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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1916

Page

3

Property tax board lists numerous reductions on city lots and homes

The document shows numerous property assessments and reductions across multiple blocks and streets. Figures include homes and lots with values changing from higher to lower amounts, mentioning names such as Brannon McCarty Bradshaw Ballard Austin and Quigley, and locations like Congress Street, North Hamilton, Bayou Street, and Millville tract.

Rasmus IvDle Millville Southlens Church St. Emanuel D. Ballard B. J. Austin North Hamilton Mary E. Austin Eee Scott Texas Helen L. Graham West Gilbert Old Shell Road Co. N. Owen Susan O. Quigley Southwest Congress and Scott West Scott North Congress East Jackson Ouse West Claiborne Northwest Congress Claiborne

To Keen Skin in Fine Condition All Summer

The piece advises minimal cosmetic use in heat, favoring mercurized wax nightly and a saxolite facial bath to cleanse pores. It claims these methods preserve a youthful, clear complexion and reduce sagging or wrinkles during summer.

Engrossed resolutions to Mr Palmer Pillans

Resolutions honoring Mr Palmer Pillans, former president of the Mobile Rotary Club, were presented by members at yesterday’s weekly meeting. The items were placed in a leather folder with an affectionate inscription for the retiring leader.

T of Geoctaasa Palmer

Land values rise and fall across New Orleans properties

A sweep of postwar assessments shows numerous properties from Bayou areas to downtown blocks shifting in price. Heirs Fréd Green and James Green see gains on Bayou tracts while Pearl Kohn and Ida Fuller face mix changes on houses. Jacksonville references appear with various lots, blocks, and streets tied to tax rolls.

Fréd Green James Issac Green St. ‘Louis Plateau Grocery Company G. and St. Louis Pearl and Matilda Kohn Bay Side F. L. Lavanhouze Arden Baltimore Ida Fuller Mary Wilson Selma West Dearborn William O'Connell East Wilkinson Montgomery Lula A. Worden Congress Lawrence

St Joseph Society Debates And Musical At St Joseph Club

The Deering Society of St Joseph’s Club hosted members and friends for a musicale and debate on Thursday night. The question Is A Lawyer Justified in Defending a Bad Cause prompted a 25 to 2 negative win.

Deering Society of St. Joseph's Club Chamblin Patterson George Hilliard Joseph G. Espalla Emile Klump James E. Duggan

Arbitration talk amid light afternoon at Kushla hearing

Board refuses immediate arbitration claiming no obligation until hearings end but hints at possible later arrangement. Numerous land tax reductions follow with entities like J L Simpson Bayou la Barre Katherine Vandemark Bettie Williams M Jacoby and others seeing notable cuts from original assessments including Delacroix Place and homes on St Emanuel and Walnut avenues.

J.L. Simpson Kushla Mauvil Katherine M. Vandemark Bayou la Barre Crenshaw Bettie Williams East Pearl Second Lyons Fisher Trace

Parade Route Changes for Preparedness Day Street Cars

Government Street from Royal to Broad will be free of street car traffic during the Preparedness Parade on July 4. President J Howard Wilson of Mobile Light and Railroad Company told the general committee the action. Government and Monroe Park cars will be routed via Dauphin Street. the march proceeds 100 feet from Broad’s east side. A tall flagpole marks the turning point.

Government Street Royal Broad J. Howard Wilson Mobile Light and Railroad Company General Committee Government Monroe Park Dauphin Street Broadon

Cement Barge Line to Ferry Demopolis Cement to Mobile

A new Alabama Texas syndicate reorganizes the Demopolis cement plant, estimated at half a million, with contracts let for a fleet of barges to move cement from Demopolis to Mobile via the Warrior and Tombigbee rivers to foreign ports.

Mobile Demopolis Warrier Tombigbee Conce

Charleston St burglar flees when discovered

A report at police headquarters says burglars tried to enter John Browns home at 3 15 Friday morning on the west side of Cedar two south of Charleston. The intruder fled after being frightened away before entering.

John Brown Brown Cedar Two Charleston

Managers on Vacation Reach Across Lines

Managers of the Mallory and Munson Lines in Mobile are away on vacation. Spencer Talmadge of the Munson Line travels east for Mobile office business. B F Du Bois of the Mallory Line, with family, is in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They plan summer stays away and return after a rest.

Mallory Munson Mobile Spencer Talmadge B. F. du Bois Mallory Line Chattanooga Tenn

German Swiss cargo dispute widens over cotton and coal

Geneva reports growing friction between Switzerland and Germany over cotton and food. Switzerland seeks delay while Germany demands immediate delivery of 32,000 bales of sequestered cotton and free frontier trade, despite Entente bans. Lack of coal from Germany threatens Switzerland's daily 65,000 ton import need.

Geneva Paris Switzerland Germany

Whistler Goat In Mobile County Found Hydrophobia

Investigations by the state laboratory show a goat killed at Whistler in Mobile county had hydrophobia. Anyone bitten by it should seek immediate treatment at the State Pasteur Institute, surgeons warn.

Montgomery Ala State Laboratory Whistler Mobile County State Pasteur Institute

Senate Deliberates on Stay Plea and Farm Bill Action

Senate opens with a resolution urging the president to seek a stay in Sir Roger Casement execution, referred to the foreign relations committee, while beginning debate on the agricultural appropriation bill. House adjourns planned for Fourth of July from Saturday to Wednesday and reviews miscellaneous business, amid fall cold relief ads.

Senate Roger Casement Martine Foreign Relations Committee House Dr. King W. C. Jesseman Franconia N. H Adv

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Arger Property Deas Occupy Time Tax Board Hallett L. A.brannon West Bayou Cathleen M. McCarty Warowe Jaxnis Bradshaw Spring Hill Avenue Quick Transfer CO Palmer Pillans Harry Kohn Brown Street Parker Street Conti Lafayette Street Northwest Marine O. L. Cochran Monterey Place E. H. Kimbrough John J. O'Connell Montgomery and Wilkinson Ss. P. Gaillard Springhill W. G Mabel C. Busch Westharleston Savannah Wilkinson West Wilkinson North Texas J.S. Davison ST. Joseph Society M. Jacoby Jackson and Lipscombet Jackson Beauregard J. W. Carl Delacroix Mary Hoffman Eslava Walnut Morton Katie B. McAdams Herndon Avenue Springhill Avenue P. G. Barnes Government Street Heights Helen W. Boone Flo Claire Nellie Mitchell Hyland Avenue Jacobson Eureka Palm Beach Jacobson’s He Oldest Bank Alabama EWE Tvs Tit Apital Government ST Charleston ST Panama Auction. and Fur. Co ST. Francis Street G. Lee Asc Cl L. Young New York Colgate Lazel Mennen Madame Isabell Ead C. J. Gayfer de A
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