Moonlight Overboard Tragedy Alarms Pleasure Bay Crowds
A dramatic moonlit overboard accident aboard the Pleasure Bay ends in death after a rescue attempt. Jim Davis, a St. Andrew Hotel employee, falls from the port rail while a bay crowd watches. Lifeboats struggle to reach him as searchlights blind the scene and the vessel nears Battle's. Davis sinks after fifteen minutes in the water.
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Pleasure Bay
Jim Davis
Battle's
Dick Dana
Louis Marcelline
Davis
St. Andrew
Dacovich
Port Bow
Pavilion Wharf
Escapee Battiste Returned to Mobile Jail After Gulfport Flight
Walter Battiste who escaped from the county road gang on June 30 while serving a sixty day sentence for assault and battery was brought back to Mobile Tuesday night from Gulfport Mississippi by Sheriff Palmer and locked up in the county jail. Battiste is now charged with being an escape and will be arraigned in the criminal court for additional punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Battiste
County Road Gang
Mobile
Gulfport
Mies
Palmer
Changes at the Medical School for Coming Year
The School of Medicine announces major faculty and department reorganizations for the next session. Chemistry expands to include physiological chemistry under Haley, pathology and bacteriology unite under Thayer with Bell as full-time assistant. New orthopedics department led by Chapman joins Mobile. Ryan and McCall assume physiology and pediatrics duties respectively. Added preventive medicine, legal medicine, radiography, and updated clinical equipment accompany faculty moves and new appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Medicine
J. F. Harrison
Frank Leroy Haley
Alfred KE. Thayer
Howard H. Bell
University of Pennsylvania
Well
Mobile
John van de Erve
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Andrew Howard Ryan
Washington University
St. Louis
University of Pittsburg
Ryan
Jesse P. Chapman
Chapman
Boston
New York
L. L. Duggar
Daniel T. McCall
Percy J. Howard
City Hospital
Howard
Charles A. Mohr
Palmer Pillans
Edward 8S. Sledge
Julius G. Henry
Women fined for public fighting in inferior court
Mary Anderson Gussie Price and Anna Owens white women were fined 51 or thirty days by Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court for fighting in public after a city disturbance. Henry White charged with alleged murder attempt against Joe Hucksbey was dismissed as complaint outside state. Walter McCoe Adam Richardson and Benjamin Russell on gaming charges were fined ten days each.
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Mary Anderson
Gussie Price
Anna Owens
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Henry White
Joe Hucksbey
Walter McCoe
Adam Richardson
Benjamin Russell
Irish-Brogue Trader Bets On Trusted Coin
An Irish brogue broker promotes a trusted coin over a Wall Street styled alternative. The item is pitched as a reliable choice for collectors and investors seeking steady value with a classic appeal.
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Wall Street
Magic City to host early drive for Southern Commercial Congress
L C Irvine director general of the Panama Canal and Morgan Memorial Celebration plans the first active over state campaign for the Southern Commercial Congress in Birmingham starting Thursday. He will meet with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and lodge groups and outline sub committee staffing within a week.
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Birmingham
L. C. Irvine
Irvine
Magic City
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Birmigham Chamber of Commerce
City
J. Cahall
Southern Commercial Congress
Cahball
New Orleans
Cahall
Florida
F. A. Dunster
Panama
Louston
200 Back Ways and Means Plan A Chamber Initiative
Two hundred Chamber of Commerce members have signaled support for the Ways and Means committee now forming. Sub-divisions will elect members within days, with over two hundred already endorsing the plan and dues being collected as the Chamber anticipates about one thousand engaged members.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means Committee
Don Farnsworth
Chamber
Farnsworth
Owes Her Life to Eckman's Alterative
Eckman's Alterative touted as effective for tuberculosis and lung ailments nationwide. Testimony from Mrs. Govert of Griffith Indiana describes recovery from catarrhal pneumonia leading to lung trouble after Rev. Berg advised the remedy. Affidavit by Jos Grimmer notes weight gain and renewed health after starting the Alterative. Advertises the product, its non narcotic formula, and availability at Braswell's drug store with a request to contact the Eckman Laboratory delphia Pa for more evidence.
