Governor Blease resigns as South Carolina chief executive
Governor Coleman Livingston Blease filed his resignation today with the secretary of state to take effect immediately. His term would have expired January 19. The resignation reached the state senate after 1 pm and was accepted. Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Smith took the oath as governor for the unexpired term.
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Associated Pres
Columbia
D. C
Coleman Livingston Blease
South Carolina
Blease
State Senate
Charles A. Smith
A T and N Entrance to Mobile Well Advertised
Traffic Manager Russell Houston of Orrama Tennessee and Northern y organized a gala inauguration for through service from Calvert to Mobile on February 1. A special train from York Alabama will run to Mobile and back with special low round trip rates allowing passengers to stay an extra day for shopping and trade.
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Russell Houston
Orrama Tennessee
Northern Y
Calvert
Mobile
York
Ala
Pratt Consolidated Gets New Towboat Caines
H E McCormack of Birmingham Pratt Consolidated Coal Company general manager visited Mobile with J W Moore. He announced purchase of a new towboat for river service between Mobile and mines near Birmingham. The sternwheel Caines, built last year for the Ohio river, is about 130 feet long 20 feet wide and draws six feet. It is en route to Mobile and expected next week.
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H. E. McCormack
Birmingham
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Mobile
J. W. Moore
McCormack
Caines
Ohio River
Aquila Libeled by New Orleans Firm Over Cargo
The Norwegian steamship Aquila, at Savannah, has been libeled by the New Orleans Export Company for 50,000 dollars for failing to transport cottonseed cake to Stockholm. The owners allegedly demanded high freight due to new war risks, and the customs collector has been instructed not to grant clearance until the libel is served.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Aquila
New Orleans Export Company
Stockholm
Sweden
Old-Fashioned Wife Sees Daughter Send Skirts for Creases
A traditional woman known for pressing her husband’s pants each Sunday now has a married daughter who sends her skirts to a tailor for creases, reflecting a shift in family routines and domestic duties.
Red Cross First Aid Car To Leave Monday
The American Red Cross First Aid and Accident Prevention Car, supervised by Dr. Shi, has been in Mobile three days and will leave Friday morning for New Orleans. During the visit in Mobile Dr. Shields lectured for railroad workers and the public with demonstrations, with a closing talk Thursday at the Cawthon Hotel. The car, donated by the Pullman Palace Car Company, can be instantly transformed into a hospital if a wreck occurs.
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American Red Cross
Mobile
Shi
New Orleans
Shields
Cawthon Hotel
Red Cross Association of America
Pullman Palace Car Company
Belgian Steamer Ijzerhandel Visits Port During War
The Belgian steamer Ijzerhandel, first of Belgian nationality to visit the port during the present European conflict, arrived at midnight from Barry Wales. Captain Wind said the crew are all Belgians and are the only refugees carried. The ship, of 3031 gross and 1906 net tonnage, began loading timber near Magazine Point Thursday morning.
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Ijgerhandel
Light
Barry
Wales
Wind
Ijzerhandel
Magazine Point
Arson Case Dismissed in Recorder Court
In the recorder's court on Wednesday CG. 8S. Richards was discharged after being arrested on arson charges. Attorneys sought a continuance. evidence included burned lightwood sticks. Richards claimed the arrest was spite related to a threatened fire at G. Solomon's house.
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Recorder’s Court
Richards
Edington
G. Solomon
Postoffice Plans New Monty Order Department Room
A new postoffice room, located in the northeast corner of the lobby, is under construction for the Monty Order Department. It will be ornate and fully equipped upon completion.
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Postoffice
Monty Order
Allman Named Ex Officio Justice of the Peace
Thomas B. Allman, appointed ex officio justice of the peace for Whistler precinct by Governor O Neal, filed his bond in the probate court Wednesday afternoon. A marriage license was issued to Thomas Nelson and Bette May Murphy. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad declares a 2 12 percent semiannual dividend on common stock. Amsterdam Telegraaf reports British aviators bombed German positions at Antwerp. Detective Murphy has important information for Miss Lula Smith of this city, with relatives in Perry Ohio.
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Thomas B. Allman
O'Neal
Whistler
Thomas Nelson
Bettie May Murphy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Amsterdam
Belgians to Face Winter Hunger as American Aid Surges
The Commission For Relief In Belgium urges Americans to send 20 to 50 pound nonperishable parcels. Volunteers in Holland and Belgium race to feed 6.5 million people amid a stalled winter outlook. Addresses and collection depots are provided for parcels to Birmingham and Mobile collection agents.
