Mobile Chamber Attends Colima Exposition Invitation 1918
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League received a notice from Mexican Consul Gayon about the Colima Coast Exposition to be held in Colima in March 1918. Interested parties may contact Manuel Alvares Garcia or Renato de Cornely for space, exhibitor information, and arrangements. A new Mobile to Mexican ports steamship service will begin within thirty days, offering a potential trade display opportunity.
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Colima
Mexico
Chamber of Comad] Ees League
Geyon
Jetter
R of Commerce
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Colima Coast
Manuel Alvares Garcia
Renato de Cornely
Mobile
Mexican
Executive Committee of Ala Land Congress Meeting
The executive committee of the Ala Land Congress will meet in Alabama on Tuesday evening for important business. Greene Thompson will leave Monday for Montgomery to be on the ground early. Members include Joseph O. Thompson W C Ratliff REB Spraggins C G je and A B Kennedy. The general committee has about fifty members from across the state.
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Ala Land Congress
Ala
Greene Thompson
Montgomery
Joseph O. Thompson
Birmingham
W. C. Ratliff
Agent Business Men's League
Reb Spraggins
Huntsville
C. G
Noted Yeggm an to Be Brought Here
Noted yeggm an George Bowden, recently released from the Atlanta federal penitentiary after a post office robbery near Greenville South Carolina, is to be confined at Mobile county jail with strict supervision. Authorities plan a high security cell and careful entry monitoring as Bowden faces U S district court charges for robbing a Dallas County Alabama post office.
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Mobile
George Bowden
United States
Federal
Atlanta
Greenville
8. C
Gilbert B. Deans
T. T. Palmer
John T. Brown
Craskemian
Bowden
Bedave
Yeggman
Fulton County
Tennessee Dutch
South Carolina
Birmingham
Georgia
Macon
United States District Court
Dallas County
Ala
Reese Files Motion to Dissolve Injunction
A motion to dissolve an injunction against Peter and Julia Reese, operators of the Mobile Inn on Cedar Point and Pine Crest roads, was filed in chancery court Saturday after noon. The Reese attorney argues the injunction is irregular for being issued by Judge Samuel Browne in law and equity and for failing to name returnable before whom, require a cost bond, and allege the writ was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Julia Reese
Mobile Inn
Cedar Point Road
Pine Crest Road
Chancery Court
Reese
Law and Equity Court
Samuel B. Browne
Knights of Honor Elect New Officers for Mutual Lodge 501
At a Friday night meeting Mutual Lodge No. 501 Knights of Honor elected and installed officers for the year led by R L Goubil past dictator and L G Curtis dictator with Lem Tarver vice dictator H Roman assistant dictator EH L Gabel reporter and treasurer N Crane chaplain S H Marx guide J L Fincher guard W Brabner sentinel and L Schwarz D W Mc Gaughey N Crane as trustees. The group also reported the deaths of two members since the last gathering.
Corn Club Boys Headed to Big Exposition in Columbia
George A Maloney leads appeal to raise 280 dollars for eight prize winning Mobile County corn club boys to attend the Columbia corn exposition. City Bank and Trust 50 dollars seed fund plus purses and spending money for each boy. A. G. Quinn of Touart Quinn Cotton Factors joins in. Colum bia event includes badges banners and 100 ears of corn for exhibition. Delegates from across the United States will participate with instruction classes athletic events and farm talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Maloney
Mobile County Corn Club
Columbia
Ragay
City Bank and Trust ¢ 1
A. G. Quinn
Touart
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Corn Club
Farmers
Department of Agricultur
Maloney
Mobile County
New Lumber Company Takes Out Papers
The De La Miyar Luce Lumber Company was incorporated in the probate court on Saturday with papers filed. It will operate a saw mill and manufacture lumber, doors, and blinds with headquarters in Mobile. Incorporators are Y De La Miyar J H Luce and G M Luce, with $20 capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de la Miyar-Luce Lumber Company
Mobile
Y. de la Miyar
J. H. Luce
G.M. Luce
Hydroplane Exhibit May Feature Mobile Carnival
Chief Crenshaw received a letter from Chief Goodrich of Binghamton advising he owns a passenger hydroplane and seeks Mobile inclusion in exhibition plans. Mobile Carnival Association President McAtee will likely arrange and request details to insure the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Crenshaw
Goodrich
Police
Ment
Binghamton
N. Y
Crenshaw
McAtee
Mobile Carnival Association
City Briefs: Petit Larceny Arrests and Civil Suit
Toney Richardson, a negro, was arrested Saturday afternoon by Deputy Lynch on petit larceny and jailed before bond. Charles Bemis of Jernigan Grocery swore out a warrant claiming Richardson stole a 50 cent item. Smith Poe filed suit in law and equity court against C A Naylor for false arrest and imprisonment, seeking $1,000 in damages.
