Steamboat fleet sale ends Birmingham and Gulf traffic plan
The Birmingham and Gulf Railroad and Navigation Company was sold at noon under a Jefferson county chancery court order. Fred S. Morris of Morris Bros Philadelphia bought the property for 76000 dollars, with plans to electrify the rail line and install a power plant. The sale includes river packets City of Mobile John Quill Alert Hard Cash J. W. Bethea and Ouachita, some inactive since the company's decline. The outcome ends a bid to control river traffic that failed after about two years.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham and Gulf Railroad and Navigation Company
A. F. Kumer
Chancery Court
Jefferson County
Fred S. Morris
Morris Bros
Philadelphia
John Quill
Mobile
Mobile Packets
City of
Alert
Hard Cash
J. W. Bethea
Ouachita
Bethea
Bayou Sera
Birmingham and Gulf Railway and Navigation Company
Alabama
Tombigbee
The
Navigation Company
W. J. Bethea
Winston Jones
J. M. Dewberry
Warrior District
New Orleans
Lake Borgne Canal
Two Rivers
Dewberry
St. Prancis and
Weter Streets
Mary S. Blees
James ‘. Staples
Mary Staples
American
Young Married Man Held for Forgeries
Wal lace Wilmot alias Davis was jailed after confessing to several forgeries. He came to Birmingham from Montgomery three weeks ago and is said to be wanted there and in Attalla on forgery charges. His wife says they married six weeks ago and knew nothing of his conduct.
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Ala
Wallace Wilmot
Davis
Birmingham
Montgomery
Atta
Regular Service On New Gulf Florida Alabama Railroad
Regular service will start on the Gulf Florida and Alabama Railroad with trains from Pensacola and Jones Mills. The line aims to run between Pensacola and Jasper, with stops at West Pensacola Roberts Gonzalez Cantonment Muscogee Atmore Freemanville McCulloughs and Jones Mills. A Gateswood branch will run one train each way daily.
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Atmore
Ala
Gulf, Florida and Alabama
Pensacola
Jones' Mills
Jasper
Jones’ Mills
West Pensacola
Roberts
Homeless Indians Will Appeal for Redress
Prince of Wales, chief of the Clallam tribe, led a delegation from Seattle to Washington, D. C., to present to Congress and the interior department a petition for redress of grievances. The 1865 treaty ceded 2,848 acres between Cape Flattery and Hood Canal, but the lands were given to another tribe. Repeated appeals have failed to restore homes or assign new lands.
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Seattle
Wash
Prince of Wales
Clallam
Washington, D. C
Congress
Interior Department
Cape Flattery and
Hood Canal
Tearful pleas win clemency for Fort Sheridan escape helper
Mrs. Adle Lawrence pleaded she aided her lover Thomas Hindman and three others in escaping the Fort Sheridan guard house. Federal Judge Carpenter fined her 25 dollars and suspended 30 days in jail after she expressed love and ignorance of the act.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Adle Lawrence
Carpenter
Charles H. Underwood
Hindman
Stevenson’s Grandson Kills a Teen Girl in Bloomington
In Bloomington NL last night Stephenson grandson of former Vice President Stevenson accidentally shot and killed Ruth Merwin sixteen at the Stevenson home. A party at the home of L Stevenson’s son saw boys discover an old rifle. During a drill the gun misfired, the bullet striking Miss Merwin’s forehead and causing instant death.
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Bloomington
Adlaid Stephenson
Stevenson
Ruth Merwin
L. . Stevenson
Young Stevenson
Merwin
Four Railroads Fined for Interstate Commerce Violations
Four railroad companies were fined $1,000 each by U.S. District Judge Carpenter for interstate commerce law violations. The Lehigh Valley and Nickel Plate were fined for rebate payments on fish and oysters to A Booth & Co. The Illinois Central and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific were fined for issuing fraudulent passes to banana caretakers on fruit shipments to Chicago. All pled guilty. indictments were over three years old.
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Chicago
United States
Carpenter
Lehigh Valley
Nickel Plate
A. Booth & Co
Illinois Central
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
State Troops to Undergo Regular Annual Inspection
Adjutant General J. B. Scully and Lt. Albert Goodwyn plan the Alabama National Guard inspection tour for January. They will visit every military company in the state, with the itinerary to be announced once finalized.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama National Guard
J. B. Scully
Albert Goodwyn
On Plymouth Rock Repeats at Summerdale Musical
Monday night the school staged a repeat performance of the operetta On Plymouth Rock by Jesse L. Gaynor. The earlier Thanksgiving show drew visitors from other points and local talent supported the pupils with several special ties.
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Summerdale
Als
Plymouth Rock
Jesse L. Gaynor
New Bank for Lafayette in Fayette Alabama
Tentative application has been filed with State Superintendent A E Walker by C A Beasley of Fayette for a new bank in Lafayette. Beasley and other leading local citizens will back the institution.
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NEW Bank
Lafayette
Montgomery
Ala
A. E. Walker
C. A. Beasley
Fayette
New Government Backed As Pensacola Approves Bond Issue
Pensacola voters approve a 400000 dollar municipal docks and belt line railroad bond by about three to one. They also back a commission form of government with a tighter result. An additional election will set the charter to be submitted to the legislature.
