Inspector Oates Praises Mobile County Jail
Dr W H Oates state jail and alms house inspector told the board of revenue and road commissioners that Mobile County Jail is the cleanest in the state and he praised its condition. He urged immediate action on a new building for negro inmates at the county poor asylum and said specifications would be drawn for bidding later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Oates
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Ornoon
Mobile County
Oates
County Poor Asylum
Venicemen Draw Grand Jury Names for City Court
City Court grand jury for the June term will be selected Monday June 7 from a list drawn in the sheriff’s office. Venicemen named include Sylvester Agee Arthur D. Davis G Killough Willams Wiley T. Joyner George Shaffer William J. O Connor Hubert Seaman William T. Gobil John M. Fields James H. Zelnicker Hubert D. Long Richard V. Alvarez George B. Lyons Joel J. Pettus Howard M. Boullemet Eugene W. Hawes Myron T. Sprague Thomas W. Sims John M. Simpson Louis Simon Henry Simon Stanislaus P. Cowley Frank A. Giuli Frederick Gunthorpe Herman Co Koster Aaron K. Powell Charles D. Haig Arthur M. Pilkinton Wesley A. Eastment Thomas F. Mitchell Julius Schnadelbach English L Cody Chas H Dees Joseph F. Bullock Thomas J. Kelly Louis J Lallament C Albert Shreve William Schutz Charles L. Crow George A. Michael Harts BD Matson Peter F Maynor David Halliwell Charles Sprinkle George D. Williams Robert M. Weinacker John Tachoir Grady Evans Jesse A. Greer John J. Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Agee
Arthur D. Davis
G. Killough
Willams
Wiley T. Joyner
George Shaffer
William J. O’connor
Hubert Seaman
William T.goubil
John M. Fields
James H. Zelnicker
Hubert D. Long
Richard V. Alvarez
George B. Lyons
Joel J. Pettus
Howard
L- Cody
Chas. H. Dees
Joseph F. Bullock
Thomas J. Kelly
Louis J. Lallament
C. Albert Shreve
William Schutz
Charles L. Crow
George A. Michael
Harts BD. Matson
Peter F. ™Aynor
David Halliwell
Charles Sprinkle
George D. Williams
Robert M. Weinacker
John Tachoir
Grady Evans
Jesse A. Greer
John J. Murphy
Official Orders for Sanitary Corps from Lieut Rush
First Lieut John O Rush of the Alabama National Guard Medical Corps issues May 17 1915 Special Orders No 11 calling all members to report 8 pm May 21 and every Wednesday after for instruction and business. Also General Orders No 1 assign wall lockers require cleanliness and prohibit unauthorized removal or wall alterations with emphasis on neatness and sanitation of renovated quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Rush
Medical Corps
Alabama National Guard
C. O
James Hamil
William C. Hannon
Fred Crenshaw
Eugene Broxton
Joe A. Albright
Jas. M. Broadus
J. D. Nicholas
Oliver H. Philips
Alonzo Reach
Albert H. Schmidt
Lewis E. Sorrell
Nelson E. Ware
Ifach
Mrs. Osgood’s Wonder Hair Remover Claim
A Vancouver advertisement touts Mrs. Osgood’s Wonder as a simple inexpensive treatment that removes all traces of unwanted hair permanently without pain or injury. It cites a society woman’s experience and offers a money back guarantee with every package through Van Antwerp Drug Co. or other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Osgood
van Antwerp Drug Co
Dr Adams barred from building infirmary on Spring Hill Ave
City commission refused Dr John T Adams petition to erect and operate an infirmary at 517 S Avenue citing lack of health board recommendation. February meetings approved refunds for Feiberman license and Zimmern related to Stenerenberg fine. Land sale to Gulf Coast Fair Assn authorized for 500 dollars, promissory note. Tungsen lights ordered at multiple intersections. Restaurant license transfer permitted for Toney Boyer. Routine matters adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Adams
Besig
S. Avenue
Board of Health
Herbert A. Feiberman
Samuel Zimmern
Martin Lovick
Stenerenberg
Lovich
Lyons
Gulf Coast Fair Association
Mandeville
Lyons Tungsen
Gayle and
Garrity
Peach and Pecan
Espejo
New Conti
Schwarz
Toney Boyer
Manassas Street
North Royal Street
Mayor says wharf improvements await legislature action
A Mobile chamber and Rotary delegation spoke to the city commission about expanding wharf facilities and adding docks. Mayor Harry Pillans said state lawmakers must grant power for the project and noted a bill pending in the assembly, reconvening in July, to allow building on islands south of Choctaw Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club
City Commission
Stewart Brooks
J. W. Hunter
A. J. Parsons
Harry Pillans
Choctaw Point
Pillans
General Assembly
Vessels Bound for Mobile and Other Ports List of Ships
A list of vessels bound for Mobile and other ports including Nubian Laurenson Albanian and Vikings with destinations in England Denmark Spain and the United States. Entries show ship names owners routes and forwarding companies across Atlantic and Caribbean trade lanes.
