Factory Offers Mobile Plant If Local Funds Raised
The Hamilton Realty & Financing Corp offers Mobile a plant employing sixty workers, to be located within a month, with Mobile paying to attract it. If $12.50 from 1,000 residents is not raised by Saturday, all checks will be returned and no plant will be moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Hamilton Realty & Financing Corporation
H. C. Hamilton
Motile
Hey
Beyorrk Cavil
Nyond
Frazer Named Dean of University of Alabama Medical School
Dr. Tucker H. Frazer, longtime secretary treasurer of the School of Medicine, was appointed dean by University President Dr. George H. Denny as Dr. E. D. Bondurant resigns due to illness. Frazer welcomed the return of Bondurant and touted added funding conditions and legislature support to advance the medical school’s mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker H. Frazer
School of Medicine
University of Alabama
E. D. Bondurant
George H. Denny
University
Bondurant
Frazer
Mobile
Denny
Henderson
Police Records Show Decrease in September Arrests
Police department records report 377 arrests in September, the lowest in years, with fines totaling 642.25 dollars collected by the court clerk. Of the arrested, 290 were white and 87 discharged, while other details are unclear in the damaged report.
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Obitectes Ee
Thornhill Finds New Life in Mobile County Land Riches
John C. Thornhill of Greene County Ohio limped to Grand Bay Mobile County on crutches five years ago and reaped a dramatic turnabout. He bought 320 acres for 15 dollars an acre and now grows corn yields around 45 bushels per acre fields, raised hogs cheaply on native pasture, and plans more acreage as he credits Mobile County with reviving his health and fortunes.
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John C. Thornhill
Greene County
Ohio
Mobile County
Mobile
America
John
Mr. Thornhill
Grand Bay Region
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Produce Exchange
Grand Bay
New Mexico
California
Lyons Orders Expanded Fire Protection for Mobile New City Area
Commissioner Lyons states he has directed Fire Chief McCosker to answer all alarms within the newly incorporated Mobile area. Engine houses 10 and 12 and the chemical engine at Lawrence Street will respond to fires there, with fire boxes planned at suitable locations.
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Lyons
McCosker
City of
Mobile
Government Street
Mary’s Lane
Fulton Street
Old Shell Road
Three Mile Creek
Lafayette Street
Government and
Brown Streets
Ann
Spring Hill Avenue
Chemical
Lawrence Street
Dauphin
St. Francis
Milk Deception in Mobile Stirred by City Bacteriologist
The Mobile health department investigates suspicious milk supply amid tests and licenses. Bacteriologist Howard Warren vows action as the dairy scene faces scrutiny. multiple milk vendors labeled under suspicion as inspectors tighten controls.
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Mexico
Howard Warren
City Health Department
Nick Starvo
Edington
Government Street
Nick
Mobile Creamery
Nick Straubert
Diamon Nick
Union
Health Department
All City and County Schools Report Sharp Enrollment Rise
Superintendent Murphy and Assistant Superintendent Vigor cite a remarkable start to the 1915 school term with city white and colored schools showing higher first day totals than October 1914. City white schools total 4 066 with Kindergartens 302. colored schools 1 272. Country schools also exceed expectations, with Prichard 176 and Bayou La Batre 110 on opening day.
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Murphy
Vigor
Barton Academy
Yerby
Tucker
Marechal
Russell
Oakdale
Leinkauf
Old Shell Road
Semmes
Clark
Owen
Council
Washington
Maysville
Vigor, Ng
The
Country Schools
Prichard
Bayou la Batre
Baker's
Coo Hill
Deschamps
Indian Springs
Lloyd-Newsome
Maples
Smithtown
T. Tanner-Williams
Whistler
Saraland
Mobile Cotton Mills
Crichton
Mobile Hospitality Extends to Flood Holdovers
Flood delays along the Louisville and Nashville line trap several hundred travelers in Mobile. The Cawthon hotel offers its parlors and lobbies for the stranded guests, who may come and go freely. City hotels likely to follow with similar hospitality, showcasing Mobile’s welcoming spirit.
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Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
Cawthon Hotel
Piney woods dairy cattle shown at Gulf Coast Fair
The Gulf Coast Fair will feature piney woods cow exhibits along with renowned Herefords and Short Horn cattle. Lezpedeza herd of J W Duryea and Wa Vernet Herefords from Jackson Miss are highlighted with special prizes offered by the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association and substantial cash awards for dairy cattle.
