Alabama to map north south highway link from Mobile
State Highway Engineer W S Keller will lead an Alabama scouting tour from Mobile to Jackson Selma and Montgomery to locate trunk highways north south and east west. John Craft mobile will accompany and a second car may join to survey counties statewide for a proposed map to submit to the 1915 legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
W. S. Keller
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
State Highway Commission
Jackson Lakes-to-Gulf
Jackson Memorial Highway
Lakes
Chicago
Selma
Montgomery
Keller
Memmber
Highway Department
Railroad officials meet patrons in monthly policy tour
President John T. Cochrane of the Alabama, Tennessee & Northern railway puts department heads on a monthly line tour to visit stations and engage with agents and patrons. The move aims to keep leadership in close touch with operations and customers. Russell Houston is promoted to traffic manager with full authority over traffic matters reporting to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railway
Cochrane
Mobile
Russell Houston
Houston
Cochrane Lines
Well Known Creole Frank Parker Injured In Runaway Mule Incident
Frank Parker of Parker Station on the Bay Shore Railroad, named for him by the Mobile & Ohio president, was brought to his son’s home at 203 North Broad Street after a mule he was riding bucked and ran away near Fowl River Station. His condition remained critical. Parker, a well known Creole with many friends, previously served at the Bay Shores club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Parker
Parker Station
Bay Shore Railroad
E.L. Russell
Mobile & Ohio
North Broad Street
Parker
Fowl River Station
Clube
Bay Shores
Guatemala City Center of intellect and trade described
Guatemala City, capital of a historic federation, is depicted as a vibrant hub with opera, bull fights, and a developing railroad linking Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The piece highlights American influence in rail, banana and coffee interests, and the push to keep Guatemala’s import trade from going to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Central America
United States
Central American
Paris
San Jose
Theatre
Colon
Madrid
South America
Havana
Mexico City
National Palace
Estrada Cabrera
Reina Barrios
Silvanus Miller
Puerto Barrios
Atlantic
Pacific
Barrios
Caribbean
Mobile
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
New Orleans
Dallas
Guatemalas
Europe
Decline in Mexican Imports Lowers Mobile May totals
A May 1913 report shows a $219,177 drop in Mobile imports from May 1912 due mainly to reduced sisal shipments from Mexico amid revolutionary unrest. Bananas from Panama also fell by $50,000 while other Central American imports held steady. total May imports reached $306,308 versus $525,476 in May 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mobile
H. Gordon Ashley
Sinal
Panama
Germany
Portugal
British Honduras
Costa Rico
Guatemala
Barbados
Trinidad
Seceve Ems
Dutch West Indies
Pupils Honor Prof Bancroft With Farewell Gifts
Retiring E. L. Russell school principal George R. Bancroft receives gifts from pupils teachers and Russell School Improvement Association. Watch charm from pupils signet ring and tie clasp from the association traveling bag from teachers. Ice cream refreshments follow and thanks given by Bancroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Bancroft
E. L. Russell School
Russell School Improvement Association
Bancroft
The
Improvement Association
Elsie M. Barnett
Martin
Mae Martin
Béck
Sunderland
Duffee
Malon
Allman
Wilkinson
Drago
Nix
Barnett
Carbon Hill firm seeks Mobile monkeys for new line
The Carbon Hill Trading Company of Carbon Hill Alabama announces plans to open a line of wild and tame monkeys and asks Mobile for names of suppliers and prices. A June 5 1913 inquiry from Carbon Hill to Mobile postmaster requests monkey sources and costs, with the Chamber of Commerce likely to handle jungle trade questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Hill Trading Company
Carbon Hill
Ala
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Ene
Monster ten pound beet sent to Chamber of Commerce
An immense beet weighing ten pounds and a quarter and two feet long was grown by Summerling and McConnell at Theodore. Farm agent Maloney verified weight while Traffic Manager Cobb computed a roughly eight inch diameter. The beet accompanies the Chamber of Commerce display of spring onions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Summerling and
McConnell
Theodore
George A. Maloney
Cobb
Traffic Bureau
Four Freed by the Grand Jury
The February term grand jury released Albert Verner Calvin McDonald and Edward J Cole on charges including grand larceny and obtaining money by false pretenses after a week of labor. Judge Semmes and Glover approved the order. Glover had been accused of passing a bogus draft at Cawthon Hotel using a bank book. Manager C B Hervey urged no prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Semmes
G. E. Glover
Albert Verner
Calvin McDonald
Edward J. Cole
Glover
Cawthon Hotel
City Bank and Trust Company
C. B. Hervey
Grand Jury
Realty Demand Even Between City And County Real Estate
Real estate transfers show similar demand for city and outlying properties with city prices higher than last year. Notable sales include a $5,000 Hall Place lot and a $2,500 Flo Claire land sale to H. B. McMillan. Sale papers for the D. R. Burgess property near Joachim and St. Francis streets valued at $24,000 were signed late in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Place
Flo Claire
McDonald Improvement Company
H. B. McMillan
D. R. Burgess
Joachim and
St. Francis Streets
Mary
Beedyer
Augustine Meader
West
Franklin
Beauregard
Grand Bay Land Company
Genevieve Higinbotham
North
Northwest
Frank Glassner
Lottie May Connor
Glassner
Mon Louis
Andrew Strauss
EF. H. Bixler
Zimlich & Strauss
George H. Diseher, Jr
Feast of Weeks Next Tuesday Observed by Reform Congregations
Shabbat Shabaoth or Feast of Weeks falls on June 10 this year, marking seven weeks after Passover. Temple Shaarai Shemavim hosts evening services Tuesday at 8 and confirmation morning Wednesday at 7. Exercises honor Moses and Sinai revelation with floral symbolic rituals led by Dr. Alfred G. Moses. Confirmands include Arnold Zimmern Gustave Reiss Irwin Mitchell Simon Denaburg A. G. Leggy Gladys Brown Tina Davidoff.
