Railroad changes show prosperity across Gulf Mobile Northern
Traffic Manager W L O Dwyer announces a material increase in outside representation for the Gulf Mobile Northern Railroad. The circular says prospects are brighter and adds that further staff expansions will follow as conditions warrant. Appointments shift in Mobile Chicago and Memphis offices with new cashiers agents and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. O'Dwyer
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Mobile
M. A. Hearin
Alex Jackson
J. T. Drennan
A. K. Hood
Mr. Hood
St. Louis
Chicago
A. C. Carper
J. C. Gill
Memphis
J. A. Jackson
City Brevities Highlight Local Moves and Health Update
Miss Esther Laney departed Mobile for Ope lika Alabama to attend a conference. Mrs. M. Wallace left Mobile for New York to visit relatives for several weeks. Mrs. E. Jones traveled to St. Louis via the L and N to visit friends for two weeks. Miss Pauline Kauffman left Mobile for Galveston to visit friends until Mardi Gras. Mrs. J. R. Mitternight rests comfortably after a serious operation at the Mobile Infirmary Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Laney
District No. 6
Mobile
Opelika
Ala
M. Wallace
New York City
E. Jones
St. Louis
Louisville
Nashville
Pauline Kauffman
Galveston
Tex
J. R. Mitternight
Mobile Infirmary
Know Your City trip to Gas Works planned
The Know Your City Better committee of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Monday at the Battle House to finalize plans for a Wednesday visit to the Mobile Gas Company plant. Participants will assemble at the Cawthon hotel parlors and depart at 3 p.m. for the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
Battle House
Mobile Gag Company
Cawthon Hotel
St. Francis Street
Joseph G. Espalla, Jr
Thomas T. Palmer
Ray Fonde
J. D. Sutton
J. F. Carter
C. W. Dodson
Russell Houston
E. F Moore
J. C. Smith
James Gibboney
C. C. Lowder
Children Submit Thirty Five Drawings for Empire Theatre Tickets
Readers submit THIRTY-FIVE pictures for a chance at five Empire Theatre tickets. Winners list includes ARTHER DONAVON, DOLORES WALKER, WILLIAM CLARK, MELVIN CRIVELLARS, MAGGIE SUTHERLAND, LEO SCHARFE, KATIE BURGER, and many others with addresses across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
Arther
Donavon
Julia St
Dolores Walker
Evvesesess
N. E
Elmira
Chatham Sts
William Clark
Asaya Cists
Ferret Ceets
Lexington Ave
Melvin Crivellars
Marine St
Maggie
Sutherland
Kimba
Leo Scharfe
S. Wilkinson
Katie Burger
Dauphin St. Lattory
RTE
S. Broad St. Gertrude Terrill
Austin Mary Cahill
Peer Ee
N. Lawrence St
Helen Clair Groom
Dauphin Way
Assuca Toy IO
Dk Vie
Ann St
Billy Barry
Een
Ats
Alain
Church St
Mgntiadn Cater
Monroe St
Shaetta Schreiner
N. Joachim
Marion Akers
Eee
Government
St. Alfrisd Vporranes
Selma St. John Brain
Conti St. AE Aone
Wren
Dearborn St
S. Claiborne St. Billian
Spring Hill Ave
Marine St. Boe
Charleston St. Elizabeth
Mark
S. Warren St
Robert Hogan
Postmaster Smyer Eats Orange in Satire Letter Exchange
A Birmingham postmaster is photographed eating an orange after a reporter probed his orange habit. L. C. Irvine of Mobile sends a letter promoting Satsuma fruit to test its beauty claims, prompting Smyer’s cordial reply declining guardianship but inviting future orange exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Irvine
R. B. Sinyer
Mike
R. B. Smyer
Birmingham
Mr. Smyer
Smyer
Adam
Postmaster Smyer
Mr. Irvine
Suma
Ala
Uncle Sam
Associated Press
Alabama
Satsuma
Irvine
Lc.irvine
Mobile
Best facilities for shipbuilding in Alabama outlined by Hubbard
General Hubbard notes Alabama's rich resources for war production including timber along the Warrior river, explosives chemicals from air processes, and electrical power. He cites ready shipyards ammunition plants and ongoing rail and locomotive construction, arguing Alabama's interior location benefits national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Warrior River
Alabama
Tidwell Hearing Set For Wednesday In Pensacola
G W Tidwell a South Carolina newspaper man is jailed in Pensacola charged with white slavery involving his wife the government says he escorted the woman for immoral purposes. Tidwell refuses to speak for publication and says he can prove his innocence. His wife and W G Woods are held on related charges after arrest in Mobile following an escape from Pensacola in an automobile. The hearing before the United States commissioner is scheduled for next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Tidwell
South Carolina
Gulfport
Tidwell
W. G. Woods
Woods
Mobile
United States
Red Cross Seal Committee to Meet at Mobile Library
A called Red Cross Seal committee meeting will be held Thursday at the Mobile Public Library. The session will hear reports from the secretary and treasurer on the recent Christmas Seal campaign aimed at funding a Mobile County tuberculosis sanatorium for charity and pay patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Public Library
Red Cross Seal Committee
Treasur
Mobile
Roumania Poised to Enter War and Float Loan
Report notes Roumania likely to join the war, float a loan, and deploy army corps on the southern frontier. If Bulgars invade, allies may push from Saloniki to reconquer southern Serbia and strike Bulgaria from the south. Roumania's entry could prompt Bulgarian withdrawal from Albania and shift Austrian campaigns, aiding Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Constantinople
