County Bond Issue Election Tuesday
Mobile voters face a Tuesday vote on a 150000 bond to build and maintain county and state schools. Community leaders promote the measure amid rising assessments. a long list of ward voting places and election officers is provided for Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Election Board of
Mobile County
County Board of Equalization
J. Howard Wilson
Mobile Light and Railroad Company
Mobile
Royal and
State
Wildman's Drug Store
Royal
St. Louis
County Court House
Dauphin
Scott
Madison
Conception
Canal and
Lawrence
Lafayette
Elmira
Marine
Baltimore
Broad and
Peter Jackson
G. Lang
J. FF. Eagan
E. P. White
R. H. Wildman
Phillip Kearney
E. M. Ennis
Jos. A. Dacovich
P. A. Savage
John
Ninth Ward
W. A. Convy
F. J. Wasmuth
T. J. Medicus
H. Hudoff
E. R. Binzer
Thomas Rutherford
Tenth Ward
H. E. Davis
Carl Eisenrich
D. C. Martin
T. J. McQuillen
Leo Eldridge
P. M. Desmond
Real Estate Transfers Across City Lands Reported
D Moore and wife transfer to G F Decker and wife for $1 and other valuable considerations in section 25 township 6 south range 8 west. Lula Annan and husband transfer to A A Annan for $200 on Pleasant avenue east side south of Government street. Exchange Land Company Inc to F G Blair trustee for $41.55 in sections 1 and 12 township 4 south range 2 west. T S Loding and wife to H P Loding for $1 and other valuable considerations on the northwest corner of Carline's Lane and Hunter avenue.
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D. Moore
G. F. Decker
Lula Annan
A. A. Annan
Pleasant Avenue
Government Street
Exchange Land Company Inc
F. G. Blair
T. S. Loding
H. P. Loding
January Fire Report Sees 60 Alarms and High Losses
The fire department chief reports January had 60 alarms from 19 bell calls 37 phone alerts and 4 still alarms. Fire loss totals 293152 with insured 177300, uninsured 46187.56. three fires spread to nearby buildings. Sparks caused 39 fires. Also a Punch note mentions a London sportsman blindfold fishing for goldfish as wartime economy.
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Fire Department
New World Really Is Old World Says Savants in Capital
An international congress of Americanists gathers in Washington to argue the Western Hemisphere is anthropologically older than Europe. They will study a pre historic quarry near the White House area and observe aboriginal workshop remains. Dr Paulo claims a snakebite cure from South American snakes.
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New World
Old World
International Congress of Americanists
Washington
America
Western Hemisphere
White House
American
Government Zoological Park
Middle Atlantic States
National Museum
John White
Roanoke Colony
Virginia
Paulo
Bond Issue Endorsement Urges Mobile Voters to Support
Chairman Cobbs urges a state bond vote Tuesday to protect Alabama education veterans and needy institutions. He argues debt repayment sets a civic example, warns against tax burdens, and defends the governor’s economical administration while asserting the state’s faith and credit are at stake.
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Alabama
Deaths and Funerals Mrs E B Lyman
Mrs E B Lyman aged 73 died Sunday at her Gulfport home after twenty years residence in Mobile She was wife of Edward Lyman a L and N baggage agent in Mobile for many years and survived by two sons Thomas and Edward two daughters Mrs A Knudsen and Mrs Derous other relatives Funeral held Monday in Gulfport.
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E. B. Lyman
Mobile
Gulfport
Miss
Edward Lyman
Louisville and Nashville
Thomas
A. Knudsen
Derous
Burial of Miss Estelle Horres at St Marys Church
Funeral services for Estelle Horres were held Sunday at 2 o'clock from the family home at 63 North Reed avenue and at 2:30 from St Marys Catholic church, with Rev Fathers Lauzon and Hackett officiating. Burial followed in the Catholic cemetery. pallbearers named. A separate burial for infant Margaret M Peterson occurred Sunday afternoon at Magnolia cemetery from 309 South Broad street with Rev Father Salentine officiating.
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Horres
Estelle Horres
North Reed Avenue
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Father Lauzon
E. J. Hackett
Charles Heubach
Harry Murray
George Goodbrad
Thomas Murray
Margaret M
Charles W
Margaret Allenbach Peterson
Magnolia Cemetery
South Broad Street
Father Salentine
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Man Marries Ideal Boarding House In Ten Minutes
Dr A D Shoots quickly marries his ideal boarding house after meeting it while hunting for lodging. The unusual wedding occurred in a brief encounter described as a rapid union.
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Dr. A. D
Dr King's New Discovery for Children's Cough Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as the best remedy for a child s cough and cold. It claims Pine Tar blends with soothing balsams to detoxify the system and ease irritation while antiseptic action helps kill germs and loosen phlegm.
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Dr. King
Cattle Tick Eradication Drive Receives Local Backing
Mobile County road and revenue commission members pledged support to the Tick Eradication Association and endorsed compulsory eradication. They cited legal limits on pre Appropriations and noted existing 700 dollars for vats, awaiting funds. The group urged funding contingent on a forthcoming election and heard from cattlemen on market gains from tick free counties.
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Mobile County
Road and Revenue Commission
John Ormerd
Association
New York
Matt Mahomer
Mississippi
George L. Kilmer
J. H. Reichert
A. G. Ward
President Pardons Two Who Killed Negro Voters
President Wilson pardoned Frank Guinn and J. J. Beal two Oklahoma election officials convicted of intimidating Black voters under the grandfather clause. The decision follows a Supreme Court ruling that the clause is unconstitutional and rests on officials acting in good faith.