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Sivan
Pesach
Mount Sinai
United States
Temple Shaarai Shemavim
Alfred G. Moses
Arnold Zimmern
Gustave Reiss
Irwin Mitchell
Simon Denaburg
A. G. Leggy
Gladys Brown
Tina Davidoff
Artesian Soda Well Brought In At Coden
An artesian well 535 feet deep on the J. A. Joullian place at Coden spouted twenty five feet before be ing capped. Borers hit a rich yellow clay strata over 300 feet down, a rare find. Clay samples will be sent to the state geologist at Tuscaloosa.
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J. A. Joullian
Coden
Tuscaloosa
Balance of Trade Favoring Republics in Central America
Panama May 30 report notes that England and Germany dominate Central American trade, with the United States a heavy buyer and rising competition as the Panama Canal opens. 1911 trade figures show imports totaling about 27.3 million while exports exceed 35.9 million, Europe receiving large shares and supplying high quality manufactured goods.
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England
Germany
Colon
Panama
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Ports
Central America
Cape Horn
Straits of Magellan
United States
Nicaragua
Daily Trade and Consular Reports
Department of Commerce and Labor
Lincoln Hutchinson
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Sabrador
Honduras
Prc
Europe
Salvador
South
Pan- American Union
Latin-America
Latin- America
United
Land of Beauty
American Continent
Federal Grand Jury Indicts 19 of 26 Cases in Alabama
The May term federal grand jury for the southern division of Alabama ended a two week session with eighteen true bills out of twenty six cases investigated. Indictments include conspiracy to conceal assets in bankruptcy and a drug mail law violation. The body adopted a resolution thanking U S Attorney J B Sloan for his aid and diligence.
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Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court For
Southern Division
Southern District of
Alabama
Harry T. Toulmin
United States
Joseph N. Chute
Bartholdi
Chute
Maud Durand
Mobile
John J. Rhodes
Joseph E. Rhodes
Excel
Monroe County
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Washington
Grand Jury
United States District
J. B. Sloan
Sloan
Vital Statistics of Mobile County
A period list of marriages, births, and deaths in Mobile County detailing White and Colored couples and individuals. Entries name multiple couples for marriages, paired births by race with parent names, and lists of deceased men and women by race, including several names such as P. L. Strickland and Ellen B. T. Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vital Statistics OF
Mobile County
P. L. Strickland
Geo. A. Holdridge
Charles E. King
John A. Mickle
Ellen B. T. Edwards
Anna Culan
Mary Shannon
Dorothy Ewing Peper
Mary Louise Peters
Laura P. Gurganus
Marion D. Scott
Clara L. Tillman
Eva P Fisher
Chas. E. Fairy
Washington Hames
Thomas Green
Arthur Williams
William Richardson
Phillip, Young
Orlando
F. Shepard
Eugene Parker
Joseph S. Jones
Florence Collins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Craft
John J. Cochrane
Vera Cruz
Rio Chiquito
Prof. Bancroft
Russell School
Bill Cern
J. A
Rhodes
Attorney Sloan
Venicemen
White
Glennon Fell
Emma Francis Fulford
Peter Zappas
Sallie C. Douglas
George F. Cooper
Rosalie Poates
Benjamin James Carpenter
Emma Theresa Hansen
Hardy N. Stevens
Rosa Ellen Harrison
John Duganette
Eberdine de Stadt
Y. F. Hill
Jennie C. Pear
Vincent D. O’connor
Esther C. Olson
Tazwell L. Christy
Sadie E. Wiliams
Charles Gunnis
Yallie Valree
Louis Powell
Clara Williams
Robert Young
Clara Jones
James A. Robinson
Cora Lee Bradford
William Anderson
Hattie Matthews
Joseph Sparks
Mary Eliza Grove
John H. Petty
Helen Theo Allen
Charles Adams
Martha Simpson
Watson Bilis
Hattie Lee
Ike Crawford
Mamie King
Johnnie Reed
Elizabeth Hartsfield
Oscar Jones
Della Smith
W. A
Annie F. Thornton
H. H
Gertrude E. Hamilton
Felix
Stella Rubert
William L
Maud Roberts
A. A
Annie A. Hansen
William
Nannie O'Rourke
George L
Matilda E. Cleveland
Lawrence H
Annie E. Scott
W. D
Maude L. McKinstry
Lee W
Miervan
Roe
Jerry
Hattie Colman
Poy
Leon
Rosa Wise
Monroe
Clara Harris
Jim
Malinda Peterson
Phillip
Louise Tytus
Gregory S
Evilena Berry
A. B
Willie Kid
Willie
Marie Page
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