Project to Pave Spring Hill Avenue in Mobile
City commission discussed paving Spring Hill Avenue from Ann street to Catherine street. Property owners to respond in writing on whether they want pavement with cost around $5 per front foot including curbing and storm sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Hill Avenue
Ann Street
Catherine
Typ Commission
Mobile
City Commission
Tuesay
Pillans
Mobile Light and Rail Company
Catherine Street
Ashland Place
Laz Shewart
Harry Pillans
Ons
Thelabama Medical Association
Mobile to Show Historic Film Across Nation in Campaign
A Pathe Exchange educational program will screen a Mobile history segment nationwide. Maxwell H. Swain oversees forty thousand feet of film highlighting Admiral Semmes, Fort Duncan, Ashland Place, Augusta Evans Wilson’s home, Braxton Bragg’s Spring Hill, Bienville and Iberville tablets, and other sites. The Mobile section will be given to local groups for use in promoting conventions and tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Pathe Exchange
Maxwell H. Swain
Historical America” Department
Admiral Semmes
Duncan Lace
Ashland Place
Augusta Evans Wilson
J. Mary’s Church
Father Ryan
Braxton Bragg
Spring Hill
Court House
le Moyne de Bienville
Sieur d’ Iberville
Obile
Confederacy
Windsor Otel
Chamber of Commerce and Purist Welcome Club
Pathe
Sforts
WILL SEIZE GERMAN COAL AND AID U S TRADE
The Hague reports Britain orders Germany bunker coal liable to seizure causing Dutch ship circles to fear disruption. Dutch coal is scarce and steamers between Holland and America face bunker shortages while American ports gain at the expense of U S ports. The measure mainly impacts ships to South American ports and the British colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
London
Holland
Northmerica
U. S
South American
Atch
Notable Visitors Pack Mobile Hotels Amid Medical Convention
A long list of visitors and delegates converges on Mobile for meetings at the Battle House and Cawthon Hotel. Doctors and officials from Alabama and nearby states attend the Alabama Medical Association convention, with prominent figures like Dr. Howard A. Kelly in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Burdensham
Headland, Ala
Mobile
Battle House
George H. Hervey
Pensacola, Fla
C. B. Hervey
Pensacola
West Florida
W. D. Partlow
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Alabama Medical Association
Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
Jerome Cochran
State Doctors
J. L. Batson
Shelby, Ala
Batson
The
Hotels crowd lists guests from many states and cities
A long hotel ledger lists guests and residents visiting or staying atHotels including Laurel Mississippi New York City Eclectic Alabama St Louis Missouri Boston Mass Seattle Wash Philadelphia Pa Montgomery Alabama and many others with numerous personal names and towns from across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Frank KR. Cook
Milwaukee
Wis
J. A. Meriweather
Jackson, Tenn
W. Db. Burdine
Gulfport
Miss
E. L Estes
Philadelphia
RK. OQ. Morton
New Orleans
W. McArthur
Louisville
Cawthon
M. C. Hollis
Winfield
Ala
Chicago
Ill
H. H. Taylor
Central Mills
L. M. Walker
Burnsville
E. L. Fuller
Pennyville
S. Rosenbaum
Gordon Goldsmith
Baltimore
8. G. Hamilton
Knoxville
Nashville
H. L. Minns
Wife
McGill
Frank Matlock
Irvington
J.8. Williamson
Pipe
W. M. Slover
F. W. McKean
Boston
Mass
R. W. Brook
H. & Ward
C. W. Lakey
C. W. Shropshire
W. C. Gewin
Birmingham
W. W. Lane
Layette
M. A. Delaney
J. LB. King and Wife
Klosky’s
I. Maskeny
Dawson
Henry Green
Dothan
W. W. Hawkins
Steamship Corinto
E. G. Donald
Pineapple
I. C. Bates
Taylor
Savage
W. KR
McCreary
Five Points
D. L. Wilkinson
Montevallo
W. W. Moss
Columbus
Battle House
D. W. Winn
Laurel
