Call for United States Good Roads Association meeting
United States Senator John H Bankhead and J A Rountree issue a call for the United States Good Roads Association and Exposition to meet in St Louis Missouri from November 10 to 15 1918. Delegates from national state and local good roads groups are invited to participate and push federal and state highway legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
United States
John H. Bankhead
J. A. Rountree
United States Good Roads Association
St. Louisy
United States G Roads Association
St. Louis
Good Roads
J. H. Bankhead
Notice of Reissuance Application for Mobile and Ohio Stock
Heirs Mattie M Kinley and Louise E Kinley announce an application after thirty days to issue a duplicate share certificate for Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company stock. The stock, certificate No. 1762 for one share issued to John H McKinney, dated April 9 1874, is said to be lost or destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
John H. McKinney
John
H. McKinney
Mattie M, M'Kinley
Louise E. M'Kinley
Notice of Mortgage Sale for Gulf Coast Association Property
Mortgage sale ordered after default on a 1913 note. Property located in Mobile County Alabama within Neshota Farms described in deeds, including multiple lots and 206 feet of Lot 6, measured from the northwest corner. Auction date set for July 28, 1913 in front of Mobile County courthouse for cash to the mortgagee Celia M. Blakemore, with attorney J. Inge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Tropical Fairs Association
Mobile County
Alabama
N. S
Mobile
Neshota
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Neshota Farms
Realty Investment Company
Gulf Coast Tropical ’ Association
Mobilety
Doutery
Ala
Final settlement in estate of Zack B. Martin
State of Alabama Mobile County Probate Court on July 11 1913 in Mobile Alabama. Edwin B Kirkbride administrator filed accounts and vouchers for final settlement of the estate. The court orders the second day of 1918 as the hearing date for final settlement allowing all interested parties to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Alabama
Mobile County
Mobile
Ala
Zack B. Martin
Edwin B. Kirkbride
Mobile Comma
Said
Steamer Premier Beached on Hudson After Hole Opens
Panic-stricken passengers flee as the steamer Premier runs aground on the east side of the Hudson, water flooding from a large hole. Tremper, en route from Newburg to Albany, hits a reef off Esopus Island and grounds near Staatsburg after a frenzied two-mile dash. All passengers evacuated without difficulty as the steamer settles in the mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson
Newburg
Albany
Esopus Island
Staatsburg
Boston Financier King Near Death in Kentucky Prison
Cardenio F. King, a Boston financier and publisher serving ten years for embezzlement, is critically ill at the state prison farm in Middlesboro. An intestinal trouble worsened last night. his wife and three sons arrived, and Governor Foss secured an unconditional pardon from seven of eight executive council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Middlesboro
Mayes
Cardenio F. King
Boston
Bids Wanted for Williams Creek Bridge at Oak Grove
Sealed bids are invited by the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners at 12 o clock noon on Monday August 11 1913 for a bridge over Williams Creek at Oak Grove. Bids may cover steel or concrete construction. Plans and specifications are available from the County Highway Engineer in Room K Bank of Mobile Building for a two dollar refundable deposit. Each bid must include a fifty dollar certified check. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Mobile Alabama Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners.
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Board of Revenue
Williams Creek
Oak Grove
Bank of Mobile
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile
Alabanja
Notice of Mortgage Sale in Mobile County Alabama
Under power of sale in a 1901 mortgage Mary A Hickey conveyed land in Mobile to R Inge Smith and Gregory L and H T Smith. Default on promissory notes triggers sale at public outcry in front of Mobile County Court House on Monday August 18 at 12 noon. Mortgagees R Inge Smith, Gregory L Smith, H T Smith.
