Suspender Jack McGee the Cowboy Cop at Progressive Rally
New York reports Suspender Jack McGee also known as the cowboy cop who helped nominate Oscar 8 Strauss at the Progressive convention. His career spans U.S. Cavalry scouting with Indian campaigns near Stinking Water and later joining William F. Cody in the Wild West show before becoming a New York mounted policeman.
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New York
Jack” McGee
Oscar
Strauss
Fifth United States Cavalry
Cape Horn
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Jack
United States
West
Wyoming
William F. Cody
McGee
Cubans Reticent Over Gibson Transfer
Havana dispatch reports Hugh Gibson, long time charge d affaires at the American legation, is moved to secretary of the U S legation in Brussels. Cubans fear the change may be seen as U S disapproval after the Reilly claim incident and the Manza clash, despite Washington explanations.
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Havana
Washington
Hugh Gibson
United States
Brussel
Manza
Gibson
Cuba
Hyomei Catarrh Remedy Promises Fast Relief
Advertisement touts Hyomei as a complete inhalation treatment for stuffed head catarrh coughs colds and throat soreness. It claims to penetrate all nasal passages destroy microbes and cure symptoms within days with a $1.00 complete inhaler kit available at druggists.
Alma Where Do You Live at Mobile Theatre Returns
The Mobile Theatre presents Alma Where Do You Live a popular French vaudeville with Miss Lewis in a leading role supported by a balanced cast. The show follows last year’s success as the management notes strong public interest in this musical comedy during the current season.
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Alma
Mobile Theatre
Miss Lewis
Paul Herve
Alma Where Do You Live at the Mobile Theatre
Alma performs in a Friday and Saturday program at the Mobile Theatre with matinee and evening showings. The schedule advertises a full production weekend and invites audiences to attend the play.
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Alma
Mobile Theatre
Expurgated French Comedy Delights American Audiences
The noted comedy, first staged in France and then in Germany, proves adaptable to American stages with vulgar elements removed. A tight three act plot unfolds within twenty four hours, delivering brisk, interlinked situations. Performances are tonight with a Saturday matinee and evening show.
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France
Germany
Alma
Artillerymen Leave Mobile After Eight Day Camp
An artillery battalion departed Mobile last night at 8 o clock after an eight day camp. Officers and men praised the stay and the reception by Mobile’s people. The Montgomery battery headed over the Louisville and Nashville line while the Birmingham command moved over the Mobile and Ohio. Major L S Dorrance remained in the city to rest after his taxing duties.
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Mobile
Montgomery
Louisville
Nashville
Birmingham
Ohio
L .S. Dorrance
Taft aide to Siam post. several envoys reassigned
Fred W. Carpenter, former secretary to President Taft and current American minister to Morocco, is named minister to Siam replacing Hamilton King who died in Bangkok on September 2. Irvin B. Laughlin moves from Berlin to London as secretary. Joseph C. Grow shifts from Vienna and Berlin, and Hugh Grant-White moves from Brussels to Vienna as embassy secretary.
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Washington
Fred W. Carpenter
Taft
Morocco
Siam
Hamilton King
Bangkok
Irvin B. Laughlin
Pennsylvania
Berlin
London
Joseph C. Grow
Massachusetts
Vienna
Hugh Grant-White
Legation
Brussels
Spread of boll weevil alarms Alabama counties
Special to The Item. Montgomery Ala Sept 20 With an average movement the boll weevil will infest Montgomery county in the fall of 1918 according to State Farm Demonstration Agent B L Moss. The weevil is expected to overrun Dallas county this autumn and to move halfway across Lowndes county coming so near Montgomery as to be uncomfortable. The weevil already has spread into a tier of southeastern and middle western counties of Alabama and that it will ultimately cover the state is considered inevitable.
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Montgombery
Ala
Montgomery County
State Farm
B. L. Moss
Dallas County
Lowndes County
Montgomery
Alabama
Street cars running again in Superior after disturbance
Street cars were back in service in Superior Wisconsin on September 20, manned by strike breakers and guarded by police. Broken glass and missiles littered the main thoroughfare but order prevailed as Sheriff McInnon sought extra deputies.
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Superior
Wis
Mai
McInnon
Daly Funeral Notice 1912 for John F. Daly
Entered into rest September 19 1912 7 40 p m John F Daly in his 50th year Friends of the family invited to funeral from J R Courtrights 311 South Monterey street tomorrow Saturday morning at 8 80 o clock and from Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with requiem mass at 9 o clock Interment Magnolia cemetery With
Double Killing Sparks Fear of Rioting in Barnwell
In Barnwell County South Carolina on September 20 the probable fatal shooting of Hewlett Bates a white man by Adolphus Jackson a negro led to Jackson being killed near Dunbarton. Officials fear widespread unrest unless they quickly restore order.
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Barnwell
8. C
Hewlett Bates
Adolphus Jackson
Dunbarton
Royal Austrian Wedding at Schloss Wallsee
The marriage of Archduchess Elizabeth Franziska to Count George Von Waldburg, a dragoon officer, occurred at Schloss Wallsee castle chapel in Vienna with Emperor Francis Josef present. Elizabeth Franziska, born January 1892, renounced her royal rights. Waldburg had tutored her and her brothers.
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Vienna
Elizabeth Franziska
Archduke Francis Salvator
George von Waldburg
Schloss Wallsee
Francis Josef
Count von Waldburg
Stummatone Tonic Praised By Local Neurologists In Mobile
A Mobile neurologist touts Stummatone as a meritorious remedy for neurosis or nervous debility. He says urban life causes stress and poor digestion while rural living with regular meals and exercise promotes health. The speaker notes neurotics in cities suffer from anxiety and low vitality but offers the tonic as accessible and beneficial.
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Mobile
Beef Packers Case Set For Ouster Suit Hearing
Jefferson City Mo Sept 19 The final hearing of the ouster suit of Missouri against beef packers will be before a special commission in St Louis October 1 when both sides will close the case The Supreme Court set the lumber ouster case for hearing on October 24 on the report of the special commissioner who found the companies violated the state anti trust law
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Jefferson City
Misouri
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Striking Duluth Car Men Keep Pickets Organized
In Duluth Minnesota on September 20 striking street railway workers posted pickets at the Duluth Street Railway Company barns. They claim victory is near and that the strike gains strength daily with no workers returning in the last 24 hours while disorder rages in Superior Wisconsin.
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Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
Duluth Street Railway Company
Cleveland Signs Betts From San Antonio Draft
The Cleveland AL club announces it has acquired outfielder Betts from the San Antonio team via the draft.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Betts
San Antonio
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