Plan to Boost Mobile Trade Attracts Jamaican Interest
Merchants in Kingston Jamaica express strong interest in Mobile trade opportunities. A Jamaican resident proposes lectures on the advantages of Mobile for shipments and supplies, aiming to shift business from New York and Havana. The effort follows growing lines and orders via the Seeburg and other steamship services.
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America
Mexico
Mobile
Jamaica
Kingston
Atboard
England
Page
Seeburg
Ips
Ard
Vera Cruz
K. C
N. Penso
English Carriage Co
Mothe
York
Souletty
New York
Bile
Havana
Cayman
Trinidad
A. Q. Vallamil
Jose M
Son
Murson
Maly
Brazil
Flar
Trade Expand
Chamber of
McGowrn
The
of Commérce
Charles Dwight Denis Dies After Lingering Illness
Charles Dwight Denis, 75, died Wednesday at his home in Gasque Baldwin after a lingering illness. A resident of this city for years, he had moved to Gasque about five years ago. He was a member of the First Christian Church. Interment will be at Shell Banks cemetery. Mrs. Mary M. Connell resides nearby.
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Charles Dwight Denis
Dwight Denis
Gasque
Baldwin
Shell Banks
Shipbound Quito Runs Aground Near Harbor Entrance
On August 15 the vessel Quito ran aground near the harbor entrance and then proceeded to sea after the incident.
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Mt, ‘Miss
Quito
Chartor
Gulf Coast Weekend Rail Schedule Snippet
OCR fragment shows a two day rail timetable note for Saturday and Sunday with times unclear. Mentions Lo and N. RR lines and unspecified stops on the Gulf Coast route.
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Gulf Coast
Lo & N. RR
George Pegram Joins Democratic List For U S District Attorney
The latest applicant for the U S district attorney post in Mobile is George Pegram of Faunsdale Marengo County joining three other Democrats Alex Howard Ritt Smith and John E Mitchell in the contest. Republicans expect the appointee may come from northern Alabama and no candidate has been named yet.
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United States
Mobile
W. H. Armbrecht
George Pegram
Faunsdale
Marengo County
Alex Howard
Messrs. Ritt Smith
John E. Mitchell
Pegram
The
Item
South Alabma
Alabama
Sailors Sought Aboard Triton Desertion Found None
Three sailors believed missing from the Norwegian steamship Via tor were searched for aboard the Russian steamer Triton off Fort Morgan but found not aboard. Police Chief Walsh suspended Patrolman Kinnerman for fifteen days after testimony in the Lindren LeGear recorder's court trial. The steamer Beaver is chartered by Southern Fuel and Gravel to recover the submerged barge Texas gravel loader seven ty miles above Mobile after it broke from moorings and sank at the cut off.
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Viator
Wich
Fort Morgan
Customs House
Mary Wittich
K.L. Lindren
WH. LeGear
Recorder’s Court
Walsh
Kinnerman
Che
Beaver
Southern
Ruel and Gravel Company
Mobile
Texas
Market stalls in Southern Veg Section see renewed activity
After years with stagnant stall numbers the Southern market vegetable side shows renewed activity. Two new firms began trading since July, signaling a rebound and potential return of prior business levels in the market.
Shrimp Flood Reaches Mobile From Porters Bay
Large catches of big shrimp are being received in Mobile from Porters Bay area with steady sale. Shrimp from the Alabama coast are said to be the finest to be found anywhere. The past week saw a general scarcity of all kinds of fish.
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Mobile
Witie-Bay
Alabama
Baldwin County Good Roads plan gains support
Captain John Craft, president of the Alabama Good Roads Association, returned from Bay Minette where he spoke at the Baldwin County Good Roads Association convention. He said Baldwin residents are enthusiastic about improving roads and that ongoing educational work will lead to a first class highway system throughout the county.
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John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Bay Minette
Baldwin County
Baldwin County Good Roads Association
Craft
Baldwin
Ret Gaarde Sentenced in Inferior Court for Disruptive Conduct
Ret Gaarde, a white man and city stranger, faced the inferior criminal court today after entering with a baton. He refused to heed calls and received a one hour jail sentence. J O Sims, a local justice of the peace, was arrested on abusive language charges and posted bond for appearance before Judge Henry Chamberlain next Wednesday. Jim Hughes, a painter, is the complainant against Judge Shins.
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Ret Gaarde
Inferior Criminal Court
Gaarde
J. O. Sims
Prichard
Paul Zazalas
Henry Chamberlain
Jim Hughes
Shins
Mobile Carnival Association to Convene Important Meeting
A special committee meeting of the Mobile Carnival Association is scheduled for tomorrow night at 7 30 at Parlor C of the Battle House. Full attendance is requested as there is much important work to be disposed of.
