Illinois Central Bound for Mobile Amid Beltline Rail Moves
The Illinois Central presses forward on a proposed Birmingham to Jackson route to reach the gulf coast, despite denials of a planned alliance with the Cochrane lines. Survey crews from Bessemer to Tuscaloosa and to Jackson have been ordered to shift to Bessemer, with equipment sent there, fueling questions about centralizing the force and the fate of the survey program.
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John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Tuscaloosa
Illinois Central Railroad
Birmingham
Jackson
Miss
Bessemer
S. C
I. C
Gulf Coast
1 C
Unnh
I.C
Avalon
Montgomery
Cochrane
Mobile
Weather Forecast for Mobile and Nearby Regions
Forecasts till 7 p m Friday for Mobile and vicinity call for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with light variable winds. Alabama and Mississippi also see generally fair conditions with light variable winds. Shippers forecast notes protect against 0 degrees east and 36 degrees west for 26 hour shipments. Tombigbee River and trenches to fall in next two days while the Alabama River continues to fall rapidly over the next 24 to 36 hours. Albert Aschenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Tombigbee
Upper Lake Region
North Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Middle Pacific Coast
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
I C Workers Report to Bessemer Near Tuscaloosa
Separate lines describe a party active southwest of Tuscaloosa along the river, completing surveys. Many were in Tuscaloosa last night when ordered to report to Bessemer, with speculation that the I C may be arranging a build or withdrawing workers.
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Tuscaloosa
Bessemer
I. C
Hilles discusses party shifts and health warnings
Hilles notes the Progressive party would draw from both major parties. Near Rochelle an Indian man sleeping on a railroad track was killed by an express. The ad then promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung trouble with a testimonial from J P Watts of Floydada Texas and mentions prices and a trial bottle.
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Rochelle, Jr
Fast Express
Dr. King
J. P. Watts
Floydada
Tex
Summer School Great Success Reported in Mobile
The Summer Training School ran June 17 to August 1, enrolling 44 pupils with 42 teachers training. 38 earned certificates. Attendance spanned 79 high school, 281 elementary, and 94 primary students from various schools. 65 grammar and 27 primary promotions plus 52 High School improvements. Total cost under 110 dollars, with strong community talks and high attendance despite heat.
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Ed .Saniseaniben
Board of School Commissioners
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Vigor
Ss. S. Murphy
Four contenders for 1918 Typographical Union convention
Two to cities Nashville and San are among the four contend ants for the 1918 convention of the International Typographical Union in session here. The other candidates are New York and Montreal. Announcement of the contest probably will be made this afternoon.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nashville
Santo
International Typographical Union
New” York
Montel
Two Aircraft to Support Huerta in Mexican Campaign
Two airplanes purchased by the War Department and tested at Torreon have been sent to Chuhuah, Mex. for General Huerta to use against rebels if Orozco’s forces fail to scatter. The monoplanes will be sent to Gallegos for scouting missions. One pilot is American J. H. Worden.
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Chukuahta
Mex
Huerta
Orozco
Jiarex
War Department
Torreon
Gallegos
J. H. Worden
Concessions Reported for Honduran Railroads and Docks
Information from Honduras says Americans secured a concession to build a railroad about one hundred miles inland to Olancho Truxillo near the gold region. EB Morse Timber Co plans docks and a coast railroad to Motagua river and inland to forests possibly into Guatemala. Tela will gain a railroad inland to Progreso. Work is to start soon and Mobile trade eyes these improvements for fruit shipments.
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Honduras
Olancho
Truxillo
Omoa
Hond
EB. P. Morse Timber Company
Motagua
Guatemala
Tela
Progreso
Mobile
Editorial Recalled on Captain Lyons and City Finances
A referenced 1911 editorial in the Mobile Register, dated January 20, 1911, recalls praise for Captain Lyons and comments on the city’s finances following the adoption of Commission Government.
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The
Item
Mobile Register
Institution of Commission Gov
Register
Mayor Lyons’s Excellent 1911 Mobile Progress Message
The Register reviews Mayor Lyons’s annual message praising Mobile’s year of improvements. It highlights permanent works like remodeling the municipal building, wharf dredging, street paving, cemetery care, a new fire engine house, and expanded parks and hospitals. It notes planned spending, tax reductions, water reform suggestions, and a Carnegie library plan, emphasizing a park system as a key priority.
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Lyons
Mobile
Church Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Carnegie Foundation
Conti
Hamilton
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railways
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