Court notices and sheriff sale items listed in Mobile County
Legal notices include a creditors meeting for Lerio Turpentine Cup Co. with Feb 1 1916 filing deadline, a sheriff sale of Tracy Spaulding's property, a foreclosures notice on Emma Wittman vendor's lien property, an executor notice for Elizabeth Hoerig, and a chancery sale of large Mobile blocks per a December 1915 decree.
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Harry Buschane
Lerio Turpentine Cup Inc
Lerio Turpentine
Recei i Mn
Turpentine Cup Co
Affs
Register
Meery
Mobile
Dober
FR H. Cabb
G. B. Toulmip
Tracy . Spaulding
Mobile County
Alabama
Tracy E. Spaulding
Grand United Order of St. Paul
Emma A. Whittman
Grand United Order of St Paul
Elin Street
Franklin and
Delaware Streets
Franklin Street
F. C. Gordon
Emma A. Wittman
Vendee
Ervin & McAleer
Joseph G. Espalla
Elizabeth Hoerig
Price Williams
Ernest F. Hoerig
Iarke & Brown
Attorneys
Register’s Office
Lloyd M. Richard
Edward E. Richard
Court of Chancery
Thirteenth
Southwestern Chancery Division
State of
Oe Asakee
Sheriff’s Sale
Beech Paint & Chemical Co
Clark- Butler Realty Co
Law and Equity Court
Court House
Clark-Butler Realty Co., Inc
Real Oe.ge
Nasties
Sevie Z
S. W
N. W
St. Stephens Meridian
W. H. Holcombe
Mobile Sent
Big crowd at bank opens holiday savings drive
A long morning line formed at First National Bank savings department as Christmas savings clubs opened. J W Woolf said 3500 accounts last year may climb to 5 600. 75 percent of earlier participants kept payments. Deposits extend through next month with interest from year start.
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Mobile
First National Bank
Savings Department
J. W. Woolf
Optimism Reigns on Stock Exchange Amid Quiet Christmas Week
The New York stock market shows cautious confidence after a month of steady gains and holiday bonuses. Brokers discuss pending mergers in steel and auto sectors as trading volumes stay brisk but not explosive, with 250000-share hours among the busiest in weeks.
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New York
Wall Street
United States Steel
Stock Exchange
Colt Dies and Father Kills Self in Tragic Deaths
Louvisa Court House Va Dec 27 Grieved over the death of Pendleton Butler an 18 year old colt owner the youth hanged himself from an oak tree near Cutlongs store between here and Gordonsville Zach Butler father of the boy found the body and killed himself with a shot through the head dying instantly in the tragedy of two suicides and a horse death
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Louvisa Court House
Pendleton Butler
Cutlong
Here
Gordonsville
Zach Butler
Coal Hoisting Plant Nears Operation at Pensacola Docks
Electrical coal loading apparatus with 400 tons per hour capacity will be ready for operation at the Louisville and Nashville docks in Pensacola early next year. The equipment is expected to increase weekly coal handling, including bunker and cargo coal, by thousands of tons.
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Pensacola
Fila
Louisville & Nashville
Fires Damage Two Homes on Congress and Broad Streets
A Sunday fire damaged the roof of a one story frame house at 952 Congress street. Owner M J Vick ers and occupant Lizzie Coleman were affected. A separate blaze at 140 South Broad street damaged by sparks fell on the roof. occupants were Henry French and owner J W Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Street
M.J. Vickers
Lizzie Coleman
South Broad Street
Henry French
J. W. Phillips
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Brom Quinine
An old advertisement promises a fast cure for colds using Laxative Brom Quinine tablets. It notes a money back guarantee if the remedy fails and includes the phrase EWW eee ane ture on the box.
Monday Markets Cotton Receipts Report
Exports by M. & O. compressed 242 bales. Southern-Exports compressed 112 bales. River Packet City of Mobile with Baker Lyons & Co and Clark Davis & Co totals 35 bales. River Packet Peerless with Clark Davis & Co N G Davis and others totals 14. Byrn N-F M Ladd Co Baker Lyons & Co R P Pope & Co totals 157 bales.
