Mobile realty transfers surge with small city sales noted
In Mobile County the past two weeks show a clear rise in realty transactions though most large sums are absent. City properties sold mostly under 5000 dollars except Dauphin Street purchase by J B Webster from Ben F Cody Jr and Ben G Henry and a 15000 dollar West Georgia Avenue property bought by Corinne Glass Cook. County land sales remain active as buyers seek northern and western parcels. The probate court week ending April 26 records numerous transfers including Union Savings Bank loaning 375 dollars on N Congress and other transfers involving Grand Bay Land Company Lloyd Merryman and Geo H Strange with various parcels and nominal sums.
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Mobile County
Dauphin Street
J. B. Webster
Ben F. Cody, Jr
Ben G. Henry
West Georgia Avenue
Corinne Glass Cook
Title Insurance Company
John Craft
Union Savings Bank
N. Congress
E. Cedar
Grand Bay Land Company
Lloyd Merryman
W. Henry D. Lesesne
Geo. H. Strange
Saraland
Southern Realty Company
Whistler
V. Shoub
William O'Grady
Pinehurst
V. Reece
Ohio
Camille Beltz
James T. Peterson
N. Basil
Ryland Lane
Geo. Watson
N. R
Catherine G. Sage
William V. Bailey
Sw. Cor
W. McGowin Lbr. Co
W. T. McGowin Mill Co
Hoover
Emma G. Humphrey
Marshall Perryman
Magnolia Cemetery
Wm. C. Gaynor
Jas. H. Daughdrill
Pauline E. Faith
P. C. Hannon
Harry Kohn
E. Parker
N. Conti
John Omerd
John Q. McPherson
Louie F. Wilson
West Georgia
John A. Gunter
Brown
Charles W. Vestry
James N. McAleer
Murrell
Sarah Newburn
Edwin S. Rhodes
William G. Lewis
W. D. Lewis
St. Louis
Scott
Wilkinson
Kirk Wilson
KE. H. Bixler
Monterey Street
Monterey Place
Max Brue
Eliza Johnson
Clara Turner
Nancy Camp
W. Brannan
North
Mobile
Edward Brent
Watson Fairley
Homer Place
K. D. Groeschner
County of Mobile
Cedar Point Road
Hilliard Mrazier
Annanias Wiggans
Zieman
M. J. Vickers and Son
Benjamin F. Cody
J. R. Webster
Conception
Joachim
William B. Crane
Eunice M. Crane
Western Annex
Christ Norman
H. R. Turner
George W. Stringfellow
W. W. Newburn
Ruth PP. Nott
Je. Te. Taylor
Orange Grove
Dunn Purchase
Lucy Helveston
Andrew McCrary
Hugo Brown
C. J. Gray
Progressive Realty and Trust Co
James and
Mark Lyons
W. K. Morrell
Glendale Park
St. Stephens Road
Norman Streets
Wilmer Cane Syrup and Farming Co
Joly
Henry
Thomas H. Brannany
Joseph B. Lyons
Wilem K. Morrell
Mobile's Public Playgrounds Grow In Citywide Effort
The article highlights Mobile's expanding play spaces for children, with Washington Square serving as a central hub for skaters and families. Lyons Park development promises athletic fields, courts, and a lily pond by summer, while Church Street Cemetery hosts a popular playground. The national recreation movement gains momentum, with Richmond hosting the Recreation Congress May 6–10.
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Washington Square
Mobile
Lyons Park
New Lyons Park
Spring Hill Avenue
Center Street
Catherine Street
van Renesselaer Street
van Rensselaer Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Church Street
Richmond
The
Recreation Congress
That Store Safe Is Not Safe You Pay 4 Percent Interest
An ad notes a store claiming unsafe safe deposits with a 4 percent interest on savings and $3 yearly rent for safe boxes to hold papers and jewelry.
Real estate transfers and property deeds listed in Mobile area records
Numerous deeds and transfers recorded in Mobile show diverse buyers and sellers. Transactions cover blocks, streets, and sections across Glendale Park Ashland Place North Mobile and surrounding areas with values from $1 to $14,450. Notable names include Brue Browder Waterman Dolive Reed and many local firms.
Naval stores leases to be assessed by Mobile tax office
The state tax commission orders Tax Assessor E. D. Laurendine to audit turpentine leases in the probate court records and place them on the personal assessment books. Leases will be taxed at proper amounts with a 10 percent penalty for late payment, a historical first for Mobile county. Special clerks are compiling the lists for hundreds of leases headed for big operators.
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State Tax Commission
E. D. Laurendine
Mobile
Ord
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder relieves kidney and bladder issues in men and women and regulates child bladder problems. If not available locally, mail order costs $1.00. One bottle provides about two months of treatment and often cures. Alabama testimonials available. Dr E W Hall St Louis MO. Sold by druggists.
