Mobile City Briefs Highlights Local News
Judge J Emmett Wolfe of Pensacola ill in Mobile at Inge Bondurant Sanitarium with slight improvement. Comer campaign committee named in Mobile led by Nicholas E Stallworth to support former Governor Comer. Rev Leckler offered St Elmo and Cottage Hill church posts. O Long elected St Elmo clerk. two new members join. Sackett Plaster Board demo set at Southern Fuel and Material Co plant with lecture. Marriage license issued to Edward Clarke and Louella Houston. Mobile to New Orleans excursion by Louisville and Nashville RR on Aug 30 31. round trip fare 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Emmett Wolfe
Circuit Court of
Pensacola, Fla
Mobile
Inge-Bondurant Sanatorium
Nicholas E. .Stallworth
Comer
W. E. Lockler
St. Elmo Baptist Church
Leckler
St. Elmo
Cottage Hill
O. Long
New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Garrison Seeks Army Acquaintance Before Changes
Secretary of War William H. Garrison said he wants to study the army before proposing changes. He spoke in Leavenworth Kansas after inspecting the service school and the military prison as plans for concentrating troops at fewer posts were discussed.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kas
Suffragettes Torch Country Home Outside London
A Finchley, north of London country house was burned by suffragette sympathizers amid continuing militant actions. The building, occupied only by a caretaker, was destroyed and suffragette literature was found among the ruins. High taxes are cited as a distractor.
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Associated Press
London
Finchley
Stores to Rent in New Government Royal Street Building
The old corner building at Government and Royal Streets will be demolished for a modern structure. One store will face Royal Street and three will front Government Street for rent. Plans and lease negotiations with prospective tenants are offered.
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Government and
Royal Sts
Royal Street
Government Street
Far ns worth Will Host Ways and Means Lunch
A long list of attendees and firms appears as sponsors and guests for a Ways and Means lunch led by Farnsworth. Participants include McKinstry Young McKinstry B F Adams Jr Navy City Transportation and many Mobile-area merchants across candy carriage real estate groceries hardware and more. The roster names firms and officers from local businesses and consular representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinstry
Young & McKinstry
B. F. Adams
Navy City Transportation
Public Utilities
Radford
W. C. Baumhauer Candy Company
Mr. Howell
Dauphin
East Claiborne
Isadore Rubel
Rubel Candy Company
H. Otto Nack
Care Nack Carriage Co
Geor W. Lauber
Lauber Carriage Co
Theatre Street
T. C. McKenzie
McKenzie-Barrett Carriage Co
Lamber-Hardwood
A. A. Weisner
Mobile Chair Co
John E. Hooper
Gulf City Hardwood Co
W. A. Kenopke
Gulf Shingle Co
L. L. Noble
L. le Noble Company
W. T. West
Panama Auction Co
J. T. Maury
Maury
Mr. FE. H. Fleming
New York and
Mexico
Mexico Whiting Company; Henry R. Luscher
R. L. Maxwell
Maxwell's Decorating Company
Naval Stores and Ship Chandlers
T. J. Taylor, Taylor, Lowenstein,and Co
E. C. Hughes
Union Naval Stores
J. W. Allen
Mobile Ship Chandlery
J. R. Cowley
David Steinau
Henry Piser and Co
T. G. McGonigal
Brazil
Louis Donald
Denmark
Roberto Gayon
W. ©. Haas
Haas Brothers Packing Company
John D. Logan
Armour Packing Company
Mangledorf
Florida Fish Company
Alexander Foreman
Foreman and
Meader
C. C. Mechem
W. G. Horn
James K. Glennon and Company
R. O. Harris
Joachim Streets
Louis Ll. Noble
Dauphin Street
William
T. Goubil
Care Goubil Grocery Company
James W. McPhillips
James McPhillips Grocery Company
Henry I. Forchheimer
Ww. Ogburn
Care Ogburn-Griffin Grocery Company
Eugene Thoss
Frank S. Silshy
Ignatius Bender
Frank Henderson
Henderson Iron Works
Harry W. Ollinger
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Docks Company
August Kling, Jr
Home Industrial Iron Works
Anson Arnold
Care Cunningham Hardware Company
George C. Gaillard
Barney-Cavanagh Hardware Company
Mark Lyons
Southern Hardware and Supply Company
J. W. Dunne
St. Matthews Church
F. W. Evans
Gardiner C. Tucker
St. John's Church
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile Register
Charles H. Allen
Mobile Evening Post
E. ID. Torgerson
Mobile Item
A. S. Lyons
Ralph Richard
S. H. Muray
Partial Rent List From Nov 1
Rent list details multiple properties with 2 story and 1 story frames and bricks in varied locations, rooms and kitchens listed with monthly rents from $200 up to $480. Contains numerous street intersections and property notes, ending with instruction for complete list.
