Light Recorder Court Docket Summary
A light docket before Recorder Edington included Z. Gaines found guilty of violating the prohibition law and fined 50 dollars. Ed Hudson fined 10 dollars for speeding. Ben Cunningham charged with assault and battery had case set for May 25. J. F. Parks charged with reckless driving had case set for May 27 after a collision with a Cudahy Packing wagon. Parks to have the wagon repaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edington
Z. Gaines
Ed Hudson
Ben Cunningham
J. F. Parks
Sam Tucker
Parks
Imperial Laundry
Cudahy Packing Company
George and
Elmira
Gulf Coast Excursions Set to Resume June First
Regular Gulf Coast excursions will resume on Thursday June 1, said Passenger Agent H C Geron of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Trips will run weekly until cold weather and are expected to be as popular as last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
H. C. Geron
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Geron
Abe Martin Pokes Fun On Weather and Economy
Abe Martin notes warm weather allows women to wear furs and jokes that savings come only when you have money. The rural columnist blends humor about fashion and finances with small town flavor.
Mahorner to Deliver Oration at Tuscaloosa Centennial
Mayor Lyons appoints Matt Mahorner Jr to give the Mobile centennial oration in Tuscaloosa from May 29 to May 31. A large delegation from the Chamber of Commerce University alumni and Iberville Historical Society attends. The Mobile effort targets at least a hundred attendees and the chairman vows guests will have the time of their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat J. Lyons
Matt Mahorner, Jr
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Deaths and Funerals in Canoe and Hilliard
Mrs Jesse Dumas Hilliard aged 25 native of the city died Wednesday at 8 20 am at 152 South Jefferson street after a long illness she is survived by her husband Geo Hilliard one child her parents Mr and Mrs Jesse L Dumas and other relatives. Andrew Jackson Hall pioneer citizen of Escambia county died at Canoe age 66 his funeral was held there with hundreds in attendance his brother State Senator Daniel Hall survives along with six sons and four daughters from Mobile Pensacola Brewton Hartford and Canoe.
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Jesse Dumas Hilliard
South
Jefferson Street
Geo. Hilliard
Jesse L. Dumas
Canoe
Ala
Andrew Jackson Hall
Escambia County
Daughtry
Bay Minette
Mobile
Pensacola
Brewton
Hall
Alabama
Daniel Hall
J. W. Hall
Whey—Hall
Wallace Hall
Taylor Hall
Atmore
Clarence Hall
Moline
Fla
Arthur, Carroll and Corry Hall
C. M. Ernest
Hartford, Fla
W.T. Ernest
W. T. Ernest
Ernestville
Carrie and
Eunice Hall
Weather and baseball schedule for southern games
The weather section lists clear conditions for Nashville at Atlanta two games Chattanooga at Birmingham Memphis at New Orleans Little Rock at Mobile and for national games Philadelphia at Chicago Brooklyn at Pittsburgh New York at Cincinnati Boston at St Louis and American Chicago at Washington Detroit at Boston Cleveland at Philadelphia St Louis at New York with most matchups cloudy in several cities.
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Southern
Nashville
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Memphis
New Orleans
Little Rock
Mobile
National
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
American Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Iron Workers of City Granted A Nine Hour Pay Scale
Notices posted at iron-working shops in Mobile announce a voluntary nine hour day with eight hours pay. Ship repair activity boosts foundry and shipyards as machinists moulders patternmakers blacksmiths and repair crews see higher workloads and overtime including night shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Satsuma Postmaster Exam Not Canceled, Henry States
Joseph Henry of the local civil service board at Mobile refutes a cancellation of the Satsuma Alabama postmaster examination. A letter from Postmaster H. W. Gillett claimed the certification request was withdrawn, but Henry says the exam will proceed on the specified date at the federal building in Mobile unless Washington directs otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Henry
Civil Service Board
Mobile Post Office
Satsuma
Ala
Henry
H. W. Gillett
Post Office Department
Washington
Federal Building
Mobile
St Mathews Lawn Party Net Positive Debt Benefit
The lawn party for St Matthew's Church debt closed last night with financial success. Organizers receive praise for efforts and community support. Rev Father Dunne thanks The Mobile Register and The Item for interest, and Joseph Heller is thanked for personal cooperation and the Mobile baseball team for its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Church
Father Dunne
Mobile Register
Item
Joseph Heller
Mobile
Ten Minute Classics Retell Latvian Folk Tales
A retold selection discusses Lettish lore from Latvia with a flood myth, Devil gods, and the crow superstition of Pehrkon. It notes the Livonians and Letts, their beliefs, and a dammed river episode near Goldingen, preserved as evidence of the tale’s cultural history.
