Detroit to host 1914 Grand Army encampment meeting
Detroit was chosen unanimously as the 1914 Grand Army of the Republic encampment site, with New York Chicago Mobile and Houston as runners up. The gathering approved a record supporting a National Peace Monument at Kickapoo battlefield and adjourned for lunch. Miss Mary S Kidder of Milford N H was named president of Daughters of Veterans in sessions tied to the encampment.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mich
Grand Army of Republic
Detroit
New York
Hicago
Mobile
Houstoin Texas
National Peace Monument
Kickamauga
United Confederate Veterans
Mary S. Kidder
Milford
Daughters of Veterans Organiza
Strike Near Settlement in White Longshoremen Tie
Both sides announced Friday they are within one or two points of a settlement in the white longshoremen strike over working conditions and recognition of the negro local. J M Walsh and J H Fricke conferred and indicated a return to work may come Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Walsh
J. H. Fricke
International Longshoremen’s Association
Mr. Walsh
Girl’s Shy Exit from Hall Sparks Mention of Red Cheeks
A girl blushes after stepping from a dark hall where a young man needing a shave waits. The scene hints at tension and unspoken nerves as observers note the awkward moment.
Fraternal Lodges Fuel Panama Canal Celebration Plans
Local lodge committees raise funds and organize a large fraternal pageant for Mobile's Panama Canal Celebration. W O W Maple Camp plans $200, Knights of Honor $150, with 14,000 members organized into marching clubs and distinctive attire to mark the parade. Louisiana participation expected at Southern Commercial Congress with Cahall handling arrangements.
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Southern Commercial Congress
James B
Commerce
Ee W. O. W
One and Ladies of Honor
Cahall
New Orleans
Arran Ents
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Mobile
James 4. Cahall
Maple Gamp No. 5
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Forest Camp No. 1
Knights of Honor
Knights of the Macabees
Loyal Order of Moose
Knights of Pythias
Ben Hur
Fraternal Union of America
Woeedmen__ of America
German-American Alliance
Engineer of Big Steel Plant Arrives in Mobile
I C Davis consulting engineer of Southern Steel Company arrives in Mobile to oversee plans for a five million dollar plant north of the city. He will assess the Dickens tract site, meet visitors, and prepare preliminary work for a project expected to employ three thousand workers and spur a new suburb. He is accompanied by his wife and son and will stay several weeks.
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I. C. Davis
Southern Steel Company
Chicago, IL
Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
Cawthon Hotel
Mr. Davis
Dickens
Davis
Ingenious Panama Canal model on exhibition
The Curran model of the Panama Canal tours the South under the Isthmian Canal Commission. Lectures and demonstrations at Temperance Hall detail the locks and dam operations, scale models, and the Pedro Miguel locks, with wide public interest and pending funding for the Panama Canal Celebration.
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Panama Canal
Temperance Hall
Taylor T. Curran
Isthmian Canal Commission
Curren
R. C. Campbell
Edwin York
James A. Davis
Canal Zone
Canal
Atlantic and Pacific
Heflin Denies Agreement With Hobson On Suffrage Talk
Washington report claims a joint discussion on woman suffrage in Alabama, which Heflin denies. Hobson says they discussed but reached no conclusion, while insisting the Tuscaloosa extension work conference involved no politics. Julia Lathrop and government officials are mentioned in relation to the Alabama expedition.
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Washington, D.C
Washington Herald
Hobson
Heflin
Alabama
Mr. Heflin
Captain Hobson
Julia Lathrop
Ch'ldrenry Bureau Department of Labor
Representative Hobson
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
Washington
Wilson
Claxton
Education
Frank Evans
Department of Agriculture
Tuscaloosa
Denny
State University
St Matthew's Church Dedication Sunday Service Schedule
Two masses will be held at St. Matthew's new church on Sunday. An 7 a.m. low mass and a solemn high mass led by Bishop Edward P. Allen of Mobile. Sermon by Rev. award Hackett assisted by city clergy. Rev. Kerrigan to direct chant with Miss Catherine Hyde supervising music.
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St. Matthew's New Church
Edward P. Allen
D. D
Mobile
Award J. Hackett
William A. Kerrigan
McGill Institute
Catherine BE. Hyde
Mrs Rita Mumma Mexican restaurant owner at Spring Hill Avenue
Mrs Rita Mumma, a native of Tuxpan Vera Cruz and wife of Captain Mumma, runs a restaurant at 6 Spring Hill Avenue. She was fined by the recorder for violating the screening ordinance. A police misentry labeled her as colored, and Captain Mumma asked The Item to correct the record.
William A Cox Dies After Roof Fall In New Orleans
William A. Cox eighteen year old former New Orleans resident died Friday morning at the city hospital from skull fractures and internal injuries after falling from the roof of attorney Francis J. Inge on Government Street. His parents were present and undertakers sent the body to New Orleans for interment. he was a painter by trade.
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William A. Cox
New Orleans
Francis J. Inge
Government Street Loop
City Hospital
Charles W. Cox
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Young Cox
Reverend Crawford resigns from Highland Avenue Baptist Church
The Rev. L. B. Crawford has resigned as pastor of Highland Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery and left to attend Howard College in Birmingham. He served as minister for one year and his successor has not been named.
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Crawford
Montgomery
Ala
L. B. Crawford
Highland Avenue Baptist Church
Howard College
Birmingham
Arrests in Mobile for Impure Food Screening Violations
Police docketed several small restaurant proprietors for not having screens around food sold to the public as part of the board of health campaign. Arrested individuals include Patter Caffein, Jackson and Lipscomb, James Johnson, Bloodgood and Jackson, Barney Harris, Nick Pappas, James Ballard, Nick Peters, with addresses listed on St Emanuel street Davis avenue Jackson and Poe streets Beauregard street.
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Board of Health
Mobile
Patter Caffein
Jackson and Lipscomb
James Johnson
Bloodgood and
Jackson
Barney Harris
St. Emanuel Street
Nick Pappas
Davis Avenue
James Ballard
Furious Driving Arrest of 17 Year Old James Chestang
Police arrest 17 year old James Chestang of Fishers Alley on furious driving and taking a horse and buggy without owner consent. He was found near the river front driving a horse at a furious gait and claimed to have picked up the vehicle on the street. Police seek the owner.
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James Chestang
Fishers’ Alley
John Lincoln
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Wing's Hardware Store
A. A. Richards
Graham
Dauphin Street
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Alaama
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H. M. Friedenthal
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Joachim
Mobile, Ala
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