Passenger Train Delayed Seven Hours By Bridge Derailment
Southbound Louisville and Nashville train No 3 due at 2 30 from Montgomery was delayed seven hours after a derailment on the Mobile river bridge fifteen miles north. The engine tender and front car jumped the drawbridge and passengers learned of the accident at daylight. Northbound No 2 trains delayed to Mobile until 9 40. Southbound No 7 reached Mobile at 10 30 yesterday. Imperfect alignment between draw and main line rails caused the crash.
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Louisville and Nashville
Montgomery
Mobile River Bridge
Here
Mobile
Whistler Church Activities Set in Mobile District
Whistler Alabama reports a busy church scene with multiple congregations. Rev. F M Atchison hosts Sunday school at 9 30 and services at 11 and 7 15 with Rev O E Calhoun presiding elder present. A tent meeting, dance events, and civic club banquets round out week activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ala
Whistler Methodist
F. M. Atchison
William M. Cato
Wilbur Cato
O. E. Calhoun
Mobile
Bethany Baptist
Heywood T. Vaughan
J. W. Jones
Ernest Graham
St. Paul’s Episcopal
A. G. Richards
Pentecostal
Joseph J. Harris
Henry C. Everett
Meyers Memorial Baptist
Harry Brance
F. W. Eanes
O. V. Calhoun
Walter Sessums
Assembly of God
Crichton
Fourth
Engine Streets
E. M. Daffin
St. Elmo
James Bellinger
Buford
J. McCarty
T. L. Crabtree
Peter Hoffman
Charles Kircher
Whistler Lodge
Boilermakers
Odd Fellows’ Hall
D. M
Mila Kelley
Edward Nichols
Macon
Miss
Union
The
Maccabees
Odd Fellows
Tia Juana Called America’s Hell Hole for Vice Flood
Reporter describes Tia Juana Baja California as a open vice hub just across from San Diego. Opium dens gambling houses and the casino with roulette faro and cards operate openly. Women mingle with men. bandits roam at night. The mayor says visitors from the United States keep the gambling alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tia Juana
Mex
Tia Junta
Lower
California
America
San Diego
United States
Faro Bank
Lower California Jockey Club
Faro
Jefe Politico
Whistler Lodge Fraternal Aid Meets at Odd Fellows Hall
Whistler Lodge No 147 Fraternal Aid Union held an interesting meeting at Odd Fellows hall Friday night. Afterward refreshments were served by Charles Kercher Charles H Crabtree and J Henry Seabury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Therrell
Walter B. Speedling
Paul R. Jones
S. A. Davis
Herbert D. Mathews
W. J. Smith
Truman G. Saxon
C. J. Gilmore
Sentinel
Henry McCarty
C. H. Smith
Ed Kelley
C. P. Smith
Enterprise
Whistler Lodge No. 147
Fraternal Aid Union
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Charles Kercher
Charles H. Crabtree
J. Henry Seabury
Mobile
Wheel Press
Nettie Peterson
Ira H. Pringle
Hamilton
Lima
Ohio
Baptist Church
Whistler
Benjamin Johnston
Elizabeth Johnston
Opinion Requested on Child Labor Law Question
State Jail and Factory Inspector W H Oates requests legal views on section 13 of the child labor law. The case against John O Stuards for employing newsboys under 16 was nolle pressed. The inspector asks the attorney general to resolve ambiguity and defines penalties for working eight p m to five a m and badge visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Oates
John O. Stuards
Edington
Oates
W. L. Martin
Martin
Texas Company May Buy Idle Ship Yard at Bath Me
The Texas Company plans a 20 percent capital stock increase offered at par. In steamship circles it was reported the firm is negotiating for the Sewall ship yards at Bath Maine, idle for years. Trades Council elects new Mobile Central officers for the term.
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Texas Company
Bath
New York
Texas’ Company
Sewall Ship Yards
Trades Council
Mobile Central Trades Council
Deld
Max. Rathberger
Charles G. Hutchisson
E L. Welch
John J. Russell
Edward F. Slaten
Charles J. Clancy
Benjamin A. Boice
Comic Cowboys Stage Novelty Party with Tears and Song
The Comic Cowboys presented a novelty party titled A Crying Party featuring a horse radish sniff to spark tears. Performances included Melissa Sodsky of Toledo reciting Why Do I Cry and Sneeze Verdi and Harald Browning reciting Are Rain Drops Tears To night My Darling. The evening closed with a Ladies Auxiliary Quartette singing Can He be Forced to Love Me in Three Reels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Sodsky
Toledo
Ohio
Verdi
Brumsky
Harald Browning
McGlusen Bros
Bay Minette
Ladies’ Auxiliary Quartette
General Mickle Visits Mobile for Confederate Veteran Reunion
Adjutant General William E. Mickle of the United Confederate Veterans, headquartered in New Orleans, is visiting Mobile with his family. He announced the reunion date is fixed with Birmingham chosen as the site and aims for a large veterans attendance.
