Poison Pen Case Dropped At U S Request
Joplin Missouri October 12 A P reports a charge of sending a poison pen letter to New York millionaire Arthur Marks was dismissed at the request of the government Mrs Mary F Adams wife of a local news agency owner is sister to Mrs Lydia Dornblazer singer who faces related charges Adams testified she mailed the letter while returning from New York last summer saying it was written by Dornblazer and she did not know its content Marks is Dornblazer’s third husband after four marriages
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
A.P
Arthur
Marks
New York
Millonaire
Mary F. Adams
Test Mooring Mast for Ford Ship Earlier Flight Test
Washington Oct 12 An AP report says the Shenandoah western flight served to test Ford mooring mast at Dearborn Mich Captain G S Lincoln testified before the naval court of inquiry into the airship wreck He noted the army’s desire to build a similar mast at Scott Field and described decisions to postpone the mid western flight from July to September reached at a conference among Commander Lansdowne Admiral Eberle Rear Admiral Moffett and Captain Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Lincoln
Naval Operations
Naval Court of Inquiry
W. B. Mayo
Ford Company
Army
Scott Field
Zachary Lansdowne
Eberle
Moffett
Department
Lansdowne
Kidnapping by Four Gangsters in New Orleans
Robert Monroe, 23, was abducted by four men in New Orleans, bound in a trunk, stripped, and painted with turpentine. He is hospitalized with severe burns from the chemical. Police hold Dave Jones, 24, as a suspect. others are sought. The motive is stated as revenge for Monroe and his brother’s distance from the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United Press
Robert Monroe
Monroe
Dave Jones
Monroenee
Police Clash With Communist Strikers in Paris Suburb
In St Denis, a Paris suburb, Communists clashed with police during an attempted entry into a car factory to block workers. The melee left the St Denis police chief and two gendarmes seriously injured. the communist mayor aided attackers in escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
1.N.S
St. Denis
Cotbuta
Tabor
Cod Liver Oil Tablet Ad Promises Quick Flesh Gain
An old advertisement for McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets claims rapid weight gain, offering 60 tablets for 60 cents and a money back guarantee if five pounds aren’t gained in 30 days. It touts Cod Liver Oil as a top flesh producer and notes retailers like Albright & Wood and Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albright & Wood, van Antwerp Drug Corp
McCoy’s
Jesse French and Son Piano Company Golden Jubilee Sale
The sale begins Tuesday October 13 at 9 a.m. offering piano or phonograph purchases at unheard of prices in Mobile. The event marks a golden jubilee for the Jesse French and Son Piano Company with special bargains available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse French & Son
Piano Company
Oer
Mobile
Joint-Base advertised for creaky joints at Albright & Wood
An advertisement touts Joint-Base as fast acting relief for creaky swollen painful joints. It claims deep skin penetration to tendons and ligaments and promotes a 60 cent tube available at Albright & Wood Drug Co and all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albright & Wood Drug Co
Mericia
Aristocrats Join Labor Cause Across Continents
In England and America aristocratic women from Lady Cynthia Mosely to Rose Phelps Stokes engage in labor activism. They advocate for working women in shops and factories, support suffrage, feminism, and socialist causes, bridging class lines while promoting workers’ interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
America
Cynthia Mosely
Lord Curzon
Warwick
Soviet Russia
Continents
Norman de R. Whitehouse
United States
Great Britain
Rose
Pastor Stokes
Ctory
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Pow der puff traffic squad at New Bedford high school
Seven senior girl students are scheduled daily to pose before mirrors in the hall to powder and rouge within a 25 second limit. Mirrors were removed when reflections disappeared after cleaning, prompting student council to reintroduce mirrors under a traffic squad to keep the line moving and prevent delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New Bedford
Mass
New Bedford High School
Carmine Herps
Letter Found In Sunken Bottle Reaches Bermuda Woman
In Boston on October 12 a bottle from a fishing haul carried a message to Miss Eileen Fontaine of Hamilton Bermuda. The note dated September 20 1925 on the Nantucket reflects a sailor's homeward trip and asks the letter be forwarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
N.S
Eileen Fontaine
Hamilton
Bermuda
Oscar Levine
Marjorie Perkins
Levine
Chatham Banks
S. S
Nantucket
Massachusetts Naval
Thieves Loot Doody Home For Jewelry And Cash
Thieves entered the home of E. C. Doody at 28 South Street Saturday night and stole jewelry and a small amount of cash. Stolen items include a wrist watch a cameo ring with 17 pearls a pair of tan shoes $3 in change and other articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Doody
South Street
Mrs Minnie Lockhard Dies at 47 in Mobile Home
