One Day Delivery Plan Discussed by Retail Dealers
Retail dealers from all sites attended a Sunday night meeting at the Cawthon Hotel assembly room where Dr. Geo Leng and Bernard Lobmar outlined plans for one day delivery service. A committee including John S Shaw Jake Simon Jacob Reiss and others was appointed to draft proposals for a general meeting set for Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawthon Hotel
Geo. Leng
Bernard Lobmar
John S. Shaw
Jake Simon
Jacob Simon
Jacob Reiss
W. H. Reynolds
Ed G. Dreaper
D. W. Partridge
William van Antwerp
S. C. Callaway
Cawthon Assembly Room
German Sub Officer Threatens Britons Aboard Ship
Survivors recount a German submarine under officer boarding the steamship Winneconne off Cape May New Jersey on May 26. He swore to cut English throats if any English were aboard, but relented after learning the crew were Americans and Swedes. He defended his actions saying others would have done the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cape May
N. J
Sole Dividend Declared In Hervey Hotel Company Bankruptcy
In the Southern District of Alabama Mobile May 28 1918 the court announces a sole dividend of .0412 percent on proved claims in the Hervey Hotel Company bankruptcy case No 1907. Referee in Bankruptcy issues notice to individual creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
Southern Division
Southern District of
Alabama
Hervey Hotel Company
Notich
Mobile
Campaign to crush The Yellow Dog urged nationwide
Ing Dodge calls for creation of Boy Detectives of America branches in every municipality to suppress The Yellow Dog, a propaganda target he says undercuts support for the war. He outlines organizing boys, issuing membership cards, and distributing The Yellow Dog cards with slogans that accuse critics of disloyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alabama Supreme Court Allows Hanging of Albert Sanders
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld a July 19 execution date for Albert Sanders, a Black taxi driver, and linked him to the murder of Mrs. R. C. Hess. Hess, from Fulton, was last seen entering Sanders’s cab May 18, 1917, and her body was found May 21 at Chickasaw Creek. Brooks, implicated by multiple confessions, was hanged August 24, 1917, leaving Sanders to await execution in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sanders
R. C. Hess
Fulton
Supreme Court
Alabama
Sanders
Fisher Brooks
Brooks
N. R. Leigh
Hess
Ala
Florida
Terminal Station
St. Andrew
L. and N
Chickasatogue Creek
Montgomery
Mobile
Shipbuilder Dies After Forty-Foot Fall at Mobile Yard
Sobie Henderson a Mobile Shipbuilding Company worker died Thursday afternoon after a forty foot fall from a scaffold. Two others were injured and one man grabbed a bolt to stop a fall. Henderson recently moved from Florida to Mobile for work and leaves a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sobie Henderson
Mobile Shipbuilding Company
Henderson
Mobile
Florida
Florida rear range light extinguished and relit in 1918
The Florida St Andrews Bay rear range light was extinguished on May 28 1918 and relit on May 29 1918. The entry cites G and G 8S chart No 184 Light List Atlantic Coast 1918 page 320 No 1837 Buoy List 8th District 1916 page 14 Coast Pilot Part E 1916 pages 78 79. By order of B B DORRY Inspector.
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Florida
St. Andrews Bay
Atlantic Coast
8Th District
Coast Pilot
B. B. Dorry
Two to Army for final exams and assignment
Collier Wilson of Atmore and Dor man D Butler of Butler left Mobile for Birmingham to undergo final examination and assignment in the regular army. Both were enlisted through the local recruiting office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
Collier Wilson
Atmore
Dorman D. Butler
Butler
Mobile
Birmingham
Regular Army
You are a Yellow Dog: Patriotic Card Campaign
A wartime pamphlet urges Boy Detectives of America to expose “yellow dog” critics by confronting them with “How do you know?” cards. It labels antiwar talk as German propaganda and promotes shaming dissent to bolster support for the war effort.
