Ice Coated Boats Reported In Harbor Amid Severe Cold
The harbor lay under extreme cold as river packets bay boats and steamers wore ice Tuesday morning. Captain George Godbolt guided the pilot boat Alabama back to her post inside the bar after rough seas and high winds torn lifeboats away. Only one arrival and one sailing occurred Tuesday. The British steamer Jupiter departed for the Windward Islands with general cargo, and the Amelia carried 12,000 bunches of bananas for United Fruit Company.
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Mobile
George Polbolt
Alabama
Godbolt
Bolt
Jupiter
Windward Islands
Amelia
United Fruit Company
Advises Lime for Tuberculosis Therapy Promoted in 1912 Journal
The 1912 Journal of the American Medical Association article cites Dr C F Olsen of Minnesota claiming lime deficiency causes tuberculosis and Eckman’s Alterative helps by correcting it. The therapy is described as easy to assimilate salt form combined with remedies and urged as a tested option with no opiates.
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Cording
The
Amerim Medical Association
C. F. Olsen
Min
Eckman
Philadelphia
Stimson Presses Navy Policy And Army Build Up
Mr. Stimson challenged defensive navy plans and urged three army goals. He called for a modest regular army rise via a reverse system, rapid citizen army mobilization foundations, and immediate stockpiling of field guns and ammo. He urged lifelong rifle training for U S youth like Switzerland and Australia.
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Stimson
United States
Switzerland
Australia
Negro Bound Over As Highway Robber
Richard Fleming Louis Gary and Will Durham three men charged with highway robbery were arraigned in the recorder s court. Gary and Durham case continued to Wednesday for further investigation. Fleming was bound over to the city court on a 200 bond. Fleming was arrested after Willie Mosely alleged a hold up and Elijah Tyler identified the others as the robbers who took 1 50.
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Richard Fleming
Louis Gary
Will Durham
Recorder’s Court
Gary
Durham
Fleming
Willie Mosely
Elijah Tyler
Fire reopens at Dortch home on Spring Hill
A second fire struck the residence of J. B. Dortch on Spring Hill Tuesday at 6 am. Neighbors extinguished the blaze before it caused extensive damage to household effects.
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J. B. Dortch
Spring Hill
District School to Be Repeated by Peace Rebekah Lodge
Repetition of the District School at Blueberry Corners will be staged soon by the Peace Rebekah Lodge degree staff, following a well received performance at Temperance Hall. The show featured vocal and instrumental selections between acts.
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Blueberry Corners
Peace Rebekah Lodge
Temperance Hall
Growing Homeless Men Outnumber Local Shelters
The county jail and Salvation Army Home report record highs of homeless men this year with about fifteen to twenty sleeping nightly at the jail. Inmates are fed each morning by order of Sheriff T. T. Palmer as overcrowding continues at the jail and Salvation Army facility.
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Salvation Army
T. T. Palmer
Convicts Sentenced and Remanded to Wetumpka Penitentiary
Robert Moore was sent to the state penitentiary at Wetumpka for forty five years for robbery and Ezhei Fleming received ten years for rape. They were taken to begin their sentences on Monday night.
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Robert Moore
Ezhei Fleming
Wetumpka
Groh Face Divorce Suit Linked to Alleged Cruelty in New Orleans
Freda Rosa Groh files for absolute divorce from William Groh of Gessner and Groh Electric Welding, alleging severe cruelty since their 1910 Hoboken marriage. She seeks custody of two children, a home, and an injunction to prevent disposal of community property, citing a past incident on Constance Street and a threatening public notice of non-responsibility for debts. Judge Ellis grants temporary custody.
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New Orleans
Civil District Court
William Groh
Freda Rosa Groh
Groh
Gessner & Groh
Camp Street
Constance Street
Hoboken
N. J
Albert
Freddy
Gessner & Groh Electric Welding Company
Metropolitan
Ellis
Mrs. Groh
Charbonnet
Deaths and Funerals Elbern Walley and Margaret O Connor Smith
Elbern Walley of Richton Mississippi died in a local infirmary after several weeks illness at age 23. Roche Burke Undertaking will send the body to Richton for interment. Margaret O Connor Smith wife of marine engineer Thomas B Smith died after a long illness at home 69 Rapier Avenue survived by husband two daughters father and sister.
