Base Canvass Delayed For Confederate Veterans Event
The finance committee led by William H. Monk Jr begins soliciting subscriptions for the Mobile state reunion of Confederate veterans, delaying the cotton buyers canvass until next Monday. Monk urges citizens to subscribe. the event is expected to draw a large crowd. The Mobile Chamber of Commerce plans a cotton exhibit with tablecloths and towels from Barker Cotton Mills. Hotel interests push hotels to favor cotton goods over linen. Joseph Beidfield of Hotel Sherman in Chicago asks the chamber to buy ten-cent cotton bales and extend payment, noting prior purchases in other Southern cities.
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General Reunion Committee
William H. Monk, Jr
Monk
Mobile
Card
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Roundtree
Barker Cotton Mills
C. B. Hervey
Cawthon Hotel
Joseph Beidfield
Hotel Sherman Company
Chicago
Ill
Chamber of Commerce
Court Sessions Detail Equity Docket and Civil Wins
Law and Equity Court on Tuesday heard reports of reference and dispositions across cases. Decrees pro confesso issued against several defendants while others faced judgments by court or default. Wednesday call lists more civil actions and contested matters including firms and individuals in pending litigation.
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Law and Equity Court
Safford Berney
Bessie Fits
Carl August Fits
Lettice
Gulf City Plumbing Company
Seals Piano Company
G. W. Tunstal
Approval Sought for $150 Million Cotton Pool Plan
A St Louis driven plan for a $150 million pool to aid cotton producers advances with support expected from Secretary McAdoo and possibly the federal reserve board. Seven million five hundred thousand dollars was set as the portion of the pool to be raised locally with sixteen firms pledging $100000 each.
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Associated Press
Washington
St. Louis
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Board
Festus J. Wade
Trespass Alleged Arrests Woman in County Jail
On complaint by Sallie Hunter, Mina Denson was arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lynch for trespass after warning. She was kept in the county jail after failing to post bail.
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Sallie Hunter
Mina Denson
Dennis Lynch
Notary P B Laurendine Files Bond in Probate Court
P B Laurendine, recently named notary public, filed his bond in the probate court on Tuesday.
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P. B. Laurendine
Mobile ordinance amends posting bills on public grounds
An ordinance amends Section 39 of Mobile’s Berney Code to prohibit posting any bill, card, poster, or advertisement on fences, walls, poles, trees, or structures in public grounds, cemeteries, parks, or private property within City of Mobile without owner consent, and bans driving tacks or nails into trees or stands in public cemeteries.
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City of
Mobile
Board of Commissioners of
I Tetas
Tiene
Board of Commissioners
John Alston Dies in Mobile at 69 After Brief Illness
John Alston a prominent Mobile cotton expert and former Confederate veteran died at his 323 Spring Hill Avenue home after about a week of illness. He was 69, born in Starkville Mississippi, and survived by wife two sons two daughters a sister and three brothers. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Mobile
Spring Hill Avenue
Mr. Alston
Farmers’Commission Company
Starkville
Miss
Allen, Bush & West
J. C. Bush & Co
Mississippi
Central Presbyterian Church
Mr. On
J. Muse
Post Office
Greg Alston
State Back Tax Commissioner's Office
H. C. Burton
Virginia Alston
James McCreight
Sills, Bragg
Spence Alston
Japan pledges no island occupation in war aims
Japanese embassy in Washington states Tokyo intends to confine military operations to the Far East and does not seek to retain the Marshall Islands. Jaluit is seen as protecting commerce, not conquest, with German fortifications destroyed and no ambitions beyond safeguarding shipping lanes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Far East
Jaluk
Marshall Group
Pacific Islands
Tokio
Marshall Islands
Jaluit
China
Shan Tung
Taing Tau
Germany
Cotton spot figures and sales in Liverpool market
Liverpool market reports quiet cotton trading with American middling at 6 3 44 pence and sales totaling 4 500 bales. Of which 3 700 bales were American on a 5 20d middling basis. Importers held 2 107 bales including 500 American.
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Liverpool
Shippers Forecast Indicates Moderate 36-Hour North East West Routes
The forecast calls for moderate temperatures affecting 36 hour shipments moving north east and west. Shippers should expect steady transit conditions with no extreme heat or cold impacting delivery windows.
River Levels to Drop Over Next Two Days
Tombigbee River and its branches are forecast to fall in the next two days with surface conditions easing. The Alabama River area is not expected to change significantly over the next 24 to 36 hours.
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Tombigbee River
Alabama
Weather map shows high pressure over Montana and east states
A high barometer area over Montana brings snow and freezing temperatures, with central Rocky Mountains also cold. A high pressure area lingers east of the Mississippi with above normal temperatures and rain in the east gulf and South Atlantic states while other regions stay generally fair. High pressure over gulf states blocks cooler air. Albert Ashenberger, Local.
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Montana
Rocky Mountain
United States
Mississippi River
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
Gulf States
Mobile Tax Board Considers November 10 Meeting Change
At a Mobile Tax Board meeting held in the Cawthon Hotel, officials discussed delaying the coal delegates’ Montgomery meeting and endorsed a November 10 date proposed by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. EE. Q. Fowlkes, Henry A. Keimer, and Charles A. aided efforts, with EE. Q. Norton outlining southern league organization work.
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Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Montgomery
J Leagues
Amingham Chamber of Rm
Montgomery Mee
Mobile Ordinance to Protect City From Rat Infestation
An ordinance by the Mobile Board provides strict rat proofing and sanitation rules for stables. It requires rat resistant walls floors and drains, proper manure and feed storage, daily cleaning, and health officer approval for facilities. Violators face fines and enforcement by city officials.
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City of
Mobile
Board of Palenenese
City of Mobile
Crete
Ec Mobile
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