Cotton futures open steady amid unfavorable cables and crop deterioration
New Orleans traders report steady cotton prices after a morning decline driven by poor Western belt reports and crop problems. Early trading showed slight short covering as offers from the long side persisted with futures ending the half hour higher to lower than the previous close.
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New Orleans
Ecocess
Cotton futures rise to new highs on strong demand
New York cotton futures surged with broad outside demand and renewed covering as bullish crop notes and spinner demand supported prices. August and October contracts topped near 12 cents, with realising pressures absorbed and overall market closing steady despite some lower cables.
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New York
Cotton spot steady in Liverpool market with steady futures
Liverpool reports moderate cotton business with prices across grades. middling at 7.13 and good middling 7.41, sales total 4 000 bales including 3 500 American. Receipts 4 000 bales with 2 500 American. Futures closed firm with a range of August to July-August contracts from 6.42 to 6.65.
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Liverpool
Two Committees Busy in Lobby Investigation
Washington Aug 26 Investigations into the lobby moved ahead in both chambers. James Emory counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers denied Mulhall’s claim that manufacturers sought to pack committees with favorable legislators. Mulhall testified he lent at least 1200 to Rep J T McDermott and said he could provide information to tar and feather him.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Emory
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Martin M. Mulhall
Mulhall
House
Ahad
J. T. McDermott
McDermott
Evelyn Nesbit Alleges Thaw Contract Payments
Evelyn Nesbit testifies before a bankruptcy referee that Harry Thaw's mother promised $15,000 cash and $1,000 monthly to back her action to annul her marriage to Thaw. She says checks totaling $15,000 were issued by Mrs Mary Thaw but not honored, with the first payments traced to 1907 or 1908 after Stanford White's death.
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Associated Press
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Thaw
Evelyn
Thaw
Stanford White
John Reilly
Lawmakers Push Tougher Sherman Law Felony Bill
Washington Aug 26 Representative Barclay Kentucky introduced a bill to make Sherman law violations felonies instead of misdemeanors. He also offered a separate bill to bar interlocking directors in national banks and interstate corporations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Barclay
Kentucky
Miss Lugie V. Powell Addresses Hygiene Congress
In Buffalo at the international congress on school hygiene speakers discussed open air schools mental hygiene and hygiene instruction methods. Miss Lugie V. Powell of Jackson Mississippi was among the presenters.
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Associated Press
Buffalo, N. Y
International Congress On
Lugie V. Powell
Jackson
Miss
Bryan Snoozed Through Mexican Crisis At Home
Secretary Bryan, absorbed by the Mexican situation, forgot to go home and slept on a couch while awaiting messages from John Lind before leaving for breakfast.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
John Lind
Lonely Letter During Absence Reveals Longing
A man writes to his partner while she is away, expressing loneliness and concern about returning home in time and in good condition. The note hints at anxious waiting and emotional strain from distance.
Wall Street Review Stocks fluctuate with mixed gains and losses
Wall Street opens with Steel and New Haven leading declines New Haven drops to 9 41 2 while Steel blocks push prices down about a point marketwide. Amalgamated Copper Am Sugar Ring and many rail and utility shares show varied moves as news of Huerta delaying President Wilsons message steadies sentiment briefly.
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New York
New Haven
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Huerta
Wilson
Congress
Amalgamated Copper
Leet
Smitg
Rag
Tel
Anaconda Mining
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago and Northwestern
Chi. Mil
St. Paul
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and
Rio Grande
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Great Northern Oreatia
Illinois Central
Interborough-Met
Interharvest
Louisville and Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Kaw
Texas
Lehigh Valey
National
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
People’s Gas
Pullman Palace
Reading
Rock Island Co
Pfd
Southern Railway
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union
Texas Oil
Mob Nearly Lynch Negro Shooter at Hospital
In Charlotte North Carolina a mob of about 36 men seized Joe McNeely from the Good Samaritan Hospital and dragged him into the street where they fired around fifty shots. Although believed dead, the wounded suspect survived and was taken to the police station as the crowd dispersed. No mob members were identified.
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Associated Press
Charlotte
N.C
Good Samaritan Hospital
Joe McNeely
J. VS. Wilson
Goarol
Caminetti Case Begins At Frisco
In San Francisco on August 26 the second Diggs Caminetti case opened with F Drew Caminetti charged under the Mann White Slave Act. Prospective jurors were questioned to favor a jury of married men with families. Witnesses from the Diggs trial returned, facing cameras as they entered the federal building. Marsha Warrington and Lola Norris remained nearby in an office.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Diggs-Caminetti
F. Drew Caminetti
Maury I. Diggs
United States District Court
Diggs
Federal
Talesmen
Marsha Warrington
Lola Norris
Great success of Mobile girl Katherine G Gaynor
Katherine G. Gaynor of Mobile topped the final examinations for graduation nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital in medicine and surgery. She will stay on the hospital's executive staff after graduation and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward W Gaynor of 16 Common Street.