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Pensacola
Fila
Minnesota Official Praises Alabama Examinations
Charles R Boostum of St Paul assistant examiner of public accounts in Minnesota toured Montgomery visiting the Alabama examining department. He noted Alabama is the only Southern state with an examining department and praised its scope while detailing Minnesota’s 21 examiners and their salaries of 3200 dollars a year plus 300 dollars expenses.
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Montgomery
Ala
Charles R. Boostum
St. Paul
Minnesota
Tampa
Fla
Capitol
Alabama
Boostum
Greenville merchant T Long declares bankruptcy in Montgomery
One of the area’s heaviest failures in years, Greenville merchant T Long filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court at Montgomery. He lists assets at 565,630 and liabilities of 559,590 with 5500 exemptions. A separate petition also filed against Chilton Warehouse and Manufacturing Co of Clanton.
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Montgomery
Ala
T. Long
Greenville
Chilton Warehouse and Manufacturing Company
Clanton
Montgomery Convicts Lease To Pratt Consolidated Coal
The Montgomery county board of revenue awarded the 1918 convict lease to Pratt Consolidated Coal Company of Jefferson County for $17 per month per convict, a $1 raise from last year. Only competitor was McQueen Smith of Prattville with a $16 bid. W A Gibson represented Pratt.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County Board of Revenue
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Jefferson County
W. A. Gibson
McQueen Smith
Prattville
Carr Visits Summerdale Farm To Visit Relatives
SUMMERDALE, Ala., Dec 31 C M Carr publicity director of the National Association of Retail Druggists and editor of the N A R D Noles spent last week here looking after his farm and visiting relatives He returned to Chicago Sunday.
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Summerdale
Ala
C. M. Carr
National Association of Retail Druggists
N. A. R. D. Noles
Chicago
John McVay Insane in Jail After Death Sentence
Pine Bluff Arkansas December 81 John McVay sentenced to be hanged next Friday for killing J W Etheridge of Fall Back Mississippi in the county court house at Pine Bluff in November 1911 became violently insane yesterday and is now in a straightjacket watched by physicians
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Pine Bluff
Ark
John McVay
J. W. Etheridge
Fall Back
Miss
Et Bluff
Prisoners Enter Leavenworth Roof Crew
Warden W H Maskey said the federal prison at Leavenworth Kansas will use men sentenced in Indianapolis as iron workers to complete reroofing, despite crowding near capacity.
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Leavenworth
Kan
W. H. Maskey
Indianapolis
Imprisoned Mobile thief linked to copper wire theft
J H Thrasher a nineteen year old white man is under arrest in Montgomery charged with stealing a quarter mile of electric wire. He reportedly climbed poles cut the wire bundled it carried it across the Alabama river burned insulation and sold the wire to a Montgomery junk dealer for 65.50 though the wire was worth at least 180 dollars. Thrasher was arrested in Mobile and brought back to Montgomery yesterday. He is an electrician by trade.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. H. Thrasher
Thrasher
Alabama
Montgomery Light and Water Power Company
Mobile
Alabama Highway Engineers to Convene at Capital
The Alabama Association of Highway Engineers will hold its annual meeting in Montgomery on January 13, with the state highway commission quarterly session in progress. State Highway Engineer W. S. Keller serves as president and Professor G. N. Mitcham of Auburn as secretary. Both meetings take place at the capitol.
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Montgomery
Als
State Highway Commission
Alabama Association of Highway Engineers
Selma
Alabama
W. S. Keller
G. NM. Mitcham
Auburn
Capitol
Simple Pinex Cough Syrup Recipe Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad outlines mixing granulated sugar and warm water with Pinex to create a cough soothing syrup. It claims fast relief for colds, chest issues, and throat discomfort, touting Pinex as a concentrated Norwaite pine compound and promising a money back guarantee.
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United States
Canada
Pines
Ft. Wayne
Egg Producer Poultry Feed Ad From Van Antwerp
Local classified style ad promotes Aunt Patsy’s Poultry Feed marketed as Egg Producer. It directs readers to ask their dealer and lists Van Antwerp as the seller.
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Patsy
van Antwerp
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Birmingham and Gulf Railroad and Navigation Co
Pesctorianshows
Bangy Sinerisc
Unos
Cambridge
Max Saogeres
G. F. and A
Pensacola, Fla
Pratt Mines
South Royal &T
Mae
Iman
F. C. Horton
van Antwerp Building
North Royal
Aunt Patsy's Poultry
United Fruit CO. Steamship Service
T. Don
É. J. Kelleher
New Orleane
China
C.S. Partridge Hardware Coo
Roche
Burke
Northeast Corner
St. Joseph
State Streets
Ballweg
Crichton Lumber Co
A. N. Maumenee
Optician
Dauphin Street
Dr.Brown
Dr. Brown
ALIST
Kenny
Gundave
B. Luscher & Son
Dauphin St
Windsor Cafe
Albert BE. Reynolds
Colden A Brown
Dr. F. L. Tapia
Farrow Geal Ge
Gibles
South Warren
L. D. Fry
L. D. Batre
W. Pres
A. Michael
Merchant’s Bank
Mobile, Alabama
Louis Forchheimer
J. ©. Bush
Wale
F. Ladd
the Peoples Bank
Sabama
Union Savings Bank
North Royal Street
Adams
T. Adams
M. D
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