Atlas Life Assurance Company Promotes Expansion in Alabama
The Atlas Life Assurance Company of Montgomery aims to become a million dollar company with home offices in Montgomery and Birmingham and a Mobile office led by J Hamilton. It has acquired Atlas Insurance of Montgomery, boosting weekly income to 1200 with 9 500 policyholders and plans to distribute 100000 stock across Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas Assurance Company
Ry. Ala
Alabama
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
J. &. Hamilton
Masonic Temple
Atlas Life Assurance Company
Atlas Insurance Company
Southland
Atlas Company
Last Gulf Coast Excursion Draws 226 Passengers
The Mobile Government Street station train ran at 7 30 P M with 226 aboard for a Mississippi coast trip. H C Geron and J K Ridgley praised rising patronage as the Louisville and Nashville line plans another season of cheap rate excursions after over 4000 Mississippians have ridden since June 5.
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Mobile
Louisville and Nashville
Mississippi
Government Street
H. C. Geron
Railroad Company
J. K. Ridgiey
New Orleans
Court cases in Maysville entangle several defendants
Bertha Eldridge faced arraignment in the inferior criminal court on abusive language and was fined $1 or ten days. Will Franklin’s embezzlement case involving a hat from J. S. Booker was discharged. Charles Pringle, accused of violating the prohibition law by Joseph Holder, was continued until October 2 and is alleged to have operated a blind tiger in Maysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Eldridge
Inferior Criminal Court
Will Franklin
Booker
Charles Pringle
Joseph Holder
Pringle
Maysville
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
Time it in five minutes for relief from indigestion gas bloating and stomach misery. Pape's Diapepsin is promoted as the fastest surest and harmless remedy able to regulate upset stomachs and let the user eat what they like without fear.
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Pape
Y M C A Lyceum Ticket Sales Report
At a light supper in the Y M C A tea room the lyceum committee reported 216 tickets sold by nine sub committees of fifteen. Over 300 tickets remain to be sold and committees will report again Thursday evening with plans to dispose of the balance.
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Harte Auditorium
Aubrey Boyles
Negroes Plan Exposition for Fiftieth Emancipation Anniversary
Arrangements for a New York exposition to open October 22 celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. Organized by a nine member Negro committee appointed by Governor Sulzer, the event will include representatives from Haiti Santo Domingo and Liberia and showcase progress in industry education and religion.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Libera
Sulzer
Katydid Theory Predicted Frost Reach
Anniston Alabama September 25 W J Edmondson Calhoun farmer and noted planter and local weather prophet defended his katydid theory that frost would come three months after katydids appeared. Drugstore record keeper J F Spearman confirms the frost this week bore out the forecast.
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Anniston
Ala
W. J. Edmondson
Calhoun
J. F. Spearman
Edmondson
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Ad Promises Quick Boil Cure
An advertisement claims you can stop a carbuncle or boil after it forms with Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. It lists prices of 25c, 50c, and $7.00 and emphasizes early treatment.
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Porter
Government Dredge En Route To Eufaula
A government boat sails up the Chattahoochee River from Apalachicola to clear sandbars blocking the channel to Eufaula Ala severely hindering fall traffic. Captain French is in charge and the dredge will likely spend most of the winter on the upper river.
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Eufaula
Ala
Chattahoochee
Apalachicola
Fla
French
Large Corn Shipment From South America Arrives
A steamship arrived with 7,300 tons of shelled corn from Buenos Aires marking what is described as the largest shipment from South America in over two years. The consignment launches a large importation organized by several county dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
South America
Buenos Aires
Vice President Will Stick To Hotel
Washington Sept 25 The Vice President and Mrs Thomas Marshall have decided to continue living in a hotel for the rest of his term. Mrs Marshall toured over 300 houses in the capital and the couple liked two, but rental misunderstandings caused them to pass. They ask real estate agents to be informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Marshall
Marshall
Hearings on Sulzer testimony continue as court debates scope
In a heated session, senators pressed for immediate decisions while Judge Cullen weighs whether to exclude unlisted charges. Webb Floyd testifies on deposits to Louis Sarecky’s account, tracing funds that supporters say show a deliberate concealment pattern.
