Rumor Haakon of Norway Might Abdicate Soon
Berlin rumor cites growing opposition in the Storthing as potential cause for King Haakon to quit the throne. Trenton reports Senators Hoke Smith and Thomas Gore met with President-elect Wilson to discuss senate reorganizations and contested elections in Maine New Hampshire Illinois and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Haakon
Norway
Storthing
Trenton
N. J
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Wilson
State House
Senate
Maine
New Hampshire
Illinois
South Dakota
United States Senate
County Civic League Critiques Road Spending in Inquiries
The Civic League of Mobile County denounces current road funding and maintenance as wasteful. It cites high costs per mile and calls for reform or resignation of the county road and revenue commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ingalls
Mobile
Sear Ee
Mo- Civic League
Board of Sie and Road Commissioners
Civic League
Civic League of
Pike
Dallas
Pike County
Jand
Lott Road
U. S
Deaths and Funerals of a Foundling Waif
A foundling girl adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Tremer of 253 Spring Hill Avenue died at 6:80 in the morning after a two week illness. The child, discovered five weeks earlier on the Tremer residence gallery, could not be identified despite efforts to locate the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philiper
Spring Hill Avenue
Tremer
German-born Mobile musician Hermann Strachauer dies after illness
Hermann Strachauer, aged Wears, a native of Germany and a resident of Mobile for the past twelve years, died Tuesday night at a local infirmary after a three year illness. Survived by wife, one daughter, one brother in Mobile, and other relatives. He formerly lived in Boston and taught music, guiding many pupils during his Mobile years. Deceased was a Mason and his funeral will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Strachauer
Germany
Mobile
Boston
Old Experience Named Best Teacher of Food
A longtime household staple earns praise as the most practical guide to food choices. The author notes using nearly every product, yet declares Old Experience as the reliable standard she swears by.
Alabama Girl World’s Champ Corn Grower Crowned
The Macon County Board of Revenue renewed its support for the corn club and future premiums. Miss Pauline May of Notasulga, Oscar J. Barclay, and William A. Campbell of Tuskegee claimed top prizes with high yields and profits, and Miss May’s record earns her world recognition for a girl farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Macon County Board of Revenue
Macon County Corn Club
Corn Club
Columbia
D. C
Macon County
Pauline May
Notasulga
Oscar J. Barclay
William A. Campbel
Miss May
Duncan
Auburn
Alabama
Macon
Funeral with Masonic Honors and Magnolia Cemetery Interment
A funeral service was held Thursday afternoon with Masonic honors and the interment planned for Magnolia Cemetery. The ceremony reflected the deceased’s affiliations and community ties as pallbearers carried out final rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Cemetery
Burial of Mrs. Mary R. Hudson at Magnolia Cemetery
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. E. S. Perryman, 876 Dauphin Street, conducted by Rev. J. W. Phillips of the First Baptist Church. The remains rest in Magnolia Cemetery with floral tributes. Pallbearers included L. G. Cameron, J. Bestor Robertson, Thomas D. Nettles, George W. Threefoot, C. D. Willoughby, and G. B. Thames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Hudson
Mary R. Hudson
E. S. Perryman
Dauphin Street
J. W. Phillips
First Baptist Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs. L.G. Cameron
J. Bestor Robertson
Thomas D. Nettles
George W. Threefoot
C. D. Willoughby
G. B. Thames
Burial of Mrs. Catherine Haas in Crichton
The funeral for Mrs. Catherine Haas was held Wednesday at 8:30 AM from her Crichton home. Rev Father McLaughlin conducted the services and the remains were laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Haas
Catherine Haas
Crichton
Father McLaughlin
New Shortstop of The Mobile Team
Spar tanburg South Carolina star Corbett, a Richmond Ohio native and college graduate, drafted by Mobile after the 1912 season, shows a gilt edged pro record in the last two years. At twenty, he stands five feet ten inches and weighs 170 pounds. batting averages were .308 in 1911 and .314 in 1912. He is expected early in the season and will undergo a thorough tryout by Manager Mike Finn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
Mobile
Corbett
Richmond
Ohio
Mike Finn
Norwegian minister leads funeral in Magnolia cemetery
A man who was scalded to death Monday afternoon died after a Wednesday service held at the Roche Burke Undertaking Company parlors. Rev Kielland, a Norwegian minister, conducted the funeral with many fellow countrymen in attendance. Interment followed at Magnolia cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Mr. Kielland
Magnolia Cemetery
Women seek heaven and face social climb in society
A reflection on women balancing spiritual aspirations with social ambition. The line suggests enduring expectations that women contend with in religious life and in place within social hierarchies.
Booth's Hyomei End Catarrh and Croup Relief
Purports to destroy catarrh germs with a medicated air inhaler. Claims no narcotics and lists eucalyptus thymol and antiseptics as ingredients. Offers Hyomei outfit at $1 with extra bottles at 50 cents and guarantees money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
OMEI
Monetary reforms urged by Comptroller Murray before House panel
Washington Jan 8 Comptroller Lawrence Murray urged criminal statutes to bar bank officers from taking personal compensation for loans from their banks tighter controls on loans to officers and directors and a tougher national bank examination as part of reform. He called current banking law inadequate and said Taft blocked special investigations. He also proposed preventing stock transfers to unstable buyers when banks fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lawrence O. Murray
House Money Trust Committee
Murray
Taft
Rockefeller Not Visible to Public in Nassau Hotel Stay
Nassau Bermudean January 8 report says William Rockefeller has stayed at a Nassau hotel since January 3 arriving from Miami Florida. Hotel staff say he is not well enough for interviews on business matters and will remain for several weeks. No word on whether he will testify before the House money trust investigating committee in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
New Providence
Bermuda
William Rockefeller
Miami
Fla
Rockefeller
House “Money Trust
Washington
Lane Named ICC Chairman For 1914 Term
Commissioner Franklin K. Lane of California was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year starting January 13. He succeeds Commissioner Prouty and has served on the commission since 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin ‘K. Lane
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
Lane
Ways Women Should Care For Skin and Hair This Season
Contemporary beauty tips from a fashion journal advise a magatone beauty mix for complexion protection, weekly dry shampooing with thorox and orris root, and a delatone paste to remove unwanted hairs. It also mentions a traditional Mothers Salve as an old fashioned remedy for coughs and colds.
