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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1915

Page

5

Notice in Chancery for Alfred Rose in Mobile Alabama

In the Fall Term 1915 of the Court of Chancery Thirteenth District South western division of Alabama a notice orders Alfred Rose to plead answer or demur to the bill by November 8 1915 or thirty days from service If he is not a resident of Alabama notice is published in James City Mobil James Holzborn register 10:18-25 11-1

W. J. Koral Fendant State of Alabama Mobile Inferior Civil Court of Mobile Henry Piser David Steinau Wm. H. Holcombe Said Louisville and Nashville Railroad Agers F. A. Richter Alabama Florence —Hrose Alfred Rose Court of Chancery Thirteenth Southwestern Chancery Division State of Great Britain James City Mobil Carl Holzborn Register

Cotton ginned before Oct amounts to over five million bales

Washington reports the Census Bureau tally for cotton ginned prior to October 18 totaling 5,713,347 bales. Sea Island and round bales are included with regional counts listed for Alabama through Texas and other states.

Washington Census Bureau Sea Island Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennesee Texas States

Biloxi Yacht Club selects site for new clubhouse

The Biloxi Yacht Club site committee J E Breaux Jr and J G Wiltz chose a new clubhouse location in front of Elmer flats between Lamouse and Maine streets near the destroyed building. The cost will be 2500 to 3000 dollars with a superior design. A club meeting at the Commercial Club rooms Wednesday night will consider the construction. Red Light District raid ends. Sheriff Elmer clears Nixon street district, arresting several women and sending others to the Harrison county farm per Justice J W Farish. John La Bash, Biloxi resident for 28 years, dies at 75. Gulfport line operates to camp grounds post hurricane repairs. Fall Day and Autumn Festival held at Methodist Church South with cantata and harvest decor.

Biloxi Miss Harrison County Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company Camp Grounds Porter Avenue

Knox Booth Dies in Memphis Hospital After Sudden Heart Failure

Knox Booth, 48, customs inspector and longtime political figure, died in a Memphis hospital after a sudden heart attack following ptomaine poisoning, while en route from Fort Smith to Nashville for a moonshine fraud trial. His body to be buried in Prattsville Alabama. Booth had recently faced charges tied to government revenue frauds and was expected to testify against co-conspirators.

Knox Booth Memphis, Ave Booth Memphis Nashville Fort Smith Ark Department of Justice Tennessee Prattsville Ala Mobile Internal Revenue Montgomery

Umbrella Repairs Offered by Pinkerson and Robinson

Umbrella repairing service available at Pinkerson and Robinson located at 551 Dauphin. Repairs start at 75 cents with expert workmanship. Home phone listed as 1270 for inquiries.

Pinkerson & Robinson’s

Sheriff Sale in Mobile County Opens Bid For Agnes Brunnier Lot

A writ of fieri facias leads to a cash sale at Mobile County Courthouse to satisfy liens against Agnes G. Brunnier. The land in Mobile includes a lot along Charkes Street starting 118 feet south of Texas Street, 91 feet 6 inches deep and 175 feet wide, with sale set for December 2, 1915 at 12 o’clock noon.

Louisville Paper Company Alabama Staats Zeitung Fieri Facias Law and Equity Court Mobile County Alabama Court House Agnes G. Brunnier State of Alabama Mobile Charkes Street Texas Street

Opening day thrills as Gulf Coast Fair opens racing season

Horses are on the Gulf Coast Fairgrounds for opening day races with Dr. C. B. Banks bringing four horses from Memphis to race under his own drive. Local entries, separate county contests restrict entrants to horses not trained for more than thirty days. The event features a baby contest judged by Dr. McCall and Dr. Duggar, with eight classes offering $5 prizes. Military expo, gunboat Machias docking, and old Mobile Rifles medals on display add to the attractions.

