Court Adjourns After Sentencing in City Court
Wiser Upshaw a Negro school teacher in the city was sentenced to fifteen months in the reform school by Judge O J Seemes after embezzlement from Delia Thomas in a scheme to turn over government land. Notice of appeal to the supreme court was given and a stay of execution granted. Edward J Sweeney, pleaded petit larceny of less than $25, got ninety days in county jail. Robert Green, convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Spencer Porter, was sentenced to two years hard labor. James McMillan awaits sentence for carnal knowledge but was too ill to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiser Upshaw
Delia Thomas
O. J. Seemes
Supreme Court
Edward J. Sweeney
Punty
Robert Green
Spencer Porter
James McMillan
Fines Imposed in Inferior Court for License Violations
Willis Miles paid 114 dollars and served fifty days in jail for running a public hall on Wilkinson street near Adams without a license. County License Officer D T Gimon testified. Walter Perry and Robert Williams were fined one dollar or ten days for gaming. Sam Hill and Henry Brown faced ten day terms or a ten dollar fine. Ben Rogers received thirty days or fifty one dollars for bootlegging whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Miles
Cheney's Expectorant Promises Croup and Cough Cure
Ad touts Cheney's Expectorant as the best medicine for croup whooping cough cold and sore throat. Warns against untried remedies and claims wide sale at 2 dollars per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheeney
Cheney
Red Fire Boxes Misused As Mail Receptacles
City electrician Charley McCosker warns that red fire and police boxes are being misused by drivers and pedestrians. He cites a Royal Street incident where a motorist attempted to retrieve gasoline from a box and a country man who tried to mail a letter in a trash can, provoking swift police and fire department response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley McCosker
City Electrician
Royal Street
Mr. Mc
Pilings Shortened by Dredging Prompt Wharf Work
Insufficient old piles along the Mobile and Ohio wharf due to nearby dredging led Jett Brothers Contracting to start driving new pilings at the foot of Government street. Crews plan to replace pilings from Government street to Dauphin as suction dredging threatens additional sinking and potential wharf weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio
Jett Brothers Contracting Company
Government Street
Dauphin
37 Children Aided By Juvenile Court
A November report shows one girl and twenty-two boys arrested by city and county probation officers. Twelve were discharged. the girl sent to House of the Good Shepherd in New Orleans, six boys to Mobile Detention Home, four on probation. Fourteen parents sought help and thirty-seven children received court aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of the Good Shepherd
New Orleans
Mobile
Statue Unveiled at St Matthew’s Church Ceremony
The statue of St Matthew donated by Mrs James P Kenny was unveiled Sunday night at St Matthew's Church. Right Rev Edward P Allen led the ceremony and preached on the Communion of Saints. About sixty parish children in white, with cross-bearers and altr boys in cassock and surplice, attended alongside Rev Fathers Brady Gerow and Dunne. The choir, led by Miss Katie C Hynde, performed liturgical hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew
James P. Kenny
St. Matthew's Church
Edward P. Allen
Father Brady
St. Vincent's
Father Gerow
Father Dunne
St. Matthew's
Katie C. Hynde
Distress Reported on Dauphin Island Oysters Bring Aid
John Moreno arrived Monday with a schooner of oysters from Dauphin Island and reported a family there in dire want. Father John Collier is blind from typhoid fever, wife ill, and three children ages two to five need food and clothing. Moreno will dock at the foot of Eslava Street today and tomorrow. donations via The Item will be forwarded to Dauphin Island promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moreno
Thelcity
Dauphin Island
John Collier
Mareno
Mobile
Eslava Street
Alleged Booth shooter held on $1000 bond
Charles alias Levi Webb alias R Williams was arraigned in Inferior Criminal court on November 13 shooting at Robert Booth near Russell Alabama. After evidence the court bound him over to the next grand jury under $1000 bond. Webb, an old timer, had previously faced murder charges here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Depth dispute over port loading limit for Far East line
Norton & Son of New Orleans asked Harbormaster Captain Norville to allow 25 feet 6 inches draft for Bucknall Lines ships. The official depth is 26 feet, but temporary permission was discussed. Norville cited prior examples including the Frankmere and Bechuana to justify potential leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton & Son
New Orleans
Atlantic, Guilt & Far East
Bucknall Lines, Ltd
Thomas Norville
Norville
Bucknall Steamship Lines, Ltd
Mobile
Japan
Bechuana
Leslie
Frankmere
Leyland Line
Second Meet Called by Maritime Men at Harbor Office
No definite plans were outlined at a Sunday meeting of marine men with United States licenses in this port. They met to organize a branch of the National Association of Masters, Mates, and Pilots or American Merchants Marine. Another meeting will be held next Sunday at the harbor master's office, foot of Government street, hoping for decided steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Association of Masters, Mates, and Pilots
American Merchants Marine
Harborraster
Government Street
Civil service exams listed for several positions
January 7-8 exams announced for a topographic draftsman and copyist. January 12 tests set for a band leader and instructor male, band leader and athletic instructor male, and a dairyman male in Indian Service, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Service
Iowa
Prisoner Quietly Walks Out of Court
Henry Brown, a colored man, was fined ten dollars or ten days for gaming by Judge Chamberlain. He slipped away from the Inferior Criminal Court before adjournment Monday and has not been found. Bailiff Brannan says Brown escaped while the docket was checked. Lillian Eldridge is the other recent escapee, with an additional warrant sworn for Eldridge as an escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Brown
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Liberty
Brown
Charles Brannan
Lillian
Eldridge
Dr King s New Discovery for Croup and Cough
Dr King s New Discovery praised by Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio for use with his child in croup coughs and colds. The advertisement touts it as the best remedy and recommends a bottle for every home available at druggists for 50 cents or one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Lewis Chamberlain
Manchester
Ohio
H. BE. Bucklen & Co
Phila
St. Louis
President of N C and St L in improving condition
The condition of John W. Thomas Jr., president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, was somewhat improved this morning. He had pleural pneumonia and was delirious yesterday as his symptoms were alarming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
John W. Thomas, Jr
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Thomas
B and B Cafe Ad Offers Short Orders at 25 Cents
Local cafe at 60 South Royal Street advertises delicious dinners with short orders made from the best material. The notice invites patrons to come in for meals served in standard cafe fashion.
