Railroad Petition Hearing Concluded in Alabama
The Alabama public service commission finished hearings on an indefinite 10 percent rate extension for rail shipments in eight groups except fertilizer related rates. Decision to be announced in several days. General Bibb Graves denied plans to lead a bond issue fight. About twelve witnesses were summoned in the Morgan County Almon impeachment case for next week. Dr. Wm H. Oates returned from Mobile inspecting child labor and enforcing new statutes. Chancellor Whiteside announced candidacy for the court of appeals. Officials Purifoy Allgood Wade returned from a fishing trip to Coden with 75 pounds of fish shipped to Montgomery. L and N trains put back noted in Birmingham communication.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Public Service Commission
Bibb Graves
State Democratic Executive Committee
Graves
Almon
Supreme Court
Oates
Capital
Wm. H. Oates
Mobile
South
Court of Appeals
Whiteside
John Pelham
E. Perry Thomas
J. B. Brown
Thomas E. Knight
Greensboro
Coden
Fish
John Purifoy
M. ©. Allgood
J. W. Wade
Mr. Wade
Capitol
Nine Die as Santa Clara Grounding Kills Many
The steamer Santa Clare grounded on Coos Bay shore near Marshfield Oregon killing nine known passengers and crew with several others missing. Captain Loftstedt survived and helped rescue eight crew members while Roy Dunn saved his sister and mother as lifeboats capsized.
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Delmar Bogue
Gold Hill
Ore
J. C. Crowley
Mill City
Loftstedt
Santa Clara
Coos Bay
Edwards
Roy Dunn
Butte
Mont
Dunn
North Pacific Steamship Company
Alice Church
Marshfield
Marriage Licenses Issued By Probate Court Wednesday
White Harry Ettrick Gale and Frances Theresa Laubenthal, Herbert G. Cody and Louise Parker received licenses. Also James Bennett and Carrie Morgan, George King Jr., and Artimesia Hitts, Thomas J. Duncan and Edith Stephenson obtained licenses in the Negroes division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ettrick Gale
Frances Theresa Laubenthal
Herbert G. Cody
Louise Parker
James Bennett
Carrie Morgan
George King, Jr
Artimesia Hitts
Thomas J. Duncan
Edith Stephenson
Louisville and Nashville to reestablish Birmingham Montgomery trains
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces that starting Sunday November 21 the two local passenger trains between Birmingham and Montgomery will resume service after wartime suspension last year. A stray line notes a separate remark about a girl’s looks.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Birmingham
Montgomery
Kilmer Swamp Root Ad Promotes Kidney Remedy
An advertisement urges readers to use Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It highlights symptoms from kidney disease and offers sample bottles and full size products with address in Binghamton New York and a prompt to mention Mobile Daily Item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Toulminville Community News Briefs Highlight Local Meetings
Local notices report Methodist church prayer meeting led by Rev D Y Register and a Ladies Missionary Study Class gathering at Mrs Joe Stone’s home. Community figures attend events from Halloween party to All Saints Day services at the Catholic cemetery.
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Toulminville
Ala
The
Methodist Church
D. Y. Register
Joe Stone
Crawford Street
Janie Pritchett
G. Montague
Neshota
Walter Street
Whistler
Judge Toulmin
Selma
Edward Leonard
San Antonio
Texas
Mary Shelton
Bessemer
Mr. Shelton
Vivian Pritchett
G. R. Williams
L. R. White
Chipley
Fla
Miss Dodge
Grammer
Public Schools of
Mobile
J. K. Murry
Jesse Silvanus
W. M. Pritchett
Grove Hill
Charles Cooper
Burford
Camden
Larkin
Brewton
G. L. Larkin
James Edward Spencer
Willisson & Howell Grocery Company
Amy Cole
Florence
Sarah Nightengale
George A. Toulmin
George Toulmin
Toulmin
C. Mitternight
C. E. Rosette
Anna Shelton
Spartanburg
Busy Bee Sewing Circle
St. Stephens Road
Alfred Delchamp
Deaths and Funerals for Frank D. Austin and Fairfax H. Freeland
The body of Frank D. Austin traveling salesman for T. G. Bush & Co. died in the city Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be in Leavenworth Kansas after funeral held in Mobile Alabama. he was 60 and survived by wife Florence, daughter Florence Olive, son Fred H., brother H. M. Austin, and sisters Mrs. John Conover and Mrs. M A Ummethrim. Fairfax H. Freeland aged two, son of Joseph R. and Emma Freeland, died at home in Shady Grove Mobile County Alabama. Funeral Thursday at Shady Grove Cemetery, burial there follows a short illness Fate described in the notice.