Gulf Coast Fairgrounds Oakland Crescent City Dr. C. B. Banks Memphis Dr Banks Johnny L.jones Mississippi Florida Cliff Williams Meridian Oscar L. Gray Col. R. M. Taylor D. T. McCall L. L. Duggar G. J. Crossland Carolina Avenue Joe Spannier Pat Byrne Spannier Mobile Machias Albert W. Marshal Willis Jewelry Company Dauphin Street

Clerks Nab Pair of Negroes Who Looted a Store

Horace New and J. R. McGaughey, clerks for Askin and Marine Co., arrested William Sanders and Thomas Moore for breaking into a store at Dauphin and Jackson streets after midnight Saturday. They recovered five pairs of blue serge trousers and other loot, and the suspects were charged with burglary.

Horace New J. R. McGaughey Askin & Marine Co William Sanders Thomas Moore Dauphin Jackson Streets Jackson Street Pier 4 Mobile and Ohio Beauregard Street

One Quarter of Students Work Through Mississippi A. and M. College

More than 300 of 1,155 Mississippi A and M College students last year paid all or part of their expenses by campus work. Sixty-seven were working full time and attending night school. 68 swept rooms. 33 served as officers and helpers in the military department. Many others held plumbing, electrical and farm posts, with stenographic work common on campus. Surgeon General Blue announced George W. McCoy as director of the hygienic laboratory in Washington.

Military Department Hightower Mississippi

Market summary shows mixed gains and declines across blue chip stocks

A volatile session with Bethlehem Steel down to 57.5, and gains in American Car American Locomotive Crucible Steel and American Linseed. Financials and rails fluctuated, with highs for Maxwell Erie General Electric and a generally irregular close. Chicago hog cattle and sheep rounds report slower trade and mixed prices.

National Enamelling American Locomotive Crucible Steel Bethlehem Steel Maxwell Erie Neral Electric Allis-Chalmers American Can Ameri Car and Foundry American Cotton Oil American Smelting American Sugar American Tel. & Tel American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chi Mil St. Paul Chi, R. N Pac Consolidated Gas General Electric General Motors Great Northern Pid Ilinois Central Kansas City Southern Interborough Consol. Corp Liggett & Myers Lorillard Co Mexican Petroleum Missouri, Kansas & Texas National Lead New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rep. Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Sloss-Shef. Steel & Iron Studebaker Corporation Southern Pacific Southern Railway Southern Railway Pfd Tennessee Copper Texas Co Union Pacific United States Rubber United States Steel United States Steel Pfd Virginia Caro, Chem Western Union Westinghouse Electric Great Northern Ore Virginia Coal, Iron & Coke Co Chicago Livestock

Cotton Receipts By Rail and Steamship

A report lists cotton receipts by Mobile and Ohio Railroad Planters Cotton Company Bush Grocery Company with 4 bales, exports 4 bales, total 90 bales. By Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line Baker Lyons Co 22 bales Planters Cotton Co 2 bales F M Ladd Co 4 bales Forcheimer Co 5 bales total 38 bales. By Louisville Nashville line Baker Lyons Co 16 bales M Ladd Co 8 bales in transit 743 bales total 1 767 bales. By steamer Daphne F M Ladd & Co 2 bales.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad Planters Cotton Company Bush Grocery Company Bakersyons & Co IF. M. Ladd & Co Forcheimer & Co Louisville and Nashville Raiload Baker-Lyons & Co M. Ladd & Co Daphne

New Orleans Cotton Market Shifts From Rally to Steady

Bullish early demand pushed New Orleans cotton futures up then back down as traders booked profits. Prices for December to July moved within a 12.29 to 13.68 range, with spot cotton quiet at 12.00 to 12.57 depending on grade. New York figures showed ginning totals and European exchange impacts shaping sentiment.

New Orleans Csccees Cscceeeel New York Sterling Exchange Clos Uesisete Chicago

Removal Notice for Dr. C. E. Chapman Reopens at Conti St

Dr. C. E. Chapman reopens offices at 202 Conti Street. Bell phone, office 591, residence 5451.

