Somers Defends Realty System Not a George Idea
W A Somers inventor of the Somers system of realty assessment tells an Item reporter he is not a Socialist or single taxer. He says his unit valuation method has reduced licenses in Houston and edges toward a single tax goal while avoiding direct Henry George principles. Somers notes adoption in several Texas cities and cites his background as a former St Paul city engineer aided by math in property appraisal.
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W. A. Somers
Somers
Fairhope
Henry George
George
Mr. Somers
Houston
Tex
Moses
Israel
Mr. George
St. Paul
Augusta
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Obile Chamber of Commerce
St. Paul Minn
Committees for Exchange Named for Mobile Cotton Trade
The Mobile Cotton Exchange announced the full 1918-14 committee roster with officers and directors. Officers are E. D. Ledyard president LeBaron Lyons vice president L. C. Fry treasurer J. P. Safford superintendent G. M. Van Liew chief supervisor. Directors include Estes D. Baker H. G. Grimley Winston Jones and others. Full and visiting members listed along with monthly chair changes across multiple subcommittees.
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Mobile Cotton Exchange
The
Cotton Exchange
E. D. Ledyard
LeBaron Lyons
L. C
J. P. Safford
G. M. van Liew
Estes D. Baker
H. G. Grimley
Winston Jones
L. W. Parker
A. LeBlanc
M. D. Kahn
W. C. Lott
F. L. Ross, Jr
Jasper Delhomme
W. J. Atkinson
H. G. Barclay
G. G. Barker
D. P. Bestor, Jr
W. G. Bevill
E J. Buck
H. H. Clarke
W. E. England
L. C. Fry
W. M. Gaillard
J. W. Hunter
M. D. Jahn
Kissler
F. M. Ladd
S. A. LeBlanc
J. W. Little
W. O. Lott
C. H. Minge
Board of Appeals
J .W. Whiting
C.H. Minge
BE. H. Planck
H. G
Schedule changes on L and N successful
The Louisville and Nashville railroad reframed its Mobile to Northern and Eastern States timetable effective Sunday last. Train No 38 departs Mobile at 1 36 am with a ten minute stop, touted as modern and fast. It speeds to New York via Flomaton Georgiana and other major stations, offering vestibule service, library, buffet diner, and sleepers.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Mobile
H. C. Geron
Here
New York
Flomaton
Georgiana
Eenville
Montgomery
Atlanta
Washingon
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Tom Thumb Nuptials Delight City audience at YMCA
A large Harte auditorium crowd watched the Tom Thumb wedding presented Monday night by the Government atte Presbyterian church with the YMCA as host. The production featured Helen Madler as the bride and Sidney Prince as the groom along with a chorus of children and a full cast including Margaret Coleman as matron of honor and Ernest Ladd as ring bearer.
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Tom Thumb
Harte
Atte Presbyterian Church
Helen Madler
Sidney Prince
William Shock
Esther Reynolds
Grace Glennon
Emma Tam
Myrtle Harris
Barbara Brodbeck
Armstead Christian
Mirabeth Penny
Clara Stone
Helen Hermaiuin
Margaret Coleman
Kathleen Yerger
Julia Vincent
Albert Reynolds
Daisy Southerland
Mary Horton
Naomi Foreman
Elizabeth Ramsey
James Gavin
Berney Sheridan
John Shearer
Frank Spencer
Hewell Wynne
Clara Yerger
Frances Walker
Martha Dumas
Frances Reynolds
Josie Crum
Ellie March
Ben Harte Harris
Robert Christian
John Buell
J. C. Campbell
Ernest Ladd
Billie Lott
Houstis Crutcher
Bride
Nannie May Holland
Kenneth McAlpine
Frantis Grayson
Alice Hollifield
Elizabeth Bolling
Denton Horton
John Forsythe
Clyde Foreman
Vernon Burgett
Rose Stahl Shines in Maggie Pepper at Lyric
A crowded Lyric Theatre applauded Rose Stahl in Klein’s Maggie Pepper with sixteen players. Max Reynolds portrays Jake Rothschild with wit while John S. Robertson’s direction and the ensemble deliver a dramatized tale saved by Stahl’s talent.
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Rose Stahl
Klein
Maggie Pepper
Lyric Theatre
Miss Stahl
Jake Rothschild
Max Reynolds
Jake
John S. Robertson
Dredging contract awarded for Pass aux Herons channel
The War Department approved dredging the Pass Aux Herons channel linking Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound. The Southern Dredging Company of Mobile won the contract and will start within ten days from November 12, with work to begin before November 22.
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Mobile Bay
Mississippi Sound
Pass Aux Herons
War Department
United States Engineer
Mobile
Southern Dredging Company of
Crown Theatre Screens Southern Congress Panama Canal Photos
At the Crown Theatre watch moving pictures of the Southern Commercial Congress and Panama Canal. Exclusive cinema featuring Mobile and surrounding areas. Show runs 11 18 11.
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the Crown
Panama Canal
Mobile
Crown Theatre
Lyceum Meeting Postponed to Attend The Confession
St Matthew's Lyceum Association postpones from Wednesday to Thursday to allow members to view the dramatic production The Confession at the Lyric Theatre on Wednesday.
