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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
9
A spring tonic for liver kidney and stomach troubles that cleanses the system and improves appetite. Claims Mr T D Peebles saw notable stomach relief after using Electric Bitters. Available at druggists 50c and 1.00 Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for eczema.
The excerpt lists mobile city vendors with names, addresses and phone numbers across categories including leading professionals, dry goods, second hand clothing, printers and bookbinders, real estate and insurance, roofing, second hand clothing, screens and floors, sash doors and blinds, safes and fixtures. Notable entries include Bienville Pressing Club on Conception street and Dispatch Printing Co on Joachim street.
A compact listing shows acetylene lighting by B F Round at 22 N Conception and multiple auto garages and shops in Bell including Dukes Garage 306-8 St Michael, French Kohorn 211 N Royal, Central Auto Company 261-36 St Michael, and Bloch Bros 9 N Water. The fragmentary directory also notes harness and home addresses for several firms.
Adam Machinery Co and Cadillac Motor Co are listed with street addresses and phone numbers in Bell and government street areas. The entry documents multiple business listings with contact details and house numbers in a compact directory style.
A fragmented directory style item lists several Mobile banks and offices including the Bank of Mobile on Royal and St Michael streets with Bell numbers, Union Savings Bank on North Royal, and First National Bank on St Francis Street. It also mentions a billiard hall run by Cawthon with local leagues and a beauty parlor at Dauphin Street plus individual names such as Miss Florence Adams and the Cawthon Hotel Barber Shop.
A fragmented 19th century directory lists Southern Business College on Dauphin street Mobile Business College on Dauphin street Scheuermann Bicycle Company on Dauphin street lapses include shop names Clerks at Clit Barber Shop W D Bridges McKenzie Barrett Carriage Co Nack Carriage & Wagon Works and Outfitting Tailoring Co Madame Emile Tacon with street addresses and phone numbers in Bell City.
Business notices list Brown-Morgan Coal Co at 58 St Francis with Bell numbers, Zimmern Coal Co at Van Antwerp Bidg, Crockery by J H S W H Brown at 52 54 St Emanuel, Partridge Hdm Co at 221 Dauphin with Bell 123 and home 985.
Mobile Creamery operates at the corner of Conception and St Louis streets with Bell 1812 and Home 1569 listed for contact and service.
A directory style item lists several Bell businesses with addresses on Water Street Commerce Street and Dauphin Street. Companies include Alabama Coffee Co Dixie Coffee Co De Sha Niolan Coffee Co and United Tea Coffee Co with house numbers and telephone style numbers.
A snippet lists shop names and street addresses in the Dauphin Street area including Jacobson's Good Clothes Store at 121-123, Hickey & Lyons at 223, Bell at 2212, and Home at 1329.
G A Chamblin at 55 S Conceptional Bell 1664 A Hancock at 254 St Francis Bell 2391 Home 1194 W J Koral 667 Dauphin Bell 2761 Home 1423 Howells Cardy Kitchen 317 Dauphin Bell 2160 is listed among candy manufacturers and related addresses in Bell.
Henry R. Hawes Candy Co located at 659 Dauphin Street with home at 1229 listed as wholesale candy dealer in the city directory.
Albright Wood at 278 Dauphin Street Bell 92 Home 93. Dave 8. Bauer at Dauphin and Conception streets both phones. Albright Wood at Dauphin and Jackson and Government and Royal streets both phones 92 93 1396. Ortmann's Pharmacy at Dauphin and Hamilton Bell 157 Home 2456. Head's Drug Store 560 Dauphin Street Bell 1603 Home 430.
The Fair on 656 Dauphin street provides home phone 1316 with department store listings. L Hammel Dry Goods Co on 78 Royal street offers Bell 3650 and home number 30. C J Gayfer & Co at 171 Dauphin avenue and home 575. Potter Co on 224 Dauphin street and Secs Co at 157 Dauphin Bell 2710 and home 376. Fitzgerald & Co St Eman Bell 56. oeerate.
A list of businesses on Bell streets including hardware firms C C Cunningham and Barney-Cavanagh, hotels Bathe House Cawthon Klaskey, jewelers Hall Cartman Parker Bros Herpin and watchmakers, with street addresses and phone numbers. Contains multiple firms on Dauphin and Royal streets and surrounding blocks.
The Norman Engraving Co located at 62 Royal Street Bell 2266 offers photo engraving services.
Schenker Alidor Electric Co at 9% 5 St Emanuel Street Bell 1902. Shaw Cain Electrical Co at 360 Dauphin Street Bell 3656. D Olive Electric Co Electric Supplies at 304 Dauphin Street Bell 137-.
Floral businesses Goodbray Floral Company and Minge Floral Co located at 9 N Conception St Bell 1120 appear in a notice. Details unreadable but identifies firms and address.
John F. Lores is recorded at the northwest corner of Eslava and Conception streets with Bell 2192 and Home 1458 noted in the entry.
