Mobile urged as best site for navy yard in south
The Montgomery Chamber of Commerce board urges Congress to place a navy yard or shipbuilding plant at Mobile. The resolution cites fresh water harbor to deter barnacles, inland waterway connections for safe harbor operations, and cheaper access to steel iron and timber from Alabama sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Navy Yard
Mobile
Congress
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
John H. Wallace, Jr
Clayton Tullis
Chamber of Commerce
South
Birmingham
Alabama
New Orleans Chosen For Fruit Jobbers Meet
New Orleans was awarded the 1917 convention of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association after a board decision. Fort Worth and Peoria were contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Western Fruit Jobbers' Association
Fort Worth
Tex
Peoria
Ill
Vitalitas touted as help for Southern police health
Police officers across the South report Vitalitas aiding digestion and debility with claims from Nashville Memphis Austin Atlanta Blodton and others. Warnings and endorsements cite improved indigestion stomach trouble kidney and rheumatism relief. Sutton's Drug Store carries the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitalitas
South
Nashville
Tenn
Geo. L. Smith
Memphis
W. T. Newell
Austin
Texas
Wm. Musmann
Atlanta
C. H. Mitchell
J. C. Williamson
Uncle Wiggily Sneezes Through Snow Tunnel Adventure
Uncle Wiggily Longears nursemaid mice and Littletail children tend his cold with hot carrot tea and cabbage poultices. They build a warm snow tunnel which collapses burying them briefly, but they escape unhurt and plan another tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Wiggily Longears
Littletail
Uncle Wiggily
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle
Mrs. Littletail
Nurse Jane
Sammie
Susie Littletail
Rabbit
Mr. Littletail
Susie
Mr. Longears
Aker-Choo
Jett-Muths Contractor Reports Dallas Progress
Milton Jett of Jett Muths Construction Co returns from a winter municipal contract in Dallas Texas and notes similar progress in Mobile. Workmen began removing the large stone columns at the Battle House front as part of planned improvements to the Royal Street side of the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Jett
Jett-Muths Construction Co
Dallas
Tex
Mr. Jett
Mobile
Battle House
Royal Street
Found in Closed Mill George Gordon Held on Burglary Charge
George Gordon was held to the grand jury on a burglary charge after a police court hearing. He allegedly entered the closed Hallet Manufacturing Company factory and stole babbit metal. H. L. Sadlinger testified the building was locked earlier, then opened by a watchman, with the back door forced. Gordon said he was job hunting and was merely looking around when found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gordon
Hallet Manufacturing Company
H. L. Sadlinger
Gordon
Col House Nears Paris Berlin and Vienna Trip
Colonel E M House and his wife travel by car from Boulogne to Paris and expect to arrive tonight or tomorrow. They will stay with Ambassador and Mrs William Graves Sharp. House plans to depart Sunday for Switzerland with possible stops in Berlin and Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
E. M. House
Boulogne
House
William Graves Sharp
Col. House
Switzerland
Berlin
Vienna
Dupont Acid Tank Falls Causing $100,000 Loss
In Hopewell Virginia a 150 900 gallon acid tank at the Dupont Powder Company fell and exploded injuring a worker. The supports failed, triggering the property damage estimated at $100000 and exposing the plant to a medical burn injury to an employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupont
Hopewell
Dupont Powder Company
Real Estate Transfers and Property Parcels Listed
Multiple transfers recorded including J H Wilson to E D Max for 1 dollar on lot 48 in Wilsons ninth addition and various deeds to J A Phillips from Exchange Land Co United States homestead conveyance to J Demarest and Tidewater Securities to Dauphin Island Land Co with 10 dollar payments. Josephine Weiss to Mattiew Crockett and Vegliacich to Patterson involve specific parcels. Note ends with odd remark on evening dress price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Wilson
E. D. Maxon
Wilson
L.S. Wolf
Ida A. Wolf
Caramere Collins
Esther Collins
J. A. Phillips
A. B. Wells
J. A. Mulff
Lucretia Alexander
United States of America
J. Demarest
Homestead
Tidewater Securities Corp
Dauphin Island Land Co
Dauphin Island
Josephine
Katie
Amelia Weiss
Mattiew W. Crockett
Monterey Place
Catherine Street
Josephine Vegliacich
Emma _ V. Patterson
Cedar and
Monroe
Poslam Skin Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Poslam as harmless and effective for skin issues. It claims itching stops after first use and skin clears with daily improvement, mentioning Poslam Soap leaves a pleasant afterfeel and offering samples via Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Laboratories
West
25Th St
New York City
Old Spanish Trail secretary tours gulf coast route
James A. Emmett, field secretary of the Old Spanish Trail Association, visits Gulfport McHenry Pascagoula and Ocean Springs to press the interior Mississippi route between Mobile and New Orleans. Petitions seek road and bridge bonds between Choctawhatchee river and Walton county line as local officials plan school Founders Day tree planting ceremonies involving D A R delegates and 10 000 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automobile Association
Blue Book
Gulf Coast
James A. Emmett
Pascagoula
Emmett
Ocean Springs
J. McLaughlin
Bonifay
Holmes County
Choctawhatchee River
Walton County
James 0. Smith
The
City Federation
Greg. Smith
M Chapter
Mobile
Thedren
President Wilson Invited to Speak in Memphis and Tennessee
Washington Jan. 21 Representative McKellar invited the President and Wilson to visit Memphis and other Tennessee points. A revision of the tentative Middle West itinerary is underway due to numerous invitations. Senator Underwood urged including Birmingham in a Southern trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKellar
Wilson
Memphis
Tennessee
Middle West
Underwood
Birmingham
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Leonie Bene Sena
Ross
Cedric
Hawailingtor
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Southern Police
Columbia Theatre
DeWolfe
Coe
Atlantic Coal CO
T. G. McGonigal
Bell
Home
Nelson & Bailey
Royal ST
Everett True
Howard R. Garis
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
London
House of Commons
C.J. Gayfer & Co
Plaid
Dresden
Dauphin Street
Artamo
Boudgir
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