Wise Named Assistant President and General Manager of Mobile and Ohio
Arion J. Wise, former Southern Railway superintendent from Mississippi, arrives in Mobile to assume the new post at the Mobile and Ohio Road Company. He will share an office with Taylor and is welcomed by staff. Wise’s family relocates to Mobile and stays at the Cawthon home temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arion J. Wise
The
Southern Railway
Sit
Miss
Mobile
Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Road Company
Wise
ZEMO Claim Promises Instant Itch Relief
Ad copy asserts ZEMO stops itching instantly and guarantees relief. It promotes a limited offer with a 250 bottle purchase and claims vanishing symptoms immediately. The text uses sensational language to persuade buyers.
Somers valuation plan urged for county adoption
A mass meeting at Battle House endorsed the Somers realty valuation system and Houston tax plan. A committee led by J L Cawthon was set to press county commissioners and the tax assessor to adopt the two methods immediately, with speeches by Walter E. Sweeting and J J Pastoriza outlining the systems and installation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Battle House
Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Cawthon
Walter E. Sweeting
J. J. Pastoriza
Tex
J. Leslie Taylor
Ways and Means
Somers
George Sullivan
Stewart Brooks
John T. Cochrane
W. T. McGowin
J. C. Thompson
James K. Glennon
E. Q. Norton
M. J. Vickers
H. T. Hartwell
F. C. Turner
Aubrey Boyles
Dr. T. A. Dickson
L. Hammel
Jacob Reiss
T. A. Yeend
W. P. Burgett
James A. Muary
T. M. Stevens
H. Gabriel
E. J. Buck
L. C. Fry
Henry Hall
D. P. Bestor
R. T. Ervin
Sweeting
Mr. Pastoriza
Pastoriza
Denver
Cal
Amiy
Monthly Muster and Shoot Held
The Mobile battalion under Senior Captain E. J. Grove held its monthly muster at the armory with an excellent First Infantry Band concert. The Gabriel Medal shoot ended in a close win for the Mobile Rifles with Bugler Yancy Pringle Jr receiving the medal. the range will be upgraded as an indoor facility.
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Mobile Battalion
E. J. Grove
Prof
Suffich
The
Mobile Rifles
Col. Dumont
Rifles
Mahon
Johnson
Mobile Cadets
Andrew Vermille
Gabriel
Gulf City Guards
Captain Grove
Mobile
Pritchard
Chestang
Yancy Pringle, Jr
Brannan Declares for Brother's Post in County Race
Deputy Sheriff Charles Brannan of Oak Grove announced Thursday his candidacy for revenue and road commissioner from the second district. The seat is held by his cousin Henry Brannan who will not seek re election for health reasons. James Whatley of Beaver Meadow also seeks the post. In the first district covering Mobile Edward V. O Connor Charles Green John T. Bauer and John D. Hagan are candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Battalion
Jack Mahon
Landry
Winona
Revenue Service
Harrison
Palmer
Major Burgess
Fort Morgan
Charles Brannan
Oak Grove
Henry Brannan
Jmes Whatley
Beaver Meadow
Mobile
Edward V. O'Connor
Charles Green
John T. Bauer
John D. Hagan
Mobile Athletes Push For Six Uniform Grain Grades
Don Farnsworth reports Mobile grain dealers back uniform six grade system under government agriculture department. An inspector will be named soon by grain dealers with Chamber of Commerce ratification. Delegates at the Grain Dealers National Association in New Orleans discuss new standards, North and Chicago delegates raising objections.
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Mobile
Government Department of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Don Farnsworth
New Orleans
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Farnsworth
Duval
Federal Department of Agriculture
Sothern
Mr. Farnsworth
Chicago
Episcopalians to Hold Next General Convention in St Louis
The Protestant Episcopal Church House of Deputies voted to convene the next general convention in St Louis in 1916, pending ratification by the House of Bishops. Delegates indicated approval and St Louis was chosen unanimously. The body also urged expanded missionary work among immigrants and their children.
