Mobile Hosts Panama Canal Opening Celebration Honor
Director General L. C. Irvine urged Mobile citizens to rally behind the 1915 Southern Commercial Congress celebration marking the Panama Canal opening. He called the event a great honor and urged preparedness, noting Alabama's central Gulf position and Senator Morgan's memorial role. The mass meeting at Temperance Hall emphasized state-wide inspiration and mobilization for the Mobile hosted observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Commercial Congress
L. C. Irvine
Temperance Hall
Irvine
Mobile
Alabama
Panama Canal
Atlanta
South
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Gulf Coast
Morgan
Senator Morgan
Grand Jury To Report Wednesday In White Slave Act Cases
After a week of hearings the federal grand jury for the May term adjourned Saturday without a partial report. Work will finish by Wednesday with a complete report and indictments expected for violations of the federal white slave act and other statutes.
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Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Federal Building
Grand
Building Permits Issued For Week Ending May 31
The city engineer issued permits for two small cottages at State and Pine streets worth 500 dollars. John R. Cowley and Brother plan a warehouse at Eslava and Water streets for 2000 dollars. I W Imms seeks a storage room addition at Hamilton and Texas streets for 450 dollars. Mrs Kate Howe outlines a two story cottage at St Louis and Wil-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Smith
State
Pine Streets
John R. Cowley
Eslava and
Water Streets
I. W. Imms
Hamilton
Texas Streets
Kate Howe
St. Louis
Wil
Docket Set For June Term With 80 Cases at Mobile Court
Grand jury for Mobile city court’s June term meets Monday with Judge Semmes to begin proceedings on eighty cases over twelve days. From February grand jury eight cases remain including two murder cases, plus embezzlement and forgery charges. Old murder cases of Brown and Freeland to be heard. Hardaway Young faces embezzlement and forgery charges. A long list of veniremen is summoned to form the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Semmes
Horace McCall
Henry Spencer
Poplarville
Miss
Palmer
Mobile
Chamberlain
Interior Criminal Court
Spencer
Minerva Ware
Aso
Horace Epstein
H. M. Price & Co
M. Gup
William J. Brown
Alfred Percy
Washington Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Oakdale
Louis Freeland
David Harry Mabee
St. Elmo
Alabama
Mississippi
Hardaway Young
Southern Hardware and Supply Company
Young
Webb & McAlpine
Clarke
Veniremen
James P. Farrell
William H. Monk, Jr
John V. Camp
Arthur L. Wolfe
George Boltz
Oscar T. Brown
Herman
Nathan S. Pierce
Oliver O. Carley
John William Lauber
Aimee Smuve
Henry M. Spotswood
Robert B. Fothergill
Vital Statistics of Mobile County Weekly Record
The Mobile County vital statistics list marriages and deaths for the past week. Marriages include White entries such as Charlie A Throm and Marie Hafner and several other couples. Deaths include White and Colored male and female names, plus Indian and Creole entries, with a section for births listing White and Colored couples and their newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Charlie A. Throm
Marie Christine Hafner
Herman Manuel
Edna
Sizemore
Elijah Maddox
Dora Graham
Bob Gossett
Winnie Therrill
George Ellis Malone
Mabel Burnett
Willie D. Edwards
Effie May Corbett
John J. Bogue
Gladys Bobe
Cloroed
John Allen
Frances Jackson
James Williams
Emma Lewis
Joe Solomon
Maggie Darlon
Dave Perry
Pearl Williams
Edgar Jackson
Mary Hatton
Sam Emanuel
Janie Lemons
Edward Jackson
Ida Bell Davis
Ed P. Hearon
Edward Eastwell
Alfred E. Stiles
Patrick Phage Chas
L. Pohl Alf
E. Percy
Bettie M. Hanan
Sarah Fleming
Ernest Mack
Arthur Turner
Geo. Sims
Henry Middlebrook
Arthur Thomas
Jas
Wesley Bell, Jr
Winston Stokes
Lorenzie Williams
Julia Jackson
Emma Eldridge
Sarah Williams
