Diaz Friend in the Tolls Sparks Political Gossips
Reports say B. Denton alias Richard, a filibusterer tied to General Felix Diss, was in the tolls and under Secret Service watch. General Manuel Brito and others were seen leaving port aboard a small vessel. Denton faced charges not for neutrality violations but for an unspecified offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tery
Marine
B. Denton
Richard
Denton
Felix Diss
Kan
Secret Service
New Orlean
Manuel Brito
Oth Tho
Fourteen Mexicans Recruited for Army
Reported nationwide that fourteen Mexican teens recruited in the North and East were sent from Mobile through southern ports to join a Constitutionalists band forming in southern Mexico. They travelled in small groups to avoid arousing suspicion as they entered Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belize
Mexico
United States
Denton Charged in Local False Pretenses Case
Complainants W Leroy Pinder and 8 Sanchez allege Denton obtained funds by false claims about Veracruz business ties with Pinders father and mill interests. Pinder says 176 dollars, Sanchez about 30 dollars. Cawthon Hotel linked as creditor for Dentons board. Denton wired his wife for bond money. case to be heard Monday in recorder's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Leroy Pinder
City Bank and Trust Company
Sanchez
Cawthon Hotel
Pinder
Denton
Douglass
Vera Cruz
Mississippi
Mexico
Cawthon
Recorder’s Court
Montgomery
Maritime Activity and River Traffic Chronicle
The longshore scene shows multiple ships sailing and loading in the harbor. Vessels include the Norwegian steamer Harry Inge under United Fruit charter with bananas, and the Viator carrying pitch pine and merchandise. American, British, and Norwegian ships frequent the port with arrivals from Sagua Havana and Puerto Cortes, and several crafts prepare for Falcon, Bluefields, and Cristobal deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry ‘. Inge
Eriksen
United Fruit Company
Cortez
Harrison T. Beacham
Nicklas
Sagua
Cuba
Alice Lord
Bryant
Bahama, Timber Company
San Juan
P. K
Viator
Puerto Cortes
Hon
Springburn
Williams
Havre
France
Karen
Pederson
Havana
Crathens
Kross
Georgetown
G. C
Barkentine Allanwide
Sylvia C. Hall
N. O
Pleasure Bay
Murray & Peppers
Oscar G
Midland
Turner- Hartwell Docks
Fort Gaines
Colon
Sprague
Mountby
Tudor
Cristobal
C. Z
Owen
Bluefields
Nic
Dr Lorenz Electric Cell Battery Offers Self Cure
Dr Lorenz Electric Battery claims to cure weakness without drugs or special demands by ceasing dissipation. It advertises benefits for rheumatism nervousness and organ issues and touts high grade storage with no vinegar or acids and greater service. Sold by Dr Lorenz Electric Works at 2240 Lincoln Ave Chicago Illinois with booklet and factory prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Lorenz
Mae Beernie
Loren Lectric Works
Lincoln Ave
Chicago
Tll
Hotel Leader Offers Free Room For Tomato Club Winner
Charles B. Hervey president of the Hervey Hotel Company has tendered a free room in Mobile for Miss Erin Westbrook of Odenville Alabama the state contest winner. He writes to Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Mrs Birdie J Robinson to honor her visit and reception in Wash and the big assembly room. He adds the hotel will advertise the champion Mobile County Tomato Club product on its bill of fare to boost local county produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Hervey
Hervey Hotel Company
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Birdie J. Robinson
Alabama
Erin Westbrook
Odenville
St. Clair County
Ala
Mobile
Wash
Chamber of Commerce
Hervey
Mobile County
Cawthon Hotel
Vessels Dock and Cargo Movements At Cristobal and Havana
The steamer Harry T Inge arrives. ships Trold and Vogesen bring cargoes of kainit salts for shipment north. Other vessels listed include Newlands Wavelet Calluna Collena Olav and Oscar G. Master Owen currently in command. several schooners and brigs clear for Havana and Gibara with lumber cast iron pipe and various general cargoes.
