Banks Without Delay to Organize Reserve Banks
Washington May 6 The reserve bank organization announced rapid action to form reserve banks. A committee will name five banks per district by May 9 to issue organization certificates. Designated banks will meet in reserve cities to elect electors who will pick reserve bank directors. Banks will be grouped by financial strength with two groups fixed by the organization committee and a third by the yet organized federal board.
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Jwashington
Reserve Bank Organization
Iin
Reserve Banks
Organization Committee
Federal Board
Canned Soup Cooks and Product Observation
An observation notes that few cooks wear caps like those pictured with canned soup. The remark discusses attire among kitchen workers and contrasts with the display image.
Marine writes home from Vera Cruz 1914 letter
A live Marine named Clayton Bigg writes from Vera Cruz on April 26 1914 to Aunt and Uncle describing the tense situation after the occupation and predicting possible wounds or death. He vows to make the most of his Springfield rifle while thinking of Ruth and asks Ruth and the other two girls to write back. He signs off with love to family and Ruth.
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Clayton Bigg
Clayton
Bigg
Ruth
Vera Cruz
Lewis Faught
Royal Street
Mississippi
Huerta
Firat
Clayton BE. Bigg
Thirteenth Company
Second Advance Base
Care Paymaster
New York
U. S. Marine Corps
Granddad
Grandma
Officer Tried for Alleged Harshness in Mo bile Case
Traffic Officer William Chandler was tried by the City Commission on charges of misconduct toward Mrs. C N Owen. The case went to advisement after witnesses testified to disputed conduct during a late arrest near Dauphin and Royal streets. Dr. Owen testified along with Chandler and Mr. Welch as witnesses.
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William Chandler
City Commission of
Mobile
C. N. Owen
Lyons
Dr. Owen
Chandler
Mr. Welch
Dauphin
Royal
Alabama Hardware Dealers Admit Fifteen New Members
Fifteen new members joined the Alabama Retail Hardware Dealers' Association at this morning's session in Montgomery. The meeting featured a "Question Box" segment and an address by J. R. Gamble, representative of the National Hardware Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
J. R. Gamble
National Hardware Association
Boston Player Loses Final at British Amateur Tennis
E M Baerlin beat Joshua Crane Jr of Boston in straight sets 6 2 6 1 6 2 at Queens Club to win the British amateur tennis championship. Neville Lytton, the former holder, did not defend the title this year.
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London
E. M. Baerlin
Joshua Crane, Jr
Boston
Queens Club
Neville S. Lytton
Wife Beating Charge Filed Against Willie Glover
Willie Glover was arrested Tuesday night by Deputy Sheriff Lynch on the charge of assaulting and beating his wife Mary Oliver. He was released on bond to appear in the inferior criminal court on Thursday.
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Willie Glover
Lynch
Mary Oliver
Inferior Criminal Court
Court Docket Actions in Chancery and Circuit Courts
The docket lists May 12 demurrers for Mamie K Wall vs Evans Furniture and Rosa C Wilcox vs Robert G Wilcox, plus other motions and dismissals. May 7 call on Geo H Hoyle heirs of John La Coste, and motions to reopen in Mastin case. Wednesday sessions include James Williams vs Mobile Light & Railway Co. and Thursday calls Mrs A M Lemp vs Western Union Telegraph Co.
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Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Mamie K. Wall
Evans Furniture Company
Rosa C. Wilcox
Robert G. Wilcox
E. B Kirkbride
Admr
Sovereign Camp
Wm. M. Mastin
C. H. Mastin, Jr
Geo. H. Hoyle
John LaCoste
Deaths and Funerals Mary Gladden Minge and Hilda Holberg
Mary Gladden Minge widow of the late William H. Minge died Tuesday night at 350 North Lafayette Street at 74. Survived by son Oliver L. Minge Tucson and four Mobile daughters. Funeral Wednesday 5 PM at Christchurch. Magnolia Cemetery. Hilda R. Holberg native of Mobile died Tuesday at her sister Miss Rosa E. Holberg’s Conti Street home at 4 PM. Survived by two sisters and six brothers. Funeral Thursday from sister Mrs Ulla Kohlman’s 63 Michigan Avenue.
