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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
14
Central Trust Company reports 47 230 shares sold in October under court merger decrees for Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific. Of these, 6 021 were under 100 shares, bringing total sold to 684 114 shares with about 100 000 remaining to be disposed of.
A brewer feels superior to the saloonkeeper as higher earnings in brewing create tension between the two trades. The dispute centers on income and status in the local economy.
Chicago November 13 The Lake Michigan steamer Illinois a passenger boat on this trip used for freight was saved after a storm Captain John A Stuffelbeam steered into South Manitou Island sound with no harbor and kept engines running for twenty nine hours to hold the vessel ashore Then a line to a tree was secured and engines stopped until passage to Chicago became possible
Mobile school commissioners discussed making Bible reading compulsory in public schools after petitions with over 2,500 names. The meeting covered kindergarten attendance declines, salary changes, and a $500 addition to Prichard school while noting October enrollment up 246 pupils.
Mrs Martha C Simmons widow of Dr C S Simmons a St Louis medicine maker committed suicide in Excelsior Springs Missouri on Tuesday Gossip about her and Dr Simmons before their marriage reportedly led to despondency She broke an engagement to a Kansas City physician who said she gave back his ring and blamed wagging tongues for her death The Simmons fortune valued at about two million dollars and Texas land speculation helped make it She was Dr Simmons second wife after his first wife Hattie, divorced in 1908 They were married in 1909 and Dr Simmons died in 1910 leaving a fortune of two million
The Associated Press reports a radio message from the battleship Louisiana at Tuxpam predicting the city would fall to rebels under General Cambido Aguilar. The message says federal troops prepared to abandon the city and that American civilians including the consul's daughter sought refuge aboard the Louisiana while the consul stayed at his post.
Coast Guard ship MacArthur reports volcanic activity in Alaska with Ilianina Augustine and Katmai spewing smoke in Cook Inlet. Mount Douglas also showing signs of activity for the first time in living memory of the natives.
James Larkin, head of the Transport Workers Union, was liberated from Mount Joy prison where he served seven months for sedition. He appeared at labor headquarters to a large demonstration by his followers amid ongoing transport strikes since December.
A meeting of men who signed applications for membership in the new Mobile artillery battery was held Wednesday night at Armor hall. The roster has grown to more than eighty with more names expected to be added in the coming week.
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