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St. Matthew's Lyceum Association
Lyric Theatre
Arrests boy who called him Tiger
Andrew Holloway a 16 year old Negro living at Salco Alabama was arrested Tuesday morning by Patrolman E Doyle on a charge of perjury. The warrant dated March 1912 alleged Holloway swore he bought whiskey from Tripp Chiepalich on October 16 1911 and testified for the state. Chiepalich was then jailed for selling liquor without a license and Holloway faced arraignment later that day before Recorder Edington.
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Andrew Holloway
Salco
Alabama
Patrol E. Doyle
Holloway
Tripp Chiepalich
Recorder’s Court
Chiepalich
Mobile Police Department
Spring Hill Avenue
Doyle
Edington
Timber Lease Filed In Mobile County For 76000 Payment
A timber and turpentine land lease from D R Burgess to Everett Boykin was filed in Mobile county probate court at the request of Irvington Realty Company. The deal included 78000 paid via 31100 cash 22000 in bank certificates and two 12500 notes guaranteed by Taylor Lowenstein and Company. Stumpage rights for pine and cypress are set at five dollars per thousand feet.
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Mobile County
D. R. Burgess
Everett Boykin
Irvington Realty Company
Col. Burgess
People Bank
Taylor, Lowenstein and Company
Alabama Colored Baptist Convention Opens Selma Fund Drive
The Alabama Colored Baptist State Convention chaired by Dr. J. H. Eason begins its 46th annual session at Stone Street Baptist Church in Mobile with Rev. R. D. Watkins, aiming to raise funds for Selma University and support missions. Delegates from 2,000 churches and 200,000 members attend along with 80 associations and 50 academies. Thursday marks emancipation centennial commemorations at four churches with speakers including Walter S. Buchanan of A and M Normal and Dr. A J Stokes. Governor O Neal may attend.
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Alabama Colored Baptist State Convention
J. H. Eason
Birmingham
R. B. Hudson
Selma
Stone Street Baptist Church
R. D. Watkins
Selma University
M. W. Gilbert
T. Clanton
A. F. Owens
R. L. Diggs
State Sunday School Convention
State Baptist Young People’s Union
Women’s Baptist State Convention
Walter S. Buchanan
A. and M. College, Normal
Ala
A. J. Stokes
Montgomery
O'Neal
Mobile
Panama Canal Celebration and Release of Crown Theatre
A brief entry notes events on November 18 2011 involving a Panama Canal celebration and an item titled Don’t Crown Theatre. The snippet hints at a local cultural calendar entry with two referenced items and a date.
Report on Bank Assignee Pake Moves Forward
The chancery court report by Register Carl Holzborn on H B Pake as assignee of Leinkauf Banking Company affairs will stand unless the supreme court reverses Judge Safford Berney. The report recommends removal of Pake and disallows any compensation for his services amid ongoing creditor settlements and litigation.
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Carl Holzborn
Chancery Court
H. B. Pake
Register
Paker
Mobilians Return Home From Y W C A Institute
Prominent Mobilians attended the Y W C A Institute in Birmingham and return home today. Guests at a Saturday luncheon at the Southern Club included Miss Nannie Gayle Owen Mrs Seeberg Miss Seeberg Miss McElroy of St Louis Mrs James Bowron and Mrs T A Smith.
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Y. W. C. A. Institute
Birmingham
Nannie Gayle Owen
Seeberg
Southern Club
Miss Owen
McElroy
St. Louis
James Bowron
T. A. Smith
Wallace to Speak Wednesday At Temperance Hall
The Mobile county campaign of John H. Wallace state game and fish commissioner and gubernatorial candidate will open Wednesday night at Temperance Hall with an address by Wallace. Attorney C A Grayson will preside.
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Mobile County
John H. Wallace
Emmet O'Neal
Temperance Hall
Wallace
C. A. Grayson
Turn the Baby's Tears to Laughter
An ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative remedy for infant constipation and nervous headaches. It cites Mrs John Kirch Jr of Pittsburgh and three month old Walter, claims rapid relief, safety for all ages, and a money back guarantee with a free sample offer by mail from Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
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Dr. Caldwell
John Kirch, Jr
Abstract Ave
Pittsburgh
Little Walter
W. B. Caldwell
Washington ,St. Monticello, Il
How This Woman Found Health From Lydia E. Pinkham
Utica Ohio reader Mia Earlewine reports relief from female weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says back pain and fatigue diminished and she can work and walk without tiring. Nebo Illinois reader Hettie Greenstreet shares ten years of troubles improved and credits the remedy for renewed health.
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Utica
Ohio
Lydia E
Mia
Nebo
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hettie Greenstreet
Nebo, Illinois
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Cotton Organization
LYRIC
Heron Pass
Eaton
Phil. P. Cresap Company, Ltd
Hood
Tripper
Everett & Boykin
Selma College
Colored Baptists
Holzborn
Berney
Walter J. Kirch
George Kleine
Pompeii
U. S
Harris
Turkey
Carter
Lydia E.pinkham
DeBriere
Debriere’s Cafe
South Royal ST
Vance
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