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Mr. Dodge
America
Dodge
Boy Detectives of America
United States
Vanderbilt
France
Judas
Germany
Death of Mrs Lydia E Swain in Montgomery
Montgomery obituaries record the death of Mrs Lydia E Swain yesterday afternoon at 12 15 following a brief illness. The local resident passed away in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Montgomery
Lydia E. Swain
Swain
Death claims Mrs Swain while visiting daughter in Mobile
Mrs. Swain 59, wife of Gulf Mobile and Northern railroad foreman Joseph A. Swain, died during a visit to her daughter Mrs. William Spruell in Montgomery. She leaves husband, son Lee Swain of Gulfport, daughter Mrs. Spruell, and siblings C W Soost and Mrs. Abrams. Remains to Mobile for funeral at Washington Avenue home. Gelbke dies. funeral set for Friday in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Swain
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Swain
C. W. Soost
Mobile Water Works Department
Lee Swain
Gulfport
Miss
William Spruell
Montgomery
Joseph Abrams
Mrs. Alice B. Carroll Dies After Long Illness
After more than two months of illness Mrs. Alice B. Carroll age about 70 died Thursday at 8 30 am at her home 583 North Hamilton Street She operated a millinery on 70 Dauphin Street and was a native of Lambeth Lodge County Galway Ireland a Mobile resident since age ten She was a Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception member and died with rites Funeral is planned for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice B. Carroll
Dauphin Street
North
Hamilton Street
Lambeth-Lodge
County Galway
Ireland
Mobile
William Browning Rites Held in Mobile After Brewton Death
The body of William Browning who died in Brewton Alabama was moved to Mobile by Dixon and McKay. Funeral services were set for 5 PM at the home of his daughter Mrs. J D Hueston 1056 Marine Street Magnolia Cemetery to receive the burial. He is survived by his sister Mrs Elizabeth Philyaw of Whistler two daughters Mrs J D Houston and Mrs Andrew Prescott of Brewton four sons J W Browning and Ramey Browning of Mobile Samuel Browning of Aberdeen Washington and Neeley Browning of New Orleans and several grandchildren and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Browning
Brewton
Ala
Mobile
Dixon & McKay
J. D. Hueston
Marine Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Browning
Elizabeth Philyaw
Whistler
J. D. Houston
Andrew Prescott
J. W. Browning
Ramey Browning
Samuel Browning
Aberdeen
Wash
Neeley Browning
New Orleans
Elizabeth M Gerbke and Elizabeth M McGovern Notices
Two notices list Elizabeth M Gerbke and Elizabeth Margaret McGovern, likely related to legal or personal matter notices in a historical newspaper. The items name the individuals and accompany brief identifying text. No dates or places are readable in the provided snippet.
Funeral Services for Joseph Rudolph Straub Jr
Funeral services for Joseph Rudolph Straub Jr were held Thursday at 4 30 from the family home 612 Jefferson street and at St Josephs Catholic church at 5 Interment was in Magnolia cemetery with floral tributes. Pallbearers included James Hanley John Keef E C Dyas Mark Mallon from Railroad Benevolent Association Alvin Levy and B Viertel Mobile Relief Association L Bauer and Samuel Summers Maple Camp Woodmen of the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rudolph Straub, Jr
Jefferson Street
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Father Salentine
Magnolia Cemetery
James Hanley
John Keeft
E. C. Dyas
Mark Mallon
The
Railroad Benevolent Association
Alvin Levy
8. B. Viertel
Mobile Relief Association
L. Bauer and
Samuel Summers
Maple Camp
Woodmen of the World
Infant Nancy VanPatten Cleveland Dies
Nancy VanPatten Cleveland infant daughter of Harlan and Nettie Maddox Cleveland died Thursday morning at 11 30. Funeral services will be held from the residence of Mrs. Cleveland s parents Mr and Mrs W M Maddox 1007 Texas street this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy VanPatten Cleveland
Harlan and
Nettie Maddox Cleveland
Death of Mobile Confederate Vet Charles A Canavella at 80
Charles A Canavella of Mobile a member of Raphael Semmes Camp No 11 United Confederate Veterans died Thursday at his daughter Mrs F Kuppersmith's residence. He was 80 and had lived in Mobile for years. Survived by six daughters Mrs F Kuppersmith Mrs L O Harrison Mrs W J Sheehan and Misses Sarah Mamie Daisy Canavella one niece Mrs L Henderson one nephew Isaac Wood seven grandchildren and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Canavella
Mobile
Raphael Semmes
Unitedonfederate Veterans
F. Kuppersmith
L. O. Harrison
W. J. Sheehan
Sarah
Mamie
Daisy Canavella
Daisy Canavella; One Niece, Mrs. L. Henderson
Isaac Wood
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Palm Beach
Mohair
Dreaper
Lower Dauphin
Fleming Evans
Tate Road
Britains
Joseph N. M’aleer
Bay Shore
Information City Ticket Office
S. Royal Street
H. E. Jones, JR
John McDuffie
Monroeville
the Mobile Business College
Business College
Mystic Shrine
Atlantic City
Elias J. Jacoby
Indianapolis
North America
Yellow Dog
U. S
Ing Dodge
Tives of
England
Twaddle
Jos. Patt
D. V.S
St. Michael St
Hillman’s Taxi
Hillman Taxi Service CO
Conti Street
Express
Southern Express Company
Royal and
St. Michael Streets
Express Company
Martin Holbrook
Martin Nielsen
ST. Francis Street
Snap
L. H.meyer & Sons
Sophie Y. Gelbke
Frank L. Gelbke
Elizabeth M. Gerbke
Elizabeth Margaret McGovern
the Tribune
Department of the Tribune
Joseph Straub
Carter
Ann Eisesoe
Carters
Dedi End Lesher
Whitman & CO
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