Mobile Light and Railroad adopts pay-on-platform cars
The Mobile Light and Railroad company reports new pay-on-platform streetcars with enclosed platforms and a fare box for nickels and dimes. Conductor duties are reduced as passengers pay at the front and enter from the platform, aiming to cut accidents and improve efficiency despite higher costs and long-term depreciation.
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The
Light and Railroad Company
Mobile
Acto
Preston
Mobile Light and Railroad County
Cedar Bet
Franklin Street
Michigan
Mina
New
Ief
Sis
New York
Philadel
Chicago
Reat
Mbile
Railroad P
Rainfall links earthquakes noted by scientists
A fragment cites studies by Ferdinand de Montessus Ballore and Omori suggesting a connection between rain and East Asia seismic activity. The text references earthquakes in Tokyo and regional rainfall patterns as a possible influencer.
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Ferdinand de Montessus
Ballore
Pfessor Omori
Tokio
Realty Transfers Show Mixed Week in Probate Court
Real estate activity this week included transfers from Isuling and Benn to Mavis Investment Co and Home Building Co selling lots to Sidney Lowenstein for 4000 dollars. Multiple parcels change hands across Montgomery Street routes with prices ranging from 1 to 4000 dollars and numerous parcels listed in the probate court records for the week ending December 13.
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Isuling
Benn
Mavis Investment Company
Home Building Company
Sidney Lowenstein
Thos. W. Simms
Virginia P. Rhen
S. Luther Calloway
E. Washington Avenue
Florida
Chas
J. Michailoffsky
Helen W. Winter
Michailoffsky
Dauphin Heights
May A. Morgan
Jerry E. May
South Range
A Land Co
Edgar
Johanna C. Knebel
H. F. Knebel
Bernoudy
McGowin Mill Co
McGowin Lumber Co
Hoover
W. Thomas D
Wilson
Edward Clement
Rebecca A. Lyon
Ernest R. Diamond
Bascomb
T. C. Sorenson
Taylor Lowenstein & Co
Lucille D. Ferguson
Jacob Wiggins
McDonald Property
the Home Building Co
Flo-Claire
Arthur Shirley Benn
W. Jo. Mavis Inc.Co
W. Commerce
Montauk Avenue
Orange Grove
Terrill
Springhill
Cedar Point
Norteast
Warren
Delaware
E. Lafayette
Conti
Township
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Croup Remedy Claim
P H Ginn of Middletown Georgia praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best safeguard against croup. He says his children are very susceptible to coughs and colds, but with the product they get prompt relief and are soon cured, and he keeps it at home to prevent croup.
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Foley
P. H. Ginn
Middleton, Ga
Convicts Tested On Trust System In Illinois Camp
Illinois Joliet penitentiary sent 45 prisoners including murderers and thieves to a camp named Camp Hope where 1,400 workers left behind urged them to prove themselves. The program, started in Colorado, adopted in Oregon, is watched by Wisconsin and Florida as states consider similar open air labor. Incidents have been reported which.
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Colorado
Oregon
Washington State
Illinois
Joliet Penitentiary
Camp Hope
Wisconsin
Florida
College Men 70 Be Favored In Santa Fe Engineers
Topeka Kansas December 13 Only graduates of engineering schools will be employed by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in its civil engineering service from now on system engineer C F W Felt announced No civil engineers already in service will be promoted unless they are graduate engineers if college men are available for promotions This sweeping order marks a major change in Santa Fe policy and ends the use of high school graduates for entry level engineering roles The brief note also mentions a shop incident with a coat left behind and a watch and dollar bill found
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Topeka
Kan
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
C. F. W. Felt
Santa Fe Engineering Department
Santa Fe
Constipation Symptom Prompt in Historical Health Column
In a terse health note the columnist warns that severe constipation may signal systemic poisoning and urges readers to seek relief methods, cautioning against neglect. The piece frames digestive distress as a potential indicator of broader illness and implies urgent attention.
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Reynalds
Davis Quality
Dauphin ST
Mobile, Ala
Dana
Victrolas
Kodaks
Victor
Tange
Albert Bishop
Grand Bay Land Co
Solomon Oshawa
Wm. K. Syson
Ruby G. Roberts
Weston Place
Wm. Caton
J. S. Williams
Colgin
Oakdale
Baba Yohannan
Nakhton Yohanna
Mobile Farm Land Co
Etta S. Caldwell
Andrew Strauss
Sallie Jones
F. J. Wilson
Reeds Subdivision
Annie Colson
E. H. Bixler
D” Neely
Henry Delany
Alexis
Victorine Aubenque
Pinehurst
Thomas F. Stein
John Sharper
Barbara Muntz
Wm. N
Laula A. Newell
Government
North Montauk
Hallett
Georgia
Ross
Harriet H. Linn
Mamie F. Edwards
Homer Place
Exchange Land Co., Inc
Leonora ‘Hamilton
Philomena Heights
Jerry H
Hattie Coleman
Strauss
Wolfe Heights
J. H. Lander
W. E. Alberson
Jackson Fourth
Terrance L. Evans
Chas. Jenkinson
Lawrence
C. C. Mechem
KE. Cc. Slossen
Park Place
Kirk Wilson
E. H. Hunt
Chichester Place
North Mobile Development Co
Jas. T. Bradley
North Mobile
Wm. Powell
Andrew Straum
South Millville
Elizabeth B. Dickin
Alma Martin
Crawford Street
Holt’s Road
Croup
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