City Board Acts on Street Improvements and Assessments
The Mobile board moved to clear an encroachment and speed street improvements on Government Street. Officials discussed crossing Royal Street by the Mobile Electric Co and directed the company to draft its own ordinance. A tax assessment correction for 107 South Georgia Avenue was approved allocating costs among A Foreman Kate McDonald and H V Bachelor.
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Joseph H. Lyons
Government Street
T. K. Jackson
The
Mobile Electric Company
Royal Street
St. Louis
Electric Company
Bishop Allen
Catholic Orphan Asylum
Conti
Franklin Streets
Lyons
Board of Commissioners
City of
Mobile
South Georgia Avenue
A. Foreman
Kate McDonald
H. V. Bachelor
Strikes Loom Over City Mills and Docks
City officials pledge protection for machine shops and dry docks as strike actions threaten lumber and cotton work from nearby centers. Mayor Schwarz resists widening police power but promises guards if needed while employers report disruption and non union hiring drives. A ship carpenter, William H. Walker, faces a threat charge after an alleged street assault.
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Bile
Selma
Hattiesburg
Schwarz
Crenshaw
City Commission
William H. Walker
Sidney L. Christie
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Christie
Walker
Dauphin
Royal
Jackson qualified for city commissioner ticket
Peter G. Jackson, former steamboat engineer, filed a petition with 153 names Tuesday alongside Mayor Laz Schwarz. His name will appear on the city commission ticket with Commissioner Harry Pillans, W. T. Hieronymus and C. G. Hutchisson.
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Peter G. Jackson
Laz Schwarz
Harry Pillans
C. G. Hutchisson
Work Starts on New St Bernard's School
Construction begins on St Bernard's School to be run by Sisters of the Order of St Joseph. The church of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, led by Rev Conrad F Rebersher, plans the corner Davis avenue and Ann streets project within sixty days.
Steamer Apollo Disabled Near Beacon 14A
The steamer Apollo was disabled while near beacon 14A on a regular trip to Fairhope Monday afternoon when a boiler flue was damaged. The vessel anchored, passengers were transferred to the James A. Carney, and towboat Claude towed Apollo to the city wharf by 6:30. The trouble was slight and freight was delivered as scheduled Tuesday morning.
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Beacon 14A
Fairhope
Apollo
James A. Carney
Claude
City
Pay-as-you-enter system rolls out on Spring Hill cars
President J H Wilson of the Mobile Light and Railroad Co announced the pay-as-you-enter fare plan will take effect on Spring Hill avenue line Thursday and follow the rules in The Item. The new system will be completed by September 1 with the Monroe Park line as the final route.
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J. H. Wilson
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Spring Hill Avenue
Monroe Park
Selby Cox Marriage License Issued in Probate Court
A marriage license was issued Monday by the probate court to George T. Selby of New Orleans age 51 and Estasia Josephine Cox of Mobile age 30. The couple plans to wed soon in Mobile.
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George T. Selby
New Orleans
Josephine Cox
Mobile
Alleged Vagrant Rearrested on Weapons and Assault Charges
Leslie Borden, previously acquitted of vagieney in inferior court, was rearrested Monday afternoon on charges of carrying a pistol on Cecil Prince's land near Citronelle and attempting to assault Mansfield O'Neill with a pistol.
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Leslie Borden
Inferior Criminal Court
Cecil Prince
Citronelle
Mansfield O'Neill
Liverpool Cotton Market Shows Slight Easing Amid Active Sales
Liverpool reports moderate cotton business with prices easing. Middling fair at 7.06, good middling 6.76, middling 6.46, and lower grades trading. Total sales 8,060 bales, including 6,800 American and 500 for speculation and export. Futures closed quiet with several forward and near month quotes listed.
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Liverpool
Grain and Provisions Markets Mixed in Chicago Trading
Grain and provisions mixed as corn fell from early gains amid advance selling while wheat and oats fluctuated. Packers buying lifted provisions with pork at $20.35, lard near $11.87, and ribs around $11.22 amid volatile September options.
