptance trial. The measured mile course off Rockland will host the trial starting tomorrow after a voyage from Old Point Comfort. The ship faced a gale from Cape Henry to Nantucket and maintained an average speed of 19 knots with a peak of 20 knots.
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Associated Press
Rockland
Maine
Battership
Texas
Old Point Comfort
Cape Henry
Nantucket
Understanding between a man and a woman case
A study describes an understanding where the srn believes she can compel a proposal while the man hopes to avoid proposing, reflecting mismatched expectations in a relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srn
Mobile man heads street by. Accountants
Secretary and Auditor A. G. Glover of the Mobile Light and Railroad Co attended as first vice president at the Atlantic City convention of the American Electric Railways' Accountants Association October 13 to 17. He was unanimously chosen president for the ensuing year, the second time a first vice president has advanced to the top post in eighteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Glover
Mobile Light & Railroad Co
Atlantic City
N. J
American Electric Railways’ Accountants’ Association
Don’t ask for one’s confidence. That is the way to create suspicion.
The quote cautions against requesting trust quickly and argues true confidence is earned over time, warning that demanding belief can breed suspicion and undermine credibility. It frames patience and proof as foundations of reliable relationships and leadership.
R H Smith Appointed Circuit Judge Pro Tem
Attorney Robert H. Smith of the city was named to preside as circuit judge pro tem in Washington County because Judge Lackland is absent. Governor O Nea l made the temporary appointment as the court opened at noon Tuesday with officials present despite some scheduling confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Smith
City
Ama
Washington County
Lackland
O'Neal
Francis J. Ing
Mobile
Huerta Open to Armed Bid for Life on D Plan
Fort Smith Times Record notes Huerta shows willingness to engage but rejects candidacy for the presidency. He seeks a life by force under the D plan, emphasizing power through arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerta
Fort Smith
Regal head hair with Newbro's Herpicide claims
Ad sells Newbro's Herpicide as a scientific hair treatment that defeats dandruff and prevents hair loss. It promises abundant hair and a regal look, notes a delicate scent, and offers samples for 10 cents plus a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Detro it Mich. Dept R. and Van Rel Drug Co. are listed as agents.
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Newbro
Nibro
Thepicide Co
Dept. R
Detroit
Mich
van Rel Drug Co
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Mississippi Road Supervisors
Monroe Park
Col. G. M. Edgar
Kentucky
Neal
Dr. Jones
Wisconsin
Police News
Pat Collins
Recorder
Friends of the Red Men
Pee DR. DE. Leonhardt CO
Buffalo
van Antwerp Druc Corp
Gregorian
New York City
Fifth Ave
Broadway
Thirty-Fifth Street
D. P. Ritchey
Dauphin St. Hall
Nils
Economic Association of Teutons and Americans
Louisinha Fiala
U. S
Pride OF Fleet
Dr. Pierce
Ize
To de R. V. Pierce
R.H. Smith
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the Item
Mobile, Ala
The
Great Canal Zone
Cates
Willis J. Abbott
Pacific Ocean
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