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J. W. Duryea
Lexington
Hickory Valley
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Memphis
American Hereford Cattle Breeders’ Association
Lesson in melons inspires Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
John C. Thornhill and neighbors near Grand Bay shipped carloads of watermelons with a new standard pack concept. A Monday Chamber of Commerce meeting will formalize by laws and appoint officers for the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange to expand the standard pack to Mobile county and beyond.
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John C. Thornhill
Grand Bay
O. B. Grand Bay
Thornhill
Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Aubrey Boyles
New Orleans
Mr. Thornhill
Orleana
John Thornhill
Grand Bray
Produce Exchange
Mobile County
Gulf Coast
W. C. Bromley
Dyas
Baldwin County
Mississsippi
Qlobile
Know-Your-City Trip to Visit Barker Cotton Mills
E M Bailey of the Know Your City committee invites members and guests to a Wednesday afternoon tour to Barker Cotton Mills leaving St. Francis and Royal streets at 2 pm. Automobiles will be provided. about thirty planned previously. The trip showcases Mobile industries from base to finished cloth with manager Barker guiding visitors.
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E. M. Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
Barker Cotton Mills
St. Francis and Royal Streets
Bailey
Mobile
Barker
Chicagoan turns orchardist in Mobile County farm revival
A Chicago native, Robert Lutz, after leaving the ribbon counter, clears twenty acres on the Pascagoula road Mobile County and builds an attractive home with an orchard and garden. Neighbor Theodore Williams, from Iowa and Illinois, farms forty acres nearby and plans a lasting residence as part of Mobile County’s growing rural development near the Jackson Memorial Road and Northern tourist route. The two farms adjoin a 120 acre citrus and pecan grove established by the Mobile Boosters Club.
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Robert Lutz
Chicago
Scranton Road
Pascagoula Road
Mobile
Mobile County
Lutz
Lutz Twenty
Theodore Williams
Iowa
Illinois
Jackson Memorial
Mr. Williams
Kobile
Williams
Mobile Boosters Club
Plan to unite Mobile and Baldwin counties for bridges and highways
Officials of Mobile and Baldwin counties urged to approve cross bay bridges and connecting highways. A survey of feasible routes will seek economy and shorter distance, two thirds of construction in Baldwin, with equitable burdens. An educative campaign will explain open trade to Baldwins and Mobile counties, and immediate work by public or private capital with county cooperation.
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Mobile
Baldwin
Baldwin County
Mobile Baldwin highway plans move toward cross-county bridge links
At a Mobile Baldwin Highway Committee meeting in the Cawthon hotel, investors led by Hampton D. Ewing pushed plans for a coast highway joining Mobile and Baldwin counties. A survey and cost study were ordered, with routes from Jay de Point or Frascati to be decided later.
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Alabama
Baldwin County
Baldwin
Mobile
Baldwin Counties
Hampton D. Hwing
New Yorker
Mobile-Baldwin Highway Committee
Cawthon Hotel
Jay de Point
Frascati
Alabama Coast Highway Association
Cawthon
Captain Syd Douglas Appointed to Mobile Board of Equalization
Thomas W. Sims announces Captain Syd Douglas will join the Mobile county board of equalization. Douglas, former Mobile excise commission member noted for efficiency and law enforcement, joins a board also naming John B Rosinstihl of Birmingham to Jefferson county duties.
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Syd Douglas
Mobile Board of Equalization
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas W. Sims
State Board of Equalization
Mobile County Board of Equalization
Douglas
Mobile Excise Commission
Sims
John B Rosinstihl
Birmingham
Jefferson County Board of Equalization
Jefferson County Board of Revenue
Hunt For Man Who Killed Deputy Sheriff Intensifies In Mobile
Sheriff Livings and Deputy Baker’s killer T. W. Hodge, a white man with prior violent offenses, is pursued through Mobile after fatally shooting Deputy L. S. Baker near Floralla September 18. A $500 reward remains, with Hodge described as about 5 feet 6 inches, 145 pounds, dark complexion, black hair, No. 6 shoe.
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T. W. Hodge
L.S. Baker
J W. Livings
Covington County
Mobile
William H. Holcombe
Hodge
Deputy Baker
Floralla
Livings
Alabama
Sheriff Livings
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DR. Frazer
Dr. Bondurant
New City Limits
Woods
Bay Counties
Baldwin Railroad
Highway Committee
James H. Webb
George Robinson
J. B. Robertson
Mr. Ewing
Gus Muths
Milton Dat
Jett-Muths
Dallas
Texas
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