Petition of M and C to Raise Rates Denied
Information from Mobile Chamber of Commerce traffic manager R G Cobb states that the Alabama Public Service Commission denied the petition by Mobile and Ohio to raise rates on certain Alabama shipments including Mobile. The commission found fertilizer rates already below the Comer rate and allowed a raise to Comer for fertilizer only, denying all other articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Cobb
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Mobile and
Ohio
Alabama Public Service Commission
Cobb
Alabama
Mobile
Work Underway On New Business Building Corner Conception St Francis
Construction of a two story brick and cement building at the northwest corner of Conception and St Francis streets has begun. Expected completion in sixty days. E J Raub Co is the contractor with materials on hand. Property owned by Mr and Mrs Samuel Lackland of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conception and
St. Francis Streets
E. J. Raub & Co
Samuel Lackland
Diet Exercise Or Death Warns Of Artery Clotting
An eminent medical authority warns city residents that thickening arteries and kidney disease cause most deaths. Symptoms include backache swelling and vision spots. Advice urges meat only once daily outdoor exercise and frequent water intake. It promotes anuric a uric acid neutralizer from drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Robinson Memorial Parish House Opening Sunday
The Trinity parish house, a memorial to the late Edward Walter Robinson, will open with ceremonies Sunday at 9 am. Rev. A G Richards will give an address as Sunday school pupils hold rally day exercises and receive cards. Music will be performed during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Edward Walter Robinson
A. G. Richards
Trinity Episcochurch
Eci
Entente Fleet Driven Off By Bulgar Airmen
Berlin reports from October 7 that Teutonic forces made progress along the eastern Transylvania front and near Norsova, with ground gained by Central powers. The continued action comes as Bulgar airmen engage Entente fleet along the French battle line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Transylvania
Norsova
Four German Attacks Fail on Russian Front
Petrograd reports four furious German counter attacks to recapture ground along the Ceniucaka and Zlota River lines in Galicia were repulsed with heavy losses. The Russian war department says the Russo Romanian offensive in Dobrudja is progressing, with two towns captured on a ridge linking them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Lon
Ceniucaka
Zlota Lipa
Galicia
Russian War Department
Dobrudja
War Office
Bulgars Pressed Back on Struma Front
British forces on the east bank of the Struma in Macedonia advanced further, driving Bulgarians back and seizing several villages, the war office announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Struma
War Office
Complexion claim touts skin osmosis cure in three days
Advertorial text promotes a skin osmosis method claiming to erase wrinkles and rejuvenate aged complexions within three weeks with warm water and roseated cream. It cites Countess de Chevanne in Paris and guarantees refunds, listing Creme Tokalon and Japanese Ice Pencils as key agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countess de Chevanne
Paris
Simone Marnex
West 22Nd Street
New York
Braswell's
Bienville Pharmacy
Three Pay Fines One Goes to Jail in Day Law Cases
Frank Allen Edward Hall and Steve Moore pleaded guilty in the recorder's court Saturday to violating the prohibition law. They were fined $50 and costs of court which they paid. Jim Allen received twenty days in jail. Prohibition cases against John Donovan and Hugh Rice were continued to October 25. Joe Rainey was arraigned on the charges of violating the prohibition law and pleaded guilty with a continuance to October 14. In city court the civil appeal against John Reed was dismissed. Arthur Tew was found not guilty of violating the prohibition law after previously being fined $50 and appealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Allen
Edward Hall
Steve Moore
Recorder’s’ Court
Jim Allen
John Donovan
Hugh Rice
Joe Rainey
Recorder's Court
John Reed
Arthur Tew
Tew
Recorder’s Court
McPherson Sues Mobile Light & Railroad for 20000
