County road tax short prompts audit of collections
Acting Chairman John D. Hagan reported the county is about $1000 short in road tax receipts for the year, with about 500 uncollected taxes. He said the road superintendent must be held to strict accounting for failing to enforce collections, noting limited warrants issued in the inferior criminal court and referencing the Thomas store neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
John D. Hagan
Inferior Criminal Court
Hagan
Thomas’ Store
Miss Eikel Nursed Her Sick Brother in San Antonio
Seguin woman Emilie Eikel tended her ill brother in San Antonio and credited Vitalitas as a powerful health tonic. She described relief from torpid liver and general weakness, endorsing the earth fluid and its claims. Sutton's drug store hosts a display and offers information by mail.
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Miss Eikel
Emilie Eikel
Seguin
Texas
San Antonio
Vitalitas
Sutton's Drug Store
October Dry Spell Sets Monthly Rainfall Record
The October weather showed an abnormally dry month with only seven rainy days and total rainfall of three quarters of an inch. Peak 24 hour rainfall was .28 inch on the fifth, with a .13 inch fall on the thirteenth and no rain since then.
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Weather Bureau
Road tax collection urged after defiance by delinquent
The road supervisor was accused of defying orders by refusing to collect taxes. Commissioners argued failure to collect taxes reflects on the board and could invite prosecution. Brannan recounted district incidents and lack of a justice of the peace, noting citizens appealed to the governor for aid. A letter was ordered to notify the road superintendent to collect taxes promptly.
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Commissioner Brannan
Brannan
Mobile county to elect clerk for revenue and road board
The Mobile county Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners will elect a full time clerk to manage duties formerly held by the probate judge. Salary is 100 dollars per month. Applicants include Ottave Alvarez of Saraland and James M. King of the Eighth Ward, with Alvarez endorsed by Dr A G Ward, new board president.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile County
Ottave ‘Alvarez
Saraland
James M. King
Eighth Ward
Alvarez
A. G. Ward
British Steamer Friederike Scuttled by Turks Confirmed
Confirmation from Sir George Buchanan in Petrograd to the British Foreign Office states Turkish cruisers bombarded Novorossisk on October 30 and burned and scuttled the British steamer Friederike. The report ties to the Russian port action on the Black Sea coast.
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Associated Press
London
Navy
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Friederike
British Foreign Office
George Buchannan
Great Britain
Petrograd
Birthday Celebrants Announced in Mobile Children List
The Mobile Item notes children born in November and lists names and birthdates including Christine Bailey and Marie Trahan. The paper invites boys and girls born in November to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor two days before their birthday and mentions a birthday picture at the Empire Theatre this afternoon with five friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine O. Bailey
Charleston
Alberta M. Trahan
St. Jose
Marie Courtney
Oak St
Hermann Kothy
Davis Ave
James A. Wall
S. Cedar
Edith Davis Wittman
Lillian E. Fritz
Church St
Rebecca B. Armstrong
Daup Bertie E. McLean
Augusta Stroecker
Marine Regina Allman
Marine St
L. Woodruff Parker
French President Poincare and Belgian King Review Armies
President Poincare of France and King Albert of Belgium reviewed French and Belgian troops at Furnes near Bruges as German bombardment targeted the rail station. Millerand joined them for a long post review talk with the king, and Poincare later met Queen Elizabeth and visited troops on the Ypres front.
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Paris
Furnes
Belgium
Bruges
Poincaire
France
Albert
Alexandre Millerand
Hotel de Ville
Millerand
Joffre
Queen Elizabeth
Ypres
Dunkirk
Lord Kitchener
Charles de Brocqueville
Belgiun
Lime in Diets Urged to Fight Tuberculosis
Dr J W Carhart of San Antonio argues lime salts must be supplied in foods or minerals to combat decalcified bodies linked to tuberculosis. He credits Eckman's Alterative for many reported pulmonary TB recoveries and urges readers to ask druggists to stock the product from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Bexar County Medical Society
Louieville “Medical Progress
J. W. Carhart
San Antonio
Texas
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
France Expects German Push to Fail in Belgium
Paris reports confidence that the latest German offensive aimed at a route to the French channel ports will fail. The Belgian front around Ypres is described as the storm center, with heavy losses on both sides. President Poincare and King Albert observed troops at Furnes under shell fire while Millerand accompanied them.
