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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1913

Page

2

Braves Shark Feat At Key West Dives From Ship Rail

Peat Doles Bell arrives Mobile from New York on the Mallory Nueces and dives 30 feet from Key West rail while sharks circle. She will reach Milton, Florida, soon to prepare her yacht The Bells for a cruise through Santa Rosa sound to fish and hunt. Mrs Bell is noted as an expert rifle and shotgun shot.

Peat Doles Bell Mobile New York Mallory Nueces Key West Samuel Bromson Nueces Mr. Bromson

Sec McAdoo Stands By The Negro Employee

Raleigh November 22 Secretary McAdoo refused to accept the resignation of Patrick Norwood a laborer in the federal building Collector J W Bailey custodian of the building resigned today The treasury department replied that no charges had been made and refused to allow Norwood to retire

Raleigh N. C McAdoo Patrick Norwood Federal J. W.bailey Treasury Department Norwood

Boys' Club Tag Day fund tops $1025 for Mobile

The Boys' Club of Mobile reports its Tag Day raised over $1025 for charity on Friday. City Bank and Trust Company counted the money totaling $1017.24 with more expected, plus membership dues of $5 from fifty business men.

Boys’ Club of Mobile City Bank and Trust Company J. R. Crosby Teller Sykes Tucker A. J. Koppersmith G. A. Hetronymus Ladies Board of Management St. George Tucker George Adams Seale Harris D. P. Bestor, Jr Harry Hartwell Good Roads Monroe Park Lady Board of Managers

Marriage Licenses Issued by City Court Saturday Afternoon

The city court issued marriage licenses to John C. Bliss and Mellie Cowart Howard Lane and Lizzie Lane Guy A. Morton and Gladys Isabell Mumme Julian P. Bethea and Clara Campbell Benjamin T. Renner and Martha Davis Rennie P. Scheuermann and Beryl Boyles.

John C. Bliss Mellie Cowart Howard Lane Lizzie Lane Guy A. Morton Gladys Isabell Mumme Julian P. Bethea Clara Campbell Benjamin T. Renner Martha Davis Rennie P. Scheuermann Beryl Boyles

Norman Engraving Company Forms Mobile Enterprise

G L Norman, long in charge of Ainssley Lithographing and Engraving, buys the engraving department and runs the Norman Engraving Company the city’s sole engraving house. The new plant on Royal and St Michael streets uses modern equipment and employs skilled workers. Aynsley retains the lithography division, while Norman provides photo engraving for newspaper cuts and portraits.

G. L. Norman Ainssley Lithographing & Engraving Company Norman Engraving Company Mobile Royal and St. Michael Streets Joseph J. Aynsley Aynsley Norman

Alabama Good Roads Association Holds Mobile Convention

The Alabama Good Roads Association met in Mobile with leaders like Mr. Bloch and Captain Frank S. White. Debate covered county bond issuance for roads, convict labor conditions, and plans to amalgamate with national highways groups, plus resolutions urging tax reform and governor support.

Mobile Alabama Goods Roads Association Bloch Frank S. White Birmingham Alabama Con- Improvement Association Alabama E. Q. Norton Baldwin County Norton Craft John O'Neill

Local visitors note city stay at hotels

Mrs W H Lane and Mrs J O Huxford of Atmore Ala are in the city for several days and stay at the Cawthon Hotel. Mrs G P Nichols and Mrs C P Harrson of Nicholasville Ala visit for several days. Edgar B Kay Alabama Railroad Commission chief engineer from Tuscaloosa is in the city visiting. Louis B Rapp and wife of Glendon Ala visit friends for several days. Mrs T A Schoenberg of Denver Colo is in the city visiting and registered at the Cawghon Hotel.

W. H. Lane J. O. Huxford Atmore, Ala City Cawthon Hotel G. P. Nichols C. P. Harrson Nicholasville, Ala Edgar B. Kay The Alabama Railroad Commission Tuscaloosa, Ala Louis B. Rapp Glendon, Ala T. A. Schoenberg Denver, Colo Cawghon Hotel

Convicts on the Roads urged by Alabama Good Roads

The Alabama Good Roads Association at Mobile endorses placing Alabama convicts on public roads. The Legislative Committee is directed to draft a bill for the next Alabama Legislature and to present it at the association’s next meeting. If a special session is called, the committee must submit the bill then.

Good Roads Association Southern Commercial Congress Alabama Alabama Good Roads Association Mobile

Be It Resolved To Amend Condemnation Law

A formal resolution proposes amending the condemnation law to allow benefits from land use for public roads to offset damages suffered, with benefits not exceeding the damages.

Association Extends Thanks to Mobile Citizens and Media

The association expresses gratitude to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and city for hospitality and for providing the market place free of charge for a good roads exhibit. It also thanks the Mobile Daily Register Daily Item and Daily Post and Tribune for the splendid coverage.

Chamber of Commerce Mobile Mobile Daily Register Daily Item Daily Post and Tribune

Road Improvement Association Plan and Five Dollar Tax Proposal

The group votes to appoint a six member committee to draft a practical organizational plan with by laws and county subgroups. A second resolution advocates a five dollar annual road tax from men 18 to 45, licensing for road users, and district surveys by engineers to bid road work for ten years with bonds.

C. E. Matthews Clark County

Attacks in Court Hit Mobile Sailor Olsen

Frank Olsen, a sailor on the fishing smack Wilden, faces a total sentence of 204 dollars or 230 days in Mobile city jail after violent outburst in court against complainant Adolph Norberg. He was charged with disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon, with a new .38 revolver found.

Frank Olsen Wilden Mobile Recorder’s Court Olsen Adolph Norberg Recorder Edington

Funeral Notices From 1913 Chattanooga Area

Notices list deaths of Martha Hutchinson Freddie Wainright John De Briere Anna May Wheat and infant Leo Rowell. Services set at family residences Magnolia Cemetery interments. Dates November 21 22 1913 with multiple locations including St Francis and St Michael streets Bay Avenue New Conti Street North Chattanooga Tennessee.

Hutchinson Martha M James H. Hutchinson St. Francis Street Cathe Margaret Wainright St. Michael Street Magnolia Cemetery Wainright Freddie James Wheat Anna May E. C A. Tuthill Wheat New Conti Street Leo Rowell Henry W. Rowell North Chattanooga Tenn

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Braves Sharks Key West Waters Mrs. Bell M’adoo Parker Bros Dauphin ST Board of Lady Managers Bity Aynsley Firm Montgomery Captain White Gardner Greene National Highways Association Alabama Good Roads Asociation W. B. Atkins Dallas County O'Neal Highway Commission Mit Committee On United States Good Roads Association United States Tutza Oklo Tulsa Okla John H. Bankhead J. A. Rountree L. & N. Railroad Company Goldman, Beckman & CO Dauphin Street Florida
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