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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1913

Page

8

Mobile Manufacturers Association Formed In City Meeting

The Mobile Manufacturers Association will be formally organized at a Chamber of Commerce room on Wednesday night March 26. W F Tebbetts was named chairman and Ben H Thomas secretary. The independent body aims to aid mutual interests, promote new industries, and address transportation taxation and legislative issues. Committees will study topics of manufacturer interest and plans may extend the organization state-wide.

Mobile Manufacturers Associaton Chamber of Commerce and Business League Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers Association W. F. Tebbetts National Mosaic Flooring Company Ben H. Thomas Mobile Shirt Company Mobile Parsons Manufacturers Committee

Death of a Child Englebrecht at Mobile Home

Ernest E. Englebrecht youngest child of ns and Sophia Englebrecht died today at 457 St Joseph Street after a short illness. The family has many friends in Mobile who read the death announcement with deep regret.

Ernest E Sophia Englebrecht St. Joseph, Street Mobile

Burial of John T. Geary in New Orleans

The remains of John T. Geary a New Orleans native who died in this city were buried in the Catholic cemetery on Friday after a funeral at the family home 152 Madison street and St. Vincent's Church. Delegations from Mobile Council Knights of Columbus Young Men's Relief Association the Macabees and the Loyal Order of Moose attended the service. Pallbearers included John A. Hughes J B McHugh J R Nelson Edward Connelly Edgar Pistole Charles Girod H Charest and Hugh Tierney.

John T. Geary New Orleans D City Madison Street St. Vincent's Catholic Church Father Hourican Mobile Council Knights of Columbus Young Men’s Relief Association the Maccabees The Loyal Order of Moose John A. Hughes J. B. McHugh Edward Connelly Edgar Pistole Charles Girod H. Charest Hugh Tierney

Burial of Miss Mary Rosa Corine Tacon

Friday afternoon at 4 30 the funeral of Miss Mary Rosa Corine Tacon took place from St Marys Catholic Church with Rev Father Lauzon officiating. The interment was in the Catholic cemetery and many floral tokens were placed on the grave. The pallbearers were Robert Long Jack Dixon Thomas Long Leslie Green.

Miss Mary Tacon Mary Rosa Corine Tacon St. Mary's Catholic Church Father Lauzon Father T. J. Eaton Messrs Robert Long Jack Dixon Thomas Long Leslie Green

Burial of Mrs M A Pitard at Pine Crest Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs Mary A Pitard wife of John H Pitard were held Friday at 3 pm from the family home 161 Eslava Street. Rev C C Mc Gehee of St Francis Street Methodist Church officiated. Interment followed at Pine Crest cemetery with pallbearers George Clausen Samuel F Wilson A Platt B Johnson Hmile Tacon and E Kiencke.

M. R. Pitard Mary A. Pitard John H. Pitard Eslava Street C. C. McGehee St. Francis Street Methodist Church Pine Crest Cemetery Messrs George Clausen Samuel F. Wilson A. Platt B. Johnson Hmile Tacon E. Kiencke

Pauline Mannich Widow of Julius Mannich Passes

Mrs Pauline Mannich widow of Julius Mannich and native of Ger mentions in obituary notices. The piece notes her status as widow and references her late husband in a historic local context.

Pauline Mannich Julius. Mannich Ger

Obituary: Baldwin County Woman 87 Dies at Marlow Home

A longtime Baldwin County resident died at her Marlow home on Saturday March 16 at 12 15 a m. She was 87 and survived by two sons H L Mannich and EB J Mannich of Marlow three daughters Mrs George Pierce Mrs H A Hand of Marlow and Mrs P J Cooney of Mobile thirty two grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Interment was in Marlow cemetery with pallbearers William Pierce H L Pierce Thomas J Cooney P J Cooney Jr Joseph Mannich and Herbert Mannich.

Baldwin County Marlow Ala H. L. Mannich EB. J. Mannich George Pierce H. A. Hand P. J. Cooney Mobile

Low pressure center near St Lawrence causes strong winds nationwide

A low barometer area now near the mouth of the St Lawrence river drives high winds along the lower Great Lakes and north Atlantic coast. Buffalo reports 76 mph, with cold, clearing weather east of the Rockies as a high crest moves over the Ohio Valley. Temperatures fall below zero in the northern Rockies and freeze as far south as northern Texas. A Pacific spread brings scattered precipitation while a high pressure system promises fair, cooler weather tonight in Mobile and warmer conditions Sunday. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.

St. Lawrence River Great Lakes North Atlantic Buffalo N. Y Rockey Mountains Ohio Valley Rocky Mountain

Shippers Forecast Warns of Heat for Long-Distance Goods

The forecast advises guarding 86 degree heat for 36 hour north and east shipments with 38 degree limits. Moderate temperatures are expected in the western routes, guiding carrier planning and packaging choices.