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Texas
Alabama
E. W. Hall
Olive Geet
St. Louis
Parole Clears Willie Childs of Mt Meigs Escape Tale
Night Lieutenant Reuben Dorion received a letter from Mt Meigs Reformatory superintendent A Simms stating Willie Childs did not escape as previously reported. The officer noted Childs was paroled and well behaved, and had seen McBee and Jones escape, contrary to earlier communications.
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Reformatory
Dorion
Childs
Crenshay
McBee
Jones
Vital Statistics of Mobile County Record Summary
Mobile County records show marriages between multiple White and Colored individuals, births listing numerous White and Colored families with both boys and girls, and deaths including several named individuals across White and Colored categories. Notable entries include couples such as Charles Lemp and Laura Harlow and a range of births under the Gunther, Sweeney, and Swanzy families.
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William and
Stella Gunther
John
Anna S. Robin
John P
Elmyra D. Sweeney
W. G
Mary A. Smith
M. A. Allenbach
Einer
Agnes Christiansen
Lee
Fanny Courtright
Edward H
Nancy L. Martin
Albert
Daisy Sarradet
Bertie Dorgan
Leslie
Ada Swanzy
Randolph
Maggie Robinson
Kohlman
William G. Ward
James
Rich Man Portrait Not True to Nature
In a Washington hotel lobby, Congressman Williams of Indiana recalls a tale about a man who showed a painterly portrait of himself. The friend says the artistic piece is well crafted but not at all like the subject, prompting a remark about being henpecked and a daughter’s influence.
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Washington
Congressman Williams
Indiana
Jim
Simple home mix to darken gray hair safely
A basic method using bay rum glycerine and Barbo Compound dissolved in water promises darkened gray hair that remains soft and glossy. The recipe avoids sticky store products and suggests weekly applications until darkening is achieved, then biweekly maintenance.
Silk Fabric Item Valued At Seventy Five Euros
A yard of 36 inch Black Jap Cc Silk is described as valued at 75e in the listing.
Town Row Sets Bar High For Cheap Entertainment
Outsiders find amusement in a town row but it remains the costliest form of entertainment. The line is drawn for anyone knocked out in the first round and told to quit fighting.
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Mollie
Charleston
Charles
Augusta
Chatham Streets
Ned
Bank of Mobile
Ala
de Leon Avenue
Ryan Avenue
John Browning
W. H. Bodden
R. K. Bodden
Luling Street
Emma Thur
Morris Gardiner
Fred Sprinkles
Henry Collins
Dauphin Island
F. H. Reed
Susie Reed
Ida M. Brunier
Alex
William McKinstrey
South St. Anthony
Jolaacim
Annie R. Leftwich
Philemene Klepner
Bill Coleman
Philemena Heights
North Mobile Development Co
Mollie S. Buckley
Block
North Mobile
H. C. Johnson
F. EK. Hart
Northwest
Ben Dixon
George Rogers
South Range
Peter Burke
Helen A. Godbold
South Church
Marine
Jennie Hawes
West Jefferson
Elmira
Andrew Strauss
Horace Henderson
Knippers Kirst
Reais
E. P. Allen
Margaret J. Rosette
Harry Early
Grand Bay Land Co
William Wheatcraft
Northeast
7 Realty Investment Co
G. B. Thames
Ashland Place
Square
Ordan Stanton
Wallace Stanton
Township
Ooorth Mobile Development Co
Chamberlain
Relef
Vital Statistics OF
Naoalo
van Kemportell
Sallie Fitzgerald
George C. Bowers
Alice Aloysius Scheuermann
Lyman J. Hall, Jr
Mattie Lou Reedy
C. Leslie Stevens
Jesse Althia Williams
Joseph Albert Crowell
Reby Irene Anderson
George E. Cook
Price Lee Tanner
Wesley Tyler
Margaret Watters
Richard Fincher
Jeanette Lane
Robert A. Moore
Leonora Winberg
Neely Wells
Mardy Beck Powell
Lugene Wesley
Virginia Sims
Walter Williams
Barbara Randolph
Alonzo Vick
Ella Love
Wilson Gardner
Minnie Franklin
John H. Loveless
Cleo Sanders
Willie Tanksley
Lillie Cooper
Willie Watson
Ida May Thomas
Jim Shépard
Mattie Brown
Robert Allen
Mary Showers
Edgar Louis Sutton
Willie May Taylor
Daniel Frazier
Addie Moore
Charles Boyles
Celia Martin
Jing
Philadelphia Telegraph
Walter Mitchell
Dauphin ST
Batiste
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