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Southern
River Packet City of
Mobile
Baker, Lyons & Co
Clark, Davis & Co
River Packet Peerless
N. G. Davis
Planters Cotton Company
Byrn & N
F. M. Ladd & Co
R. P. Pope & Co
New Orleans and New York Cotton Markets Rally on Notices
The New Orleans and New York cotton exchanges opened with gains driven by January notices and near month shorts covering. January led the advance amid steady spot trading. prices rose to around 12.14 to 12.19 in New York while January notices totaled about 15,000 bales in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
New York
Liverpool
Chicago
Sbee Ion Ee
Jan Ode
Éeneckaneue
Negro man docketed on murder charge after Christmas Eve assault
Albine Jones, a Black man, was arrested Sunday by Detectives Lacy and Murphy on charges of assault with intent to kill Ike Bell. Bell died Sunday night from a fractured skull at the city hospital. The pair had a Christmas Eve altercation in which Jones struck Bell with timber. Bell’s skull was crushed according to hospital reports.
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Albine Jones
Lacy and Murphy
Ike Bell
Jones
Bell
Hattie Green
North Royal Street
Lacey and
Murphy
Active copper shares lift New York market amid heavy trading
New York trading rose as copper and other metal stocks led a broad market advance. United States Steel climbed late to its best price since 1910, with volume surges in Union Pacific, Great Northern Ore, Studebaker, Westinghouse, and many industrials, closing strong with gains across key issues.
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New York
United States Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Studebaker
Westinghouse
Great Northern
Goodrich
New York Central
Chicago
Northwestern
Steel
Union Pacific
Atchison
Ralls
Anaconda Copper
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chi
Mil. & St. Paul
R. L & Pacific
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
Erie
General Electric
Pfd
Great Northern Ore Ctis
Illinois Central
Interborough Consol. Corp
International Merc. Mar
Kansas City Southern
Louisville & Nashville
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard Co
Mexican Petroleum
Missouri Pacific
National Lead
N. Y
N. H. & Hartford
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reatiing
Rep. Iron and Steel
Seaboard Air Line
Sloss-Shef, Steel and Iron
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corp
Tennessee Copper
Texas Co
United States Rubber
United States Steel, Pfd
Va.Carp. Chem
Va. Iron, Coal & Coke
Wabash Pfd
Ctfs
Western Union
Westinghouse Electric
United Fruit
Chicago Livestock Prices Sit Steady Across Markets
Chicago livestock receipts show hogs at 24 000 head with a steady market and mixed, heavy and rough price ranges. Cattle receipts of 19 000 head with native beef steers and cows and heifers priced across wide bands. Sheep receipts reach 12 000 head with wethers and lambs trading steady within narrow bands.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Turpentine and rosin prices steady in Savannah market
Turpentine firm quotes show 61 1 4 to 61 1 2 as latest sales, with receipts at 375 casks. Rosin firm receipts total 1,567 barrels. Bid/offer ranges appear for grades B through M and WG WW in the Savannah naval stores market.
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Savannah
Cotton Seed Oil Prices and Market Activity
The cotton seed oil market closed easy with spot and forward quotations across months from January to December. Total sales reached 19,600 barrels while other market notes and a few police reports appear on page.
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New York
Birthday Greetings For Mobile Children Celebrate December Birthdays
The Mobile Item lists children born in December and invites families to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor at the newspaper. Names include Frazier J. McKnight Shirley Mae McKnight George B. McKnight Jr Mae Howell Elizabeth Johnson John J Hughes Virginia Dodd. Tickets for an Empire Theatre birthday celebration are mailed for this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazier J. McKnight
N. Broad
Shirley Mae McKnights
George B. McKnight, Jr
N. Broadva Mae Howell
St. Francis
Maritime Moves Include City of Mobile and Several Vessels
River packet City of Mobile arrives with heavy cargo and passengers, hauling 35 bales of cotton 1185 staves 252 barrels of resin and sundries. American steamer Mallory line returns from New York with freight and passengers. Astoria sails from Galveston to Liverpool. Swedish bark Carolina beached and lost near Galveston, sold as is. Captain Wrightson of Mobile sold the Carolina. Norwegian steamer Viator moves to Mobile docks for coal. Tarpon due from Pensacola and set to depart Monday night.
