Flood Wreckage Across Three States Kills Many
News accounts report at least two score deaths as a severe flood sweeps eastern Pennsylvania western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Millions in property are destroyed while railroad links to many towns are cut off. Photographs depict a Wabash train wreck near Mingo Junction and widespread spoilage of goods in freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sburg
As &Reot
Pennsylvania
Mhandle
West Virginia
Mingo Junction
W. Ve
Cross Creek
Applicants pour in for cemetery superintendent post
Mayor Schwarz notes daily inquiries for Magnolia cemetery supervisor job. Latest contenders include Henry Police Officer from Mobile and G A King. Other applicants listed are Frank Day B J Kiernan Robby Lott George King Woolf K Hale Jr D H Aubrey Boyles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Wall
Schwarz
Magnoliatery
Henry
Mobile
One-Mile Creek
G A. King
Frank Day
B. J. Kiernan
Ord A Robby Lott
George A. ‘King Woolf
City Recorder
K. Hale, Jr
D. H
Aubrey Boyles
Commission government filing rules for campaign expenses
Vague OCR notes state that the elected candidate must file with the judge of the county a list of campaign expenses and an open account. It questions if the rule applies to commission elections and mentions publication in a general newspaper. Sworn itemized expenses and sources of funds are referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Pate
Uired
Cabeke
Ition
Turkey Called to Talk Over Bulgarian Post Killings
A Turkish official seeks talks after the killing of Bulgarian post soldiers in Pechera district. The incident prompts Constantinople to refer the matter to the Porte and request explanations for the firing and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Bulgaric
Epe
Pechera
Constantiete
Porte
Personal greetings from travelers and locals in the city
Miss Maud Draughdrill returns from Coden Alabama. Dr Cecil Bowling visits his cousin R L Bowling at St Stephens. J R Dorsey and wife from Bakersfield California visit. Mrs Laz Schwarz and daughters Ethel and Lucille return from Pass Christian Mississippi. Dr William O Khron of Chicago with tobacco interests in Baldwin County visits. R A Lacey from Mobile and Ohio returns from Bolden Mississippi vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Draughdrill
Coden
Ala
Cecil Bowling
R. L. Bowling
St. Stephens
Laz Schwarz
Ethel
Lucille
Christian
William O. Khron
Chicago
Lll
Baldwin County
R. A. Lacey
Mobile and
Ohio
Bolden, Miss
Murphy son joins New York stage management cast
Berney J. Murphy son of City Detective J. W. Murphy left the Demarest Stock Company after touring Kentucky and Tennessee to take a stage manager role with the Bunch of Keys company in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berney J. Murphy
J. W. Murphy
Demarest Stock Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York City
Bunch of Keys” Company
Railroad official completes three round trips to New York
Haiden Miller traffic manager for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad returned to Mobile after a three voyage trip to New York taken during his summer vacation. He left two weeks ago and plans to reach St. Louis tonight or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiden Miller
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile
New York
Miller
St. Louis
Vacationing executive tours Atlantic cities shows broad travel
Mr. Albert BK of Zadek Jewelry & Engraving Co plans a month away visiting Savannah Atlantic City New York and Philadelphia during his vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bk, Self
The
Zadek Jewelry & Engraving Company
Savannah
Atlantic City
New York
Philadelphia
Mr. Self
Maine Voting Reaches Heavy Levels In City and Towns
Portland reports many districts with increased turnout by noon. Saco shows a clear rise over 1910, Biddeford runs at 60 percent of two years ago, while Lewiston and Auburn wards see morning votes as high as 30 percent above 1910 noon levels.
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Portland
Saco
Biddeford
Lewiston
Auburn
Grand United Order Holds Atlanta Convention
The annual convention of the Grand United Order opened at the Auditorium in Atlanta GA on September 9 with a membership described as about half a million in twenty nine states. A bell will be rung at the Auditorium Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negro Odd Fellows
Atlanta
Grand United Order
Building Page Guides for Home Buyers
The building page appears every Wednesday and Sunday offering practical tips for home ownership. It covers budget planning, renovations, and selecting materials to improve value and comfort.
Subscribe for The Mobile Daily Item
A brief promotional item advertising home delivery of The Mobile Daily Item for 10 cents per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Grand Bay to Get Four Room School Project
Mobile County School Board plans a four room wood school in Grand Bay to serve locals with proper lighting ventilation and exits. Funding includes county money plus proceeds from the current school sale and bids will be sought after final specifications are drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Bay
Mobile County School Board
McNeill
Geillard
Country School Committee
Taxicab Operators Seek Ordinance Against Joy Riders
Local taxicab managers urge City Attorney B B Boone to draft an ordinance to protect drivers from joy riders who hail rides, ride for a distance, then refuse to pay. They report multiple incidents and say police advise pursuing a legal remedy.