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Eckman
Wm. Berg
Jos. Grimmer
Braswell
Delphia
Cases Against Strikers Fail in Inferior Court
William A. Watson of Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Com pany sought charges against strikers W. H. Walker William Ramey and William Lockhart for preventing peaceful work. Judge Chamberlain dismissed all three defendants in the first case and, in a second case against Walker, set bond at 150 dollars for a jury trial which was later dismissed. The court found no basis for warrants against A J Thompson H Brook Hugh Murphy. No evidence supported the charges against the men. The dispute over Cape Horn repairs and underbidding between New Orleans and Mobile shipyards was noted.
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William A. Watson
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Company
W. Ht. Walker
William Ramey
William Lockhardt
Inferior Criminal Court
Chamberlain
Walker
Witch
Recorder’s Court
A. J. Thompson
H. Brook
Hugh Murphy
Chattanooga Boilermakers
Federal Forces Now at Sabinas in Mexico
Mexican Consul in Mobile reports by wire from San Antonio that federal troops have seized Sabinas. Pablo Gonzalez arrives at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz with 200 men after a rout at Rodriguez. rebels loot Lampacitos and burn the town. the international bridge to Eagle Pass remains open for families to cross until federal control is established.
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R. Gayon
Mobile
San Antonio
Exas
Babinas
Pablo Gonzales
Rodriguez
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Lampacitos
Eagle Pass
Personal visitors linger in Mobile area from far and near
A string of visitors checks into Mobile hotels and visits local friends. J F Chumbley from Springfield Jr roadshows automobile patent business while Special Examiner J T Gorman completes county and Birmingham audits. Visitors include Wallace Moore Belize resident resuming Spring Hill College study and many others from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and New Orleans staying at Bienville, Battle House, and Cawthon hotels.
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J. T. Gorman
Conecuh
Birmingham
L. Pearce
B. M. Moore
T. L. Moore
Wallace
Stevens Confident of Acquittal in Decoying Case
Elliott E. Stevens, an automobile machinist, vows support for his wife as he awaits trial for decoying away Marie G Horlock, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry G Horlock. Marie and Stevens were allegedly married in Meridian Mississippi before arrest. Horlock may drop prosecution if marriage is invalid. A Houston relative travels to Mobile to assist Stevens.
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Elliott E. Stevens
Marie G. Horlock
Harry G. Horlock
Meridian
Miss
Stevens
Horlock
Houston
Mobile
Embroidery Sparks Fashion From Nero's Era to Now
The piece notes embroidery as a luxurious staple from royalty to commoners and promotes a Mobile Item offer promising 2 free instructional booklets and a hoop, claiming a $10 value for 6 cents. It encourages immediate action and teases future announcements.
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Nero
G&c
Convict Bell Pleads Innocence as Clemency Push Starts
John Bell, a life prisoner at Wetumpka, asks Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch to begin clemency efforts for the murder of Maggie Gary in Terrilltown in 1910. Bell says he was injured by smallpox and escaped while jailed, and claims another man committed the crime.
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Dennis Lynch
John Bell
Wetumpka
Bell
Maggie Gary
Terrilltown
Southern Railway
Selma
Rose to Lecture on Life in the Underworld
Jack Rose principal witness in the Rosenthal murder case will lecture on Life in the Underworld for Christ Episcopal church in South Norwalk Connecticut. The talk supports church obligations and Rose also contributed ten dollars to the appeal. He resides in Westport.
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Associated Press
South Norwalk
Conn
Jack Rose
Rosenthal
Christ Episcopal Church
Rose
Westport
Leona Wharton Seeks Son Winston Missing
Mrs. Leona Wharton of 159 Palmetto Street asks police to locate her son Winston Wharton age 22 who has not been seen for several days.
