Federal Grand Jury Down to Business in Alabama District
The district court here began after noon with jurors sworn in for the federal grand jury. Names include McCants, Norville, Acree, Terrell, Hendricks, Conecuh and Clarke counties among others. twelve votes needed for indictment and officials offered information as needed.
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Stipe Ant Taste m
Alabama
Ain
McDonald
Pitts
Gewin
Talesman
John ‘i. McCants
Monrose County
Riescones
W. M. Meador
Onoctaw
Five Men Drown When Motor Boat Capsizes
Five men including brothers drown after a motor boat capsized in a squall off Rockaway Point. Two others were rescued. The engine stalled leaving the boat at mercy of wind and tide. John Ullinger Charles Ullinger Joel Hoffman Albert Benedict died. William Webber and Henry Ross survived in another boat.
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New York
Rockaway Point
Daniel Lorenz
William Webber
Henry Ross
John
Charles Ullinger
Joel Hoffman
Albert Benovict
Webber
Ross
Weather oddities and a car misread in Mobile tale
The piece blends light weather notes with a strange sighting where a Mobile man finds his own car parked near his office, only to recall he lent it to an employee. It contrasts sunshine in parts with Duluth’s deep cold and notes a 76 degree high in Mobile and Galveston.
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Buffalo
Farm Demonstration Appropriation Set at 400 Dollars
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners met in special session with President A G Ward. They appropriated 400 dollars for the salary of George A Maloney county farm demonstration agent assigned to Mobile county by the department of agriculture. They kept a 1000 dollar request for expenses but reduced it to the prior level. Several claims carried over were ordered paid.
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Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners
A. G. Ward
George A. Maloney
Mobile County
Department of Agriculture
Maloney
Soldier fined for stealing a spur and liquor seizure noted
Frank J. Crawford pleaded guilty to stealing a spur owned by the United States while an enlisted man and was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 80 days in jail. Detectives Boltz and Harris reported liquor packages seized on the launch Reba are unmarked and under review by federal revenue. A referenced patent medicine advertises FEBRILINE as a tasteless quinine remedy.
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United States
Frank J. Crawford
Grand Jury
EH. T. Toulmin
Crawford
Uncle Sam
Boltz
Harris
Federal Revenue Department
Norwegian steamer Fort Morgan brings 17000 banana bunches to port
The Fort Morgan of United Fruit Co arrived with 17000 banana bunches. Corinto expected Friday with a similar cargo. Alamo returned from New York via Key West and Tampa. Peerless carried passengers from Montgomery and Selma. Dictator and Karen sailings planned.
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Fort Morgan
United Fruit Company
Tropics
Corinto
Mallory
Alamo
New York
Key West
Tampa
Fla
Port
Karen
Munson Steamship Line
Cuban
Peter Carlson Dies After Short Illness
Peter Carlson a Norway native and ship carpenter died Monday morning at 8 30 o clock in a local infirmary after a brief illness He is survived by his wife four children and other relatives
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Peter Carlson
Norway
Sunday School Officers Named by Mobile County Association
The Mobile County Sunday School Association met at Citronelle Alabama and elected officers for the year. R L Cotting is president H W Macon vice president Marjory Hedge secretary treasurer Ella Prine elementary superintendent Belle Robinson teacher training superintendent J A Coleman adult department superintendent J T Whistenhunt home department superintendent W W Thomas secondary division superintendent E W Pelton temperance superintendent Hazel Pelton mission superintendent The item closes with a humorous aside about husbands and wives.
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Mobile County Sunday School Association
Citronelle
Ala
R. L. Cotting
H. W. Macon
Marjory Hedge
Ella Prine
Belle Robinson
J. A. Coleman
J. T Whistenhunt
W. W. Thomas
E. W. Pelton
Hazel-Pelton
Orleans Woman Dies as Husband Is Buried
Mrs. Hoffman widow of Rev. John Jacot Hoffman died yesterday during her husband’s funeral at the Helping Hand Mission in New Orleans. Neighbors found the couple unconscious in their rooms and Hoffman was dying of pneumonia while she suffered apoplexy as she left the mission to seek help.
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New Orleans
St Joseph Gymnasium Euchre Night Postponed To Thursday
The euchre party planned by the St Joseph Gymnasium Society is postponed from Tuesday to Thursday to accommodate Father De La Moriniere lecture at the Lyric for Spring Hill College athletic fund. FAIR ASSOCIATION TO MEET stockholders to hold annual meeting tomorrow evening with officials preparing a fair report. A man who goes back on his friends is not a man but a Weak Sister.