Lula D McPherson administratrix of Robert D McPherson sues Mobile Light and Railroad Co for 20000 damages alleging his death occurred when struck by a street car amid company carelessness. The incident occurred July 27 between Prichard and Whistler. Rush sues City of Mobile for 1000 damages claiming injury from a fall at the municipal wharf due to improper lighting and guarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula D. McPherson
Robert D. McPherson
Law and Equity
Mobile Light & Railroad Company
McPherson
Prichard
Whistler
Lartigue Fined for Fence Destruction Appeals to City Court
Bob Lartigue fined $20 and costs by Judge Henry Chamberlain for unlawfully destroying a fence appeals to the city court and is released on $100 bond. Silas Brunson filed the complaint. Lartigue argued the fence blocked a public road but must seek relief from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lartigue
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Silas Brunson
Cedar Point Road
Thomas’ Store
Lartigue
Board of Revenue
Kindsey Rogers
Henry Mason
Dick Young
Bansfield
Arranging Staging for Watch Your Step in Mobile
J. T. Pearson business manager of Watch Your Step Company planning a Mobile engagement at the Lyric theatre. He arranged with Passenger Agent H. C. Geron of the Louisville and Nashville to run a special train into Mobile next Saturday from Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Pearson
Lyric Theatre
Mobile
H. C. Geron
Louisville and Nashville
Montgomery
Party from Fort Morgan Spending Day in Mobile
Major A. D. Raymond and several Fort Morgan residents arrived in Mobile to spend the day. The article also notes the burial of Rev. Father George Lester with requiem mass at the Cathedral and burial in New Orleans. Pallbearers are listed as A. J. Spencer, E. G. Dreaper, J. Hynde, M. J. Vickers, J. H. Giennon, Alex Neely, Lee Walsh, and Matt Mahorner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Raymond
Fort Morgan
F. D. Gross
F. C. Griffis
Helen Griffis
Lancaster
E. C. Chamberlain
Ala
Mobile
Cawthon
Geo. Lester
Father George Lester
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
E. J. Hackett
New Orleans
Messrs
A. J. Spencer
E. G. Dreaper
J. Hynde
M. J. Vickers
J. H. Giennon
Alex Neely
Lee Walsh
Matt Mahorner
Marriage Licenses Issued In Probate Court Saturday
The probate court issued marriage licenses Saturday to Whi Mumme and Anna Proctor Sheppard and to Willie R. Whatley and Minnie Trawick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whi Mumme
Anna Proctor Sheppard
Willie R. Whatley
Minnie Trawick
Dysentery Remedy Credited With Saved Life in Alabama
A Hill Alabama resident says a severe dysentery attack on his four-year-old son was halted by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad claims the remedy saved the child and notes it is available everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Chamberlain
Hill
Ala
Innocent Man Bambrick Executed at Sing Sing
Thomas Bambrick of New York City was electrocuted at Sing Sing for the murder of George Dapping, despite repeated gubernatorial reprieves. Warden Osborne and supporters insisted on his innocence, while bankers sought another reprieve to present allegedly excluded testimony. Bambrick declared his innocence before the death house, and death followed after three electric shocks. The crime arose from a dispute during a McManus Association outing in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Osborne
York City
Whitman
Bambrick
Albany
Father Cashin
The
Thomas J. McManus Association of
New York
Whistler Lodge Members Attend Get Together Meeting
A Whistler Lodge No. 127 delegation attended the Plateau Lodge No. 247 Get Together meeting Tuesday night. Mobile foreman W R Phillips visited Whistler shops on department business. Residents and members moved and organized, with officers elected for the Whistler School Improvement Association and plans discussed for a Passion Play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G Walker
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Whistler Lodge No
K. of P
Plateau
Tho B. Allman
Gilbert R. Bridge
Robert F. Turner
John Ormerd
Jerome H. Tomlinson
Floyd Co. Hartley
George W. Daly, Sr
James R. Fawcett
W. R. Philips
Mobile
Ohio
Whistler
W. L. Knapp
William E. May
J. W. Little
Willie May
Pearl
Albert
Meridian
Quitman
Miss
Robert C. Wicke
Whistler School Improvement Association
Whistler Public School
Mark D. Therrell
J. F. Hanley
Thomas B. Allman
Arthur L. Savage
Julius C. Wicke
Edward D. Nichols
Prichard Hill
