City Bank and Trust Seeks Federal Reserve Membership
The City Bank & Trust Company of Mobile asks stockholders to approve applying for membership in the Federal Reserve banking system. The board cites advantages such as securing exchange ties, retaining accounts, postal savings custody, enhanced supervision, and access to reserve notes, with membership contingent on a 6 percent capital subscription and meeting reserve requirements. Stockholders vote at the annual meeting on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Bank & Trust Company of
Mobile
Kk. J. Buck
Idera
Mr. Buck
Ald
United
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Reserve Banking System
Federal Reserve Banks
United States Postal Savings
Ttig
Elks Mark Minstrel Anniversary Show at Vineyard Hotel
The Elks observed the minstrel anniversary on January 7 1913 with a performance at the Vineyard of the Cawthon hotel. Most cast members participated and the chorus repeated songs. a luncheon followed and the Rowley orchestra musicians received thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elks’ Ministrels
Vineyard of the Cawthon Hotel
Rowley Orchestra
Migratory Fish Policy Talks Planned in Washington
John Craft of Mobile head of the National Shellfish Association will meet January 15 in the Bureau of Fisheries office with an executive council including Dr. Pratt Dr. Field Bacon Perry Maltbie Dow and Mercer. They will press national fisheries conservation legislation and coastal scientific station plans for Mobile County with the secretary of commerce Congressman Lithicum and the Bureau of Fisheries. The session precedes the April Atlantic City annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Craft
Mobile
National Shellfish Association
Executive Council
Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Chapel Hill
N. C
George R. Field
Boston
Mass
Charles R. Bacon
Trenton
N. J
Frederick L. Perry
New Haven
Big-Hearted Ike Hyde Dies After Long Illness
Collector of Port H. Gordon Ashley received a telegram from R. E. K. Hyde in Tuscumbia Alabama announcing the death of Isaac H. Hyde known as Ike a deputy customs collector under Ashley until seven months ago. He left Mobile for Asheville North Carolina due to pulmonary disease. Ike Hyde was beloved in Mobile shipping circles for ten years as a customs inspector and was active in Mobile Council No. 666 Knights of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port
H. Gordon Ashley
R. EK. Hyde
Tuscumbia
Ala
Isaac H. Hyde
Mr. Ashley
Asheville
N. C
Ike” Hyde
Ike
Hife
Mobile Council No. 666
Knights of Columbus
Customs Department
Arrested for Lack of Physician's License
C. F. Jones, a man identifying as Warren and St. Louis streets, was arrested Wednesday night by Detective Joseph Lacey for practicing medicine without a license. Dr. M. J. Bancroft appears as complainant. police say a full set of medical instruments and prescriptions were seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Jones
Warren
St. Louis
Joseph Lacey
M. J. Bancroft
Frank Crenshaw
Origins of The Blue Bird Tale Inspires Maeterlinck Drama
A Normandy forest scene inspired Mme Maeterlinck and her husband to create The Blue Bird. The tale of a little girl’s search for happiness led to a major dramatic work staged worldwide. Three performances are planned with box office hours from 9 am to 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mmé. Maeterlinck
Saint Wahdrille
Normandy
Mme. Maeterlinck
Maeters Linck
Maeterlinck
Theatre Artistique
Moscow
Russia
Herbert Trench
London
New Theatre
New York City
Normandy Forest
Wealthy Columbus paper man dies hunting near Homewood
Samuel J. Morris aged 45 prominent Columbus paper manufacturer died suddenly while hunting in Escambia county Alabama. He shot a quail then collapsed and died from apoplexy his friend Harrison Marriott found him. Morris was president of Central Ohio Paper Company and planned interment in Columbus with no relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Morris
Columbus
Ohio
Homewood
Ala
Escambia County
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Mr. Morris
Harrison Marriott
Armbrecht Reports Prosperity Signs From Mobile
In a 1914 business outlook piece the New York World reprints W. H. Armbrecht president of Mobile Chamber of Commerce, signing January 1, describing prosperity indicators from Mobile and other commercial bodies across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
United States
Mobile
W. H. Armbrecht
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Outlook for 1914 Bright for Southern Business