Mrs Minnie Viola Lockhard of Mobile died Sunday night at her home 962 South Conception Street after a short illness. Survived by husband William J. Lockhard son Walter Lockhard daughters Mrs Francis Brown of New Orleans and Mrs B D Davis of Pensacola Florida two grandchildren and other relatives. She was a devout Catholic and died fortified with church rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Viola Lockhard
Mobile
South Conception Street
William J. Lockhard
Walter Lockhard
Francis Brown
New Orleans
B. D. Davis
Pensacola
Fla
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for Indigestion Relief
Use Phillips Milk of Magnesia in water for indigestion sour stomach or gas. Physicians have prescribed it for fifty years as it neutralizes acid more effectively than soda and gently aids waste elimination. It tastes better than soda and is widely available at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Death of Semi Pro Baseball Player James Neely
James Joseph Neely aged 26, well known in semi professional baseball, died last night at 352 St. Louis Street. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Neely and leaves five brothers Peter M. Douglas Morris A. J. Sr. Gerard J. Neely, two sisters Elizabeth Overby of Pensacola and May Neely of Mobile, and an aunt Miss Elizabeth Neely. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Joseph Neely
A. J. Neely
Midniight
St. Louis Street
Peter M
Douglas
Morris
Gerard J. Neely
Elizabeth Overby
Pensacola
Fla
May Neely
Mobile
Elizabeth Neely
City
Death of Joseph Milton Gray Whistler native and council member
Joseph Milton Gray died at his Whistler home at 12 15 this morning aged 64. He worked in the car department of the Mobile and Ohio repair shops for sixteen years. He is survived by his wife a son Robert Gray of Greenville S C four daughters Mrs W S Holmes of Bartow Ga Mrs H F Heath of Buford S C Miss Mollie and Nina Gray of Whistler fourteen grandchildren one sister Mrs F A Gentry of Chattanooga Tenn and other relatives He was a member of the Whistler Council Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Milton Gray
Whistler
An -Gellers
Mobile and Ohio
Robert Gray
Greenville
S. C
W.S. Holmes
Bartow
H. F. Heath
Buford
8. C
Mollie
Nina Gray
F. A. Gentry
Chattanooga
Tenn
Whistler Council
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Radio Lifts Blind Girl Toward Musical Career
Beatrice Fenner, a 20 year old blind composer from Los Angeles, won a Juilliard foundation scholarship after radio broadcasts inspired her. Her mother says radio fed Beatrice’s music while she studied at the American Foundation for the Blind in New York. A soprano composer promised to write for her, and Beatrice has since written 26 songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
A.P
Beatrice Fenner
Amelia Galli Carei
F. C. Fenner
Julliard Musical Foundation
New York
American Foundation For the Blind
Beatrice
Bower
Senator Ralston’s Condition Worsens to Grave
Indianapolis, Oct 12 United Press is reporting Senator Samuel M. Ralston ill with Bright’s disease has taken a turn for the worse. Friends say his condition is very grave and he has been ill since returning from Washington last spring. Jeast French & Son's Piano Company's Golden See Sale begins December 13 at 9:00 am offering phonographs and terms in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
United Press
Samuel M. Ralston
Bright
Ralston
Washington
Legion greetings brought to AFL meeting in Atlantic City
Major George L. Berry representing the American Legion told the AFL convention that Legionnaires and organized labor share interests in Americanism child labor and anti communism. The gathering urged caution on labor banking ventures and discussed a possible monument for Samuel Gompers near the AFL building in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
MecQuigg
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Prisoner to Wed as Soon as Free
John A. Garrick, a Concord reformatory inmate who surrendered on embezzlement charges involving $24,000 from the Maynard Trust Company, is due to be released and will marry Florence Booth of Boston after good behavior and plans announced for the ceremony. Florence took out marriage intentions and awaits his release to begin their life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John A. Garrick
Concord Reformatory
John
Concord
Maynard Trust Company
Florence Booth
Florence
Supreme Court Rules Warrants Needed for Home Searches
The court held that after a lawful arrest or search of a person, government agents must have a warrant to search that person’s home. The decision stems from the Agnello and colleagues case from Brooklyn, related to Harrigan anti narcotic law convictions. The government sought a uniform rule on agent action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Press
United States Supreme Court Today
Thomas Agnello
Frank Agnello
Stephen Alba
Antonio Centerino
James Pace
Brooklyn
Harrigan
Supreme Court
Dundee Not to Meet Herman Tonight in Polo Grounds Bout
Johnny Dundee the former featherweight champion did not weigh in at the New York boxing commission offices for a 6 round fight with Babe Herman at the Polo Grounds. Friends say Dundee will not box due to a disagreement with promoter Jimmy Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A.P
Johnny Dundee
Ees
Weeks Returns to War Department After Illness
Secretary Weeks resumes duties at the war department office today, his first appearance since March when illness forced him to relinquish active charge. A brief item notes a trading day alongside a dated schedule offering piano or phonograph sales with favorable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A.P
