City Board Names June Selective Service Calls for Mobile
City Board No 1 lists sixty Black men from Mobile headed to Camp Sherman Ohio between June 19 and 24. Names cover Luther Thomas Laden to Richard Shaw with addresses in Church Canal Hamilton and Dearborn among others. City Board No 2 also issues a roster of 30 plus men, with notice given to report to 411 Van Antwerp building before June 19.
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Mobile
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Luther Thomas Laden
Church
Andrew Jackson
Canal
George Reese
S. Conception
Henry Johnson
Texas
James Hodges
Fry
Daniel Loyd
Elmira
Harold F. Fonvielle
Okalona
Miss
Daniel Malone
Peter Kelly
Eddie Larkins
Selma
Edward D. Mitchell
S. Hamilton
William Diggs
Savannah
Minor Sylvester
Hamilton
Mark E. Davis
Monroe
John Calvin
Lyons
Joe Collins
Adams
Charles H. Norris
S. Royal
Percy Dawson
van Antwerp
One Day Delivery Plans Discussed By Retail Grocers
The Retail Grocers Association led by John S. Shawe of R. O. Harris Grocery Co plans a meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at the Cawthon Hotel to discuss implementing one day delivery and reducing excess staff.
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Retail Groers’ Association
John S. Shawe
R. O. Harris Grocery Co
Cawthon Hotel
Germans Use Bombs in Bodies to Wound Allies
Lieutenant Frederick Timothy Murphy recalls German deception in France last winter. He describes horror at enemy tactics and declares that nations who fill dead bodies with bombs show callousness and generate only hatred.
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Frederick Timothy Murphy
United States Army
America
France
Germans inflict 941 casualties on Allied hospitals
London reports that 941 casualties were inflicted by German air raids on Allied hospitals in the last three weeks. J L MacPherson, under secretary of the admiralty, stated the figure in the House of Commons this afternoon.
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J. L. MacPherson
the Admiralty
House of Commons
Mrs Eliza Rennison Williams Dies In Mobile
Mrs Eliza Rennison Williams 76 a resident of Mobile for 58 years died Wednesday at 6 pm Born January 7 1843 in Newburg New York she leaves a brother William J Rennison of Los Angeles three sons George D Rennison Lee Powell and three daughters Ella Jennie and Adelia Williams Funeral services will be held today from the family home 357 Congress Street
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Eliza Rennison Williams
James M. Williams
Mobile
Newburg
N. Y
Williams
William J. Rennison
Los Angeles
George D., Rennison Lee
Powell Williams
Ella
Jennie
Adelia Williams
Congress Street
Mrs Annie James Wilson Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Annie James Wilson wife of James Wilson died early Wednesday at a local infirmary after a brief illness. The body was moved to Roche and Burke Undertaking Company for funeral arrangements to be announced. She is survived by her husband a mother Mrs Charlotte B James six brothers and sisters located in Mobile New Orleans Theodore Selma and Atmore.
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Annie James Wilson
James Wilson
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Charlotte B. James
Leslie and
John
Mobile
Jessie James
New Orleans
Ida James
Elia Browning
Julia Browning
Theodore
Lillie Gardner
Octave Siles
Selma
Florence Fields
Atmore
Funeral for Mrs. Henrietta A. Chandler at 106 South Franklin
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. for Mrs. Henrietta A. Chandler from her home on South Franklin. Rev. Louis Tucker led services at Christ Episcopal church with many attending in grief and the Chandler burial ground at Magnolia cemetery awaiting interment. Pallbearers included Joseph C. Rich James H. Webb George E. Harris Reginald G. Rapier Samuel Eichord Myron T. Sprague Hayward Stanard Stephen Forbes.
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Henrietta A. Chandler
South Franklin Street
Louis Tucker
Christ Episcopal Church
Joseph C. Rich
James H. Webb
George E. Harris
Reginald G. Rapier
Samuel Eichord
Myron T. Sprague
Hayward Stanard
Stephen Forbes
Eight French Soldiers Escape Prison Camp Warn of German Reprisals
From Geneva report eight French soldiers who fled Camp Wisberg near Mannheim say reprisal camps in Germany have grown harsher during recent air raids on Rhine towns. British troops face greater danger while Germans allegedly mistreat prisoners to deter Allied raids. The escapees claim German guards concentrate officers near munitions and vow to endure bombardment rather than surrender.
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Rhine
Son of Grover Cleveland Enlists in Marines as Private
Richard Folsom Cleveland, son of the late Grover Cleveland, has enlisted in the Marine Corps as a private. Announcement by Dr. Thomas J. Preston Jr. who married Mrs. Cleveland after Cleveland's death. Both Preston and Mrs. Cleveland have been active in war work with the National Security League.
