City Commission Adopts 1914 License Law in Mobile
Regular session led by Mayor Pat Lyons adopts the city license ordinance for 1914 with no tax increase. Pool room licensing in residential areas left to the mayor, police pay scales debated but no action taken. Budget timing delays salary resolutions. new police pay scale proposed to be reconsidered after budget finalization.
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Pat Lyons
Mobile
Schwarz
Lyons
City of
Schwarze
Board of Commissioners of
Quarantine Orders Altered for Mobile Port
The surgeon general and Surgeon Boggess modify the quarantine order in Mobile amid a dispute over 80,000 bags of Argentine corn aboard the steamship Newlands from Rosario. The reform includes medical supervision on the wharf and discharge in the stream with precautions to prevent rat infestation. The case arose after shippers contested differing stream discharge requirements at Gulf ports.
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Boggess
Bine
Washington
Argentina
Newlands
Rosario
South America
Ernesto I. Burge
G. Borne
Antwerp
Gulf
Mobile
Orleans
Galveston
Chamber of Pe
Ington
Board of Directors of Water of Commerce
Chamber
Suffragists Back Resistance to Income Tax by Women
The Suffragists Congressional Union endorses moral resistance to the federal income tax for women amid fines and enforcement. They say some groups may refuse to pay or reveal income, while urging representation and equal protection under law, with leaders citing Dr. Shaw and law provisions.
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Y Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Congressional Union
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Congressional
Elien Spencer Massey
Washington College of Law
Shaw
Officer Will Return Singletary to Mobile
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch leaves Mobile for Pulaski Tennessee to bring back Corbett B Singletary who escaped from the county road on December 18 while serving a two year sentence for forgery. En route he will stop at East Lake Alabama to place Harry Maybury in the reformatory for one year.
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Dennis Lynch
Mobile
Pulaski
Tenn
Corbett B. Singletary
Lynch
East Lake
Ala
Harry Maybury
D. H. Edington
W C T U Gold Medal Contest at Whistler Church
The Mobile W C T U holds a gold medal contest at Whistler M E Church Sunday at 3 pm with seven women and six men listed as charter members. Judges will rate articulation memory gestures voice and general effect. Music by Jerry Davison and Luther Sherrill otherwise. Regular meeting set for January 14 at the M C A to prepare for Prohibition Day January 15 nationwide.
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Mobile
Whistler M. BE
Whistler W. C. T. U
Bilz
Mesers
Arthur Fortner
Joseph Barrett
Thompson McRae
Josephine Nelson
Edith Edgar
Archie McClure
Croup and Cough Remedy Tale from Old Column
A fragment discusses a croup remedy and sudden illness in a period style, noting anxious advice about treatment and the impact of sudden symptoms on victims. The text reflects older medical guidance and public concern over respiratory illness.
Chamber backs permanent fair site plan for Mobile exposition
The Chamber of Commerce directors at a Monday meeting endorsed J. N. Cawthon's plan for a permanent fair at property by Monroe Park. A $40,000 fundraising committee was authorized, with many prominent businessmen named to solicit funds for an exposition building serving the Mobile and Gulf Tropical Exposition.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. N. Cawthon
Monroe Park
Cawthon
Messrs. M. J. McDermott
B. F. Adams
W. O. Lott
W. H. Armbrecht
H. V. Bacheldor
Estes D. Baker
Moses Gans
J. J. Bartee
Dave
Bauer
D. W. Bellingrath
D. P. Bestor
E. G. Rickerby
Brandon
Stewart Brooks
J. Buck
Horace Turner
Charles H. Allen
John T. Cochrane
Jamesl. Coleman
J. W. Corry
John C. O'Connell
Frederick I. Thompson
F. W. Crenshaw
P. J. Lyons
EB. O. Fowlkes
Paul Vee
Percy B. Dixon
P. B. Dorlon
John B Drago
A. P. Bush
G. Dredper
T. A. Dixon
J. Leslie Taylor
W. P. Burgett
D. R. Dunlap
William E. England
F. W. Evans
J. T. Flock
L. C., Fry
B. W.padgett
G. H. Ray
Lex Gordon
George Gaillard
W. P. Gaines
James Gibboney
W. W. Gill
James K. Glennon
Julius Goldstein
Robert, E. Gordon
N. E. Stallworth
Foster K. Hale, Jr
Thomas H. Halliwell
L. Hammel
C. A. Grayson
George Kilborn
W. P. Roberts
Moses Kohn
Charles Lagman
George 8. Leatherbury
Sidney Lowenstein
G. M. Luce
Windham Lyons
J. N. McAleer
Junius Woolf
George Fearn, Jr
Earle Macartney
W. H. Marshall
J. L. Marty
J. F. Maury
Alex Foreman
J. Ig. Mitchell
John J. Monaghan
W. H. Oates
T. T. Palmer
D. Peppers
R. P. Pope
William A. Ramsey
J. Shearer
Gordon Smith
Gus B. Thames
George H. Woohurch
Garrett van Antwerp
R. M. Weinacker
John F. White
J.M. Ponder
A. J. Parsons
J. Blocker Thornton
Barton Outfit Taken From Him
Night Jailer John L. Brown turned over to Sheriff T. T. Palmer the outfit Barton hid in his cell to make false keys for the condemned room. The collection of tools included an alcohol lamp wood chisels melted spoon parts a screw driver a case knife sharpened into a saw a small iron bar tumbler parts from locks and more all found under his mattress and in the cell. Sheriff Palmer attributed the cache to extra privileges granted for Barton’s health and a Sunday daylight seizure exposed the hidden items.
