Pensacola Firm Files Bankruptcy Petition
A Pensacola retail grocer J B Concannon Company filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S court. Assets are scheduled around 7000 dollars with liabilities about 2500. The Concannon name is known in Mobile for wholesale trade and J B Concannon has visited the city, friends hope for a positive outcome.
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Pensacola Firm
Pensacola
Fila
J. &. Concannon Company
United States
Concanton
Mobile
J. B. Concannon
Merger Ratified as Guaranty Trust to Expand
Directors of Guaranty Trust Company ratified this afternoon a merger with Standard Trust Company in an informal meeting. Formal action will follow next week. The enlarged firm will have total assets of 263 million dollars.
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New York
Guaranty Trust Company
Standard Trust Company
J. T. Adams Ophthalmic Specialist Admits Honest Care Policy
The advertisement by J. T. Adams M D Ph G Oph D promises free examinations including physical microscopic and X ray checks. It claims numerous certificates of merit and cured patients in Mobile and pledges honest truthful diagnosis with no pain no cutting no delay from work. It lists treating eye ear nose throat lungs digestion rheumatism blood poison enlarged glands kidney bladder liver diseases neuralgia scrofula ulcers stomach trouble nervous disorders and losses.
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J. T. Adams
M. D
Doyle to Become Real Detective for Slater Case
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle plans to use his deduction to aid Oscar Slater, the German jeweler jailed for life in Peterhead after Edin burgh murder conviction. Slater, in New York three years ago, is said to be unconscious of Doyle’s move to influence the courts to reopen the case involving Miss Marion Gilchrist and her $15,000 treasure.
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London
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Oscar Slater
New York
Edinburgh
Scotland
Marion Gilchrist
Slater
Peterhead
Pike Didn’t Know He Was Divorced
Simp Pike, a white man in Cleburne county, was convicted last spring for bigamy and sentenced to two years. His lawyer uncovered a Texas divorce from his first wife years earlier, proving Pike could remarry. Governor O Neal immediately paroled him.
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Montgomery
Ala
Simp Pike
Cleburne County
Pike
Texas
O’neal
Judge Fines Two Men For Tampering With Jurors in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama Judge Armstead Brown fined Taylor and Kelso Alexander fifty dollars each for tampering with jurors this week. Alexander admitted joking with a juror while Williams claimed no intent to influence jurors. Clerk W W Hughes acknowledged sharing juror lists prior to summons. Brown warned against divulging juror names in the future.
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Montgomery
Ala
Armstead Brown
Kelso Alexander
Alexander
Brown
Taylor
Arthur Williams
Williams
WW. N. Hughes
Hughes
Dame of the Ring A Suicide Ties to Johnson Fight
Etta Duryea Johnson, wife of boxer Jack Johnson, died by suicide in Chicago after years of caring for him during brain fever and nervous strain from the Jeffries fight. Johnson testified through tears that her efforts to save him damaged her health and she had previously attempted suicide in London and near boarding locations.
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Chicago
Etta Duryea Johnson
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Johnson
London
Relief for Publishers Delays Freight Rate Hike
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed freight rate increases on print paper from Sault Ste. Marie Ontario to U S destinations from September 14 to January 11 next. The proposed rises ranged from 3.75 to 4.26 cents per hundred pounds.
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Washington
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sensation in Louisiana as election results overturned
New Orleans reports a district election committee voided Jefferson parish votes from September 3 and proclaimed reform district judge J. V. Chenet and district attorney F. A. Middleton, ousting L. H. Marrero Jr. and Judge Prentice Eddrington amid malfeasance charges and political ties to Middleton.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Perish
Twenty-Eighth Judicial District Committee
F. A. Middleton
J. V. Chenet
L. H. Marrero, Jr
Prentice Eddrington
Edrington
Mar
Middleton
John Berthelot
St. John Parish
War Office suspends use of biplanes after aviator losses
London dispatch reports the war office suspends use of biplanes following fresh casualties among British aviators. Four lieutenants killed in the past week prompt the halt as Army officials weigh safer aircraft options.
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London
War Office
Rumors of Hidden Treasures and Policy Debates Abroad
London reports advise against new expeditions to find the Jesuits Treasure in Bolivia while Costa Rica hints at a Cocos Island hoard. The Interior Department lifts and then pauses bans on religious insignia in Indian schools as Beverly awaits a decision on the papers.
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London
P. H. Fewsett
Sacambaya
Bolivia
Cocos Island
National Museum of
Costa Rica
Sacamaya
Interior Department
White House
Beverly
Valentine
Indian Bureau
Fisher
Deat
Beverty
Taft Takes Hold Of Question Of Garbs
President Taft has taken personal charge of the issue of permitting religious garb to be worn in Indian schools. At his request, Secretary Fisher explains the administration’s stance and the forthcoming policy steps.
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Washington
Taft
Fisher
Georgia Governor Rules Against Chicken Theft Requisition
Governor Emmet O'Neal objects to a requisition for Jim Toole, wanted in Celquitt Georgia for stealing two chickens valued at 75 cents. He deems the theft too small a matter to justify a requisition between states.
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Montgomery
Ala
Emmet O’neal
Georgia
Jim Toole
Alabama
Celquitt
Bulgarians Battle with Turkish Force on Tripoli Frontier
A Times dispatch reports on the frontier near Tripoli a battle where 5,000 Bulgarians attacked Turkish karakols. Fighting lasted all day with unknown casualties as mobilization orders go out to Montenegrin servist divisions.
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London
Times
Tripoli
Monta 1 Servist
Filibuster Rumors Surface About Guatemala Expedition
Reports claim a forthcoming filibustering expedition is being organized along the gulf coast between Bilbo and New Orleans. Claims allege Elutionists have perfected a mobilization with salaries to recruit. The 38 adventurers are mentioned.
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Guatemala
Gulf
New Orleans
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Dauphin Street
Taylor and Alexander
Relief For Publishers
P. P.P
Savannah
F. V. Lippman
Gould Brokerage Company
Evans Furniture Company
Mobile’s Money-Back Store
Hammer’s
Kahn-Dreyfus Athletic
Buster Brown
New Fall Furnishings
Louisiana
L. Hammel Dry Goods Co
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