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Toney Richardson
Dennis Lynch
Charles B. Bemis
Jernigan Grocery Company
Inferior Criminal Court
Richardson
Smith Poe
Law and Equity Court
C. A. Naylor
Recorder
Poe
Dauphin Street Track Relaying Planned in Mobile
President J Howard Wilson of Mobile Light and Railroad Co announced Saturday that the Dauphin street line from Hallet to Julia will be fully relaid with a new concrete foundation Replace paving once work finishes paving contractors and the city commission will relay the pavement The improved street surface is expected to be better than before.
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J. Howard Wilson
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Dauphin Street
Hallet
Julia Streets
City Commission
Firemen Quell Saturday Grass Fire on Monterey Street
Hose companies 1 10 and 12 battled a large grass fire on vacant property along Monterey Street south of Government Saturday near 11 am. Prompt firefighting prevented extensive loss to the site and surrounding structures.
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Monterey Street
Government
John D. Fale Ill in New Orleans
News from Mobile reports John D. Fale, longtime Associated Press operator and former key holder at The Item, is seriously ill in New Orleans with no hope for recovery. Fale was regarded as one of AP's best in service.
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Mobile
John D. Fale
Associated Press
Item
New Orleans
Fale
Visitors from Ohio and Kansas Lodged in Mobile Hotels
John W. Sullivan and wife of Cincinnati are in Mobile staying several days at the Cawthon Hotel. J. J. Williams and wife of Coffeeville are on a winter south tour and visiting Mobile briefly. William H. Walker, juror in Brinkman and Frederic liquor cases, explains his vote to acquit was based on the evidence and asks not to be pigeonholed as a future juror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Sullivan
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
J. J. Williams
Coffeeville
Kan
South
William H. Walker
A.H. Brinkman
C. P. Frederic
Vagrancy Charges Put Four Women Through Arraignment
Mattie Brooks Annie Rodgers Martha Hall and Rise Starter were arraigned in the inferior criminal court Saturday on the charge of vagrancy and a fine of five dollars or ten days was assessed against each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Brooks
Annie Rodgers
Martha Hall
Rise Starter
Inferior Criminal Court
Perjury Case Against Annie Banks Dropped
The perjury case arising from Annie Banks’s testimony in the Charlies Moorer prohibition case was nolle prosequi on Saturday at the state's motion. Moorer had been convicted of violating the law and sentenced to hard labor.
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Annie Banks
Charlies Moorer
Nolle
Munger Given Sixty Day Sentence for Wood Theft
Eddie Munger received a sixty day term in the inferior criminal court after evidence showed he stole wood from Eugene Sharpe valued at one dollar on Saturday.
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Eddie Munger
Inferior Criminal Court
Eugene Sharpe
Fire at pressing club rear causes little damage
Considerable excitement and minimal damage followed a fire in the rear of a pressing club at 8 N. Royal Street on Saturday. Flames were started by a gasoline tank ignition and were extinguished by the salvage corps.
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No. $8 N. Royal Street
Hughes Sues Over Car Injury Damages
Edward Hughes Jr of Mobile Light and Railroad Company sues for 15000 dollars claiming negligence by a motorman after being crushed and amputated from an incident on the Spring Hill avenue line near Crichton. His father Edward Hughes Sr seeks 10000 dollars for loss of services and care costs for the 11 year old boy.
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Edward Hughes, Jr
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Law and Equity
Hughes
Spring Hill Avenue
Crichton
Edward Hughes, Sr
Court Docket Listings for Law and Equity Court
Motion docket and weekly call list for Monday through Saturday include cases: Worthington and Kennedy. Roberts and Bradshaw. Howze and Gaines. Fisher and Harney Amusement Co.. Burdett v Allen. Burdett v Allen. Civil and probate matters listed with dates January 7 to January 11 and multiple parties across firms and companies. Circuit Court business shows demurrers sustained, motions to amend, and various dockets from Saturday through Friday with names such as Caton Ward Stillman Bruner Dulaney and others.
