Spring Hill Avenue paving plan under city review
Property owners along King Hill avenue from Ann street to Erine were asked to submit written opinions on paving and the city may split costs. A proposed rate of five dollars per front foot covers paving curbing and storm sewers. The Mobile Light and Railway Company gained right to park on a riverfront strip from Catherine street to ma ts. Monthly bills totaling 1053 were approved.
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King Hill Avenue
Ann Street
Erine
Ity’ Commission
City Commission
Tuesay
Pillans
Mobile Light and Raiload
Ma Ts Catherine Street
River Front
Ashland Place
Laz Sheewarz
Harry Pillans
Yons
Thelabama Medical Association
Mobile To Own Historic Film On City’s Past
A 40 000 foot Pathe Exchange education project records Mobile’s historic sites in a film directed by Maxwell H. Swain and supervised by the Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Welcome Club. Dr. win Craighead chose scenes including Admiral Semmes statue and the old Braxton Bragg home, with plans to distribute the Mobile section to schools and theaters to promote local history.
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Mobile
Pathe Exchange
Maxwell H. Swain
Historical America” Department of the Exchange
Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Welcome Club of
Win Craighead
Theberville
Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Welcome Club
Pathe
Will Seize German Coal Reduces Dutch Shipping Options
The British order taxing German bunker coal alarms Dutch shipping circles. Since Dutch coal is scarce and English coal uncertain, steamers between Holland and North America face bunkering shifts. The policy mainly hits ships bound for South American ports and the Dutch colonies, with some impact on U S port traffic.
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Hague
London
Holland
Northmerica
U. S
South American
Atch
Social attendees at Battle House in Mobile greet visiting guests
Lobb y visits include F R Burdensham and wife of Headland and J L Johnson and wife of Samson at the Battle House. L J McDonald, retiring St. Joseph's Club president, receives a silver loving cup presented by Mayor Pat J Lyons and ex-president McDonald as William Gass becomes new president.
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F. R. Burdensham
Headland, Ala
Mobile
Battle House
J. L. Johnson
Samson
Ala
The
L. J. McDonald
St. Joseph’s Club
Birmingham
Pat J. Lyons
McDonald
William Gass
Train Master T H Mizzell Heads Birmingham Excursion
T H Mizzell of the Mobile and Montgomery division based in Montgomery spent Tuesday night in Mobile and leaves Wednesday morning for a Birmingham excursion. He reports increased business in the northern division of the Louisville and Nashville system.
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T. H. Mizzell
Mobile and Montgomery
Louisville and Nashville Road
Montgomery
Mobile
Birmingham
Visitors and delegates occupy the Cawthon Hotel in Mobile
The Cawthon Hotel hosts Mr and Mrs H W Peters of Tiffin Ohio and J B King with wife from New Orleans. Delegates Drs R B Brock H B Ward C W Lakey C W Shropshire W C Gewin attend the Alabama Medical Association convention. Other visitors include H L Mims and wife from McGill Ala T G Britton and wife from Cottage Hill Ala and Dr and Mrs Charles Le Baron of Gulfport Miss. Arthur Neuberger of Miller Rubber Co Atlanta Ga visits his parents. their daughter accompanies him home. Manuel Primo, former Mobile resident, is critically ill in New Orleans per telegram to Augustus Primo.
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Layette
Ala
M. A. Delaney
Birmingham
J B. King and Wife
New Orleans
Klosky
I. Maskeny
Dawson
Henry Green
Dothan
W. W. Hawkins
Steamship Corinto
FE. G. Donald
Pineapple
I. C. Bates
Taylor
Savage
W. KR. McCreary
Five Points
D. L. Wilkinson
Montevallo
W. W. Moss
Columbus, Miss
Cawthon Hotel
H. W. Peters
Tiffin
Ohio
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
J. B. King and Wife
Cawthon
R. 8. Brock
Ward
C. W. Lakey
C. W. Shropshire
W. C. Gewin
The
Alabam Medical Association
H. L. Mims
McGill
T. G. Britton
Cottage Hill
Charles le Baron
Gulfport
Miss
Alabama Medical Association
Arthur Neuberger
Miller Rubber Company
Atlanta, Ga
G. Neuberger
Manuel Primo
Soto & Primo
Augustus Primo
Pensacola Hotel Boss Tours Mobile on Business
George H. Hervey manager of Sav Carlos Hotel in Pensacola Florida is visiting Mobile to see his brother C. B. Hervey at the Cawthon. He notes west Florida this season has the largest tourist business in its history.
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George H. Hervey
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
C. B. Hervey
West Florida
Smyth Couple Seen in Mobile Visit at Battle House
John Smyth and his wife from New Orleans are visiting Mobile to see friends and are staying at the Battle House Hotel.
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John Smyth
New Orleans, la
Mobile
Battle House
Doctor Partlow and wife attend Alabama Medical Association meeting
Dr. W. D. Partlow and his wife from Tuscaloosa are in Mobile for the Alabama Medical Association annual convention and stay at the Battle House hotel.
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W. D. Partlow
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Mobile
Alabama Medical Association
Battle House
Dr Howard A. Kelly Lectures at Alabama Medical Association
Baltimore physician Dr. Howard A. Kelly delivered the Jerome Cochran Lecture during the Alabama Medical Association Wednesday session and is listed at the Battle House.
