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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1914

Page

24

Notable Visitors In City From Rail Lines And States

General Agent W F Cloney of the Canadian steamship lines based in Buffalo is in town seeking business. Traveling Passenger Agent Asdi Yurrentine of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad from Meridian visits. J Anatole Rabby of Mobile leaves for a health trip aboard the City of Mobile. I S Jackson and family of Evansville Indiana are visiting and registered at the Battle House. T D Wallen and wife of Memphis are visiting friends. Mrs A B Mervitte of Pensacola visits. Mr and Mrs J M Dewberry and J I Clapp of Birmingham are in the city. Dr F M Sheppard Mississippi railroad commissioner from Richton is in town.

W. F. Cloney Canadian Steamship Lines Buffalo New York Asdi ‘Yurrentine The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Meridian, Miss I. S. Jackson Evansville, Ind Battle House Memphis

Harrison and McGowan Families Mourn Deaths

Notices report Mary Louise Harrison aged nineteen months died March 28 1914 with funeral at 8 30 AM Monday from 757 Selma Street and Magnolia Cemetery New Orleans. William E McGowan also died March 28 1914 funeral from 312 Cond Street Monday morning at 9 30 o'clock with interment in Magnolia Cemetery.

Selma Street Magnolia New Orleans Jefferson Street St. John’s Church Magnolia Cemetery M’gowan William E. M'Gowan Charles le Blanc Cond- Street IE Allel Ry

Meaher Signature Hold-Up Delays One Mile Creek Widening

Government engineers faced difficulty widening One Mile Creek to two hundred feet as Augustine Meaher refused to sign the agreement, unlike other frontage owners. The delay stems from his protest of a prior river commission order restricting boat houses from the harbor approach. Colonel Keller promised to remove the sand-bar to open a straight channel under the Louisville and Nashville bridge, allowing the project to proceed if Meaher signs.

Onemile Creek Augustine Meaher Omar Meaher Order of the River Commission Government Harbor Rickardy Keller Louisville and Nashville O'Connell Colonel Keller

Deaths and Funerals for Captain Richard P. Blalack

Captain Richard P. Blalack long a Mobile businessman and hotel operator died after a long illness. He served in the Confederate Army and Navy, fought in Manassas and Williamsburg, helped build the ironclad Tennessee, and later resided in Mobile Pascagoula and other towns. Survived by wife Sarah, five sons Richard, Clarence, Robert, John, Ernest, two daughters Edna and Cleo, three sisters, and other relatives. He was a member of Raphael Semmes Camp United Confederate Veterans.

Richard P. Blalack Blalack Government and Commerce Pleasant Hill Pallas County Ala Selma Alabama Infantry Goldsby Joel W. Goldsby Virginia Manassas Williamsburg Alabama Richmond Mobile Tennessee Pascagoula Miss Sarah R. Bialack Richard C Clarence M Robert H John S Ernest F Edna Russo Cleo Russo Houston Texas Sallie Davis Ada Blalack New Orleans Lila Geisinger Waveland Raphael Semmes Camp United Confederate Vetrans

Infant Mary Harrison Dies of Double Pneumonia

Mary Lewis born to Mr and Mrs L R Harrison aged nineteen months died Saturday afternoon at the family home 757 Selma street from a short duration double pneumonia illness. The death notice records the child's age and residence.

Mary Lewis

Death of Mary Louise Harison at 757 Selma Street

Mary Louise Harison died at the family home 757 Selma Street at 5 10 P M March 28 1914 aged 1 year 7 months beloved by all Her funeral will take place as announced elsewhere in this paper

Mary Louise Harison Mary Louis Harrison

William E McGowan Fireman Dies at 52

William E. McGowan a long time member of Fire Company No. 2 died at a local infirmary on March 28 1914 aged 52. A New York native he leaves a sister Mrs William Johnson and two nieces Mrs W T Ames of Ocean Springs and Miss Dorothy Muth of Louisville Ky. He was removed to Mr Charles Lemaere’s residence for the funeral.

William E. McGowan New York William Johnson W. T. Ames Ocean Springs Dorothy Muth Louisville Charles Lemaereat

Panama tolls debate shocks House with Britain links

Washington dispatch reports Representative Knowland of California alleging secret visits by Sir Edward Tyrrell to the White House tied to Wilson’s Panama Canal toll repeal plan. Benn of England is named as a mobilian observer, with Canadian Premier Borden and others cited in discussions of a possible compromise and presidential authority to remit tolls.

International News Service Washington Wilson Representative Knowland California Edward Tyrrell Knowland Secretary Bryan Washington Park Bryan Sir Edward Grey J. Hamilton Lewis Illinois Stevens Minnesota J. R. Knowland Edward Grey White House Edward Lee Prioe Borden Robert L. Borden London London Times Arthur Shirley Benn England British Péate Committee Andrew Carnegie United States America New York Honthy Shirley Benn Mobile Mansion House

Fragmentary International News Spreads Across The Page

Readable parts mention a sugar bowl and cream, with scattered references to week and events. The text is fragmentary with no clear person, place, or outcome to identify a full news item or headline.

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