Notes of the Waterfront Aboard multiple ships and cargo moves
The port saw the British steamship Dongola arrive to load lumber from Buenos Aires after a reported grounding. Several vessels sailed, including Norwegian ships Fort Morgan and Colombia for Central American ports with bananas, Belize with merchandise, and Gardiner G. Deering loading cross ties. More ships expected this week from multiple origins with lumber, asphalt, and fruit cargoes bound for Cuba Jamaica Haiti and other destinations.
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Dongola
Muirmaster
Buenos Ayres
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Bocas del Toro
Panama
Colombia
Puerto Cortez
United Fruit Company
Belize
Orr-Laubenheimer Steamship Company
Gardiner G. Deering
Turner-Hartwell
Heroen
European Lumber Company
Conway
Gulfport
Glenbridge
St Lucia
Windward Islands
Munson Steamship Company
Karen
New Orleans
Cuba
Alm
Meadowfield
Seeberg Steamship Line
Kingston
Jamaica
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Seeberg
Barbadoes
Martinique
Guadaloupe
Trinidad
Hilding
Vera
Guatemala
Harald
Iday
Ed Fruit Company
John Wilson
Courts Calendar and Docket Highlights from Semmes
City Court presided by Semmes schedules burglary and grand larceny trials with George Spraggins found guilty and assault to murder cases including Mary Hawkins. Law and Equity lists Monday call while Chancery Court names Henry McCarty and Emily De Riviere as parties, with multiple trustee and interfamily actions and a daily motion docket for the week involving Mobile Light & R. R. Co. and several local firms and companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semmes
George Spraggins
Mary Hawkins
William Richardson
Morgan
Law and Equity
Berney
Equity
Cal
Wilson Dean
Irams
Charles D. McGraw
Venatical Chancery Court
Smith
Henry McCarty
Stephen J. McCarty
Lela Buckalew
Henry Buckalew
Chancery Court
Leigh
Emily A. de Riviere
William A. Blount
William A.blount
Claire de R. Dalling
Law and Equity Court
Mary Roberts
Admx
Mobile Light & R. R. Co
B. F. Renner
W. A. Shriner
Ira H. Pringle
RB LB
Somerville
G. H. Hoyle
Driver
Dennison Mfg. Co
Mobile Fish and Oyster Co
American Sweets Bring Molasses Snap to New Orleans Baseball
A New Orleans team called American Sweets draws attention with a sugary nickname and claims to play the real article with a strong molasses snap in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ross Outpoints Guthrie In Ten Round Decision
Jack Ross of Morgan City defeated Young Guthrie of Jennings by outpoint in a ten round fight at the Evangeline Theatre, earning the decision on Friday night.
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Ross
Guthrie
Morgan City
Lat
Jack Ross
Young Guthrie
Jennings
Evangeline Theatre
Pitcher Snyder Beats Umpire After Releasing by Quincy Club
Report says pitcher Snyder, recently released by the Quincy Triple-A team, struck two or three players then hit an umpire on the knob, prompting his expulsion from the game.
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Snyder
Danish steamship Nordstjernen sails to Cuba amid low Tom Bigbee water
After weeks of disrupted traffic on the Tom Bigbee, the Danish steamship Nordstjernen, operated by an unnamed ship company, departed Friday afternoon for Havana and Cardenas as other Cuban ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nordstjernen
Undership Company
Havana
Cardenas
Sweeping push for lobby probe stalls in House
Washington July 6 The Henry resolution for a blanket investigation of lobby influences in Congress fails to pass after a quorum issue. Bryan and Mann clash over scope delaying the measure until next Wednesday. The House and Senate move to examine Mulhall letters and related cases as the lobby inquiry proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
Committee of Seven
House
Congress
Mann
Rucker
Missouri
Bryan
Henry
Rules Committee
Texas
Levy
Senate
Mulhall
Edward Lauterbach
Lamar
Woman Driver Sets 26000 Mile Record For Year
Mrs Earnest Dawson a top entrant in the Indianapolis to Los Angeles Tour began in Indianapolis last Tuesday hailed as the greatest woman auto driver. She covered 26000 miles last year in her Premier and aims to exceed that in the coming year. A notable run was Indianapolis to Chicago and return 426 miles in 16 1 2 hours at an average 25 1 2 miles per hour. Hoosier Motor Club officers deem it a women’s record and challenge other clubs to match.
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Earnest Dawson
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Hoosier Capital
Chicago
Hoosier Motor Club
Charbon Reports Questioned by Harrison Supervisors
Harrison county board of supervisors met in Gulfport to address alleged charbon spread along the western part of Harrison and eastern Hancock. They noted some deaths among stock but little public panic. A surgeon has worked on the scene with county vaccine aid, and Governor Brewer will send a State Live Stock Sanitary Board representative.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Harrison
Brewer
State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Fashionable young woman charged with shoplifting bathing suit
Miss Bobishia Marcenkowska, 20, of Asbury Park New Jersey, appeared before Magistrate House at the Yorkville police court on a shoplifting charge. Detective Mary J. Golding said she entered a Fifth avenue store and stole a silk bathing suit a bathing cap and blue silk bloomers hidden under a coat. She was held in $500 bail for trial by special sessions and committed to Yorkville prison in default.
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Yorkville
Troy Resigns as Secretary to Gov O Nea l
Daniel W. Troy resigns as secretary to Governor O Neal. Kirkman O Neal, the governor’s son, is appointed to the office on a temporary basis, with duties shifting to commence Monday. The move, known since June 15, was announced in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Daniel W. Troy
Ahs
Kirkman O'Neal
Troy
Siaes
John D
Browder Denies Police Forgery Confession In Alabama
C. C. Browder of Red Level Alabama created a sensation in Montgomery by denying a police confession to a string of forgeries. He alleged police taunted him with a claim his mother was dead during three nights in jail and said his father later saved him from the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
C. C. Browder
Red Level
Browder
Bracken Acquitted in Dothan Murder Trial
In Dothan Alabama on July 5 the county court jury found Charles Bracken not guilty of murdering James Lloyd age 16. Lloyd’s body was found in the woods near Vicksburg earlier this year. Three other young men charged in the same case face trial next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
Charles Bracken
James Lloyd
Bracken
Lloyd
Vicksburg
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5Th Avenue
New York
Rogers Peet and Peck
Kahn
California
San Francisco
Money Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
Charbon
H. M. Price & CO
Water and Contists
Gov
O'Neal
Gulf City
G. C. Browder
Henry C. Meyer
Grand Bay
Victor Jay Oats
SWIFT
van Camp
Dauphin and Scott Streets
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Aba
Stetson
Level Best Shoe Store
Dauphin Street
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