Missing Vandiver inmeshed in life insurance case
The Great Southern Life Insurance Company seeks possession of policies on C Walter Jones from Henry J Vandiver as Jones faces a gallows sentence for murder in Benton. Vandiver, once a Montgomery business leader, has vanished with a capias issued for assault and battery and his bond forfeited.
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Montgomery
Ala
Great Southern Life Insurance Company of
Birmingham
Chancery Court
Henry F. Vandiver
C. Walter Jones
Sloan Rowan
Benton
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Henry J. Vandiver
Vandiver
Jones
Lis
Armstead B.rowr
Vandiver Grocery Company
Vandiver Planting and Caning Company
O’neal
Posey Family Completes 1000-Mile One-Cylinder Drive
T Posey and his wife with five children reached Douglas Arizona after a thousand mile overland trip in a single cylinder auto from Corpus Christi Texas. They spent nothing on repairs and continue toward San Diego California where they plan to settle.
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EL Paso
Texas
T. Posey
Douglas
Ariz
Corpus Christi
Posey
San Diego
Cal
Chancery Proceeding in Mobile Involving Nonresident Defendants
In the Mobile Alabama chancery case Watson Fairley vs Julius Martiniere et al, No. 10152, Register’s Office August 12 1912, the defendants are nonresidents over 21 with potential interests in the northeast quarter of section 5 township 5 south range 2 west Mobile County Alabama. The order requires the defendants to appear and answer by a specified date.
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Mobile
Alabama
Watson Fairley
Julius Martiniere
Register’s Office
Julius Mortiniere
Francis Monter
George W. Ellis
Gorham Davenport
John M. Hughes
James D. Moss
Mobile County
State of
Examinations for Teachers At Barton Academy
Fifty eight teachers and prospective teachers take exams at Barton Academy today for certificates. Examinations began yesterday and end tomorrow. Two white applicants seek first grade, four seek second grade, and twenty two seek third grade certificates. Two colored teachers seek second grade and twenty seven seek third grade. The examining board is busy and papers will take days to grade.
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Barton Academy
Devotions in Honor of Sacred Heart at St Matthews
Devotions in honor of the Sacred Heart will be held at St Matthews church tomorrow morning at 7 a m Holy Hour begins at 6 a m and runs to 7 30 a m ending with benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament Confessions start this afternoon at 4 p m and Friday at 6 a m with exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament from 6 a m until after Mass
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St. Matthews’ Church
Wonderful Lake Found in Corea by Explorer Roy Andrews
Roy Chepman Andrews, assistant curator at the American Museum, returned to New York after a ten month voyage around the world. He discovered three lakes on a plateau in Corea, described as spectacular though small, with clear water and no fish, and faced threats from natives during his journey. He also secured whale skeletons for display and learned of the Titanic disaster only after returning to civilization.
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Corea
Roy Chepman Andrews
Department of Mammalogy
The
American Museum
New York
C. F. Yeitgen
New York Herald
Andrews
North Corean
Beoul
Musan
Che-Ung
Yalu
Herald
Electric Bitters Helped Henry Man Restore Health
A Tennessee man from Henry reports six bottles of Electric Bitters restored his health, easing stomach, liver, and kidney troubles, improving appetite and energy. The testimonial claims the remedy outperformed other stomach cures and cost is only fifty cents.
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T. D. Peebles
Henry
Tenn
Compulsory Arbitration Backed by British Unions
At the Trades Union Congress in Newport England workers backed compulsory arbitration of trade disputes. The meeting involved nearly two million members seeking formal resolution through arbitration mechanisms.
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Newport
England
Trades Union Congress
Boy Shot in Back by Bold Bandits in Chicago Park
Roy Winkleman, 17, riding with Miss Nellie Burnett on a motorcycle in a West Side park is held up by three men. When he fled, one robber shot him in the back. Winkleman fell fatally wounded. Burnett escaped. Park police pursued and captured the trio after a chase with additional gunfire.
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Chicago
Roy Winkleman
West Side Park
Winkleman
Nellie Burnett
Park
The Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder trouble including gravel diabetes and rheumatism for men and women and bladder issues in children. It offers a two months treatment per bottle sent by mail for 1.00 with testimonials and is available from Dr EH M Hall at 2926 Olive Street St Louis MO and from druggists.