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Mobile
Campasses
Mallory Line
New York
Key West
Tampa
Fila
Carolina
Galveston
Walter Wrightson
Bohemian Girl All-Star Revival At Lyric Tonight
The Bohemian Girl all star revival comes to the Lyric Theatre for one performance tonight at 8 15. Management cites the need to cover the enormous expenses of this organization with weekly takings from other houses reported between 9000 and 12000 dollars. Seat sale is underway at the Lyric box office.
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Lyric Theatre
Lyric
Lumber shipments from Pensacola reach monthly peak
Pensacola saw its largest monthly lumber shipment as the Dutch steamship Terschelling cleared for Spezia with 2 336 000 feet of lumber and timber. The Italian steamship Natalie L. departed for Rosario with 1 229 000 feet of lumber.
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Pensacola
Fla
Terschelling
Spezia
Italy
Natalie L
Rosario
Knights of Pythias meet at Odd Fellows Hall in Whistler
Whistler Lodge No. 127 Knights of Pythias will meet Monday at 7 o'clock in Odd Fellows Hall Ray King of Chicago NL is visiting Indian Springs relatives John Ormerd returns from Gulfport business trip John M Mason and Price H Williams spend holidays with Gulfcrest Alabama Mr and Mrs Homer Pringle return to Mobile after visiting Mr and Mrs Ira H Pringle Miss Marguerette Wooten returns to Mobile after visiting cousins the Misses Peterson Mrs Harry Harris of Pensacola visits her mother Mrs Gabrella George Little Lyda Baxton of Prichard visits cousin Miss Annie Roy Williams Miss Gleason of Mobile visits Miss Bessie Hanley
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Whistler
Aln
Whistler Lodge No. 127
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows Hall
Ray King
Chicago
Indian Springs
John Ormerd
Gulfport
John M. Mason
Price H. Williams
Gulfcrest
Ala
Homer Pringle
Mobile
Ira H. Pringle
Marguerette Wooten
Peterson
Harry Harris
Pensacola
Fla
Gabrella George
Lyda Baxton
Prichard
Annie Roy Williams
Gleason
Bessie Hanley
A Novel Christmas Tree At Miller Home
A novelty Christmas tree was erected at EB J Miller's home 339 Spring Hill avenue for the holidays. Snowflake foliage hides the tree while tiny lights glow like stars and presents for family and guests enhance the scene. Witnesses said the snow looked so real it gave them the shivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. J. Miller
Spring Hill Avenue
Lutheran church holds children's Christmas service with gifts
The German Lutheran church conducted Sunday night children's services with Christmas carols sung by Bible class children. Each Bible class member received a box of candy and a bag of fruit, and all the tots were given a bag of fruit. Pastor Hennig led the closing songs.
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Hennig
Deaths and funerals in Mobile area
The Mobile community mourns as Theodore G. Harwell of the police force is buried at Pine Crest after a 2 pm service at St. Vincent's with Police Relief Association and Woodmen of the World delegations. Also reported are the deaths of child Edward Ross Chisholm and Clara Ellen Dillard, Mobile resident for 28 years.
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T.G. Harwell
Theodore G. Harwell
Mobile
St. Vincent's Catholic Church
Daniel Brady
Police Relief Association
Forest Camp
Woodmen of the World
Pine Crest Cemetery
Clara Ellen Dillard
Montgomery County
North Ann Street
Richard
Jane Felder
Richard Felder
Police
RE. M. Dillard
Pagphis, Tenn
A. G. Forbes
Montgomery
Charleston Dukes
Mary Watts
DeWitt C. Dillard
Jane P. Jacobs
Christmas Arrests Were Remarkably Few
A total of sixty one arrests were made from Friday morning after the recorder's court adjourned up to 7 oclock Sunday morning. Sheriff Holcombe reported conditions in the county as quiet with no disorder. The number of arrests was very small.