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John L. Brown
T. T. Palmer
George Barton
Palmer
Mobile county corn club boys yield over forty bushels
Nine Mobile county 4h corn club members produced more than forty bushels per acre in the past season. Ennis Brown of Citronelle led with 83 1 2 bushels on one acre, as farm demonstration agent George A. Maloney outlines. Prizes are being prepared to reward the top youths and encourage wider participation. Contributions are invited to support prize funding.
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Mobile County
Corn Club
George A. Maloney
Ennis Brown
Citronelle
Maloney
Mr. Maloney
Salvation Army Plans New Year’s Eve Program
The Salvation Army home hosts a New Year’s Eve program for Sunday school children featuring candies fruits and nuts music singing recitations and motion pictures. An open air meeting follows with a watch night service at 10 o'clock coffee and hot rolls served to participants. The events are organized by the local corps under Captain and Mrs W L Price.
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Salvation Army
The
Rs. W. L. Price
Federal Court January Docket Announced for Trial
The U S district court announces January jury trial docket with cases set for Jan 12 to 20. Defendants include Morris M Meyer Charles W Oberkirch Harold Shirley Thor Strom Nils Thomas and others in charges of bankruptcy fraud shanghaiing mail fraud and immigration and exemption act violations.
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United States District Court
Richard Jones, Jr
Morris M. Meyer
Charles W. Oberkirch
Harold Shirley
Emmett Smith
McLaurin Clarke
Thor Strom
Nils Thomas
United States
Lee Fields
George Holder
Josephine Holder
George Cook
Edward Beryerly
Mary Bryant
Robert, Bennett
James T. McMahon
C. W. Oberkirth
Joseph H. Henley
Junk Shop Liquor Sale Lead to Prohibition Arrest
James McMahon proprietor of a junk shop at New Jersey and St. Emanuel streets was arrested Monday night by federal officers on charges of violating internal revenue laws by selling liquor without a license. The indictment was returned by the last U S grand jury and the government plans to prove the sale occurred without a government license.
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James McMahon
New Jersey
St. Emanuel
Internal Revenue Laws
United States
Grand Jury
McMahon
Knights of Pythias Elect Officers at Regular Convention
The Rescue Lodge No. 24 Knights of Pythias elected officers Monday night with Curt Pielert as Past Chancellor and B E Andrews as Chancellor Commander. John C Fulford was named Vice Chancellor and L D Dix Prelate, among others. Re-elected officials include Meyer L Goldsmith Keeper of Exchequer and Henry Ledebur Master of Finance.
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Rescue Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Curt Pielert
B. BE. Andrews
John C. Fulford
L. D. Dix
George H. Ingram
Meyer L Goldsmith
Henry Ledebur
George A. Phillips
W. R. Cahall
Ernest Lumley
Grand Lodge
Milton G. Stagg
Aubrey Boyles
G. C. Tucker
D. W. McGaughey
W. L. Cahall
Christmas Club Opens With Large Membership
Landis Christmas Saying formed in Mo day at City Bank and Trust with about 500 members. Membership lists kept until January 28. thousands expected to join. Members may deposit from 1 cent weekly. bank pays total plus interest at year end or two weeks before Christmas. Clubs popular in many cities across North and South and Indiana.
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Moday
Truspany
Indi
Last Chance to Get Wines and Liquors at Near Cost
A brief notice proclaims a final opportunity to purchase wines and liquors at near cost. The readable text is fragmentary but emphasizes urgency and reduced prices.
Grocery and wine sale listing with bulk items and discounts
A fragmented advertisement lists groceries and imported wines with bulk pricing. Items include granulated sugar 23 pounds, various canned goods, lard, flour, candy, cereals, and table salt. Imported wines show two-bottle pricing, plus household goods like linens and towels with marked values.
Mass at St Margaret’s on New Year’s Day
Mass will be held on New Year’s Day at St. Margaret’s church on Cedar Point Road at 9 o’clock. Immediately after mass a meeting of all the children of the parish will be held.
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St. Margaret’s Church
Cedar Point Road
Citronelle Home Destroyed By Fire
News from Citronelle reports that the home of F. P. Ramey on Station street near the depot burned Sunday, destroying the building and contents. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars with only a small amount insured.
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Citronelle
F. P. Ramey
Station Street
Smokeless Oi Heaters and Household Tools Sale At 50s
Hardware Perfection advertises Smokeless Oi Heaters blue enamelled at 5.00 value for 0.00 Fire Sets three gram for 0.79 Steve Pipe assorted sizes 0.15 value for 0.09 Fire Fenders two dollars value for 0.1 Shovel long handle ten cents value seven pokers ten cents value for 0. Fe Nailé per pound three cents urnaces forty cents value for 0.30 50c value for 0.26 Go Value for 0. ee 50c Coffee Mills fifty cents value for 0.35
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Steve
Miscellaneous household items and prices listed
A fragmented catalog of various medicines personal care products and food items with prices such as cold tablets, aspirin, Epsom salts, Florida Water, liver syrup, wine cardus, Formolid Magnesia, cough syrup, malted milk hospital size, toothpaste, laxative syrup, poultry food, perfumes, sore throat remedy, grape toilet powder, and other odds and ends with scattered price values.
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Florida
Thatcher
Horlick
Pratt
Jergen
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A. Oil
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