County Board Plans Cattle Tick Bounty and Road Improvements
The board approves a $770 bounty for cattle tick vats to be funded later, with Maloney arranging financing if possible. They authorize road improvements from Bayou Sara to a local area, appoint road layout committees, and repurpose the old jail sheds to house county auto trucks plus a new filling station with a $100 monthly machinist salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maloney
Charles Smith
Whistler
Charles Wil
Williams
Deste
Bayou Sara
H. Gabriel
Fight Over Will of Mrs Frank Leslie in Roanoke
A. E. Bayol of Alabama travels to New York to challenge the will of Mrs. Frank Leslie later Baroness de Bazus valued at about 2.73 million dollars. He represents himself and three relatives as next of kin while other relatives contest the estate and a doctor’s affidavit cites possible insanity during a voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroanoke
New York City
Baroness de Bazus
Frank Leslie
A. E. Bayol
Wothan
Ala
Leslie
Carrie Chapman
Wom
Sr .Kelly
Europe
Feibelman Explains Jewish Calendar in Speech
Herbert A. Feibelman, assistant superintendent of the Bath Street temple school, addressed a large audience at Government Street Metro church on the Jewish calendar. He noted Rosh Hashana marks not the year’s start, but Tishri and the blowing of the ram’s horn signaling self inspection and divine justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Street Metro
Herbert A. Feibelman
Mr. Feibelian
Bath School
Government Treet Temple
Baron Von Bissingen Interned After British Naturalization
A report states Baron Von Bissingen, once a German military governor, has been interned after becoming a naturalized British subject. He was taken from his home in Kinsingen, with details indicating heightened wartime security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron von Bissingen
Don
Baron von Bis
von B
Ae ‘Ena
Kinsingen
Islington
Haron
More Sizzling Summer Weather Is Promised
The piece mixes forecasts of heat across the U S regions from Kansas to New Mexico with cool pockets in Green Bay and Mobile. It notes a delayed relief effort and highlights a Mobile fishing trip where a man sought shade by an ice box and a companion helped bait hooks while fishing for trout and catfish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Havre
Mont
New Mexico
Green Bay
Wis
Lake Region
Mobile
Palm Beach
Alabama
Fishermen Trade Tales and Tackle on a Warm Day
Two young men fish by the ice box with baiting and snapping at trout and catfish. The bowman reels in three more catfish and a croaker while the other stays quiet, thinking. Weather remains fair and warm tonight and Tuesday in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Birthday announcements for mobile children in September
The ITICM congratulates eight children born in September and invites them to a birthday party at the Empire Theatre this afternoon. Tickets mailed. Readers born in September are asked to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Visitor MOBILE ITEM at least two days before their birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Danenberg
Francis Danenberg
Dorothy L. Burtanog
Canal St
Otilia Evans
S. Hallett
Virginia Shelton
Marine St
Richard Ludlow
Texas, St
Mary E. Gilior
Church St
Jesse E. Bonus
Hamilton St
Vivian Land
N. Jackson St
ITICM
Empire Theatre
Cotton situation hinges on Southern bankers say Wilson
President Wilson, via Secretary Tumulty, says the cotton situation depends directly on Southern bankers and blames them if results are unsatisfactory. The note follows criticism by South Carolina official John L. McLaurin, who warned bankers allied with New York groups to push cotton sales to 10 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
Wilson
Tumulty
John L. McLaurin
McLaurin
United States
South Carolina
New York
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Bank Board
Harding
Birmingham
Letter to Harding on Southern bank rates and cotton loan
President Wilson writes to Mr. Harding asserting Southern banks may charge no more than 2 percent above their own loan costs for farmers handling this season's cotton. He says bankers hold the decision on extending this favorable rate to farmers. The Fed reserves board pledges up to thirty million dollars to help Southern banks if needed. New York reports on the start of a national exposition highlighting wartime dyestuff progress and U S chemical industry growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Mr. Harding
Southern Bankers’ Conference
Birmingham