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New York
House of Deputies
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Louis
House of Bishops
House of Delegates
Hawkins Arrested For Speeding Past Streetcar
Jake Hawkins a Black driver was placed under arrest Thursday morning by Traffic Officer Walter Burch charged with violating the traffic ordinance. He allegedly drove past a street car while passengers were boarding and alighting. The case will be called in the recorders court Thursday afternoon.
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Jake Hawkins
Walter Burch
Hawkins
Recorders Court
Murder cases dismissed in Mobile court
Dismissals handed down in the Inferior Criminal Court on Thursday involve murder charges against Johnny Williams and Alfred Ragsdale in the killing of Will Davis whose body was found in the Mobile river Saturday. The defendants are to appear on the same charge before Recorder D H Edington with Napoleon Lott and Spencer Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Williams
Alfred Ragsdale
Will Davis
Mobile River
Inferior Criminal Court
D. H. Edington
Napoleon Lott
Spencer Davis
Allen Referred To As Negro Corrected
The Item clarifies that Charles Allen the baker wagon driver is white and not a Negro. He was arrested on a complaint by Dr Harsh for operating a wagon not conforming to the baker ordinance. Edington Lott and Davis assisted with the information reorder.
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Allen
Charles Allen
Dr. Harsh
D. H. Edington
Napoleon Lott
Spencer Davis
Local Visitors at Mobile Hotels and Homes
Birmingham residents Mr and Mrs John Cox are in Mobile visiting and staying at the Battle House. Shreveport businessman Charles D Hill visits Mobile for business and friends. John C Pindle manager of the Honduras is in Mobile at the Cawthon hotel. Newson and Mayson seeking Mobile land arrivals Wednesday night and staying at the Lionville. Harris and wife from Chicago are in Mobile for a short visit. C A Coats Grove Hill merchant is in Mobile for visit and business. F N James and wife are among out of town visitors staying at the Bienville. Mrs A Waldron of Chicago is in Mobile for several days staying at the Cawthon.
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John Cox
Birmingham, Ala
City
Battle House
Charles D. Hill
Shreveport
John C. Pindle
The
Honduras
Cawthon Hotel
W. F. Newson
R. V. Mayson
Mobile
Lionville
W. H. Harris
Chicago
Nils
C. A. Coats
Grove Hill
Ala
F. N. James and
Wife
Movile
Bienville
A. Waldron
Chicago, Ill
Cawthon
Deaths and Funerals Lucile Baldo
Lucile A Baldo aged eighteen native of the city died Wednesday afternoon at 4 45 at home 26 North Carolina Street after an illness. She was daughter of George E and Mary A Baldo and is survived by two brothers four sisters and other relatives.
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Lucile A. Baldo
Juelle
Anice Baldo
George E
Mary A. Baldo
North Carolina
Street
Morning Prayer Draws Large Crowds at Church Revival
Government Street Methodist Church hosts daily revival services led by Evangelist Hanes. Attendance grows across 6 am 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm sessions with special Friday and weekend services for ladies children and men.
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Government Street Methodist Church
Hanes
Mr. Hanes
Christ
W. G. Waltermire
Gavin Named Charter Member Of New American College Of Surgeons
Dr Edward Beck returned from Baltimore and New York where he assisted in an operation on Dr G E Gavin a Mobile surgeon now recuperating at the Belvedere Hotel He plans to attend the Clinical Congress in Chicago and help organize The American College of Surgeons as a charter member modeled after Englands Royal College of Surgeons A representative from the Royal College will attend.
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G. E. Gavin
Surgeon’s College
Edward Beck
Baltimore
New York
Gavin
Johns Hopkins’ Hospital
Belvedere Hotel
Beck
Chicago
Clinical Congress of American Surgeons
Association of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal College
TIZ Promises Relief for Tender Feet and Foot Troubles
An advertisement touts TIZ as a foot bath that softens corns bunions and calluses and relieves sore feet. It claims rapid relief for tired, chafed and swollen feet and promises easy shoe comfort with a price of 25 cents.
