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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1913
Page
11
A special meeting of the stockholders of the Mobile Fish and Oyster Co. will be held at its office on Phi March 20 1913 at 12 M. A. B. Lyons, President.
Notice announces the annual meeting of Mobile Yacht Club Incorporated stockholders to elect officers and directors and conduct other business. The meeting will be held at the club house on Thursday April 10 1913 at 77 Sap TM. Stock transfer requests will be reopened 3:33.
United States Post Office in Mobile Alabama invites sealed proposals for furnishing electric current gas water ice and miscellaneous supplies ash removal towel washing street sprinkling for the fiscal year ending June 30 1914. Also bids due April 22 1913 for 100 tons bituminous coal and three cords wood. Bid rejection rights reserved by the Treasury Department. P D er Saag
President Taft approves the treasury plan to reduce customs districts from 160 to under 50. He does not support abolishing naval officers and surveyors.
Associated Press reports in Pittsburg on March 3 that robbers entered Otto Goldsmiths shop early this morning blew open the safe with scenite and stole diamonds valued at an unspecified amount. Local police launched an investigation into the burglary and the missing jewelry.
Edward Martin age 63 a native of Montgomery died Sunday morning at a Mobile infirmary after several weeks illness. He had resided previously in Evergreen Alabama and is survived by two sons and other relatives.
F James Ballweg aged 24 died after weeks of illness at his home 2211 2 Old Shell Road Mobile He was son of Frank and Mary Ballweg and survived by two sisters Mrs E M Bradley Citronelle Leone M Ballweg and brothers Raymond and Carl Ballweg The funeral will be Tuesday at 8:45 am from the family home and 9 am at St Mary's Catholic Church with requiem mass.
Mrs Belle Collier aged 80 former Columbus Georgia resident died Sunday night at 10 55 at her daughter Mrs H C Crawford 156 Pine Street Survived by three sons John Frank Will Collier of Mobile and three daughters Mrs Crawford Mrs Kate Sheridan and Mrs J H Williams and other relatives Remains were sent to Columbus Monday accompanied by her sons and daughters
John L. Rodriguez died Saturday and was interred Sunday in the Catholic cemetery after a 3 o'clock funeral at St Vincent's Church. Rev Father Hourican officiated as a large turnout attended, including a delegation from the Baymen and Timbermen's Benevolent Association. Pallbearers were N Renaught, John Connick, Frank Pearson, Charles Hamilton, Jacob Nickerson, John Muntz.
News reached Mobile on Sunday of the death of George Maxwell a well known resident of Pensacola after a long illness. He was a brother of John Maxwell master mechanic of the Louisville and Nashville shops in Mobile and had been in the employ of the same company for twenty five years.
Remains of Rev. John Byrne who died in New Orleans arrived in Mobile Sunday afternoon. Berenson & Sands took charge as the funeral is set for Tuesday at 10 o clock from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with Bishop Edward P. Allen officiating. Interment will be in the Catholic cemetery.
Abram L. Beavers former cashier of the First National Bank of High Bridge N J confessed to stealing 120000 of the bank s money and today pleaded guilty in Trenton New Jersey authorities said
A brief sales line suggesting that buying a home is affordable compared with rent, implying practical equivalence in monthly costs and encouraging home ownership.
General Felix Diaz is hailed at the bull ring as a major revolutionary figure. A large crowd watches the parade and a riderless horse carries a portrait of Bernardo Reyes draped in crepe as tributes to fallen leaders unfold. The Metropolitan Press Association urges Governor Venustiano Carranza to support Huerta and help restore pacification.
The Alabama Oyster Commission met in regular session with President Craft presiding. Commissioners Clark and Patterson attended. The petition of Lassing regarding riparian rights near Fowl River was postponed to March 13. Lassing claims ownership by riparian rights. oyster tenants argue public ground. Evidence to be taken at adjourned meeting.
The remark notes that no anarchist exists who does not view himself as a great reformer, underscoring a paradox in radical critique of authority. It frames the anarchist self-image as transformative, shaping readers' understanding of political motives and social change signals.
A string of visitors and residents are listed in Mobile hotels and scenes. Richard Rosenfield, a former Mobilian now in Louisville, is in Mobile on business. N R Markle and wife of Birmingham stay several days at Battle House. Alyea and wife of Champaign and North and wife of El Paso arrive for a week seeking relocation. Thomas Chisholm and wife from San ar with Rock Island Innes register at Battle House. W H Logan and wife of Hartford are visiting Battle House. Mrs W R Tillinghast and J F Tillinghast of Providence arrive for several days. H Russ of Atmore spends Sunday in Mobile. J N Anderson and wife from Nashville register at Bienville. F D Irvin and wife of Rockford join the winter colony. J J Bizelle of Monroeville on business. J D Leffler of Hamilton, Ohio, involved in Southern Janda, in Md Gare and wife from Nashville visit Mobile.
Mme Tevsner a pitted lecturer from the Holy Land will speak Monday night at the Jewish temple on Themes of the Holy Land and illustrate with lantern slides. Professor R B McGehee Gulf Coast Military academy head is in Mobile visiting his father Rev O C McGehee pastor of St Francis street Methodist church. He says the institution grows rapidly and he has organized a ball team to play the Detroit Tigers now training at Gulfport and he closed a deal for baseball paraphernalia.
Agen H. C. Geron of the Louisville and Nashville announced that the regular annual baseball excursion from Mobile to New Orleans to mark opening day would depart on April 10 at 7 o clock sharp and make a fast run to the Crescent City.
Monday licenses issued out of probate court to Elias W. Nichols of Meridian Mississippi and Minnie Jessie May Hopkins Will Manning and Ethel May Jone.
In the inferior criminal court Monday Mose Talbert was convicted of violating the Alabama oyster law requiring all retail dealers to hold a license. A fine of 10 dollars plus costs was imposed.
Ex Officio Register Carl Holzborn did not take up the re reference in the Leinkauf Banking Company case on Monday. The matter was postponed to March 17 by order of the law and equity court.
Ruby Gans was appointed a notary public and filed her bonds in the probate court on Monday, formalizing her status and duties for official notarization acts.
A signed spendag from Sanego California requests aid for missing Harold Scott Gravatt, 15, whose parents live in that city. A photograph and full description were sent to Mayor Schwarz at city hall. Gravatt ran away from Decatur Alabama in May 1911, was last heard from in Uniontown Pennsylvania in October 1914. Mobile police will begin inquiries.
A man who is properly appreciated finds his family spends much time seeking items he cannot locate. The remark suggests gratitude reduces personal search burdens and hints at social dynamics within households.
Washington March 3 President elect Woodrow Wilson faces a packed day in Washington as Princeton special arrives at Union Station. He tours the capital, meets committee members, dines at Shoreham, attends a smoker at Willard and prepares for the inauguration with Essex Troop escorts and a grand parade.
Make Patterson advertises modern electrolysis treatment to remove moles and destroy excess hair including eyebrow straightening. Special January appointment rates on offer at 2937 S. No. 67 St. Joseph, STD Phit.
Taken up Friday February 21 1913 at 115 p m on Garnet avenue Spring Hill road one light colored cow hole and split on right ear two holes on left ear small bell on neck fastened with rope and stray also one red on white heifer hole and split on right ear two splits on left at city pound Monday noon 12 owner Sarah 12 oclock noon 1 owner
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