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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1913

Page

20

Mobile approves Magnolia Compress rail franchise on Magnolia street

An ordinance grants Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company a 30 year non exclusive right of way to construct and maintain a railroad from Beauregard street along Magnolia into its warehouses on State street with multiple switches to adjacent properties. The City collects 200 dollars annually and reserves rights to public improvements along Beauregard and Magnolia. Property owners may connect spur lines to the Magnolia track on equal terms.

Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company Beauregard Street Magnolia Street State Street Board of Commissioners City of Mobile Magnolia and Beauregard Streets Wwareha Company Magnolia Cotton Warehouse Lipscomb Street Mississippi Cotton Warehouse Lipscombe Street Calhoun Cotton Warehouse Adams Street Factors Cotton Warehouse Taylors Cotton Warehouse Congress Street Burgess Standard Cotton Warehouse Magnolia Comprtéss and Warehouse Company Beauregard Magnolia Magnolia, Compress and Warehouse Company Magnolia Compress and Ogy Agree Ag Aas Fovid Reed Neutan Magnolia R Beauregard Mos Magnolia Compress

Brown seeks help to stop timber depredations on public lands

Mississippi public lands commissioner M A Brown calls for active citizen cooperation to halt timber theft on Sixteenth Section School Lands set aside for education. He will use attorneys to prosecute large corporations and others profiting from public lands while inviting confidential tips to fuel investigations.

Bilox MéMiss M. A. Brown Bar of Justice Brown

Biloxi Red Men to Join Joint Picnic on Lopez Lots

Biloxi Miss July 19 The Biloxi Tribe No 10 Improved Order of Red Men plans a joint picnic July 23 with the Carnival association the order and the Herald band on West Howard avenue A general arrangements committee Capt Moore C J Forench Capt Fields F J Moreno and an entertainment committee H E Haise A C Piper A Fryon H V Lizana G Petro W R Marin will oversee the Redmen portion The Ladies of Hiawatha Council Degree of Pocahontas will assist in the site and loading areae.

Biloxi Miss Carnival Association Order of Redmen Herald Band Lopez Lots West Howard Avenue Capt. Moore C. J. Forench Capt. Fields F. J.moreno H. E. Haise A. C. Piper A. Fryon H. V. Lizana G. Petro W. R. Marin Ladies Hiawatha Council Pocahontas Iite Lading

Glories of Norway Told by Mobile Letter Travelers

An eyewitness Mobile party describes Norway's land of the midnight sun. They travel the Saeral Gorge to Laerdal soren, cruise the Naerofjord, and hike Gudvangen and Naerrodal valley seeing towering cliffs, emerald waters, and vivid colors. The piece notes summer daylight, unique homes, and practical use of resources.

Gulf City Mobile Bay Saeral Laerdalsoren Baron Erebus Naerofjord Capri Gudvangen Naerrodal Stalheim Switzerland Alpen Gluken Norway Hamburg

Mulhall Prostration Highlights Lobby Hearing Strain

Martin Mulhall ex agent for the National Association of Manufacturers faces nervous prostration from pressure during the lobby investigation committee hearing. He cites intimidation by N A M leaders Kirby Emery and McCarter, with glare and confinement at the witness chair amplifying stress. The hearings resume Monday as cross examination is limited to Republicans and as others prepare to testify.

International News Service Washington Martin Mulhall National Association of Manufacturers N. N Kirby Association James A. Emery Tid Robert McCarter Mulhall Overman Federation of Labor S. Woods McClare James E. Watson Peer Indiana

Five drownings in Sunflower River tragedy near Drew

Three members of a family picnic drown and two others nearly lose their lives when George R. Stokely trying to teach swimming to Miss Cora Steigler leads party into deep water in the Sunflower river. Mrs Kate Stokely and Walter Williams perish, two others survive after repeated undercurrents.

International News Service Drew Sunflower River George R. Stokely Cora Steigler Stokely George Stokely Lexington Walter Williams George R. Stokeley Kate Stokeley G. R. Stokeley Miss Cleanna - Steigler Mr. Stokeley Deanna Steigler Lleley

Baseball player moves mix in Southern clubs

Palmero, star pitcher for Havana's Almen dares, signs with New York Giants manager McGraw for next season. Atlanta's Manager Billy Smith adds Clark from Vancouver to bolster his rotation. Clark won 23 games with a .719 percentage last season, potentially lifting the Northwestern class to rival the Southern.

Palmero Almendares Havana Cuba McGraw New York Giants Billy Smith Atlanta Clark New Orleans Vancouver Northwestern Southern Jim Brady Smith Leifield Cubs

General Raid Upon Disorderly Houses

A Saturday night police raid visited five locations based on tips about disorderly houses or games of chance. At 606 South Scott Street two white men and two white women were arrested as dangerous and suspicious characters. Mrs. L. F. Chism owned the residence. a woman claiming to be Chism’s sister identified as Lena Harding. The men’s names could not be clearly read.

Police Department South Scott Street L. F. Chism

Local Realty Offers Four Room Cottage and Bungalows For Rent Or Sale

Classified notice lists a four room cottage on Adam Street, east side, 1st south of Bay Avenue with payments of 15 dollars monthly. A bungalow near Michigan Avenue car line asks 25 dollars monthly with no down payment. Several building lots are for sale cheap on easy terms. Mobile County acreage proposition includes a 160 acre tract with a good house offered at 10 dollars per acre.

Mobile Bay Shell Road Bay City Corner Bay Shell Road Day Avenue Monroe Park North Lawrence Street St. Louis Street North Cedar Street North Jackson Street Bell Phone Adam Street Bay Avenue Michigan Avenue Mobile County Orangeburg

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