Fox Confirmed Sacramento Postmaster After Senate Fight
The senate confirmed Thomas Fox as postmaster at Sacramento by a 37 to 11 vote after a six hour debate. Rudolph led opposition from California Progressive Republicans while supporters included Secretary Lane and Caminetti. The session also confirmed Willard as ambassador to Spain Birch to Portugal Ewing to Honduras and Buckner to Liberia.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Thomas Fox
Senate
Sacramento
California
Jene
Rudolph
Wilson
Spreckles
Fox
Democratic Party
Red Light
Lane
Caminetti
Immigration Bureau
Post Office Committee
la Follette
Works
Washington
Joseph B. Willard
Spain
Thomas H. Birch
Portugal
John Ewing
Honduras
George W. Buckner
Liberia
Wife beater escapes from running train
Henry Cox, convicted of wife beating in Phoenix City Alabama, escaped from a passenger train en route to Opelika Alabama to serve his sentence. He leaped from a window while the train ran about forty miles an hour and has not been recaptured.
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Columbus
Henry Cox
Phoenix City
Ala
Opelika
Cox
Cardui Praised For Womanly Troubles By Mrs Marvin
Mrs J B Marvin of Sheldon South Carolina says Cardui cured long standing womanly troubles and left her able to work again. She reports side pains gone after taking a few bottles and recommends the vegetable tonic to others. The ad invites readers to write Chattanooga Medicine Co Ladies Advisory Dept Chattanooga Tennessee for instructions and a 64 page home treatment book.
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N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Judge Seeks Appointment to Birmingham City Court
Thomas J. Judge of Birmingham, a Jefferson county legislator, met Governor O Neal to discuss his bid for the Birmingham city court judgeship to fill the vacancy left by C C Nesmith. Judge Long accompanied him and cited broad local support from Birmingham lawyers for Judge Judge. The governor will evaluate all candidates before deciding.
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Montgomery
Thomas J. Judge
Birmingham
Jefferson County
O’neal
C. C. Nesmith
J. Lee Long
State Tax Commission
Pape’s Diapepsin Promises Fast Digestion Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach discomfort. It claims relief within five minutes from sour stomach gas heartburn and nausea with a fifty cent case available at drugstores for family use.
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Pape
Prince Albert of Monaco Arrives in New York on Yacht Hirondelle
Prince Albert of Monaco lands in New York aboard the Hirondelle and plans a Washington visit. He expects a bear hunt in Wyoming and Western oil interests worth over 1 million dollars. The European sovereign discusses Monte Carlo gambling and notes his scientific honors and Spanish navy affiliation.
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Associated Press
New York
Prince Albert
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Washington
State Department
Institute of France
Academy of Science
Academy
Royal Academy
Cadiz
Sydney
Wyoming
Mary Douglas Hamilton
Michael Heine
St. Louis
Prince
Broadway
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles claims
The advertisement touts Texas Wonder as a cure for kidney and bladder issues in men and women, including diabetes and rheumatic conditions, promising relief in two months. It offers mail delivery on receipt of $1 and mentions Alabama testimonials with Dr. E. W. Hall listing in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Texas
Scatman and Seidor
Alabama
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
War Secretary in Another Role
Common Pleas Judge Collister in Cleveland sent a letter to Secretary of War Garrison seeking aid to settle the marital troubles of 22 year old Mrs. Mignon Elliott Cooke and Texarkana Texas second lieutenant Richard Gilbert Cooke. He will not decide until he receives a reply. Mrs. Cooke says Cooke deserted her in July 1912 and has provided no support since. She seeks divorce with suitable alimony, noting they wed June 7 1912 after meeting at a West Point hop.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Official Tries Hari Kari Route at Makino Office
A fanatic stabbed himself in the abdomen at Baron Makino's foreign office in Tokio. He entered seeking audience, drew a concealed sword from his kimono, and killed himself with hari kari, despite the secretary's intervention.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Baron Makino
Hari-Kari
Boy crushed under tombstone at St Marys cemetery
Washington September 11 Bertram Speises the son of Mrs Anna C Speiss died after a tombstone toppled while he climbed it at St Marys cemetery He died at a hospital His mother who was with him was injured and hospitalized while trying to lift the stone
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Associated Press
Washington
Bertram Speises
Anna C. Speiss
St. Mary's Cemetery
Louisiana House approves senate vacancy bill
Louisiana lawmakers pass a bill to provide for appointing a U S senator in case of a vacancy. The measure, sent to the federal relations committee in the senate, aims to avoid disputes seen in earlier vacancies and references recent Alabama events and Governor Johnston.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
United States Senate
Louisiana House
Senate
Federal Relations Committee
Alabama
Ovei Johnston
Cleaning Big Ditch for the Grand Event
AP dispatch from Panama reports a spectacular scene at the Culebra cut as hundreds of railroad ties burn during a cleanup drive. Over nine miles cleared since start. 97 million cubic yards removed. 6 million more to go by dredges after water admission.
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Associated Press
Panama
Culebra
Moore Reappointed to Jefferson County Excise Commission
Governor O Nea l appoints Sydenham Moore of Birmingham to succeed himself on the Jefferson County excise commission. Moore has served on the panel for some time and is reported to have discharged duties efficiently and satisfactorily. Commission sent to him Wednesday afternoon.
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Wife Beater
C. J. Moffett
Fferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Eamp
Drugoiats
C. J. Mollets Medicine Co
McGill Institute
Luscher & Son
G. Hardy Smith
ST. Michael Street
Mobile
Ness
Sheldon
S. C
J. B. Marvin Wires As
Fol
Derwent
Nesmith
Jos. Patt
King of All
Foran
M Beast
United States
Mosi Hospital
Tillilug Ue
Drs.t
T.J. Granade
Dauphin ST. Bell
Prince OF Monaco
America
Hammel
Hammer
Silk Store
Copenhagen
Hammel’s New
Iwe Winte
Scsccsvevessens
Madras
Hammer Store
Sole Mobile
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Buttericions
Paris
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Bneath
Alelalaer
Cenune Horlick
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