Screws Inspects Mobile Infantry Battalion Tonight
The Mobile battalion of the First Infantry will be inspected by Captain W. W. Screws of the United States Army and Locke from the adjutant general's department of Alabama Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the armory. The battalion includes Companies A E and M, the Sanitary Company, and the First Infantry Band under Professor Suffich. All units ordered to report by 7 o'clock. nonattendance carries severe penalties. The outfit is regarded as one of the best in the state.
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Mobile
First Infantry
W. W. Screws
United States Army
Locke
Adjutant General's Dent
Alabama
Heath McMeans
E. J. Grove
Jack Mahon
Sanitary
W. Padgett
Professor Suffich
Frank M. Maddox
Company M Marks 80 Years In State Militia History
The Mobile Rifle Company now known as Company M First Infantry celebrates eighty years this month under Captain Jack Mahon and lieutenants Kin dred and Verneuille with First Sergeant William Anvil. It is praised as the best unit in the First Infantry by Army officers during maneuvers and will appear second in Thursday night parade. The company organized the same day as Montgomery True Blues and Washington Artillery of New Orleans.
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Company M
Mobile Rifle Company
First Infantry
Jack Mahon
James D. Kindred
Andrew Verneuille
William Anvil
Alabama National Guard
Army
Montgomery True Blues
Washington Artillery
New Orleans
Zeppelin Falls Drowning Crew Reported Lost
From Geneva via Paris dated February 10, reports say the entire Zeppelin crew perished when the airship crashed in the North Sea off the Denmark coast during a storm. Details are scarce. the Parseval airships en route to Vienna are deflated and loaded for transport. Austria faces mobilization pressure as Hungary restricts class calls. women hinder men from leaving homes.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Paris
North Sea
Denmark
Friedrichshaven
Space
Serbia
Munich
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Manager Holbrook Warns Against Bogus Money Orders
Martin Holbrook of the Mobile office of the Southern Express Company warns merchants to verify express money orders before cashing them after thefts of order blanks last year and a Gras season scam in which a merchant was duped out of 45 dollars.
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Martin Holbrook
Southern Express Company
Holbrook
Birthday invitations for mobile children date years
A fragmented notice lists multiple birthdays from 1900 to 1913 with ages 11 to 15 and refers to a birthday picture party invitation for each child. The exact names and locations are unreadable.
Personal visitors from across the region stay at city hotels
Several Birmingham and Alabama residents are listed as hotel guests in Mobile including A. A. Mullins of Birmingham at the Bienville and J. Metcalfe of Montgomery visiting the city. Others register at Bienville, Battle House, Windsor, and Klosky's with names from East St. Louis, Selma, Cullman, and Meridian. A. Daisy Anderson of Whistler is seriously ill in Omaha, with relatives preparing to travel.
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the Bienville
W. H. Williams
Grace Mabrey
East St. Louis, Ill
Alabama
Windsor Hotel
Kiam Richard
Jessie Richard
Cullman
Ala
H. P. Daves
Birmingham
Daisy Anderson
Daisy ‘Spicer
Whistler
Omaha
Neb
Mary Simon
Willie Spicer
Mobile
Navy hydrographer's report from January port position
Captain Thomas Washington of the United Navy Hydrographer provided the following report. He states the port position on January 17 at latitude 27 degrees 16 minutes and longitude 7 degrees.
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Thomas
Washington
United Navy Hydrographer
Hds
Mombassa
Latitude
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Screws
Zeppelin
Orville Betancourt
Espejo St. Marie
Conti St
Empire Theatre
Review
Rengo
Gloria
Reiss
New York
Norfolk
Just
Carl Hixon
Hixon
Ald
A. A. Mullins
Bienville Hotel
Mrs. E. Berg
Kansas
T. ‘Tomasso
Vinéland,'N. J
Klosky’s
W. T. Posey and
F. O. Hawkins
Montgomery, Ala
Elmer K. Sly
Creola, “Ala
Battle House
S. Rosewald
M. L. Pankey
Selma
G. Scruggs
West Bend, Ala
Bienville
John Metcalfe
The
Southern Railway
Montgomery
Harvey E. Jones
Mobile and Ohio
Meridian, Miss
J. E. Farrell
Cigarmakers ‘International Union of America
Chicago
Ill
City
Ares
B.ee
H. G. Brown
Ina Shepard
Anni L. Peace
Klosky’s Hotel
J. T. Mauzy and Wife
Princeton
Ind
Mr. and Charles
C. Mes Eames
New York City
Anderson
Cawthon Hotel
Airs
George H. D. Johnson
M. Evans
Ington
John L. Dickes
Roy F. Alliger
R. H. Matthews
Cleveland
Ohio
F. B. Griffin
An Reilly
C. P. Keager
B. C. Davis
Oak Grove
J. A. Fahey
York Castle
Atlantic Coast
Alice Lord
Roma Ailich van Eroqueatiy& Viavet
Mobile Electric Company
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