Spears learns Frank Kramer greatness in Newark match
Australian youth Bob Spears, who defeated Alfred Goulet recently, faced Frank Kramer in a special Newark Velodrome match and was outgenerated and outridden in two straight heats at two-thirds of a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kramer
Newark
N. J
Bob Spears
Alfred Goulet
Spears
Kramer
Maritime Movements and Port Arrivals May 17
Coastal shipping notes detail Lampasas bound for New York from Texas ports and Alamo due next Sunday. Tarpon arrives from Pensacola with heavy freight, Ottar spends night in quarantine before pineapple cargo in harbor, Petra expected next for Munson Line. Nubian reportedly passed Sand Key en route to quarantine. Hildegard seeks naturalization. Obstructions and derelicts noted off American coast with Mohawk destroying Fannie H Stewart. Port Arthur and New Orleans movements list arriving ships and sailings. Freeport, Galveston, Key West and Pensacola traffic summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallory Line
Lampasas
New York
Key West
Tampa
Fila
Lower Bay
Alamo
Tarpon
St. Andrews and Gulf Steamship Company
Pensacola
Florida
Ottar
Munson Steamship Company
Munson Line
Petra
Tropics
Sand Key
Fla
George J. Santa Cruz
Hildegard
Port Arthur
Roma
Bayonne
New Orleans
Strs. Aroma
Cuban
Galveston
A@tillian
Liverpool
Avonmouth
Elen Strathatos
Barcelona
Norfolk
Fjell
Nor
Ellis
Telnell
Frontera
Norman Bridge
Pico
Panuco
Tampico
Freeport
Texas
Joswald Boyd
Atoyo
Span
Ejtimado
Nils
Havana
Matanzas
EY West
Fia
Str
Olivette
Portampa
Henry M. Flagler
Mascot
San Key
van Hogendorp
St. Bede
el Sud
Alexandria
Wbirient
Monarch
Bullinsula
VESSELS IN PORT AND DOCKS LISTED WITH DESTINATIONS
A fragmentary port record lists vessels in port, steamships and ships bound for Manchester Pier 3, New York Pier 1 and Havana. London and Gulf docks are named with several steamers and schooners including Hildegard Ethel Clarke Stranger Margret P J McLoughlin Thomas F Pollard and others at various docks and yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
New -York
Tropics
Puerto Cortez
Havana
Cuba
Americans in Yaqui Valley Safe After Mexican Mission
SAN DIEGO May 18 The cruiser Colorado with two Marine companies left for aid as needed. American colonists fighting Indians in Yaqui Valley, Mexico, returned to San Diego last night. Admiral Howard received word from Commander Magruder off Lower California that the Americans were in no danger and abandoned the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Colorado
Yaqui Valley
Mexico
Thomas B. Howard
Lower California
Thomas Magruder
Raleigh
Gallymas
Last Knight-Yancey Case Appears Before Alabama High Court
The National Park Bank case, linked to Knight-Yancey cotton failure of 1910, was submitted to the Alabama Supreme Court on appeal. Details remain unclear due to garbled text, but the matter concerns prior law and equity rulings from Montgomery proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama High Court
Montgomery
Ala
Theational Park Bank
Caeer
Louisville and Company
Me Desa, Ajd
Laoen
Alabama
Is. Meron
Court Transacts Tuesday Business in Browne Circuit
In Browne Circuit Court judge H Harris ruled for the plaintiff in H Harris v Allen with a 3511.00 verdict. Transactions include Mobile Ice Co v City Delivery Co verdict by consent for 100.00 and bankruptcy actions in progress. Call for Wednesday lists several civil and chancery matters and adjournments with multiple parties and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Browne
H. Harris
C. T. Allen
Cook Vs. Lartigue
Dolorest Sheet & Tin Plate Co
N. E. Turpentine Cup Co
Law and Equity Court session docket items
Equity side details Bessie Fitts and Carl August Fitts submitted on pleadings and proof. Foreclosure decree issued in City Bank and Trust Company versus Lyric Theatre Company. Chamber of Commerce board to meet Tuesday night at 7 30 in chamber rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Safford Berney
Bessie Fitts
Carl August Fitts
City Bank and Trust Company
Lyric Theatre Company
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hoppe Faces Yamada in 14-1 Balk Line Challenge
Koji Yamada has challenged William F. Hoppe for a 14 1 balk line title. The Hotel Astor 1914 champion’s open challenge runs to April 28, with a potential extra match by April 26. If Yamada insists, Hoppe must play within thirty days, likely delaying until next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koji Yamada
William F. Hoppe
Aoe
Yamada
Hoppe
Death of William M Boyd Rested in Whistler Cemetery
