Gulf Coast Trading Mark Considered for Red Star Brand
A Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange discussion centers on adopting Red Star as a trademark for Gulf region products. W C Bromley argues the mark could unify Eastern and Western Shore markets, with packages already seen labeled Red Star in Mobile. The next directors' meeting will decide the Gulf Coast trade mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmed AA
W. C. Bromley
Jary
Mmstern Shores Exchange
Eastern Shores Exchange
Gulf Coast Marketing Exchange
Mobile
Howse
Central Exchange
Exchange
Deaths Funerals Mrs Margaret Douglas
Mrs Margaret Douglas widow of John Jas Douglas aged about 40 and native of Scotland died Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter on Spring Hill avenue Mobile. She came to the United States as a child lived in St Louis and Mobile with her husband. Survived by five daughters two sons William and John Douglas and other relatives. Funeral Friday afternoon with interment in Magnolia cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Douglas
Marhe Patrick Douglas
John Jas
Scotland
Dr M. Conway
Spring Hill Avenue
Chichester
Douglas
United States
St. Louis
Mobile
Government Street Presbyterian Church
Why Not Get Rid of Eczema
A reader based advertisement touts Resinol Soap and Eczema ointment as a quick, easy cure. It claims the product soothes itching, reduces surface inflammation, and restores skin health at low cost, with doctors endorsing it for over 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. 1-R
Resinol
Baltimore
Russian women dig trenches to defend Riga port
Russian women join the defense of Riga the Baltic port as peasant volunteers dig trenches around the city while artillery from the czarist forces earns credit for the stand against Von Hindenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
von Hindenburg
Baltic
Stocks Continue Marked Gains With Extended Dealings
New York trading opened with persistent strength as gains broadened across all shares. Bethlehem Steel climbed to 459 from 452 1 8, United States Steel led speculative favorites with 11 4, and Reading advanced to 1593 8 as railways dominated early action with total volume near 900000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel
Westinghouse
Baldwin Locomotive
Crucible Steel
Colorado
Great Northern
General Motors
United States Steel
Reading
President Wilson Heads to New York for Engagement Party
President Wilson and his fiancee Mrs. Norman Galt depart Washington for New York. A large crowd gathers at Union Station as the couple and family board the presidential car for a theatre party hosted by Colonel E. M. House to honor the engagement announcement.
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New York
Washington
Wilson
Norman Galt
E. M. House
Union Station
White House
Miss Bones
Mr. Wilson
Mrs. Galt
Wedding Plans Discussed Amid Private Car Moments
President Wilson and fiance Mrs Norman Galt spent the morning in their private car discussing wedding plans with associates. No final decisions were reached and no announcement was made. Mrs Galt wore a veil and carried flowers. the president appeared happy. In Paris, three of General de Castelnau's sons were killed at the front, including Lieutenant Hughes de Castelnau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Baltimore
Norman Galt
Paris
Edouard de Couriers de Castelnau
Hughes de Castelnau
Cattle Epidemic Forces Illinois Farmer to Slaughter Herd
A hoof and mouth outbreak in a prominent Illinois cattle district prompts a government order to destroy the hand fed Guernsey herd of a renowned farmer. She plans to restock with native cattle, reshaping her farm’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Japan Threatens China With Forced Compliance
Peking reports Japan has warned China it will pursue its claims over Koreans in Chentai Manchuria by force if its demands are not accepted. Japan bases its claim on a 1915 China Japan agreement, while China argues Chentai is not covered and the prior accord stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Associated Press
Japan
China
Chentai
Kirin
Manchuria
Frankenfield
Bowie
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Ashenberger
Fire damages one story frame house on South Franklin Street
Fire Company No 3 responded to an 8 am Friday call reporting a blaze at 303 South Franklin Street a one story frame dwelling owned by David Scott and occupied by Mary Earle. Damage was slight and caused by sparks from a kitchen flue.
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Fire Company No. 3
Franklin Street
David Scott
Mary Earle
Bigamist claims home here in city
Sheriff W H Holcombe received a letter Friday from Sheriff H B Dear asking about Walter T Shaw who claimed Mobile as his home and said he had two wives in this city. Shaw is described as a 267 pound dark complected man.
