State Bond Issue Endorsed by Mobile County Says D B Cobbs
Mobile County backs the state bond issue campaign with strong leader D B Dobbs promising a good Mobile majority. Preparations for the Tuesday January 18 election are complete under Sheriff W H Holcombe. The campaign argues bonds prevent tax hikes by financing debts at low interest and allows paying off gradually. Bankers in multiple cities back the measure as tax protection.
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D. B. Dobbs
Mobile County
W. H. Holcombe
County Board of Equalization
Equalization Board
Alabama
United States
County Boards of Equalization
United States Court
Voter
Montgomery
Mobile
Birmingham
Selma
Anniston
Huntsville
Phelan B. Dorson
Border Threats Spark Guard Action At El Paso
Rioting flared between U S soldiers and Mexicans at Fort Hancock prompting El Paso to call police protection. Brigadier General Pershing deployed regular troops to guard the border as fears of reprisals and a possible American civilian invasion rise with refugees fleeing and Mexican towns reporting anti American sentiment.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Fort Hancock
Texas
Auto
Eighth United States Infantry
Mexico
John J. Pershing
Chihuahua
China City
Santa Ysabel
Carranza
Washington
Fort Bliss
Pershing
Bracelet Found Promptly Reunited With Girl
A gold bracelet found on Dauphin Street was turned into the police station and quickly returned to a little girl who brought the clipping to Chief Van Liew. The chief praised the rapid result from newspaper advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin Street
van Liew
No Loan Rumor Denied by Alabama Bank Leader
J H Barr chairman of the First National Bank of Birmingham denies rumors of a $2,000,000 Alabama loan at 3 12 percent. He says no application was made and no such loan could be obtained, adding he plans to vote for a bond issue. He notes the rumor spread mainly in southern Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
J. H. Barr
First National Bank of Birmingham
Barr
Alabama
Forsa
Pkane
Fall of tiny Montenegro ends world's oldest dynasty
London Jan 15 The last ruler of Montenegro and the centuries old dynasty faced extinction as Austrian forces, allied with the Turks, advanced through Montenegrin passes. Montenegro's independence traces to 1389 after the battle of Kosova, with Prince Mirko’s era noted for passing fronts against Turks before Krupp artillery and a closing fate near Cattaro. Nicholas, aged 173, becomes third king without a country.
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London
Montenegro
Belgium
Serbia
Black Mountain
Kossovo
Tsernagora
Europe
Mirko
Ostrog
Mount Loveen
Cattaro
Desperate Woman Attempts Suicide in Mobile Prison
Mrs. Florence Tidewell alias Mrs. Palmer tried to kill herself in her cell at the police station by swallowing bichloride of mercury tablets and was hospitalized in critical condition. She and W. J. Ferrell were arrested on federal warrant charges of white slavery, with Ferrell named as a suspect traveler and Tidewell described as having ties to Georgia and Alabama. The couple had registered in Mobile and faced arraignment. the case was postponed.
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Florence Tidewell
Palmer
City Hospital
Tidewell
City
Dorson
Mobile
W. J. Ferrell
Ferrell
Isabel Farmer
Augusta
George P. Tidewi'l
Montgomery
Florala
Pensacola
Fla
van Liew
United States
Recorder’s Court
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi
Weather report from The Weather Washington dated January 15 notes Alabama will be cloudy Sunday and Monday with colder temperatures. Mississippi expects local rains Sunday with colder north portions, and Monday turning fair and colder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
National City Bank Officers Elected in Mobile Meeting
The directors of the National City Bank of Mobile met Saturday and elected E. C. Hughes as president Henry Piser as vice president and J. Robert Ennis as cashier.
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National City Bank of Mobile
E. C. Hughes
Henry Piser
J. Robert Ennis
Russians Renew East Front Offensive Amid Montenegrin Crisis
Russian troops occupy the Persian town of Kengawar as Turkish forces rally near Karmansah. A failed Turkish plot against Enver Pasha is reported from Constantinople. Austrian forces shell Malborgetto and close on Montenegrin positions near Cettinje, with heavy artillery and infantry actions described.
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East Front
Petrograd
Kengawar
Hamaran
Karmansah
Paris
Enver Pasha
Turkey
Constantinople
Saloniki
Temps
Vienna
Berlin
Galicia
Bessarabian
Jefferson Davis Semmes the Worm That Died in Alabama
Bill Pritchard recalls Jefferson Davis Semmes the trained fishing worm found on Dawg river. The worm saved his master from danger by spelling DANGER on his body before dying after Bill accidentally spilled licker. The tale ends with Semmes choking to death in a knot.
