United Fruit ads to pay ransom in Marowine case
In New Orleans on September 9, United Fruit Company offered to pay the ransom claimed by an anonymous writer alleging Captain McLaren, two crew members and two passengers of the lost liner Marowine are held on a Gulf of Mexico island. C H Ellis signed the notice while denying proof of the claims, and naval and company searchers reported no survivors found.
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Orleans
United Fruit Company
Today
McLaren
Gulf of Mexico
C. H. Ellis
New York
Ellis
Gulf Islands
Naval
United Fruit
Revival at Mobile Tabernacle Draws in Birmingham Leader
Rev Dr W M Anderson of Birmingham joined Rev Barnes at the Mobile Tabernacle revival to assist with the services. He preached on Oh Lord Revive Thy Work and urged renewed dedication to the Lord. Anderson will stay for the remainder of the revival.
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W. M. Anderson
Birmingham
Home Mission Lecture Board
Mobile
Barnes
Tabernacle
Anderson
Prichard Family Escapes Fire That Destroys Home
Neighbors saved John H. Harris and his sick family in Prichard as flames roared from the kitchen of a one story frame house. The early morning blaze, likely incendiary, gutted the main structure though some household goods were rescued.
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John H. Harris
Prichard
W. A. Mason
River Front
Retail Grocers' Flying Squadron Do Good Work
The Flying Squadron of the Retail Grocers and Merchants Association reports near universal city membership. Thirty five names were added yesterday. Luncheons were held at the Battle House and Cawthon Hotel, with plans for a Grocers' Day when stores close and a day steamer outing. Members listed include E R B Marshall L L Noble W T Goubil T A Gadik E D Sigler Sam Kelly H Hudoff James T Cuthbert R M Weinacker J KE Moseley and T J Duggan secretary.
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Retail Grocers and Merchants Association
Battle House
Cawthon Hotel
E. R B. Marshall
L. L. Noble
W. T. Go
Robbery Report Near Earle and Manassas Streets
Gilbert V. Reese told police he was robbed of $22 in cash by two men near Earle and Manassas streets in Lawrence around 11 PM. He said money held for a friend was also taken. Police have a description of the two suspects.
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Gilbert V. Reese
Earle
Manassas
Lawrence
Reese
Recorder Rounds Up Sandy Allen in Local Disturbance
In aCastle Crenshaw incident Daisy Gordon reported Sandy Allen for public disturbance. He was fined 50 dollars and 50 days after a quarrel with Martha Marshall. The Recorder reduced Raymond Pringle’s traffic fine by 10 dollars for honesty, leaving him 15 dollars. Court activity continued for Simon Morris and Lilburn Eldridge on petit larceny charges.
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Sandy Allen
Daisy Gordon
Sandy
Martha Marshall
Daisy
Edington
Castle Crenshaw
Jedge
Martha
Truth
Raymond Pringle
Government Street
Pringle
Simon Morris
Lilburn Eldridge
Wheelerville school relocation sparks Beta discussions and protests
Protests against moving Wheelerville school from Precinct No 2 to Spring Hill were presented to the board of school commissioners at Barton Academy. About twenty children would face over four miles to attend in winter. The board will report to the county school committee next Tuesday. The meeting authorized a 3000 loan to cover September salaries and incidental expenses. Ralph C. Kimmel Elizabeth Baker and W A White Jr were elected to the high school faculty. BEA Brown was reappointed assistant to the superintendent. Commissioner Vickers presided. other members present were Jordan Fowlkes Roe McCall and Roache.
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Wheelerville School
Precinct No. 2
Spring Hill
Board of School Commissioners
Barton Academy
Fred Fincher
Country School Committee
Ralph C. Kimmel
Elizabeth Baker
W. A. White,Jr
BE. A. Brown
Vickers
Jordan, Fowlkes
Roe, McCall
Roache
Prichard Street Car Laughs Off Hoodoo Belief
A humorous recounting of Prichard street car No. 118 allegedly dodging hoodoo as a coal black dog with a rabbit foot crosses the tracks. Motorman Cromartie and passengers survive the odd incident, with the dog walking away unharmed and a stray mare with a colt observed nearby.