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Mary A. Hickey
R. Inge Smith
R. Inge
Gregory
W. T Smith
Mobile
Alabama
City of
Sta E
Royal and
Canal Streets
Royal Street
Ann Martin
Thomas Gretopull
Mobile County
Court House
California alien land law to take effect August 10
San Francisco reports the Webb alien land act will become effective August 10 after the referendum window closed. The Asiatic Exclusion League abandoned moves to block it, while Mexican demonstrations of friendship with Japan drew mixed reactions and warnings against any Mexico Japan alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Johnson
Theodore A. Bell
Asiatic Exclusion League
State Federation of Labor
Exclusion League
Executive
Executive Committee
Jeague
League
Wigon
Bryan
Sacramento
Argentine Consul General Dr Abel Pardo to Attend Southern Commercial Congress
Dr Abel Pardo Argentine consul general at New York is named a delegate to the Southern Commercial Congress meeting in October. The announcement was conveyed to the Congress by J B Moore counselor for the secretary of state. The dispatch from Buenos Aires reports the Argentine government appointed Pardo by a May 34 1918 degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel Pardo
United States
New York
Mobile
Buenos Aires
New York City
Wilson Dues and Havana Arrival Delays
The arrival of Henry Lane Wilson, U S minister to Mexico, was delayed. the Mex ico steamer from Vera Cruz did not reach Havana until late afternoon. In Mexico City, the American embassy urged Mexican authorities to dispatch troops to protect Americans in Madera, Chihuahua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Havana
Henry Lane Wilson
United States
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Amercan
Washington
Elio Sailing Ship Declared Lost After Chile Coast Sail
The German sailing ship Elio of 6791 tons net with a crew of twenty is reported lost by her owners in Hamburg. She left Talehahuano on May 11 for Messillones and is believed to have sunk near the Chilean coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hamburg
Elio
Talehahuano
Messillones
Chile
Howard Elliot Named Likely Choice for NYNH&H Presidency
Howard Elliot is reported as the probable candidate named by the committee of six to succeed Charles S. Mellen as president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 8S. Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Dawes Plans Homes For Out-Of-Work In Memory Of Son
Chicago July 21 A hotel project costing 100000 will be built by Charles G Dawes president of the Central Trust Company as a memorial to his son Rufus Fearing Dawes who was drowned in Lake Geneva last year Dawes pledges to run free employment and credit at the lodging house and later plans a similar hotel for women He notes his son 21 and a Princeton senior worked hard to learn banking and public life and his funeral drew leaders from across the country
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company of
Plinois
Rufus Fearing Dawes
Lake Geneva
Mr. Dawes
Fufus Dawes Hotel
Bowery Y. M. C. A
New York City
Dawes
Princeton
South Dakota
Chicago Heights
Rufus
Oates Submits Report on Mobile Prison Conditions
State Prison Inspector Oates submitted to Governor O Neal a report on the Mobile City prison after an July 11 inspection. He found the facility in satisfactory condition with newly repainted police headquarters and police court and a generally neat and clean atmosphere warranting favorable comment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Oates
O'Neal
Mobile City
Interstate Commerce approves class and commodity rate dispute ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission today ruled that class and commodity rates from St. Louis and other Mississippi river crossings to interior Kansas destinations are reasonable. The decision addresses an alleged discrimination between routes and sides with the same rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Interior
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor Sulzer May Be Impeached
Albany, July 21. Uncertain state politics amid widening breach between Governor Sulzer and Tammany chief Murphy. Democrats plan a quick post reassembly push to pass vetoed bills including the organization primary, with a two thirds majority and Republican defections likely. The Frawley committee will hear more testimony as it contemplates extending the extraordinary session to block appointments and prevent removal of department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Democratic Organization
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Frawley Investigating Committee
Notes of the Waterfront Aboard Banana laden ships dock and sail
