Seven Victims Added To List In Death Block Fire
Milwaukee fire at Goodyear Rubber store and adjacent building on East Water Street claimed seven lives. The updated list names Doyle Fenske Clausen Dwyer Flaschel Graf Frietag and others. 17 injured and three in critical condition. The block is known as Milwaukee death block with 92 prior fatalities in city history. The first deaths date back to 1893 with the New Hall house fire.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Goodyear Rubber Company
I East Water Street
Is &S
John J. Doyle
John Fenske
George J. Clausen
Timothy Dwyer
Max Flaschel
William L. Graf
Walter Frietag
New Hall House
Southern boys pig clubs planned to boost hog production
Washington reports the agriculture department plans to organize boys pig clubs across the South to increase pork supply and breeding. Existing corn clubs and girls canning clubs will pair with pig clubs, with Alabama Louisiana Georgia already starting. Officials expect most states to form clubs soon and offer prizes for top results.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
South
Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
Boy Hit by Speeding Car Breaks Leg in City Collision
Ten year old Lee Dawsey son of Mr and Mrs John Dawsey of the southeast Cedar and Canali streets area was struck by a fast auto at the Government and St Emanuel streets intersection while riding a bicycle. His left leg broke and he is believed to be internally injured. The corner is a known danger. Driver Roy McGill was arrested for reckless driving.
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Lee Dawsey
John Dawsey
Cedar
Canali
Government
St. Emanuel
Roy McGill
Five Children to Work For Cardus Ad in Asheville
Mrs Minnie Wright of Asheville claims Cardus, a woman's tonic, cured her after a relapse of measles and backache, saving surgery. She notes five children to care for and praises Cardus for restoring health. The Chattanooga Medicine Co offers guidance and a 64 page Home Guide for Women.
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Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga, Tenn
Natural thief Bastain jailed after daring backyard robbery
William Bastain, long a respected jeweler with broad property investments and family support in Germany, is jailed in San Francisco after a back yard burglary confession. He described a history of easy theft, saying he avoided shooting until Friday night when a bull dog halted his escape and police found evidence at his department home.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
William Bastain
Germany
Bastain
Mint
Ulrich de Brunner
Jennie de Brunner
Bastavi
Survivors Reach Port After Volturno Disaster Devastates Atlantic
Forty six Volturno survivors arrive in New York aboard Carmania after rescue by Devonian. At Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society building they reunite with others saved previously. Emotions run high as separated families and feared losses surface in dramatic scenes.
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Associated Press
New York
Volturno
Carmania
Devonian
Liverpool
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society
Broudha Grossman
Philadelphia
Levi Subschien
Kippel
Henry
la Touraine
Flora Burguon
Verona
Miss M Laughlin Loses Aigrettes Seizure At Customs
New York October 27. The largest single seizure since the new import ban on aigrettes. Plumes valued at $600 were seized from Miss Edna McLaughlin daughter of a former police inspector who arrived from Europe. The feathers were declared as part of her apparel valued at $8000 and seized despite her claim they were bought in this country. The inspector noted a seizure order issued twenty four hours before her arrival.
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International News Service
New York
Customs House
Edna McLaughlin
Europe
McLaughlin
Cheney Expectorant Promises Relief From Cold Symptoms
A brief ad styled note claims Cheney's Expectorant cures running of the nose and relieves cold symptoms, urging readers to seek the remedy at local stores. The jumbled copy emphasizes sniffling and oppressive feelings and hints at future availability.
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Cheney
President Wilson Makes Strenuous Six Hour Visit
President Wilson arrives by motorcade in Mobile with crowds lining Government Street. He views a parade on Broad Street and is greeted by schoolchildren at Barton Academy. Businesses suspend operations as citizens welcome the president and party during a lengthy downtown circuit ending at the City Bank building.
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Wilson
Lyric Theatre
Government Street
Vicini
Joachim Street
Broad
Barton Academy
Broad Street
Conception
St. Francis
St. Joseph
Royal
Mobile
Missionary defensa of Huerta amid Mexican crisis
Rev. John Howland of Guadalajara defended Provisional President Huerta before the American board of foreign missions, denying involvement in Madero and Juarez murders. He praised Diaz’s rule, noted Huerta’s provisional govt predated Madero’s death, and urged U.S. restraint as Mexico stabilizes from economic strain.
