Commission Progress Report Highlights City Improvements
The report details Mobile's year of growth in payroll and sewer and water works. It notes expansion of sanitary sewers water purification plants park purchases street paving city wharves and street lighting. It also lists abolished or merged offices under the new commission system.
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Suthern
Bienville
Spring Hill
Mobile
America
Mobile Bay
Ryan Park
Commission
Dauphin
St. Anthony
McClintic-Marshall Construction Company
City Wharf
Jett Brothers Contracting Company
Local Electric Company
Bienville Square
Matkos Chen Sais
Ickececan
Lowe
Etdee’s
Ry Police Commission
Board of Public
Kidney and Bladder Weakness Remedy Ad Claims
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Buchy Compound from The Van Antwerp Drug Corp as a remedy for weak kidneys and bladder. It links scalding urine backaches and other symptoms to kidney dysfunction and touts the product as a magic cure to restore health and vitality.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp
Phie
Stuart
McCracken lectures on Christian Science at Battle House
William D. McCracken of Boston’s First Church of Christ Scientist spoke Thursday at the Battle House auditorium. He argued that true healing and moral reform come from understanding God and Christ, not mental suggestion, praising Immanuel and the omnipotence of good.
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William D. McCracken
Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mast
Battle House
C. D. Henderson
Mobile
Immanuel
God
Christ
Wilson threatens to whip photographer in Bermuda
President elect Woodrow Wilson quarreled with an American photographer in Bermuda after a snap shot was taken. He declared you are no gentleman and warned he can take care of himself, while spending much of the day bicycling near his residence.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Wilson
MacVeagh calls for Bantz resignation as assistant treasurer
Secretary MacVeagh urged Gideon C. Bantz resign from the post as assistant treasurer of the United States for lack of alignment with treasury policy. Christian S. Pearce of the division of banks loans and postal savings will succeed him.
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Washington
MacVeagh
Gideon C. Bantz
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Gantz
Christian S. Pearce
Salaries Cut in City Government Under New Law
The city reduced officers pay after adopting the commission government act. The mayor’s salary drops from 25 000 to a lower figure, while the three commissioners earn 5 000 each. The cemetery superintendent resigned in late August and the automobile upkeep for the city health officer is set at 50 dollars monthly, with a 75 dollar monthly appropriation noted.
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Magnolia Cemetery
Shop Talk Barred By The Druggists
Seventeen druggists gather at Medical Society hall to form the Mobile Drug Club and prohibit shop talk at meetings. President J C Van Antwerp presides as officers and members, including an executive committee, are named and a joint meeting with physicians is accepted.
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Focal Druggists
Medical Society Hall
Cini
James C. van Antwerp
Ven Antwerp
The
Nobile Drug Club
J. C. van Antwerp
D. 8S. Bauer
F. A. Ortman
J. T. Hawkins
E. B. Wheyland
J. T. Roe
William van Antwerp
G. H. Upchurch
J.S. Archibald
R. L. Braswell
John Rutherford
Jim van Antwerp
F. A. Ortmann
Sam H. Colvin
T. BE. Smith
Charles Schleicher
R. P. Cambell
Nixon
Dick King
W. H. Wilson
A. J. Morris
J. T. Head
J. 8
Montgomery
Andrew van Antwerp
Marshall Demony
J. T. Dumas
New Police Rules Adopted By City Officials
The Item reports police rules prepared by Police Chief F. W. Crenshaw will take effect Dec. 1 after approval by the mayor and city commissioners. Officers must carry the pamphlet, devote full time to police work, and avoid debt or outside employment. prisoners must choose their own attorney.
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Police Department
F. W. Crenshaw
Thompson Sworn In as Keeper of the Cash
Carmi A. Thompson was sworn in as treasurer of the United States succeeding Lee McClung in Washington on November 23. He said he would retire from political life with President Taft on March 4. A MacVeagh committee now counts money and securities to verify treasury accounts and has taken charge of the vaults and safes.
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Washington
Carmi A. Thompson
United States
Lee McClung
MacVeagh
Thompson
Taft
Treasury
Free-For-All Fight Lands Three Arrests On Camp Street
Deputies arrest Jim Jefferson Sam Jefferson and Lula Jefferson after a early Friday morning brawl on Camp Street near Ann while serving papers from the interior court. The incident described as a family mix-up and charges include affray with a court appearance set for tomorrow.
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Charles Brannan
Interior Court
Camp Street
Ann
Jim Jefferson
Sam Jefferson
Lula Jefferson
Strenuous Baptist Day Highlighted by Citywide Revival
A Friday program led by Dr. Weaton Bruner and local Baptist pastors includes a 4 pm revival and multiple evangelist talks across the city. Dr. Raleigh Wright addresses the backslider at 9 30, John Low speaks on prayer, and services extend to the railroad shops and Oakdale church with mass meetings and youth outreach.
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Weaton Brune
Raleigh Wright
Wright
Oakdale
Weston Bruner
Franklin
First Baptist Church
Lilly Baptist Church
Bailey
Free demonstration of mechanical toys at the Toy and Book Shop
A free demonstration will be held on Saturday at the Toy and Book Shop, 269 Dauphin Street. All boys and girls are invited to see the life like toys perform.
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Dauphin Street
Baltimore Man Named Minister to Belgium
Theodore Marburg of Baltimore was named minister to Belgium by the state department. He will succeed Lars Andersen as Belgium envoy, with Andersen moving to Japan as ambassador. Marburg is an author and former chairman of the 1911 American Peace Congress, also serving as secretary of the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes.
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Washington
Navy
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Belgium
State Department
Marburg
Lare Andersen
Andersen
Japan
Marbury
American Peace Congress
American Society For Judicial Settlement
Vigorous Search For Suspected Murderer
Chicago police continued their hunt for John B. Koetters, suspected of killing Mrs. Emma Craft in a downtown hotel last week. A man matching Koetters description was seen at the entrance of a downtown office building. He is described as left handed with a maimed right finger and is said to have worked as a barber and a machinist.
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Chicago
John B. Koetters
Emma Craft
Koetters
Hyomei Inhaler Promises Rapid Catarrh Relief
Advertises Hyomei inhaler as a cure for catarrh and persistent throat and nose inflammation. Claims quick relief from morning hawking and recurrent colds, with a $1 price and 50 cent refills. Promotes a money back guarantee and notes the health benefits of eucalyptus-based formula distributed by Booth's Hyomei Co. and sold by Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Booth’s Hyomei Co
Buffalo, N. Y
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
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H. M. Friedenthal
Joachim
Meat and Milk Department
Parks
Ann Street
Georgia Avenue
Selma Street
Spring Hill Avenue
Christian Science
Battle House Auditorium
Wilson
Bantz
Read
Wellville
Postum Gerealco, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Bi Hoe San
Lameron & Cameron C, Cameron Etc? Co
Locol
Graham & Rush
Booth
Gayt
Pensacola, Fla
Oews
Navy Department
Pensacola
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