Escaped After Fifteen Years
Ww. P. Broyles found relief after fifteen years of kidney and bladder troubles using Foley Kidney Pills. He reports a severe backache and painful bladder irregularities were cured and urges others to try the remedy for health and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Broyles
Foley
City Bank property sold to Aaron A. Lowenstein
A deed filed in probate court shows the northwest corner property at Fearnway and Catherine Street once owned by City Bank and Trust Company was sold for $1,200 to Aaron A. Lowenstein. Greeks Jim Brown Jim Garoufalis and Peter Garoufalis have left Mobile to aid their county in the war with Turkey. They ran fruit stands which they sold to raise funds for the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fearnway and
Catherine Street
City Bank and Trust Company
Aaron A. Lowenstein
Jim Brown
Jim Garoufalis
Peter Garoufalis
Mobile
Turkey
Western Union Executive Visits City on Company Business
J. C. McDowell, circuit manager for the Western Union Telegraph Company based in Atlanta, Ga., spent Wednesday in the city on company business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McDowell
Western Union Telegraph Company
Atlanta
Representatives Attend National League Convention
Assistant general ree agent W. E. England of the Mobile and Ohio and J. F. Ross Jr gene agent left Mobile Wednesday night for Cincinnati to attend the National League of Commission Merchants convention. They will then proceed to St. Louis to confer with Freight Traffic Manager Haiden Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. England
Mobile and
Ohio
J. F. Ross, Jr
Gene
Mobile
Cincinnati
National League of Commission Merchants
St. Louis
Haiden Miller
Prohibition case against Marshall Bleach nolle pressed
Due to lack of evidence Deputy Gillis arrested Marshall Bleach alias Grant for violating the prohibition law. The inferior criminal court nolle prossed the case on Wednesday on motion by the state after Assistant State Solicitor Touart said the deputy was ill and there was no direct evidence against Bleach. the warrant was issued on information from another party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Bleach
Grant
Hugh Gillis
Nolle
Inferior Criminal Court
Touart
Gillis
Bleach
Court actions in Equity and Chancery Court dockets
Equity side judge grants motion to amend bill in McGraw et al. v Vernéuille. Chancery Court sets K Coe et al. v Robertsdale Wood Prod for Feb 15. Garland v Jones, Aiken v Carrett, and Wilson et al. v Bank of Mobile noted with demurrers or annual report deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Berney
Charles W. McGraw
Chancery Court
Smith
K. Coe
Als
Robertsdale Wood Product Company
Isa Garland
Leon Jones
Laura A. Carrett
Alma Aiken
L. M. Wilson
Bank of Mobile
Nan
Local Visitors and Residents Stay at Mobile Hotels
Miss Louise Amsler of Hempstead Texas visits her grandmother Mrs F A Hervey and stays at the Cawthon Hotel. Mr and Mrs Franklin from Belize are in Mobile registered at the Cawthon. W R Waggoner and L M Jones of Meridian Mississippi stay several days at the Battle House on business. Father Adam Heibel of Elberta Alabama visits friends. S A Beachley and wife of Easton Maryland stay at the Bienville and plan time in Mobile. The Wasa Wisconsin pair W R Ross and wife arrive for the winter. Birmingham guests include A Jax Davis J T Waltons G W Walton S J Cole and George C Oliver. Dr J S Skinner of Grove Hill Alabama visits and stays at the St Andrew Hotel. M J McGrath, formerly a Mobilian, now in Hattiesburg Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Amsler
Hempstead, Tex
City
F. A. Hervey
Cawthon Hotel
Franklin
Belize
British Honauras
Mobile
W. R. Waggoner
L. M. Jones
Meridian
Miss
Battle House
S. A. Beachley
Easton, Md
Bienville Hotel
J. S. Skinner
Grove Hill, Ala
St. Andrew Hotel
Visiters from Leakesville and Washington on Mobile stay
W. W. Evans J. H. Turner and B. C. O Dan iel of Leakesville Miss are in Mobile on a visit. William P. Wood national bank examiner from Washington D C is in Mobile on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Evans
J. H. Turner
B. C. O'Daniel
Leakesville, Miss
Mobile
William P. Wood
National Bank Examiner
Washington, D. C
Royal Theatre Thursday Pathe Weekly Advertisement
The notice highlights a Thursday showing at the Royal Theatre featuring Pathe Weekly with films titled The New wn Hidion and Costegious Pserands Lubin. Classified ad mentions date January 5 with admission at five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theatre
Pathe
Hidion
Lubin
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King Haakon
Queen Maud OF
Jack Corbett
Royal ‘Teint von See Ee Ay
The
Journal of Fashion
Merve
Adam Heibel
Elberta, Ala
W. R. Ross
Wasa Wis
Birmingham
A. Jax-Davis
J.T. Waltons
G. W. Walton
S. J. Cole
George C. Oliver
M. J. McGrath
Hattiesburg, Miss
Staub
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Bay Shore Division
South Royal Street
H. E. Jones, Jr
General’ Rel
DYE Works
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