Sixth District Convention Set At Calvary Baptist Church
The Mobile County Seventh District Sunday School Association holds a convention at Calvary Baptist Church on Sunday September 23 with officers W Young and W L McGuire leading. Lectures by Miss Freda Rose on The Teachers Miss Nannie Baker on Lesson Construction and Miss Lorane McCoy on Teaching Missions are featured along with a full program of reports pledges elections and open discussion for neighboring counties.
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Mobile County Sunday School Association
Calvary Baptist Church
W. Young
W. L. McGuire
J. E. Patterson
J. P. Wheeler
Freda Rose
Georgia
Georgia Sunday School Association
Nanie Baker
Montgomery
Alabama State Sunday School Association
W. J. Young
J. H. Weinand
F. A. Riley
Vaughan
Banner
J. L. Cawthon
Mattie Huston
B. Jones
Home Department
Kate How
Lorane McCoy
Nannie Baker
P. Gaillard
R. L. Howell
Orlean Coffee Men Indicted Over Insolvent Firm
J B Sinnot and Paul J Orchard, president and treasurer of Smith Brothers Company Limited, insolvent wholesale coffee firm, were indicted in New Orleans on unlawful disposition of collateral securing bank loans. Sinnot was arrested and released on bonds. Orchard remained at large. The collapse stemmed from several years of speculative coffee operations.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
J. B. Sinnot
Paul J. Orchard
Smith Brothers Company, Limited
Sinnot
Orchard
Greater Moline Seeks Confederate Reunion In 1927
Greater Moline officials plan to invite the United Confederate Veterans Association to hold its next reunion in the community serving Moline East Moline Rock Island and Davenport. They expect interest in the Rock Island arsenal and cemetery where Confederate prisoners are buried and will seek wartime department cooperation, following Chattanooga’s hosting of the G A R event this year.
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Moline
Greater
Pastor Barton to Head Free Bible Lectures in Mobile
A series of non sectarian Bible lectures under the International Bible Students Association will be held in Mobile with no charges or collections. The first speaker, Pastor Benjamin H Barton of Philadelphia, will lecture Sunday night at Monroe Park theatre building, promising harmonization of Bible verses on the hereafter.
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Mobile
International Bible Students’ Asociation
London
Benjamin H. Barton
Philadelphia
Pastor Barton
Monroe Park Theatre
Publisher Lee Did Not Leave Much Coin
In Chicago probate court the estate of W H Lee, who lived as a white man, is valued at not more than 10000 dollars, likely to pay debts. Counsel admitted Lee had Negro ancestry and hid it to protect book sales in the South. Mrs Lucinda Anderson seeks exhumation claiming Lee was her husband who vanished twenty years ago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. H. Lee
D. A. Clithero
Lee
South
Lucinda Anderson
Electric Bitters Promised To Aid Women In San Francisco
Ad claims Electric Bitters relieve weakness and pain boosting ambition and work. A testimonial from Mr. John Dowling of San Francisco says it cured his wife when others failed. Cites liver, digestion, and biliousness benefits. priced 60 cents and 1.00 at Van Antwerp Drug Co.
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John Dowling
San Francisco
van Antwerp Drug Co
Gunman kills wrong man in peddlers murder plot
Brooklyn gunman Frank Von Tonio was held for the grand jury on murder charges after he killed Robert Brady, whom he mistook for David Connor amid a plan by two peddlers who offered $50 to beat Connor for taking their horse. The peddlers confessed their bargain but denied any grievance against Brady.
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Associated Press
New YC
Frank von Tonio
Brooklyn
David Connor
von Tonio
Grand
Robert Brady
Connor
Brady
Terrific Wind Storm Vexes Southwest Louisiana
A strong windstorm yesterday caused extensive damage in Jeanerette and Glencoe Louisiana. Several houses were blown down or unroofed and crops suffered, though no injuries were reported.
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Louisiana
Associated Press
Jeanerettehe
Glencoe
Franklin
Louis
Assassination Plot Foiled Near Lisbon
Five men were arrested at Praia Das Macas near Cintra as they placed bombs around the Portuguese premier’s villa. They confessed plans to kill the premier and trigger a revolt. The early morning arrests avert a planned coup and raise questions about the conspirators.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Praia Das Macas
Cintra
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cough and Lung Relief
Malichite Colorado resident Stillman Green claims two doctors said he would die of consumption but used Dr King’s New Discovery and recovered. The ad guarantees money back if there is no benefit and lists 60 cents to a dollar price from Van Antwerp Drug Co.
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van Antwerp Drug Co
Notice regarding Harry M. Touart license office move
Harry M. Touart of Laurendine Lowenstein and Tuart has relocated to 102 Lowenstein Building. He will issue all state automobile licenses there. Vehicle owners must appear in person to obtain licenses.
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Harry M. Touart
Laurendine, Lowenstein & Tuart
Lowenstein Building
Sex Hygiene for Public Schools
Pittsburg reports the National Federation of Settlements adopted a resolution favoring sex hygiene instruction in public schools under restrictions. Jane Addams led a memorial for Canon Samuel Barnett. Mary McDowell was elected federation president with Vladimir Simkhovitch as vice president and Robert Woods as secretary treasurer. Conference plans include biennial meetings and Memphis charity conferences. A delegate noted overlap among relief groups and a Buffalo family’s Thanksgiving dinners, three eaten and two sold, to cover two days of rest.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
National Federation of Settlements
Lillian Home
Jane Adams
Chicago
Samuel A. Barnnett
Westminster Abbey
London
Toynbee Hall
Adams
Barnett
Memphis
Tenn
Secret Cabinet Seat Hidden From Wilson Bryan
Washington, Sept. 27. A chance White House chat reveals Woodrow Wilson and William J. Bryan kept secret the plan for Bryan to become secretary of state. Tumulty recalls Bryan acknowledging Fury, a Trenton hotel owner, who had lunch with Wilson and first proposed Bryan’s cabinet entry. The two men stayed silent for months after the invitation.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
William J. Bryan
White House
Charles J. Fury
Trenton
N. J
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Fury
Tumulty
Mr. Wilson
Weese See
Dr Kings New Life Pills Endorsed For Women’s Laxative Needs
Mrs. M. C. Dunlap of Leadil Tennessee reports relief from troubles after using Dr Kings New Life Pills. The advertisement touts the laxative as prompt safe and painless. Price 25 cents and sold by Van Antwerp Drug Co. Adv.
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Dr. King
M. C. Dunlap
Leadil, Tenn
van Antwerp Drug Co
Adv
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