Discrimination Decision Regarded as Victory by Rail Firm
Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad discusses the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on disputed port charges. He notes that abandoned penalty rates do not affect Mobile Ohio and that through service costs and dock facilities remain largely unchanged, with through bills of lading benefiting cotton shipments from interior points to foreign destinations.
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Taylor
Mann R. V. Taylor
Mobile and ‘Railroad Company
Interstate Com- Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile Ohio Railroad
Mobile
Savannah
Mobile Oni Ohio Railroad
Ohip
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Jor
Transon
Commission
Murdered Mississippi Man Found Floating in River
The body of 35 year old John Fritz was found at the river levee in Penton Mississippi after a week missing. Authorities say his throat was cut and a gaping wound noted. One man, unnamed, was arrested in connection with the crime. Fritz was a well known local fisherman with no known enemies.
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Penton
Miss
John Fritz
Fritz
Unkown
Louisianian Arrested in Richmond For Passing Bad Check
Dr. Walter P. Rhodes, 40, once a leading Shreveport physician, was arrested in Richmond on a charge of passing a worthless check. The man, described as too proud to seek relatives' aid, blames liquor for his trouble. Rhodes is a Tulane alumnus, class of 1897.
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Richmond
International News Service
Walter P. Rhodes
Shreveport
Rhodes
Tulane
Address of Mrs. Faucett Highlights School Improvement Meeting
The Alabama School Improvement Association held its second day at the capitol with Mrs. R L Faucett Prattville president delivering the main address. She praised county units for unselfish work while noting funding and cooperation gaps from county superintendents. About twenty five members attended as Supt of Education William F Peagin spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama School Improvement Association
Capitol
R.L. Faucett
Prattville
William F. Peagin
Mother of Birmingham Woman Killed in Accidental Struggle
In Richardson Tennessee Mrs E M Turner mother in law of W C Wooten was accidentally shot during a struggle over a revolver he had drawn on his wife Coroner Robertson ruled the death accidental Mrs Turner a Birmingham Alabama connections noted through her daughter Mrs A Randolph
Calibrated Grocery List Items and Prices
A fragmented catalog of dried fruits candies and confections with assorted prices. Entries include Glace Peel dates raisins and prunes with per pound and per box pricing from various brands and flavors. The text presents a clutter of product names and inconsistent formatting.
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California
Califor Aon
London
Bell
Forkdipt
BUNTE
Diana
Gulfport Plans Detention Home by Mississippi Humane Society
The Mississippi Humane Society based in Gulfport plans a boys detention home modeled after Mobile's, with Gulfport merchants funding the first year and forty acres donated. A state reformatory goal is sought, with an appropriation request to follow in the next legislative session.
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Mississippi Humane Society
Gulfport
Model Institution of
Mobile
O. C. Wolcott
A. L. Whetstone
Mississippi Society
C. R. Frees
Hast Lake
Albany pair crosses to California in 1915 Buick
Charlies Chapman and his Albany companion traveled to California, driving a new 1915 Buick Model C-37. They left Albany on December 4 and arrived in Mobile with no motor or transmission issues, the speedometer reading 1,195 miles when stopping in front of The Item office on St. Emanuel street.
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Charlies Chapman
Albany
Mobile
California
Chapman
Buick
St. Emanuel Street
Escaped convict given more time in Alabama case
Frank Whitten, a young white man who escaped from the county camp over three months ago, was captured and arraigned in inferior criminal court before Judge Chamberlain. He received an additional six to twelve months on a larceny sentence of two years. Nelson Campbell, jailed for stealing a cow from Alex Moore at Kushla, was arraigned on larceny and held on a $250 bond. Octave Henderson was fined five dollars or ten days for vagrancy.
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Frank Whitten
Inferior Criminal Court
Whitten
Nelson Campbell
Alex Moore
Kushla
Ala
Smith Lynch
Octave Henderson
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Mississippi
Birmingham
Harris
Tennessee
Atmore’s
Smith
Wwe
Tarragona
Naples
Brazil
Edelweiss Camembert
Societe Somes
Philadelphia
Conception Street
C. J. Gayfer & CO
C.J. Gayfer & CO
Merry Christmas
Eng
Lish
Poe
Tro
C. J Gayfer & Co
Madonna
Ivory Boudoir Suggestions
R. O. Harris Grocery Co
Ladies of Mississippi Humane Society
Dominick Tortorich
Fisth Club
Frisco
OWLS
Diamond Nick
Robert Turner
W. C. Pooley
James Seabury
John Livingston
Albert Nichols
W. L. Beck
Southern Express Company
Royal and St. Michael Streets
Lacey, Murphy and Burch
Order of Owls
New Orleans
Texas
Royal Liquor Store
Mose Heidelberger
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