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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1914
Page
2
The cafe at 12 South Royal St offers a special Business Men's Lunch from noon to 2 30 p m priced at 25 cents. It promises quick service with top market fare and DeBriere's Famous Java Coffee described as the best in the city.
A grand jury returned seven indictments against Robert Moore and Claiborne Walker, both named as Negroes, charging robbery. The pair allegedly held up Thomas Sorenson and several other residents across the county in early summer.
Noted U S Chamber of Commerce figures will visit Mobile with 125 reservations for the prosperity dinner at the Cawthon hotel. A motor tour from St Francis street to orange groves follows a 9 45 a m departure on the revenue cutter Winona. Leaders include John H Fahey Henry L Corbett Alfred Henry Mulliken Robert F Maddox A B Farquar and John Joy Edson with James G Cutler chairing the executive committee.
The Alabama Tennessee & Northern Railway announces a $25 advance per bale on middling or above cotton stored in the Warrant Warehouse & Storage Company in Mobile. Shippers prepay freight, receive warehouse receipts, and can settle notes at 7 percent interest after four months, with notes widely accepted as cash by Mobile banks and merchants.
Probate court issued marriage licenses for the week ending October 17 listing many couples. Births include numerous families with names such as Schwarz Ogburn Davidson Waldman and others. Deaths noted include George Maury White George W Stone Miguel A de Lincer and more.
In Semmes City Court criminal term cases set for Monday include Benedict and Broadus for stock law violations and abusive language among others. Law and Equity Court transactions list numerous demurrers, judgments by consent, and a jury verdict for the defendant in one case. a long docket outlines Monday motion hearings and a weekly call through Tuesday and Wednesday.
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