Mobile loses noted citizen Jacob Pollock
Mobile mourns philanthropist and leading dry goods merchant Jacob Pollock who died at his 501 Government street home after a long illness. The longtime Mobile figure helped grow the export trade, funded charities, and mentored many in business while building a vast real estate portfolio. Funeral is Monday at Temple Shaarai Shemayim with Rambis and rabbinic leadership.
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Jacob Pollock
South
Government Street
Shaarai Shemayim
Alfred G. Moses
Ettelson
Hartford
Conn
Hebrew Cemetery
Pollock
Bernheimer
Dauphin and
Commerce Streets
South Water Street
J. Pollock
Pollock & Bernheimer
J. Pollock & Company
Mobile
Central
South America
New Orleans
New York
J. ‘Co
Fair Will Teach Butchering Our Cattle At Home
East St. Louis Live Stock Reporter notes a Mobile county man shipped cattle to St. Louis for slaughter then shipping meat back South. He argues a Mobile packing plant would reduce losses and boost wealth. quotes include M. J. McDermott and other Central Committee members urging readers to read the daily fair story.
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East St. Louis
Mobile
Alabama
St. Louis
South
M. J. McDermott
Clerks Carry Out Cobbler’s Will In Monterey Park Plan
The clerks who inherited shoe merchant George Berthold’s estate announce they will fund a monument to Robert Louis Stevenson. The will left most of the estate to two clerks after a provision for a monument was struck out by courts.
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Associated Press
Monterey
Cal
Robert Louis Stevenson
George Berthold
Stevensen
Berthold
Heavy Snows Cut New York Traffic Fatalities
New York reports February traffic deaths lower than any month since 1911. Eight killed by autos, ten by trolley cars, and two by wagons, total twenty, down from earlier February figures. National Highways Protective Society cites heavy snow as a factor reducing speed and accidents.
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Associated Press
New York
National Highways Protective Society
Autoon
Investigation Planned Into Damage to Gulfport Dredge
The pilots' commission in Gulfport Mississippi will investigate damage to the government dredge Gulfport after it was rammed by the British steamship Parkwood on Wednesday. Initial reports cite about 900 in damages and mention support from the United States engineering department in Mobile.
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Gulfport
Mise
United States Engineering Department
Mobile
Pilots’ Commission
Parkwood
Goer Ter
Loyalty of Lacy Holds Fast in Alabama Embezzlement Case
Montgomery Alabama March 2 Theo Lacy convicted of embezzling a large state sum but his friends insist he is innocent and loyal to former convict board head James G Oakley. Lacy may testify after Oakley cases conclude with appeals likely to reach the supreme court. Oakley trial set for Wednesday in Montgomery.
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Ala
Theo Lacy
Alabama
Lacy
James G. Oakley
Alabama Convict Board
Oakley
Ee Necreere
Dacy
Theo
Armstead Brown
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Montgomery County
Montgomery City
Brown
Shelby County
Oakley Lacy
Rolston Denies Not Qualified Voter Rumor
John E. Rolston of Coden denies rumors he is unqualified to serve on the Alabama Oyster Commission. He says he has voted in Mobile County for five years and his name appears on registration lists at county offices.
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John E. Rolston
Coden
O'Neal
Alabama Oyster Commission
Rolston
Mobile
United States Delays Mexican Action Amid Carranza Tie
President Wilson explained that General Villa recognizes Carranza as chief and will not allow U S commissioners to examine the Benton body until Washington consults Carranza. He postponed the inquiry as commissioners await new instructions, urging patience over armed intervention while noting Huerta’s eventual retirement.
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Washington
General Villa
Carranza
William
Benton
Wilson
United States
Huerta
Mexico
Congress
White House
Great Britain
England
Alabama Dems weigh single vs plural primary plan
The Alabama Democratic executive committee meets in Birmingham to decide a short term U S Senate nomination and whether to adopt a single or plurality primary plan. The January vote favored the majority plan 23 to 18, with possible reconsideration depending on quorum and shifting committeemen.
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Montgomery
Ala
Democratic Executive Committee
Birmingham
Tyler Goodwyn
United States
Alabama
Johnston
Richmond
P. Hobson
Oscar W. Underwood
Mobile appoints Price Williams Jr probate judge
In Mobile County Alabama Governor O NeaI named Price Williams Jr to succeed his late father as judge of probate until the November election. Five applications were received with Williams Jr the favored choice amid bar support and private messages indicating strong backing. Four candidates including Selena George J Sullivan and others will contest the vacancy created by Judge Price Williams Sr death.
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Montgomery
Ala
Price Williams, Jr
Mobile County
O'Neal
Mobile
John Craft
Williams
Probate
Price Williams
Selena Pri
George J. Sulliva
Famous Missionary Opens Great Student Campaign
NEW YORK Marcheee Mott the American layman known as a leading missionary figure launches a student campaign modeled on European and Asian centers. His opening meeting drew about a thousand attendees at Calvary Baptist Church where John D Rockefeller Jr presided and Mott urged men to take responsibility in the non Christian world.
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New York
Mott
Iia
Europe
Asia
John,d. Rockefeller, Jr
Calvary Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Puzzle circle results reveal 1011 as correct solution
The Item of Mobile reports 585 contestants answered the circle puzzle correctly. All others are eliminated. tied solvers proceed to a second puzzle with six days to submit, no money prize, aiming to determine winners. The list includes many named participants with addresses.
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G. BE. Ainspaugh
Battle House
Alfred Ales
Esiava Street
Theodore Andrews
S. Hamilton Street
Wm. Ainslie
Canal Street
Carrie Averyt
Roper Street
Samuel ©. Alidor
St. Emanuel Street
T. J. Anderson
S. Beef Co
M. Abrams
N. Ann Street
H. Austill
Spring Hill
City of Washington
District of Columbia
I. James R. Colburn
Mobile
Alaba
Snow Blanket Again Plagues Empire State
The nation endures a severe winter storm stretching from Eastport Maine to Savannah Georgia snarling transport and crippling wires and rails. Trains ran late or not at all as Pennsylvania and New York lines suffered outages and passengers faced long waits while streets filled with drifting snow and cold intensified.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eastport
Tdvannah
Charleston
Macon
England
Atlantic
Pennsylvania Rail
York
Pennsylvania
New York
Century Limited
Peekskill
Albany
Buffalo
Coram
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