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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1916
Page
5
The Pace Orchards Company raised its capital stock from 4000 to 50000 dollars and filed a certificate in the probate court. The firm’s name was changed to the Satsuma Orange and Pecan Groves Company Incorporated, with W. L. Henderson as president.
Carl W. Ackerman reports from Vienna and Budapest that Hungarian diplomats likely will decide the dispute with America over the Ancona sinking. Public anger is high in Vienna. Budapest officials favor Burian's reply and diplomatic independence. Count Tisza Apponyi and Andrassy are cited as friendly to the United States.
Frank Reimann, a Mobilian, received a mummified dwarf from a Norwegian sailor aboard the steamer Dicator. The curio, resembling a small human with horns, hooves, and a short tail, prompted Reimann to seek scientific examination after eight months of ownership.
We announce the dissolution of Bloch & Neuburger by mutual consent. The business has been acquired by Alex Bloch Dry Goods Company, Inc. We solicit continued patronage for the successor firm.
An American note to Baron Burian warned of a severe document after Burian did not answer the query about the Ancona. Burian accepted the note but offered no comment.
J. M. Garrett, highway engineer for Montgomery county, was elected president of the Alabama Association of Highway Engineers, succeeding G. N. Mitcham of Auburn. Other officers include S. J. Cummings, M. S. Bingham, H. J. Jones, W. S. Keller, and directors W. Q. Crisman, J. B. Converse, and S. E. Fitch. The session drew about thirty county engineers, with talks on road improvement followed by a banquet and an automobile tour of Montgomery county roads.
Vital statistics list several births with pairings of parents and children in Mobile. Deaths include multiple individuals: Osborne Herzfeld Goff Gladfetter Hobdy Bailey Linderud Boutwell Paley Murray Flemings Patterson Shy Starke Blakely and others. Two suits for divorce filed: Osey Grimes vs Leona Grimes in chancery court. Georgia Parker vs Samuel Parker for cruelty and abandonment in Mobile County.
The article argues for a state bond issue to preserve credit and avoid higher taxes. It explains extending old debt by selling bonds to pay off war rants, with the governor auditor and treasurer supervising proceeds for debt relief, not other expenses.
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