L Hammel Dead Heart Failure Takes Beloved Mobile Merchant
Leopold Hammel, a leading Mobile merchant and civic figure, died Thursday night at 9 16 following a brief heart disease. He built Hammel Department Store, aided Gulf City projects, and earned respect as employer and benefactor. Funeral plans await relatives' word. Born February 22 1848 in Bavaria, he arrived Mobile April 1865 and later formed Hammel Company.
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Battle House
Louisville
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America
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Fonde
Weitersweiler
Rheinpfals
Bavaria
New York City
Leopold Strauss
New York
Goldstuecker & Ss
Goldstucker, Strauss & Agnew
L. Hammel
Lower Dauphin Street
Julius Hamel
Hammel Company
Hettel
Publc
Hammer
Former President Mellen to aid ICC in New Haven inquiry
Former President Charles S. Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad travels to New Haven to obtain papers for the Interstate Commerce Commission. He is expected back in Washington next Monday to continue testimony. Subpoenaed New Haven directors Rockefeller Ledyard Baker and Miller are ready to testify, though Rockefeller and Miller may be ill and unable to appear.
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New York, New Iven & Hartford Railroad
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Lewis Cass Ledyard
George F. Baker
George MacCulloch Miller
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Mr. Miller
Commission
Jekyel Island
Ledyard
Mr. Baker
Theo Lacy Case Delayed Over Missing Transcript
The Theo Lacy embezzlement case, sentenced to 10 years, was called in the Montgomery Alabama court of appeals but postponed until December as no transcript had been filed by counsel.
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Montgomery
Ala
Convict Department
Court of Appeals
Plans for 10600 Mason parade in St Louis
Plans for a large parade in which about 10 600 masons will participate tomorrow after noon were worked out today by the grand masters of Masonic orders at their second annual convention in St Louis. Thirty two states and Canada and Mexico will be represented.
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Canada
Mexico
Rotary Club Mourns Leopold Hammel Death in Mobile
At a meeting to organize a Rotary Club in Mobile, members expressed profound sorrow over the sudden death of Leopold Hammel. The resolution lauded Hammel as a good neighbor and upright businessman whose influence benefited the community, and was adopted unanimously.
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Leopold Hammel
Harry T. ‘Hartwell
Idss Mobile
Ten Men Die In Explosive Plant Disaster At Detroit
Detroit May 15 Ten men were killed and three injured when an explosion wrecked the Mex ican Crude Rubber Company plant. About twenty five workers were present as gasoline is suspected. Most victims were skilled mechanics and one body was blown through the building. Three men were hospitalized with injuries not expected to survive. nearby windows were shattered.
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Mexican Crude Rubber Company
One Thousand Strikers Demonstrate in Wakefield Riot
More than 1,900 strike sympathizers, largely foreign, rioted near a Yattan factory. Windows shattered, electric cars blocked and searched for workers and strike-breakers, with many assaults reported as police struggled to control the crowd.
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Associated Press
Wakefield
Mass
Governor O NeaL Visited City Hall For FuneralRemarks
Governor O Neal visited City Hall for the funeral of Mayor J Lyons. Emmet O Neale attended with officials as city mourned the loss and united in ceremony at the hall.
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J. Lyons
Man kills wife then dies in Texas shooting
Police report that Harry Fulkerson shot his wife twice as she left for work after securing a divorce. He then fatally shot himself and died early today in DALisk Texas.
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Harry Fulkerson
Magnificent funeral tribute for Mobile boy who died for America
Thousands pay respects in Mobile to Esau Frohlichstein who died in Vera Cruz. A long procession from city hall to the Hebrew cemetery includes government officials, the Alabama National Guard, and military band. Speakers emphasize universal American citizenship beyond creed.
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Mobile
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