Southern moves into new freight depot
The Southern Railway has completed a state of the art freight depot at the head of Royal street Mobile. Local Freight Agent W P Webb oversees a large staff and vast trackage including inside the main building yards and adjacent sheds. Built by Mobile contractors with Mobile labor at a cost of about 200000 the facility is described as second to none south of the Mason Dixon line.
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Southern Railway
W. P. Webb
Royal Street
Mobile
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Beauregard Street
Mason and Dixon
Submarine U-29 Believed Sunk With All Hands
London dispatch reports the Admiralty believes German submarine U-29 has been sunk with all hands. No details were given on the method or location. U-29 had torpedoed six steamers in the Bristol Channel and near the Scilly Islands two weeks earlier, causing relief in shipping circles.
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London
Admiralty
Bristol Channel
Scilly Islands
Roosevelt declines senate ship bill lobby invitation
Colonel Roosevelt refuses to appear before the senate ship bill lobby committee saying he has no information beyond public knowledge. Chairman Walsh announces a conference to decide on a subpoena. The panel will record telegrams from him rather than summon him to testify about articles on the administration buying ships from European belligerents.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Ship Bill Lobby Committee
Walsh
Federal Magnates Gather to ratify a league schedule
Federal League club owners met in New York to ratify a playing schedule and address player transfer disputes. They prepared two schedules pending a Kansas City franchise decision and discussed transferring the Indianapolis club to Newark amid rumors of friction with Newark owners Harry Sinclair and P T Powers over Benny Kauff and Cy Falkenburg moves.
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New York
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Newark
Harry Sinclair
P. T. Powers
Powers
Sinclair
Benny Kauff
Cy Falkenburg
Brooklyn
Arrivals at the Customs Office This Friday
The Norwegian steamship Fort Morgan 632 tons under Olsvick from Tela Hon with a cargo of fruit arrived. It cleared for Puerto Cortez. The British schooner Evadne 361 tons under Walters from Cardenas Cuba arrived upright for cargo.
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Collector of Customs
Fort Morgan
Olsvick
Tela
Hon
Puerto Cortez
Evadne
Walters
Cardenas
Cuba
Customs seize opium from Lingan at Boston port
In Boston customs guards boarded the British steamer Lingan from Louisburg and seized $1,200 worth of opium. They allege Chinese crew members planned to ship the drug for sale at the port.
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Boston
Louisburg
C. B
Tramps Loot St Elmo Home Steal $65 Watch In Break In
Two intruders entered the home of Mrs. Arthur E in St Elmo Alabama on Wednesday at 3 30 am and escaped with 65 in gold and paper money and a lady's monogrammed gold watch C A D. No clues yet.
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ST. Elmo
Ala
Arthur E
Palace
Tragic drowning linked to insanity state and wedding nearing
Mrs. Ella Leona Lucas 20, wife of J. B. Lucas of Toulminville, is found drowned in Three Mile Creek. Police say mental distress over an upcoming wedding likely caused the act. The body was recovered by local fishermen and prepared for burial in Deer Park Alabama.
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Ella Leona Lucas
J. B. Lucas
Toulminville
E. H. Palmer
Miss Palmer
Three-Mile Creek
Lucas
Davis Avenue Bridge
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Deer Park
Ala
Palmer
Larry Scott
Ownership of burglar tools denied by Davis boys
Charles and Ira Davis of this city were arrested in New Orleans for a burglary and the tool kit found at their room was brought to Mobile. The tools which include a drill chisels hammers and screwdrivers were shown at the county jail where the brothers said they knew nothing about them. Two screwdrivers matched those used in a prior saloon robbery at Wilkinson street and Spring Hill avenue.
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Charles
Ira Davis
New Orleans
Mobile
F. W. Crenshaw
Lacey
Davis
J. J. Barry
Wilkinson Street
Spring Hill Avenue
Census Agents Open Office In Mobile Factory Survey
Malachy of Birmingham has arrived in Mobile and taken up his office in the federal building as a special agent of the department of commerce bureau of census. He and Minor Friend, appointed for the Seventh district, will conduct a 1914 manufacturing census for Mobile county covering business activity, operating costs, wages, and related data. They will canvass comprehensively and are to be occupied on the project for some time.
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Malachy
Birmingham
Mobile
Federal Building
Friend
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Messrs. Malachy
Mobile County
Insurance suit seeks $1200 from New Jersey Fire Insurance Co
Armantine Simple filed suit in the law and equity court through Thornton and Mc Leod against the New Jersey Fire Insurance Company to recover $1200 claimed as due on an insurance policy on a building owned by the plaintiff damaged by fire on December 5, 1914.
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Armantine Simple
Law and Equity Court
Thornton & McLeod
New Jersey Fire Insurance Company
Gentle Candy Cathartic Ad For Children
An old style ad promotes a 10 cent box of Candy Cathartic laxative for kids. It claims sick children suffer from stomach and bowel issues and says the product cleanses the system without gripe. Full directions are included for children and adults.
Mobile Dime Messenger Service Package
Listing appears as a fragmented classified item noting a mobile messenger service package with unclear details and potential pricing. The readable text references a package or service designation and a price-like figure, but specifics are obscured by OCR errors.
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Mobile
Jitney Scheme Outlined to Evade Taxes and Franchises
A proposed plan describes forming a holding structure of motor bus entities to dodge ad valorem taxes, franchise fees, and other charges. It details creating operating companies with minimal capital, routing profits, and multiplying firms to avoid creditor claims while risking injuries and lawsuits.
Law and Equity Court Notice of Property Claim
In the Law and Equity Court of Mobile Alabama a notice orders J W Fristoe and William W Ford or their heirs to answer by April 20 1916 regarding a real estate claim in the northeast quarter of section 17 township 6 south range 3 in Mobile County. The order requires publication in a Rome City newspaper for four consecutive weeks and directs service to occur with the original bill.
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BILE
Equity
SIDE
J Quette
Law
Ana Equity Court of Mobile
Sm Ull
Bill of Co
J. W. Fristoe
Org Nois
William W. Ford
Tiana
Mobile County
Alabama
Rome
Dean City
Uiborn
Ag Orficle
LAW and Equity Court OF Mobile
Virginia
Chicago
Illinois
Dave Emings
Ed Searles
John Roding
Jot Roding
Charles R. Carpenter
Smyly
Alfred Smyly
Em Timberlake
Fred Timberlake
Jesse Smith
Jim Smith
W. 8. Davis
Range Town
Sraat- Noarthwad Mnartar
Nee Ae
Obile County
Dave Cuhn Roding
John Rodri
Rpenter
Rolf Smyly
Timberlake
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