Daughters of Alabama honor Jackson road plans in 1910 drive
Alabama Daughters celebrate public support for the Jackson Military Highway linking Nashville to New Orleans. The effort, started in 1910, seeks stone markers by Oak Hill Marble and Stone Works and a route through Mobile. The Octagon House Chapter of Mobile and the Memorial Road Conference in Nashville are involved.
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Eckson
Alabama
United States
Tennessee
Louisiana
Jackson Military Highway
Daughters of Alabama
State Board of Directors
Birmingham
Andrew Jackson
Jackson Highway Committee
Geeren Jackson
Oak Hill Marble and Stone Works
Nashville
Renn
Mobile
New Orleans
Octagon House
Mobile Point
Royal and
St. Ness
Daughters of 1812
A-K Tablets Promoted For Headache Relief
An advertisement extols A-K Tablets as a cure for headaches and sick headaches. It claims doctors cannot always diagnose or cure the cause and promotes taking two tablets at onset and one every two hours during an attack. Available at all druggists, 10 cents for ten.
Personal Mention ers and Summer Social Roundup
Leslie Taylor and son Vivian returned home from Evanston Illinois after several weeks away. Annie McCormick visits Gulf Crest with Miss Myrtle Williams and will return home with her. Various locals travel to New Orleans for Tulane studies, to Daphne or Mobile for visits, and to Birmingham or Houston for family matters. The Alabama Suffrage Association publishes an official organ in Birmingham.
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Wiliam Bromberg
Birmingham
Blocker Thornton
Virginia
Sallie Blocker
Carolee Martin
Ben Barrett
Coden
George R. Powell
Dauphin’ Island
Mobile
Powell
Leslie Taylor
Vivian
Evanston
Illinois
Annie McCormick
Myrtle Williams
Gulf Crest
Miss Williams
New Orleans
Sophie Newcomb College
Wallace Cumnock
Sam Scruggs
Floridada
Leslie Taylor, Jr
Tulane University
Eugene Breckenridge
Hammond
J. W. Hunter
Selma
Demopolis
Howard Gaillard
Hittle
Howard
Evergreen
Ala
Daphne
Gaillard
M. M. Crawford
Fairhope
Mary Manly Elmore
Montgomery
Charles Allan Hopkins
Crescent City
Earl Richardson
Alabama Suffrage Association
M. A. McGeay
Chicago
Martin Holbrook
K. R. McGeay
Greenwood
Spring Hill College
Emmet
Springhillian
Aline Fearn
Margaret Fearn
Warsaw Street
Miss Fearn
W. H. Roger
Augustine
Annie Simpson
Mrs Lyon Endorses Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Terre Hill Pennsylvania resident Mrs Augustus Lyon testifies that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound healed her female troubles and back pains after other therapies failed. The ad touts the remedy as a long standing standard for women’s health and cites testimonials from many women in Lynn Massachusetts where the product is developed.
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Terre Hill
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
Terre Hill, Pa
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
High School System to Be Thoroughly Probed
The board of school commissioners will meet in special session Friday afternoon to investigate complaints against the high school department. Commissioners aim to hear concerns and determine a plan to improve efficiency. Commissioner Roe said complaints claim students are not made to work sufficiently and leave undereducated.
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Board of School Commissioners
Roe
Peaches Carloads Sent to Chicago Waste, Shippers Lose
Chicago reports reveal carloads of peaches from neighboring states were sent to garbage heaps after no market was found. Shippers faced total losses, paying freight and cartage despite the failed consignments, with one broker noting an $18.50 cartage bill. A responder promised another car to settle, while officials warned of further waste without buyers.
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Chicago
Commission
German Submarines Lost Total 20, States London Paper
London editorials claim Germany lost twenty submarines since the war began with seven British losses. The piece notes Germany started with eleven seagoing subs and sixteen smaller types, adding ten new boats by June 1, and now says fourteen seagoing underwater boats remain, two in the Mediterranean. Fowl River items follow.
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London Paper
London
Germany
Mediterranean
Lyric Theatre Season Set to Open October Second
Lyric Theatre to operate temporarily by Michael A. Mc Dermott and Augustine Medher, directors who will lead the season unless rental arrangements are made. Opening attraction is A Pair of Sixes with Klaw and Erlanger bookings secured for five years. leasing the theatre remains under discussion.
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Lyric Theatre
Michael A. McDermott
Augustine Medher
Corporation
McDermott
Monroe Park
Mobile Theatre
Klaw & Erlanger
Thief Steals Schooner, Report Filed With Police
A report was filed Thursday afternoon with the police by E. L. Isaac regarding a schooner theft. Authorities began inquiries and canvassed local waterfront areas for witnesses and possible suspects.
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Isaac
Theft Report and Shipowners Meeting Summary
A crewman on the schooner Cornelia Pauline reported an intruder entered his quarters and stole a gold watch and a pair of shoes. The International Steamship Association of Alabama held a stock and bondholders meeting at Mobile Ship Chandlery Company, led by John Dorgan, with confidential discussions. Portland reports the Strinda delivered 361,056 bushels of wheat, the largest grain cargo on the Columbia River, earning about $250,000 in freight. Women can dress a good deal with out putting on much of anything.
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Eeting
Young People’s Jewish Association
Young People’s Jewish Associat
B’nai Brith Hal
A.G/ Moses
Grace
Zelnicker
Lucille Litchback
Doris Wiel
Council of Jewish Women At
Wiggs
Josephine ‘Erry
Helen Treadly
Marguerite Brown
John Markstein
Charlie ]Plin
Anna Baumbhauer
Polly
Emily Malone
Jerry Genton
International Steamship Association of Alabama
Mobile Ship Chandlery Company
John Dorgan
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Sccmer Strinfda
United Kingdom
Strinda
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Mildred Sullivan
New York
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Marion Mountain
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PHI Alpha Phi Sorority
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Point Clear
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Shonts Place
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Houston
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Coden and
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Camden, Ala
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Columbus
Miss
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Shreveport
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Swansboro
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