J. J. Herman
S. S. Hilman
B. Rosenfield
A. E. Lott
Alex M. Pasine
M. Rutherford
M. C. Morris
Talench
C. B. Steele
F. R. Euthal
R. W. Staples
H. Marks
New York City
Virgil Dork
Eclectic
George L. Gille
St. Louis
H. Perry
L. B. Bush
J. N. Baker
C. A. Hughes
John Smith
D. L. Stephens
Anson, Ga
W. E. Barrett
J. F. Rane
Atlanta
J. F. Gorbough
Columbiana
J. L. Johnston
Samson
J. C. McLeod
Bay Minette
H. W. Blair
Springfield
Mrs
Recorder's Court Fines Listed for Prohibition and Minor Offenses
Ed Porter and Elliott Clemons arraigned for violation of the prohibition law and fined $50 each. W H Drummond fined $10 for speeding. Henry Williams continued until April 20. Sam Gibson fined $5 for drunkenness. Tuella Ligon fined $6 or ten days for disorderly conduct. Sam Delmas dismissed. Ruth Alexander continued to April 20. Oscar Johnson fined $10 or twenty days. Mary F Johnson discharged. Steve Sturtevant case continued to April 20 on two charges. Sam Poe fined $1 for traffic ordinance violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Porter
Elliott Clemons
Edington
W.H. Drummond
Henry Williams
Same
Sam Gibson
Tuella Ligon
Sam Delmas
Ruth Alexander
Oscar Johnson
Mary F. Johnson
Steve Sturtevant
Sam Poe
Old Spanish Trail Log by Locke Maps Final Link
Harry G. Locke, field engineer for the Automobile Club of Mobile and the Old Spanish Trail Association, finishes mapping the trail’s last link. He departed Mobile for Florida and will tour Pensacola Crestview and the east coast in a Ford to complete the assignment over several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Locke
Automobile Club of Mobile
Old Spanish Trail Association
Mobile
Florida
Palmetto State
Fairhop
Pensacola
Crestview
Mr. Locke
Soldiers Docketed For Muster Absences
Willie Mitre and Sylvan Rabby were docketed at the county jail Tuesday on charges from Governor Henderson for failure to attend muster. Both men, members of the Mobile battalion, face two days each in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mitre
Sylvan Rabby
Henderson
Mobile Battalion
Bread Theft Reported By City Grocer
John H. McEvoy reports a thief stole fourteen loaves from his Basil and Pearl street bakery on Tuesday morning. The burglary was discovered at his bread box. Police are investigating the incident.
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John H. McEvoy
Basil and
Pearl Streets
Obregon says Villa died. confirms death report
In a Mexico City dispatch quoted by the Mexican consulate in San Antonio General Obregon says an American officer accompanies the investigation party at Villa’s reputed grave. He hopes for official confirmation soon and believes the military problem is solved with bandits soon captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico City
General Obregon
Villa
Obregon
Henry Allen Tupper
New York
WAR Ministry
Tuscaloosa Centennial Committee Formed to Gather Attendees
The Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce directors appointed Dr. Erwin Craighead as chairman and Aubrey Boyles, Palmer Pillans, D H Edington, and H A Feiber man to recruit Mobilians for the centennial celebration on May 29 to 31. The panel aims to maximize attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Erwin Craighead
Aubrey Boyles
Palmer Pillans
D. H. Edington
H. A. Feiberman
Tuscaloosa
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Praised By Virginia Druggist
A Lynchburg, Virginia, druggist, Ed Roethlein, testifies over twenty five years of selling Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with no complaints. He cites three patients restored from rheumatism liver trouble and gravel and vouches for its kidney liver and bladder benefits. Notary W E Hawks authenticates the sworn statement dated November 1 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