Roumania
Saloniki
Serbia
Bulgaria
Albania
German Offensives Rumored Amid Battle Day Reports
London reports persistent Dutch rumors of a major German offensive against Anglo French lines though allied and German statements show no significant engagements. Paris sources claim a new deadly gas and a Paris air raid plan while Amsterdam notes Belgian frontier closures. Front line artillery and bombardments continue with French and German forces clashing along the Aisne Somme and Lorraine fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Maurice de Valeffe
Paris
de Valeffe
Teutons
Amsterdam
Haig
Elverdinghe
Ypres
Aisne
Somme
French War Office
Hautene
Soissons
Rheims
Venizel
War Office
la Bassee Canal
Vosges
Southern Classification Hearings Conclude in Pensacola
In Pensacola Florida the Southern classification committee wrapped a two week session. The panel heard complaints from about five hundred shippers then conducted executive reviews and made classifications changes. An Interstate Commerce Commission representative attended the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Southern Classification Committee
Ohio
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Two Alleged Tigers Pinched In City Bust
Detectives searched the soft drink stand of John Clark at southwest Conti and Commerce streets and found 24 bottles of beer. Clark was docketed on the charge of violating the prohibition law. At Henry Williamson 66 Dauphin street officers found 20 bottles of beer and arrested Williamson for violating the dry laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clark
Conti and
Commerce Streets
Clark
Henry Williamson
Dauphin Street
Williamson
Myrtle and the Fatal Gift of Beauty
The lines present a sharp exchange about Myrtle’s beauty described as fatal yet self-bought in a drug store. The dialogue hints at themes of vanity and value, implying a cautionary note on beauty’s true cost and social impact.
Brooklyn Doctor Battles Africa Sleep Disease
Dr Albert C Perveil, a Brooklyn physician, contracts sleeping sickness while serving in the Congo with a Belgian mining company. The disease spreads via the tsetse fly as shown in the accompanying illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Albert C. Perveil
Africa
Perveil
Congo
Liechtenstein Joins Germany Balances San Marino Allies
Berlin reports Liechtenstein joins Germany as a wartime ally to offset San Marino’s accession by the allied powers. The tiny principality, 11 miles by up to 6, lies in a mountain valley near Switzerland, with a 62-man army and monarchic government led by the prince in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Liechtenstein
San Marino
Italy
Switzerland
Tyrol
Lake of Constance
Austria
Vadun
Vienna
Prince
A. D
Republic
Steamship Line Sued Over Logging Accident Death
Eugenia Harrison administratrix of the estate of James Harrison sues the Munson Steamship Line for 10000 dollars damages for the death of her husband who was killed October 29 1915 when a pile of logs on a steam ship he was loading rolled from its fastenings alleging negligence by the defendants employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Harrison
James Harrison
Law and Equity Court
Munson Steaship Line
Negro hurt fleeing arrest in Louisville yards
Claude Williams tried to escape deputies Friday night in the L N Railroad yards. He collided with a pile of iron, breaking his left thigh and was hospitalized. Police pursued him after spotting a coal sack he carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Williams
Louisville and Nashville
Lee Soles
Prohibition arrest at Muscat's North West Royal location
A. Muscat, operating near North West Royal and Adams streets, was arrested Saturday for violating the prohibition law after deputies found a basket of whisky in half pint bottles hidden in a wall and two cases of mixed liquors in an adjacent stable. Muscat posted bond for appearance in interior court. Wonderful Hiawatha Indian Village exhibition set for February 7 to 12 at Hammel's with details in today’s ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Muscat
Northwest Royal
Adams Streets
Muscat
Interior Court
Hiawatha
Mobile Father of Mystics Originated Mardi Gras Celebrations
The article recalls Mobile as the originator of Mardi Gras in America, tracing the pre Lent festivities to 1830 with societies like Cowbellion de Rakins and later Myths and Infant Mystics. It notes Mobile’s influence spread to New Orleans and others and vows a revival of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Chile
Order of Myths
Knights of
South
New Orleans
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Natchez
St. Louis
Missouri
Battle House
Black Belt
Alabama
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Miller
Universal
Bauer
Aly Ochs
Fant
Dave S. Bauer
Rexall
Dauphin and Conception
Willie
General Hubbard
Spe
RED Cross Committee
Lester
S' Long
Dr.a.c.perveil
Liechstenstein
Sues. Steamship Line
Civil Service
Escatawpa
Washington County
E. G. McRae
Effie E. Singleton
Ruth Collins
Manhattan
Trimble—Stetson
Frank Stoll
Dauphin ST
ST. Francis Sts
Mobile, Alabama
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