Catherine Ball
Bettie Jordan
Victoria Sampson
Elsie Samuel
Viba Jackson
Chas. A. Wood
Anthony Cassino
William E
Kate Entriken
Herbert M
Clara Adelaide Stein
T. J
C. Bebo
Walter P
Edwina Brown
John H
Abbie H. Dorsey
Jerry E
Ida Lawson
Geo. W
Carlie Jones
O. J
Alice Foster
Sam and
Bertha Nack
Fishermen's Train On Bay Shore Line Inaugurated
Passenger Agent Harvey E. Jones of the Mobile and Ohio announced a new Sunday train to run from the terminal at 6 35 in the morning to the Mobile and Bay Shore line with return about 9 o clock that night for anglers seeking fresh and salt water fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey E. Jones
Mobile and
Ohio
Mobile
Bay Shore
Corner Stone of New Trinity Parish House Laid Sunday
Trinity Church prepares for the cornerstone ceremony at 4 30 on State street East of Jackson as clergy from city parishes join the procession. Hutchison Denham designed a Gothic one story parish house to connect with the church and house a kindergarten guild parlor and hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Trinity Parish House
Trinity Church
St. Anthony and
Jackson Streets
A. G. Richards
Gardiner C. Tucker
Dr. Brewster
Hutchison & Denham
Jett Brothers
Remnant of Last Slave Cargo Brought From Africa Near Plateau
A tale from Afri cantown near Plateau recounts Cago Lewis a 70 year old survivor of the final slave ship to land in the United States. He recalls 107 others aboard few died during the voyage and five years of bondage before freedom at Mobile Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Plateau
Vnv
United States
Cago Lewis
Jesus
Cage Lewis
Mobile
Degroes
Crash Through Plate Glass As Wagon Team Runs Wild
A wagon carrying ladies and children on Hamilton Street just north of Dauphin crashed into a plate glass window after the horse team spooked by a delivery truck, with a Greek milk-depot operator failing to stop. A Black wagon driver leapt free and steered the team to safety, preserving the riders from serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Street
Dauphin
J. M. Brown
Dean
Pierce
Pistole
Brown
Dauphin Street
Saythe Pend
City of the Future topic to close club year
The adjourned May 19 meeting of the Club for the Study of Municipal Sociology will convene at 8 pm in Harte Auditorium. Rev G C Tucker leads The City of the Future as the season finale as members plan to resume in October with new urban welfare problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harte
G. C. Tucker
Oes
Special Train for the Doctors to the American Medical Association
A special L and N train will run from Mobile on June 15 at 12 53 PM named Southern Medical Association Special carrying delegates from New Orleans Mobile Montgomery Florida points Birmingham Mississippi Nashville Louisville and Kentucky. The solid Pullman train with Diners and an observation car is expected to carry at least 1000 delegates en route to the AMA meeting. Dr Seale Harris secretary of the Southern Medical Association says southern representation will exceed other regions. Mobile physicians named include H T Inge ee late president Dr Seale Harris Dr W P Cole and Dr C L Crampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Southern Medical Association
New Orleans
Montgomery
Florida
Birmingham
Mississippi
Nashville
Tenn
Louisville
Kentucky
American Medical Association
South
Seale Harris
H.T. Inge,ee
Alabama
W. P. Cole
C. L. Crampton
Realty deals of week show strong prices in Mobile area
Real estate activity in Mobile and county records reflects rising volumes and values. Notable sales include the Dauphin street parcel to G Jacobson Clothing for 30000 with cash 10000, a 72 Government street property at 4500, and a Georgia avenue site at 5900, with country subdivisions also reporting solid prices. Probate filings for week ending May 81 list numerous transfers and releases across sections, townships, and ranges, detailing lands, cash amounts, and lots changed in ownership.