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Frank D. Austin
T. G. Bush & Co
Leavenworth
Kan
Alabama
Florence Olive Austin
Fred H. Austin
H. M. Austin
Montgomery
Ala
Fairfax H. Freeland
Joseph R
Emma Freeland
Shady Grove
Mobile County
Shady Grove Cemetery
Eight Mile Methodist Sunday school reorganized
A meeting of Eight Mile Station residents organized the Eight Mile Methodist Church Sunday afternoon. J W Whitsett named superintendent with Mrs John W Thomas secretary treasurer and Mrs Robert W Horn head of the senior class and Mrs Robert Smith head of the junior class. Services will be held each Sunday afternoon. дополнительных
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ala
Eight-Mile Station
Eight- Mile Methodist Church
J. W. Whitsett
John W. Thomas
Robert W. Horn
Robert Smith
Richard Berder
Mobile
Ohio
Okolona
Miss
Joe Mitternight
Henrietta
Millery
Walter Garr
Emile Vetter
Jackson
Tenn
Annie Edwards
Meridian
Adam Crabtree
Oakdale Community Notes and Church Sewing Bee
Mrs EY Langner spent an evening with Mrs A Worthy on Indiana avenue. Master Barthold Nodop visited his aunt Mrs Hutchinson. The Ladies Aid of Oakdale M E Church met at Mrs Chambers home with a large turnout. The Yoke Hearers Sewing Circle meets Thursday at 2 30 p.m. Books arrived for the play The Old Maids Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Ala
Mrs. EY
Langner
A. Worthy
Indiana Avenue
Barthold Nodop
Hutchinson
M. E. Church
Chambers
Cammack
Requiem Mass for Rev. Mather Cassidy Held at Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception hosted a large mass on Wednesday for Rev. Mather Thomas P. Cassidy, a former assistant priest who died last Friday in Providence Rhode Island. Rev. Father Gerow led the service with assistors Rev. Fathers Eaton and Dunne. Rev. Father Edward J. Hackett delivered the eulogy.
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Father Cassidy
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Mather Thomas P. Cassidy
Providence
R. I
Father Gerow
Eaton
Dunne
Edward J. Hackett
Two Sheep to Spark Interest at Baldwin County Fair
Two sheep drew attention at the Baldwin County Fair not as ordinary mutton animals but as aristocratic barnyard performers. The Gulf Coast Produce Exchange eyes introducing Oxford Downs and grazing schemes to boost sheep farming among Mobile County orchard owners and farms.
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Barnyard
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Baldwin Counties
Oxford Downs
Mobile County
Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Directors Postponed
Due to a lack of a quorum no meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors was held Tuesday night. Next meeting will address revising by laws and extending time for the by laws committee. R G Cobb acting secretary received a letter from J S Berger of the Wright Brothers aviation plant syndicate stating no site for a school has been selected.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
R. G. Cobb
J. S. Berger
Wright Brothers Aviation
Berger
Seamly Guest and Husband Debate Sewing Lesson
A guest questions if her husband insisted she learn sewing on a machine. The host quips about seams while a judge weighs the remark.
Hotel Proprietor Given Three Months In Prohibition Case
Peter Hamil proprietor of the serhof Hotel was fined 50 and sentenced to three months in jail by Recorder D H Edington after beer cases were found on hotel premises. Stenographic testimony recorded the prohibition trial and showed beer stored in a rear shed with entrances to other buildings including a soft drink place and a theatre.
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Peter Hamil
Serhof
D. H. Edington
Peter C. Sirdar
J. Adams
Birthday Party Invitations for Local Children
The Mobile Item lists five children with addresses and birthdates for a birthday celebration at Empire Theatre this afternoon. Edith Wittmann 125 Old Shell Road Lillian Fritz 108 Marine St Anna Pierce 314 8 S. Lawrence Bertie E. McLean Davis Ave August Stroecker 262 Marine St Born November 3 1906 9 years old through 1902 13 years old. Families invited to send full names addresses and birthdates two days before their birthday.
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Edith Wittmann
Old Shell Road
Lillian Fritz
Marine St
Anna Pierce
S. Lawrence
Bertie E. McLean
Davis Ave
August Stroecker
Empire Theatre
Andren
Chile
Anuric Tablets Advertised For Kidney Safety
An old promotional piece warns of kidney disease leading to heart failure and uremic poisoning. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets and related remedies, urging readers to send 10 cents for a sample and to describe symptoms for free medical opinion from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York. It also cites backache and urinary issues as warning signs and claims immediate relief from Worry and Despondency.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Anurick
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