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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1912

Page

4

Alabama Hotel Men In Session In Mobile Convention

The semi annual Alabama Hotel Men's Association gathering opened at the Battle House in Mobile at 10 30 with about thirty attendees including delegates and visitors. A program of entertainment was planned with an automobile ride to the Automobile and Boating Club a Lyric Theatre party and a Cawthon Hotel Vineyard banquet. Mayor Laz Schwarz welcomed visitors and praised local hotel improvements. G H Mitchell of Anniston delivered a welcome in response and President HB C Taylor of Montgomery led discussions on new hotel rules and legislation.

Alabama Hotel Men's Association Battlecouse C. B. Hervey Automobile and Boating Club Lyric Theatre Cawthon Hotel Vineyard Hervey Laz Schwarz Mobile Gulf City G. H. Mitchell Anniston Ala Mitchell HB. C. Taylor Montgomery B. ©. Taylor H. A. Bruner J. H. Lumpkin F. A. Coates Henry A. Snow Selma J. C. Hunt Greenville W. A. Fauat New Orleans Transfer Company BE. W. Kammer The Louisiana Hotel Men's Association William Allen Interstate Hotel Men's Association Vineyard of the Cawthon Hotel Klosky’s Taylor

Ancient seven foot clock guides Mobile's business visitors

A seven foot grandfather clock owned by the City of Mobile for seventy five years has been restored by Mayor Las Schwars' orders and placed outside the mayor's office to guide those dealing with the city commissioners. Built by Charles Hall of New York before the Civil War, it bears moving ship scenes and hemispheric maps on its dial.

Mobile Las Schwars Charles Hall Oneida County New York Hall Masons Magnolia Cemetery

Walker the Twirler Gets Ten Years in Pen

Roy Walker a Cleveland pitcher, captured at Peoria and tried in Nashville with two accomplices on two counts of assault with intent to kill, was convicted and each defendant faces ten years. A motion for a new trial was filed.

Walker Nashville Tenn Roy Walker Peoria Ill Tom Ben Northern

Jewelry heist at Addison Road store nets diamonds

Thieves shattered the window of M. Weigand jewelry, 1448 Addison Road, with a brick wrapped in newspaper, stealing a tray of diamonds valued at $2,000. They wedged the door, fled after a chase by a crowd, while several customers were in the store.

Cleveland M. Weigand Addison Road

Level Best Shoe Score Gift Line Ad at 149 Dauphin

Advertisement promotes Foote gloves in all sizes as ideal Xmas gifts. It notes men desire the gloves and invites readers to view the full line at Level Best Shoe Score located at 149 Dauphin Street.

Dauphin St Daudsin

Believe Dunbar Child Murder Suspected In Missing Opelousas Boy

Detectives from Burns agency and the boy’s father search across Mississippi Alabama for four year old Robert Dunbar. Edgar Hooks, jailed in Mobile, is charged with kidnapping as Joseph Dunbar travels to Lucedale to follow a clue. Mrs Hooks denies knowledge while Hooks claims an alibi and worries for his wife and child.

Edgar Hooks Robert Dunvar Opelousas Burns Agency Joseph Dunbar R. C. Cowan Burns Detective Agency New Orleans Cowan Alabama Robert Dunbar Hooks Dunbar Charles B. Chachen Mobile Lucedale Miss Chief Chief Crenshaw

Detecive outlines Dunbar boy kidnapping case details

The detective describes kidnappers using the Dunbar boy to solicit sympathy for easy money. They followed to a cane-brake log cabin near the Alabama river forty miles above Mobile, found stolen goods, and fled before authorities arrived. Hooks was moved to Baton Rouge, then diverted to a farmhouse on Government street loop with a boy matching the description seen weeks ago.

Dunbar Endezvous Alabama River Mobile Canebrakes Cowan Baton Rouge Government Street Loop

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Easy Digestion Relief

Thousands have found Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets relieve indigestion and stomach distress after meals. Use after each meal for a few days to rest the digestive organs. improves appetite and sleep, makes you more sociable, and costs 60 cents a box at drug stores.

Stuart

No Title Yet in Letter About Missing Child

A man explains he was in Mobile when his wife in New Orleans wrote in September about a kidnapped child. He questions the motive and expresses inability to care for another's child while focused on his own wife and child.

New Orleans Mobile

Ambassdor Reid Injured by Severe Asthmatic Attack

London December 13 doctors report American ambassador Whitelaw Reid is suffering a severe asthmatic attack. He is exhausted but there are no complications.

London

Explosion and fire destroy over a hundred Naples crafts

A major explosion and ensuing fire damaged or destroyed more than a hundred small craft in Naples harbor today. The report from Rome cites a news agency dispatch. Local authorities have not yet released exact figures.

London Naples Rome

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