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Harry T. Inge
Trold
Nor
Hamburg
Ger
Newlands
Rosario
Argentina
Vogesen
Wavelet
Las Palmas
Calluna
St. Helena
Collena
London
Olav
Not
Rio Janeiro
Vogésen
Owen
Doris
M. Pickup
Oscar G
New
Pickup
Cristobal
C. Z
Br. S
Mountby
Gibara
Sylvia C. Hall
Havana
C. D. Pickles
Bluefields
Nic
Jer Am
Deaths and funerals Columbus L. Smith
Columbus L. Smith died after a short illness at his home near Eight Mile station on Saturday at 4 30 am. He resided in Whistler over fifty years and is survived by his wife a son R N Smith a stepson W J Risor two sisters a nephew W P Denmark and two nieces. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 pm from the residence with Masonic burial service by Bowen Lodge No 240 A F and A M at Whistler cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus L. Smith
Eight- Mile Station
Whistler
R. N. Smith
W. J. Risor
J. W. Seabury
J. T. Gibbs
Thomasville
Ala
W. P. Denmark
Mobile
T. C. Spence
Hattiesburg
Miss
M. &. Seabury
Bowen Lodge
A. F
A. M
Dauphin Island Mail Carrier George R Powell Dies
Special to The Item. George R Powell longtime mail carrier between Dauphin Island and Coden died here after several weeks illness. He served fifteen years starting with a skiff then a modern launch. He belonged to Coden Camp No 645 Woodmen of the World. Survived by wife seven children and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin Island
George R. Powell
Coden
John W. Dumas dies after short illness in Mobile
John W. Dumas age 43 a Mobile native died Saturday in a local infirmary after a brief illness. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Annie B. Dumas and other relatives in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Dumas
Mobile
Annie B. Dumas
Magistrate Poems While Fining Harlem Speeders
In Harlem police court Magistrate House fined six speeding motorists fifty dollars each after improvising a poem. He declared if cars don’t get us the automobile must. The scene occurred in New York on December 6 in IST news dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Harlem
Spurrell Fined $50 For Reckless Driving After Accident
Abe Spurrell, chauffeur, was fined $50 or ninety days in jail by Recorder D. H. Edington on a reckless driving charge. The arrest followed a complaint by George W. Raley alleging Spurrell struck him with the automobile. The fine was paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Spurrell
D. H. Edington
Spurrell
Charles Shenher
George W. Raley
Burwell Cannon Arraigned on Public Drunkenness Charge
Burwell Cannon was arraigned in the inferior criminal court Saturday on public drunkenness and fined five dollars or ten days in jail by the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burwell Cannon
Inferior Criminal Court
Yale Denounced as Unpatriotic at Loyal Legion Dinner
New York December 6 Yale University was denounced by the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion for proposing a civil war memorial inscription that honored both Union and Confederate dead. Debate raged as veterans argued over loyalty and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yale University
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Delmonico’s
Andersonville
Thomas H. Hubbard
New Haven
Eli
United States of America
University
Union
Confederate
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Palm Grove Woodman Circle Elects Officers
Palm Grove Woodman Circle No. 7 meets Tuesday night December 9 at Jackson and Dauphin to elect officers for the new year and conduct important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Grove
Woodman Circle No. 7
Jackson and
Dauphin Streets
Marriage License and Bond Recorded in Probate Court
A marriage license was issued in probate court on Saturday afternoon for Leslie Sledge William son and Albatine Mallory. Ernest F. Ladd cashier of the Merchants Bank was named a notary public and filed the required bond in probate court on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Sledge Williamson
Albatine Mallory
Ernest F. Ladd
Merchants Bank
Moorer Sentenced to Thirty Days Hard Labor in Assault Conviction
Charlie Moorer was convicted in city court on Friday of an assault and battery and sentenced by Judge Semmes on Saturday to thirty days of hard labor. He was acquitted on a separate Friday afternoon charge of violating the prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Moorer
Semmes
Moorer
Cobbing Fined for Speeding in Recorder's Court
P. L. Cobbing was fined ten dollars or twenty days in jail after a speeding charge brought by Motorcycle Officer Leeds Ludlow in a Saturday recorder's court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Cobbing
Recorder’s Court
Leeds
Ludlow
Guarding Against Croup With Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound
A Middletown Georgia reader touts Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as the best defense against croup noting your children catch fewer colds and have quicker relief. He reports use at home for coughs hoarseness and bronchial coughs and claims the remedy contains no opiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
H. Ginn
Middleton
Ways and Means Plans Meeting on Mobile Armor Plant Site
The chamber of commerce Ways and Means Committee will meet Tuesday night in the new auditorium of the City Bank building sixth floor. The session will discuss Mobile as a site for a government armor plate plant and address taxation and public needs fee and lease system reforms. Mr Farnsworth predicts a productive gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
City Bank
Somers
Snuff Habit Ad Claims Easy, Complete Cure
An advertisement urges snuff and tobacco users to write Edw. J. Woods at 534 Sixth Ave New York for a free book on overcoming the habit. It promises quick, easy relief and better nerves dreams appetite and vigor with plain wrapper delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edw. J. Woods
Sixth Ave
New York
N. Y
Enthusiasm Carried by Earned Pay Across the World
A concise observation notes that much global energy relies on those who receive payment for their work. It suggests that compensation fuels motivation and widespread engagement in various endeavors.
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Binion
Douglas
Mleged
Government and
St. Emanuel Sts
Victrolas
Music
Dauphin St
Mobile, Ala
Maritime
Imperial Sanitary Laundry
Br.s
Am. Sehr
Br. Achr
Meisner
Owen Bluefields
George Powell
YALE
Loyal Legion
Woodman Circle
Croup
Staub's
Dauphid ST
Dauphin Street
Ways and
U.ofa.glee Club
Glee Club
Universit Alabama
Battle House
BSA
Parker Bros
Quality Jewelers
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