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Bigamist
W. H. Holcombe
H. B. Dearborn
Waxahachie
Tex
Walter T. Shaw
Mobile
Shaw
Stormy Norther Delays Bay Boats Into City Harbor
The first norther of the season delayed bay boats from the eastern shore with Pleasure Bay and the Apollo arriving about an hour late while Daphne was still missing. Casualties include the Carrie E Look losing sails and crew injury. Daisy Reed condemned in Buenos Aires. Maud B Krum listed as missing. unconfirmed vessel aground near Ship Island. Harbor tide recorded one of the lowest in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasure Bay
Apollo
Daphne
Daphne Transportation Company
Carrie E. Look
Gold River
New York
Boston
Mass
Daisy Reed
Maritime Register
Buenos Aires
Mobile
West Indies
Shippers Forecast and Weather Outlook
A weather bulletin notes 36 degree protection for 36 hour shipments north. The Tombigbee river and branches fall slightly over the next two days toward polia and Columbus. Montg omery area steady, Selma rises tonight and Saturday. Low pressure west of Florida brings fresh NW winds. frost reaches Dallas as high pressure shifts over Nebraska.
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Tombigbee
Polia
Columbus
Montgo
Selma
Florida Peninsula
Florida
South Atlantic
Apalachicola
Great Lakes
United States
Nebraska
Dallas
Tex
Aes Ashen Berger
Mayor Bell Defends Poker as Gentleman’s Game on Stand
Indianapolis October trial records Mayor Bell defending poker as a gentleman’s game while admitting playing poker at a hotel. He denies allowing craps in the Negro district and testifies under election conspiracy charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Bell
Sports Notes Digest Roundup From College To Pro Teams
Governor Dunne’s son makes Michigan football squad sparking political quiet. Chicago practice drills hint at team tuning a real game. Harvard drops rowing coach raises concern for Connie Mack’s Athletics. Sparks eyed as Chicago football live. White Sox field Byrd Lynn catcher replacing Schalk. Rickey adds two pitchers from Charleston and Wilkes-Barre for prospects. Somers backs Lee Fohl as Cleveland manager. Evers silent on Series money. Packey McFarland vaudeville dive linked to boxing. Alexander wins 1000 dollar bonus seeks World Series share. Columbia students urge faculty to defend resumed football. Ebbets reflects on players’ salaries. Willie Ritchie to trim to 1365 pounds for October 4 bout with Shugrue.
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Dunne
University of Michigan
Illinois
Stu
University of Chicago
Harvard
Jim Wray
Connie Mack
Athletics
Sparks
Chicago
White Sox
Ray Schalk
Byrd Lynn
Branch Rickey
Charleston
W. Va
Wilkesbarre
Rickey
Charley Somers
Stan
Joe Birmingham
Lee Fohl
Birmingham
Cleveland
Johnny Evers
Packey McFarland
Mike Gibbons
Alexander
Columbia
Charley Ebbets
Willie Ritchie
Joe Shugrue
Freddy Welsh
Cotton rates order explained by Mobile group
Foundation for a request to the Interstate Commerce Commission to explain the exact intent of its cotton mileage order was laid by M. D. Kahn and the joint cotton gates committee. The report by R. G. Cobb warns railroads could raise rates across ports to boost revenues, prompting a formal inquiry rather than protests.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
M. D. Kahn
Joint
Cotton Gates Committee
R. G. Coobb
Champer of
Conmimerce
Mr. Kahn
Mobil
Cobb
Commission
Kahn
Rotary Club
Messrs
D. W. Partridge
Postoffice Receipts Rise in September 1915 Over 1914
Mobile post office receipts for September 1915 reach 19 176.64 up from 16 963.80 in September 1914. John D Wilkins reports parcel post growth amid war conditions lowering foreign money orders. Local office notes auto parcel delivery and new collection delivery boosting parcel post as a key asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Pareel Post
John D. Wilkins
Parcel Post Department
Wilkins
Court Docket Shows Demurrers and Judgments in Various Cases
Law and Equity Court listings include demurrers sustained in Coca Cola Bottling Co case, dismissals by plaintiff in Lyons case, $270.96 judgment with waiver for Calloway Land and Timber Co. v Haas, $116.60 with waiver for Reynalds v Rubira, non-suit in Knapp Co. v Mobile Ship Agency, default and writ denied in Hayes v Bowen, $0.65 with waiver in Adair v Shearer, and motion refusals by Wilson Cochran. Saturday call lists T. W. Sims assignee v Hochstein, Lambert Water Supply Co. v Slaughter, Art League v Fry, and Mertz & Co. v Central Trust. Circuit docket for Saturday Oct 9 1915 names Camp Lumber Co v McGowin, Carney v Mobile Light and Railroad, Williams v Southern Railway, Neice v Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court—Law
Berney
G. C. Bryant
Coca- Cola Bottling Co
Albert G. Lyons
Louela Adele Lyons
Calloway Land and Timber Co
R. L. Haas
W. H. Reynalds
Rubira
Knapp Co
Mobile Ship Agency
Charles Hayes
J. G. Bowen Et al
T. M. Adair Va
Shearer & Hamilton
Wilson & Cochran
Wheeler and Poggi Cleared in City Court
In a city civil court ruling on Friday J W Wheeler and Frank Poggi were dismissed on disorderly conduct charges after juries were struck briefly. John Smith's case was continued until October 16 due to absent city witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Poggi
J. W. Wheeler
Frank Poggi
Recorder's Court
John Smith
Vessel listings and names from a historic shipping page
Readable fragments list vessels and owners including Crathens Oaxaca Edgar Currier Emily Perez M. A. Anchorn Laguna Georgia Gilkey John Frances Evadue and owners from America Britain Mexico and Norway across several line items.
