City petitions seek funds for permanent dancing pavilion
Business leaders and property owners ask Mobile city commissioners to allocate 1500 dollars for a 50 by 50 foot permanent dancing pavilion at Bienville Square. They also seek thirty summer band concerts at Bienville Square Washington Square and Lyons Park. The drive, led by L W Savage, follows a successful dancing fiesta and aims to make Mobile a premier center for children’s dancing.
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Mobile
Bienville Square
Washington Square
Lyons Park
L. W. Savage
America
United States
Mobile to Watch New Orleans Port Charge Change
New Orleans port charges set to start November 15 may serve as a model for Mobile changes. Theodore Brent of the New Orleans Association of Commerce says the plan shifts tax from tonnage to vessels and lowers dock levies from 30 cents to 5 cents. Copies will be sent to Mobile for study in case similar revisions are proposed here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mobile
Theodore Brent
Association of Commerce of
Brent
Williams Treatment claims to cure kidney and bladder trouble
An advertisement touts The Williams Treatment for kidney and bladder diseases rheumatism and uric acid troubles promising rest strength and relief from pains. It offers a free 50c bottle and a second bottle sent with no obligation and asks readers to mail name address and 110c to the Williams Company Dept 1380 East Hampton Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
D. A. Williams
New Post Office
East Hampton
Conn
Southern Medical Association convenes in Atlanta 1916
The Southern Medical Association selects Atlanta for the 1916 convention with Dr. Robert Wilson Jr. elected president. It features tuberculosis and pellagra symposia, calls for increased medical forces for national defense, and covers early recognition, gland tuberculosis in children, rest and exercise cautions, and artificial pneumothorax as a safe treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson, Jr
Charleston
S. C
United States
Secretary of War
S. E. Thompson
Texas
Carlsbad
Mary Lapham
Highlands
N. C
Thompson Frazier
Asheville
Martin F. Sloan
Towson
Duchess Skylard Ormsby Crowned World Butter Fat Champion
Duchess Skylard Ormsby a Holstein-Friesian won the world title for butter fat production in a single cow. The cow yielded 1 20 091 pounds of butter fat and 27 161.7 pounds of milk in a year, with 4.32 percent fat and minimal grain intake under test supervision by 14 experts from Wisconsin and Minnesota stations in a farm near Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Duchess Skylard Ormsby
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Williams divorce suit filed in chancery court
Harry Williams filed for divorce from Annie Williams in chancery court on Wednesday. The couple were married June 18, 1910.
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Harry Williams
Chancery Court
Annie Williams
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Mobile Citizens
A Mobile endorsement touts Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and rheumatic pains. Retired druggist A A Pike of 507 Eslava St. Mobile reports long backache, swollen joints, irregular urinary secretions, and improved health after using the product. Priced at 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
A. A. Pike
Eslava St
Mobile
Doan
Persians Fear Oncoming Russians Seek Terms
Teheran advices say a Russian force is within 45 miles as Germany Austria and the Ottoman powers plan to withdraw. Archives of German and Austrian legations move to the American legation. A Persian parliament secret session showed hope for amicable Russo Persian terms while ministers work on acceptable conditions for Russia and Britain. The shah may retreat to Ispahan if proposals fail.
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Petrograd
London
Teheran
Persia
Russia
Great Britain
Ispahan
Be Ready to Attack If Necessary Says Stone
Washington November 11 Senator Stone chairman of the foreign relations committee declares he supports national readiness to take the offensive when necessary, going farther than most advocates who favor defense alone.
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Stone
Washington
Senator Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Frisco Reorganization Cuts Capitalization and Charges
Plans for the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad reorganization submitted to the public service commission propose a capitalization reduction of 29,678,000 dollars, about 8.31 percent, and a fixed charges cut of 47.15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Public Service Commission
War Committee of Five Fills Kitchener's Place
Great Britain forms a five member wartime cabinet committee during Field Marshal Kitchener's absence. Premier Asquith joins with Arthur Balfour Lloyd George Andrew Bonar Law and Reginald McKenna to oversee war matters.
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WAR Committee OF Five
Kitchener
London
Great Britain
Field
Hart Kitchener
Asquith
Arthur J. Balfour
Admiralty
Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Reginald McKenna
Ancona Seized by Inquiries in New York Office
New York agencies Hartfield Soleri & Co. faced a flood of questions from across the country about persons believed aboard the liner Ancona. They had not heard from the Naples home office regarding the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ancona
Hartfield Soleri & Co
Naples
British Detention of Steamship Hocking Tests Enemy Ownership
Washington dispatch says Britain informed the United States the Hocking detention aimed to determine if the American steamer, seized by a prize court at Halifax, was enemy-owned though flying the U S flag. The vessel is owned by the American Trans Atlantic Company of New York with stock reportedly German-owned.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Hocking
Halifax
American Trans- Atlantic Company
New York
Eastman Kodak declares new 12 1/2 percent extra dividend
Directors of Eastman Kodak Company yesterday declared an extra dividend of 12 1/2 percent on common stock. It is the largest dividend ever declared by the company and brings total extra dividends on common stock for the year to 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Juries Fail to Reach Verdict in Prohibition Cases
Juries in the Lavene and Johnson prohibition cases reported no verdict after retirement late Wednesday night and again Thursday, while Irene Burroughs was convicted of grand larceny for stealing jewelry and clothing worth $27 from Laura Johnson. Spencer Williams pled guilty to assault and battery with a knife. John Conney was convicted of assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lavene
Walter Johnson
Irene Burroughs
Laura Johnson
Spencer Williams
Octavia Jackson
John Conney
Weather and river forecasts for regional shipping routes
The forecast warns shippers to protect cargo for thirty hour northbound shipments at thirty eight degrees, with moderate temperatures east and west. The Tombigbee river system shows little change in two days, Alabama river similarly stable. A strong low pressure center over Minnesota extends to the Great Lakes and Texas bringing precipitation and warm southerly winds with freezing temperatures in the Dakotas. Peak winds reached 48 mph in Oklahoma City and 46 mph in St. Louis as high pressure with low temperatures advances east after the low.
