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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1913

Page

2

Moderation Urged On California In Alien Land Legislation

President Wilson, alarmed by anti American sentiment in Japan, asks Governor Johnson to promote a conciliatory policy in California alien land bills. The message urges against using the term ineligible to citizenship and favors the Senate bill restricting ownership to citizens and declarants.

California Omer Senate Department of State William J. Bryan State Department Japan

Friedmann Reports Twenty Tuberculosis Patients Treated

International News Service reports Frederic Franz Friedmann returning to New York to continue treating TB patients with turtle serum after one inoculation. He examined twenty of fifty six patients at Belleveu Hospital and said some may receive a second inoculation. He denied European plans and discussed serum marketing with attorney Carl Schurz.

International News Service New York Frederic Franz Friedmann Dr. Friedmann Europe Friedmann Bellevenue Hospital Carl Schurz

Deaths and Funerals: Carl Michaelson and Others

Carl Michaelson 35, Chicago coal and lime dealer, died in Fairhope Alabama after a health retreat. Survived by husband A. Swift, two sons George and Ernest Smith, daughter Mrs. W. S. Getty, and other relatives. Remains sent to Chicago for interment. Sister Mary Cecelia Ford, a Mobile nun of 50 years, died after a short illness. burial at Cottage Hill Cemetery with pallbearers Arthur Noel, Eugene Noel, E. G. Noel, Ed Noel, Ed Haven, Joseph Chevalier.

Carl Michaelson Chicago Ill Fairhope Baldwin County Berojou & Sands Mr. A. Swift George Smith Ernest Smith Mrs. W. 8. Getty Satsuma, Ala Mary Cecelia Ford Mary Cecelia Poe Academy of Visitation Spring Hill Avénue Cheaton Mobile Convent Ettrula Noel Father. McLaughlin Spring Hill College Cottage Hill Arthur Noel Eugene Noel E. G. Noel Ed Noel Ed Haven Joseph Chevalier

Swift death notice in Alabama from Ohio native

Mrs Susan E. Swift aged 15 years native of Ohio died at Fairhope Alabama Friday night at 9 30 o clock after a long illness She had resided there for sixteen years coming from Des Moines Iowa Surviving her i8te

Susan E. Swift Susan B. Swift Ohio Fairhope Ala Des Moines Iowa

Sigmund Kohlman Dies After Illness in City Home

Sigmund Kohlman long time wholesale merchant died Saturday morning at his residence 52 Michigan Avenue after several weeks illness. Born in Bavaria on December 7, 1856 he came to the United States at fifteen, settled in De Kalb Mississippi where he became a citizen and married Julia Holberg of Macon Mississippi. He lived in this city twenty years in business and was known across Alabama Florida and Mississippi. Survived by wife two sons Abe and Milton a daughter Flossie and other relatives. He belonged to Beth Zur lodge B Nai B'rith Order of Owls Woodmen of the World and the Frohsinn.

Sigmund Kohlman Michigan Avenue Bavaria Germany de Kalb Miss Julia Holberg Macon Alabama Florida Mississippi Abe Milton Flossie Kohlman Beth Zur Lodge B’nai B’rith Order of Owls, Woodmen of the World The Frohsinn

Burial of Mrs Laura H Barlow at Hyland Avenue

The funeral for Mrs Laura H wife of Captain S A Barlow was held from the family home on Hyland Avenue Saturday at 10 in the morning. Rev G W McRae and Rev E J Barnes conducted services as friends gathered. The remains rested at Pine Crest Cemetery with flowers on the grave. Pallbearers were G B Stevens J H Glennon J Brainard Sibley Origen Sibley P G Barnes and G E Barnes.

S. A. Barlow Laura H Hyland Avenue G. W. McRae E. 3. Barnes Pine Crest Cemetery G.B. Stevens J. H. Glennon J. Brainard Sibley Origen Sibley P. G. Barnes G. E. Barnes

Burial of Jerry Dumas at Magnolia Cemetery

The funeral for Jerry Dumas was held yesterday at 2 p.m. from his home 68 St Stephens Road with Rev E A Donnelly officiating. Interment followed at Magnolia Cemetery with pallbearers C P Dumas E E Crum R B Crum Jerry Crum H J Griffing and O D Dumas listed.