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Prichard
Cromartie
City Briefs Include Bond Filing and Collision Report
James G. Adler, recently named notary public, filed his bond in probate court on Wednesday afternoon. An auto truck from Mobile Brewery collided with a Davis avenue car near Sengstak and Armistead, causing minor damage with no injuries. police say the truck was on the wrong side. Guy J. Hartwell, via Brooks Crawford, filed suit for Mobile Auto Company against John Alexander over a promissory note in law and equity court on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Adler
Notorary Public
Mobile Brewery
Davis Avenue
Sengstak
Armistead
Guy J. Hartwell
Brooks & Crawford
Law and Equity Court
Mobile Auto Company
John Alexander
Mortgage Filed On Burke Property In Probate Court
A mortgage for 45000 dollars was filed in probate court on Thursday morning. The property at the northwest corner of Royal streets is owned by Mrs. Emma J. Burke and Jesse T. Burke, with the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States of New York as the lender.
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Royal Streets
Emma J. Burke
Jesse T. Burke
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
New York
Rate Adjustment Satisfies Mobile Louisville Rail Talks
R. G. Cobb reports the Louisville and Nashville agreed to meet Mobile on disputed rates under Rule 1 2229 after a Montgomery session. The commission fixed the normal lumber rate for crossties and pledged to consider rate complaints on application. Cobb says Mobile secured about 80 percent of short haul demands and expects further satisfactory adjustments with the railroad.
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Louisville and Nashville
Mobile
State Railway Commission
R. G. Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Cobb
Ways and Means Body of Chamber to Meet in New Quarters
Chairman J. Leslie Taylor of the Chamber of Commerce retrenchment committee says the Ways and Means panel will meet next Monday evening in the new home of the organization at 7 30. Luncheon will be served at half the former price and important matters are to be discussed and possibly acted upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leslie Taylor
Ways and Means Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
City Championship Flag Baseball Match Sunday
The Champion Barney Cavanagh of Mobile City League faces Gulf Shingle, Suburban League pennant winners, at Monroe Park Sunday afternoon for the city championship. Manager Jordan arranged the park. admission is 15 cents with ladies free. Lineups should be similar to pennant games.
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Barney Cavanagh
Monroe Park
Mobile
Jordan
Galveston Denies Letting of Salvage Contract
An Associated Press dispatch from Galveston Texas reports no contract has been awarded to Henderson Iron Works of Mobile for salvage of six steamers ashore at Galveston and Texas City. Galveston officials deny the report.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Henderson Iron Works
Mobile
Texas City
Lusitania Perjurer Is Sentenced to Prison
Gustav Stahl, a German reservist, was sentenced by Judge Hough to eighteen months in the Atlanta penitentiary and a $1,000 fine after admitting his affidavit about four guns on the Lusitania before sailings was false. He pled guilty to perjury in New York.
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New York
Gustav Stahl
Hough
Atlanta
Stahl
Real Estate Transfers Listed for Mobile County Area
Haley Hampton and others transfer two acres in Mobile County to the Board of School Commissioners for $1. Lorena Peters and others sell a Millville tract lot for 24 dollars to William Bolden. Bernard Mallon administrator sells corner property at New Jersey and Conception streets for 925 dollars to Many Parker. Farmers Loan and Trust Company sells part of section 8 for 200.20 dollars to Albert Bergren. John D. Meador, auctioneer, handles Howard L. Adair and others sale of Rosedale lot 7 with a five acre southern exclusion to Jesse Acree. Carrie D. Fonde and others sell lot 26 in Boyles Palace to Mary E. Miles for 27 dollars.
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Haley Hampton
Board of School Commissioners
Mobile County
Lorena Peters
William Bolden
Millville
Bernard Mallon
Frank Mallon
John D. Meador
Howard L. Adair
Jesse
Acree
Rosedale
Carrie D. Fonde
Mary E. Miles
Boyles’ Palace
Southern Railway to Handle Fall Crops With Rebuilt Cars
J. W. Hunter of Southern Railway says the line will handle fall crops using tax car facilities. One thousand old cars have been rebuilt into model steel underframe cars and similar rehabilitating will proceed as soon as possible along the road.