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Mobile
William Demony
Dauphin Street
Joachim
Partridge Hardware Company
G Jacobson Clothing Company
Government Street
Georgia Avenue
Government
Cinderella White
Francis L. Owens
Frances L. Owens
Husband
G. Forbes
N. P. Moss
Isadore Daliheimer
Dauphin
Jackson
C. F. McCrary
J. H. Strode
Uon
Carrie Battiste
J. W. Burris
Delaware
Wilkinson
H. S. Hoover
Agnes Myers
A. Strauss
Robert Johnson
Strauss Firls
Cedar Grove
Pittsburg
Southern Land Co
Western Annex
J. E. Sherrod
Watson Fairley
Harry B. Pake
Henry A. Horst
North Palmetto
George and
Roper
Martha Bosarge
Samuel G. Forbes
Ferce
Anna F. Jones, Jr
John Xi. Logan
H. Smith
M. &. Hamrick
John F. Glehnon
Connolly
MaeGowin Mill Company Et al
Frank G. Bestor
John E. Harper
Onte Dossett
A. P. Willard
Gabriella Davis
J. F. Harper
Frank Bestor
Curiosities in Pig Iron Rates Spark Alabama Rail Review
Traffic Manager R. G. Cobb of the Chamber of Commerce freight bureau reports peculiar pig iron tariff disparities across Alabama railroads. He cites rates of 12.5 cents per ton mile in one case and 0.25 cents per ton mile in another. A full report on shipments from North Alabama mineral districts to Mobile will follow.
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Alabama
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce, Freight Bureau
Cobb
Mobile
North
Conti Street Nuisance Case Against Mrs Penny Continued
A charge of allowing garbage to remain on the street against Mrs Penny on Conti and St Emanuel streets was continued to Friday June 6 by Recorder Edington. Penny failed to appear, an officer was sent for her, and she later sought a continuance through her attorney. The judge warned that nonabatement could bring daily arrests as separate cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny
Sturdivant Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed Friday afternoon in the United States district court by A. H. Sturdivant, a laborer from Mobile, marking the start of his legal proceedings to address debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Sturdivant
United States District Court
Mobile
Five Catholic Parishes Unite For Jubilee Celebration
Five Catholic parishes unite for a Diamond Jubilee Lawn Party at Industrial Gardens Lafayette street to support the Home for Orphan Girls and the Boys Industrial School. McGill Institute boys help, with a children's carnival and tables decorated in class colors under a spreading tree. The Jubilee Bulletin marks the Sisters of Charity golden jubilee and notes two minor errors later corrected. Proceeds go to Conti Street home and Lafayette street school.
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Catholic Female Charitable Society
Lafayette Street
McGill Institute
Mobile Orphan Asylum
Sisters of Charity
Conti Street
Boys’ Industrial School
St. Vinecent's
E. G. Dreaper
St. Joseph's
Boys Camp Opens at Palmetto Beach June Ninth
The YMCA Boys Work Committee chaired by D. P. Bestor sets June ninth as the opening date for the Palmetto Beach camp. An advance party will travel next week to prepare facilities, with Guy Hurlburt and Ceri Tucker leading the effort from Daphne to assist smaller camper boats. Registration for boys begins Tuesday June 3, moved from June 2 due to Wright’s travel delay from Gulver Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men‘s Christian Association
D. P. Bestor
Palmetto Beach
Wright
Gulver
Indiana
Tfonday
Guy Hurlburt
Ceri Tucker
Daphne
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S.C
Federal
Vital Statistics OF
Fishermen’s
BAY Shore Line
Benjamin Vincent
W. M. Johnston
Messrs
William C. Baumhauer
D.T. Buell
H. B. Crocker
N. Hudson
James F. Johnston
William Orton
H. S
D. T. Buell
H. S. Peckinpaugh
R. N. Hudson
Trinity Workers
Cugo
Congo
Tika
Dahomi
Dahomit
Bill Foster
Fort Morgan
Spanish River
Twelve Mile Island
Tim Meaher
Burns Meaher
Jim Meaher
Ag A Ave
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American Medical Meeting
Charitable
M’gill Institute
Industrial Gardens
Gawip
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