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Leona Wharton
Palmetto Street
Winston Wharton
City Board Adjourns for Final Equalization Hearings
The board of revenue and road commissioners sitting as a board of equalization adjourned until next Monday for the final assessment hearings. Tuesday’s session adjusted Royal street and Dauphin street properties in the retail district. J A Bell, jailed on bad checks charges, denies past presence in St Louis Chicago or Oklahoma City and says any List Gifford Construction checks were not his work. Sheriff destroys whiskey seized from John Pollnitz in county jail. Marriage licenses issued to Stacord Devis, Vetter Porter, Hebson Hamil Eakins, Riser Baker. Lamar McLeod, recently named notary by Gov ONeal, filed his bond.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Royal Street
Dauphin Street
J. A. Bell
St. Louis
Chicago
Oklahoma City
List-Gifford Construction Company
Bell
Thos. L. Stacord
Ruth Irene Devis
Walter Vetter
Mattie Willow Porter
Henry Abbott Hebson
Alice Hamil Eakins
Henry Riser
Lillie Mae Baker
Woman Arrested for Affray Remanded After Habeas Hearing
Hattie Sewell appeared before Judge Samuel B. Browne on habeas corpus Tuesday after being jailed on affray charges. The judge heard the evidence and remanded Sewell back to county jail pending further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Sewell
Samuel B. Browne
Hobson Heads to Dallas County Campaign Tour
R P Hobson spent part of Wednesday in Mobile tied to his senator race. He left Mobile at 12 53 PM for Dallas county and will speak Thursday at a Summerfield barbecue. He said assurances Oscar Underwood would not run for the short term, leaving a field of Clayton and Hobson.
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R. P. Hobson
Mobile
Dallas County
Summerfield
Ala
Hobson
Oscar W. Underwood
Clayton
Able Team Selected to Represent Mobile at Bowling Congress
Mobile selects C B Canning as captain with H O Rush R J McCleery P J McAleer Charles Knight and J M Fulford for the five men two men and singles events at the Bowling Congress in St Louis. The report lists top three game totals and individual high scores including Rush 231 for a high single and Henry Hanly Fulford leading spares.
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ABLE
Mobile
Bowling Congress
St. Louis
C. B. Canning
H. O. Rush
R. J. McCleery
P. J. McAleer
Charles Knight
J. M. Fulford
Aes Vse
Monmeps
Agkingon
Henry
Hanly
Fulford
Adkinson
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Customer
The notice promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best medicine for coughs colds croup asthma hoarseness and throat and lung troubles. It emphasizes high quality non opiate ingredients and safety and features a testimonial from A R Ellison of Taylor Wis. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation distributes it.
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Foley
A. R. Ellison
Taylor
Wis
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
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Imperial
WN. B
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Fear Boy
Angelo Cunningham
Angelo
Robert Cunningham
A. ID. Davis
M. A
F. W. Crenshaw
Charles F. Jones
Nelson L. Pollard
Elizabeth
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W.A. Watson
Sabinas
J. F. Chumbley
Springfield, Jr
Hilda
Annie Lee Littlegreen
Fairhope
Lonesome Pine
W. F. O'Neal
Jacksonvile, Fla
S. S. Lanter
Battle House
F. G. Renshaw
James W. Ely
Pensacola, Fla
Cawthon Hotel
M. E. Moore
Tuscaloosa
D. J. Botter
Ermie Seiple
Mount Vernon
Ethel Matzenger
Bon Secour
Albert Toenes
J. M. Nicols
Galveston, Texas
Katie E. Stauter
Estelle Powell
Annie
Rosa Glass
Tell Farmer
Elizabeth Farmer
Maeta Barber
Cawthon
Co. M. Jernigan
Orelika, Ala
Maggie MeaArthur
Cagnden, Alg
Most
Morris B. Kahn
Ethel R. Pinski
K. Kosminsky
Government Street
Bride
Ley Ric
Mr Georgee Kleine
Henrik Sienkiewicz
Cines Company
Italy
Son
John — Pollnitz
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company
T. T. Palmer
Lamar ¥. Mcleod
Emmett O'Neal
Dallas CO
Senate
Iself
The
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
Koleys
van Antwerp Drug Corp
First National Bank
Alabama
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