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Mobile Carnival Association
Parlor C
Battle House
Trial of Bauer and Kearns in Mobile Recorder Court
The trial of John T. Bauer president of the Mobile Board of County Commissioners and Tim W. Kearns former locomotive engineer for disorderly conduct stemming from a dispute at Royal and Dauphin streets was brief. Bauer admitted fault and asked for Kearns dismissal. Recorder Hate fined Bauer five dollars and dismissed Kearns.
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John T. Bauer
Mobile Board of County Commissioners
Tim W. Kearns
Royal and
Dauphin Streets
Recorder’s Court
Bauer
Kearns
Recorder Hate
County Board of Registrars Purges Voter List
Mobile County Board of Registrars meets to purge lists today. Members Kern and McFadden present as they erase the names of deceased residents and those who have moved away from the city.
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Mobile County Board of Registrars
Messrs. Kern and
McFadden
Horse frightens wagon men on Government Street near Farley House
A horse owned by William Farnell attached to a farm wagon frightened near Government Street about 9 this morning and ran into a buckboard with Deputy Sheriffs Lynch and Delchamps in front of the Farley House. The wagon was damaged and will require days to repair due to the horse’s condition.
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William Farnell
Government Street
Foyal
Lynch
Delchamps
Farley
Catcher Omer Vance Leaves Roanoke Club
Caught by limited readable text, catcher Omer Vance of the Southern League club is reported to leave Roanoke Virginia for unspecified reasons. The fragment notes his departure from Roanoke and hints at a move to another club or opportunity.
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Omer Vance
Roanoke, Va
Countrywide search for doctor’s wife evading nurse guard
Mrs J J Bogges wife of Dr John Bogges chief surgeon of Chicago Marine Hospital vanished after leaving for Columbus then Chicago to visit her husband She walked Wilson Avenue Beach and attempted to end her life due to paralysis in her hands Her husband sent a nurse to guard her as detectives in multiple cities organize search efforts across Chicago Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland St Louis Indianapolis and more.
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Chicago
J. J. Bogges
John &. Bogges
Chicago Marine Hospital
Kansas City
Wilson Avenue Beach
Husband
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Toledo
Indianapolis
Gogees
How You May Know Mrs Bogges
Description of a young woman thirty, five feet seven, about 120 pounds with gray blue eyes and aquiline nose. She wore a blue linen suit a white waist long white gloves a white Panama hat and nose glasses without rims when last seen.
Roanoke Player Vance to Leave Territory for London
The Roanoke team reports Vance will remain for winter then depart to London to work as a press agent for a major music hall. Acquired from Great Falls by Mobile via George Reed, he has played only in one or two games and has many friends who regret his departure.
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Roanoke
Vance
Great Falls
Montana
Mobile
George Reed
London
Missouri Pacific Agent Glover Visits City
W H Glover travelling passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific systems based in Little Rock Arkansas is in the city on business and is being warmly greeted by his many friends and supporters.
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Missouri Pacific Systems
Little Rock
Ark
Bache Declines Candidacy for Alabama District Attorney
Fred W. Bache, an original Bull Moose in Alabama and a Roosevelt convention delegate in Chicago, announced he would not be a candidate for the district attorney position vacated by the resignation of W. H. Arndrecht.
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Fred W. Bache
Alabama
Chicago
W. H. Armbdrecht
Balloonist Narrow Escape Captured by Youth Rescue
Thirteen year old Frank Reinhart grandson of Chief Detective E. T. Rondéau saved aeronaut W. Leech when a balloon wedged in a tree behind the Rondéau home on New Ceat street. Leech dangled from a trapeze as Reinhart seized a rope and freed him before the balloon rose and then settled after a brief ascent.
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Frank Reinhart
E. T. Rondeau
W. Leech
Rondéau
New Ceat Street
Reinhart
Leech
Himagelt
Young Reichart
City League Park
I Take Good Care of My Feet Foot care ad from Walter Luther Dodge
A self help style advertisement touts TIZ foot remedy claiming relief from aching and swollen feet. It urges readers to request a free trial package from Walter Luther Dodge & Co at 1243 S Wabash Ave Chicago Illinois and to buy TIZ for 25 cents a box at drug, department and general stores.
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Walter Luther Dodge & Co
S. Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ill
Chicken Fancier Held as Burglar in Davis Avenue Case
Charles Jarvis arrested after parading with chickens at night on Davis avenue. Officers Dean and Fincher detained him as dangerous. Willie Scott later identified stolen items from his Prichard home and Jarvis faced burglary charges with $500 bond.
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Davis Avenue
Charles
Jarvis
Dean
Fincher
Willie Scott
Prichard
Wanted Young Lady Stenographer For Remington Typist Job
Help wanted notice seeks a young lady stenographer skilled on a Remington machine and fast at reading notes. Requires writing a reply in own handwriting to The Mobile Item, with emphasis on promptness and accuracy.
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Remington
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Big Island
C, of
Mary M. Connell
Hier
Burlington
Mrs. Boggehs
Mrs. Bogges
Duffy’s
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Duffy Malt Whiskey Go
Rochester, N. Y
Conception
Ficer
Medical College
Laz. Schwarz
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