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Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
Jerome Cochran
Alabama Medical Association
Battle House
Doctor Batson Aide Attends State Convention in Mobile
Among delegates to the state doctors convention is Dr. J. L. Batson of Shelby Alabama. He travels with Mrs. Batson and they are registered at the Battle House hotel in Mobile.
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State Doctors
J. L. Batson
Shelby, Ala
Batson
The
Battle House
Hotels Guests Listing Across Cities for Conference
A lengthy roster of attendees is noted with numerous names and hometowns including Laurel Mississippi Eclectic Alabama St Louis Missouri Boston Massachusetts Seattle Washington and New Orleans Louisiana among others. The list appears to document patrons or delegates staying at hotels for a regional gathering.
Recorder’s Court Docket in City Proceedings
Ed Porter and Elliott Clemons arraigned for violating prohibition law and paid $50 fines. W H Drummond fined $10 for speeding. Henry Williams and Ruth Alexander continued to April 20. Sam Gibson and Sam Poe fined, Sam Delmas dismissed, Luella Ligon and Oscar Johnson fined or discharged, Steve Sturtevant case continued, Mary F Johnson discharged.
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Ed Porter
Elliott Clemons
Edington
W. H.drummond
Henry Williams
Same
Sam Gibson
Luella Ligon
Sam Delmas
Ruth Alexander
Oscar Johnson
Mary F. Johnson
Steve Sturtevant
Sam Poe
Old Spanish Trail to be logged by Locke
Harry G. Locke, field engineer for the Automobile Club of Mobile and the Old Spanish Trail Association, completed his work locally and left Mobile for Florida. He will map the trail from Fairhope to Pensacola and Crestview, estimating several weeks aboard a Ford, with Pensacola to be his next stop.
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Harry G. Locke
Automobile Club of Mobile
Old Spanish Trail Association
Mobile
Florida
Palmetto State
Fairhope
Pensacola
Crestview
Mr. Locke
Soldiers Docketed for Muster Absence in County Jail
Willie Mitre and Sylvan Rabby were docketed at the county jail on Governor Henderson’s commitments for failure to attend muster. Both members of the Mobile battalion face two days each in jail.
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Willie Mitre
Sylvan Rabby
Henderson
Mobile Battalion
Bread theft reported at Basil and Pearl gro cery
John H. McEvoy reports a sneak thief stole fourteen loaves of bread from his bread box on Tuesday morning at Basil and Pearl streets.
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John H. McEvoy
Basil and
Pearl Streets
Obregon says Villa died. confirms investigation
General Obregon told Dr. Henry A. Tupper that an American officer joins a two Mexican, one American search party at Villa’s reputed grave. He expects official confirmation soon and trusts the nurse’s testimony of Villa’s burial. He says military problems are solved and bandits will be captured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexico City
General Obregon
Villa
Obregon
Henry Allen Tupper
New York
WAR Ministry
NO 5
Tuscaloosa Centennial Committee Appoints Leaders
The Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce names Dr. Erwin Craighead as chairman and Aubrey Boyles Palmer Pillans D H Edington and H A Feiber man to recruit Mobilians for attendance at the Tuscaloosa centennial celebration May 29 81. The group aims to maximize turnout for the event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Erwin Craighead
Aubrey Boyles
Palmer Pillans
D. H. Edington
H. A. Feiberman
Tuscaloosa
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Endorsement by Virginia Druggist
A Lynchburg Virginia druggist Ed Roethlein testifies to twenty five years of selling Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with no complaints. He cites three cases of recovery from rheumatism liver trouble and gravel and states Swamp Root is the best medicine for kidney liver and bladder issues. Notary W E Hawks confirms Roethlein signed the statement on November 1 1915.
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Dr. Kilmer
Roethlein
12Th St. Col. Monroe
Lynchburg
W. E. Hawks
Kilmer Kidney Sample Offer Promoted in Ad
A letter urges readers to send ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York for a sample size bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. The ad notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles are sold at all drug stores and mentions the Mobile Item.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Adv
Four San Antonio Bank Officials Indicted
Four officials of the Federal Bank and Trust Company of San Antonio were indicted for accepting deposits into an insolvent bank. N P Dewar vice president Y P Mossop and E C Nobles directors were named. Another official was indicted but not located. Receivers were appointed weeks earlier.
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San Antonio
Texas
N. P. Dewar
Y. P. Mossop
E. C.nobles
Federal Bank and Trust Company
Estate Left to Widow and Infant Daughter in Davis Will
The late Richard Harding Davis, noted war correspondent and novelist, left his estate in trust to his widow Elizabeth Genevieve McEvoy Davis and their infant daughter Hope. Probate filings on Tuesday indicate the estate is valued around $250,000, though exact figures were not disclosed.
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White Plains
N. Y
Richard Harding Davis
Elizabeth Genevieve McEvoy Davis
Bessie McCoy
Hope
Four Doctors Disagreed and One Woman Found Help
Mrs Grace W Sebold of Wilmington described a period of backache bearing down pains fatigue and sleep troubles. After four doctors offered differing diagnoses she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reported lasting relief and weight gain. The ad urges other women to deny danger signals and seek the remedy from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Wilmington
Del
Lydia E. Pinkham
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