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Ple
Belgium
Limbourg
Billy
United States
Lacey
Holland
Liege
Sfamme
Ghent
Rotterdam
America
Fie Commission For Relief
Commission
Commission For Relief
Alabama
Warrant Warehouse Company
Birmingham
Magnolia Compress and Warehouss Company
Mobile
Unclear Cotton Market Move Stirs Uneven Trading
A rough, garbled report notes a modest one point advance in cotton prices amid unexpected market signals. The text hints at price fluctuations and some selling pressure, but specifics are unreadable.
New York Cotton Futures Market Opens With Decline
The New York cotton market opened January 14 with futures down about 1 point as selling pressure appeared across months. Spot markets softened while active months showed an expected net gain of 3 or 4 points before the first hour, with March and May trading around 8.11 and 8.31 respectively and October near 8.49.
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Report
Liverpool cot ton market shows spot demand easing with good middling at 5.15 pence per pound and mid at 4.81 while low middling sits at 4.34. Export speculation reaches 500 bales with receipts totaling 30 509 bales. Futures steady with May-June 4.462 1 2 pence, July-August 4.68 1 2, Oct-Nov 4.78 1 2, Jan-Feb 4.83 1 2.
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Liverpool
Eng
Paving Protests Heard at City Commission Session
The city commission met in a special session at noon to hear protests from property owners in the twelfth paving district. Acting Mayor Pat J. Lyons presided with Commissioner Schwarz present, and the protests were taken under advisement.
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Pat J. Lyons
Schwarz
Valuable poultry stolen from Oak Grove residence
M. L. Davis Jr of Oak Grove reports to police that a bronze turkey gobbler and a white Orpington rooster were stolen Wednesday night from his farm. The two birds are worth 25 dollars.
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M. L. Davis Jr
Oak Grove
This County
Salts Claim Kidney Flush Eases Back Pain
An advertisement urges readers to take Jadé Salts to flush clogged kidneys and relieve back pain. It states meat raises uric acid, clogging kidney pores, causing rheumatism headaches and other ailments, and promises quick kidney relief by morning.
Speculative issues show split opening as rails lead
Market summary from New York details mixed action with Union Pacific and Amalgamated Copper higher while States Steel and Reading retreat. York Central leads railway group with steady Baltimore and Ohio and United Railways gains, as dividend plans loom. Quoted prices span Amalgamated Copper 56 American Sugar 106 7-8 American Tobacco 223 and United States Steel 51 1-4 among others.
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New York
States Steel
Reading
Union Pacific
York Central
Baltimore
Ohbto
United Railways Investment Preferred
Amalgamated Copper
American Agriculture
American Can
American Car
Foundry
American Cotton Oi
American Smelting
American Sugar
American Tel
American Tobacco
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago
Mil. & St. Paul
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Pfd
Kansas City Southern
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard Co
Mexican Petroleum
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Ate York Central
N.H. & Hartford
Ienetehe & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rep. Iron and Steel
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Tennessee Copper
United Statess Steel
United States Steel Pid
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Western Union
Turpentine market bids and receipts in Savannah
Naval Stores in Savannah Georgia reports turpentine strong with 92 casks received and rosin holdings up at 879 barrels. Trading prices listed across grades B through WW with multiple fractional adjustments and specific price points per barrel or gallon.
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Savannah
Wheat climbs to new high war-time price record
Exporters bought spring wheat in strong demand pushing May wheat to a new high wartime price, reaching 1.42 38 dollars per bushel as traders watched market levels. The surge reflected intensified purchasing amid wartime pressures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rotarians Explain Satsuma Gift Sending at Mobile Meeting
W. H. Reynalds presided at the Mobile Rotary Club luncheon in the Cawthon Hotel. Members spoke briefly on why they sent Satsumas to friends for Satsuma Day, with many attendees contributing remarks.
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W. H. Reynalds
Mobile
Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
Satsumas
Satsuma
Circus man ordered away by city official
J. McBush identified as an advance man for Ringling Brothers Circus was ordered out of the city by Recorder D. H. Edington after being found acting suspiciously by Officer John Kruse. He was required to post a $300 bond for good behavior.
