Beth Zur Lodge Honors Leon Schwarz with Portrait Tribute
A large Beth Zur Lodge gathering in B'nai B'rith Hall honors Leon Schwarz for many years of service. Rabbi A G Moses unveils a life size portrait of Schwarz, joining five prior honorees, as Schwarz expresses gratitude and pledges to inspire others. A sterling silver pitcher and tray presented at a Grand Lodge meeting also features in the ceremony.
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Beth Zur Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Order
Nashville
Tenn
Makere
Beth Zur
Mobile
Mr. Schwarz
United States
Leon Schwarz
B’nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith Lodge
Leo N. Levi
Sigmund Haas
Louis Frenkel
Henry Hanan
Nat Strauss
Schwarz
Sigmuurd Haas
Henry A. Forchheimer
Leo M. Brown
President Schwarz
Grand Lodge
Fifty-One Bodies Recovered From Pitts Coal Mine Disaster
At the Cincinnati mine of Pittsburg Coal Company near Pittsburg Pennsylvania rescuers pulled out thirty three more bodies this morning bringing total recovered to fifty one. The mine remains heavily damaged as entries are blocked and the drainage system failed with many victims buried under fallen rock. Officials say further recoveries may involve additional rock masses and preparations for widows and orphans are under way by company agents.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Pittsburg Coal Company
Monongahela City
Bureau of Mines
For Sale A Seven Room House on Palmetto Street
For Sale a seven room house on Pal metto street near Rapier avenue in a good neighborhood. Describes a comfortable home and first class investment at the price asked with emphasis on location and value.
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Palmetto Street
Rapier Avenue
Manuel Canizas Dies After Illness in Mobile
Manuel Canizas a Mobile businessman and former alderman died Thursday night at Providence Infirmary after two weeks of Brights disease and asthma. He led Mobile Fish and Oyster Co. and had controll ed the family business, with stakes in City Delivery, American Fuel and Ice and other firms. Survived by his widow Zoe Schambeau, daughter Roline Young, and four sisters.
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Manuel Canizas
South
Providnce Infirmary
Bright
Mobile Fish and Oyster Company
Frank Canizas
Mobile
American Fuel ‘and Ice Company
Canizas
Pat J. Lyons
The
Alba Fishing and Hunting Club
Mobile Lodge of Elks
Mobile Council Knights of Columbus
Zoe Schambeau
Roline Young
City
British Schooner C. W. Mills Sets Havana Trip Record
The British schooner C. W. Mills 318 under Captain J. G. Murphy sailed from Pascagoula to Havana and back to Mobile in 18 days with 315000 feet of lumber. Murphy, the Gulf of Mexico’s youngest captain, praises the voyage despite aiding the dismasted John Dexter. The Mills docked Fort Morgan then Mobile, where she will load for Cuba.
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C. W. Mills
J. G. Murphy
Pascagoula
Miss
Havana
Cuba
Mobile
Mills
Murphy
Gulf of Mexico
John Dexter
Gulf
Fort Morgan
Revival Services At Broad Street Methodist Church
Rev R J Haskew of Pensacola Florida led revival meetings at Broad Street Methodist Church. A large crowd attended last night as the preacher cited the scripture And all things that ye shall ask in prayer believing ye shall receive.
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Broad Street Methodist Church
R. J. Haskew
Pensacola
Fla
Obituary notes charitable Mobile figure Canizas honored
William F Eastburn and relatives in Mobile recall Mr Canizas who was deeply charitable and actively engaged in public affairs, always ready to assist in endeavors benefiting the city. Other relatives in Mobile and beyond are mentioned.
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William F. Eastburn
Robert McLean
William Piele
Harry Raney
Mobile
Canizas
France points to defects in tariff bill
Washington April 25 government of France has drawn the state department s attention to possible effects on treaties from the new tariff bill. French concern centers on administrative clauses requiring merchants to show books and papers and on rules favoring American shipping.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
State Department
Governor Brewer urged to call extraordinary session for levee funds
Greenville Mississippi April 25. The Mississippi levee board and plantation interests asked Governor Brewer to convene an extraordinary session of the legislature to create a one million dollar fund for levee work in the third Mississippi river district from Rosedale to thirty miles south of Vicksburg. They estimated one million dollars needed to repair current flood damage and rebuild dikes to withstand next year's floods.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Miss
Brewer
Board of Levee Commissioners of Mississippi
Mississippi River District
Rosedale
Vicksburg
Businessmen Expect Currency Legislation in Washington
President Wilson heard from H. A. Wheeler of Chicago representing the United States Chamber of Commerce that business men, including Chicago leaders, demand banking reform. Wheeler said if committees form and bills are debated now a law could be enacted late this session or early in the next.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
H. A. Wheeler
Chicago
United States Chamber of Commerce
Wheeler
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Greensboro
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F. C. Horton
van Antwerp Building
Ala
North Royal ST
National Toilet Company
Paris
Jake Wells
S. E. Corner Bayou
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ST. Francis ST
Cawthon
Rowley Orchestra
Crichton
Title Insurance CO
Windsor
Albert E. Reynolds
Colden A. Brown
Union Savings Bank
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Schlitz Beer
Over the Bay
Southern Hotel Buffet
Harry Horlock
ROCHE
BURKE
Undertakers
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F. C. Turner & CO
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A.A. Richards
Lincoln’s
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Phione
FOLEY
Trcme Ee
van Antwerp Drug Corp
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the Peoples Bank
State of
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Bell
W.H. Cooper
Bank of Mobile Building
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Pine Crest
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