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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1913
Page
13
The Internal Revenue Bureau questions how alimony over 3000 dollars is taxed. It may be paid by the recipient while the payer receives a deduction, avoiding double taxation. Government cost to collect is expected to be around two million dollars.
President John Craft of the Alabama Good Roads Association writes to Mobile county clergy asking them to attend a roads congress in Mobile in November 2022 and urge local businessmen to engage in good roads efforts.
At the International Purity Congress in Minneapolis Bob Herbert S. Gernert argues public morality is a state issue and urges commissions of morals in each state. He notes federal limits, cites state health and safety analogies, and calls for policing and factory school reform. Alice Stebbins Wells praises policewomen in preventive work. W T Allan of Jacksonville, Alabama, also spoke.
The American Louisiana Oil Company, based in Birmingham, filed articles of incorporation in Montgomery to drill wells for oil and gas. Capitalization is $60,000 with $25,000 paid in. Incorporators are J. J. Elliott, S. Jacobs, Charles H. Scott and J. E. Seay.
Secretary J A Joullian of the Alabama Oyster Company says Bayou la Barre residents face bitter complaints about bayou seining. The practice is destroying millions of young fish and depriving families of a living.
At Mobile Lodge No. 108 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks a Thursday night meeting elected M. S. Macias to succeed A. Danne as secretary who resigned. The largely attended gathering featured a luncheon afterward.
The court list shows daily criminal and civil cases slated for November 17 through December 1. Judges’ dockets include parties such as Lucy Mathews, J F Whatley, Mobile Brewery, and Gulf City Boiler Works among many others, with multiple civil actions and company names across dates in Mobile.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a hair treatment. It claims cleansing reduces dust oil and dandruff while stimulating growth and giving hair a wavy fluffy look. A 25 cent bottle is sold at stores and counters.
Humane Officer J S Ducourneau files habeas corpus in probate court asking May Crawford to produce her 77 year old daughter and show cause why she should not be deemed an improper guardian. He cites welfare concerns and asks the court to commit the child to an orphan asylum.
Nearly a thousand taxicab chauffeurs decided today to accept an eleven-hour work day as offered by employers, retreating from a demand for ten hours and avoiding a threatened strike. The men previously worked twelve hours.
The document enumerates civil actions and hearings scheduled in Mobile courts from December 2 to December 23, listing parties such as Schmohl, North Mobile Development Co, Forbes Piano Co, Southern Railway, and the City of Mobile. It includes law and equity proceedings, assignee matters, and motions with dates and judge names.
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