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Chicago
Cotton Market Quiet in Mobile Trade With Stable Prices
The Mobile market closed quiet and unchanged with no sales recorded. Exports for the day reached 420 bales, compared with 125 bales the day before and one bale this day last year.
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Ee Enee
Britain
New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady Decline
Cotton futures opened steady with a 5 point decline amid free selling and dry weather. By mid-morning prices were 8 to 10 points below yesterday's close and at the session end posted a net decline of 18 to 15 points with August through January contracts quoted in the 11.40 to 11.18 range and related notes.
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New Orleans
Texas
Nena
Ns Naalet
Sisse
Seag
New York Cotton Futures Dip on Southern Sales
Southern selling again pushed New York cotton futures lower amid mixed market signals from Liverpool and Manchester. Trading opened steady with small gains but declined with August and September showing narrow losses, while December held above 11 cents as rains remained sparse in the southwest. Cotton closed steady after a day of cautious activity across major months.
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New York
Liverpool
Manchester
Norwegian steamer Harald delivers 15000 banana cargo to United Fruit
The Norwegian steamer Harald 494 Monsen master arrived Tuesday with 15,000 bunches of bananas for United Fruit Company. Mallory line ship 2237 McThtosh cleared Monday for New York via Key West and Tampa. Repairs underway for John Francis and Leonard Parker. Ada F. Brown and Glance sail or load ballast. Sunny South arrives from Alabama river points.
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Monsen
United Fruit Company
Emerica Steamship
McThtosh
Mallory Line
New York
Key West
Tampa
Fla
John Francis
Mary Wittich
Pensacola
Leonard Parker
Wall Street Opens Firm as Stocks Rise on Broad Demand
New York August 56 The stock market opened with a firm undertone as gains led by Southern Pacific Reading Steel American Locomotive and Boo Renewed strength in Amalgamated and Canadian Pacific declined only in a few issues Trading was active and broad with Steel the day’s feature at best prices Amalgamated recovered early loss and St Paul rose on favorable crop news from the northwest lists many quoted prices and parings of divs and names.
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Wall Street Review
New York
Southern Pacific
Ehe
Reading, Steel
American
Amalgamated
Canadian Pacific
St. Paul
Northwest
Amalgamated Copper
American Heet Sugar
American Cotton
American Smelting & Bef
American Sugar Refining
American Tel & Tel
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Altimore & Ohio
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Great Northern Ore Ctis
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Interborough+ Met
Interborough-Met
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Pennsylvania
People’s Gas
Pullman Palace
Reading
Rock Island Co
Pfd
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union
Texas Ol
Protect Against 96 Degree Heat for 86 Hour Shipments
A logistics plan ensures shipments moving north, east and west endure 96 degree heat for up to 86 hours. The strategy covers temperature control and route timing to protect goods during long hauls.
Alabama River Forecast Summary Montgomer y Selma Changes
The Alabama River is forecast to fall at Montgomery while rising slowly at Selma as river levels respond to ongoing conditions. Officials urge monitoring for changes in flood risk and local impacts on nearby communities and infrastructure.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Selma
River Forecasts Hold Steady With Minor Demopolis Drop
The Tombigbee river and its tributaries show little change over the next two days with only a slight fall at Demopolis. Hydrologists note stable levels across main channels and refuse to project rapid rises.
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Tombigbee
Demopolis
Notice to Tenants Rent Offer After August 1
All property in this office will be placarded and offered for rent after August 1st, except units with signed leases returned to us.
Multiple 7 room frame cottages listed with varied lots and prices
A sequence of 1 and 2 story frame residences offered for sale includes 7 room cottages on several streets such as 610 Shell road 8 South Indiana Avenue and 60 Reed Ave with lots ranging from 60x150 to 656x160. Prices start at 1700 dollars with terms including cash and monthly payments.
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Shell Road
Indiana Ave
Reed Ave
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