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Mary Gladden Minge
William H. Minge
North Lafayette Street
Mobile
South Carolina
General Adely
Mary- Jane Gandy Gladden
Oliver L. Minge
Tucson
Ariz
Gus F. Taylor
Tyler, Tex
Windham Lyon
Maria
Sybilla Minge
Christchurch
Magnolia Cemetery
Hilda R. Holberg
Moses
Fiora Holberg
Rosa E. Holberg
Conti Street
Rose E. Holberg
Julia Kohlman
A. 8. Holberg
New Orleans
Ralph G. Holberg
L.N. Holberg
St. Louis
J.L. Holberg
Cincinnati
J. Holberg
Jackson
Miss
B. F. Holberg
Ulla Kohlman
Michigan Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church South Holds Quadrennial Conference
Hundreds of delegates gathered in Oklahoma City as the seventeenth quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South convened led by Bishop A W Wilson. The session reviewed four years of work and Vanderbilt University relations, noting the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling limiting church control and urging donors to help cover the loss. The assembly restructured committee representation to include equal lay and clergy members on the episcopacy committee.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
A. W. Wilson
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt
Tennessee Supreme Court
Wilson
A. F. Watkins
F.S. Parker
Burrow
J. R. Countiss
A. J. Meaders
Chadwick
Daily Advocate
J. E. Harrison
J. H. Eakes
M. T. Haw
Rhode Island Senator Targets President Over Mexico Policy
Senator Lippitt of Rhode Island attacked President Wilson over Mexican policy and the Vera Cruz issue while seeking Senate action on a resolution asking if the president supports Pancho Villa as Mexico’s next ruler. Chairman Stone of the Foreign Relations Committee defended the administration as the resolution was laid on the table without a record vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Vera Cruz
Lippitt
Rhode Island
Senate
Wilson
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Have It Your Way People Say When You Cannot
A common refrain surfaces as people insist on choosing at moments when options are limited. The phrase captures the urge to control outcomes despite constraints and suggests personal agency amid friction.
Fined for Cursing and Theft in Local Court
Neela Holder fined 25 dollars or twenty days for cursing in connection with a King Minnie Paten knife incident. Maria Bestider fined five dollars or ten days on the same charge. John McAloney and Neil Livingston, cited for foul language on a Spring Hill line car, each fined 500 dollars or 140 days, Will Fikes fined 25 dollars or twenty days. Tony Shields and Mose Lewis fined four dollars or ten days for taking pecan trees from Dr. H. L. Mott’s Irvington property. fines paid.
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Neela Holder
Inferior Criminal Court
Minnie Paten
Maria Bestider
Will Fikes
John McAloney
Neil Livingston
Spring Hill
Fikes
Tony Shields
Mose Lewis
H. L. Mott
Irvington
Ala
Gewin of Greensboro Named U S Marshal for Southern Alabama
The president announced nominations include Christopher C. Gewin of Greensboro named United States marshal for the southern district of Alabama and John Floyd King of the District of Columbia named assistant register of the treasury.
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Gewin of
Grensboro
Marshal
Alabama
Washington
Christopher C. Gewin
Greensboro
United States
Southern District of
John Floyd King
District of Columbia
Register of the Treasury
Personal visits dot Mobile social scene
W B Gilmer and wife of Pontotoc Mississippi visit Mobile and stay several days at the Battle House. Albert E Hill deputy organizer of the International Typographical Union based in Nashville Tennessee visits the city. Mrs M A Earl and Mrs F M Files of Blacksher Alabama visit Mobile and stay at the Cawthon Hotel. Dr and Mrs T C Baumhauer visit friends in Mobile and register at the Cawthon Hotel from March Alabama. J B Rees and wife of Belleville Alabama visit Mobile. Mrs H H Lee and daughter Eunice visit relatives and stay with Mrs J E Fincher at 312 North Conception Street.
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W. B. Gilmer
Pontotoc, Mias
City
Battle House
Albert E. Hill
International Typographical Union
Nashville, Tenn
M.A. Earl
F. M. Files
Blacksher, Ala
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
T. C. Baumhauer
Marcg
Ala
H. H. Lee
Eunice
J. E. Fincher
North Conception Street
Elope Custody Battle Over Minor Child
George W. Thomas through Gaillard and Mahomer files habeas corpus in probate court to recover his minor son W. L. Thomas from wife Ollie Thomas claiming she eloped with an immoral man and now lives under improper influence with the child in her custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Thomas
Gaillard & Mahomer
W. L. Thomas
Ollie Thomas
Last Refugees Leave Mobile for Home
Carl Yaeger William Davis and A R Kossbiel return to their homes in the North after being brought from Fort Morgan to Mobile. They and other refugees from Progreso and Merida left Mexico on guidance from consuls. Most of the Wolf refugees have departed, leaving only a few remaining in Mobile.
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Carl Yaeger
William Davis
A. R. Kossbiel
Mobile
Nils
Fort Morgan
Progreso
Merida
Mexico
Wolf
City
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Knoxville, Tenn
Mobile Electric
Ruth Andjis
Clayton E, Bigg
Muscat
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Register
S M. & M. Contest
Muscat & Lott
Conference OF the
Church, South
J. B. Rees
Belléville, Ala
Eloper
Bell Phone
Staub’s
Dennison’s
Dauphin and
Joachim Streets
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile Gas CO
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