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Mobile Girl
Boston
Mass
Katherine G. Gaynor
Mobile
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gaynor
Edward W. Gaynor
Common Street
Immaculate Conception School
Hub
The Best Typewriter Is The One You Were Used To
A concise note argues familiarity matters most in choosing a typewriter. It endorses sticking with a trusted model rather than chasing new features, citing ease of use and dependable results for regular drafting tasks.
Condemned Flour Insect Infestation Shocks Montgomery
In Montgomery 200 barrels of flour were condemned after consumers reported crawling bread. State chemist B B Ross at Auburn found the flour infested with weevils and worms and unfit for human consumption. The flour may be fed to animals but not people.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. H. Billingaley
Pure Food Department
Billingsley
B. B. Ross
Auburn
Live Stock Market Report Summary
Pigs 44 50 7.00. Cattle receipts 20 000 head including 1 200 Southerns. Market steady. Prime fed steers 8.50 9.00, dressed beef steers 7.40 8.50, Southern steers 6.00 6.50, cows 3.60 6.26, heifers 4.60 8.50. Sheep receipts 10 600 head. Lambs 6.50 7.50, yearlings 4.75 5.50, rams 4.50 5.00, ewes 3.50 4.65.
Turpentine and Rosin Sales Reported in Savannah
Turpentine firm sales 39c with receipts 885 casks and 104 casks distributed. Rosin firm sales none with receipts 2,173 barrels. Market quotes show varied prices across grades from B at 3.70 to WG at 6.00 6.10 and WW at 6.30.
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Naval
Savannah
Rosin
Stevedore Injured by Falling Stave on Waterfront
Ellis Moore a Black stevedore for Walsh Stevedoring Company was struck in the head by a falling stave just after 11 on Tuesday. He received first aid from Dr K Roe then was moved by ambulance to his home.
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Ellis Moore
K. Roe
Walsh Stevedoring Company
Sugar prices rise on hard and soft grades in New York
In New York on August 26 refined sugar prices jumped 10 cents per hundred pounds for all hard grades and 5 cents for soft grades. An Old Sport says if she threatens to scream it’s a sign she won’t.
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New York
Aged Man Arrested on Statutory Charge in Alabama
William Belser, sixty five, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ramsey Stuart in Loxley on a statutory charge involving his twelve year old step-daughter Gertrude Marche. The mother, away in Chicago, returned after the alleged crime was reported. The girl's condition remained serious with fears she may not survive.
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Bay Minette
Ala
William Belser
Ramsey Stuart
Gertrude Marche
Loxley
Beiser
Chicago
Ben
Richerson
Stuart
Mobile
Bay
Bei
Marine traffic and river news from the port
Steamer Pleasure Bay breaks walking beam. passengers transferred to Mobile. Pleasure Bay to lay up about a week. James A. Carney and Beaver may take its route. Sunny South arrives with cotton and naval stores, opening the cotton season. expect ~1000 bales next trip. Several cargo ships sail or load for Cuban ports, New York, and West Indies, including Signe, Alamo, Alm, Bertha, Wavelet, Brooklet, Burnsby, John Hardie, and schooners Marjorie A. Spencer and Goldfield returning from Cuban ports.
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Pleasure Bay
Fairhope
Battles
Apollo
Mobile
James A. Carney
River Packet
Sunny South
City
Alabama
Signe
Johansen
Munson Line
Cuban
Alamo
McIntosh
Mallory Steamship Line
New York
Alm
Olsen
Seeberg Line
New Orleans
West Indies
Bertha
Meyers
Wavelet
Sanderson
European Lumber Company
Las Palmas
Brooklet
Tiorn
Gulfport
Burnsby
Petersen
Huelva
Spain
Burnaby
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
John Hardie
South—America
Marjorie A. Spencer
Richarda
Goldfield
Wrightson
Forestmoor
Metcalf
Bahia
Bra
Public plaster wall demonstration by US Gypsum official
Mr Charles W Young a special representative of the United States Gypsum Co will conduct a public demonstration on Lockett plaster board walls and hard wall plaster He will discuss troubles causes and remedies in an educational event for builders at Southern Fuel and Material Co foot of Palmetto street tomorrow Wednesday at 3 30 p m sharp Bring four friends
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Sackett Plaster Board
Southern Fuel and Material Company
Charles W. Young
United States Gypsum Co
Southern Fuel and Material Co
Palmetto Street
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North Mobile
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DR Sale
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Mobile County Bonda
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Calroogold
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Coool Gulf Coast Gas
Bank
First National
Peoples
Bank of Mobile
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City Bank & Trust Co
Menawy
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Meridian Light & Ry. Co
Torweeeweseel O
Consolidated
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Wall Street Review
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Boston Training School
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