Formal Opening of Camp Scully by Maj. Dorrance
Major Dorrance issues General Orders No 9 establishing Camp Scully south of Monroe Park with five guard posts and park night patrols. Details include post locations, cooperation with Monroe Park Police, and a corral detail to control soldiers after park hours. Calls for reveille to taps are published as General Orders No 7.
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Camp Scully
Maj
Dorrange
Joseph B. Scully
Monroe Park
Guard Mount
L. S. Dorrance
Mobile
Ala
Coral
Reveillee
Dorrance
H. A. Moon
Field Artillery
Burning Trestle Triggers Wreck on Oriental Limited
Six cars of the Great Northern Oriental Limited derailed near East Winona after a burning trestle collapsed into the track. Passengers, including Mrs. A F Traynor and E G Hanawat, were lightly hurt. the dining car and several coaches burned as crews and passengers fought the blaze and reached La Crosse for transfer.
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Associated Press
Winona
Minn
Great Northern
Oriental Limited
Burlington
East Winona
A. F. Traynor
E. G. Hanawat
St. Paul
la Crosse
Chicago
A. J. Hadley
Winana
Dr King’s New Discovery Adverts Cure All Ailments
No matter how chronic your cough or how severe your throat or lung ailment is the King’s New Discovery will surely help you it may save your life. Stillman Green of Maliche Col writes two doctors said I had consumption and could not live two years I used it and am alive and well. Money refunded if it fails to benefit you. Price 60c and 1.00 guaranteed by Van Antwerp Drug Co.
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van Antwerp Drug Co
Army camp drills and guard mount U S artillery unit
The text notes guard mount at 6 30 p m and tattoo at 9 p m with call to quarters at 10 45 p m and taps at 11 p m all commanded by Captain 1st Battalion F A Adjutant. Ammunition for target practice arrived and squads stored gear. The Montgomery battery arrives with sanitary kitchen and mess hall while Captain Sam Roswald is well known in Mobile. Major Durrance invites the public to witness maneuvers each evening.
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W. E. Carpenter
Battery B
Montgomery
Guard Mount
Dorrance
Reville
Assembly
H. A. Moon
F. A
Sam Roswald
Mobile
Durrance
Another New Comet Located in Pisces by Barnard
The second new comet discovered this month is now confirmed in Pisces west of Omega per E E Barnard of Yerkes Observatory. Barnard calls it a remarkable celestial body with unique features likely to attract interest. It was found September 6 by Neujmin and will not be visible to the naked eye but may be seen with a 5 inch telescope.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pisces
E. E. Barnard
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Barnard
Neujmim
Electric Bitters Promises Quick Relief for Women
Do not suffer longer with weak kidneys. Electric Bitters offer prompt relief. Mr John Dowling of San Francisco praises its effects curing his wife when others failed. Beneficial for liver and digestion. Priced 60c and 1.00 at Van Antwerp Drug Co.
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John Dowling
San Francisco
van Antwerp Drug Co
Martin Enters Race for Attorney General
W L Martin assistant attorney general formally announced his candidacy for attorney general for the term beginning January 1915. The spring primary will select the winner with three rivals named D H Riddle Gardner Greene and George Pegram.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. L. Martin
Annapolis
Martin
D. H. Riddle
Talladega
George Pegram
Farnsdale
Gardner Greene
Pell City
Caution Over Castoria Counterfeits Warned to Parents
The notice stresses that Castoria must bear Chas. H. Fletcher signature both on wrapper and bottle to prove authenticity. It warns against counterfeit substitutes aimed at both adults andChildren and urges mothers to scrutinize medicines given to children.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Castoria
Wall Street Financiers Seek More Troops on Governors Island
More than 250 New York financiers petitioned the war department to increase the number of troops on Governors Island to protect Wall Street and the financial district from mob uprising or foreign invasion. They argued the harbor post is near the finance district and currently has only a small force, needing reinforcement to respond to any emergent danger in New York City.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
War Department
Governor's Island
Wall Street
Financial District
New York Harbor
New York City
All Death Traps Being Removed at Speigner Camp
In Montgomery Alabama on September 19 the firing of a fireproof system for the Speigner convict camp proceeds. Prof Edgar B Kay announces completion of fireproof gins and grist mills to operate next week by electricity from the water power plant. He says wooden stockade and frame buildings branded death traps will be replaced with concrete structures in a short time.