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J. McBush
Ringling Brothers Circus
D. H. Edington
McBush
John Kruse
Insolvency Alleged in Filing Against Local Merchants
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S district court on Friday by the Great Northern Manufacturing Company and others against F. L. Riley of Evergreen Conecuh County doing business as Riley Department Store. A second petition was filed by the Daniel Miller Company and others against E. M. Shepard of Central Mills Dallas County.
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United States District Court
Great Northern Manufacturing Company Et al
F. L. Riley
Evergreen
Conecuh County
Riley Department
Daniel-Miller Company Et al
E. M. Shepard
Central Mills
Dallar County
New coal company formed in Pensacola
The Mexican Gulf Coal Company, Inc. filed incorporation papers in the probate court on Thursday. The company is capitalized at $4,000 and will begin business with that amount. The incorporators are John R. Vidmer of Pensacola, Noah Schwarz, and Charles B. Todd of Mobile.
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NEW Coal Company
Mexican Gulf Coal Company, Inc
John R. Vidmer
Pensacola
Fla
Noah Schwarz
Charles B. Todd
Mobile
No Progress at Soissons Front Report
Paris dispatch reports January 14 that fighting north of Soissons was most decided with no material progress on the left of the line. French forces held the center and yielded on the right while taking up positions on the south bank of the Aisne. Artillery exchanges continued along other points of the front.
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Soissons
Paris
Aisne
Weather drifts east as Gulf and Ohio valleys warm
Southerly winds push rising temperatures across the Gulf States and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys as a barometric low moves eastward with its center over the upper Lake region. A separate low along the north Pacific coast and northern Rockies brings precipitation and higher temperatures with Portland at 46 degrees, two degrees above Mobile.
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Gulf States
Ohio
Mississippi
Upper Lake Region
North Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Portland
Ore
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Tasteless Chill Tonic Promised Malaria Protection
A 2014 advertisement touts Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as highly valuable with quinine properties. It claims to drive out malaria, enrich blood, and build up the whole system through generalized tonic benefits.
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Grove
Funeral Notice Marietta L Fournier Widow of Dr Fournier
Entered into rest January 13 1915 at 2 pm at her residence 158 South Claiborne Marietta L Fournier widow of the late Dr E H Fournier. Funeral from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception tomorrow Friday morning at 9 26 o'clock with requiem mass. Interment in the Holy See cemetery.
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Fournier
South Claiborne Marietta
L. Fournier
E. H. Fournier
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
School Board votes survey of county school lands
Mobile county school commissioners approve a plan to survey all school lands to protect timber and prevent poaching. The measure authorizes an estimator and surveyor to assess growing and down timber, identify land plenty for reforestation, and set groundwork for future conservation.
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Mobile County
Board of School Commissioners
John T. Cochrane
Roe
Land Committee
Georgetown
McGuire
Cochrane
Roach
McCall
Jordan
Country Schools Committee
Old Georgetown
Goff
Mount Vernon
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RED Cross
By Will Irwin
Termonde
Cotton
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Dotote Eee
Mobile Chamber OF Commerce
Pecs
Goshen and Creamery
Ccm
Louisiana
the Land Committee
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Hce
Joint
Country Schools
Raphael Semmes School Improvement Association
Ot City
William
T. Prichard
Toulminville School Improvement Association
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Resolution
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Hite. Co
St. Louis
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Smith Plano Co
Wane Temple
Kit Smith
Brewton, Ala
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Monroe
Tiret
Rene
J. Rawley
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Visek
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Bell Hon
Madame Herschel
Spring Hill Ave
Khton
Mobile Street
Frankilo
Ronae
Lea
Heart of City
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N. Secelin
Bell Hamilton St
Atractive
Government St
M. B
Matt Fott
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J.H
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Ee Ea
Octave Alvarez
Joe Casalay
Se Camp Street
Lac Automobile
Royal Street
Pia Las
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Theodore
Sata Wember Company
Berness
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Rome
Aigle Utes Co
Bell Phone
Tor. Pinkerson& Robinson
Dauphin
Corner Cedar
Aeenael
Aeterial
Lee
David Lewis
Wexford
Gent
W. A. Douglas
Bell
Koral
Congress Streets
J. EB
Mt. Vernon
Sen Bying
Sling
North Ae Us
Peat
Yzerhandel
V. Delgoffe
Cock Moon
A. G. Ward
Chal _ Board Revenue
Moe Cormmal
CRIMI
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U. S. District Court
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Mobi Robins
Hotate Cramer
Dec
Anna
Cramer
Anid Emate
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