William H. Armbrecht, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League, forecasts a favorable 1914 for the South. He cites Panama Canal prospects, crop diversification, scientific agriculture, rising industry, currency reform, and cautious tariff debate as factors likely to bring moderate, lasting prosperity if anti-railroad agitation stays restrained and transportation abuses are curbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Panama Canal
William H. Armbrecht
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Negro principal cannot be editor at local paper
Do W Hill negro social editor and Booker Washington School principal was ordered to sever ties with the paper or Mobile public schools by the school board executive committee. The action cites Hill advertising his newspaper post and running a negro social page in a white published paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Do. W. Hill
Booker Washington School For
Mobile Public
J. Blocker Thornton
Hill
Gray Supporters Plan Thursday Meeting for Campaign
Supporters of Oscar L. Gray of Butler Choctaw County gather Thursday at 8 PM in Room 230 Saint Andrew Hotel to rally against incumbent George W. Taylor and bolster Gray in Mobile County campaign efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar L. Gray
Butler
Choctaw
Tourist travel grows heavier in Mobile hotels
The Christmas holidays and wintry weather push more visitors into Mobile as hotel registers show rising tourist activity. Guests at Bienville Hotel include R. R. Phillips and others from Michigan Illinois Indiana and Ohio with inquiries about Mobile opportunities and the Satsuma orange industry. Visitors at Cawthon and Battle House hotels include residents of New York Kentucky Ohio and Honolulu among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Satsuma
Bienville Hotel
R. R. Phillips
W. H. Bartlett
George Penoyer
Flushing
Mich
John Malderon
H. H. Carter
Chicago
James Fay
Aurora
R. McClanahan
C. H. Parsons
James Lock
Rushville
Ind
H. L. Williams
Leaf River
Ill
M. M. McPhail
Johnston
James Barnes
Kalamazoo
Cawthon
J. A. Hidgens
Brooklyn
N. Y
R. H. White
Thomas D. Dawes
Louisville
Bacharach
Cincinnati
R.L. Ree
Renowe
Braden
Niagara Falls
Meridian Board of Trade Opens New Quarters
William H. Armbrecht and A. J. Parsons traveled from Mobile to Meridian for the formal opening of the Meridian Board of Trade quarters. Armbrecht called the meeting one of the most enthusiastic he had seen, noting participation from Birmingham and Montgomery chambers, the Birmingham Ac Club, the Jackson Board of Trade, and a large Meridian booster turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Armbrecht
Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Parsons
Mobile
Meridian
Meridian Board of Trade
Mississippi City
To Ward Off Winter Complexion II
A vintage skincare note recommends mercorized wax as a nightly facial treatment to smooth rough or discolored skin and reveal fresher skin beneath. It warns against rouge during winter due to skin expansion and contraction and suggests a saxolite face bath to reduce wrinkles from dust and wind.
First National Bank of Pensacola Fails to Open Doors
Officials explained the bank did not open due to sudden deposit withdrawals spurred by a Lloyds style notice from Crow Rudolph & Co of Liverpool that it could not pay drafts. The bank faced a run risk and closed while a national bank examiner was dispatched to Pensacola for inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank OF Pensacola
Pensacola
Fra
First National Bank of
Créw, Rudolph & Co
Liverpool Lumber Brokers
Crow, Rudolph & Co
Liverpool
First National Bank
National Examiner
Washington
National Bank
Fla
Treasury Department
Meridian Meeting Receives Policy Suggestions From Outsiders
At a gathering, Meridian residents and representatives from out-of-town commercial organizations discussed important matters at length. The visitors urged talks on policy ideas for the upcoming year while the meeting was described as splendid and royally treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian People
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Myth
the Lyric
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S. J. Morris
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Armbreght
Alabama
Gray
Armbrecht
Board of Trade
Peruna
Mrs. H. Garnes
Hieronymus and
Turner-Hartwell Docks
Dauphin
Conception Streets
N. L. Vickers Real Estate Fire Insurance
ST. Michael ST
Bell Phone
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
South
Conception Street
Alaska
Farmand
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