Illins 10 Speaks on What's Wrong With The World Lecture
Peter W. Collins will lecture Monday at 8 pm under Knights of Columbus auspices. Open to the public, the talk targets social reform and capital labor relations. Collins, renowned for his social problem knowledge, invites questions in a courteous, forum-style session. No admission ticket required. Sheriff May Joyride issue noted with a motorcycle found in the swamp.
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W. Collins
Knights of
Coabus
Collins
Ollins
Mr. Collins
Bondsmen and bonds in estate claims warning
A shaky solicitation discourages accepting bonds from strangers and notes the small cost of a corporate bond. The text cautions against signing bonds to avoid estate jeopardy and warns of potential risk to life savings from impostors and improper requests.
Bankhead Sees Good Roads Bill Pass in Congress
Senator Bankhead, chair of the post offices and roads committee, voices confidence that a broad good roads measure will pass. He argues wartime needs and interstate commerce justify expanding federal road funding with state matches, enhancing military mobility and economic links nationwide. The committee lineup includes Ellison D. Smith, Claude Swanson, Nathan Bryan, James Martine, Luke Lea, and others from multiple states. If a town is alive the police are going to be busy. An empty jail isn't much boom advertisement.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
Congress
Alabama
Senate Committee On
Bankhead
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Nathan P. Bryan
Florida
James 5. Martine
New Jersey
Luke Lea
Tennessee
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Thomas W. Hardwick
Brazil’s Dr Vital Brasil Heads World’s Largest Snake Farm
The São Paulo scientist shown in the feature operates the biggest snake farm worldwide. He studies venom, oversees venom extraction, and develops serum from treated animal blood for snakebite cures under government supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vital Brasil
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Brasil
Boys Detention School Proposed Move and Improvements
The annual report of the Boys Detention School urges moving to a county farm and purchasing land. Superintendent O C Wolcott notes 228 boys in the year and calls for isolation rooms, larger facilities, better fire escapes, a country location, and cooperative parent effort to keep delinquents from returning to old environments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
O. C. Wolcott
Charles Street
Government engineer aids Gulfport coast road work
Government engineer E. Hathaway arrived in Gulfport to assist in building the beach highway and will stay until completion. The Centennial Exposition committee announced exhibition building plans including an administration, forestry, boys and girls, and women’s buildings, a coliseum and a grand park. The committee seeks a $5,000 publicity fund and plans an exposition stamp through the post office to promote the event.
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Gulfport
Miss
Hathaway
Post Office Department
Court call lists multiple dockets for January to February in Mobile courts
Chancery Court and Circuit Court schedules for the week starting January 31 outline numerous cases from Zenobia vs Williams to Ketink cases, motion dockets, and present week calls. City Court trials set for February 8 to 11 include multiple defendants in Mobile. Notices also reference ads and a motor tire promotion.
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Safford Berney
H. W. Patterson
Eli Streety
Horace Scott
Cora May Coleman
City of Mobile
Bill Penn
L. BE. Campbell Lumber Company
T. McBroom
Knights and Ladies of Security
Montevello Mining Company
Mobile Coal
W. BE. Bryant
Hieronymus
Bros
State
F. I
Maston
Laurendine
Hon. Samuel
Bb. Browne
B. McKeough
Giblin Bros
C. W. Tompkins
Gifford Davis
Robert Maurice
Et Als
W. W. Newman
John Gartman
M. W. Wright
W. T. Bowen
William J. Young
A. J. Paterson
W. D. Bridges
Camp Lumber Company
McGowin Lumber & Export Company
J. Simonsen
I. Prince
William Foerster
G. W. Sims
Pate
N. E. Turpentine Cup Company
W. T. Henderson
John McVoy
Doe Annie Smith
Roe
Ed Jackson
Albert Berry
Joseph Martinez
William T. Lamb
Clinton Ford
Adolph Rieman
Alex deFleron
Oliver Mazant
T. L. Moore
Mary Williams
W. K. Linscott
G. V. Reece
Lorenzo Miller
Fred Brown
Beatrice Moore
State of Alabama
Earl Ford
A. B. Jones
C. P. Werneth
Sylvan Steiner
Nick Starvo
Waterfront Boring Tests Reported for Riverfront Foundations
Moores and Dunford, Chicago architects, completed eleven days of waterfront borings to decide between wooden pilings or concrete foundations for Terminal Transfer and Storage Company improvements. No public decision announced yet. Also listed are road enumerators appointed by the board of revenue and road commissioners for the year, naming numerous local correspondents across Citronelle, Mount Vernon, Gulfcrest, Creola, Oak Grove, Albritton's, Carvers, Whistler, Plateau, Crichton, Semmes, and other communities.
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Terminal Transfer and Storage Company
Moores & Dunford
Chicago
New Road
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
W. Byrd
Citronelle
Henry A. Cannon
Mount Vernon
Johnnie Lott
Gulfcrest
Tarvis George
Malone's
Henry Lewis
Creola
W. S. Brewster
Oak Grove
Price Miller
Albritton’s
Sam Gill
Carvers
Thomas Allman
Whistler
Frank Barnes
Plateau
Tom Wilkins
George Boltz
Kosters
Frank
Marriage licenses issued from probate court Saturday
The probate court issued marriage licenses for the day, including John Robinson and Pearl Mason, Thomas Davis and Cora Lambert, and Thomas Lord and Lillie Williams, among others.
