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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1914

Page

9

Foreclosure Sale Notice on Mobile County Chattels

Trustee announces sale of personal property from the Post Publishing Company in Mobile Alabama to satisfy indebtedness secured by a chartel mortgage. The auction occurs at 12 o clock noon on September 1 1914 in front of the Mobile County Courthouse for items including printing presses and related equipment. D P Bestor Jr and Bestor Young attorneys handle the matter.

R. Hoe & Co New York Corporation Post Publishing Company Alabama Mobile County Said Post Publishing Company North Joachim Street Mobile County of State of D.P. Bestor, JR Bestor & Young

Sunday Round Trip Tickets to Coden or Bayou La Batre

Tickets cost 50c for a round trip with service to Coden or Bayou La Batre this Sunday. Information available at City Ticket Office, 72 Royal Street.

Coden Bayou la Batre Royal Street Ceden Tickeia

Sham Battle Planned at Muster by Mobile National Guard

After the monthly muster of the Mobile battalion of the Alatamia National Guard Companies A E and M band and sanitary corps, officers will arrange a sham battle to be fought within a few days at a location to be announced. Lieutenant Colonel Maddox is expected to assign Companies A and M to defend with Company E as the attackers.

Alatamia National Guard Armory Hall Maddox

Arrests Rise Over Health Ordinance Violations

Health compliance arrests flood the police docket as city officials clamp down on sanitary infractions. M Norden of 700 St Francis street was arrested Wednesday for garbage can violations. William Tunstall of Mertz station and E Graf, chairmen, were also arrested Wednesday for violating milk ordinance section one.

M. Norden St. Francis Street William Tunstall Mertz Station E.graf

Southern League Meet Postponed A Day

Secretary Z Colsson of the Mobile Baseball Association was informed by Judge William Kavanaugh president of the Southern League that the Birmingham meeting scheduled for today has been postponed until Thursday due to the judge being detained at Little Rock. Mobile may be represented by Secretary Colsson who may depart tonight.

Z. Colsson Mobile Baseball Association William Kavanaugh Southern League Birmingham Little Rock Mobile Robert Baugh Colsson

Dr King’s New Life Pills Promised Cure

A health ad warns of constipation and poisoning from backed up waste and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best safeguard against illness. Readers are advised to take one dose tonight at their druggist.

Dr. King

Government war insurance bill discussed by expert committee

A draft bill to insure American ships and cargoes in foreign trade was laid before a panel of experts appointed by banking insurance and shipping leaders. The conference chaired by Seth Low and endorsed by the president aims to speed emergency coverage via a federal program with sub committees reporting on foreign exchange restoration ocean transport and war insurance. The Federal Reserve Board members joined as advisory observers during the session.

Associated Press Washington Conference of Banking, Insurance and McAdoo Congress Federal Reserve Board Seth Low

Belgian Government Moves to Antwerp in orderly transfer

Official Brussels statement details the Belgian government seat moving from Brussels to Antwerp in a planned, orderly fashion. Officials have relocated to Antwerp while families stay in Brussels. the queen and princes are at the Antwerp palace and the king remains with the army.

Associated Press Paris London Brussels Antwerp

Mc Reynolds Named Associate Justice of Supreme Court

Washington August 19 The president signed nominations for James C Mc Reynolds of Nashville Tennessee to United States Supreme Court and Thomas Watt Gregory of Texas to be attorney general. Senate committees received the nominations amid some opposition to Mc Reynolds. administration leaders expect confirmation backed by a Senate poll.

Associated Press Washington James C. Mc Reynolds Nashville Tenn United States Supreme Court Thomas Watt Gregory Texas United States Senate McReynolds

Governor appoints five delegates to Baltimore centennial

Governor O'Neal announced five Alabama delegates to the National Star Spangled Banner centennial in Baltimore from Sept. 6 to 10. Named were Oscar Underwood, Francis G. Alfey, Mrs. S. H. Dent Jr., Mrs. J. V. Allen, and Miss Maud McLeure Kelly.

Montgomery Ala O'Neal Alabama Baltimore Oscar Underwood Francis G. Alfey H. Dent, Jr J. V. Allen Maud McLeure Kelly

Sheriff Hood Sued by State for Eight Hundred Dollars

The state filed suit against Sheriff Horace Hood of Montgomery county for $800 charged in his feed bill. Hood refused to pay and will contest the claim. A paper chimney fifty feet high and fireproof is a curiosity at Breslau Germany.

Sheriff Hood Montgomery Ala State Today Horace Hood Montgomery County Breslau Germany

Mobile Children Celebrate Birthday Today

The item lists children born on August 19 with their ages and addresses and invites them to a birthday picture at the Empire Theatre. It credits the Children’s Editor and asks for full names, addresses, and birth dates two days before the birthday.

Essie Alien Parham Burnis L. Finch Conception St Adele Crotty Lipscomb Ernest Earl Wilson Selma St Gussie Schechter Emanuel T. Alessi Scott &T Donald Marion Moore Beauregate St Lillian M. Morris F. D Box Guy Liamar Tapia Marsena R. Parker Lafayette St James Lee Moore Beauregard St William F. Porter N. Lafayette $T Fred Graves Franklin St Ben Lane Mayfield Springhill Ave Marie Wilkins Chatham &T

Alabama Delegates Named for Fourth American Road Congress

Governor O Neal named forty four Alabama delegates to the American Road Congress in Atlanta November 9 to 14. The list includes Charles Henderson and Thomas Kilby as nominees for governor and lieutenant governor respectively, plus W S Keller highway engineer and John Craft Mobile president of the Good Roads Association.

