Exports of year exceed prior by four million in 1913
The Mobile port’s annual customs report shows 1913 exports valued at 40,766,495 with total exports and disbursements of 41,059,007. Imports total 4,430,418, offset by a 3,764,579 duty-disbursement sum. Cotton shipments declined by 9,010 bales versus 1912, while lumber and machinery saw mixed changes. Vessel entries rose slightly but tonnage fell by 6,816 tons in 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Mobile
Mair
Moalone
Customs Office
Port of
Cal
Week's Campaign of Publicity Promotes Churchgoing
Mobile and Baldwin counties unite to urge worship across denominations including Catholic and Jewish congregations. About 8000 additional attendees expected Sunday March 29 with posters ribbons and newspaper ads boosting church services in Mobile and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile County
Baldwin County
Alabama
Gadsden Jury Convicts G B Forman of Murder
Gadsden Ala March 28 The jury in the case of G B Forman charged with the murder of Connie Compton returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. The Forman case is continued until Monday when testimony will be resumed. Also included are port and vessel totals for Mobile Cal and year 1912 1913 trade figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
G. B. Forman
Connie Compton
Grady Forman
Towboat Aids Stranded Bark Near Perdido Bay
The Uruguayan bark Luis M Moraques 439 Morrell master, owned by James J Feore of Mobile, ran ashore near Perdido Bay between Fort Morgan and Pensacola around midnight Friday. Tug Nimrod departed Mobile to assist. Bisso Towing Company bark reportedly requested its dent to be sent, with other vessels active nearby.
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Fort Morgan
Uruguyan
Luis M. Moraques
Morrell
James J. Feore
Mobile
Perdido Bay
Pensacola
Guithert
Tana Ie
India
Nimrod
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Pany
Ata
Bisso Towing Company
Rae
Inet
Gulf
West Indies
South America
Leyland Steamship Line
Clyde
Glasgow
Charleston
S. C
Takada
Shieldhall
Liverpool
Olsvik
United Fruit Company
Bocas del Toro
Pan
Bocas
Mercator
Kaisen
Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company
Puerto Cortez
Louisville and Nashville
Marine Ways
Minnicola
Progreso
Mex
Vanlear Black
Davidson
Kingston
Jamaica
M. J. Taylor
Goldfield
Karen
Pederson
Munson Steamship Line
Havana
Cuban
Signe
Fevang
Munson Company
William H. Summer
Echo
St. Joe
Fla
Cienfuegos
Cuba
John Francis
E. L. Russell
Port Arthur
Texas
Alleghany
Mingo
Gulf Refining Company
Grantley
Uder
Hunter-Benn Lumber Company
M. A. Achorn
Beaver
Bay Steamers Company
Fairhope
Spotswood’s Gap
Ceres
Gunderson
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
River Plate
Colonna
Birkeland
Cape Town
Rosario
Ascension
Belief in Better Fathers Shaping Boys’ Future
A reflection notes that nearly every boy assumes he will be a better father to his children than his own parents were to him, highlighting aspirations of improved parenting as the next generation grows.
Spring Blood and System Cleanser
An ad style snippet promotes a cleanser claiming to purify the blood and support kidneys and liver after winter. It emphasizes eliminating impurities and boosting energy, presenting a health remedy in brisk promotional language.
Foster Case In City Court Across Adultery Charge
The Foster Bradley white slave case returns to the city court this week with Joel M. Foster of Brown's Mills New Jersey to answer adultery. Reports say he may plead guilty to avoid a record before the May federal grand jury. Also on the docket Maggie Banks faces March 30 for murder in the December stabbing of Thomas Ridley and Will Edmund's train wreck case is set for Thursday with one life lost and two injured near Mayvila Alabama.
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Foster-Bradley
Joel M. Foster
Brown's Mills
New Jersey
Delilah Bradley
Pemberton
Foster
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Scranton
Maggie Banks
Thomas Ridley
Will Edmund
Mobile and Ohio
Edmund
Mayvila
Ala
Norman Bertoletti
Joe Chatman
Viola Williams
Julia Noid
International Bible Students Meet Today at M B A Hall
Three Hundred Churches To Which Shall I Go is the lecture topic for today at M B A Hall corner of Dauphin and Jackson. Boward Worcester of the association will speak at 3 p m. All are welcome, and no collections are taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin and
Jackson Street
Boward Worcester
Association
Philanthropists Meet in Baptist Philanthropy Gathering
A meeting of Baptist philanthropists brought together notable supporters and community leaders to discuss charitable giving and church outreach initiatives. The event highlighted fundraising plans and cooperative efforts among local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philanthropists
Meeting of the Baptist Philan
Hidden counterfeit mold found in Toulminville house
Workmen uncover a plaster mold for counterfeit silver dollars inside a wall of a 60 year old Toulminville residence owned by J. J. Blacksher. Two laborers and two enslaved workers were remodeling when the device was found. Locals connect the relic to the Bohannan gang and treasure legends surrounding the long-vacant house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulminville
St. Stephen’s Road
Lloyd Bauer
J. J. Blacksher
W. S. Davie
Prichard
New Orleans
Chicago Ladies Orchestra to Perform in Mobile Monday
The Chicago Ladies Orchestra will give a Havre Auditorium program on Monday at 8 15 pm presented by the Federation of Churches. Mobile reader Miss Cora La Prade Cawthon, daughter of J L Cawthon, appears as reader with violin flute vocal solos readings and a horn quartet. The troupe closes eight Lyceum seasons and promises varied entertainment in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Ladies’ Orchestra
Citronelle Chautauqua
Harte Auditorium
Cora La-Prade Cawthon
J L. Cawthon
Federation of Churches
Utp
Lyceum
Civil Service Exam Held for Rural Route Carriers
A civil service examination for rural route carriers in Irvington and Mobile County was conducted at the federal building Saturday at 9 o clock by J. W. Henry of the Mobile post office. Three candidates took the test. those who pass become eligible for appointment to any route in Mobile County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Mobile County
Federal
J. W. Henry
Post Office Department
Rebekah Lodge Plans May Fundraiser in Mobile
The Peace Bekah Lodge of Mobile hosts a tacky party and dance at Temperance Hall to raise funds for sending the degree staff to Birmingham in May for the Rebekah Assembly of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Peace
Bekah Lodge
Mobile
Temperance Hall
Birmin
Rebekah Assembly of Alabama
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Yof
Porto Rico
Dyer
Bauer
Dave S. Bauer
Dauphin & Conception
Pate
Port Mobile
C’d
Eveces
Ane
Py & Ly
Goubil
Brookfield
City Delivery Company
Adams and Commerce Streets
J. M. Foster and
Joel Foster
International Bible Students
Toulmin
Sparker
Staub’s
Kuppenheimers
Meyers
the Howe of
L. H. Meyer & Sons House
Kuppenheimer
Dauphin Street
N.G
Cora la Prade Cawthon Reader
Chautauqua Orchestra
Rebekah Lodge
Adam Glass
Royal Street
Union Savings Bank
North Royal Street
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