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Probate
John Robinson
Pearl Mason
Thomas Davis
Cora Lambert
Thomas Lord
Lillie Williams
Vital Statistics Deaths and Marriages Listed
A compiled list enumerates marriages between Elias Marques Bernard Carlin and others, and a separate section notes deaths including Bonniface H. Simmes Abner Ward William Petty John Welch Joseph J. Croom Elizabeth Stauter Ruth Bridges Eva Kinez S V Shepard Jessie H McLachlan Agnes Winston Goldsby.
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Bonniface H. Simmes
Abner Cy. Ward
William Petty
John Welch
Joseph J. Croom
Elizabet Stauter
Ruth Bridges
Eva Kinez
S. V. Shepard
Jessie H. McLachlan
Agnes Winston Goldsby
Confessions of a Wife in a Slough of Despair
An exhausted wife confronts her husband about deep marital pain and gender expectations. She argues that men profit from women’s sacrifice while seeking comfort elsewhere and contemplates separation as they plan a long trip, leaving their unresolved marriage hanging.
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Margie
Real estate transfers and divorce filings in local court
Multiple property transfers record sales including Thomas Liberty to E Kennedy and wife for 160 dollars at Menas avenue and Live Oak street. Other deeds include P J McAleer to Maggie C Smith 1745 cents for Sherman Heights lots 34 35 37 and J M Cowart to Nancy Turner for 1 dollar in section 3 township 3 south range 4 west. Also J M Shrigley to New South Land Company for 1 dollar covering 120 acres and Jean N Hume to Grand Bay Land Company for 1 dollar in section 29 township 6 south range 3 west. Real estate transfers also note Milton McCrary and wife to Elias Leonard for 75 dollars in section 25 township 3 south range 3 west and Mount Ararat Council Trusts to James and Hattie Ruggins in section 31 township 6 south range 3 west. Finally two divorce actions: Mary Malone seeks divorce from Harry Malone filed in chancery court, married September 14 1915. Elsie O Boyd seeks divorce from Harry Boyd, married January 28 1912 in Mobile.
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Thomas Liberty
E. Kennedy
Menas Avenue
Live Oak Street
P. J. McAleer
Maggie C. Smith
Sherman Heights
J. M. Cowart
Nancy Turner
J. M. Shrigley
New South Land Company
Jean N. Hume
Grand Bay Land Company
J. Liberty
T. Liberty
Milton McCrary
Elias Leonard
Mount Ararat
James and
Hattie Ruggins
Mary Malone
Chancery Court
Harry Malone
Elsie O. Boyd
Harry Boyd
Mobile
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Illins
Knights of Umbus
Sheriff May
Telegraph Road
Id. K. Glennon & CO
Senate Committee
Merchants Bank
St. Francis Sts
The
Savings Department
Jas. McPhillips Grocery Co
Wolcott
Miller
Mobile Mobile
Pain 'True
J. T. Adams, M. D
Ph. G
DR. Adams
Spring Hill Avenue
Bn Street
Uneeaion
Thomas H. Smith
Zenobia
Wiliams
Harry P. Williams
Esther B. Warren
Robert K. Warren
Aghbel Hubbard
Daughdrill Heirs
Florence Finnegan
Mary McCarty
L. & N. Railroad Co
Southern Railway
Nicholas Schelteg
Fritz Juelke
F. F. Rossman
Alphonse Phillips
Agnes C. Capanas
Charles Capanas
Estate
Blanche C. Turner
James N. Lynch
Taylor McRae
Exchange Land Co
A. S. McDonald
Allen Weaver
Pearl Weaver
Jerry Evang
Mary Evans
Ff. A. Hathaway
Edna Hathaway
Frank C. Miller
John K. Hazard
D. H. Tolman
Ala., Tenn., and Northern Railway
David P. Kenyon
Rose T. Kenyon
George
EF. Hoyle
Heirs of LaCoste
Et al
Mattie Rasher
John R. Rasher
E.&. Posey
Alabama Port Land Co
Susie Wheat
James L. Wheat
Law and Equity Court
M. Coquenhem
G. W. Evans
A. Howell
Roy Meyers
Catherine Sage
Barker Cotton Mill Co
R. C. Wicke
Home Industry Iron Works
James A. Lewis
Motor Machine Company
Mary H. Fergusonsys
Mabel EF. Vaughan
F. Walter & Co
Southern Railway Company
Barnett & Bugg
Paul B. Ray
Carrie W
Circuit Court
E. W. Gros
Elias
Narcissus Marques
Bernard A
Helen Carlin
Lawrence T
Mary M. Dobson
D. S
A. H. Stokes
Frank A
Lula Cheney
Hubbard S
Agnes B. Nichols
Walter T
Agnes A. Dunn
Josephine Stephine
Bertie Dorgan
Daniel
Lizzie Fischer
Charles H
Etta Lee Morris
J. J
Maude G. Whatler
Harry I
Genevieve McIlwain
L. W
Julia D. Parker
W. H
M. G. Holcombe
Emma Brode
James D
Emma J. Nicholas
William Y
Nellie C. Johnson
Curtis
Lillian Farnell
Henry M
Edna G. Spotswood
Cecil D
Frances M. Miller
William L
Louise S. Guthrie
Mrs. Homes
Kuppenheimer
L. H. Meyer & Sons
House of Kuppenheimer
Van’s Book Shelf
of Allah
the Lyric
Thos. Dixon
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