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St. Joseph’s Gymnasium Society
Father de la Moriniere
Lyric
Spring Hill College Athletic Fund
Tarpon officers discharged by court in whiskey case
W W G Barrow and R J master and mate of the steamer Tarpon were acquitted in the inferior court for bringing five trunks of whiskey into the state. The judge ordered destruction of the liquor unless needed by the federal government, and the court declared Andrew Jackson discharged. The court will observe Thanksgiving Day with no sessions.
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Sie Leggins
Henry Sanders
Mose Henderson
Chamberlain
Andrew Jackson
Bryan to Speak on Causeless War at Lyceum Night
William Jennings Bryan has been secured by Dauphin Way Baptist Church to lecture at the Battle House Auditorium as the first program of Mobile’s Lyceum Course on Friday night November 26. He will address the topic Causeless War as committees prepare to escort him and decorate the hotel for the visit.
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William Jennings Bryan
Dauphin Way
Battle House
Lyceum
Bryan
Mobile
Court entries show varied civil actions before Safford Berney
Law and Equity Court listings include Frank Morgan vs Munson Steamship Line with $300 verdict for plaintiff and multiple demurrers, amendments granted, motions to reinstate denied, and calls for cases on Tuesday. Chancery matters include sale order petition, probate accounts, and corporate disputes with hearings set for November and December.
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Law and Equity Court
Safford Berney
Frank Morgan
Munson Steamship Line
G. C. Bryant
Coca Cola Bottling Co
J. D. Smith
L. & N. Railroad Co
Joseph B. Clark
Grand Bay Land Co
Southern Realty Co
D. W. Walkley
Ben Tarver
Marie Williams
J. A. Lewis & Son
J. T. Alvarez
German Alliance Ins
Adolph Brown
Equity
Hom Safford Berney
Allie Pearl Bolton
H. H. Bolton
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Alex E. Walker
Banks of Alabama
Bank of Bay Minette
Mattie Richards
George Richards
Clarinda Howell
Samuel R. Howell
Cunningham Hardware Co. Et al
Mary E. Kimball
Union Lodge No. 13
Oda Fellows Building Association
Birthday celebration for mobile children invites guests
The item notes November birthday children, listing ages and addresses, inviting them to a birthday picture party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. It asks boys and girls born in November to send full names, addresses, and birthdates to the Children’s Editor Mobile Item two days before their birthday.
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J. D. Raley, Jr
St. Francis St
Helen Augusta Thompson
Helen J. Midgett
Charleston
ITEM
Empire Theatre
Vessels In Port and Shipping Docks Listing
A partial OCR list shows vessels in port with destinations masters and flags including Rio Piracy and Alamo, Verona, Maria, Carolina, Maria Uruguay, Seacape, Sewanden, and Gen S B Holabird. Mentions dock areas such as Municipal Docks, Beach, Daphne Ships, and Clyde and Duncrag tonnage. Several steamships and schooners are noted with loading and repair activities at Turner Terminals and various docks including Bruce and Munson.
Thanksgiving Day celebration at Bayou La Batre planned with church picnic and concert
Bayou La Batre will host a Thanksgiving Day event with an all day St. Margaret's church picnic and a basketball game between Mobile and Bayou La Batre. Mobile captain Mike Steber. Admission free. At 2 pm a party of fifty or sixty Mobilians led by William J. Giblin departs for a concert at the Bayou La Batre church hall at 8 pm to benefit the church. The program features Mobile performers including the Gulf City Quartette and many soloists. Refreshments will be sold. Several parties plan to drive after the Monroe Park football game. Roads are reported fine and good weather expected for a large turnout.
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Bayou la Batre
St. Margaret’s Church
Mobile
Bayou In Batre
Mike Steber
William J. Giblin
Bayou
Dyas
Eloise Adams
Airey
Capitola Smith
Alice
Janie Cashin
Hilda Steven
Braun
Gulf City
Gabe Chamberlain
John Potter
John Calametti
Baby Gussie
Charlie Jones
Monroe Park
Train Officials Deny Route Change Rumor In Mobile
Superintendent Charles Marshall of the L N in New Orleans and Mobile says a Dunbar to New Orleans route shift via Log town Miss is false. He notes such changes arise after hurricanes and rest with the board of directors, with no local action this year. General Superintendent J H Stanfield of the Southern Railway also arrived in Mobile Monday.
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Charles Marshall
New Orleans
J. H. Stanfield
The
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Mobile
Mobile and
Ohio
Marvelous Revelations by Margaret Hamilton Psychologist
Margaret Hamilton offers a system to read life from infancy to old age and predict future events. Her readings cover business matters, lawsuits, wills, divorces, pensions, stocks, and insurance with dates, figures, and practical advice at her Prichard home daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Margaret Hamilton
Prichard
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Warren Adams
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Zundle
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Miss
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Walter Wrightson
New York City
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Beaver
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Mobile Coal Company
Bayou Labatre
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