The remains of William M. Boyd who died Saturday were laid to rest in Whistler cemetery Monday. The funeral was held from the residence of his daughter Mrs. Sewell Lyon on Third street with Rev. Francis M. Atchison of the local Methodist church officiating. Pallbearers were Thomas B. Allman James E. Kelly Henry Bohiman and John Allen Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Boyd
Whistler
Sewell Lyon
Third Street
Francis M. Atchison
Methodist Church
Thomas B. Allman
James E. Kelly
Henry Bohiman
John Allen
May Birthdays Celebrated by Mobile Children at Empire Theatre
The Mobile Item notes five children born in May are invited to entertain five friends at a birthday picture party this afternoon at the Empire Theatre. Tickets mailed. Children born in May requested to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor two days before their birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Alexander Colvin
Plateau
Olaf &. Knudsen
Stocking St
William T. Wolfe
Dexter Ave
Thelma Fischer
Old Shell Rd
Edna M. Jackson
St. Anthony St
THE
ITEM
Empire Theatre
Vanse Sails for Liverpool Under Norwegian Flag
The Norwegian full rigged ship Vanse, towed by Echo of Mobile Towing, left Turner Hartwell Docks at daylight Tuesday for Liverpool. Captain Samuelson, wife, child, three officers and crew of fifteen aboard. Cargo valued at 32066 dollars, including pitch pine lumber and various hardwoods loaded by H.G. Donald & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanse
Echo
Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company
Turner-Hartwell Docks
Liverpool
Eng
Norway
Europe
Samuelson
H.G. Donald & Co
Bodo Replaces Dictator as Honduras Steamer Sails
The Honduran steamer Bodo of the Chamelecon line with Belize freight left the harbor Tuesday replacing the disabled Dictator of the Orf Laubenheimer line which heads to Mobile for drydock overhauling. Thirty to forty thousand banana bunches are expected to reach the city aboard Fort Gaines and Verona after quarantine. President John T. Cochrane of the A I S G trustees departed for Montevallo to attend a trustees meeting and was due back Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodo
Chamelecon Steamship Co
Belize
B. H
Orf-Laubenheimer Steamship Co
Gulf
Mobile
Tropics
Fort Gaines
Verona
John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee & Northern
Alabama Industrial School For Girls
Montevallo
Cochrane
Sheriff Pardons White Man for Fraud Conviction
Sheriff W. H. Holcombe granted a pardon to W. M. Law, a white man convicted at the June term last year of obtaining money by pretenses, after twelve months on the county road. Langard has been sent his time on the county road and was released on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Holcombe
W. M. Law
Langard
Vitalitas touted for medicinal relief and world recognition
An old promotional piece extols Vitalitas as a remarkable earthborn fluid with cures for indigestion nervous ailments stomach and kidney issues and blood disorders. It claims world and US recognition, wide Southern state testimonials, and urges purchase at drug stores with general public and scientist interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inspector Oates
Lieut
Rush
Sanitary Corps
Adams
Spring Hill Ave
Steamshins
Nubian
Laurenson
England
Polstad
Androsson
Scot
van Heynigen
Valdimir Sawin
Dan
Copenhagen
Den
Albanian
Mobile Liners, Inc
Incs
Huelva
Spain
van Heynigen Brokerage Company
Gansfjord
Hon
Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company
Kylestrome
Glasgow
Scotland
Mobile Siners, Inc
Dictator
Kb. H
Orr- Laubenheimer Steamship Company
Kylemhor
United Kingdom
Motile Liners, Inc
Vikings
Keyest
Malory Steamship Company
Sabine
Mallory Steamship Line
United Fruit Company
Ana V. Pickles
Whittney-Bodden Company
Transatlantic
Tauerphal Eng
Gulf States
Progreso
Rosefield
Cadiz
James ‘W. Paul, Jr
Mex
Seeberg Steamship Company
Marine News
Texas Coast
Brazos River
U. S. Coast Pilot
Commissioner of Lighthouses
B. B. Dorry
Eighth Lighthouse District
Hugh Kelly
Cabotta
Mitchell
U. S. C. G.C. Mohawk
Fannie H. Stewart
Cape Henlopen
S. E
McCries Shoal
Ardanmhor
Kennebec
Bluefields
Bodé
Enw
Turner-Terminal Docks
N. O
BARKS
Platte
Ethel Clarke
Stranger
Stee
Henderson Dry Docks
River Platte
Ee Dry Docks
Tream
Peat Kingdom
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Ingham Hardware Co
Mary E. Kimball
L. R. Kimball
Wm. Connolly
W. L. McGuire & Co
Robt. C. Schwarz
Mobile Transfer Co
the Mobile Transfer Co., Inc
Norvelle R. Leigh
Essemena Hanlon
Claire de R. Darling
Hazel K. Sheldon
L. B. Sheldon
John B. Thompson
Ruby Adelle Thompson
Blanche Turner
Edward KE. Posey
John W. Upp
John Gaillard
Joanna Forbes
Elizabeth Hochstein
Exchange Land Company
Martha Byrd
Harrison Henderson
W. M. Boyd
U.S
Palm Beach
C. J. Gayfer & CO
Paul Jones
Nowmor Bion
Paul Jones Middies
U. S
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