Banks Refuse 10 Accept School Bonds in County Fostered
In a lengthy list of teachers and locations across the county the article details banks declining to accept school bonds while naming numerous educators by town including Calvert Creek Creola Citronelle and Coden among others. It also lists Negro instructors chosen for county schools and names many supervising teachers and venues across communities such as Fort Morgan and Mobile areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybelle Parker
Bluff
Ida W. Johnston
Chastang
A. Blackledge
Citronelle
John Harrison
R. Canty
Chunchula
Snell Carter
Cleveland
Corinne .McNeill
Cottage Hill
Annie Lee Dudley
Crola
G. Richardson
Cedar Creek
A. Shepard
Dawes
Emma Kemp
Delchamps
Annie Smith
Grand Bay
Willis Forbes
Lovejoy
Ella Grant
Ida L. Williams
Mechem
J. A. Wright
W. Gaillard
Myers
C. Peterson
Moffatsville
Alma V. Davis
Olivia Hamilton
Mon Louis
Baltaire Durette
Mount Vernon
Alberta Garrett
Louise Berry
Vineland
Carrie M. Ficher
Weaver
Mary Kingsley
Whistler
W. A. Barlow
Adelaide Earl
M. Fouville
Crichton
Justina Armstead
Marie Thomas
Teresa Brown
Spring Hill
C. Vv. Bush
Mary Richardson
Oak Grove
R. Decatur
Plateau
L J. Whitley
Anna F. Gatewood
Vivian Holman
M. Carrington
Clark Miller
Theodore
Martha Curtis
Olive Blackledge
Toulminville
L. McNeill
Ethel E. Jones
Union
William Robins
Wilmer
Q. Owens
Kushla
Lille Belle
Negro confesses to ten mail robberies
Edward Beverly, a Black wagon driver, confessed to tampering with parcel post mail after a gold watch found on him matched a missing article from a broken package at the Government street depot. He was turned over to federal authorities for a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Richard Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Beverly
Government Street
Dhe
Louisville
Nashville
Beverly
United States
Richard Jones
Hie Crenshaw
Sexwater Mail
Paving Assessments Adopted by Board in 1913
The eleventh paving venture was approved by the Board on December 9, 1913. Assessments are due from December 9 to October 9, 1913, with possible extensions if paid within the period.
No Settlement Expected in Mobile Strike Standstill
No change in the strike situation for longshoremen iron workers and ship workers in Mobile. White local longshoremen deployed ultimatum demanding recognition of the Negro union while timber stevedores continued loading timber. Gulfport reports potential cargo transfers but stevedores deny plans. Independent Gulfport longshoremen and several ship carpenters say peers have found work elsewhere and plan to stay out until demands are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Negro Union of
Gulfport
Miss
Police Court Roundup in City Saturday Morning
W H Holcomb Jr was fined ten dollars or twenty days for violating a stable ordinance. W H Detlefsen and L C Price faced reckless driving charges with fines or dates set for September 23. Stevens and Rieman were arraigned for disorderly conduct and reset for September 16. Solomon Poe and Mose Planty, charged with a felony, Poe convicted and fined 146 days and 500 dollars or six months more. Planty discharged. Willie Overton fined twenty days of hard labor for assault with a pistol on Shank McClelland. Will Fife alias Will Kike arrested after shooting at Green and firing at Officer Gallo. case continued to September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Holcomb, Jr
Edington
Church and
Royal Streets
W. H. Detlefsen
White
Recorder’s Court
L. C. Price
Solomon Poe
Mose Planty
Soloomon Poe
Willie Overton
Shank McClelland
Will Fife
Will Kike
Wes
Recorder's Court
Assant
Fife
Green
Warren and
Davis Avenue
George Gallo
Big Tim Sullivan Dies After Train Tragedy
New York politician "Big Tim" Sullivan is dead after being struck by a train at Pelham Parkway. His body was identified by stepbrother Larry Mulligan after thirteen days in a local morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Big Tim” Sullivan
Larry Mulligan
Sullivan
Pelham Parkway
Seventy six-year-old farmer sues for breach of promise
John Hotchkiss of Mill Brook, 76, sues Mrs Isabella Bayles, 42, widow, for 2000 dollars claiming breach of promise of marriage. He sought 500 dollars deposited in Winsted Savings Bank but Bayles reportedly withdrew the funds. Bayles had lived in New York City at her husband’s death and later engaged to Hotchkiss before allegedly renouncing love to marry him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Conn
John Hotchkiss
Mill Brook
G. A. Sanford
Isabella Bayles
Bayles
Winsted Savings Bank
Milling Plant Destroyed in Buffalo Explosions
A series of explosions at the Clover Leaf Milling Company's plant in Buffalo New York destroyed the elevator flour mill and store house. Fire followed the blasts and a score of men were burned with six seriously hurt. The property loss is listed at 200 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Clover Leaf Milling Company
First Man To Swim From New York To Sandy Hook
Captain Brown completed a 22 mile swim from New York City to Sandy Hook in 13 hours and 38 minutes despite strong Atlantic tides. He swam four hours at a stretch during part of the crossing. The scene features Captain Al Brown, a renowned life saver, and his three year old daughter Katherine who already holds water medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Sandy Hook