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Recorder’s Court
Holcombe
Moonshiner Sentenced to Fine and Jail Time
Willis Kennedy pleaded guilty in United States district court to operating an illicit still near his home in Bessemer Jefferson County. Judge Toulmin sentenced him to a $160 fine and thirty days in Mobile county jail. Kennedy, who is colored, began serving immediately.
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Willis Kennedy
Bessemer
Jefferson County
Mobile County
Toulmin
United States District Court
Kennedy
Mobile after Jewish Sunday School Meet in Alabama
In Selma on December 27 a special report says Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile will likely bid for the next annual meeting of the Jewish Sunday School Teachers Association. Montgomery is viewed as having the best chance to host the convention.
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Selma
Ala
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Sunday School Teachers’ Association
Marriage Licenses Issued By Probate Court
Marriage licenses issued Monday include White Harrison Simmons with Bessie Lockett Allman Jos W Abraham with Catherine Marie Kels on Charles H Connell with Ollie Elizabeth Jackson Harry M McDonald with Marie Elizabeth Coomes. An alarm lock ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Harrison Simmons
Bessie Lockett Allman
Jos. W. Abraham
Catherine Marie Kelson
Charles H. Connell
Ollie Elizabeth Jackson
Harry M. McDonald
Marie Elizabeth Coomes
Mallory Line Steamship Travel to Tampa and Key West
Luxurious express steamers offer stateroom berths and all meals included in fare with weekly Tuesday sailings. Stops include Tampa and Key West. Special freight handling facilities available. For rates and full information contact B. F. Du Bois, Agent, Mobile.
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Mallory Line
Tampa
Key West
Mallory Steamship
B. F
Reduced rent commercial properties in New Orleans area
Properties listed by Morrill & Lyons at 57 St. Francis Street include No 14 South Conception St near Majestic Theatre as well as sites on N W St Joseph and Bloodgood Sts Bienville Brewery building suitable for warehouse or factory No 63 Dauphin St a two story brick building with two show windows and all See N E St Emanuel a one story brick building suitable for mage a aeerreny No Dauphin street ground floor ideal for butcher shop or confectionery.
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South Conception St
Majestic Theatre
N. W. St. Joseph and
Bloodgood
Bienville Brewery
Dauphin St
N. E. St. Emanuel
Mage
Aeerreny
Auphin Street
Oan Am Morrill & Lyons
St. Francis Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl
S. Scott St
Satsuma
Mobile Plantation Co
Phone City & Co
Frank A. Company
S. Royal Street
Imperial
Underwood
Mobile Brewery
Lyons
Park
R.A. Lambert
Church Street
St. Emanuel ‘Street
S. Franklin Street
Orth Jackson Street
Mme
Lolo Dixon
Yeeper
Gland Avenue
Crichton
Hyland Avenue
Cathedral
Springer
Broad — S Bell
Marx Grocery and
Government and
Fulton Road
Pulton Road
Government Road
Government Street
Alming
Caribbean and Southern Steamship Company
Seres Parpete Board
Theo K. Jackson
Utp
St St
Moler Barber
Dakota Specialty Co
Dept
Watertown
Dakota Repairing
W. J. Kora
Satsumas
E. A. Smith
Theodore, Ala
Savings Club
Colt
Boy
Father
Gotton
U. S
Wall. Street Review
Boy-Ed
K Boy-Ed
Rotterdam
Marine News
Astoria
Tex
England
Louisville and Nashville
Mobile and Ohio
Tarpon
Mobile’s Quality Theatre
Edward Ross Chisholm
W. R. Chisholm
Charleston Street
Rupe
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