Conti St Bell Phone

Savannah and Chicago Market Reports October 25

Savannnah reports Turpentine receipts at 216 and Rosin 1 145 as price levels for various grade lines are listed. Chicago notes higher butter and steady eggs with substantial receipts and regional potato and poultry prices. Liverpool cotton futures close quiet with spot prices and multiple forward contracts shown.

Savannah Chicago Wisconsin Minnesota Minnesota Reds Springs Liverpool

First Gulf Coast Fair Opens in Mobile With Open Admission

Mobile ushers in the first Gulf Coast Fair with sunshine and opening day crowds. Children under 14 enter free, special rail rates apply, and gates open at 9 30 in the morning Tuesday October 26 1915. Amusements and carnival features are in place as Valley and hope spread through the city. Also reports Ly man dies at Waltham age 70 after cotton industry leadership. Fire in Hopewell destroys two Dupont power houses causing about 100000 in losses.

Mobile Waltham Mass Arthur T. Lyman

Sunday School Workers Plan Class Federation

Sunday school workers in the city plan forming a Men's and Women's Adult Bible Class Federation. Rev. S. P. Spiegel chairs a committee with F. W. Evans and others. The group will organize denominational fellowship across Methodists Baptists Presbyterians and more. The meeting is at 3 p.m. Sunday November 7 at Government Presbyterian church with pastors and superintendents urged to attend.

T City Mittee S. P. Spiegel F. W. Evans Alabama Ste Government Presbyterian Church

Brilliant success won when French join the Serbians

The Serbian front reports a standstill on the north front with Bulgarians repulsed on Time and Pirot fronts. Serbians reclaim stronger positions south of Pozarevac and check Bulgarians in Macedonia as Allied forces push back in a coordinated move.

Serbia Pozarevac Serebian Macedonia

Germans Claim No More Progress Before Berlin

Heavy fighting continues at Riga as Germans report no further advance before Berlin. Official dispatches indicate progress for the Germans while Russians appear to be attacking on part of the Riga front.

Lanedon Dyinsk Riga Mlovsk Dvinsk Berlin

Allied Forces Move To Relieve Serbs In Balkans

Reports from the Balkans indicate Serb positions weakening as Bulgarian and Austro German forces close in from the north within 35 miles. In Macedonia Bulgarians reportedly hold half the region, with Uskup captured if confirmed, potentially cutting Serbian communication lines. French and British offensives near Krivolak show some gains. Greece's possible entry looms as Greek prince travels to Saloniki. Germany crossing the Danube at Orsova signals joint Austro German strength, pressing towards Prahovo.

London Balkans Serbia Serbian Macedonia Uskup Krivolak Saloniki Greece Athens Germany Danube Orsava Prahovo Berlin Ca Tinople

Cheap Realty Offers 5 Room Cottage Near Town Center

Joseph Espalla Jr. and Co advertise a modern 5 room and hall cottage within 20 minutes walk of town for 1850 dollars, valued at 2600. They also offer three houses and half a city block at 1900.96 dollars, claiming prime location for future growth and commercial demand.

Price

Dwellings for Rent on West Side St Joseph and Nearby Areas

Listings describe rentals including a two story house with five sleeping rooms, hall, parlors, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen and bath at 357 South Broad Street and other cottages with 4 to 5 rooms, halls, kitchens and baths on Warren Monroe streets Lucy Street opposite Lyons Park. Attractive prices to desirable tenants.

N. Hamilton St Marine New Jersey Sts Duggan & Taylor Realty Company N. Royal St Best Shoe Store Government Street Rapier Avenue Southern Realty Company Dauphin Street West Side Everett Hamilton Stend Gladys Ave J. O. Payne N. Hallett S. Broad Alex Pols Bok Bath Co St St. Joseph Congress Street Broad Street Warren Monroe Streets Lucy Street Lyons Park

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