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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1915

Page

5

Industrial Plant Reopens With 65 Workers Under New Name

The Southern Leather Products Company plant will resume operations immediately under a reorganization as the G B Chemical Company. Officers include R E Frame president, R R Roths vice president, O E Prochman secretary treasurer, and E R Stansbury assistant secretary and manager. The plant near Bascombe tract along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad shut down after patent owner deaths and related litigation. It will employ thirty men and thirty five girls. Two other plants are in Indianapolis and Williamsport.

Southern Leather Products Company E. R. Stansbury To &A Stem G. ¥. & B. Chemical Company R. E. Frame Michigan City Ind R. R. Roths Dyersburg O. E. Prochman St. Louis Mobile Louisville and Nashville Bascombe Tract Gulf Coast Fair Association United States Indianapolis Williamsport

Vital Statistics Marriage Licenses Births and Deaths

Weekly probate court notices list marriage licenses issued to pairs such as White and Lottie Haynes, Edwin Southard, Vautrot and Bromley, Creighton and Powers, and others. Deaths include P C Ivy and James F. Harrison. births record multiple matched pairs with both parents named.

White Woodie L. McVey Lottie Haynes Edwin Arthur Garstens Mary Genevieve Southard A. Earle Vautrot Mary Catherine Bromley John J. Creighton Ella Powers Ernest F. Kessow Lillian Joseean Newbold Edmund G. Moore Annie Mullen Jessie L. Greenup Bessie Bivans Carl Hallett Rolls Fannie’ EB. Rickert Josh ‘Bryant Gladys Morris William M. Tully Mary Annie Perry

Not Mrs Foster's Niece Denial Emerges in Court Testimony

Mrs Florence Foster told the Tom Saturday that Mr Hogan who testified in the returner's court today against three young men who attempted to force their way into the Foster home is not her niece. She said Mrs Hogan called her Aunt Florence but they are not related, though Hogan lives with Foster.

Mrs. Foster Florence Foster Mr. Hogan Foster Home

Band Concert at The Cave on Thunder Cloud

A local program features two Essanay specials titled The Cave on Thunder Cloud and Dimples the Auto Salesman Vita graph by Mary Roberts. The event highlights reel shorts and a concert setting for residents.

Thunder Cloud Mary Roberts

Fraternal Order of Orioles In Mobile Grows Strong

Alabama Lodge No 170 Fraternal Order of Orioles formed in Mobile June 9 1915. The lodge reports a closing August 30 with good membership and plans a large class of candidates next Wednesday. Officers and trustees listed. Central fraternal committee formed to unite orders. Fraternal Day proposed. Lions Moor Moose and Woodmen notes follow with meetings and activities across Mobile.

A. W. Metcalf M. D Worthy A. W. Konstanzer C. H. Cooke Worthy H. Konstanzer J. HH. Forsyth G.E. Sygalas J. B. Murphree L. Arras H. C. Bush H. L. Burgess Worthy First Sentinel C. J. Smith Worthy Second Sentinel W. OD. Smith D. C. Gordon T. C. Baumhauer Woodmen Maple Camp Milton Denmark Leslie Dickerson Wallace Christopher Dave Abrams Arthur A. Henderson James B. Roberts Arthur C. Tonsmelkre Henry C Relief Committee Sovereign J. L. Messina Fureka New Orleans Ed K. Cogburn F. T. Koppersmith J. G. Bennett, Jr O.S. Pistole Gus Seiple Pensacola Fla Sovereigns Chas H. Delhomme Ed .K. Cogburn W. A. Frazer Modern Woodmen of America Modern Woodmen of American R. H. Parson Henry Reimer J. Jackson J. Vann L. Bauer R. B. Regan William Williamson J. Boe L. Caloway Walter Burch R. Williamson M. Bauer John Handle

Catholic Knights and Ladies of America Jubilant Members Feed Growth

Last week the financial secretary Miss Jones sent a $50 check from Chicago as second prize in a membership contest won by a branch. The order honors its Silver Jubilee with cross‑city competition among branches, led by Supreme President Charles H. Marr. Sister M. Ruffin presides Branch 180 and serves on the Board of Directors. St. Joseph’s No. 130 lists Rev. R. O. Gerow as spiritual director and Mrs. M. Ruffin as president. The National Board includes pages of officers from Louisville to Chicago and Detroit.

Loyal Order OF Moose Mobile Jos. C. Thompson San Diego Bro. Thompson San Francisco James J. Davis Moose St. Joseph's Gym Capt. Eckert St. Joseph's Royer Yeend Charest Stroecker Langan Pierce and Robertson Knights and Ladies of Security Mobile Council Charles W. Dempster Fraternal Brotherhood Phillips Clinton Jackson and Dauphin Streets Knights Miss Jones Chicago On Branch Supreme Charles H. Marr Order M. EB. Henry Ruffin Caeie Board of Directors Catholic Knights and Ladies of America Louisville Laws of Kentucky Ita St. Joseph's No. 130 R. O. Gerow M. &. Henry National Board of Act Charles P. Raffo Charles Maryandotte Mich M. Ruffin L H. D Henry Julia O'Keefe St. Louis Charles Lin Louisville; Supreme Tru J A. Bauer, Detroit, Mich; Miss J. Diehl Kansas City Lukaszewski Detroit

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Reorganized Leather Products Company P. C. Ivy William H. Rheim James F. Harrison Alex Neese Walter Pittman Catherine C. Brabner Mary Curtin Florence T. Roper Maggie B. Covington G. W Lula Reid Thomas Bessie May Pritchard Jas. F Estelle P. Barter J. M Clara FE. Snow Daniel C Mary A. T. Alidor H. K Mary Etta Andrews Will T Marie E. Hanly Willie Myrtle E. Keyland John M Florence I. Morris Chas. L Hazel D. Harbert Alice Monroe Park Dimples Vitagraph New York Tampa Key West Mallory Steamship Company F. du Boils Ala Y. M. B. A. Hall Congress S. Pistole Maple Camp No E. F.kuppersmith J. G. Bennett Gulf City Lodge J.W. McCully, Jr N. W. Wright Dan Vaughn Red Cross Lodge K. of E. T. Harteau G. W. Smith O. Enholm Ernest I. C J. W. McCully Herman Vogel Oscar Hewitt G. L. Clinton Mr. Trousdale Purity Lodge Mrs. Jackson G. W. Peterson R. E. Daly Se. McInnis D. L. Stewart A. T. Atkinson J. W. Sherman Union Lodge C. B. Johns Bb. Jones M. McAuley O. S. Pistole W. C. Burton J. H. Pankey G. R. Longhurst C. A. Girod C. V. Evans A. B. Jacob W. M. Williams J. E. Finch Levin Bauer D. J. Stewart J. W. McCully, Jr Ing August W. Konstanzer Fraternal Order of Orioles Gulf Coast Bay St. Louis Jos. Patt Germany Daly Western Electric Co Schenker - Alidor Electric Co ST. Emanual Father Raffo Continental Motor Bayfield Gray and Davis Willard Atwater-Kent Stewart Hyatt Sch James F. Malone June G. Crowley Treas MR. Merchant
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