Atlantic
Captain Brown
al Brown
Katherine
City Brevities Strong winds and repairs noted
Strong easterly winds will prevail in Mobile today per a storm warning from the Washington weather head. Repairs to the burned Mobile and Ohio pumping station at Wightmile Creek were completed by Whistler shops, with water tanks refilled and operations resumed. Police investigate a burglary at 3 North Warren Street, with nothing missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Washington
Whistler
Ohio
Wight-mile Creek
Police Department
Sallie Plotkin
North Warren Street
Tango Dancer Falls and Fractures Hip
Mrs Raymond Terry of Long Beach suffered a fractured hip after a tango fall in Los Angeles on September 13. Doctors say recovery will take over a month and she vows to tango again once she heals, blaming a tight skirt for the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Raymond Terry
Long Beach
Terry
Fine Summer School in Jefferson County
Henry J. Willingham, superintendent of education, reported from Birmingham on the Jefferson county teachers institute. He said the summer school is well attended with excellent work and strong interest shown by instructors and teachers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Henry J. Willingham
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Teachers’ Institute
Mrs Clementina Butler Die at 94 a Founder in Mission Work
Newton Massachusetts Sept 13 Mrs Clementina Butler organizer of the Women's Foreign Mission Society of the Methodist Episcopal church died yesterday at age 94 Her husband William Butler was a noted missionary leader who founded one of the first missions in India and directed missions in Mexico for many years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Newton
Mass
Clementina Butler
Women’s Foreign Mission Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Five Children Helped by Cardui in Asheville Tale
Mrs Minnie Wright of Asheville says Cardui cured her after measles relapse and headaches. She credits two bottles of Cardui for restored health and plans to recommend it to others. Cardui has been used for over 50 years to treat womanly ills and is advertised with a mail inquiry for the 64 page Home Treatment for Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Minnie Wright
Cardui
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga
Dean's Kidney Pills Prove Effective in Mobile
A Mobile resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved family kidney troubles after a strain and backache. The ad notes the remedy is sold at Van Antwerp's Drug Store and by all dealers for 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
H. P. Turner
Congress Street
Mobile
Ala
Doan
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean’s
Adv
California Syrup of Figs Promises Easy Health For Children
A parental advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for sour stomach indigestion and bowel issues in children. It claims a teaspoonful clears sour bile and fermenting food, restoring health within hours. The note warns to buy only genuine bottles from the California Fig Syrup Company and to beware of counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Fig Syrup Company
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Calvert
Inez Garrison
Creek
W. G. Pilcher
Creola
Smith
H. Schultz
Bessie Vigor
Itronelle
B. H. Johnson
Pearl Javard
BE. E. Prine
Grace A. Schultz
le M. Brown
Cora Hanlein
Cannon
Coden
M. P. Hurter
de Burke
Miss . Gaillard
Annietto
Laura Simmons
Ruth Brown
Abbie Strachan
Margaret Strachan
Aileen Whitehead
Aeolin Beverly
Dauphin Island
Orake Bouillet
Lillian Allman
Cosa del Buono
Dawes City
T. B. Burfoot
Dog River East
8. W. Porter
Dog River West
Winona Spies
Gladys Gould
J. L. Gleason
Downs
Alice Rayford
Eight Mile
Mamie Gilbert
Fellowship
Ellen Leslie
Fowl River
Irma Yeend
Georgetown New
Adelaide Willis
Georgetown Old
Lucile Grallap
Jasper Robertson
A. L. Holloman
W. A. DeOrnellas
May Bouie
Gulf Crest
Nell Case
Massie Slocum
Irvington
B. N. Hanson
Helen
Myrtle M. Trawick
Grace Gill
Prichard
George A. Toulmin
Vera Williams
Ethel Savage
Nora Lilley
Kate Nicol
Pleasant Progress
Alma
Prosser
Mordecai Roberts
Lillie Garrett
Rowells
Evangeline Dobbs
Salco
Annie M. Kramin
Semmes
Evelyn Bartee
Shady
Cecile Kron
Lillian Toulmin
Ruth Nelson
Turner
Willie May Johnston
Turnerville
Laurie M. Reasonover
Alice Flinn
Mary Buford
Sallie Whitehead
Mae Hughes
Wheelerville
Lola Goodloe
Williams
Winifred Brown
L. S. G. Gialapp
Eugenie van Aller
Vivian Hoffman
Irene Beverly
Leona Ballweg
Mae Hinson
Never Shillito
A. B. Forrester
Myrtle Enderle
Elide Nelson
E. A. Enderle
Charity Vaughan
Gertrude Matzenger
Big
Tim” Sullivan
Police News
Big Tim Sullivan
Newsboy
Congress
Mrs. Wright
Dus
Cardus
Medicine
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
Pe Certtieu
Bay Steamship Co
Str. Jas. A. Carney
Battles
E._D. PEPPERS, Mer
Nelson & Bailey
South Royal Street
Windsor Cafe
Albert E. Reynolds
Proprietors
Colden A. Brown
Are
Gulf Coast
City Ticket Office
Royal Street
Mobile Electric Co
North Royal Street
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