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Texas
Mali
EH. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Remarkable Revenue Cutter Service Record Noted
New London Conn Sept 5 Delegates at the Atlantic Deep Waterways convention heard Captain W V Jacob commander of the revenue cutter Itasca report the past year 992 vessels were cited for violations with penalties totaling 551 624 In 1910 11 the service saved 647 lives 4150 persons in distress were taken aboard cutters and 842 vessels in distress were aided with cargoes valued at 72 999636
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New London
Conn
W. V. Jacob
Itasca
Jacobs
Eczema Cured by Cuticura Cream and Soap
Mrs W H Edgerton of Goldsboro North Carolina describes daughter’s eczema starting in the ears with itching and discharge. After two years of trouble the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment relieved symptoms and cured the skin including sores on other children. Signed January 24 1912.
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Goldsboro
N.C
W. H. Edgerton
Removal sought for 8 W Gibson as executor in Szabo case
New York September 5 Representatives of two foreign consulates showed interest in Burton W Gibson the New York lawyer facing Austrian consulate action to remove him as executor of Rosa Szabo's will. Szabo drowned at Greenwood Lake leaving about 10000 dollars in estate. Gibson earlier advised John Rice O Neill British subject who vanished after a 10000 damage award. Gibson also counseled Mrs Alice Kinnan murdered in Bronx home in 1906. He was jailed on bail then released on habeas corpus and later sued for false arrest. Gibson gave no comment at his office.
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New York
Burton W. Gibson
Rosa Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Gibson
John J. Broderick
Great Briain
John Rice O'Neill
Alice Kinnan
Bronx
Dem Good Government League Vows Continued Reform Fight
Leaders of the Democratic Good Government League in New Orleans say they will press reform in the October primary for commissioners under the recently adopted commission form. They claim the administration's smaller margin on Tuesday supports their forecast of electing the reform ticket.
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New Orleans
Democratic Good Government League
Ring
League
Reform
Malaria Affects Many Yet Keeps None Bedbound
Malaria keeps sufferers neither fully bedridden nor entirely well. It is a tenacious irritation that hinders work and social life while leaving many half sick, half well and unable to be fully active.
Hard fight on for Murphy at upcoming Democratic convention
Charles F. Murphy faces renewed opposition within the New York Democratic Party as anti Murphy forces gain strength in Monroe Duchess Sullivan and Chenango counties. Delegations under Roosevelt Evans Ryan and Connolly threaten Murphy control and could back an independent ticket if his nominees anger dissidents. The shift signals broader unrest within Tammany led factions ahead of the 1910 convention.
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Charles F. Murphy
The
New York Herald
Monroe County
William H. Buckley
Thomas W. Finucane
Thomas Eens
Empire State Democracy
Tammany
Sullivan County
John K. Evans
William F. Sheehan
Stephen Ryan
State Committee
Chenango County
Clinton
Essex
Queens County
Mr. Connelly
Joseph Cassidy
Murphy
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An offer to deliver The Mobile Daily Item to subscribers at home for ten cents per week.
Real estate sale offers cheap lots on Kirby and Oakdale
Advertises multiple cheap land plots for immediate sale. Kirby Street near Dauphin lists two lots at $500 each. An 8x200 foot parcel on Old Reel is $450. Oakdale offers two lots for $260. Prices described as special values. Location at 108 St. Francia.
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Kirby St
Dauph
Old Reel Cares Oak
Ashland
Oakdale
Texas Confederate veteran and judge dies suddenly
Col. T. Fontaine Deabs of Galveston Texas aged 68 longtime county court judge Sidney T Fontaine also noted as veteran who commanded Texas units for the Confederacy. He led the first company formed in Texas and later commanded a battalion.
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Galveston
Texas
Sidney T. Fontaine
Gas County
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Excelsior
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West Side
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Gayle Street
Eastern and
Gayle
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Jos. Espalla, Jr., & Co
E. Catherine
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Home
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Big Empire
Yeend Bros
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Wilkinson
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Jefferson
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