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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1913

Page

13

Electric line to run Tuscaloosa to Bessemer

Plans to build a forty seven mile electric line from Tuscaloosa to Bessemer cost about 3.5 million dollars. The Birmingham Tuscaloosa Railway and Utilities Company will supply light and power, haul passengers and freight, and link with the Tuscaloosa Belt Line and Birmingham lines. Financing is led by Morris Brothers of Philadelphia and New York.

New Orleans Armor Bessemer Tuscaloosa Wall Street Journal Birmingham Ensley and Connecon Ensley Allied Morris Brothers Philadelphia New York

Longshoremen Issue Official Statement Amid Strike

The white Local 369 of the International Longshoremen's Association announces a planned conference with employers this week to seek a businesslike settlement. District President J H Fricke of Galveston notes the strike leadership and officials urged no belief in false reports while presenting the union side, citing charter revocations, non union agreements, and disputes over work shares between white and colored labor on river duties.

International Longshoremen's Union J. H. Fricke Galveston Texas International Long Shoremen's Association Joseph Williamson Schwarz Crenshaw International ‘Longshoremen’s Association White Longsoremen Badin Boston International Longshoremen Tela IL S. A Colored I. L. A Beont Wedores

First Rehearsal For 8 6 Benefit At Lyric Theater

The Panama Celebration benefit at the Lyric Theater presents eleven tableaux tracing U S history with a focus on Mobile under five flags. Dr Dunster leads with Mobile vocalists and dancers, first general rehearsal Monday at 7:30 p m German Relief Hall and tickets on sale.

United States Mobile Lyric Theater Southern Commercial Congress Panama Dunster Hiawatha T. Hallett Herndon Smith Esmeralda Marie Shaffer W. O. Daly Allyn Feeks New England Priscilla W. F. Tebbetts John Alden A. E. Thayer Myles Standish John Willis Alabama DeSoto Tuscaloosa Bienville Barnett Geneva Connors George Leftwich Lucy Green

Grand Army to Hold 1914 Encampment in Mobile

The Grand Army of the Republic is invited to hold its forty eighth annual encampment in Mobile in 1914. The invitation was decided by the Chamber of Commerce and Business League directors after talks with local G A R head James Powers and business manager Don Farnsworth. A Chattanooga trip begins to secure the session with telegrams and a chamber delegation promoting Mobile as the next reunion city.

Grand Army of the Republic Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League James J. Powers Grand Army Don Farnsworth Farnsworth Chamber of Commerce Veterans of the Blue Mr. Powers John Morton Chattanooga

Avoid the Bronchial Coughs of Early Fall

Early fall weather brings bronchitis and coughs that strain the system. Use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promptly to soothe the throat and ease coughing without opiates. Seek genuine product in the yellow pages.

Foley

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