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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1915

Page

3

Marin e fleet moves in Nassau for dock and sail actions

Captain W J Pinder of Nassau is in the city arranging dry docking for the American schooner Albert D Mills and coordinating sail plans for the D Pickles Evadne and other vessels. The Fort Morgan and other ships were ordered to load freight for the tropics as several sailings occurred Friday morning.

W. J. Pinder Nassau New Providence Bahamas Captain Pinder Albert Db. Mills Cuba Mills D. Pickles Evadne T. D. Nettles United Fruit Company New Orleans Fort Morgan Mr. Nettles Tropics Mobile L Demet Dictator Orr-Laubenheimer Steamship Company Verona Belize B. H Oxaca Albert D. Mills Bowen Apollo Fairhope Mallory Line Sabine Lower Bay New York Key West Tampa Fla

Modern Homes Wanted Motor and engine request from Fleming Choctaw Point

Classified brief notes a modern homes request for ten to twelve horsepower gasoline engine at Fleming in Choctaw Point. Cotton seed oil market and New York stock trading summary follow with extensive price and stock movement data. Savannah turpentine and rosin markets close with barrels and stocks reported.

Fleming Choctaw Point New York

VESSELS AND MARKETS REPORTS IN PORT AND SHIP CHARTS

The page lists vessels at Mobile bound for Havana and Liverpool with destinations and cargo notes, plus a Saturday market roundup from New York and Liverpool covering cotton futures, grain, provisions, and various price quotes. It includes sea traffic, barks and steamers, and port repairs under Gulf Dry Docks and Olinger Bruce Docks.

Turner Terminals Gulf Dry Docks Henderson Docks Olinger & Bruce Schowu Ners Dry Docks Pinto Dry Docks Turner Terminals N. CO Barks Gulf Dry Docks Barkentines Hildegarg Ollinger & Bruce Docks Carolina Havana Cuba Moragues Lumber Company Pathfinder New York Alex Lawrence Liverpool England Oaklands Nor Havre France Perceler Antilla Anna Australia Walsh Stevedoring Co Daniel Bailey Boston Mass J. M. Scott & Bros Mavisbrook Newport Eng Gulf States Ship's Co Viator Puerto

Thrift Lessons From a Berkeley Family of Four

Miss Thir Muthis Brookman cites the Woodwards of Berkeley who married fourteen years ago with a $75 monthly income. Through strict budgeting they saved about $600 by 1908 and built a home, educating three children, while expanding a school savings program reaching nearly 400,000 children with deposits over 1.7 million dollars.

Thirmuthis A. Brookman Berkeley Cal Savings Bank Woodward Mrs. Woodward San Francisco Europe Owever Comptroller of Currency Hig

Birthday celebration for local mobile children

The Mobile Item marks birthday anniversaries for Catherine Dudley Isabel W Stroecker Franklin Rasher and Edward Lauzon Jr all born Oct 2 in earlier years. It invites them to host a five friend birthday party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon with tickets mailed. October birthday notices request full names addresses and birthdates from children born in October.

Catherine Dudley Palmetto St Isabel W. Stroecker Marine St Franklin Rasher Spring Hill Ave Edward Lauzon, Jr Savannah St the Item Empire Theatre Chileren

Dynamite Cargo of German Steamer Is Being Unloaded

Lighters began unloading the dynamite cargo from the German ship Hagdeburg in Gravesend bay. The material will return to its factory, following a government ruling that the ship’s presence endangers navigation since the war began.

New York Hagdeburg Gravesend Bay

Baptist Tabernacle Church Service Schedule

Baptist Tabernacle on Claiborne and Church streets led by Pastor J E Barnes hosts 9 30 am teaching service with John T Dulaney as superintendent. The Lord s Supper observed after morning service. B Y P U meets 6 30 pm. monthly business meeting and officers finance committee sessions scheduled for midweek.

Baptist Tabernacle Baptist Tabernacle Church Claiborne Streets J. E. Barnes Church Street John T. Dulaney Ball Finance Committee

Licensed To Wed Moments For Three In Week

A marriage license was issued by the probate court to Willie Sanchez and Ellen Ott Hoyle marking the third license issued in the week. The ceremony pair joins other couples in this week's matrimonial filings.

Willie Sanchez Ellen Ott Hoyle

General Ferguson Civil War veteran dies in Birmingham

General Fred Summerfield Fenson of Birmingham died Thursday at Garrison on the Hudson while visiting his daughter Mrs Arthur Gray. The body will return to Birmingham for burial Sunday afternoon. He was born May 2 1841 in Alabama and served as a Confederate veteran in many battles. He later moved to Montgomery and then Birmingham and held public roles including circuit solicitor and state legislator. He was a prominent Ku Klux activist in his county and commanded the Alabama division in 1909. He survived by his wife two sons Hill and Burr Ferguson two daughters Mrs Gray of New York and Mrs Pelham of Birmingham a brother Judge Charles Ferguson and a sister Mrs Woodruff.

Fred Summerfield Fenson Birmingham Garrison-on-the-Hudson Arthur Gray Birmitham Vern Burr Ferguson Ferguson B Ville Ala Frederick Gs. Ferguson Wesleyan Unsit Florence William Richardson Hunter Price Williams Mobile Tuskegee Maconse Nera Ferguson Moner Judy Susan and Montgomery Laura Burt Pulaski Tenn Birmin Jefferson Alabama Ain John C. Webb Demopolis M. L. Wood Hill Burr Ferguson Gray New York

First of Jacksonville Shooting Matches Opens

The first of a series of state and national rifle shooting matches began in Jacksonville Florida with teams from the United States army navy and civilians from across the country. The War Department sponsors the event and the Florida Rifle Association opens the matches with the national and NRA events to commence October 8 and 16 respectively.

Jacksonville Fla United States Army Marine War Department Orida Rifle Association The Rifle Association National Rifle Association of America Riggs Bank

Bank officers indicted for perjury in McAdoo case

Charles Glover of Riggs National Bank with William J. Flather and H. H. Flather named in an indictment for perjury related to the bank’s lawsuit against Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams in Washington.

Washington Charles Co. Glover The Riggs National Bank William J. Flather H. H. Flather McAdoo Williams

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