Rotary leader eyes Mobile attendance at Tuscaloosa centennial
Palmer Pillans, president of the Rotary Club, urges a large Mobile delegation to attend the centennial celebration in Tuscaloosa. He believes strong Mobile representation would foster better relations with the Warrior river city. He notes the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa plans elaborate commencement linked to the centennial, likely drawing graduates to visit.
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Palmer Pillans
Rotary Club
Tion
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Warrior River
Pillans
University of Alabama At
McAdoo Leads Treasury Party Back From Trip
The Tennessee cruiser carrying Secretary McAdoo and a treasury delegation arrived at Hampton Roads and Old Point Comfort for transfer to the Chesapeake and Ohio train. They proceed to Richmond and plan to reach Washington by about 3 PM after attending the Pan American financial conference in Buenos Aires.
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Newport News
Tennessee
Dutch Vessel Damaged by Mine To Be Beached
The Dutch steamship Dubhe damaged by an April 27 explosion passed today and will be beached. A Lloyds dispatch notes the blast caused by a mine near a buoy where other Dutch steamships have struck mines.
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London
Dubhe
Wesend
Lloyd’s Shipping
James H Webb Hurt In Auto Crash On Hall's Mill Road
Attorney James H Webb of Webb and McAlpine was recovering at home on Government street after a Tuesday collision with L E Warner on Hall's Mill road. A lump in the road jolted Webb against the car top, fracturing his nose and bruising his eyes. He is expected to be back at work Friday. Passenger N R Clarke and his wife were uninjured.
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James H. Webb
Webb & McAlpine
Government Street
L. E. Warner
Hall's Mill Road
Webb
N. R. Clarke
Army Motor Ambulances Prove Success in Mexico
A successful experimental trip with the new army motor field ambulances ended today as ten machines arrived in Columbus New Mexico from San Antonio Texas 300 miles south. They carried 27 men including a Mexican youth who had been wounded accidentally. No American injuries occurred in engagements with Mexican troops.
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Columbus
N. M
Army
San Antonio
London Exports to U S Rise in Early 1916
Consul General Skinner reports from London that exports to the United States in the first four months of 1916 rose by about 13 million dollars compared with the same period last year due to the British blockade. The text also includes an irrelevant clause about Charlie White's boxing nickname.
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London
Skinner
United States
Cyclist Hurt in Auto Collision at Hamilton and Conti
Lee Crouder of 55 Charles street was injured in a crash Thursday at the Hamilton Conti intersection. He rode a motorcycle and collided with a northbound auto driven by Ed Mattox of Calvert. Crouder was unconscious, revived after fifteen minutes, and taken home. The auto, owned by Frank W. Boykin, was driven onto the sidewalk. Mattox faces a reckless driving charge.
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Lee Crouder
Home Telephone Company
Charles Street
Crouder
Hamilton
Conti Streets
Frank W. Boykin
Calvert
Ed Mattox
Hamilton Street
Conti
Mattock
Pip
Ladies McGill Disclaim Ownership of Boosters Club Building
The Mobile Item reports a statement from Ladies Sarah and M. A. McGill denying any ownership or knowledge of the building operated by John C. Wacker known as the Boosters Club. The claim ties to a broader campaign by County Solicitor N. R. Clarke.
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Boosters Club
N. R. Clarke
Mr. Clarke
McGill Bey
John C. Wacker
Boosters’ Club
Sarah
M. A. McGill
Scout for U S murdered at Texas ranch during Villa pursuit
P H Holly rancher thirteen miles northeast of El Rudio near San Antonio was killed with his Mexican foreman on April 29 after acting as a scout for American troops pursuing Villa bandits. Pershing relayed the news to Funston. the Sixth Infantry, led by Lt. Wetherell, had dispersed the band and captured two wounded men. Holly's status as American is not stated.
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Texas
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el Rudio
San Antonio
Holly Ranch
Cardenas
Pershing
Funston
Sixth Infantry
Wetherell
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Villa
Business Outlook From House of Kuppenheimer Visitor
Robert J. Katz of the House of Kuppenheimer in New York is in Mobile as the guest of L. H. Meyer & Sons. He reports improved business in Southern cities visited, predicting a steady upturn ahead.
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Robert J. Katz
Life of L C Fry Comes to Close
Luther C Fry longtime Mobile banker and Confederate veteran dies after long illness at 755 Government Street. He organized Magnolia Compress, Merchants Bank of Mobile and served as president. burial in Magnolia Cemetery. Survived by brother C W Fry and four nieces. funeral at his home conducted by Rev Matthew Brewster.
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Mra. T
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Government Street
Matthew Brewster
Christ Episcopal Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Juke Fry
George County
Virginia
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Amiose P. Hill
Manassas
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Stonewall Jackson
Richmond
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Mr. Fry
Mobile
L. C. Fry & Company
Peoples Bank of Mobile
Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company
Merchants Bank of Mobile
Bis
Athlesian
Gulf Fish and Hunting Club
Thomas 5. Fry
Hot Springs
Ark
George R. Vaughan
Santos Rubira, Jr
Ethel and
Elsie Fry
Soldier front letter cites two troopers killed by own action
A front letter from EL PASO details two American troopers dying by their own action at Namiquipa with no names or time given. The report appears in a rapid bulletin of diverse wartime notes from Washington to Spain and the south.
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EL Paso
Texas
Namiquipa
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
Mexico
Europe
Banquet to honor Dr William Mastin at Spring Hill Jesuit College
The alumni of Spring Hill Jesuit College plan their annual banquet at the Battle House Thursday night with sixty covers. Dr William Mastin, the college’s attending physician for twenty five years, will be guest of honor among numerous distinguished Mobile guests. Menu features shrimp cocktail celery olives salted almonds crab gumbo tenderloin trout roast turkey Paragus salad Battle House dressing vanilla ice cream home made cake and demitasse.
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Spring Hill Jesuit College
Battle House
William Mastin
Baldwin Cattle Net Top Price From Mobile Buyer
Twenty six Baldwin county raised cattle aged three and four years sold for 1 378 dollars to A. D. Davis Packing Company of Mobile. Davis inspected the herd on site and paid seven cents per pound on foot net. The cattle were tick free and fed with farm produced stock. Nelson runs a dipping vat and operates an ice plant grist mill and bakery on his place seven miles west of Stockton.
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Baldwin County
E. G. Nelson
Stockton
A. D. Davis Packing Company
Mobile
Nelson
Davis
AME Church marks centennial growth at Philadelphia gathering
Senior Bishop B F Lee of Wilberforce described the church's rise from sixteen to one million members in a centennial sermon before about 700 delegates at the twenty fifth quadrennial general conference in Philadelphia. He noted fourteen bishops, crown general superintendents, and twenty six colleges and universities in the U S and Africa. Other quadrennial meetings include the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society and the Woman's Parent Mite Society. The conference extends three weeks.
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Philadelphia
African Methodist Episcopal Church
B. F. Lee
Wilberforce
Ohio
General Conference
Lee
Africa
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Woman
Mite Society
Maud of Jersey Sunk by German Submarine
The British schooner Maud of Jersey was sunk by a German submarine off London on May 3. No further details were provided in the brief notice.
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Maud
Jersey
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