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Montgomery
Ala
Speigner
Edgar B. Kay
Bankhead Plan To Be Discussed In St Louis
The Ways and Means Committee of the United States Good Roads Association meets in St Louis with Mayor Kiel presiding. They will consider Senator Bankhead’s resolution urging Congress to appropriate 25 million dollars for national road construction and plan details for the upcoming convention in St Louis from November 19 to 14.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Ways and Means Committee
United States Good Roads Association
Kiel
John H. Bankhead
Congress
Bankhead
The
New Orleans Man Mistaken for Harry K Thaw
P A Carry leader of a large automobile party touring the land was arrested in Greensboro North Carolina for Harry K Thaw after arriving there with his wife and three daughters. He was detained for several hours while identity was established and laughed off the incident. The party had been touring the eastern part of the continent and was returning to New Orleans when the misidentification occurred.
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Montgomery
Asia
P. A. Carry
Harry K. Thaw
Greensboro
N. CC
Durance Vile
New Orleans
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Mr. Carry
Carolina City
Carry
Miss Norvell
L. W. Jaumann
Henry Rhoders
W. A. Brackett
Cowart to Represent O Neal at Knoxville
Lee Cowart state immigration commissioner will represent Alabama on Alabama Day September 26 at the National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville Tenn due to Governor O Neal absent for pressing official business State Game and Fish Commissioner John H Wallace Jr announced in a letter to J L Bowles director of the exposition special advantage unit.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lee Cowart
Alabama
Knoxville
Tenn
O'Neal
Investigation into Sullivan Death Begins in New York
District Attorney Whitman opened an inquiry into aspects of Congressman Timothy P Sullivan’s death after his mangled body was found at a Bronx railroad crossing. Suspicion had grown that the death was not accidental with rumors of a l link to assault or murder. Coroner Healy set September 29 for the inquest.
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Associated Press
New York
Timothy DD. Sullivan
Bronx
Whitman
Big Tim
Healy
Minister Brings Suit for Payments on Land
The Revy, Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational beard of Brooklyn, filed suit in Chicago to recover 8760 dollars claimed as due on a contract with the Western Timber Holding Company of Portland Maine for timber land in Alberta Canada. He says a monthly 2000 dollar payment was agreed, and he borrowed 17713.25 dollars from Orange National Bank as part security. The suit states payments lagged making Hillis liable for the unpaid amounts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Congregational Beard
Brooklyn
Western ‘Timber Holding Company
Portland
Maine
Alberta
Canada
Hillis
Orange National Bank of Orange
N J
Western Timber Holding Company
Hullin
Montgomery Teachers Return for Institute Opening
Montgomery county teachers rush home from summer vacations to attend the Montgomery county teachers institute opening Monday and running all next week. State education rules revoke licenses for unjustified absences. The 39712 institutes end next week with sessions also at Tugkee Mobile and Seale.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Teachers’ Institute
State Department of Education
Tugkegee
Mobile
Seale
Dog Days Designation Explained by Heat and Loafing
Fragmentary text notes a possible origin of the term dog days, linking them to heat and the habit of loafing during this period.
Alabama warns on Provident Insurance names in Texas
Warning issued to avoid contracts to write insurance for Provident Insurance Association of Waco Texas to prevent confusion with Provident Insurance Company of Gadsden Alabama. Alabama insurance department states the Waco company has not qualified to do business in Alabama and is not licensed in Texas.
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Montgomery
Ala
Provident Insurance Association
Waco
Tex
Provident Insurance Company
Gadsden
Alabama Insurance Department
Alabama
Texas
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Hess & McCann
Kansas City
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Polk Miller Drug Co
Richmond
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U. S. Good Roads Association
H. K
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O’neal
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Talking Machine
Columbia
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Sullivan
Fsa
Southern Bell Telephone
Mobile Sugar Development CO
Mobile, Ala
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