Notables Engage Rooms for Visit to Mobile Congress
Hotel manager C B Hervey reports Senator J H Bankhead Mrs Bankhead and daughter will arrive in Mobile October 26 to attend Southern Commercial Congress sessions and President Wilson's visit. Other notables reserve rooms including Mrs Harry Smith Miss Louise G Lindsay and Edward T Perkins. Guatemala plans to station a three room suite for its delegation arriving as early as October 23. Congressman George W Taylor is pressing to have the Seventeenth Regiment Band assigned to the president day in Mobile. A Gulfport fraternal and commercial delegation will travel by special train to participate in the day’s exercises.
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C. B. Hervey
Cawthon Hotel
United States
J. H. Bankhead
Alabama
Tennessee Auxiliary
Edward T. Perkins
National Drainage Congress
Miami
Fla
Southern Commercial Congress
South
Central and
South America
T. H. McGonigs
Guatemala
Central Committee
George W. Taylor
Seventeenth Regiment
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
North Carolina
Taylor
Mobile
Association of Commifce
Gulfport
Commercial Association
Personalities and travel notes from Mobile society scene
Mr J Manning of C J Gayfer & Co returns to Mobile after weeks in New York City where he witnessed two World Series games. Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railroad Co president John T Cochrane arrives back in Mobile from a line trip. Various railroad agents and guests like G A Griffin, J K Ridgley, William Henley, Louis Reinhardt, George Richards and wife visit Mobile or stay at local hotels. B J Reilly arrives with Little Boy Blue to perform in Mobile on October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 1. Manning
C. J. Gayfer & Co
New York City
Manning
Metropolis
John T. Cochrane
The
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Company
F. H. Meeder
New York Central
New York
B. J. Reilly
Little Boy Blue’ Company
South
Mobile
Promenade des Toilettes at Hammer Store Weekend
New York living models appear Friday and Saturday at the Hammer Store in a grand Promenade des Toilettes and Tableaux Vivants. Oct 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammer
Living Models
New York
Negro Injured in Truck Collision in Wholesale District
Sam Moore, a Black man, was seriously injured when struck by a truck driven by William A Landers in the wholesale district shortly after 5 pm Monday. Landers was arrested by Officer L S Ludlow on a reckless driving charge and to be arraigned in recorder's court. Moore was taken to City Hospital by ambulance with serious injuries.
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Sam Moore
William A. Landers
Landers
L. S. Ludlow
Recorder’s Court
Moore
Man Fires Shots at John Ass on Warren Street
Shortly after 1 30 AM Monday an unidentified man fired three shots from a revolver at John Ass 2 Hegro on Warren street between Adams and Congress streets. All bullets missed and the assailant escaped.
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John Ass
Warren Street
Adams
Congress Streets
World Series Box Score Timed for Prompt Publicity
Foreman of The Item composing room and a fast Alabama typesetter set the World Series box score in three and a half minutes with no errors. Credit goes to Mr Cox and the typographical teams for beating local records for speed while the sporting editor calls the action from the street window.
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Alabama
Linotype
Cox
Item
Philip Cosminsky
The
Mobile
Seal Search For Missing Aviator Jewell
New York police and boats searched land and sea for Albert J Jewell the 27 year old aviator from Hempstead L I who disappeared after leaving Hempstead Plains early yesterday to fly to Staten Island for an aerial derby around Manhattan. Tugs scoured waters outside the harbor as cars probed Long Island marshes in a bid to locate him. Friends say he had never flown more than an hour before and had obtained his pilot license six months ago.
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New York
Albert J. Jewell
Hempstead
Staten Island
Manhattan
Bis
Jewell
Hammel Store Fashion Display This Weekend
Big display of the season's newest apparel shown on living models. Every body invited. Don’t miss this treat. Oct 14-8t.
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Living Models
Religious Exhibit For The Great Exposition
A comprehensive exhibit showcasing the power and value of the Christian religion was presented for the Panama Pacific Exposition by a San Francisco Protestant churches committee. It aims to build a display building on the grounds and run a continuous evangelistic campaign with Bishop Edwin Holt Hugh es as permanent chairman.