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Associated Press
Paris
Belgium
French
Ypres
Poincaire
West Flanders
Furnes
Albert
Alexandre Millerand
Gereman
Game Warden Arrests Man for Shooting Turkey Hen
County game warden A Edwards arrested George Woodyard in Calvert for violating state game statutes by shooting a turkey hen. He notes a mistaken newspaper report misprinted the open season. December 1 is the proper start and will be enforced. Open seasons for quail ducks doves remain in effect.
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A. Edwards
Mobile
Calvert
George Woodyard
Edwards
Negro held for highway robbery
Jesse Mitchell, a named Black man, accused of holding up government employee C. P. Spears in the city’s southern section and taking $8. He was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond by Recorder Edington Monday afternoon.
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Jesse Mitchell
C. P. Spears
Edington
Courts Calendar Shows Trials and Submissions
City Court business Monday includes H M and Walter Cochran trespass and Sam Kirks gaming an appeal. Chancery Court calls Louise Trammell vs Will Trammell testimony published. Prieto cases dismissed. several submissions pro confesso. Law and Equity lists demurrers and dower report with dates in November.
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Semmes
H. M
Walter Cochran
Sam Kirks
Inferior Criminal Court
Noile
Willie Booth
William Little
Chancery Court
Hon. Thomas
H. Smith
Louise Trammell
Will Trammell
John C.prieto
Delores Prieto
Annie Barry
Fames C. Barry
Henry J. McCarty
Stephen J. McCarty
H. S. Hoover
Roy C. Rayford
Law and Equity Court
Equity
Safford Berney
George Rogers
Robert Rigers
Lucy Crichton
Hermenia H. Crichton
Admx
Excursion from Mobile to Pensacola by L N Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad will run an excursion from Mobile to Pensacola on November 22 a Sunday. Passenger Agent H C Geron aims for a record crowd. Fare is 2 dollars with a 7 30 a m departure from Mobile and return leaving Pensacola at 7 p m.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Mobile
Pensacola
H. C. Geron
Pefisacola
Southern papers call for cotton relief conference
Memphis hosts November 12 meeting of Southern daily and agricultural papers to plan voluntary acreage reduction and crop diversification. Delegates will report pledged reductions to a central body to inform trade within thirty days, aiming to stabilize prices near value. Signed by major papers including the Memphis Commercial Appeal and Houston Post.
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Associated Press
Memphis
South
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Columbia
U S. C
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Journal
Birmingham News
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Jackson
Miss
Clarion Ledger
Arkansas Gazette
Houston
Texas
Trial of Emmet Thomas in McKinnonville Killing
In Pensacola Florida on November 3 Emmet Thomas a colored man faced trial for the murder of Charles Crooke general storekeeper at the Southern States Lumber Company commissary in McKinnonville The defendant’s strange testimony claimed Crooke fired first and the revolver bullet struck his shotgun causing the blast that killed him. the court proceeding depicted a sensational defense during the circuit court session.
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Pensacola
Fla
Emmet Thomas
Charles Crooke
Southern States Lumber Company
McKinnonville
Crooke
Thomas
Premeditated Murder Trial Delivers Late Jury Deliberations
State witnesses testified the defendant planned the killing over several days and issued threats. The jury received the case late at night as prosecutors argued for a guilty verdict on the premeditated murder charge.
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Thegro
Discharged Firearms Case In City Limits
James Burroughs, a Black man, chat with discharging firearms within city limits. He appeared before Judge Edington Monday afternoon and was fined $5 or ten days.
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James Burroughs
Corder Edington
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A&p
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Ilona Tomatoes
Iona
Baker’s
Pink
Alaska
A. & P. Butter
Iona Tomatoes
Mneeda Biscuits
America
Ade
Sultana
del Monte
Bai
Sultana Oe Eee
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C. J. Gayfer & Co
Southern Papers
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T. G. Bush Grocery Distributors
Loward J. Woods
Reese Betten
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