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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1914

Page

9

Louisville and Nashville plans rat-proofing in Mobile

Assistant Superintendent Bose of the New Orleans Mobile division and A. J. Catchet with L&N supervisors inspected railroad buildings in Mobile to arrange complete rat-proofing. They will elevate a chamber to imperviousness and push the project to early completion with guidance from the Mobile health department.

Bose New Orleans Mobile Division Louisville and Nashville Railroad A. J. Catchet du Valle Health Department of Mobile Louisville Nashville Mobile Rose Catchet Ocean Springs Miss Messrs. Rose and Health Department

Mobile official urges backing for San Francisco fair exhibit

Lee Cowart commissioner of the state immigration bureau urged the Mobile Chamber of Commerce board to support a Mobile county exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. No action was taken. Cowart will return in about two weeks to discuss details and comparisons of state exhibits and appropriations.

Lee. Cowart State Immigration Bureau Chamber of Commerce San Francisco Cowart Mobile Alabama M. D. Kahn R. G. Cobb Interstate Commerce Commission New Orleans Washington Mr. Cobb Chamber Intercate

Johns Fund Appeals for Destitute Family Aid

The Item reports a dollar donated by Cash to support Mrs. Joseph Johns and her children in traveling to Houston to reach her husband. An appeal in Tuesday's issue urged prompt relief as the family remains in destitute circumstances.

Joseph Johns Houston

Editor Mosley Visits Mobile on Waterworks Victory

J A F Mosley editor of the Labor Advocate Birmingham arrived in Mobile for a brief visit and commented that the recent election on Birmingham city commission membership and city waterworks ownership passed overwhelmingly. Commissioner James Weatherly, who spoke in Mobile in 1911 on commission government, was re elected.

J. A. F. Mosley Labor Advocate Birmingham Ala Mobile Mosley Birmingham City Commission James Weatherly

Burns and McCoy seek liquor license transfer in Mobile

William Timothy Burns and William Holyoke McCoy, trading as Burns & McCoy, apply to Mobile Excise Commission for a license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors at retail at 461 and 453 Texas Street. They seek transfer of Yeates and McCoy retail license for 451 and 453 Texas Street. Yeates and McCoy agree to transfer their entire interest if approved.

William Timothy Burns William Holyoke McCoy Burns & McCoy Honorable Excise Commission of Mobile Texas Street Alabama Charles A. Yeates Yeates & McCoy Honorable Excise Commission Yeates

Steamers on Canadian Dominion Register Reach End Year Total

The register shows 3 847 steamers listed at year end with a gross tonnage of 711 512. The figures reflect the Dominion's maritime fleet and capacity as recorded.

Canadian Dominion

Teachers Attend Cooking School In Mobile County

Mobile County public school teachers attend white Oakdale and colored Broad Street Academy institutes. Enrollment reaches 107 for the colored session with lectures on sanitation dental care and community improvement.

Mobile County Oakdale Broad Street Academy Murphy Hattie Neubiik Grubbs Colored Teachers’ Institute Colored Institute A. J. Rogers A. M. KE Zion Church W. A. Caldwell Isaiah Whitley Caldwell FE. T. Belsaw J. Z Garbon Whitley State Street Methodist Church Music—Institute Chorus Music Rev G. W. Lewis A. Hannum

Atlanta Southern league outfielder passes through Mobile

Tommy Long an Atlanta Southern league outfielder home in Cullom Springs Choctaw county Alabama and recently claimed by Washington for next season passed through Mobile Tuesday night en route home.

Tommy Long Cullom Springs Choctaw County Ala Washington Mobile

Funeral for William Morrow Savage Held in Whistler

The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 from the residence of his sister Mrs. Alice Savage Tew in Whistler. Rev. H T Vaughan led the services with assistance from Rev. James F Feagin and Rev. A B Brown. Odd Fellows Mechanics Lodge No 69 conducted the grave rites. Pallbearers were Charlie Welch Henry Thomas Gamum L Langford James M Tucker Jank W Eckford and Ira H Pringle. Willie Helms daughter of L C and Mollie Dixon Helms died Tuesday after a brief illness. The Roche & Burke Undertaking Company took the body and shipped it to Lucedale Mississippi for interment.

William Morrow Savage Alice Savage Tew Whistler H. T. Vaughan James F. Feagin A. B. Brown Mechanics’ Lodge No. 69 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Charlies Welch Henry Thomas Gamum L. Langford James M. Tucker Jank W. Eckford Ira H. Pringle Willie Helms L. C Mollie Dixon Helms Roche & Burke Undertaking Company Lucedale Miss

Dreamland Presents A Night In Old Heidelberg Big Turnout

Dreamland Theatre drew large crowds Tuesday night for A Night In Old Heidelberg. The Metropole Quartette and Chesleigh Sisters headline a varied bill with Freidenwald's Minstrels to follow, plus a Saturday children’s dancing contest offering prizes.

Dreamland Old Heidelberg Dreamland Theatre Metropole Quartette Coxy Theatre Chesleigh Sisters Freidenwald

Cotton Prices Edge Up as Hold Strategy Persists

Cotton trends higher to 7.5 to 8.25 cents a pound reflecting patience in marketing. The piece urges farmers to use cotton as collateral to ease financial strain and to maintain cooperative, steady handling to avoid forced sales harming growers and creditors. Contact R B Turner for details at Beauregard and Water Streets.

R. B. Turner Beauregard and Water Sts

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