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Third Barges Line Bringing Coal to River Start October First
It was announced Monday that beginning October 1 the De Bardeleben Coal Company will start shipping coal on the Warrior river to Mo. The company is building several barges at the Gilmore mines north of Tuscaloosa. With Consolidated Coal Company and the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company the De Bardeleben will make the third river coal line to Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ce Gbardeleben Coal Company
Warrior River
Gilmore Mines
Tuscaloosa
Consolidated Coal Company
Tennessee: Coal, Iron and Mailroad Company
de -Bardeleben
Deaths and Funerals Charles Vermaille Burial
Burial of Charles Vermaille, killed in the L and N Choctaw yards Thursday night, was held Sunday at 4 PM from the family home 110 Saint Emanuel Street. A large crowd attended, with Cornelia Lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor in attendance. Rev. B C Glenn Jr conducted the service at Magnolia Cemetery. Pallbearers included W Warton, Oscar Sweetzer, Ernest Cunningham, Herman Koster, J H Hall, and J F Stutz. Survived by wife, one daughter, and extensive family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Vermaille
Charles Vermaille
L. & N. Choctaw Yards
St. Emanuél Street
Cornelia Lodge
Knights and Ladies of Honor
B. C. Glenn, Jr
St. Stephens Avenue Methodist Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Messrs. W. Warton
Oscar Sweetzer
Ernest Cunningham
Herman Koster
J. H. Hall
J. F. Stutz
Vermillie
Edward J Schreiner Dies After Illness In Mobile
Edward J Schreiner 37 a Meridian Mississippi native and longtime Mobile resident died Sunday afternoon at a local infirmary after several weeks illness He is survived by one brother and one sister in Mobile and other relatives Funeral services were held Monday from Roche Burke funeral parlors with burial in Pine Crest cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Schreiner
Meridian
Miss
Mobile
Roche & Burke
Pine Crest Cemetery
Fair Grounds Fire Suspected Incendiary At Gulf Coast Site
The Gulf Coast Fair grounds cookshop building of Jett Bros Contracting Co. was destroyed by fire early Sunday. D. T. Jett suspects arson and police, with Detectives Burch and Pearson, arrested James Wilkins of Belle View and Hiram Woodruff of Crichton. The night watchman said white men with a torch prowled the area. The suspects deny any knowledge of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jett Bros. Contracting Company
Gulf Coast Fair Grounds
D. T. Jett
Jett
Crenshaw
Burch and Pearson
James Wilkins
Belle View
Hiram Woodruff
Crichton
Weather Outlook and Local Marriage Licenses
Moderate temperatures for 36 hour shipments across regions. Tombigbee river and Alabama waterways show little change in two days. A high barometer area brings wintery conditions over the Rocky Mountain region with 28 degree lows in Havre Montana. A low barometer with rain covers the upper Sage region and upper Mississippi with 38 mph winds at Green Bay. Warmer conditions in the east Gulf and South Atlantic. northwest cold air cools interior Alabama Tuesday. Marriage licenses issued Monday by the probate court include White-Davis and B Edwards with Annie Catherine Martin, and Frank Coleman with Mary Farrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombigbee
Alabama
Rocky Mountain
Kansas
New Mexico
Havre
Mont
Upper Sage
Upper Mississippi
Green Bay
Wis
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Davis B. Edwards
Annie Catherine Martin
Frank Coleman
Mary Farrell
Kansas Business Men May Visit Mobile in Gulf Coast Tour
Kansas business leaders from Southwest Commercial clubs plan a fifteen day January trip through the South and Southeast to study Gulf Coast industries. Mobile, an exporting point for the Middle West, is among the visited cities with invitations extended by the Chamber of Commerce. The delegation includes civic workers interested in southern industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Middle West
Southwest
Chamber of Commerce
South
Willie Gaines Fined in Assault Case
Willie Gaines was charged with assaulting Annie Weirs and was fined 10 dollars plus costs and ten days in jail by Judge Henry Chamberlain in the inferior criminal court. Prohibition cases for Ed Smith L W Brown and Charles Densmore were continued to September 22. Arthur Anderson was fined 5 dollars or ten days in jail for assault and battery on Jesse Hurdle. Willie Gill pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was fined 1 dollar or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Gaines
