McGrane Trial Opens in Greenville for Grant Murder
Greenville Alabama January 3 special. Circuit court opened for a special term to try Joe McGrane for killing Sam Grant, Greenville chauffeur, on November 20. McGrane to be brought from Montgomery to face the grand jury. Also, Jim Travis of McKenzie faced a preliminary hearing for a Christmas Eve pistol duel that killed Dr Marvin Nall. bond set at 1500 awaiting grand jury action.
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Greenville
Ala
A.e.gamble
Joe McGrane
Butler County
McGrane
Sam Grant
Alabama
Montgomery
Jim Travis
McKenzie
Marvin Nall
H. D. Lampley
Butler County Grand Jury
Old Vessels Recalled From Obscurity For War Trade
War prices revive aging ships along the Atlantic and gulf coasts. In Mobile, two sailing vessels are being refitted: the Carmelia, a Mexican barkentine with 1,200,000 feet lumber cargo and 45 passengers, once a London to Melbourne clipper. The Oban Bay, an Italian bark purchased by Capt. George J. Santa Cruz and refurbished locally, plus the Henny renamed Hildegard, now flying the American flag and reportedly profitable.
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Atlantic
Gulf
Mobile
London
Melbourne
Australia
George J. Santa Cruz
Pensacola
Singing Evangelist Delights Congregation at First Baptist
Evangelist J. J. Lowe presented an illustrated lecture on the manger birth and boyhood of Christ at First Baptist Church to a large audience. The evening featured a song service with a screen displaying lyrics and Lowe delivering a compelling message through song and speech. Tonight’s theme was "The Life of Jesus."
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Christ
First Baptist Church
J. J. Lowe
Mr. Lowe
Evangelist Lowe
of Jesus
Bay Minette to Discuss $55,000 Highway Bond Issue
Capt John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association travels to Bay Minette to join an executive committee meeting of the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast Highway Association. The session centers on a Baldwin county bond plan to raise 55 000 for the Mobile and Baldwin highway as a voter education campaign begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Bay Minette
Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast Highway Association
Baldwin County
Mobile and
Baldwin Highway
Former Kansans to Organize Society Meeting Planned
Former residents of Kansas will meet at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night to form a Kansas society. Jayhawkers from the gulf coast region are invited to join with those in Mobile and adjacent counties. Organizing arrangements are led by Joseph Nixon Grand Bay A J Shellinger Orchard and George L Kilmer Mobile.
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Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Society
Gulf Coast Region
Mobile
Sunflower State
Joseph Nixon
Grand Bay
A. J. Shellinger
Orchard
George L. Kilmer
McAdoo’s shipping bill promises oil-burning auxiliaries to fleet
Secretary McAdoo reveals a new shipping measure to build 3000 to 10000 ton oil burning ships in both private and government yards. The act would stock 51 percent government ownership, license foreign vessels, regulate rates, and start with fifty million dollars to expand American shipyards and naval auxiliaries.
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Washington, Jan
McAdoo
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Mexico
Roosevelt
Weather Man Predicts Bright Tuesday In Mobile
The Mobile weather scene celebrates Monday’s clear skies while Col. Ashenberger forecasts a repeat of sun for Tuesday. High pressure stretches from the Rockies to the Atlantic as New Orleans hits 78 and Mobile 73.
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Mobile
Col. Ashenberger
Sue
Sally
Zerubabel
Deaths and Funerals: Osborne and Blakeley Rites
Harry Clayton Osborne aged 27 native of Wisconsin died at home in Toulminville after several weeks illness. Survived by father Josiah, stepmother Mrs Mif ted D Osborne, sister Irene, uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs A R Ball. Funeral Monday at 3 pm from home, Magnolia Cemetery. Mrs Mary Ann Blakeley funeral held Sunday at 9 am from daughter’s home and 9 15 am at St Marys Catholic Church, Rev T J Eaton officiating. burial Magnolia Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Harry Clayton Osborne
Wisconsin
Toulminville
Josiah Osborne
Mifted D. Osborne
Irene Osborne
A. R. Ball
Magnolia Cemetery
Mary Ann Blakeley
E. Hanlon
Lafayette Street
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
T. J. Eaton
Thomas T. Palmer
W. P. McDonald
James Donahue
Edward Donahue
Robert M. Weinacker
A. Prichett
R. S. Fuller
Peter Hanlon
Thomas J. Everett 73 dies. Confederate veteran longtime Whistler resident
Thomas J. Everett, 73, a Georgia native and Whistler carpenter for twenty years, died Sunday night. He leaves seven children Henry Thomas George James Susie Mary Martha, twenty grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and was a Confederate veteran with the Eighth Alabama Cavalry under Captain Rhodes. Also reported, G. W. Payne, 37, died in Selma and was buried in Whistler after funeral services. he once lived in Mobile.
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Thomas J. Everett
Georgia
Whistler
Henry
Thomas
George
James Everett
Susie Williams
Mary la Coste
Martha Porter
Eighth
Alabama Cavalry
Rhodes
G. W. Payne
Selma
Ala
Mobile
Rochy & Burke
Hoffman charged with embezzlement in four cases
Robert Hoffman pleaded not guilty in the inferior criminal court to embezzling clothing from four persons and was held to the city court under $200 bond in each case after waiving examination Monday. Others faced fines or jail for gaming public drunkenness fighting and assault charges.
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Robert Hoffman
Inferior Criminal Court
Jess Boling
Willie Craft
Bud Russell
Lula Russell
Sy. Lewis
Ples Glover
Edmund Shields
al Grady
Richard Peters
Sam White
A. &. Richards
Walter Manger
Luther Gardner
Isaac Grove
Heuben Wilson
Crisis parallels that of U boat sinkings and asks for alert
The report covers U S responses to submarine warfare in the Mediterranean with calls to notify Turkey and Bulgaria of American stance. Secretary Lansing says vessel nationality dictates responsibility, mentions Austrian submarines possibly German commanded, and notes Ambassador Penfield inquiries. Zwiedinek seeks facts and promises reparations if an Austrian sub sank the Persia. White House weighs fastest travel for the president. Also, chicken theft charges add local crime detail.
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Seer Lansing
Turkey
Bulgaria
United States
Mediterranean
Lansing
State Department
Penfield
Persia
Gerard
Berlin
Zwiedinek
Baron Zwiedinek
Buck
Hot Springs
White House
Clifton Forge
Washington
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Citrus canker quarantine blocks Mississippi citrus imports
Mississippi announces an absolute quarantine on citrus plants from outside the state starting January 1 1916 to protect the citrus industry. Railroad officials are instructed to return any incoming outside shipments. Pecan trees and other fruit are not restricted. Ocean Springs ships five hundred cases of shrimp from its cannery, the largest single order ever, while a nurseryman sends a carload of pecan trees to Arkansas, the biggest order here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Springs
Miss
Harned
Mississippi
Arkansas
Cuban sugar crop larger this year
Cuban harvest yields considerably more than three million tons of sugar. Dr. R. L. Bonachea, Cuban consul, says high sugar content from cool maturing weather will boost value to about 250 million dollars, 45 million more than 1914 totals.
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Cuba
R. L. Bonachea
Dr. Bonachea
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Sam
M’adoo
Gilson Gardner
A. Bug
Rockies
New Orleans
Havre
Montana
Harry C. Osborne
M. A. Blakeley
E. Collins
Henry Thomas
Bernstein
David Rogers
Crichton
C.j.gayfer & Company
American
Deal Boilers
ICAN
American Radiator Company
Ichigan Ave
Chicago
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