Montgomery Alabama American Road Congress Atlanta O’ Neal Charles Henderson Troy Thomas Kilby Anniston W.S. Keller John Craft Mobile Alabama Good Roads Association A. R. Gilchrist Bryce Kennedy R. P. Boyd Thomas H. Edwards Robert PB. Spragins Huntsville Prof G. N Miteham Auburn Bingham New Decatur H. Hubbard Fayette W. HM. Thomas Livingston Blair Hughes Greenville J. Cumming Gadsden J. W. Gwin Birmingham G. W. Jones T. D. Kemp Guntersville H. B. Deason Clanton Bruce Kennedy M B. Abercrombie Tuskegee L. L. Herzberg D. R. Cook Selma Theodore Pruden Wufaula J. M.riley Hartford Thomas FE. Kilby W. B. Atking EB. A. Smith University Keller J. B. Converse EB. Fitch Opelika W. R. Koonce Dothan Piedmont Lot D. Jones Cullman R. H. Dobbs Greensboro J. C. Harper Moulton FE. Neail Hamilton Fay McClure Mark Finley Tuscaloosa H. D. Lampley J. J. Robinson Lafayette J. F. Stuckenberg John F. Kelton Oneonta B. A. Reynolds Minter

Mississippi Primary Results Keep Incumbents In Place

Mississippi's delegation to Congress remains intact as returns from the Democratic primary show incumbents winning easily. The closest contest was T A Sisson versus S Morrison in the Fourth district with Sisson maintaining a lead likely securing renomination, a status tantamount to election in Mississippi.

Associated Press Jackson Miss Mississippi Congress T. A. Sissen A. Morrison Sisson

Deluded German Soldiers Reported by French War Office

Official statement released via Reuters Paris notes German soldiers are under strange delusions. Letters claim penetration into France and possession of misleading fronts, while others admit cruelty to civilians including firing on inhabitants aged fourteen to sixty and killing thirty.

Associated Press London French War Office Reuter Paris France

State receives $5000 federal funds for agricultural extension

Special to The Item notes the state today received the first portion of Smith Lever act funds. Five thousand dollars was paid into the treasury and will support agricultural extension work.

Montgomery Ala United States Treasury

Mayor of Badonviller Honored by France

Paris reports President Poincare signed the nomination of Joseph Benoit mayor of Badonviller Meurthe et Moselle for the Legion of Honor for energy and magnanimity. His wife was killed by German troops who burned their home and Benoit saved a German life after an arrest. He continued serving as mayor amid the threat.

Associated Press Paris F Poincalre Joseph Benoit Badonviller Meurthe-et-Moselle Benoit

Money Market News Prompt From New York

Mercantile paper stands at 6.7 percent as exchanges report sales totaling $164 and bills amounting to $27,861,660 while broader figures show $62,208,000 in total. The figures reflect liquidity shifts in the August money market with limited detail on specific instruments or counterparties.

Money Market New York Mercantile Paper

Turpentine and Rosin Prices and Receipts in Savannah

Naval stores report from Savannah shows turpentine nominal at 49 cents with 637 casks received and rosin nominal with 096 barrels received. Various price quotes listed for grades B to M and multiple code figures. Advertisement invites Sunday visit to Bayou la Batre with tickets at 60 cents, Royal Street location.

Bavannah

Cotton Warehouses in Mobile Offer Security and Fast Market Access

Consign your cotton to our Mobile warehouses backed by Alabama's leading business men. Our warehouse receipts are strong collateral and will remain so regardless of future handling plans for this year’s crop. With cotton stored you can sell quickly at advantageous market turns and receive expert cooperation.

Mobile Alabama

Quarantine Order Tied to City Ordinance Issued to Vessels

Fort Morgan sent a quarantine order to Mobile captains directing guards on lines and pilings, ahead of shore, with stern enforcement for noncompliance. The notice cites the city ordinance, warns of prosecution, and specifies vessel crews must prevent rodent escapes and maintain distance from the wharf.

Charles A. Mohr City Health Office So Sweet Fort Morgan Mobile Quarantine Yort Morgen Alay C. A. Mohr Mobile Ala Dr. Mohr EB. A. Sweet Alamn

Mobile Chamber of Commerce to discuss tax plan

The Mobile Chamber of Commerce membership will meet next Tuesday night at 7 30 in the Caen Hotel parlors. Key item is action on the tax committee report submitted weeks ago by Chalten E Q Norton to the ways and means committee.

Ger Mobile Chamber 9 Commerce Caen Chalten E. Q. Norton

It Always Does the Work and Chamberlain’s Cougha

A fragment notes positive endorsement from Leg. Roberts of Homer City Pa about a product coined Chamberlain's Couga with claims of reliability and repeated use. indicates sales through broad distribution channels.

Iike Chamberlain Roberts Homer City

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