Valiant Firefighters Protect Mobile Property
Mobile's fire department, praised for equipment and efficiency, includes 12 companies and the Creole No. 1 unit with the Underwriters Salvage Corps. The article traces the history from Creole Company No. 1 in 1819 through the 1888 paid department, noting leaders like Chief Thomas F. Price and Assistant Chief George W. Myrick, and highlighting rapid response and stored hose, engine and ladder capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile Fire Department
Thomas F. Price
George W. Myrick
Charles J. Calametti
Underwriters’ Salvage Corps
Underwriters, Association, and Creole Company No
Reole Steam Fire Company
Dearborn Street
Henry Reed
Engine Company
St. Louis Street
Augustus Rehm
South Franklin Street
James Stanton
St. Joseph Street
James W. Anderson
North Lawrence Street
J. M. Williams
Hallett Street
L. O. King
South Scott Street
James Keefe
North Joachim Street
Edward Connelly
South Lafayette Street
John H. Marqus
South Broad Street
H. J. Wackernach
Spring Hill Avenue
Thomas Co. Brown
The
St. Michael Street
E. S. Medicus
Volunteer Fire Department
Joseph C. Rich
McCluskey
Creole Company No. 1
United States
Creole No
Creole
Hook and Ladder
Neptune
Franklin
Merchants
Torrent
Phoenix
Mechanics
Washington
Lafayette
Mobile Fire Department Association
Volunteer Firemen’s Veteran Association
Matthew Sloan
Sloan
Price
Mechanics’ No. 7
All Sires
Emile
Medicus
Hook and Ladder Company No. 4
Toulminville A Thriving Early Mobile Suburb on a Ridge
Toulminville sits three miles north of Mobile on a cool ridge with good drainage. Access comes via St Stephen's road and Davis Avenue and car lines from Prichard Whistler to Magazine Point. The area features growing infrastructure, a first class public school, churches, and ties to notable historic families including T L Toulmin and Abner Lipscomb.
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Toulminville
Mobile
St. Stephen's Road
Davis Avenue
Prichard, Whistler
Magazine Point
St. Stephen's
Mobile County
Toulminville School Improvement Association
Toulminville Methodist
St. Mark’s Mission
Theophilus L. Toulmin
Harry T. Toulmin
United States
T. L. Toulmin
Chicasabogue Creek
Three Mile Crek
Toulmin
Edmund P. Gaines
William S. Anderson
Burwell Boykin
William E. Stark
Thomas Strong
Cotton Factors
John E. Campbell
Supreme Court of the United States
Reuben Chamberlain
Gale
Gorgons
Gorgon
Eskimos Use Parcel Post For Furs Marketed South
Esquimaux in the Arctic Circle sell furs via parcel post to the United States. Captain H G Ballinger of the revenue cutter Bear reports the ship’s Nome cruise to Point Barrow. Natives north of Bering Strait ship white fox to Seattle and Sand Point, receiving higher prices than from northern traders.
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Eskimos
Port Townsend
Wash
Esquimaux
Arctic Circle
United States
H. G. Ballinger
Cuter Bear
Nome
Point Barrow
Alaska
Bering Strait
Seattle
You Can’t Have It Your Way When You Are Lone
The phrase warns that pursuing unilateral control leads to isolation and diminished outcomes, highlighting the value of collaboration and shared decision making. It underscores social dynamics and the risk of stubborn independence.
How Mobile Cares for the Sick and Maimed
Mobile outlines its six hospitals and infirmaries with varied management including Sisters of Charity and private operators. The city hospital on St Anthony street undergoes a $50 000 annex to expand capacity for negro patients and add private rooms, while Providence Infirmary and Mobile Infirmary offer nursing staff and training programs. The Infirmaries at Southern and Inge Bondurant, with modern facilities, highlight Mobile’s long standing healthcare network serving both charity and private patients.
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Mobile
Alabama
Sisters of Charity
Society of Mobile Women
United States Marine Hospital
St. Anthony Street
R. H. von Ezwoerf
M. H
City Hospital
Providence Infirmary
Spring Hill Avenue
Dence Infirmary
Mobile Infirmary Association
Mobile Infirmary
Mike D. C. Dillard
Southern Infirmary
St. Stephens Road
William R. Jackson
Tucker H. Frazer
Eloise Schlund
Inge-Bondurant Sanatorium
Harry Inge
E. D. Bondurant
St. Michael Street
Inge-Bondurant
Ryan Park
Postmaster Appointment Tied to Governor Folk’s Son-in-Law
Thomas E. Glass named postmaster at Jackson and is father-in-law of former Missouri Governor J. W. Folk who is now Solicitor for the department of state. Appointment reportedly due to family influence, with opposition from senators and Representative Sims favoring former secretary W. F. Blackard.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas E. Glass
Jackson
J. W. Folk
Missouri
Department of State
Birmingham Manufacturers Exposition Planned by Ad Club
Arrangements are complete for the Birmingham Manufacturers Exposition and over twenty local manufacturers have signed on. The event, born at an Ad Club luncheon, will feature live machinery demonstrations as products are turned out, highlighting goods made in Birmingham.
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Ad Club
Birmingham
Magic City
Petition from 13,000 Tennessee Coal and Iron workers
A petition signed by 13,000 employees of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company asks Representative Oscar W. Underwood to oppose the dissolution of United States Steel Corporation. The document reflects strong local support for the steel group amid corporate reorganization.
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Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Oscar W. Underwood
United States Steel Corporation
Parks and Playgrounds Provided for the People in Mobile
Mobile expands its park system with Lyons Park and Arlington tract additions. Bienville Square, Ryan Park, Duncan Park, Washington Park, Church Street cemetery playground, and Monroe Park remain central attractions. The city notes future improvements, copyright landscape work, and summer amusements at Monroe Park.
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Mobile
Arlington Park
Monroe Park
Lyons Park
Spring Hill Avenue
Catherine Street
Centre
van Rensselaer
Alabama
Mobile Parks
Bienville Square
United States
Ryan
Admiral Semmes
Duncan Park
Louisville and Nashville
Washington Park
Charles
Charleston
Atham
Augusta Streets
Church Street
A Light and Railway Company
Bay Front
Severn
Monroe Pa
Mobile Yacht Club
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Carl McMahon
City Bank & Trust
Mobile, Ala
Alex T. Howard
Joe B. Jenkins
van Antwerp Bldg
Ala
George J. Sullivan
Nicholas E. Stallworth
van Antwerp
Bell
Mobile, Alabama
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