Marriage Licenses Granted In Regional Clerk Office
Marriage licenses issued for Gregaard and Dollie A Stelle censone Gordon Jr and Emma Elizabeth Shattuck, Jesse Everett and Georgia May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregaard
Doliie A. Stelle
Censone Gordon Tt, Jr
Emma Elizabeth Shattuck
Jesse Everett
Georgia May
Atlantis Docking Amid Underbid For Gulf Dry Docking Work
The Norwegian steamship Atlantis arrived from New Orleans to Gulf Dry Docking Company for a general overhaul after underbidding local rivals. Atlantis has long operated in the fruit trade between Central America and Gulf ports, with prior calls to Mobile for United Fruit Company business. Also arriving were the Mallory liner Comal from New York via Tampa and Key West, plus two British tramp steamers Arranmoor from Las Palmas and Mavisbrook from St. Lucia listed for lumber and cargo.
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Atlantis
New Ileans
Gulf Dry Docking Company
New Orleans
Atlantic
Central American
Gulf Ports
Mobile
United Fruit Company
Comal
New York
Tampa
Key West
Arranmoor
Las Palmas
United Kingdom
Mavisbrook
St. Lucia
Turner-Hartwell Docks
Threemile Creek
City Briefs from Mobile Include Elections and Local News
Dr S J Gordon left for Washington D C to attend the National Dental Association convention and will be away about ten days. The Excise Commission of Mobile reported no business today with no recent complaints or change of location requests. Seas Spirilinss owner of the Kentucky Quar Store contested a Saturday reference in The Item. Mobile’s Board of Registrars is registering voters ward by ward, while motor vehicle counts and auto services are noted. The Acme launch grounded on a river bank. crew helped passengers transfer to the Beaver excursion boat. Mrs Catherine Stirling’s funeral was held at 4 30 from Central Presbyterian Church after a service conducted by Rev Planck. Burial followed at Magnolia cemetery with several floral tributes and pallbearers listed. Deceased leaves a daughter and grandchildren in multiple cities.
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S. J. Gordon
Washington, D. C
National Dental Association
Excise Commission of Mobile
Acme
Foster Griffin
Tensas River
Beaver
Joseph P. le
Griffin
Maple Camp
Blakely
C. Stirling
Catherine Taylor Murry Stirling
North Conception Street
Central Presbyterian Church
D. A. Planck
W. F. Tebbetts
Edwin Taylor
Ernest
Porter King and Jex Luce Set Off on Westward Journey
Porter King a city passenger and ticket agent for the Southern Railway and Jex Luce a well known Mobilian depart tonight for a month long trip through the West. They will travel Mobile and Whio to St. Louis then to Denver and Salt Lake City before visiting San Francisco and cities along the Pacific coast in Oregon and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter King
Southern Railway
Jex Luce
West
Mobile
St. Louis
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
New Orleans Subscription Launched for Safety Hero
A morning report from Mobile notes a popular subscription started in New Orleans headed by Mayor Behrmann with a $25 pledge to purchase a testimonial for Engineer Al Baer who fractured a skull during a robbery incident on the New York limited for Louisville and Nashville. The railroad is said to reward the engineer for his bravery.
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Mobile
New Orleans
Behrmann
al Baer
New York
Louisville and
Nashville
Oldest Alabama Odd Fellow visits prison hospital and honored guest
Captain Dan McGaughey, reputedly the oldest Odd Fellow in Alabama, returns to Mobile from a trip to Birmingham Cullman and Meridian. In Cullman he tours the Odd Fellows home praising inmate care and institution excellence. He faced hospitality demands at a hotel from the institution governor who warned he must be a guest. McGaughey calls the gesture a great honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McGaughey
Alabama
South
Mobile
Birmingham
Cullman
Meridian
Pensacola Agent Rates Tarpon Steamer Strong Freight
General Freight and Passenger Agent W. L. Walther of the Pensacola At Andrews and Gulf Steamship Company visits the city. He reports business excellent and that the Tarpon steamer has had heavy freights and solid passenger lists on every trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Walther
Pensacola
At. Andrews and Gulf Steamship Company
Walter
Tarpon
Mobile and Gulf Tropical Exposition Inc Incorporation
President A G Quinn and officials of the Mobile and Gulf Tropical Exposition Inc met at the Chamber of Commerce and Business League forenoon and signed the articles incorporating the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Quinn
Mobile and Gulf Tropical Exposition, Inc
Chamber of Commerce and Business League
Association
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Hannah Mallon
Mrs Hannah Mallon aged 82 a native of Ireland died Monday at 12 05 AM at 551 Congress Street after a long life. She joined St Patrick's Church on arrival nearly fifty years ago and died fortified with Catholic rites. Her husband was the late Patrick Mallon. She is survived by two sons two daughters and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Mallon
Iannah Mallon
Ireland
Congress Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Patrick Mallon
Death of Tillman infant at 334 Chatham street
Bama Tillman, one year five months, daughter of Benjamin and Pearl Tillman, died after brief illness at home located at 334 Chatham street. Roche & Burke Undertaking Company took charge and the body was sent to St. Elmo for burial.
