Sisal Trade Booms as Mobile Prepares for Large Shipments
Magnolia Compress & Warehouse Company confirms contracts to store over 50 000 bales of henequen fiber valued at about a million dollars with plans to double sisal business in two years. Ward Line may run a sisal service to Mobile starting March, attracted by lower port charges and proximity to supply from Yucatan plantations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
W. D. Nesbitt
Magnolia Compress & Warehouse Company
Nesbitt
Commission Regularada de Mercado de Henequen
Yucatan
Louis Rendon
New York
Sisal Growers
Magnolia Company
Southern Railway
Mobile & Ohio
New Orleans
Gulf
Ward Line
Gulf Port
Changes in Battle House Staff Took Effect February First
February first brings major staff changes at the Battle House hotel. Assistant Manager John J. Monaghan resigns to serve elsewhere, with S. H. Peck assuming full direction of operations. New day room clerks are Charles H. Seelbach and Robert L. Cherry, while John H. Pippin remains night clerk. Seelbach, a Louisville Beelbach Hotel veteran, has arrived in Mobile. Monaghan had served four years as manager under the Battle House Operating Company.
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Battle House
John J. Monaghan
S. H. Peck
Charles H. Seelbach
Louisville
Robert L. Cherry
Cawthon
Mobile
John H. Pippin
Mr. Seelbach
Beelbach
South
Middle West
Monaghan
Hotel proprietor denied whisky ownership. trial continued
William E. Flynn of the Southern hotel at Water and Conti streets was arraigned in police court on a prohibition charge. He denied knowledge of seven half pints found in an unused restaurant adjoining the hotel office, and the case was continued until Monday to allow building owner testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Flynn
Southern Hotel
Water and Conti Streets
Dr. Eugene Thames Elected Treasurer of Mobile County Medical Society
Dr. Eugene Thames was elected treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by Dr. A. Festerazzi's resignation. President D. T. McCall delivered his annual address, which had been deferred from the previous meeting. Routine business was disposed of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Thames
Mobile County Medical Society
A. Festerazzi
D. T. McCall
New Cotton Base Lets Ships Take More Bales
Magnolia Compress introduces a high density rectangular bale two feet by four feet, reducing space by about 35 percent and cutting moisture risk. The press enables loading 15,000 bales per ship versus 10,000 previously, saving shippers 1.25 to 2 dollars per bale and lowering insurance from $2 to 27 cents per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mobile
W. D. Nesbitt
Magnolia
Mobile Sugar Trade Hinge on Import Rates from Cuba
The article argues that mobile will become a major entry point for Cuban raw sugar if the Interstate Commerce Commission grants a differential favoring raw sugar over refined sugar. It explains why interior refineries need raw material and how current rail rates hinder refining outside ports.
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The
Commerce Commission
M Holland- Saint Louis Company
Holland and
Saint Louis
Mich
Decatur
Ind
Gulf Ports
Cuba
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
New Orleans
West
Colorado
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Canada
Mobile
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mobile & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Caribbean Sea
Vill a denies leading massacre of two Americans in Mexico
Major Prieto reports from Villa in the Chihuahua mountains. Villa declares he took no part in the killings and will punish those responsible to prove his innocence. Telegraphs cannot reach his retreat. news comes via couriers from El Paso.
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Dierg
Prieto
Villa
Chihuahua
el Paso
el Ruchio
No Change in Attitude of U S to Be Seen Soon
Washington notes the United States will not alter its stance toward Francisco I Madero era Carranza until full details of the massacres of Americans near Chihuahua reach the State Department. Reports from C Col lector Cobb and Consul Edward at El Paso by mail are expected early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Chihuahua
State Department
Carranza
Mexico
Cobb
Edward
el Paso
Lone Fisherman recounts Stonewall Jackson Lee the catfish
The Dawg River tale features Samp Weatherbee, the Lone Fisherman, recalling Stonewall Jackson Lee, a catfish who befriended him. He narrates how the fish learned to drink milk, followed him, and even choked rats, until a spring accident led to the fish's drowning as Samp laments the loss.
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Stonewall Jackson Lee
Ola
Dawg River
Samp
Bill Pritchard
Jeff Davis Semmes
Bill
Jeff Davis
Little Dawg River
Stonewall
Rat
Jackson Lee
Jes
Bug
Mexico Data Efforts Expand as US Seeks Assurances
Officials said Carranza representatives gave limited assurances to American party members. The State Department seeks details on suggested safety measures by Carranza troops and whether foreigners were told bands were neutralized. No confirmation of American deaths by bandits or a mass hanging was found. Data for Congress will take at least a week to compile, with consular, unofficial, and special envoy reports to be forwarded.
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Carranza
Department Today
Carnejutla
Oaxaca
Mexico
Senate
State Department
Special Ee
Rail Exports Gain in Mobile Amid Foreign Trade Shift
December 1915 rail exports via Southern and Mobile and Ohio railroads rose 14 percent from December 1914 excluding lumber. Lumber consignments fell 34 percent, yet total shipments rose five percent year over year. Imports climbed 25.7 percent, aiding the yearly total as European trade shows improvement with pyrites ore imports from Spain via the steamer Warrior expected to arrive later this month. Also listed are marriage licenses issued by the probate court.
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Mobile
Southern Railway
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
J. S. Taylor
Kes
Mr. Taylor
Warrior
Huelva
Spain
Shipyard activity in Mobile area shows multiple projects advancing
Ship and boiler builders in Mobile report rapid progress on several vessels. A motor driven ship with twin screws nears completion, with top masts to be fitted and a $12,000 outlay expected. Vera and Echo repairs at Home Industry Iron Works, Itasca and Honduran at Henderson Iron Works awaiting drydock work, and Livietta, Carme lia, and others planned for next steps.
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Home Industry Iron Works
Vera
Echo
Itasca
Henderson Iron Works Company
Honduras
Carmelia
Gulf City
Liietta
Standard American
Galveston
Pensacola
Texas
Gulf Ports
Newport Turpentine Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Bay Minette
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Company
Oscar B
West Indies
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Mobile’s River Front
Henequin
Alabama
Tombigbee
DR. Thames
Arkansas and
August Michell
Edna Louise Mind
Dauphin Street
Conti
Seifert-Gower Furniture Co
Jno. W. Phillips
Dauphin
West Empire Theatre
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