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Jay Associated Press
San
Aviator Killed in Berlin Aero Drome Crash
Lieutenant Konkurrenz military aviator fell and was killed yesterday at Neuendorf Aerodrome near Berlin when his wings collapsed at fifty nine and a half feet. Lieutenants Seron and Gohnstedt, flying between Berlin and Stuttgart, were badly injured when the aircraft capsized in a sudden gust and were hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Koenig
Neuendorf
Seron
Gohnstedt
Stutsgart
West Pointers Honor British Army Officer
Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Edward Codrington visited the military academy yesterday. A fifteen gun salute and a cadet battalion review were held in his honor as the military commander of the London district.
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Associated Press
Wits T Point
Alfred Edward Codrington
Royal Horse Guards
Military
Codrington
London
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cure Coughs Fast
A home remedy combines a pint of sugar syrup with Pinex and water to create a cough cure said to last a family long and relieve ordinary coughs in 24 hours. The mix uses granulated sugar, Pinex, and water, taken by the teaspoon every few hours, and is promoted as effective for bronchial and throat symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Mobile school board to open bids for Citronelle building
At the Mobile county school board meeting set for Tuesday afternoon in Yerby school, bids will be opened for a brick Citronelle school with eight large classrooms. Crichton School Improvement Association will petition for a larger water main for adequate supply. Superintendent S. S. Murphy’s monthly report, postponed previously, will be read.
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Mobile County School Board
Yerby
Citronelle
Crichton School Improvement Association
S. 8S. Murphy
Sparks Trigger Several Minor City Fires
Fire crews answered multiple alarms by Monday afternoon, mostly small fires started by sparks. Hose Company No. 5 put out a fire at No. North Lawrence Street with slight damage. Hose Companies Nos. 1 and 6 extinguished a roof fire at 106 Dauphin Street. A 605 South Scott Street dwelling suffered slight damage at 2:45 PM as Companies Nos. 7 and 11 responded.
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North Lawrence Street
Dauphin Street
South Scott Street
City Brevities: Marriage Licenses and Local Notes
Marriage licenses issued in probate court to Ben Pullman and Modeste Amante Puckett, Martin Creel and Beasie Elise Bowdin. Pater Sam Brown, wanted for killing Bob Hussey, arrested in Crichton. Concrete bridge contract signed for Perch Creek on Cedar Point highway. contractor J. W. Gibert of Mobile. Satsuma residents petition county for stock law. referral to county attorney for investigation.
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Ben Pullman
Modeste Amante Puckett
Martin Creel
Beasie Elise Bowdin
Kesburg
Miss
Pater Sam Brown
Bob Hussey
Brown
Crichton
Paul Cazalas
Perch Creek
Cedar Point
Good Roads
John D. Hagan
J. W. Gibert
Mobile
Satsuma
Southern Railway
G. J. Sullivan
Inventor of spindle for cotton mills dies in Boston
Herbert Sawyer, 76, inventor of a spindle crucial to the growth of American cotton manufacturing, died at his Boston home. He was a wealthy individual and an original member of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Herbert Sawyer
The
New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
English Balloon Honeymoon Lands After Wind Push
English aeronauts aboard the Honeymoon were forced to land near Langueux, France, after winds drove their balloon seaward during the James Gordon Bennett cup race. The craft touched down successfully as the competition continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Bribac
France
Langueux
Body of Adolph Busch Begins Home Journey
The body of Adolph Busch, millionaire brewer of St. Louis who died in Germany last week, was sent to America by his family aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm, which sailed for New York from Bremerhaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerhaven
Germany
Adolph Busch
St. Louis
America
New York
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Instant Relief From Cold
Advert says Ely's Cream Balm clears blocked nose and head within minutes. It claims to stop catarrh discharge and headache, with a small bottle available at drug stores and promises morning recovery from cold symptoms.
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Ely
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Mobile and Ohio
Meridian
J. K. Ridgley
Louisville and Nashville
New Orleans
H. (. Geron
William Henley
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Louis J. Reinhardt
Pennsylvania
George Richards
Magnolia Springs, Ala
Cawthon Hote
P. K. Dixon
McKay
Milwaukee
Wis
National Funeral Directors Association
State Boards of Health and
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Dixon
W. H. Kelly
Inge- Bondurant
Negro
George M. Cox
Marvin Y. Cooper
Philadelphia
Mr. Cooper
GEO. J. Flournoy
Righot Jewell
Castor
Toa
Bears
NEW_YORK
Castoria
the Centaur Company
REW
York City
Hammel
N. E
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