Annie Weirs
Henry Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Ed Smith
L. W. Brown
Charles Densmore
Arthur Anderson
Jesse Hurdle
Willie Gill
Theodore Depot Robbed in Alabama Liquor Heist
The Louisville and Nashville depot at Theodore Alabama was broken into Saturday night. Thieves stole a large amount of liquor from the Southern Express department. No suspects or clues have been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Ala
Louisville and Nashville
Southern Express Department
Pool Tournament Set By St Josephs Association
Members of St Josephs Catholic Association plan a pool tournament starting Wednesday night. entrants must sign up by Tuesday night at 9 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Association
Pine Apple Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Pine Apple residents host and visit kin and friends from Montgomery Camden Bay Minette and Daphne with gatherings in town. Notable events include a twenty four guest birthday party held by Miss Lila Davidson and a Thursday evening gathering hosted by Miss Mattie Sue Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
M. Kirkpatrick
Flora
Frances
Sallie
Lee Kirkpatrick
Montgomery
Samuel Jordan
Highland Home
Lillie M. Davidson
Carlysle Duke
Camden
Duke
J.A. Mills
Little Nettie
Rock West
Angus McDowell
Baby
Will Stanford
John Melton
Hubbard Melton
Walter Stuart
Bay Minette
Robert Moorer
Daisy Dale
Oak Hill
Louise Donald
Joe Hall Jones
Sam Stanford
John Stanford
Jim Phelps
Beatrice
Pine Apple
Montevallo
Jessie Poole
Callie
Professor Tharp
Ray Minette
Leland
Minnie Brith
Midway
Fay Feagan
Century
Fla
Lila Davidson
Mattie Sue Stone
Evan Higbee
Daphne
Leakesville Engagement Sparks Social Buzz
Miss Lamie Rounsaville eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Rounsaville becomes engaged to Charles Sprugeon Jackson a popular Jackson Miss druggist with the October 14 announcement. She is noted as a blonde belle, a Holly Springs College alumna and an accomplished musician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leakesville
Miss
Lamie Rounsaville
Oscar Rounsaville
Charles Sprugeon Jackson
Jackson
Miss Rounsaville
Miss M Rounsaville
Holly Springs College For Girls
Chancellor Ties Nuptial Knot in Quiet City Wedding
David B. Harris and Miss Annie Catherine Martin, both of this city, wed in the chancery court on Monday at noon with Chancellor T. H. Smith officiating in a small gathering of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Harris
Annie Catherine Martin
Chancery Court
T. H.smith
VESSELS IN PORT AND REPAIR ACTIVITY LISTINGS
Port locations include Port Arthur Lake Pontchartrain Matanzas Cuba with steam ships listed such as Achorn Mills Mills and De Glenesk. Notes mention repairs at New York docks Progreso Mexico and ongoing seafaring movements with several named ships among port entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Lake Pontchartrain
Matanzas, Cuba
Vessels Movements and Cargo Routes Listed
A list of ships including steamships Pathfinder Naperian Weardale Egda Mavisbrook Mariana Viator Corinthia Kylemhor Fort Gaines Bluefields Fort Morgan Oxaco and others bound for or from New York Havana Huelva Puerto Barrios Nassau Vera Cruz and other ports with cargoes to various lumber, shipping, and trading companies such as Moragues Lumber, Gulf States Ship's Co, Ward Line, United Fruit Co, and Vinegar Bend Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Urug
Havana
Cuba
Moragues Lumber Company
Pathfinder
New York
Naperian
Mobile Liners, Inc
Alex Lawrence
Nor
Liverpool
Englan
Oaklands
Havre
Weardale
Huelva
Team
van Heynigen Brok. Co
Egda
New Orleans
Munson Line
S. America
Perceler
Antilla
Ter
Arna
Australia
Walsh Stevedori Co
Daniel Bailey
Boston
Mass
J. M.tt & Bros
Mavisbrook
Newport
Eng
Gulf States Ship’s Co
Mariana
Progeso
Mex
Ward Line
Viator
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Chamelecon Line
Corinthia
Nassau
M. P
Horace Turner & Co
Kylemhor
Glasgow
Scotland
Fort Gaines
Puerto Barrios
United Fruit Co
Bluefields
Fort Morgan
Tela
Procyon
Oxaco
Vera Cruz
Vinegar Bend Lumber Co
Cox's Daughter Heads to Reporting Career
Cox's daughter, daughter of ex governor James M. Cox of Ohio, plans to become a reporter. She will leave society drawing rooms for the local press rooms, as she hints at potentially running her father's newspapers in Dayton and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
James M. Cox
Ohio
Dayton
Springfield
Army Men Open Chicago Instruction Camp
