Improvements Rush On In Mobile With Million Dollar Additions
A building boom grips the city as permits surpass a million dollars in planned work. The Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company expands with a 300 plus man crew for new up to date warehouses. The Mobile Drug Company backs a four story store building on Water Street as other projects include cottages and brick warehouses. Wages for carpenters run about 3 50 daily with day and night shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Smith
Magnolia Compress Andarehouse Company
Water
Magnolia
Mobile Drug Company
M. R. Jackson
Jackson
Adams
M. R. Baker
Jackson Streets
T. EB. Goff
Congress Streets
R. R. Murphy
New Jersey
G. G. Touart
Rapier Avenue
Palmetto Street
Mrs. W. Mooney
Monroe
Stocking
McGill Institute
Franklin
Dauphin
Conti
B. Gup
Kiss Me Quick Becomes New Kissing Movement Motto
A Berlin article by Professor Adolph Paskau claims kissing is healthful and nerve soothing, replacing old Kiss Me Not signs with Kiss Me Quick. The piece argues germ fears are unfounded, supports kissing across ages, and predicts cheers from young lovers as society shifts toward more kissing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolph Paskau
Brace
Germany
Paskau
Professor Paskau
Carney Enters Race for State Senate Seat
James A. Carney of Baldwin County announces candidacy for the second district state senate seat representing Baldwin Monroe and Escambia counties. He plans an early campaign while Abner J. Smith Samuel C. Jenkins and others are also potential contenders with Holmes and Hall noted as probable candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Carney
Baldwin County
Carney
Ala
State Senate
Baldwin
Monroe
Escambia
Abner J. Smith
The
Bay Minette Times
Samuel C. Jenkins
Leslie Hall
Ray Minette
Herbert H. Holmes
Tensaw
Convicted Vagrancy Louis Jefferson Faces Ten Days
Louis Jefferson was found hiding in the Choctaw yards of the Louisville and Nashville on Friday night by Deputy Sheriffs Mansfield and Bernstein and was sentenced to ten days hard labor on the charge of vagrancy by Acting Judge Kohn in the inferior court Saturday. Susette Jenkins and Lillie Alexander, who fought in the street, were each fined one dollar or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Jefferson
Louisville
Nashville
Mansfield
Bernstein
Kohn
Susette Jenkins
Lillie Alexander
Robbery Charge Filed Against Williams in Street Hold-Up
A man identifying as H Williams of Hamilton and Charleston streets was arrested Saturday by Officers McCarron and Dunn on a robbery charge. He was identified by Jesse Blakney, a strike breaker, as the assailant who held him at gunpoint Friday night and stole $17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Williams
Hamilton
Charleston
McCarron and Dunn
Williams
Jesse Blakney
Local Property Developments Reported in Elmira Area
A list details property improvements and building projects including a frame residence on Monroe and Stocking streets owned by Mrs A Yerger, Elmira and Michigan avenue. Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Co expansion at Magnolia and Adams with additional warehouse work at Magnolia and Lipscombe streets. totals include $7000, $1600 and $8000.
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Monroe and
Stocking Streets
A. Yerger
Elmira and
Michigan Avenue
Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company
Magnolia
Adams
Lipscombe
Beavers Plan Park Outing for Orphans in Mobile
Mobile Dem No 26 announces the annual Beavers outing at Monroe Park for orphans and poor children and women of Mobile. Cars will run to asylums Crichton and Prichard. A large reception and volunteer committee will organize activities and care, with penalties for absentees.
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O. H. Harris
Mobile Dem No. 26
Order of Beavers
Monroe Park
Mobile
Crichton and Prichard
The
Beavers
Harris
Charles Delhomme
Thomas P. Lynch
Gordon Hall
M. J. Doody
Albert Roh, Jr
B. Courtright
Frank Pagel
Women’s Auxiliary
Panama Canal Celebration Car Tour Begins in Alabama
The Panama Canal Celebration committee plans a state tour of a working model exhibit car to promote the October 27 28 29 1913 Panama Canal opening. Envelopes mailed from Mobile feature invites to President Wilson and cabinet officers with reduced rates for the Southern Commercial Congress visit. The car starts in Opelika then moves through Columbus Montgomery Greenville Pensacola and Mobile with a planned stop in Mobile next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Commercial Congress
Wilson
Wiliam J. Bryan
Josephus Daniels
L. Irvine
Panama Canal
Irvine
Opelika
South Alabama
Columbus
Montgomery
Greenville
Pensacola
Laz Schwarz
George G. Card of
Patterson reaches Blantyre in Cole 50 without engine trouble
In a Blantyre Ont letter dated August 30 Bloch Brothers Auto and Garage Co report that J KB Patterson arrived at his destination in a Cole 50 with no engine or machine troubles. He says the car has ample power on all roads and hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blantyre, Ont
Bloch Brothers Auto and Garage Company
J. KB. Patterson
New Colored Pastor Chosen at Macedonia Baptist Church
The call extended to Rev H R Tunstall by the Macedonia Baptist church has been accepted and he will lead regular services at the church on Virginia and Wilkinson streets Suday. A closing line advises borrowing money to be remembered beyond doubt rather than giving a photograph.