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Bama
Benjamin
Pearl Tillman
Chatham Street
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
St. Elmo
Mrs Pauline Pigford Died In Tulsa and Buried Here
The remains of Mrs Pauline Lindsey Pigford wife of C C Pigford died Friday afternoon in Tulsa Oklahoma were brought to Mobile today for burial. She was taken to her mother Mrs M U Lindsey at 1041 Governmet street from which home the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. She had many friends in the city who were deeply grieved by the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline L. Pigford
Pauline Lindsey Pigford
C. C. Pigford
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Mobile
M. U. Lindsey
Governmet Street
Burial of Mrs Annie Loughry
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Loughry were held Sunday afternoon from Berenson Sands undertaking parlors at 3 30, then at 4 from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with Rev Father Lauzoy officiating. Interment followed in the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers included Thomas L Wainwright, Joseph J Clemmons, Joseph C Thompson, L M McKinney, John Henry.
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A. Loughy
Annie Loughry
Berenson & Sands
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Father Lauzoy
Thomas L. Wainwright
Joseph J. Clemmons
Joseph C. Thompson
L. M. McKinney
John Henry
Burial of a Child Alice Bowab
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs N Bowab was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery Sunday morning. The funeral was held at 10 o clock from the family home at 801 12 Dauphin street with Rev Father Gerow of the Cathedral officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Bowab
N. Bowab
Dauphin Street
Father Gerow
Cathedral
Frederick W Paine Dies in St James at 71
Frederick W Paine of St James Missouri died Saturday at age 71. brother of Adolph Danne, secretary of Mobile Lodge Elks, he once lived in St Louis and ran a flour business. He was a prominent member of the T P A and previously lived in Mobile before the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Danne
St. James
Frederick W. Paine
Adolph Danne
Mobile Lodge of Elks
St. Louis
Frederick Danne
Mobile
Death of Dr. M. McLendon Former Brewton Leader
News reached Mobile of the death at Canoe Alabama of Dr. M McLendon a former resident of Brewton after a lingering illness. He led Brewton as physician until retirement and represented Escambia county in the last legislature. He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. McLendon
Mobile
Canoe
Alabama
M. McLendon
Brewton
Escambia County
Lawsuit Seeks 10009 Damages Over Press Incident
Hugh Wesley Marshall a minor employed in the Mobile Register press room sues Mobile Register Company for 10009 dollars alleging two fingers were caught in press rollers causing lifelong disability and prevented earning a livelihood. The case is filed by his next friend G W Marshall and set for fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Wesley Marshall
Mobile Register Company, Inc
Law and Equity Court
Marshall
G. W. Marshall
Miss Inez M Chaudron Pianoforte Studio Ad
Miss Inez M Chaudron announces piano studio at 108 Stocking Street opening October 1. Belle 3374.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez M. Chaudron
Pianoforte
Studio
Stocking Street
Belle
Eye Care Offers New Lens Options At Local Shop
A local optician advertises Fist Surface Lenses Bi focal Lenses for distance and near sight and Toric curved lenses. The offer includes fittings at 144 Optonies Dauph and Manor psa with emphasis on personalized service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sas
Optonies Dauph
Manor
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Wabash
W. VA
Mr. Hanlon
Fafa Eicenses
J. R. Dorsey
Bakersfield, Cal
Maine
B. B. Boone
Bilker
Hillman
Ian Empir
Seas Spir Ilinss
Lower
Aysheernment Street
Board of Registrars of Voters of
Mobile County
J. J. McMahon
Webb Motor Fire Apparatus Company
William Griffin
An Danne
Emil Danne
Adolf
Adele Cooper
Engineer Publicity Company
Stafford
Mineral Water Department
Purveyors
Imperial Sanitary Laundry
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