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Elbern Walley
Richton
Miss
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Margaret O’connor Smith
Margaret O'Connor Smith
Thomas
New York Cotton Opens Steady As May Hits 7.53
New York cotton prices opened steady with gains of 22 to 24 points amid cover and Liverpool support. May futures traded around 7.53 on the day, as selling pressure and slow response to crop figures kept the market mildly bullish.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton futures end lower on mixed session
Cotton futures in New Orleans closed with a modest net decline of about four to five points. Trading showed values around January to July contracts with slight off highs and finishes near the lower end of the day’s range.
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New Orleans
Wall Street opens with broad rise in international issues
The first open session of trading on the stock exchange saw gains across international group shares led by Union Pacific Southern Pacific Canadian Pacific Baltimore and Ohio and United States Steel. Early demand faded as offerings exceeded demand causing declines of 1 to 3 points from yesterday's close.
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Wall Street Review
New York
Stock Exchange
International Group
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
United States Steel
Steel
Fire damages Mason Temple boiler room on St Joseph street
A fire in the Masonic Temple boiler room on St Joseph street caused damage after an overheated smokestack. Fire Companies 4 and 9 extinguished the blaze after it started Tuesday morning at 9 40. The event followed by burial notices for Miss Phoebe Roff at Trinity Episcopal Church.
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Masonic Temple
St. Joseph Street
Phoebe Roff
Trinity Episcopal Church
A. G. Richards
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
R. N. Hudson
J. F. Johnston
E.S. Kiencke
R. G. Michael
R. J. Howart
R. B. Michael
Alma Coming to Lyric in Mobile Engagement
Advance agent Carl Zoellner reports the Alma company will perform at the Lyric in Mobile on Monday December 21 with matinee and night shows. Manager Fourton has secured arrangements for the appearance of the "Alma, Where Do You Live" troupe in this city.
Marriage License Issued in Sumter County
Judge Price Williams of the probate court issued a marriage license on Tuesday to James Thomas Cobb of Bellamy Sumter County Alabama and Delia Bosarge of Bayou la Batre Alabama.
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Price Williams
Probate Court
James Thomas Cobb
Bellamy
Sumter County
Ala
Delia Bosarge
Bayou la Batre
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Enriches Blood Strengthens
Invigorating tonic advertised as a general strengthener that drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the system. Marketed as suitable for adults and children with a 50 cent price tag.
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Grove
Home Gardens and Model Farm Topic at Mobile Chamber Meet
U C members heard Aubrey Boyles discuss home gardens and George Maloney and George Card presented a model forty acre farm for demonstration. A possible demonstration farm was proposed for a corporation to establish. Dr McCall announced a suitable tuberculosis camp site near the city.
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Aubrey Boyles
Ways and Queans
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Cawthon Hotel
D . J. Leslie Taylor
George A. Maloney
George G. Card
Boyles
Reed Avenue
C. G. Hutchisson
Messrs. Hutchisson
Maloney
Dr. McCall
Ways and Means
Negro Cleared In Saloon Theft Case At Royal Street
Reuben Wilson, saloon owner at 55 North Royal street, reported a burglary between 11 p m Saturday and 6 a m Monday with several bottles taken. Sam Morany, a negro, faced the recorder’s court on theft charges but was dismissed after his employers Griffing Brothers testified he had permission to sleep in the building.
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Reuben Wilson
North Royal Street
Sam Morany
Recorder’s Court
Griffing Brothers
Wonderful cure by Quaker herb extract and balm
Local testimonials tout Quaker Herb Extract and Oil of Balm as cures for rheumatism indigestion and parasitic worms. Charles Jordan of Crichton Alabama reports rapid recovery after months of immobilization. J B Powell from E Catherine Street says indigestion and constipation resolved. A Neilson of Whistler notes her son expelled worms after use and improved appetite sleep and health. Prices: Quaker Herb Extract 1.00 or 3 for 2.60 Oil of Balm 25 cents. Call to Office on Clatborne streets.
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Charles Jordan
Crichton
Ala
J. B PoWard
E. Catherine Street
Spring Hill Avenue
A. Neilson
Whistler
Charles
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