William Liversage
Vital Statistics Deaths List by Race and Gender
A granular obituary list records deaths by race and gender, naming numerous individuals such as Leo Tilson Charles Firth John Neff Abraham Bauer Augustus Williamson August Chandler Neville Spencer Fannie Pollard Rosa Gosier Mary Sampson Rosa Mat tie Pathenia Darnell and others. The long roster includes white and colored males and females, with many paired surnames and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Tilson
Charles Firth
John Neff
Abraham
Wonderful Home Remedy Promises to Save Husbands From Liquor
A promotional notice claims a Golden Treatment can save a husband from liquor at home using tea coffee or food. It urges wives daughters or other relatives to send name and address with a coupon to receive the secret remedy at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Redmond Deems Home Rule Safe If Ireland Remains Calm
Irish Nationalist leader John Redmond told a Waterford audience that home rule remains safe if Ireland stays sane after the Easter uprising. He warned conscription would be fatal, calling it a base political device and urging calm, withdrawal of martial law, and fair treatment of prisoners to sustain recruitment and Ireland’s political future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Amond
Ireland
House of Commons
England
Scotland
Wales
Redmond
Lloyd-George
Passenger Vessel Collision in Dense Fog Near Sewell's Point
The British tramp steamer Hawkhead collided with the Chesapeake line steamer City of Norfolk last night in heavy fog at anchor near Sewell's Point. About 100 passengers on the City of Norfolk were transferred to other vessels. no one was harmed. Hawkhead proceeded to Newport News shipyard under her own steam. damage to Hawkhead unknown, City of Norfolk has six plates damaged and stem twisted at Pinner's Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Hawkhead
Chesapeake Line
City of Norfolk
Ington Roads
Newport News
Sewell’s Point
Baltimore
Pinner’s Point
Ulster stance on Ireland crisis and Patt the veterinarian returns
Mr Redmond warns against coercion of Ulster and opposes permanent exclusion of any Ireland portion during amending bill debates. He cites a crisis in Ireland saying malign influence often comes from within. Meanwhile Dr Joseph Patt resumes practice after 22 years in Mobile at a leading regional veterinary hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
Ireland
Redmond
Jos. Patt
Pratt
Mobile
Women of Europe Aid Efforts Through Club Committee
The College Women's Club under Mrs Aubrey Boyles Eleanor Kingston and Miss Harris cooperates with the American National War Association to aid European war victims. An effort seeks funds to help a patient in need while offering training in telegraphy and other trades to aid blinded women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
Natio Association
College Women's Club
Aubrey Boyles
Eleanor Kingston
Miss Harris
Conspicuous Coin Boxes Aid College Women’s Club
Boxes placed in banks and cement business houses of Mobile mobilize sympathy for a movement. About a dozen boxes are already in place and more will be distributed. The committee emphasizes the effort is neutral, aiming to benefit all rather than any single group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eo Cement Business Houses
Mobile
Dirit
Weganlief Association
Oe Jon
Danish parliament delegates sale of West Indies to United States
The Danish legislatures of St. Thomas and St. Croix discuss the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. Delegates from Copenhagen are designated to present the islanders with this proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Thomas
D. W
Salema
St. Croix
Cope
Copenhagen
West Indies
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Mariex
Hayseed Ball
Abba Temple
Battle House
F. L. Tapia
Dauphin ST
Britton
Union Savings Bank
North Royal Street
Rush
City of Mobile
Howard C. Rush
Law and Equity Court
City of
Sing Sing
White
Joe
Ella C. Griffin
Ike
Mary
McConnell
Leonard
Lara M. Wilson
Benjamin
Annie Holden
Walter B
Christine M. la Coste
L. T
Adele Cooper
John R
Mary Southall
A. F
Beulah Norquist
George B
Edna Halliday
Harvey
Nellie Ridgeway
Oscar C
M. A. Sweetser
Frank H
Mary Elizabeth Mallory
John
Adelaide
Erin
John Redmond
Waterford
Mr. Redmond
Oon
Europe
Blue-jay Aike
UER & Black
Chicago
Square Brand
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