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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1914
Page
5
A large order for Shell steel has been placed totaling 16 000 tons destined for Russia. The quantity follows a prior shipment of 26 000 tons of the same grade, indicating sustained demand for this material.
A Gretna widow Mrs. M. E. Finagan and Jacob Walter constable clash over an annulled betrothal after a kiss on the ferry to Jackson Avenue. The case, noted in a Gretna weekly, centers on alleged romance involving a second woman amid months of rumor.
The five masted schooner Dorothy Palmer and United Fruit steamer Limon collided near Peaked Hill Bars off Cape Cod early today. No serious damage or injuries. Limon towed the Palmer toward Boston after the impact.
Adam Glass, a Louisville furniture man, presented $30,000 gifts to his sons Arnold and William Glass. Arnold received a furniture factory at Nineteenth and Walnut in Louisville Kentucky, while William got the Mobile property at 206 Government Street in Mobile. A separate note mentions a broken engagement between Constable Walter and Mrs Finagan.
Baseball prophets pick Hughey May as the New York Yankees manager with Wild Bill Donovan slated to succeed him in Detroit. Donovan, ex Detroit pitcher, led the Providence International League to a pennant last summer.
The US State Department released a telegram from Ambassador Penfield in Vienna stating Emperor Francis Joseph’s gratitude for American gifts of clothing and toys sent to war orphans aboard the Jason. Half a million items are to be distributed across Austria-Hungary as the emperor praises the Christmas cheer.
Four deaths and a probable additional fatal burn are confirmed among the 238 inmates of a Cambridge city home after a fire trapped sleeping occupants. Police, firemen, and nurses aided residents down stairs and fire escapes as others suffered fright and exposure.
The Lyric Theatre presents Denman Thompson’s The Old Homestead in its twenty ninth season today and tonight. Potash and Perlmutter comes Tuesday and Wednesday with a Wednesday matinee direct from New York. Alice Joyce headlines at the Empire in The Mayor’s Secretary with An American Heiress and A Matter of Court. Rip Van Winkle opens Friday with Thomas Jefferson in a leading role. other features include By the Governor’s Order and Wade Brent Pays.
Report describes how French troops gain confidence during the Marne retreat. Soldiers once puzzled by orders now trust their generals and rely on the belief the Germans can be defeated. Civilians and wounded men noted initial fear but growing resolve as the battle nears.
Washington Dec 28 Officials said no further reports from Governor General Harrison had arrived on the insurrectionist disturbances in the Philippines. His cable from the previous day described scattered disorders and minimized their significance, with no new developments expected unless prompted by fresh events.
Charles Webb Murphy the well known baseball man from Chicago returns to Chicago with Mrs Murphy after a ten day visit to Mobile. He toured the Cawthon hotel and was entertained many times saying Mobile offers the best prospects for entertaining tourists in the South and hopes to return before winter ends.
Chief Crenshaw directs a roundup of vagrants leading to the detention of twenty four men on charges of vagrancy. Eighteen white men and six African American men were processed at police headquarters after a waterfront roundup by Officer Helton.
Bam Pincus a negro is arrested after burglary of a railroad car on Commerce street four shirts and a pair of trousers stolen. Rev L H B Chappelle Jr, formerly Bay Minette Alabama pastor, delivered his first sermon at 11 o clock.
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