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Southern Railway
J. W. Hunter
The
electrician changes move to Old Point Comfort hotel plant
Daniel Wheeler longtime Battle House Company electrician has gone to Old Point Comfort Virginia to become chief electrician in charge of the Chamberlain Hotel plant. His family will join him later. H E McCormack of Birmingham is in Mobile handling Pratt Consolidated Coal Company interests and building new barges for coal trade. Charles Lehman of Birmingham Alberta is in Mobile negotiating for a pleasure launch to take to Birmingham.
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Daniel Wheeler
Battle House Company
Old Point Comfort
Chamberlain Hotel
Wheeler
H. E. McCormack
Birmingham
Mobile
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company
Charles ‘Lehman
Alta
Sheip Offices to Be Relocated to Mobile
Announcement that Jerome H. Sheip Inc will move its main offices from Philadelphia to Mobile followed a Know Your City tour of the Chamber of Commerce industry committee at the Magazine Point plant. The plant employs 174, with a daily capacity of 120000 feet and cedar veneer output of 40000 to 50000 feet daily. The operation spans 40 acres ground, 4,000 acres swamp land, and a dredged canal to the mill. The firm plans to ship cedar veneer nationwide and to expand factory and logistics facilities while promoting Mobile factory location to attract new industries.
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Jerome H
Hog Bayou
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Canada
Jamaica
Choctaw Point
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary Card
Corliss
Sheip
Best
Charles Gray
Mr. Auterbridge
J. W. Hunty
KK. Q. Norton
P. K. Dunbar
L. W. Savage
J. D. Sutton
E. M. Batley
Mary Taylor
Alabama Boys Corn Clubs to Exhibit at Gulf Coast Fair
J B Kerlin state superintendent arrives in Mobile to arrange exhibits and promises a stellar display. He notes more members this year and several remarkable showings across Alabama despite drought in some counties.
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Ala
Alabama
J. B. Kerlin
Boys’ Corn Clubs of
Mobile
Kerlin
Whistler Man Arrested for Prohi Violation
Deputy Sheriffs Oberhaus and Petty raided W. T. Swann in Whistler on Wednesday around 5 o clock and seized one cask of beer and three quarts of whiskey. Swann was docketed on prohibition charges and the liquor seized will be used as evidence in the inferior criminal court.
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Oberhaus
Petty
W. T. Swann
Whistler
Inferior Criminal Court
Inferior Court Notes On Assault Adultery And Vagrancy
Upshaw Moore was fined 10 dollars or ten days in jail for assault and battery by Judge Henry Chamberlain with Leona Matthews as complainant. Others named faced fines or short terms for gaming vagrancy and adultery. Lizzie Buford and Leon Matthews received severe sentences. A concluding line notes house parties.
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Upshaw Moore
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Leona Matthews
Jim Carter
George Walker
Willie Bryanga Wieman Armistead
Thomas French
Willie Williams
Nat Jacobson
Bessie Stokes
Henry Edwards
Eleanor Lee
Lizzie Buford
Leon Matthews
Estelle Claiborne
Big Enrollment For Opening Day At S. H. College
Spring Hill College opened with 175 students on the first day, eight more than last year. President Edward Cummings reports 168 enrolled by Wednesday night and 7 more by Thursday morning, aiming for 200 soon and praising the year’s outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Hill College
Edward Cummings
New Orleans
Fr Cummings
Hewing Detained Over Child Decoy Charge in Mobile
Charles Hewing a 53 year old white man described as eccentric was jailed in Mobile on a $1000 bond for allegedly decoying away a 7 year old child of Frank Owens Away from Bayou la Batre. Deputy Cain rushed him to jail fearing possible trouble after the arrest caused a stir.
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Charles Hewing
Mobile County
Bayou la Barre
Justice of the Peace
Meyer
Cain
Hewing
Frank Owens
Bayou la Batre
Frank Henderson Buys Four Fishing Smacks at Auction
Frank Henderson purchased four fishing smacks from the Mobile Fish and Oyster Company at a libel sale led by United States Marshal C. C. Gewin. About fifty bidders competed as the prices ranged from $1,500 to $2,550 for each boat, with smacks Annie VT and launch Mississippi retaged under bond.