Jerry Dumas St. Stephens Road E. A. Donnelly Government Street

Death of Charles A. Lemp at Savannah Street Home

Charles A. Lemp died Sunday morning at 12:35 at his home 264 Savannah Street after a six week illness. He was a longtime employee of the Louisville and Nashville shops and leaves three brothers W. E. Lemp Mobile Henry Lemp Bagdad Fla G. A. Lemp Toinette and Mrs Ethel Bowdell Calvert Ala plus other relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Charles A. Lemp Savannah Street Louisville Nashville W. E. Lemp Mobile Henry Lemp Bagdad Fla G. A. Lemp Toinette Ethel Bowdell Calvert, Ala

City Briefs Highlight Hearings and Transit Changes

Notices in Mobile discuss a trustee partial report hearing in law and equity court for Lienkauf care, E C Rendell announces Mobile and Ohio trains into St Louis, and T T Palmer notes state sheriff feed bill funds exhausted until October 1918. Chicago Mayor Harrison invites Mobile to National City Planning Conference. May 5 opening. Also mentions Weinacker’s Cash Bargain Day on April 23. Piracy remark concludes.

Law and Equity Court T. T. Palmer J. Broons Smith Carter H. Harrison Chicago National Conference On City Planning Laz Schwarz Schwarz Mobile

Old Freedom in Russia and the Czar’s Reform Vision

The essay argues that Russia has a historical freedom embodied by the czar’s paternal rule. It traces autocracy and limited democracy from Ivan the Terrible to Peter the Great, noting reforms like serfdom’s abolition and Nicholas II’s reform mood. It compares Russia’s balance of authority with French precedent and stresses reform from above versus upheaval from below.

Germany Czar Nichoals II Russia Mme. de Stael France Czar Nicholas Poland Ura Mountains Vistula Rurik Ivan the Terrible Duma Philip of Estates Peter the Great Czar Peter Louis XIV Richelieu Nicholas I Sebastopol Nicholas

Worn dress sale attempt described by National Monthly

An economical housewife tries to sell a much worn dress to a neighbor, offering four dollars, then a dollar off after discussion with Hannah the servant. The exchange highlights thrift and humor in a casual bargaining scene.

the National Monthly Hannah

We Wonder Too. A Child Reflects On Life And Death

A girl asks if the saying the good die young is true while her father, bruised, tends a clogged furnace. He replies with unsure certainty, noting his daughter’s growth and his wife's strength during hardship. The exchange echoes a Chicago Herald mood.

Chicago Herald

Parcel Post Brings Ambiguous Mail to Silas

A fragment from a Cash Bargain Day page includes a banter exchange about mail addressed to Silas and a humorous guess about its contents, hinting at local during a rural exchange.

Silas

Mobile boosters rally in town for a grand spirit

A Mobile booster meeting featured speeches by traveling men led by J H Locke and Pat Drew, pledges of continued support for Mobile’s growth, and remarks on boosting ties with the Southern trade scene. Cudahy Packing and Rev Wyatt Brown lent strong endorsements as the gathering celebrated Mobile’s prospects.

Mobile Mobile Bay Armbrecht Mahomer J. H. Locke Trenton Tenn Mr. Locke Rowley Orchestra Cawthon Hotel Pat Drew A&a L. C. Ivvine Elizabeth Sisson Cawthon Orchestra South Melville- Tucker Alma Pat W. Jones Laurel H. Hempstead Southern League of Commerce Southern League of Baseball Jack Cudahy Chicago Cudahy Cudahy Packing Company Wyatt Brown All Saints’ Episcopal Church Dr. Brown Lacy State Convict Department Brown Birmingham Jefferson County Hutchings William T. Kelly Chamber of Commerce Trade Expansion Committee Mr. Kelly The Gulf Emmet O'Neal Frank Morgan

Official Will of J. P. Morgan Probated

Details of J. P. Morgan's will and codicil reveal large bequests to family and friends. Executors include J. P. Morgan Jr and Lewis Cass Ledyard, with major gifts to wives, children, librarians, clergy, and charities. Provisions cover annual incomes, trusts, and a life stipend for various relatives and supporters.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Rlie Wives Johnson Friedman Hin Imperial Sanitary Laundry Buffalo Sixty-fifth Regiment E. C. Rendell Mobile and St. Louis Weinacker’s Freedom OF BY Gabriel Hanotaux Atlanta Dreadland Theatre Dick Austin Empire Musical Comedy Company Ed Donlin Mike Donlin Chamber of Commerce J. P. Morgan Cragston William Piers Herbert L. Satter Tracey Morgan William Pierson Hamilton Mo Ee Hort Herbert Livingston J. P. Morgan, Jr Herbert Livingston Satterlee Lewis Cass Ledyard Jennie Bigelow Tracy Mr. Morgan Charl Edward Tracy Clara T Hoppin Julia N. Brown Julia N. Brown, Sisters-Inlaw, $100,000 Each; ‘Lucy Eldridge Lee Florence M. Rhett Ethel Bangs New Yo St. George’s Church New York State House of Rest Mary C. McKvaine J. Beaver-Webb Alice Mason James W. Markoe Morgan Belle da Costa Green Sarah Spencer Morgan Mary Lyman Burns Juliet Pierpont Morgan Haas Bros Southern Market
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