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Luga
Riga
Baltic Sea
Pehrkon
Windau
Goldingen
Goldengen
Europe
Asia
East Prussia
Russian Courland
Russia
Germany
Lettische
Victor Andrejanoff
Julius W. Muller
Chamber of Commerce Seeks Southern Wholesale Grocers Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce plans a meeting with the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association to secure the next convention date for 1917. Telegrams were sent to Secretary N J Hunter inviting the association to meet, with Mobile officials pressing for the gathering in Mobile next year. Albert P Bush of Mobile attends the convention and advocates hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Starter & Movement
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
N. J. Hunter
Lyons
N. J. Hunte
Mobile
Albert P. Bush
Berlin Woman Executed for Arsenic Family Case
May 24 Berlin reports Henriette Holstein wife of a Koenigsburg farmer was executed for poisoning her husband daughter and stepson with arsenic. The execution used the traditional beheading method by a headsman. Two Berlin women convicted of a separate robbery await punishment by beheading in jail.
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Berlin
London
Henriette Holstein
U S Asked to Supervise Panama Election
Pablo Arosemena, former Panamanian president, personally urged Counsellor Polk of the state department to have the United States supervise the July panama presidential election with American troops at the polls. Polk gave no indication of any change in policy. The Panamanian legation said orderly elections are already arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Panama
Polk
State Department
Pablo Arosemena
Little Republic
Legation
Gordon Smith to Enlarge Bakery After Buying Engine House 9
Gordon Smith announced he would expand his bakery rather than build a new factory after purchasing Engine House No. 9 from the city commission for 3000 dollars. He plans to tear down the engine house, erect a store room, and use the adjacent alley to extend wagon packing space for rising trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Smith
City Commission
Bay excursion to aid Life Saving Corps in Mobile
A day ride and dance will be held June 2 under the American Red Cross for the Volunteer Life Saving Corps of Mobile. The chartered steamer Charles E. Cessna will transport guests, Drago's band provides music, and refreshments will be served.
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American Red Cross
Volunteer Life Saving Corps of
Mobile
Charles E. Cessna
Drago
Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning
A nostalgic health ad urges daily morning internal cleansing with hot water and limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver and bowels. It claims improved appetite and general well being for all readers and promotes purchasing limestone phosphate from drug stores.
Dr King's New Discovery for Colds and Coughs
Advert shows Dr King s New Discovery as fast relief for colds with coughing inflammation and raw throat soothing action. It claims 50 cent bottle with money back guarantee and cites W C Jesseman of Franconia New Hampshire as a user.
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Dr. King
W. C. Jesseman
Franconia
N. H
Adv
Three Held for Alabama Murder in Chattanooga
Charles Q. Winnegle a railroad news agent his wife and his father C S Winnegle were arrested by Chattanooga detectives on a charge of murdering G C Nicholas of Tuscaloosa Alabama on May 7 A reward had been offered by Alabama authorities and the prisoners agreed to return to Alabama for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles Q. Winnegle
C. S. Winnegle
G. C. Nicholas
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Tourists Encouraged to Visit Welcome Club Headquarters
The Tourist Welcome Club of Mobile prints invitations to place in hotel boxes guiding tourists to visit the club headquarters. Secretary W. M. Clemens says the invites invite visitors to come, make themselves at home, and seek information. The invitations urge a visit to the club headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tourist Welcome Club of
Mobile
W. M. Clemens
Tourist Welcome Club
Youth Confesses Self Defense in Tuscaloosa Slaying
Police say the younger Winnegle admitted killing Nicholas in self defense. Nicholas, manager of the Tuscaloosa News Union, was found dead in woods the day after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
G. C. Nicholas
Tuscaloosa
Winnegle
Nicholas
Mobile census to be taken in July plan discussed
Mobile county will conduct a school census in July. The city commission discussed paying four cents per name for Mobile proper and a debate over 3 or 4 cents per name. The mayor noted the census cost $557.10 at about 3.77 cents per name, including the superintendent’s fee, with a meeting planned to resolve the rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoo Mobile County
Mobile County
Mobile
Problems of relations continued in advice column
The writer argues that a daughter-in-law should sacrifice to harmonize with her mother-in-law to secure the husband’s happiness. It notes tensions when both women share a home and urges mutual forbearance despite conflict, stressing the son’s welfare as the central concern.
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Tha
Resinol
Baltimore
Queen Theatre
Charlie Chaplin
Tampa
Key West
B. F. DU Bois
Mallory
Mobile, Alabama
Abe Martin
Mahorner
Jesse D. Hilliard
Chas. E. Cessna
Tribe OF
Iron Workers OF
ST. Mathews
C. OF
U. S
Life Saving Corps
Welcome Club
Hammel
Phoebe Snow
Pear
Woodbury
Requisi Williams
Williams
Ivor
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
South Royal Street
Bell 210
Prompt Service Powers Printing Co,inc
Bell Phone
Water St
Bile County
George Kilborn
Royal Street
Union Station
ROCHE
BURKE
Undertakers
Coe St. Joseph
State Streets
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