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Kansas City
Huerta
Mexico
Madero
Juarez
John Howland
Guadalajara
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
National Council of the Congregational Churches
Porfirio Diaz
Treasury
Dawson's sad day burying the Stag Canon mine dead
N M Oct 27 By noon today 132 victims of the Stag Canon mine disaster had been buried. Most bodies cannot be shipped or laid out in the morgue for public funeral service. Health officers inspect sanitation as rescue men bring bodies from the mine.
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Dawson
N. M
Stag Canon
Alabama Pride in Panama Canal Triumph Leaders
Alabama Governor delivers a ceremonial address praising John T Morgan Goethals and Sibert for advancing the Panama Canal. He credits Alabama figures with shaping engineering history and links national tariff and industrial freedom to this achievement.
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Panama Canal
Alabama
Morgan
Gorgas
Sibert
Goethals
Distinguished Men of North and South Visit Alabama Leaders
A visiting delegation of prominent national figures including Glass and Hobson discuss Alabama prospects. The speech extols Alabama’s future through open navigation, water power, climate, and agricultural growth, urging progress over conservatism and urging national unity. It highlights postwar economic revival, migration effects, and the push for equal laws and efficient government.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Mexican Gulf
Union
Central Western
South Atlantic
South
Thousands Honor Wilson Delegation in Mobile Train Visit
A Birmingham delegation led by Commissioner Culpepper Exum travels by rail to honor Wilson. The group includes Frank P. Glass, John L. Kaul, H. W. Fowlkes, T. C. McDonald and others. Woodmen of the World a New Orleans team arrives with Captain J. H. Phillips. Senator John H. Bankhead enters Mobile with a reception at the Cawthon Hotel.
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Peru
John M. Parker
Edward T. Perkins
Joan L. Parker
Birmingham
Joseph B. Ranadell
J. 8. Reese
William C. Radcliffe
Morgan Richards
W. H. Saunders
Sibert
Levin Sewiggett
George W. Taylor
C. C. Thach
Oscar W. Underwood
Woodrow Wilson
Thornton Whaling
E. J. Watson
Captain Wheeler
United States Secret Service
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Birmingham Party
Commissioner Culpepper Exum
Frank P. Glass
John L. Kaul
Eugene F. Enstein
William C. Weston
Frank B. Fowlkes
H. W. Fowlkes
John L. Parker
E. F. Stovall
Henry Hiden
T. C. McDonald
J. Roy Hunt
W. C. Kil
J. H. Phillips
Emile Louis
Palmetto Camp No. 2
Woodmen
Ingomar
A. B. Booth
Louisiana Woodmen
Martin Behrmann
New Orleans
Woodman
Louisiana
Bankhead
John H. Bankhead
Lind
New York
J. H. Bankhead, Jr
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Gentle and Effective Laxative Ends Constipation
A mild gentle effective laxative is what people demand when suffering from constipation. Thousands swear by Dr King’s New Life Pills. Tall man from San Antonio Texas writes They are beyond question the best laxative my wife and I have ever taken. Price 25c at H E Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
Harte Receives Warm Welcome In Mobile Auditorium
A 700 strong crowd filled the Harte Auditorium to honor A C Harte on his return from India where he served as national secretary of the Y M C A. The Mobile veteran led the local association sixteen years and helped fund the new building. He will speak again in the coming year about Y M C A mission work abroad.
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Harte Auditorim
Mobile
A. C. Harte
India
Harte
T. H. Frazer
8. P. Gaillard
Gardner C. Tucker
Remedy for Back Pain Through Salts for Kidney Health
An antique health ad promotes taking four ounces of Rad Salts dissolved in water to flush kidneys, relieve back pain, and prevent bladder disorders. It asserts meat forms uric acid that clogs kidneys and suggests regular intake for meat eaters to keep kidneys clean and blood pure.
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John Howling
TS Dead
Gov. O'Neal
Congress
Gatun Dam
Senator Morgan
Islh
John T. Morgan
Spain
Columbus
Atlantic
Tutt’s
A. Bruce Kennedy
Business Men's League of
Montgomery
Southern Commercial Secretaries Association
F. M. Morgan
Bennettsville, North Carolina
Selma
BE. Johnson
Selma Journal
S.A. Brice
James Alexander
Speary Randall
H. C. McKwaine
Will Quinn
L. P. Cook
D. M. Scott
J. B. Erwin
Porter King
A. D.pitts
Alabama Legislature
Selma Chamber of Commerce
C E, Johnson
F. M. Hoyt Shoe CO
Meachester
New Hampshire
Beacon Shoe Store
Dauphinst St
Mobile, Ala
G. Hardy Smith
ST. Michael Street
Hervey Hospitality
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