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William E. Mickle
New Orleans
Mobile
Mickle
Birmingham
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
Offer claims a home cure for piles via a new absorption treatment. Readers urged to mail address for instructions and a free trial sample with local references upon request. No payment required. she asks to spread word. Mail to Mrs. M Summers Notre Dame Indiana.
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M. Summers
Ietx P
Notre Dame
Ind
Adv
Johnston joins Brown-Morgan Coal Co announced
The Johnston Cash Coal Co. is discontinued and J F Johnston announces his move to the Brown-Morgan Coal Co. He will give personal attention to all business. Johnston remains Alabama Fuel and Iron Co. agent with office at 58 St Francis St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston Cash Coal Co
Brown-Morgan Coal Co
J. F. Johnston
Alabama Fuel &Iron Co
St. Francis St
W. M. Johnston
Mobile man elected chair of Southeastern Claim Conference
J. H. Patterson of Mobile & Ohio Railroad was chosen chairman of the Southeastern Claim Conference at its Savannah, Ga meeting. The association includes 51 southeastern roads representing over 90 percent of regional mileage and acts as an auxiliary to the Freight Claim Association, with national and international membership.
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J. H. Patterson
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Pany
Ars
Southeastern Claim Conference
Savannah
Freight Claim Association
Patterson
Patents Granted To Alabama Residents
Davis & Davis report grants to Alabama citizens including James M. Casper of Bessemer for a blast furnace bell James F. Mays of Birmingham for an escapement mechanism Thomas L. Whittaker of Birmingham for an ice cream cone tray William L. Bedinger of Springville for a fire escape John T. Compton of Lineville for a seed planter David A. Merritt of Abbeville for a lamp chimney attachment and Harry Robinson of Sheffield for a nut lock.
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Washington
Davis & Davis
Alabama
James M. Casper
Bessemer
James F. Mays
Birmingham
Thomas L. Whittaker
William L. Bedinger
Springville
John T. Compton
Lineville
David A. Merritt
Abbeville
Harry Robinson
Sheffield
How Does He Know At Your Office All Day
A humorous exchange shows young Eustace asking what his father does and the father replying he does nothing. The boy then questions how the father knows when he is finished with his day.
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Eustace
Discovery of Paper from Cotton Stalks Reported
Emmet A. Jones head of the Alabama Bureau of Immigration and Markets says Washington requests a shipment under 1000 pounds of cotton stalks for tests toward a new economical method to make paper. He noted railroads may block shipments as state property, but a workaround was used in a peanut oil case.
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Emmet A. Jones
Alabama Bureau of Immigration and Markets
Bureau of S
Washington
Jones
Workman Found Dead in Oil Tank at Mobile Plant
Boniface Henry Simms aged 20 employed by the Texas Oil Company at Water and Georgia streets was found dead at the bottom of an oil tank Saturday morning around eight. Coroner George H. Thomas ruled heart trouble caused death at work and delayed response. Simms had worked at the plant since January 15 and was from Sterling Louisiana, rooming at 64 St Emanuel Street. The body is held at Crenshaw Undertaking Company.
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Boniface Henry Simms
Texas Oil Company
Water
Georgia Streets
Simms
George H. Thomas
St. Emanual Street
Mobile
Sterling
Crenshaw Undertaking Company
Real Estate Transfers Log with Several Property Conveyances
Katie Couch and husband transfer to Elizabeth Lauber for $800 at the southwest corner of Lipscomb and Joachim. F G Blair as trustee sells to Virginia Hempfling for $1 in sections 1 and 12 township 4 south range 2 west. Realty Investment Company transfers to W A Timbes for $1 at the southeast corner of Old Shell Road and Reed Avenue. There are a few snipers in every town.
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Katie Couch
Elizabeth Lauber
Lipscomb and
Joachim Streets
F. G. Blair
Virginia Hempfling
Realty Investment Company
W. A. Timbes
Old Shell Road
Reed Avenue
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L. & N. Flier
Tom Laird
Cawthon
Rowley Orchestra
Miss Alice Edwardes
Niss Fannie Richardson
General Mickle
St. Louis
Mallory
South Royal Street
H. E. Jones, JR
Mobile & Ohio
Crown Theatre
Triangle” Film Corporation
Mabel Normand
Raymond Hitchcock
Charles Murray
Douglas Fairbanks
Seena Owens
Southern Metro Pictures Corporation
Marguerite Snow
Paul Gilmore
Rosemary
Wedn Espa
William Fox
Robert B. Mantel
Genevieve Hamper
MR. Chamblin
Marietta
Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation
William Courtenay
World Film Corporation
Trowbridge
Mlle
Diane i
H “Trie Film Corporation
Frank Keene
Triangle
Arles Ray
Gertrude Claire
N ‘the Coward
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