FATED STAPLES READY FOR RIVER TRADE ON ALABAMA
The rebuilt Hyer packet Staples renamed Epales will enter service around Oct 15 on the Mobile Selma Montgomery route. After a boiler explosion killed many 15 months ago the hull was recaulked and a new cabin added McTaggart Thompson built. Two new boilers installed by Gulf City Boiler Works. Other vessels for Gulf trade and timber lumber movements noted including Nevisbrook Berlin Belvernon Brighton Judge Carney and M A Achorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyer
James T. Staples
Tombigbee
Mobile
Selma
Montgomery
Alabama River
Staples
Ollinger-Bruce Drydocks
McTaggart & Thompson
Gulf City
Nevisbrook
Hunter-Benn Company
New Orleans
Belfast
Ireland
Newcastle
England
Berlin
Montreal
Canada
Belvernon
United Fruit Company
Puerto Cortez
Hot
Brighton
Port Simon
C. R
United States
James A. Carney
City
Murray & Peppers
Pleasure Bay
M. A. Achorn
Pinto
Lizzie Fr. Dennison
Fort Morgan
Cascar ents to Cure Biliousness Promoted in Ad
An old advertisement touts Cas carets as a remedy for biliousness and constipation. It claims a 10 cent box will relieve throbbing headaches, bad tastes, yellow skin, and eye irritation, urging internal cleansing without harsh laxatives.
Prohibitionists Win Virginia Dry Victory in 1916 Election
Early percentages show Virginia voters backing prohibition by over 32 000 with 122 071 total votes tallied. Drys lead in cities including Richmond Norfolk and Williamsburg with cities favoring wets limited to four. Virginia will be dry starting November 1 1916 and the general assembly will enact governing laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Norfolk
Alexandria
Williamsburg
General Assembly
Rat-Proof Model to Be on Exhibit in Mobile
The Mobile Rotary Club will meet Thursday at the Cawthon Hotel. The sanitation committee will report on placing a rat-proofing educational model for public observation in a suitable location. The model was designed by a licensed architect with plans by Surgeon Grubbs and Engineer Du Valle. A second report covers an agreement with Barron G. Collier Co to use Mobile s 110 electric cars for displaying cardboard rat extermination signs as educational aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Rotary Club
Cawthon Hotel
Committee On Sanitation
Grubbs
United States Public Health Service
du Valle
W. H. Monk, Jr
Barron G. Collier Company
Mobile
Vitagraph drama heads Thursday bill with Norma Talmadge
Norma Talmadge Van Dyke Brooke and Antonio Marino lead in Politics and the Press. Margaret Joglin and Victor Patel from the Essanay Westerns also star along with Sophie’s Legacy and a Hearst Selig News Pictorial finale. More features follow this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitagraph
Norma Talmadge
van Dyke Brooke
Antonio Marino
Margaret Joglin
Victor Patel
Sophie
Hearst-Selig
Lumber rate dispute before Interstate Commerce Commission
The Lamb-Fish Lumber Company of Charleston Mississippi attacked Yazoo Mississippi Valley and other southern railroads for export lumber rates. Memphis dealers allegedly enjoy a $2 per thousand feet advantage on gum lumber and $3.50 on oak compared with interior lumbermen due to discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lamb-Fish Lumber Company
Charleston
Miss
Fall Hat Day Declared by Mobile Mayor in 1914
Mayor Pat J. Lyons proclaims Saturday, September 26, 1914, as Fall Hat Day in Mobile. Citizens are urged to retire straw hats, while city officials and residents pledge to wear new fall headgear in observance of the occasion. The proclamation urges patriotic participation and notes the national trend of Fall Hat Day celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Lyons
Pat Lyons
Derby
Dicer
Kelly
City of
Ala
United States
Pat J. Lyons
Noted Negro Musician to Perform in Mobile
Prof. Carl Diton, renowned negro musician, arrives in Mobile for an evening of music at Warren Street M. E. Church. He trained in the United States, studied in England and Germany, and will perform piano and pipe organ. Pastor G W Lewis notes seating will be set aside for white attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt
the Empire
Villette Stringer
Robert Whittier
Frank Smiley
Charles Kelly
Mildred Gregory
Ralph Gray
Rose
John van Zandt
Charles
John
Peter
Vera Verona
Law
Essanay
Lutie
George Ade
Ruth Stonehouse
Leo White
Lester Cuneo
Rapley Jolmes
Carl Diton
Mobile
Warren Street
M. E
G. W. Lewis
Professor Diton
England
Germany
Gum Club Dealers Meet Across Eight States
The Gum Club session at the Battle House lasted all day with fifteen dealers in attendance. Representatives from Missouri Tennessee Kentucky Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and Florida discussed prices and conditions. Club officers include George A. Bell president M Hoke secretary T J Morris treasurer and J W Roche official representative. The semi annual meeting was held Wednesday with the annual gathering planned for December 14 in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gum Club
Battle House
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Club
George A. Bell
W. P. Messier Company
Ulmo, Mo
M. Hoke
Palmer, Mo
T. J. Morris
Anderson-Tully Company
Memphis, Tenn
J. W. Roche
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
No Escambia County Fair Held This Year
The Escambia county fair in Pensacola Florida has been canceled by the board of directors due to severe financial pressures from the war. The Retail Merchants Association advised against holding a curtailed fair, and managers were instructed to cancel all contracts after reviewing pledged funds and projected gate receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Escambia
Directo
Retail Merchants’ Association
United Irish League of America Sends Redmond $10,000
Boston report states that on September 23 the United Irish League of America sent a $10,000 contribution to Redmond. The article notes the gesture within the Irish American community in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish League
America
Redmond
Boston
United Irish League of America
John E. Raymond
Bubonic Plague Strikes Orleans A Belated Blow
New Orleans recounts two plague cases after 10 days of freedom. John J. Vath, bakery owner at 1463 Bourbon Street, died of septicemic plague after autopsy confirmed infection. Clarice Alexander from 824 Bourbon Street was moved to isolation hospital camp. Health officials closed Vath’s bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
John J. Vath
Bourbon Street
Anestress
Clarice Alexander
Vath
Common
Canal
South Rampart
Dryades
W. C. Rucker
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Libin Empire
Goodyear
Raincoat Company
New York City
Gaberdine Coats
Ibortlines
Opp
Bienville Square
Aincoat Co
Dauphin Street
Cupid
City Hall
Eigh States
Orleans
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