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Frank Henderson
Mobile Fish and Oyster Company
United States
C. C. Gewin
Virginia Lyons
Teresa
Alice
Edgar Randall
Amela Gloria
Annie VT
Mississippi
Impressive Services At Jewish Temples
The Jewish New Year is observed in the city with services at two temples. Businesses closed and worship attendance was large. At Government Street Temple Rabbi Alfred G. Moses led a Watchman of the Night service with music by E J Taylor and a choir including Lavelle Halliwell Leinkauf and Mrs. Jake Simon. Albert Hahn Sr blew the horn at the morning service.
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Government Street
Alfred G. Moses
Sigmund Schlesinger
Old Temple
Jackson Street
E. J. Taylor
Max Lavelle
Thomas Halliwell
Herman W. Leinkauf
Jake Simon
Hans Curiel
Albert Hahn, Sr
Vessels in Port Steam Ships and Docks Summary
A list of ships in port including steam ships such as Vem ye Fort Gaines and Achorn with tonnages, plus American and foreign vessels like Bluefields and Susan B. Dantzler. It notes docks and piers at Gulf Dry Docks and Turner Terminals, with names of barks, barkentines, and motor barges among the port’s layout.
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Fort Gaines
Nor
Achorn
Frednes
Winona
U. S
Mobilia
Cuba
Nelson
South
Aza
San Juan
Bluefields
Gulf Dry Docks
Stream
Piier
Mallory
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Dks
Schowners
Pinto Dry Docks
Barks Turner Terminal
Turner Terminals
Barkentines
Olinger & Bruce Docks
Motor Bark
Lapis
Spain
Vessels in Transit Report with Several Steamships and Brigs
A fleet of vessels in transit includes Steamship Crathens moving to the Caribbean, Bark Alex Lawrence sailing from Liverpool, Steamship Pathfinder bound for Puerto Rico, and other ships such as Steamship Naperton Steamship Weardale and Bark Oaklands. The list notes ports including New York Huelva Havre and Calais with various consignments and masters to be named.
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Crathens
I Burk Caroling
Upug
Ilavana
Cuba
Oragues Lumber Company
C. W. Mills
Progreso
van Heynigen
Fruithandel
Penarth
Pathfinder
New York
Naperton
Mobile Liners, Inc
Alex Lawrence
Nor
Liverpool
England
Oaklands
SAS
Havre
France
Weardale
Huelva
Spain
van Heynigen Brok
Comtesse de Blandre
Bel
Calais
Franece
Zetus
Colon
Marine cargo moves after hurricane damage
The schooner M. A. Achorn arrived and moored in the stream after hurricane damage. The Norwegian steamer Crathengs was due to arrive. Fort Gaines unloaded cargo after arrival. Mobila cleared for Cienfuegos with 756,221 feet of pitch pine lumber valued at $11,244. Tallapoosa docked at the city wharf.
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M. A. Achorn
Crathengs
United Fruit
Fort Gaines
Mobila
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Coast Guard
City
Weather and Travel Notes From Southern States
The bulletin notes warm fair weather with a 92 degree July like high in Montgomery and Nashville and persistent high pressure across the southeast. It mentions the Tombigbee river forecasts and an improving business climate as W C Thorn reports travel and shipping demand rising in the Deep South and Frisco bound traffic remains strong.
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Tombigbee
Alabama
United States
Montgomery
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
Rocky Mountains
Williston
Oak
North Pacific States
Montana
Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Thorn
W. C. Thorn
Great Northern Railway
St. Louis
Mobile
Frisco
Burglary at Mrs. Potter Home on South Warren Street
The home of Mrs. T. J. Potter at 104 South Warren Street was found burglarized when the Potter family returned Wednesday afternoon. Dressers and wardrobes were disturbed and the house ransacked throughout. Investigators expect days to determine what items were taken.
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T. J. Potter
South Warren Street
Mother and child found after relatives fear
Mrs Mabel Leech wife of a sign painter was reported missing with her month old baby on Wednesday. Police began a search after relatives suspected foul play and feared she might have wandered away toward the river front with her infant.
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Mabel Leech
Leech
Rel
Lin
Young Drifter Claims Mobilians Easy to Loaf and Loot
A Mobile dockside drifter boasting that locals are generous describes a gang of about a dozen who live along the docks. He says the city gives food and clothing with little effort and notes police have begun jailing lodgers near the waterfront as authorities act.
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Docks
Earle
Cage
Bia
Mobile
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