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Richard Folsom Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Marine Corps
Princeton
Thomas J. Preston
Cleveland
Mi. Preston
National Security League
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure and Bankrupt Proceedings
Legal advertisement details a mortgage foreclosure by Peoples Bank of Mobile on property in Mobile Alabama to be sold at public outcry on July 8 1918 in front of Mobile County Courthouse. Includes transfers from Theo S Moore to Delia Hubbard to B W Padgett to the bank, with asset description and sale terms. Also announces bankruptcy proceedings for James Coleman of Mobile with creditor meeting set for June 26 1918 at 4 PM and related court notices.
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Theo
Moore
Delia EK. Hubbard
Mobile County
Delia E. Hubbard
B. W. Padgett
Peoples Bank of Mobile
Mobile
State of
Alabama
Eiguat
Wolff Heights
Mobile Countty Records
van Antwerp Building
Joanvh N. Maleer
Mexicans Slay U S Officer in Rio Grande Clash
Lieut. David J. Schaile of the Sixteenth United States Cavalry was killed last night after American soldiers crossed the Rio Grande to search for a drowned comrade. Mexican troops fired in the darkness, but a Mexican commander said the incident was a misunderstanding. Schaile’s body to be delivered to U S authorities today.
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Brownsville
Tex
David J. Schaile
United States Cavalry
Rio Grande
Schaile
Matamoros
United States
San Benito
Lt Schaile
Col
H. J. Slocum
Lieut. Schaile
Rowdy Daniel Stevens Fined or Jailed After Pinto Island Fight
Daniel Stevens, described as a negro, was fined $600 or 140 days in jail by the recorder for disorderly conduct following a Pinto Island brawl in which he severely cut J. W. Gaddy. The disorderly conduct charge against Gaddy was continued until June 15.
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Daniel Stevens
Pinto Island
J. W. Gaddy
Recorder
Gaddy
Why
Mrs Minnie Richardson Dies at 45 in Mobile Residence
Mrs Minnie Isabel Richardson 45 wife of George W Richardson died Wednesday at 9 50 p m at 952 Palmetto Street Mobile She was a daughter of the late Michael A Hines and Mrs Fannie E Hines She is survived by four children two daughters Fan nie Isabel Hazel Dell and two sons George Hines Norman L Richardson also by sister Mrs W S Allen and brother Michael Hines Funeral arrangements not yet made with body at the family home until George H Richardson arrives
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Minnie Isabel Richardson
George W. Richardson
Palmetto Street
Richardson
Michael A. Hines
Fannie E. ‘Hines
Mobile
Fannie Isabel
Hazel Dell Richardson
George Hines
Norman IL. Richardson
W.S. Alien
Michael] Hines
George H. Richardson
Ruth Cowan wins first pl ag
District notes list mobile city women and addresses for district candidates and voters. A Mobile County court sale notice follows, describing a house and lot in Terry subdivision near Mandeville Tract to be sold at public outcry for cash on a July date in 1918.
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Circuit Court
Mobile Couty
Alabama
Equity Aide
Court House
Mobile
Terry
Mandeville
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No Man’s Land
Mrs. Kidd
Bur Gherkins
Chow
Gherkins
Hanford
Jas. McPhillips Grocery Co
London
Annie J. Wilson
Henrietta Allen Chandler
Geneva
Switzerland
Wisberg
Mannheim
Prisal
Germany
Marines
Richard F. Cleveland
New York Herald
Lecal Advertising
Peoples Bank OF
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Traveteres
John I. Meador
Inge & Kilborn
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Aerta Smith
Circuit Court of
Sister Glory
Alabares
Alberta Smith
Rexis Ermee
D. R. Hummer
Dover
New Jeresy
Mobile Tribune
James A. Crane
Verger and Foster
District Court of the Atte States
Southern District of Alabama
James Coleman
The
Glory Hancock
Nazees
Pursing Corps
Preach poBas
Treat ‘Nees
Belgiums
N.C
Pegprrenictie Adler General
Westeay Battie
Hancest
U. S
Minnie L Richardson
Hargrove
Cahaba
Carbon Hill
Walker County
Madison and Royal
Zimmern
Ruth Cowan
Wey
Rosa Broadus
Montgomery
Julia A. Bobe
South Broad
E. D. Baumgartner
Josephine Callaway
First National Bank
Blanch Dempsey
T. J. Carpenter
St. Louis
Ethel Dyas
South Conception
I. Ellis
Marine
Amlee Franelich
St. Joseph and
Beauregard
Cephas
Corinne Groom
Monterey Place
Negen
Ida May Harris
Florida
Washington Street
L. W. Savage
St. Francis
Peter Smith
St. Michael
R. H. Parsons
South Hamilton
Edith Travis
Gladys Tompkins
North Joachim
J. C. White
St. Emanuel
W. P. Williamson
Government Street Loop
G. L. Widney
Stocking
Mobi
Lucille Adams
Robertsdale
Ala
Coffeeville
Cora Dickens
Lucedale
Ida B. Dozier
Thomasville
J. P. Edwards
Ocean Springs
C. H. Frank
Pascagoula
Braskie Grimley
Eeeaar
Epeeer
Meen
Eaeer
Estee
McBroom
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