Weeks
War Department
Wanted Presser for Hoffman Machine at Gulf City Dye Works
Classified items show job ads for a presser and cleaner at dry cleaning firms on Dauphin Street. Also listings for jewelry repair help and a general repair shop near St Enau street. Several lost and found notices mention a six foot gray bulldog, platinum barpin with diamonds, a platinum barpin with gems, and a quit claim timber deed with a reward offered. Found notices incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Gulf City Dye Works
Dry Cleaning Co
Dauphin
Brewster Street
Macy Street
Bell
Washington County
Dayton Flier Is Trophy Winner
Gerald Dack of Dayton Ohio won the Scientific American trophy race for light aircraft at Mitchel Field New York achieving 76.41 mph in a small bi plane with a 16.7 hp Bristol Cherub engine. Clyde Emerick, also of Dayton, took second in a rival monoplane at 67.55 mph. The event served as a prelude to the Pulitzer trophy speed classic delayed by weather and showcased the potential of flivver aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel Field
N. Y
A. P
Gerald Dack
Dayton
Ohio
John Well
Detroit
Clyde Emerick
Orders Full Probe Into County Books
Judge Henry Bacon Foster ordered a grand jury in Tuscaloosa to fully investigate county officer accounts. Accountants' report due Saturday. Foster aims to present it tomorrow morning. He urged indicting any officer guilty of willful misappropriation of county funds. The probe began after James L. Foster left the clerk's office and died soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Odt
Henry Bacon Foster
Tuscaloosa County
James L. Foster
County Board of Revenue
Trains Collide Injuring About Twenty Near Jonesboro
About twenty persons were bruised when train No. 6 of the St Louis Southwestern Railroad collided head on with a work train at a siding four miles north of Jonesboro Arkansas. Fireman G C Penny suffered the most severe injuries his hand was crushed as he leaped from the engine cab. Most of the injured were Mexican farm workers en route to a plantation to pick cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
G. C. Penny
Procession Marches To Explorer's Tomb In Genoa
Columbus Day observed in Genoa with a solemn te deum in St Lorenzo Cathedral and a formal procession to the explorer's monument and claimed birthplace. Ecclesiastical civil and military authorities participated with consuls from western hemisphere nations. Crowds view Columbus mementoes at the municipal palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Italy
A.P
St. Lorenzo
Women May Receive Membership Rights in Episcopal Church
In New Orleans on October 12 the committee on institution of the house of deputies favored allowing women to become members and serve as deputies to the general convention. The amendment was sent to the despatch of business committee to be placed on the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
House of Deputies
General Convention
The
Episcopal Church
Italy Reminds World of Columbus Deed
Rome marks the 443rd anniversary of Columbus discovery of America as a legal holiday. Italy stresses Columbus was born in Genoa to counter Spain's claims of Spanish origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Columbus
America
Genoa
Honor Is Paid Dead Tobacco Magnate
A. B. Carrington urged tobacco markets in the South to pause sales for ten minutes at 10 30 a.m. tomorrow to honor James B. Duke who died Saturday night. The item notes a tobacco magnate’s passing and a memorial sales pause across markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
A. B. Carrington
The
Tobacco Association of the
Sheriff sale in Mobile Alabama auctioning R L Oneal property
A writ of fieri facias directs a public sale in Mobile County Alabama on Monday November 16 1925 at noon in front of the court for the interest of R L O Neal in lots 10 and 11 of subdivision of lots 10 11 and 12 block 6 Western Annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Alabama
County of Mobile
Trwin & Company, A Corp
R. L. O'Neal
Circuit Court of Mobile
R. L O'Neal
County of
Mobile
Bama
Towit
Cheek
Strongest Man Sigmund Breitbart Dies at 42
Chicago Oct 12 Sigmund Breitbart long billed as the world's strongest man died today at age 42 from blood poisoning that began with a small nail scratch. The circus and vaudeville veteran had performed for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A.P
Sigmund Breitbart
Cirgus
Audeville
Classified Style Three Advertisement Rules
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Lady Warwick
Phillips Milk
Magnesia
Jeast
French & Son
Legion
Labor Federation
Legionnaires
Dundee
Herman
Gap
Dauphin St
Bayou
Taurant
Wibsrge Jeweler Dauphin
St. Enanue
R. G. Dorgan
Aised Service
Toledo
Paine
Charles
Willams
Bell Phone
Mobile Bay
Ballweg Choe
Springhill
Ann. Gell
Petoet
Dauphin Bt
Pedro
Mit
Rod Produce Co
Eaiga Sattasata
Bellcee
Conti
Broad
Selena
Belvidere Apai Vate
Monroe St. T
Mecellancos
Cullen
Outard
Dayton Flier
Explorer
Ere
Savoy
Alpe
Aine Sen
Staencaty
Harvard
Sudboment
Abe Mio
Othe
Si Vanti
Phillips Coal Co
Sheriff's
Leon Schwarz
Servier
Prieha
Touly
Owen
Tow
Bowen
Dixon Welding Repair
Domchiro St
oFates
Larze Si Hogany
Bay Front
Hurry
E. W. Wal Fairhope
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