Ruleville Suffers Storm Damage. Three Die

A storm hitting Ruleville Holmes county Mississippi about midnight Thursday killed three Black residents. A thirty room hotel was lifted from its foundation and moved several feet, among extensive property damage across the town.

Associated Press Jackson Miss Ruleville Holmes’ County

J. P. Morgan Besieged by Dealers in Art

Rome despatches report J. Pierpont Morgan is besieged at his hotel by art dealers and antiquaries in Rome and across Italy. Hundreds of letters with photos of statues and other items are arriving, many destined for Morgan but discarded into a large waste basket. Dealers and collectors persist despite repeated refusals to engage with the financier.

Associated Press New York Rome J. Pierpont Morgan Italy Mr. Morgan

Storm wrecks churches and homes in Louisville Mississippi

A Thursday night storm leveled three churches and damaged the county courthouse at Louisville, Mississippi, wrecking twenty five residences. Several people were injured including a white woman with a broken leg and internal injuries that may prove fatal.

Louisville Miss Associated Press Laurel

Steward Proves Genuine Hero

In Grimsby on March 22 a French bark Marie from San Francisco to Hull foundered near Haisborough sands during a blizzard. The Amer trawler rescued all 24 crew after the captain and mate refused to abandon ship. The French steward swam to the wreck to save them with a line, then was pulled aboard.

Associated Press Grimsby Eng Marie San Francisco Hull Amer Haisborough Sands North Sea

American Swimmers Aim for English Channel Challenge

Several American swimmers plan to attempt the English Channel in the coming months. Named contenders include Charles Durborow of Philadelphia, Joseph M. Callahan of Pittsburgh, and Benjamin H. Schlomberg. Durborow is an amateur with the Philadelphia Swimming Club, while Callahan and Schlomberg are life-savers. Durborow’s most recent big swim referenced.

Associated Press New York English Channel Charles Durborow Philadelphia Joseph M. Callahan Pittsburg Benjamin H. Schlomberg Durborow Philadelphia Swimming Club

Earn to Laugh Slogan Spreads Among Railroad Workers

Chicago, March 22. A big Western railroad issues a cheerful ness campaign to all employees. The memo urges laughter as medicine and teaches storytelling and smiling to hide troubles. It promotes meeting everyone with a smile and giving pleasure.

Associated Press Chicago

Four Fishermen Rescued As Gale Rages Off Kelly's Island

Four fishermen were rescued by Marblehead life-savers after their boat swamped in a sixty mile gale on Lake Erie near Kelly's island. Reports indicate three others may be lost near Crystal Rock, but confirmation is pending.

Associated Press Sandusky Lake Erie Kelly’s Island Marblehead Crystal Rock

Swimmer Callahan Aims for Channel Challenge After Delaware Bay Feat

Report notes Callahan swam twenty miles in Delaware Bay last summer under tough conditions, seen as equal in distance and difficulty to the classic channel swim. He trained with long Atlantic City swims while Schlomberg challenged any swimmer to a cross channel race, as waters were deemed too cold for the feat.

Delaware Bay Callahan Atlantic City Schlomberg

Atrocities Reported by Servians in Albania

A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Telegraph describes unrestrained savagery by Montenegrins and Servians in Albania. It cites crimes at Schass Chare near Uskup with women harmed and all men and boys sent away, and notes similar acts at Letnica. Mohammedan Albanians burned 290 farms in Karadagh with 238 men slain.

Associated Press London Daily Telegraph Vienna Cattaro Cettinje Albania Schass Chare Uskup Letnica Karadagh

Intermediators Sought as Rail Strike Threatens

Acting Commissioner G. W. W. Hangar will travel to Chicago to mediate between about five thousand railroad workers and the railroads. The strikers and railroads asked Hangar and Judge Knapp of the commerce court to intervene. Knapp has not acted as his Erdman act commission expired March 4, with a White House reappointment anticipated.

Associated Press Washington G. W. W. Hangar Bureau of Labor Chicago Hangar Judge Knapp Commerce Court Knapp Erdman Wilson

After Three Years Mobile Testimony Remains Unshaken

Mrs. Anna Akridge of Mobile Alabama testifies in 1911 that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her kidney pain since 1908. She describes dull loins pain, stiff joints, and relief from the medicine from the first dose. Sold everywhere 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.

Anna Akridge Broad St Mobile Ala Dean Akridge van Antwerp Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Doan

Mrs Hobson Operated On At Hattiesburg Hospital

Mrs Joseph H Hobson underwent an operation on Tuesday at the Hattiesburg hospital. The latest reports from Hobson's bedside are favorable.

Joseph H. Hobson Hattiesburg Hospital

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