Hotel Men’s Association Session Opens in Mobile
The semi annual meeting of the Alabama Hotel Men's Association opened at the Cawthon hotel Mobile with officials presiding. Delegates from Birmingham Montgomery Selma and other cities attended and plans included an oyster roast at Dog River Club and a banquet at Vineyard. Members then prepared to travel to New Orleans for the Southern Interstate Hotel Men's Association session December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Hotel Men's Association
Mobile
Ccawthon
C. B. Hervey
C. E. Taylor
B. Woolf
Blanche Woolf
Montgomery
J. W. Wiliams
Opelika
H. M. Burt
H. B. New
L. T. Prichett
J. D. Mason
Birmingham
L. C. Bruner
Talladega
Henry J. Snow
A. R. Reich Gadsden
F. A. Cater
Selma
O. M. Gleason
Hotel World
Chicago
Charles E. Gehring
Hotel PP A and Recorder
New York
W. J. Quinn
St. Charles
New Orleans
Dog River
Cawthorn Hotel
Automobiles
Cawthon Hotel
Vineyard
The
Alabama Association
C B. Herver
C. B. Nabb
J. W. Williams
Openka
P. C. Steel
Mobie
Deaths and Funerals in Mobile Area Obituaries
Mrs. Francis C. Russell dies at 57 after long illness at Magnolia Beach Fairhope. Interment Wednesday at Fairhope. Miss Lucetta Chambers funeral held at 302 St. Michael Street with burial at Magnolia Cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth Daniel Rich mother of ex Mayor Charles W. Rich dies in Hattiesburg, buried there. survivors include two sons and two daughters. Dr. Frederick C. Haggerman, Mobile physician from Chicago, dies at 69. remains sent to Wheaton Illinois for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Chambers
Lucetta Chambers
St. Michael Street
O. C. McGehee
St. Francis Street Methodist Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Peter Buckley
Theodore Fisch
John Douglas
Marshall Turner
William Powell
E. D. Rich
Elizabeth Daniel Rich
J. C. Rich
Mobile
Hattiesburg
Miss
Charles W. Rich
Rich
Perry County
Alabama
Wayne County
Mississippi
S. B. Rich
C. E. Rich
Joseph C. Rich
B. T. Teemer
Covington
Laura Bibb
Dallas
Tex
Frederick C. Haggerman
Chicago
Illinois
Maud A. Haggerman
Wheaton
Ill
Interment Planned for Martha Cragin in Mobile
The 84 year old Martha Cragin died in Purvis Mississippi and will be buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile. She was a Wilcox County native and survived by a son Benn and four daughters including Mrs. Hand and Mrs. Richardson. Granddaughters include Mrs. Spotswood and Mrs. Perry. Felix D McCann a retired grocer at Cedar and St Francis streets died Sunday at 508 St Francis Street. The Ireland native aged 60 had lived in Mobile forty years. she had a sister Sin see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Martha Cragin
Purvis
Miss
Magnolia
Felix D. McCann
Cedar and
St. Francis Streets
St. Francis Street
Ireland
Sin Cee
Chief Crenshaw Detains Unemployed as Guests of City
Early Monday orders by Chief Crenshaw directed every nonworking person in the city to explain their plight to Recorder Edington. The move led to S O R members being sheltered at police headquarters and placed in guest status at the Crenshaw hotel for questioning about employment. If unsatisfied, work would be imposed under city auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Crenshaw
Edington
International
Association of Sons of Rest
Crenshaw
Mrs Sol Cahn Operated On In Mobile Hospital
Mrs Sol Cahn of Pensacola Fla a well known resident was operated on Monday at the Mobile In firmary. She arrived in Mobile Sunday afternoon accompanied by Mr Cahn. Raphael Semmes brother of Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Cahn
Pensacola, Fla
Mobile Infirmary
Mobile
Cahn
Vinol promoted as grippe remedy by Van Antwerp Drug
An advertisement urges grippe prevention through Vinol cod liver tonic to keep blood in good condition and strengthen the system. A Long Branch, New Jersey speaker says three bottles restored strength after grippe. Sunlit guarantees and money back offer accompany Saxo Salve skin care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
Easil
Long Branch
Art
Nan
van Antwerp Drug Corp., Inc
Mobile, Ala. &P
Grippe Avice
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Allen
St.atthew’s
Booth
Civil Service Examinations
B. Cafe
S. Royal St
Francis C. Russell
Joseph Russell
Fairhope
Baldwin County
Magnolia Beach
Colorado
Denver
Piedmont
America
David H. Audience
Co. J. Seemes
Mobile Stre Mer
Mobile Stre Railway
Bienville Hotel
E. M. Noble
Montgome
R. T. Jobie
Savannal Ga
Battle House
Wilbur Denham
Cleveland
J. M. Denham
A. T. E. Thomson
Mrs. A. Lyon
New Yo City
John Martin
Amanda Jkins
Carl A. Edler
Esther M Linda Powell
Reid R. Wood
Gusport
J. T. White
City
Raphael Semmes
City Bank & Trust Co
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