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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1913

Page

2

Southern Wel rallying for merchant marine at Alabama session

A North visitor Alexander R. Smith secretary of the National Association of Port Authorities urged Southern states to back an American merchant marine. He praised Alabama for its shipbuilding potential and argued for tariff policies to boost U S ships, citing Jefferson and national defense benefits.

Southern Commercial Congress Alexander R. Smith National Association of Port Authorities New Orleans Smith Underwood Hobson Mr. Smith United States Ways and Means Committee House of Representatives Congress Thomas Jefferson Washington Union Alabama

Q-Ban Color Restorer Promises Gray Hair Reversion

An advertisement touts Q-Ban Color Restorer as restoring gray hair to its original color without dyeing. It claims hair becomes black or auburn, ending dullness and brittleness, with reduced itching and dandruff. Offer includes a 50 cent price and a three bottle guarantee.

Try Q-Ban Q-Ban Laboratories Tenn Adv

145 Soldiers Off for Philippines From Mobile

Ninety ninth Company United States Coast Artillery with 145 men left Fort Morgan Alabama for Corregidor via New Orleans and the Southern Pacific. They will reach San Francisco November 3 where Captain Canfield will command in the Philippines. A large crowd saw them off at the station.

United States Coast Artillery Fort Morgan Alabama Mobile Corrigedor Phillipines Islands Louisville and Nashville New Orlean Southern Pacific San Francisco Cal Frisco Canfield

Excise Board Rules on Liquor Licenses Downtown

Mobile excise commission set policies for transferring retail liquor licenses and concentration in the business district. It will hear Antonio Balladares's transfer from Commerce and Water to Water and Eslava streets on November 4.

Excise Commission of Mobile Hursaay Joe W. Goldsby Moene Pusineke L'rom Wisner Wari Hud Antonio Balladares Commerce Water Water and Keslava

Women of Mobile and Alabama Thanked

Resolutions of thanks adopted by the Woman's Auxiliary of the Southern Commercial Congress extend heartfelt appreciation to the women of Mobile and Alabama for their entertainments. The group lauds President General Mrs. Thomas M. Owen for courtesies shown to delegates and guests. The resolution committee included Mrs. A. McKimbrough of Mississippi, Mrs. Frank J. Woodruff of Tennessee, and Mrs. Thomas A. Janning of Alabama.

Southern Commercial Congress Mobile Alabama Thomas. M. Owen A. McKimbrough Mississippi Frank J. Woodruff Tennessee Thomas A. Janning

Hobson Urges Stronger Navy and Southern Shipyards

The Southern Commercial Congress hear Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson call for expanded shipyards in Mobile and Gulf ports with Birmingham district supply links. Dr. Langdon-Davis urges peace via commerce. Hobson argues naval power enforces the Monroe Doctrine as national destiny, while Fletcher and Owen outline rural credit and European co operation efforts.

Mobile Gulf and South Atlantic Birmingham Alabama South United States Centar America South America West Indies Clyde Great Britain Rhine Germany South Atlantic Gulf Daniel Webster Caen Eee Southern Commercial Congress Richmond Pearson Hobson People of Alabama United States Senate 8B. B. Langdon-Davis Garton Foundation Cambridge University Langdon-Davis England Duncan A. Pletcher Hobson Senator Fletcher Davis Enyland Clarence J. Owen Southern Corelal Congress Amrican Commission On Agricultural Co-operation Europe United States Congress Pan- American Commercial Congress Commercial Congress Fletcher American Commission

Delegates Sail From Mobile for Panama Canal Celebration

A Mobile group and a party of fourteen from New Orleans depart for Panama to celebrate the Panama Canal opening. Dr. Clarence J. Owens calls the voyage an adjourned session of the Southern Commercial Congress. Ralph Shropshire will promote Mobile traffic routes. The 90 day South America tour is postponed to spring.

William Eliott Columbia Hurlene Mobile Ala Anna Ride Mobile Lord Pilians Gregory My Luce New Orleans Panama M. Hutchins Chattanooga Tenn A. Grant San Jose Costa Rica Paul Abriskosol Moscow Russia Warner V. Sessions Macon Miss Panama Canal Clarence J. Owens Southern Commercial Congress Congress Alabama John Tyler Morgan Don Farnsworth Chamber of Commerce United Fruit Company Ralph Shropshire Washington, D. C Mobile and Ohio and Southern Central American United States Shropshire Trade Commission South America

Excavators Find Two Skeletons Buried Near Franklin Street

While laying a 4 inch gas main on the west side of Franklin Street near Dauphin, workers under G H Walpole disinterred two human skeletons in near perfect condition. The first skeleton lay straight but the skull protruded under the sidewalk, feared to uproot a nearby telephone pole. The site was a former Spaniard burial ground and the bodies likely date about a century back. Bones were turned over to the city sexton for burial after reporting to the Board of Health. One worker remarked on the find saying you never can tell what's in this earth.

Franklin Street Dauphin G. H. Walpole Mobile Gas Company

Warrior river opening fete postponed to Friday

A telegram announced the Warrior river opening celebration to Mobile is postponed to Friday the 31st. Directors and citizens are urged to attend with the Mobile delegation, as the event marks the first cargo transport from Mobile mineral fields and honors river navigation efforts.

Warrior River Mobile L. C. Irvine Panama Canal F. G. Blair Committee of Arrangements Wilson Tuscaloosa New Orleans Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Company Irvine

Humane case goes over in recorder court

Andrew Davis of 255 Canal Street was arraigned in the recorder's court on Wednesday afternoon charged with disorderly conduct and maltreating animals. The case was reset for October 30.

Andrew Davis Canal Street Recorder’s Court

Suffrage League to Be Organized in Mobile

Delegates and twenty Mobile women pledged to assist in organizing a suffrage league at a meeting to be held Thursday night at the Y M C A. Miss Belle Kearney and Mrs Kate Gordon will speak, with Mrs Martha Gielow delivering a stereoptical lecture at the Cawthon hotel prior.

Women's Auxilliary Cawthon Kate Gordon Louisiana Southern Industrial Educational Association Cawthon Hotel Belle Kearney Gordon Kearney

Cure for Ringworm and Hair Loss Promoted by Cuticura

Mrs. Sadie Pollock reports rapid improvement after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for ringworm on children’s scalps tied to a house-cat exposure. The ad claims complete cure with restored hair growth and promotes free samples and a Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.

Aisquith St Baltimore Sadie Pollock Cura Dept. T Boston

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Naai Port Authorities DeBriere G. Hardy Smith Michael Street Philippines 99Th Artillery Turin Erin Butuns Laze Atte Stift Clarence J.gwens BOARD Excise Commission Women OF MR. Hobson Dr. Langdon-Davis Eng Lish DR. Owens European Credit Tour President Duncan A. Fletcher Claude N. Bennett Congressional Information Bureau John T. Morgan Porie Membe Ee Will Morgan Suffrage League Kee Fellows Britton Edwin Clapp E. H. Britton
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