Battleships End Target Practice At Fort Morgan Test
The battleships New York and Arkansas fired on a land fortification at Fort Morgan with a 10 inch gun in a two day target practice. Officials led by General Crozier and General Weaver assessed fortification effectiveness and shot accuracy with naval gunfire.
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New York
Arkansas
Fort Morgan
William Crozier
Williaml. Black
E. M. Weaver
Charlies G. Treat
Army
Navy
Mobile
East
Crozier
Augusta
Weaver
Washington, D. C
Coast Artillery Corps
Ala
United States
Cuban
Shirley
House
Pensacola
February Cotton Use Increases With Higher Imports
The census bureau reports February cotton use at 540711 bales, up from 463307 last year, with seven month totals at 3615365 bales, and February imports rising to 72331 bales. Spindle activity totals 31982499, linters use 98010 bales. Exports for February reach 702653 bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
U. S
G. Brit
U. S. Po
Carranza Consul Demands Cartridges in Douglas
Jevs G Lefevier Carranza consul demanded 300000 cartridges consigned to General Calles and held by American authorities. Refused, he asked Elesio Arredondo to seek Wilson approval. Calles works with Obregon to aid pursuit of Villa but needs ammunition. Dr Cook asserts he is the North Pole claimant before a House committee.
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Carranza
Douglas
Ariz
Jevs G. Lefevier
Calles
Selevier
Elesio Arredondo
Washington
Wilson
Alvaro Obregon
Villa
Cook
Frederick A. Cook
House Education Committee
North Pole
New Orleans and New York Cotton Market Roundup
Cotton trading in New Orleans and New York shows early small gains then declines amid mixed weather and market signals. Prices swung with futures closing steady after volatile moves, while Liverpool futures remained quiet and outlooks cited labor, supply data, and possible import restrictions.
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New Orleans
Texas
VESSELS IN PORT AND MOBILE MARKET NOTES
Vessels listed at Mobile port including City of Mobile and Bay steamers with docks at Dauphin Street and nearby creeks. Atlantic and Gulf ships named with tonnage and cargo plans. Separate market report covers stock prices, rail and commodity quotes, and a detailed Mobile fruit and provisions price list with ranges for bananas onions lemons and more.
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Mobile
George Kilborn
North Royal Street
Union Terminal Station
Ala
Bell
J. M. & C. Railroad
Seed oil market closes with firm demand
Spot bids around 10.40 in March and 10.42 to 10.48 for April contracts. May through August bids range 10.35 to 10.47 with September near 10.28. Total sales reach 32,000 barrels.
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Liverpool
New York
New York Produce Prices March 15
Butter firm creamery extras 92 with high 37 1 2, eggs firm fresh extras 23 1 2 to 24 1 2, firsts 35 36, seconds 32 1 2 34 1 2. Cheese firm state whole milk flats and specials 18 with whites 18 1 4, fancies 17 3 4 to 18, dressed poultry firm chickens 15 30, fowls 14 1 2 19 1 2, turkeys 26 30. Wall Street activity weak with gains in American Locomotive and American Can.
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New York
Mobile hero Esau Frolichstein dies saving captain
Albert J. Taylor of the battleship New York recalls Vera Cruz events on April 23, 1914. Frolichstein, a Mobile bluejacket, sacrificed his life to shield Captain Anderson Abnernea from a Mexican sniper, earning high praise for bravery from Taylor.
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Albert J. Taylor
New York
Mobile
Taylor
Esau Frolichstein
Vera Cruz
Frolichstein
Naval College At
Eichstein
First
Esau
Anderson
Abdernea
Banana laden ships update from the Mobile docks in March
The Verona unloaded 16000 bunches of bananas at Mobile & Ohio docks after arriving from Tela in ballast. Vera expected from Cortez with 16000 bunches to unload at Mobile & Ohio docks, then coal at Dauphin street before leaving for Barrios. Fort Gaines loaded 21000 bunches and will return after loading, while City of Mobile sails up the Alabama river with freight and passengers. The Lizzie B. Dennison nears completion of lumber cargo for Caibarien, Cuba, and Blanche H. King waits at Fort Morgan for orders. Obstructions off the coast include a 30 foot tree sighted between buoys and a powerboat found from the Margaret Haskell wreck. Reports from Cape Race note a British steamer retrieving the Cora A crew and John Bossert wreck sightings near Scotland lightship.
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Verona
United Fruit Company
Tela
Mobile & Ohio
Vera
Cortez
Dauphin Street
Barrios
Fort Gaines
Orr-Laubenheimer Company
Belize
B. H
Government Street
North Channel
Duxbury
Margaret Haskell
Esparza
Dobson
Halifax
Cape Race
Cora A
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Scotland
John Bossert
Jefferson
Fitzgerald
el Sol
Mason
Bellringer and Public Notices from Mobile 1916
A column mixes a humorous wartime tale about Dennis and Flynn with several public notices including a bond sale by Meridian and Memphis Railway Company, a lumber company personnel change, a Mobile county school building bond sale, an ordinance on dog licensing, and a lost stock certificate notice. Names include Joseph Medill Patterson Dennis J. Hamilton Smith and Geo E Stone. The notices specify auction dates and bond amounts, location Mobile Alabama and Jackson Tennessee, with monetary figures and dates in 1916.
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Joseph Medill Patterson
France
Dennis
London
Jock Johnsons
Jimmy Flynn
Jimmy
Flynn
Code of
Alabama
Court House
Mobile County
Meridian and Memphis Railway Company
Union Bank and Trust Company
Jackson
Tennessee
John J. Monaghan
Alex T. Howard
van Benthuysen Lumber & Tie Compees
J. Hamilton Smith
Mobile
First National Nir
Geo
E. Stone
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International Gradolph Electric Betta
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Bay Shore Crossing
Thos. Wiens & Co
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Imperial Pressing Club
St. Emanuel
Spring Hill
Burton Avenue
Crichton Post Office
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Bell Phone
Brown St
Jos. Espalla, Jr
Monroe St
Mississippi
Seach
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Dax Street
Southern Realty Company
Gles. Crichton Lumber Co
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