ED. Roethlein
12Th St. Col. Monroe
Lynchburg
Roethlein
W. E. Hawks
Sample Size Bottle Offer From Kilmer Co Ad
Letter promotes sending ten cents for a sample size bottle from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. Claims it will convince anyone and includes a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Mentions Mobile Item and available regular fifty cent and one dollar size bottles at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Adv
Four San Antonio Bank Officials Indicted Over Insolvent Bank
N. P. Dewar vice president Y. P. Mossop and E. C. Nobles directors of the Federal Bank and Trust Company were indicted for accepting deposits into an insolvent institution. A fourth official was named but not located. Receivers were appointed weeks ago after the bank was ordered closed by the state attorney general last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
N. P. Dewar
Y. P. Mossop
E. C. Nobles
Federal Bank and Trust Company
Davis estate left to widow and baby daughter
Richard Harding Davis, famed war correspondent and novelist, left his estate in trust to his widow Elizabeth Genevieve McEvoy Davis and their infant daughter Hope. The will was filed for probate in White Plains on April 19. The estate value is not stated but is believed to be about $260,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Richard Harding Davis
Elizabeth Genevieve McEvoy Davis
Bessie Mcevoy
Hope
Four Doctors Disagreed Then Found Relief for Backache
Mrs. George W. Sebold of Wilmington Delaware reports suffering backache side pains and insomnia after consultation with four doctors who gave varying advice. She tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and improved gaining weight. The ad urges women to seek special advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Lydia E. Pinkham
George W. Sebold
West 4Th Street
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Spring Hill Ave
Historic Film
J. L. Johnson
L. J. McDonald
St. Joseph’s Club
Pat J. Lyons
McDonald
William Gass
T. H. Mizzell
Mobile and Montgomery
Louisville and Nashville Road
Montgomery
John Smyth
New Orleans, la
H. A. Donovan
W. S. Thompson
Patsburg
S. L. Long
L. G. Smith
Athens
Charles Anderson
Axis
W. P. Thompson
Vinegar Bend
L. W. Grove
J. J. Durrett
N. E. Turner
T. A. Mayer
Washington, D. C
H. 8. Smith
Toledo
C. W. Fry
Ark
E. L. Estes
C. M. Brennan
St. Andrew
N. J. Thornhill
Bigbee
KE. M. Tucker
Nyeam
J. R. Armstead
H. W. Porter
Maggie Newberry
Olive Gulhorn
Jackson
W. D. Nettles
Garland
A.*l. Bogeman
East St. Louis
H. W. Howell
Hairston
W.A. _ Stailsworth
Beatrice
B. L. Younblood
I. Youngblood
S. B. Allison
Minter
D. Houst
Atlanta, Ga
M. W. Duxter
J. L. Andrew
Greenville
W. B. Jansen
Gilbertown
G. C. McCrary Wagar
T. D. Williams
Sunflower
H. M. Faulk
Leakesville
J. D. du Bois
Gallatin
Tenn
Fred Hoisington
William B. Ellison
E. B. Dunett
A. B. Price
Gordon
O. E. Wilson
Millerville
J. T. Carrington
Lisman
Gertrude Silver
P. Hinton
A. C. Kennedy
L. H. Webb
Newton James
B. Eberhart
J. B. Malloy
George H. Tramner
Brantley
B. 8. Carpenter, Yolanda, Ala. Windsor—L. C. Johnson
Georgiana
Turnerville
Mann County
Alabama
W. D. Weatherby
Vineland
Ed McCoy
Prichard
J. M. Kroner
Krona
H. V. Williams
K. H. Drummond
Kreola
John M. Memory
Range
Recorder’s Court
Locke
R. H. Davis
ROCHE
BURKE
Undertakers
St. Joseph and
State Streets
Superior Printing
Powers Printing Co., Inc
Bell
the Oldest Bank
Thi Strong National Bank
First National Bank of Mobile, Asa
E. H. Britton
Dauphn Street
St. Emanuel and
Dauphin Sts
Mobile Gas Company
Wein
Emiala
F. L. Tapia
Dauphin ST
Britton’s
Bell Phone
A.M
Flm
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