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Jefferson Davis Semmes
Bill Pritchard
Battle House
Bruce Hawkins
Bill
Dawg River
Jefferson
Jeff Davis Semmes
Little Dawg River
Jefferson Davis Semmey
Jeff
Jefferson Davis
Bil
Jefferson Jes
Shipyard project roped into two committees with advisory link
After a Birmingham call in Mobile leaders, A J Parsons forms an executive committee for the new naval ship building plant and dry docks. An advisory panel will join the executive body, with some members not required to attend all meetings due to distance. The advisory line includes city and harbor officials, railroad presidents, and press leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
L.C. Irvine
Mobile
Naval Shipbuilding Plant
A. J. Parsons
Northern Company Sells 9000 Acre Tract for Harrietta Project
Announcement Saturday reports the sale of 9000 acres along the Mobile River to Harrietta Improvement Company, led by EK Etheridge and D Hill. Everett and Boykin handled the deal with price withheld. The tract runs from the river to higher clay ground, suitable for citrus, planning a new town Harrietta and a Southern Railway station at Knox's switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile River
Harrietta Improvement Company
Withhheld
Everett and Boykin
Harrietta
Southern Railway
Knox's Switch
United States
Dundee
Ill
Grand Bay
Bank of Mobile
Harrietta Company
Southern
Alabama, Tenessee
Northern
Satsumas
Merchant Vessels to Seal Wireless Apparatus in Port
The treasury issues an order halting belligerent ships from keeping wireless gear ready in U S ports. Vessels must lower antennae and disconnect radio on entering port and keep it sealed until departure. Customs officials at Mobile and all ports enforce the ruling under Wilson's neutrality policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Treasury Department
Mobile
Explosion on U S submarine E-2 at Brooklyn Navy Yard kills four
Four men were killed and ten injured when an internal explosion rocked the U S submarine E-2 in dry dock number 2 at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Names of the dead and injured are reported, with Navy officials and rescuers rushing to control the blaze and evacuate the wrecked vessel.
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U. 5
Brooklyn Yard
New York
Honolulu
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
John Schultz
Logan
Roy B. Seaber
J. H. Peck
Miles
John Holsey
Rotto
Sunes Kyonee
Henry Zoll
Otto Hasert
Richard Heyneg
Funeral Notices for Horres Peterson and Streb
Horres died Friday January 14 1916 at 5 pm funeral from 63 North Reed avenue to St Marys church 230 pm interment Catholic cemetery. Peterson infant Margaret M daughter of Charles W and Margaret Allenbach Peterson funeral from 309 South Broad street this Sunday 8 pm interment Magnolia cemetery. Streb died January 15 1916 age about sixty funeral to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Allenbach Peterson
South Broad Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Streb
Lost and misplaced items across the city notices
Lost items include a white silk scarf from a ball at 925 Government Street with a return reward offered. A tan and white hound puppy missing from 52 South Bayou Street. A Scotch Collie male and a brown hound dog both reported lost with rewards. A pair of black Adler gauntlets near St. Andrew Hotel. A diamond screw earring and a platinum pin with diamond. Reward offered for info or return. Call Bell 3484 or contact 964 Government Street.
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South Bayou Street
W. B. Crane
Government St. Loop
N. Scott St
St. Andrew Hotel
H. Pillans
City Hall
Hill Avenue
Hallett
Down District
A.J. Spenser
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D. B. Cobbs
Paso, Tex
U. S
General Pershing
Lieve
National City Bank
Rpmaptrak
Arnias
Nicholas
Sian
East Ga
Licia
Frontier
Malborgetto
Oslavia
Cettinje
Berani
Austria
Austria Shays Pursuit Continues. the Austrian War Office
Spizza
Adriatic Sea
Austrian War Office
Lovcan
Tradina Heights
Parsons Makes Pub
Lic
P. J. Lyons
R. V. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Rittenhouse Moore
Southern Dredging Company
George Gordon Crawford
Frank G. Blair
Tuscaloosa
W. F. Owen
New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad
Fredrick I. Thompson
The
Mobile Register
William M. Clemens
Northern Company
Edison
Usher
Schultz
Government Street
Pagette
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