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Wuimokr
Eesccesce South American
Crathens
Nor
Earlswood
Oaxaca
Mex
Senator Bailey
Edgar
Mavinbrook
Currier
Emily
de Perez
M. A. Anchorn
Laguna
Georgia Gilkey
C.D. Pickles
John Frances
Evadue
Domestic Felicity in Court as Marital Strife Surfaces
The report sketches a court scene where marital disputes clash with new state statutes on testimony. Webster Craig and family are drawn into Recorder Edington's court as the case unfolds amid references to updated rules and penalties for domestic quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Craig
Webster
Edington
Don Felicity
Craig
James Green
John Porter
Ey Parnell
Joe Wiley
Post Office
Louie Washington
Albert Berry
Conception Berry
Willis Harris
Vincent Halsen
H. J. Bayard
Pensacola
Weather and whimsy wade through Mobile musings
Frapped weather promises continuation into Saturday with a flurry of humorous asides about storms and local figures. The piece blends meteorology with quirky anecdotes on a Mobile resident, a dog, and a fisherman, concluding with a tease of further installments tonight.
Mobile's Firemen Now Can Brave Smoke or Gas
Mayor Lyons ordered two Hood and Safety Protectors for firemen entering combusted or chemically filled sites. Chief McCosker recommended them after a Cincinnati demonstration. The hoods, similar to Allied gas protection in war, will go to Hook and Ladder Company No. 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Fire Department
Hook and Ladder Company No. 6
C. T. McCosker
Cincinnati
Arks Court
Martha R. Cameron
Rickardy & Austill
Chancery Court
Divorce sought by wife from Robert Cameron in county
Woman files for divorce on December 16, 181 grounds accusing cruel treatment by husband. An injunction is issued to prevent interference with wife’s rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cameron
Kentucky boy charged with burglary and larceny
A Covington youth named Robert Brown was docketed on a grand larceny charge Friday at the station. Special Officer L of the Southern Railway helped arrest him after a burglary at freight depots in Satsum Jackson and the theft of a bicycle and other items. Brown was found with a pistol and other articles in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brown
Covington, Ky
Southern Railway
Satsum Jackson
Schnellen
Pankey
Brown
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Royal Theatre
VIA
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Iean
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Marine News
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Lloyd’s
Ship Island
Gulfport, Miss
Catcher Teo
Turner Terminals
Henderson Docks
Munson
Upper Stream Bastion
Harbor Harbor Harbor
Gintaliae
Coastwine
South America
Cuban
Hildegara
Olinger & Bruce Docks
Carolina
Havana
Cuba
Moragues Lumber Company
Pathfinder
Alex Lawrence
Liverpool
England
Oaklands
Havre
France
Perceler
Antilla
Anna
Australia
Walsh Stevedoring Co
Daniel Bailey
J. Mitt & Bron
Mavisbrook
Newport
Eng
Gulf States Ship's Co
Wiator
Puerto Cortez
Chameleton Line
Corinthia
Nassau
M. P
Horace Turner
Kylemhor
Glasgow
Fort Morgan
United Fruit Co
Procyon
Mobile Coal Company
St. Francis
Kentucky
Kuppenheimer
Double Life
L. H. Meyer
L. H. Meyer & Sons
the House of Kiupreaheuonn
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