The Norwegian steamer American arrives from Puerto Cortez with bananas and docks at pier 1. The Mercator with 21 000 banana bunches from Puerto Cortez docks at the L and N wharf. Evadne sails from Mobile for Cuban ports with lumber. Mallory liner Coma arrives from New York Key West and Tampa with freight. Other vessels shift to Pinto docks for repairs and quarantine status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fruit Company
Puerto Cortez
Pier 1
Mercator
Hubbard-Zemur- Tay Steamship Company
Evadne
Mobile
Coma
Port Sunday
New York
Key West
Tampa
Skoda
Dedden
Cienfuegos
Tuba
Ethel V. Boynton
San Juan
P. R
John Francis
Wessel
San Domingo
Pinto Docks
Boniform
General Whiting
Christiana
Petersen
Shippers Forecast and River Changes Report
The Tombigbee river and branches are expected to fall over the next two days while the Alabama river rises at Wetumpka. Temperature drops occur east of the Rocky Mountains with fair weather generally, except Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Spokane reports 96 degrees with showers possible tonight or Tuesday. Ashenberger, Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Tombigbee
Alabama
Wetumpka
United States
Rocky Mountains
Gulf and Atlantic Coast
North Pacific Coast
Spokane
Wash
North Atlantic Coast
Mobile
Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Barry Defends World Sculling Title in London
Ernest Barry of London retains the world championship by beating Harry Pearce of Australia by two lengths on the famous Putney to Mortlake course in a decisive race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Ernest Barry
Harry Pearce
Australia
Putney
New Use for Sticking Plaster Suggested for Sleep
Berkeley July 21 Professor Robert Irving Fulton dean of the College of Oratory at Ohio Wesleyan University lectures at the University of California summer session and recommends placing cut pieces of sticking plaster over the lips each night to preserve the voice. He says a yard of plaster costs 50 cents a year and claims it helps one sleep like a baby.
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Berkeley
Cal
Robert Irving Fulton
College of Oratory
Ohio Wesleyan University
University of California
Supreme Court rate ruling cuts passenger and freight fares
ST PAUL Minn July 21 New passenger and freight rates ordered by the United States supreme court in its recent decision in the Minnesota rate cases became effective today Passenger rates are reduced to two cents a mile and the new freight rates carry reductions of from 5 to 40 per cent.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
General Wood On Inspection Visit In Galveston
Secretary of War Garrison Major General Leonard Wood and chief of staff arrived in Galveston for a post inspection. They will tour Fort Crockett on Monday and then proceed to Texas City where the second division is mobilized.
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Wood
Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Leonard. Wood
Patty
United States Army
Fort Crockett
Texas City
Mrs Pankhurst Arrested After Impersonation Hoax
London July 21 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst militant suffragette leader was arrested as she entered a public hall for the weekly meeting of the Women's Social and Political Union. Earlier an impersonator was captured in a taxi and mistaken for her, then released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Ateni
Women's Social and Political Union
M Pankhurst
Scotland Yard
Colley Former U S Official Dies of Tuberculosis
By Associated Press Topfield Mass July 21 Alfred Colley former assistant attorney general civil commissioner and justice of the New Mexican supreme court is dead of tuberculosis at his summer home funeral set for Brookline Tuesday
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Associated Press
Topsfield
Mass
Alford Colley
United States
New Mexican Supreme Court
Brookline
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Recommended for Home First Aid
In every home a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advised for burns cuts wounds or scalds. J H Polanco of Del Valle Texas reports it saved his daughter's cut foot. The salve is praised as the world's best and is priced at 25 cents, recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
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Bucklen
J. H. Polanco
Delvanlle
Tex
R. No. 2
van Antwerp Drug Corp
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United States Association
Celia M. Blakemore
J. Inge
Morris M’donald
The
Boston and Maine Railroad
Massachusetts
Regory L
H. T. Smith
Maha
Japan
California
México
Howard Elliot
Northern Pacific Railway
Weather Data
Asheville
Atlanta
Uluth
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Louisville
Ewes
Sanhite
New Orleans
Wee
Pensacolaeses
Williston
Symedea
Mobile’s
Mrs. Pankhurst
Alfred Colley
Dreaper & Burns
Dauphin Street
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