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Law and Equity Court
Berney
Corey Worthington
James M. Kennedy
W. P. Roberts
S. H. Bradshaw
George R. Howze
Vivian P. Gaines
Bernard Fisher
Harney Amusement Company
Gertrude Burdett
C. W. Allen
Rosanna Burdett
G. W. le Compte
W. R. Hackett
Metal Furniture Company
People’s Furniture Company
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Lyon Furniture Company
Bent & Co
People’s Furniture Co
J. S. McVity
L. M. Moraques
China Mutual Insurance Company
Hieronymus Brothers
Aline T. Bourne
Richard Moore
John Cowley
A. V. Ladd
Louisa Little
Penny Hivans
National Mosaic Tile
City of Mobile
Emile Haas
Paul Rolfe
Battles Fuel and Material Company
F. Koociman
A. D. Crawford Et al
Mobile- Gulfport Lumber Company
Page
J. M. Nielon
Roche Undertaking Company
DeBardeleben
J. M. Valles
Branch Law Company
American Supply Company
Spotswood Sand and Gravel Company
Zimmerns Coal Co
J. J. Dowling
Henry Delaney
Cawthon Realty Company
M. E. Russell
H. K. Williams
Ben Sanders
Circuit Court
John Craft
Haas Brothers
J. HB. Stillman
H. H. Wefel, Jr
Robert Taylor
Joh Richardson
William Dulaney
William Hultz
Mobile Gulfport Lumber Co
W. H. Bruner
J. Lewis
Armstead Brown
J. G. Chambers
B. Needalman
Birmingham and Gulf Railway and Navigation Company
J. G. Smith
Carrie B. Edwards
Bennie S. Edwards
J. C. Edwards
W. H. Ransom
William Abrams
John Cieutat
Thomas J. Brannan
BE. I. Howard
William Hults
Wagner & Son
G. d. Robertson
Frank Schettner
Bailey and the Capital Chaos in Robert O. Bailey Career
A portrait of Robert O. Bailey, assistant secretary of the treasury, as a reform-minded disruptor of Washington norms. The piece contrasts a sleepy capital routine with Bailey’s habit of early rising and relentless workload, highlighting his drive to press precedents and push beyond standard requirements.
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Robert O. Bailey
the Treasury
Washington
National
Bob
Gelock
Gum ban issued by federal judge in naturalization case
Chicago January 4 Federal Judge Garpenter issued a verbal injunction barring Jos Bruns a barger from gum in the courtroom as he testified as a character witness for Salvatore Forti seeking naturalization. Bruns speech was blurred by gum.
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Chicago
Garpenter
Jos Bruns
Bruns
Salvatore Forti
City Court Adjourns for Sentencing Under Judge Semmes
Grand Larceny Willie Wilson alias Champ pleads guilty to petit larceny. Callie Little alias writ and bond forfeiture. Convicted prisoners at this adjourned session to be sentenced Monday by Judge Semmes.
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City Court
Semmes
Willie Wilson
Champ
Callie Little
Organizers of Owls Set Up City Information Bureau
Borden and Adams, state organizers of the Order of Owls, arrived in Mobile to boost membership and have leased part of Klosky's Hotel lobby for a temporary information bureau. The order now claims seventeen hundred nests in the United States, Canada, and the Philippines, promoting fellowship and a cheerful, wholesome ethos.
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Borden and Adams
Order of Owls
Mobile
Order
Klosky
Bureau of Information
United States
Canada
Phillipines
Demolition Set for Sunday on Dangerous Wall
Mayor Schwarz authorized contractors to demolish a dangerous wall on the north side of the Mobile Electric Company's building and to cover exposed sections beneath with waterproof paper, part of work on the City Bank and Trust Company's addition.
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Schwarz
City Bank and Trust Company
Mobile Electric Company
Free Rheumatism Cure Offer From Syracuse Ad
A Rochester era letter claims a lifelong rheumatism cure exists and offers to mail a free trial. Prospective patients are urged to send name and address to Marrk H. Jackson at 830 Alhambra Bldg Syracuse NY and pay one dollar only if satisfied.
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Marrk H. Jackson
Alhambra Bldg
Syracuse, N. Y
Jackson
Judge Orders Gum Chewing Ceased in Court
Judge Carpenter remarks on chewing gum affecting testimony and issues a formal order prohibiting gum chewing during court appearances.
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Or of Commerce
Colima Exposition
R. Gayon
Eell
Executive Committee OF
Land Congress
Ner
Knights OF Honor
NEW Lumber Company
Binghamton, N. Y
Mobile and Ohio, Southern Railway and Allied Lines
W. W. Finley
Bailey
el Bako
Mobile Electric Co
N. Royal St
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