Six hundred business and professional men from Chicago and the Midwest entered a month long military instruction course at Fort Sheridan. The program runs until October 17 with trainees from doctors lawyers engineers teachers and dentists among the rookies. Mayor William M. Thompson planned to join the camp on Friday as instructors plan full daily schedules from 5:60 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Fort Sheridan
William M. Thompson
Marshall Field's former wife dies after Red Cross service
Mrs Malawin Drummond longtime Chicago social figure and widow of Marshall Field Jr died after a painful illness in England. She had directed Red Cross hospital aid during wartime and raised three children while remaining linked to the Field estate headed by Marshall Field II. Her death leaves the $90 million Field estate intact for forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Malawin Drummond
Red Cross Hospital
Drummond
Marshal Field, Jr
Chicago
Maldwin Drummond
England
Albertine Huck
Marshal Field, Sr
Marshall Field II
Marshall Field III
Henry
Marshall Field
Owendolyn
Mrs. Drummond
Freda
Baron Kunowski
Saxony
Schooner Penley Crew Rescued Near Cuba
The steamer Sixoala arrived from West Indian ports with Captain M. L. Jameson and eight crew members of the schooner Florence M. Penley. Abandoned at sea 450 miles south of Hatteras in a sinking condition, the crew were rescued by the steamer Bygland and landed at Nipe Bay in Cuba. The Penley carried manganese ore and was en route from Rio Janeiro to Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sixoala
M. L. Jameison
Florence M. Penley
Hatteras
Bygland
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Penley
Baltimore
Rio Janeiro
Canadian Labor Bodies to Discuss Conscription
The Canadian trades union congress met in Vancouver on September 20 and planned to consider conscription during their session though not on the formal program. Secretary P. M. Draper indicated labor questions likely to be discussed if conscription touches workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Canada
Canadian Trades Union Congress
P. M. Draper
Three Italian Volcanoes Erupt Simultaneously
Paris dispatch reports Ve suvius Aetna and Stromboli all active in Europe. The eruptions are described as singular phenomena never before recorded though not causing immediate alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rome
Vesuvius
Aetna
Stromboli
Marine News: Craethus Pumps Kept Afloat After Propeller Damage
A piece of Craethus propeller broke loose causing three feet of flooding before pumps were turned on. The steamer, tied at Pier 8 for repairs, was kept afloat through continuous pumping Saturday night and Sunday morning with the Echo tug from Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co responding to the call. The Glenesk cleared with a large hardwood cargo to Liverpool valued at 17 648 dollars. The Metaloui arrived from Pensacola damaged by grounding and docked for repairs. Uppland sails to Port Arthur for cargo. Fort Gaines due from Puerto Barrios with bananas. Josey expected from New Orleans for Munson Line. Amelia cleared with gasoline cargo and continues in the fruit trade from Puerto Cortez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craethus
Pier 8
Echo
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Glenesk
Liverpool
Eng
Metaloui
Pensacola
Florida
Mobile
Ollinger- Bruce Dry Docks
Uppland
Port Arthur
Mediterranean
Fort Gaines
United Fruit Company
Puerto Barrios
Josey
New Orleans
Munson Steamship Line
Amelia
Puerto Cortez
Cedar Point Road Resurfacing Underway
The county began resurfacing Cedar Point Road from Virginia to Tennessee streets under Joe Jackson, assistant supervisor of county roads. A culvert will be protected by railings to prevent danger to motorists. Officials aim to finish in first class condition for the Gulf Coast Fair when traffic will be heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Point
Virginia Street
Tennessee Street
Joe Jackson
Bank Messenger Held Up in Harlem Robbery
Vincent J. Maloney, a Chatham and Phoenix National Bank messenger, was held up by two men on a Harlem street. One thief pistol whipped him while the other struck him, taking a satchel with $2,000 in cash. Maloney was hospitalized as the robbers escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vincent J. Maloney
Chatham & Phoenix National Bank
Harlem
Maloney
No Man Should Sing Ballad As Wife Returns From Country
A fragile line in a humorous note warns against singing the touching ballad The Cat Came Back when a wife returns from the country, suggesting social misreadiness or marital tension in a lighthearted tone.