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Tombigbee
Alabama
Minnesota
Montana
Great Lakes
Texas
Dakotas
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
St. Louis
Albert Ashenberger
Obituaries From Mobile Area Include Multiple Burials
Obituaries note Mrs. J M Smith of Oakdale died after a long illness at the Bay avenue home. She leaves a husband Samuel R Smith a son Marvin G Smith and two daughters Mrs F G Carey and Miss Clara B Smith. Funeral at Oakdale Baptist Church burial in Pine Crest. Cruxton Morrow 16 of Neshota Mobile county died after appendicitis operation. Survived by Rev J T Morrow and Mrs Morrow and other relatives. John B Sanchez Jr of Whistler buried at Whistler Catholic cemetery after service at St Bridget. Rev A G Richards led service for Hardway Y Mountain buried at Magnolia cemetery with pallbearers named.
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J. M. Smith
Jessie Marsh Smith
Samuel R. Smith
Bay Avenue
O'Donnell
Cruxton Morrow
Neshota
Mobile County
Leinkauf School
J. T. Morrow
John B. Sanchez, Jr
John B. Sanchez
Whistler
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Father Genet
H. Y. Mountain
A. G. Richards
Trinity Episcopal Church
Hardway Y. Mountain
Congress Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs
W. W. Coor
Hugh Pitard
James Reding
George B. McKnight
W. W. Rafield
J. M. Forbes
Evans Attends State YMCA Convention in Birmingham
Frank W. Evans, secretary of the local YMCA, travels to Birmingham for a state associations convention to organize a state association committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Evans
Birmingham
Marital union of Chess Davis company members in city chancery court
Chesley Taylor known on stage as Chess Davis of Memphis Tennessee and Miss Marion Pate of Atlanta Georgia were wed Thursday at 1 pm in the chancery court. The ceremony was performed by Chancellor Smith with P. B. Laurendine and close friends in attendance.
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Stageland
Chesley Taylor
Memphis
Tenn
Chess Davis
Marion Pate
Atlanta
Chancery Court
Smith
P. B. Laurendine
Marriage Licenses Issued By Probate Court
The probate court issued licenses on Thursday for White-Chesley Taylor and Marion Pate. Licenses also went to Willie Johnson and Helen Curtis, Samuel Johnson and Ruth Richars in the Negroes category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesley Taylor
Marion Pate
Willie Johnson
Helen Curtis
Samuel Johnson
Ruth Richars
High Pressure Ahead Brings Cooler Weather
Weather outlook notes a high pressure area moving east after a low, predicting cooler temperatures. The piece also jests about wind, odor incidents, and a light anecdote about a campout car ride with Mary or Martha. Fair tonight and Friday, says the weather man.
Court actions: judgments and bankruptcy stayed
In the Law and Equity Court Judge Safford Berney presided. A. J. Wildman won a 100 dollar judgment against Frank H. Beaufort. Childress Lumber Co. vs W. H. Bruner notes defendant bankruptcy and stay pending bankruptcy outcome. Friday calls include Maples vs Koster et al and others. Chancery Court under Chancellor Smith lists Margaret Doss vs N E Doss with testimony ordered published.
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Law and Equity Court
Hon. Safford Berney
A. J. Wildman
Frank H. Beaufort
Childress Lumber Co
W. H. Bruner
IS. J. Maples Vs. H. C. Koster Et al.; Patrick Vs. James Gibboney; C. P. Smith
J. N. Seabury
Bacon Underwood
Plateau butcher held for theft of one cow
Willie Godbold a negro butcher of Plateau was held to the city court under $1 000 bond by Judge Henry Chamberlain of the inferior criminal court Thursday on the charge of stealing a cow from Dun Dunklin residing at Plateau Godbold failed to post bail and went to jail.
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Willie Godbold
Plateau
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Godly
Balil
Tarpon's Liquor Seized Under Police Guard
Detectives seized 249 cases of liquor imported by the steamer Tarpon landed at St. Michael street. Recorder Edington ordered under section 6 of the temperance law that no liquor can be delivered from any boat, and the items were taken to the Mobile police station after eight wagon trips. The bottles were addressed to residents of Mobile.
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Tarpon
St. Michael Street
Edington
Mobile
Prohibition Law Defines Liquor Delivery as Unlawful
Section 5 of Alabama’s 1915 Prohibition first session declares that delivery of liquors to be manufactured sold or disposed of in or from any store shop warehouse or vessel or any shanty or tent used for public purposes or as a dwelling shall be prima facie evidence of sale or unlawful disposition.
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Mobile
Alabama
The Outcast at Lyric Mobile Theatre
The Outcast by Harvert Henry Davies, presented by a London company at the Lyric Mobile Theatre, plays Saturday matinee and night. The drama examines mutualities in love and inhibition without sentimentality, praised as a sober study and outstanding virtue. Matinee offers popular price with balcony at fifty cents.
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Harvert
Henry Davies
L Theatre
Camille
Mr. Davies
Davies
London
Fire Protection Plans Expanded for Mobile Territory
City Commissioner Laz Schwarz of the fire department and Commissioner Harry Pillans discussed adding fire protection for residents in the territory joined to Mobile on Government Street Loops district. Pillans, in charge of the war department, agreed to begin work immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laz Schwarz
Harry Pilans
Mobile
Theernment Street
Pillans
War Department
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Fate
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Martha
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