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Washington
Frank Guinn
J. J. Beal
Oklahoma
Wilson
Supreme Court
Snobs Are Mostly in Small Towns Among Millionaires
The report notes very few millionaires in rage cities and identifies snobs as largely in small towns with net worth ranging from twenty thousand to thirty thousand dollars.
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Rarge
Navy to thoroughly test submarine parts before use
Secretary Daniels announces a new policy requiring exhaustive lab tests and extensive experiments on submarine batteries engines and other vital components before installation. He seeks a million dollar appropriation to build a central testing laboratory and order a formal investigation into the E-2 explosion. Miller Reese Hutchison states Edison storage battery not responsible for the E-2 incident.
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Washington
Daniels
New York Navy Yard
Congress
Navy
Board of
Navy Department
Edison
Miller
Reese Hutchison
Thomas A. Edison
Naval Consulting Board
Carranza to be held for death of sixteen Americans
The article reports plans to hold Carranza for the killings after a massacre near Santa Ysabel. Jose Rodriguez, the bandit chief, was captured and executed days earlier. Immigration officials describe disinfecting clothing to prevent vermin from entering the United States.
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Carranza
Jose Rodriguez
Santa Ysabel
Immigration Service
John W. Tappan
United States Immigration Service
Mexico
Rentes Leiter His Boat Now He Wants It Back
Deputy Unistioday arrived at Cubit's Gap to serve papers on Joseph Leiter of Chicago in Clinton Iowa suit brought by Jarret E. Lamb to recover Lambs houseboat the Summer Girl from Leiter Leiter and friends left the city for the Delta to fish after chartering the boat The crew reported Leiter discharged them after a captain refused to continue the voyage during a high wind last Thursday night.
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New Orleans
Cubit's Gap
Mississippi
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Jarret E. Lamb
Clinton
Lamb
Orange Farm
Supreme Court Dismisses Kitchens Appeal in Georgia Murder Case
The Supreme Court today dismissed for want of jurisdiction the appeal of Robert Kitchens, a Black man, from the federal court in the Southern District of Georgia. The case challenged his conviction and death sentence for killing a white man named Bartley.
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Supreme Court
Robert Kitchens
Federal Court of the Southern District of Georgia
Bartley
Virginia leaders urge Montague for Supreme Court seat
Governor Stuart of Virginia Representative Glass and a large delegation asked President Wilson to appoint Representative A J Montague to the Supreme Court bench. A brief public notice also promotes PAZO OINTMENT claiming relief for piles with refunds if it fails.
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Montague
Washington
Stuart
Virginia
Glass
Wilson
A. J. Montague
Supreme Court
Will Raise Money for War Sufferers Proclaimed by President
President Wilson designated January 27 as a special day to raise relief funds for Jewish sufferers in Europe’s warring nations. A New York mass meeting raised nearly one million dollars. Louis Marshall named national chairman of the Joint American Jewish Relief Association. A Mobile committee of fifteen from Ahavas Chesed Shaarai Shemayim and Beth Zur Lodge will organize funds and meet Tuesday to plan action. The roster lists Henry Hess Henry A Forchheimer Bernhard Kahn Samuel Richard Marvin C Altmeyer H Cohen Myer Jacoby Joseph Brook M Gup N Friedlander Sigmund Haas Sam J Hahn Leo M Brown J M Friedman Leon Schwarz. Osborne Pleads Not Guilty.
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Wilson
Europe
Senate
New York City
Louis Marshall
Joint
American Jewish Relief Association
Marshall
Mobile
Ahavas Chesed
Shaarat Shemayim
Beth Zur Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Congregation
Shaarai Shemayim
Henry Hess
Henry A. Forchheimer
Bernhard Kahn
Samuel Richard
Marvin C. Altmeyer
Congregation Ahayas Chesed
H. Cohen
Myer Jacoby
Joseph Brook
M. Gup
N. Friedlander
B'nai B'rith- Sigmund
Fall at Ohio Statehouse Breaks Alabama Man’s Leg
Harold Bracewell of Mobile Alabama slipped on the stairs at the statehouse and broke his right leg below the knee. He hopped to the state medical board and arranged a taxi to the Southern Hotel where a carpenter reset the artificial limb within an hour. Bracewell works on a new medical directory and his name is not listed in Mobile or local carpenter directories.
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Columbus
Ohio
Statehouse
Harold Bracewell
Mobile
Ala
Bracewell
State Medical Board
State House
Prisoner Escapes After Bull-Chase Incident
A police captain questions a patrolman about a jailbreak as they recount fleeing from a bull during a pursuit. The prisoner reportedly took advantage of the chaotic chase and escaped, leaving suspicions of the officer's nerve.
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United
Acollar CO
Troy
Atlantic Coal CO
McGoni
Cobbs
the Eradication Association
Cawthon Hotel
Sowa
Cr. Lindberg
Minnesota
Leiter
Osborne
White Plains
Thomas Mott Ostorne
Sing Sing Prison
Morschauser
Lee
Homer H. Handley
Stocking St. Wellington
H. Johnston
Chile
BUYAN
Amer Hericang
Ideal
ARCO
American Radiator Company
New Y
Boston
Worcester
Philadelphia
Rochester
Buffalo
Pit
Detroit
Atlanta
Sunnah
Orleene Milwsuker
Des Me
Raneed Ciey
Wiattie
Wertiande Speeees Ee
Higan Ave
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