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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1912

Page

2

Chamber of Commerce Meeting Notice in Mobile

Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League calls a general meeting for Wednesday November 13 at 8 p m in the Battle House Auditorium aligned with Alabama Land Congress sessions. A light luncheon and smoker will follow. President John T Cochran signed the notice.

Chamber OF Commerce Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League Chamber of Commerce and Business League Battle House Alabama Land Congress Pattle House

Mobile Chamber of Commerce hosts land congress attendees

Delegates and visitors at the Alabama State Land Congress sessions are invited to a evening program in Mobile. The Battle House will host a mixer for men at eight, with a reception for women at the Cawthon Hotel parlor from eight to ten. President John T. Cochrane will preside, and Prof. Duncan will lecture on dairy demonstration work using the Southern Railway dairy car.

Alabama State Land Congress Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League Home Economic Club of Mobile Battle House Chamber of Commerce John T. Cochrane Cochrane Duncan Southern Railway Illinois Texas United States Hardine Thompson Congress Harding Cody Frank BD. Kahn Montgomery South State Land Congress Alabama Underwood House of Representatives Middle West Mr. Kohn

Lucky Thief Steals Jewelry worth 60000 in Paris Shop

A thief entered a shop in Place de Opera Paris and escaped with jewelry valued at $60 000 after evading several clerks. Local police begin investigations as investigators review security footage and collect witness statements.

Paris Place de Opera

Pardinas Worked in Tampa Several Months as Painter

Manuel Pardinas, the assassin of Premier Canal ejas of Spain, lived in Tampa for several months last winter working as a sign painter and decorator. Officials from several foreign governments were alerted to watch him due to anarchistic tendencies. Pardinas was from Havana.

Tampa Fla Manuel Pardinas Canalejas Spain Pardi- Ras Havana

Stummatone Praised By Mobile Resident In Endorsement

A Mobile man, H H Mouchett of 459 St Francis Street, extols Stummatone as the best medicine he has tried. He says prior ailments included nervous debility, poor digestion, constipation, gas, heart palpitations, cold extremities, and severe colds. He credits Stummatone with a marked improvement and describes himself as a “new man” due to the remedy.

Stummatone Mobile H. H. Mouchett St. Francis Street Stumms Atton Bros’ Drug Store Onti

Mobile County Teachers Pension and Sick Benefit Proposal

The Mobile County School Board discussed creating a fund to retire long-serving teachers and provide sick benefits for those missing work due to illness or other circumstances. They also appointed Miss Shivers to the substitute roll, set Thanksgiving as a holiday, and approved a two-week midwinter vacation.

Mobile County School Board Michael J. Vickers Palmer Gaillard Vickers Miss Shivers

Alabama Land Congress boosts appeal of Southeastern lands

Prominent speaker W G C Woodall praises the Alabama Land Congress as a strong regional effort to promote settlement and investment in Alabama lands. He notes Mobile and South Alabama as pioneers in advertising and attracting newcomers, citing Baldwin County as a shining example of successful colonization and rising land values across the Southeast.

South Alabama Mobile Alabama Baldwin County Mid West Mr. Woodall Congress Birmingham Montgomery United States South Florida Georgia

Inquest Opens Into Tucker Killing in Saraland Alabama

The inquest into the killing of Tucker at Saraland yesterday by Martin Cochrane began at 2 oclock in Sheriff Palmers office. Cochrane, held on a murder charge at the county jail, claims he acted as an officer at the time of the incident and denies the alleged assault on his 17 year old daughter.

Tucker Saraland Ala Martin Cochrane Palmer Cochrane

Banking plan aims to fund farmers via first mortgages

A Alabama Land Congress speaker group urged forming trust-like entities to channel urban funds to farmers. They proposed banks and credit cooperatives extend capital for agricultural development, stressing cooperation between farmers and bankers, better roads, and scientific farming methods toBoost production and marketing.

Mr. Kohn Montgomery Alabama J. B and Trust Company Harding Alre Alabama Association Lune West Spragins Caltea Mr. Lampert

Mighty Rube in Trouble with Damages Suit

New York filed a $25 000 damages suit against Rube Marquard star pitcher of the Giants by Joseph Kane husband of Blossom Seely actress alleging alienation of affections. Kane traced the pair to an Atlantic City hotel but they eluded him and escaped. summons served in New York restaurant as Marquard was with Miss Seely. They have performed in a vaudeville sketch together for some time.

New York Rube” Marquard New York Giants Joseph Kané Blossom Seely Marquard Atlantic City Mias Seely

Alabama Land Congress draws Rep. Wetaylor in Mobile visit

Congressman from Demopolis attends the Alabama Land Congress sessions in Mobile. He HQs at the Cawthon Hotel and praises the movement for statewide agricultural development with banker, business and farmer support. He also notes the Mobile harbor improvement aiding shipping and hopes Democratic majorities aid future harbor appropriations.

Demopolis Alabama Alabama Land Congress Taylor Mobile Cawthon Hotel Alabarma Land Congress Union Land Congress Woodrow Wilson Jority House Senate

Taft Plans Quick Fill of Vacancies Before March 4

President Taft said during visitors that he would fill all vacancies before March 4 without regard to the incoming administration. He noted several important appointments are pending including the commissionership of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the office of the chief of the Bureau of Chemistry.

Washington Navy Taft Rezard Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Chemistry

Escaped Death by Narrow Margin in Street Car Collision

Frazier Pollard, a white boy of 11 Herndon Avenue, was seriously injured when he clung to a construction car of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company and was struck by an automobile driven by L G Lewis, Mallory Steamship Company docks superintendent, at Jackson and St Francis. Witnesses say warning cries were ignored and Pollard shifted into traffic. Pollard survived near-fatal injuries. Lewis was arrested for careless driving and the recorder will hear the case tomorrow.

Mobile Light and Railroad Company Frazier Pollard Herndon Avenue Jackson Street St. Francis Mallory Steamship Company Jackson Lewis Pollard St. Francis and

Thousand Men Strike at Merryville Mills

One thousand workers at the American Lumber Company mills in Merryville Louisiana walked out today. They demand reinstatement of men acquitted in the previous labor troubles, a demand which was refused, sparking the strike.

Houston Texas American Lumber Company Merryville

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John T. Cochrant Pardinas H H. Mouchett Beneft School Board C. F. Vigor Vigor Whistler Barker School L. H. McNeill Satsuma Grand Bay Russell Semmes Dauphin and Monterey Streets Barton Academy Murphy Oakdale Leinkauf Marechal Tucker and Clark W. G C. Woodall Industrial Index Columbus G. W. Taylor Alfred G. Moses Temple Shaarai Shomayin Lambert J. B. Herring Clarendon Davis Committee On Resolutions Rube State OF Alabama Wetaylor Work of Devon Cluett Peabody & CO Troy NY Mr. Doyle Item Office Fatima TOR Partridge-Mickle Grocery Company Peerless Mobile County U. S Soil Survey U. S. Department of Agriculture Alabama Farm Land Company
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