Mobile boarding house shooting case stalled in court
J H McLong jailed on attempted murder charges after a rooming house shooting at No. 5 Conti Street. Nelson, a fireman aboard the Norwegian steamer Alm, testified he did not know the shooter. The case was continued to inspect a bullet hole in the door and permit the wounded Nelson to appear.
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J. H. McLong
John Nelson
No. 5
Conti Street
Recorder’s Court
Edington
McLong
Nelson
Frank Dalform
New Orleans
Charles Nelson
J. E McLong
Anniston
Ala
Mobile
Thief Steals Winter Wardrobe From Pressing Club
The United Pressing Club at 613 12 Dauphin Street and a nearby shoe shop were robbed around 10 30 to 11 00 Wednesday night. About eight suits of clothes and eleven pairs of shoes were taken, prompting a police report.
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United Pressing Club
Dauphin Street
L. E. Dobson
Dauphin
Dobson
Road Tax Fines and Aged Exemptions Remain Highlighted
In the inferior criminal court Willie Spain was fined 2.50 and costs for failing to pay county road tax. Willie Perkins and Walter Hall were discharged for being over age. Sam Griffin’s case on threatening to whip J C Shizzola was continued to October 18. Edward Bailey was fined 20 dollars or ten days in jail for gaming.
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Willie Spain
Willie Perkins
Walter Hall
Sam Griffin
J. C. Shizzola
Edward Bailey
BICYCLIST RUN DOWN NEAR NOON IN TOWN
John Fath, a newsboy, narrowly escaped serious injury when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Ralph Richards. The bike was wrecked but Fath was uninjured. Richards agreed to pay for the bicycle damage. Traffic Officer Walter Bureh said the boy rode on the wrong side of the street.
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John Fath
Item
Ralph Richards
Mr. Richards
Richards
Walter Bureh
Train Robber Confesses to More Crimes in Court
Herbert Thomas alias Thomas Edwards, a self described train robber, was arraigned in the recorder's court on two grand larceny charges and one forgery count. He pleaded guilty in all three cases, with bonds set at 1000 dollars for forgery and 500 dollars for each larceny. He had earlier confessed to participating in an Alabama Great Southern Railway train robbery near Woodstock, but authorities found insufficient evidence to link him, though the police chief says Thomas likely knows more about crimes in the state.
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Herbert Thomas
Thomas Edwards
Recorder’s Court
Thomas
R. O. Harris Grocery Company
Windsor Hotel
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Burke
Alabama Great Southern Railway
Woodstock
Ala
Crenshaw
Southern Championship Wrestling Tourney Postponed to Fall
The Southern Championship Wrestling Tournament of the Athletic League of North America will not be held in Mobile during the Southern Commercial Congress but moved to November or December. A. E. Marriott of the Y M C A announced the delay due to Congress conflicts and plans a full Southern association and athletic club turnout. A local meeting next week will select a captain and finalize plans for the ensuing year.
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Athletic League of North America
Mobile
Southern Commercial Congress
A. E. Marriott
Marriott
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed By Thousands
Backache and kidney discomfort are described with dizziness sleeplessness and urinary issues. Mrs A J Liebert of Mobile endorses Doan's Kidney Pills noting permanent relief for her family and recommends readers try the product sold by local dealers at 50 cents.
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Dean
A. J. Liebert
Palmetto
St. Mobile
Ala
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Adv
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Crescent Theatre
Colorado
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Burroughs Adding Machine Co
F. J. Petersen
Sales
Mgr
St. Francis St
Mobile, Ala
Jean Acker
He Bank of Mobile
National
Banking Association
Time
Sergt. Verneuille
Chas. Brannan
Brother
Penice & Ford, Ltd
Orleans
Dr. King
A. Stid
Mason, Mich
Pierce
G. H. Williams
Lynshaven
Government Street
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