Blaze Threatens Moss Point Business District
Fire in Moss Point Mississippi began in Lubenstein's store due to a defective flue and spread through the business district. The Pascagoula and Scranton fire departments aided in saving key buildings with estimated total losses around 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Point
Miss
Pascagoula
Scranton
Lubenstein
McInnis Brothers
August Campbell
Smith & Fails
Model
Furniture Company
George Sherman
Moss Point Electric Depot
Spann Hardware Company
Pascagoula National Bank P
John F. Krebs
Central Hotel
Alabama Patents Grant to Citizens
Washington patent attorneys Davis and Davis report this week grants to Alabama residents including A Jordan of Birmingham for a safety attachment for railway rolling stock and C H Whiteman with R L Brewton of Mobile for a stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Messrs. Davis & Davis
Washington
A. Jordan
Birmingham
C. H. Whiteman
R. L. Brewton
Smith Declares Innocence In Railroad Murder Case
Conductor Captain Smith of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad denied guilt after arrest in Montgomery and transport to Tuscaloosa for arraignment in the killing of Alexander McGill, special agent of the line. Porter Napoleon Jones was jailed in Birmingham to avert a lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack. Smith
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Tuscaloosa
Alexander McGill
Mobile and Ohio
Smith
Montgomery
Napoleon Jones
Birmingham
Baldwin Potatoes Finding Ready Sales
Sweet potatoes move steadily in car lots from Baldwin county towns along the Bay Minette and Fort Morgan branch. Foley based Baldwin County Producers' Corporation is the heaviest shipper, with Robertsdale Summerdale and Loxley shippers also busy. Prices run 80 to 40 cents net to growers for improved Jerseys, and an increase in car shipments and prices is expected after the first of the year.
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Summerdale
Baldwin County
Bay Minette
Fort Morgan
Baldwin County Producers’ Corporation
Foley
Robertsdale
Loxley
Friendly suit tests Alabama road fund law in Montgomery
Jefferson county files mandamus in Montgomery city court to test the 1911 state aid law. The county contends it has contracted all of its 1911 funds and should receive them regardless of year end work completion. About thirty counties in Alabama face similar actions with a hearing set for January 3.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson County
I T
Alabama
Tobacco Tariff Fight Prompts Baldwin County Protests
In Baldwin county and Dothan area growers petition against reducing the wrapper tobacco tariff set by the Dingley act. Congress committee hearing on January 17 could threaten the $2 per pound protection, risking investments and a local shade tobacco industry reliant on Sumatra competition.
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Summerdale
Alabama
Committee On
House of Representatives
Sumatra
Baldwin County
Get a Cow Ad Ad on Reducing Living Costs
An advertisement urges readers to obtain a cow to help lower household expenses. The notice appears as a Bee ad from a port of paper under Ad vertiserment.
Travel inspectors elect officers amid merger talks in Alabama
C M Tardy of Birmingham is named secretary and treasurer of the Travelers organization with officers from Montgomery Selma and Mobile. The group endorses efforts by Birmingham and Montgomery business leaders to persuade the Louisville and Nashville railroad to end discrimination against these cities for homeseekers’ rates. A Montgomery convention is planned for December 1913.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. M. Tardy
Birmingham
G.C. Bates
Selma
H. T. Newell
Camp Hill
Cyrus. G. Russell
Mobile
A. C. Smith
L. K. McCoy
J. RR
Oglesby
A. J. Davia
Bruce Kennedy
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Plans for Warships by Eight Powers in 1912 13
The United States Britain Russia Germany Austro Hungary Japan and Italy plan vast naval expansions in 1912 13 totaling over 750 million dollars. The report lists gross totals officers and men and ship costs, noting varied progress since 1901 and possible shifts in naval budgets.
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Washington
Formul-General
London
United States
Austria
Italy
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Settee
Aenesneen
Austro-Hungary
Japan
Kansas Farmer Wise to the Crooked River
A Missouri Osage river tale tells of a Kansas farmer who floated produce six miles to market then planned to tow goods home by using a flatboat that can be moved across land. He claims the river doubles and a landing exists on both banks with horses to drag the boat across.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Labor Leaders in Prison Cells await sentences
The verdict found the McNamaras and allied officials of the Iron One Union connected to a nationwide dynamite plot. Treitmoe was convicted of aiding two men in bombing the Los Angeles Times building and seeking further explosions on the Pacific coast.
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Namara
McNamaras
California
Iron One Union
Treitmoe
Los Angeles Times
Pacific Coast
California Trades’ Council
Herbert &. Hockin
Drew congratulates prosecutors in Indianapolis telegram
Walter Drew of the National Directors Association sends a telegram to United States Attorney Charles W. Miller praising the prosecutors. He calls the case a vindication of truth and justice with a moral effect on organized labor and public conscience and notes nationwide lasting public service.
Gompers Foresees Strengthened Union in New York
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, said the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union will be sustained and strengthened despite most of its executive board being convicted of conspiracy and unlawful dynamite transport. He refused further discussion and suggested a possible statement upon returning to his office.
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Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Ortie E. McManigal
William J. Burns
Los Angeles Times
John T. Butler
The
Iron Workers
Anderson
McNamara
Gompers
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
International News Service
Hotel Victoria
Bridge and Structural Workers
Court rules harbor men cannot levy moving fees
Horace Turner of the Turner Hartwell Company criticizes Mobile harbor laws alleging vessels are charged for every move. He argues the harbormaster deputy system is unique to Mobile and cites cases of vessel shifts costing up to $30. He warns such charges harm commerce.
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Mobile
Taylor
Captain Olsen
Clifford N. Carver
Rich
Hogan
Chamberlain
Thomas Prville
Sordomene
Phhall
Roreeve
Turner
Horace Turner
Turner-Hartwell Company
Atlantic
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West
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Jersey
M. College
Gayle’s
A. A. Richards, Auctioneer
Dauphin Street
Baldwin Potatoes
Gulf City Dye Works
South Conception ST
West Florida
Kansas
Crooked River
Walter Drew
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