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H. R. Tunstall
Macedonia Baptist Church
Virginia and
Wilkinson Sts
Suday
Harboring a girl under age leads to arrest in Bell Vickers case
Bell Vickers a white woman aged 65 living at 61 Washington avenue was arrested Saturday afternoon by Officer Larry Murray on a charge of being a dangerous and suspicious character and later docketed on harboring a girl under age. The arrest followed a juvenile court statement by Mary Walter who said she had stayed at the Vickers house for weeks. Judge D H Edington ordered Detective Warren Burch to swear out a warrant and turned the Walter girl over to a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Vickers
Washington Avenue
Larry Murray
D. H. Edington
Mary Walter
Whistler
Vickers House
Vickers
Edington
Warren Burch
Walter
Dedication of St Matthew's Church
Parishioners prepare for the dedication of the new St Matthew's Church this Sunday. The Rt. Rev. Edward P. Allen will dedicate the edifice with a sermon by Rev. Edward J. Hackett and chants by Rev. William A. Kerran, supported by city priests.
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St. Matthew's
Edward P. Allen
D. D
Mobile
Edward J. Hackett
William A. Kerran
McGill Institute
Died for Want of Proper Care in Birmingham Launch Death
The body of a white man believed to be J. E. Thomas of 2210 Fifth Avenue Birmingham Alabama was found in the launch Laura C. at the foot of St. Anthony Street on Saturday around 3 pm. An inquest by Coroner Hirschfield returned malaria fever as the cause. authorities suspect death from lack of proper medical attention. The body was turned over to Roche and Burke Undertaking Co. for instructions.
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J. E. Thomas
Fifth Avenue
Birmingham
Ala
Laura C
St. Anthony Street
Hirschfield
Roche and Burke Undertaking Company
Henry
J. W. Murphy
Carpenters and Joiners Union No. 103
Bingham
Thomas
Vital Statistics of Mobile County Weekly Summary
The Mobile County vital statistics report covers the week ending Saturday with sections for Marriage Licenses Deaths and Births. It lists numerous White and Colored couples for marriages including Clarence E. George and Alice Pelton Richard Miller and Fannie Howell and many others. Deaths list several White and Colored individuals by name and gender with a mix of surnames. Births show White newborns with listed parent names though text is garbled in places.
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Mobile County
White
Clarence E. George
Alice R. Pelton
Richard Miller
Fannie Louise Howell
Charles B. Williams
Sue Altmeyer
Henry Wetherford
Lorena McLendon
James Henry Dumas
Willie Irene Sossman
Adolph L. Mangold
Mary L. Cerro
Nolan C. Bell
Mary
C. Raley
Percy
Cameron Davis
Otwin Emma Cody
Fell Weaver
Eunice Jones
John Johnson
Maggie Waldorp
Chester Lee Bass
Irma Barton
Dennis Chat
Colored Catholic Schools To Open For Fall Term
The Most Pure Heart of Mary parochial school starts Monday Sept 15 with a new St Bernard's school at Davis Avenue and Ann Street opening for local children the same day. Non Catholic children admitted with equal privileges and tuition is ten cents per week, though worthy children unable to pay are welcomed. Sisters of the Holy Ghost oversee both schools. St. James' school at Prichard opens September 29.
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Most Pure Heart of Mary
St. Bernard's School
Davis Avenue
Ann Street
Sisters of the Holy Ghost
St. James’ School
Prichard
Two to Be Ordained at St John's Sunday
On Sunday September 21 at 11 a m Messrs James B McCan and Reginald A Pierce will be ordained deacons at St John Episcopal church Rt Rev C M Beckwith bishop of Alabama will officiate and Rev W N Claybrooke of St Marys Birmingham will preach the ordination sermon The candidates will be presented by Very Rev Gardiner C Tucker At night Bishop Beckwith will confirm a large class of candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. McCan
Reginald A. Pierce
St. John's Episcopal Church
C. M. Beckwith
Diocese of Alabama
W. N. Claybrooke
St Mary's, Birmingham
Gardiner C. Tucker
St. John’s
Beckwith
Complex List of Names in Local Notice
A rough OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and pairs such as McN and Glennon boys, Sam and Rosa Long, Samuel and Mary Hoffman, Max and Rosa Gotlieb, William J and Louise M Nelson, Paul J and Mary E Fassbender, Curtis and ee Farnell, Everett and Effie Mangold, and Charlie Lee with Julia Cepia. The text trails with unclear seals or stations indicating a seat or location.
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Mobile Drug Co
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the Peoples Bank
Alabama
J. T. Adams, Ph. G. Oph. D
J.T. Adams
Dauphin Street
South Side
Bienville Square
Aber
Ihoe
Safford Berney
Pat J. Lyons
Price Williams, Jr
Samuel B. Browne
Thomas T. Palmer
William T. Holt
John Craft
Sextus H. Smith
T. P. Brewer
T. J. McSweeney
C. W. Tompkins
Charlies L. Simmons
Frank Matlock
H. V. Batchelder
Simon Strouse
S. J. McCarty
A.L. McLean
Cg.crutcher
J. T. Jett
J. J. Barry
Joseph P. Sands
W. P. Horres
Dan Fanane
W. D. Greenwood
J. M. Rulifson
W. A. Seabury
C. T. Allen
I. N. Frenkel
Col. S. T. Raney
R. G. Richard
F. B. Dennis
W. B. Delchamps
Aaron
J. T. Powers
J. H. Forsyth
William Turnquist
World OF Wilson
Congress
Fairsworth
Blantyre
NEW Colored Pastor
ST. Matthew’s Church
Bell
Jno
D. Palmer
North Water ST
Gauphin
Otuphin
Walter Mitchell
Ijve
Ine
India Lawn
Milline
Salen
Sae Whic
Ieee
BYU
Ageings
Mobile River
Vital Statistics OF
Jay and
Nora Ernie
Yorn
Colored Catholic
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