A list shows A Frelichstein at 217 Dauphin and O Connell's Millinery at 268 Dauphin along with Bell numbers. Also included are Multigraphing and Stenography at Bank of Mobile building and Motor Supplies at 303 Dauphin and Cadillac Motor Co at 107 Government Street with various Bell numbers.
The snippet lists multiple Mobile businesses and locations in Alabama including Mobile Item, Mobile Tribune, Alvin Japanese Nursery, Bank of Mobile Building, Saibara Nurseries, City Bank Building, A N Maumenee optician, McDonald Optical Co, Mobile Optical Company Inc, and manager A I Rockwell with street addresses on Royal, Dauphin, Conception and other streets.
Evans Furniture Co operates from 42 Dauphin Street with home number 1430 listed in the directory.
Fredericks Dye Works at 308 Dauphin street Bell phone 636 and Home 796. French Dry Cleaning Co at 470 Dauphin street Bell phone 1707 and some 1721.
A list of names and addresses on Dauphin street with phone numbers and homes. Firms include Harris & Finch Zieman Grocery Partridge Mickle Crowley & Marshall and others at Wilkinson and Joachim streets.
A fragmented notice lists Dixie Grain Company at Water Street Bell 102 and Drago Grain Company at 111 N Commerce Street Bell 845 with homes 524 and 160 respectively. Dr. J. T. Adams appears at 155 Dauphin Street Bell 3021-1 and a gasoline company at 106 St Michael with a residence at 2525 Dauphin Street Bell 27 8271.
Horton and Austin listed items Van Antwerp labels Bell 1144 L and Bell 154s. The fragment notes catalog entries or inventory references without context or broader event details.
American Laundry at 361 623 St Louis street and Troy Steam Laundry at 56 st Emanuel street appear in Bell directory entries with telephone numbers and home numbers 265 and 210 respectively.
Verona Lumber Co Crichton Lumber Co Bickley Furniture Co Transfer Co provide contact notes with street addresses and phone numbers for listing in a commerce directory.
A fragmented OCR shows multiple entries for plumbing and musical instrument shops. Names include D Copeland & Sons, Goubil Bros. Plumbing, L J Leahy Plumber, Gui City Plumbing, and PIANUS Musical Instruments with street addresses and phone hints amid garbled text.
A local paint and wallpaper business listing Lusener and Sun at 6 Dau piau street with Bell 946 and home 1499. The ad presents contact details for consumer orders and appearances.
Gustave Guess operates a picture framing shop near V Dauphin street. Crescent theater at 205 Dauphin street shows Universal program films.
Photographers Boyle Studio at 156 Dauphin Street Bell 2776 Overbey's Studio at 2251 2 Dauphin Bell 1400 Sherman Stationery Co 21 N Water Street Bell 2061 Home 2061 Mobile Stationery Co 16 N Water Bell 126 Street address listings for Bell city businesses show studio and stationery providers with contact numbers.
A brief address line noting Klaskey's Restaurant located at 46 Conti Street in Bell with contact numbers 603 and a home line 17.
A dated text lists numerous shoe repair shops and furniture firms with street addresses and bell numbers. Notable entries include Boston Shoe Shop at Cent Bell 1911 and Mobile Shoe Hospital at Dauphin, plus Bickley Furniture Co. on Dauphin and GE Wye W. L. McGuire & Co. on Dauphin Street.
Mobile's biggest bargain store at 219 Dauphin Street offers shoes from 2.75 dollars. Sample Shoe Store at 10 N Rengal Street advertises shoes ranging from 4.00 to 6.00 dollars for 2.86 dollars.
Price W Tompkins listed at 588 Royal Street with an ell phone 4732 for contact.
A period listing notes London Woolen Mills and the $165 Tailors at 107 Dauphin Street EB Needuiman at 98 Coati Street American Ladies' Tailors at 205 Dauphin Street Schutz & Coan at 63 Dauphin Street Bell 2608 and G Cohn at 117 Government Avenue, along with John W Hanlein at 12.
The notice lists trunk manufacturers in Mobile with contact entries including Trunk Company at 263 Dauphin street and related tax office listings for Cawthon Tax Company at 13 N Conc eption street. It highlights business addresses and phone style references.
A dated listing shows Cadillac Motor Company on Government Street with tire and auto repair services and multiple contact numbers. Additional entries include Vulcan Tire Works on Joachim Street and VICTROKAS Reynolds Music House on Dauphin Street with separate telephone listings.
A fragmented listing mentions Mobile Optical Company Inc and A F Rockwell with an address on Conception Street. It also notes wholesale and retail liquor stores at Government Street Hell 278 and a Mome 1705 entry with A Konstanzer on Joachim Street. Cawthon Hotel Bar and Richard Distributing Co as Cook's Beer agent at wholesale. May Thoss Sporting Goods Co on 1% street Bell 2686 with Home 118.
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