Mobile Institute Draws About Fifty Teachers In Attendance
About fifty members of the Mobile County Teacher State met in Mobile on Monday and expect a full 250 registration by tomorrow. The afternoon session will feature a talk by A Maloney county farm matration agent. List of registered teachers includes Mary B Austin Mobile Virginia Thom Miriam Thompson G W tcher Citronelle L FE Gralapp Prichard F J Wheat Coker M L Jones Malcolm R Barnickle Mobile and others with visitors from the state anticipated. The week long session continues through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile County
Mobile
Lillian Winter
A. Maloney
Mary B. Austin
Virginia Thom Miriam
Thompson
G. W.tcher
Citronelle
L. FE. Gralapp
Prichard
F. J. Wheat
Coker
M. L. Jones
Malcolm
R. Barnickle
V. Shrives
O. Hargrove
J. Hargrove
T. Campbell
M. King
Lower Peach Tree
G. Alexander
C. Vaughan
O. W. Cowden
Summerdale
L. Konstanzer
C. Miller
N. Lilley
R. de Grange
H. T.townsend
G. Powell
M. Bosarge
C. Bosarge
Bayou la Barre
S. Swinson
O. L. Bouumet
Mbile
J. Bailey
Gulfcrest
B. Sherri
T. Jones
A. Strachal
E. Woodward
Calvert
J. Hellet
O. Austin
C. J. Prichard
A. M. Vincent
A. Barnes
M. Queen
E. Dobbs
Miss Winter
Vitalitas hailed as great tonic across southern cities
A collection of testimonials from New Orleans to Little Rock lauding Vitalitas. Davidson of Camp Street says it’s the grandest medicine and makes him well amid lumbago and debility. Baker of Memphis calls it a revelation curing rheumatism and kidney trouble. Bear of Birmingham claims it reaches the cause of piles. Hurtel of Mobile calls it meritorious for indigestion and debility. Huntsman of Little Rock says Vitalitas cured him. Ad promotes investigation at Sutton's Drug Store and druggists sell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
W. M. Davidson
Camp St
Memphis
Tenn
A. K. Baker
N. Main St
Vitalitas
Birmingham
Ala
S. Bear
Mobile
A. F. Hurtel
New St. Francis St
Little Rock
Ark
A. F. Huntsman
Gaines St
Sutton
Ady
Also Mentioned on This Page
Road and Revenue Commission
Dothan, Ala
Feibelman
Fomny
DE Leddy
Piffle
Newx
York
X Chemical Industries
de Bardeleben Company
Fair Grounds
Theodore Depot
Pine Apple Personals
Pretty Girl
War
Willian Bangey
Washington
St. Paul
Achorn
urner-Hart Wi ‘Caeeer
Olsinger
Bruece
Progreso, Mex
Hildegard
Cox
Helen Cox
Red Cross
Italy
Marine News
Cedar Point Road
Mobile Institute
Caribbean & Southern Steamship Co., Inc
Seeberg Steamship Co
Windward
Leeward Islands
Central
South America
Kingston
Jamaic
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Guadeloupe
Barbados
Trinidad
Demerara
West Indies
Salers Steamship Co
City Bank
New Battle House
Information City
S. Royal St
H. E. Jones, JR
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