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Brown
Marshall
Stanchfield
Elkus
Cullen
Floyd
Webb Floyd
Mutual Alliance Trust Company
Louis A. Sarecky
Sulzer
Tehulsky
William Sulzer
Jacob H. Schiff
Certificates for Non Coms in Mobile Battalion
The adjutant general’s office issued engraved warrants to the commanding officers for the non commissioned officers of Mobile Battalion companies. These warrants signed by Col. G J Hubbard promise enrollment in a state war correspondence school led by Captain Screws to give officers military education and potential commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Batalion
Adjutant General’s Office
G. J. Hubbard
Screws
Hubbard
First Infantry
Taft Presses Marble Post Office Request at Capitol
Former president William Howard Taft in Washington as private citizen urges Secretary McAdoo to grant New Haven a marble post office. He jokes about his weight loss, comments on Lincoln Memorial Commission seating, and later meets President Wilson.
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Associated Press
Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
McAdoo
New Haven
Conn
Bortrand
Fair appropriation for Alabama fairs announced
Montgomery Alabama September 25 Commissioner of Agriculture Kolb apportioned the annual $20 000 for agricultural fairs in the state but uncertainty remains on governor's approval. Baldwin county fair receives 300 dollars Clarke county 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Kolb
Alabama
Baldwin County
Clarke County
Court examines larceny claim and witness reveals checks
Judge Cullen reviews common law larceny notions while witnesses recount signatures and cash flow. Thomas M. Godwin identifies William Sulzer’s signature on a $1,000 check and confirms deposits related to Sulzer before his inauguration. Abraham Elkus identifies a $500 campaign check and notes the reply letter from Sulzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullen
Schiff
Marshall
Godwin
Thomas M. Godwin
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
John B. Stanchfield
Trust Company
Stanchfield
Frank V. Strauss Co
William Sulzer
Sutzer
William Sutzer
Amy Elkus
Lyman. H. Spaulding
Fiiom Sulzer
Abraham Elkus
Elkus
Sulzer
Gener
Hfield
Personalities In Mobile Visiters At Local Hotels
Miss Airline Connor undergoing surgery at Providence Infirmary is reported doing well. Corinne Wood of Battles Alabama visits for a week with the Krouse sisters on Georgia Avenue. George H Hervey of the San Carlos Pensacola visits his brother at the Cawthon. Mobile and Ohio agents Griffin and Turrentine, plus E H Shaw and K E Meek of Southern Railway, are in the city. J J Walls and wife pause at the Cawthon. Mrs A S S Wilson of Fulton and Mrs R E Carter of Biloxi with Lyman Rhodes are at the Blenville. Dr C C Fluemer of Memphis visits the Battle House. Lula Palmer and Brownie Shrutts of Danville Illinois stay at the Battle House. W C Smith and wife of Jackson are at the St Andrew. Mrs J LeRose of Gulfport visits friends. Callie A Harris of Chicago Mobdilian strings in town. H C Hibbard and wife of Riverside California stay at the St Andrew. R W Taylor of Mobile and Ohio returns from New York. Charles Marshall of New Orleans and E C Runte with A J Barr also in the city. Mr and Mrs William D Alfred return from three months in Colorado Springs with daughter Miss Alice Alfred. Dr W Watters of the Battle House wireless station leaves for Atlanta to finish medical studies.
Remains of White Man Found In Mobile River
The body of an unidentified white man, drowned near a Home Dredging Company barge in Mobile River off Bear Street, was found at daylight near the mouth of One-Mile Creek in a badly decomposed state.
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Home Dredging Company
Mobile River
Bear Street
One-Mile K
City Briefs Highlight Hair Theft and Plausible Moves
Police seek owner of a ten pound box of human hair found at 655 Dauphin street after a thief dropped it in the doorway. Sneak thieves target unoccupied houses on South Jefferson street destroying plumbing fixtures. Mobile excise panel to hear William Schroeder’s bid to move his business from South Commerce street to Wilkinson and State streets. Marriage license issued to Mary Lenora Bonifay and Marion Glasiter Ludlow.
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Oliver Fistole
Central Market
Dauphin Street
South
Jefferson Street
Montgomery
Maryland
Bb. Moog
Excise Commission of the City of
Mobile
William Schroeder
Commerce Street
Wilkinson and
State Streets
Mary Lenora Bonifay
Marion Glasiter Ludlow
Deportation Awaited for Abdu Cham East Indian Sailor
Officials of the local immigration service await advices on the deportation of Abdu Cham an East Indian who deserted from the British steamship Skerries around July 11. He was arrested on an alien warrant and had a hearing before the immigration commissioner. Cham is held in the city jail awaiting advice with a likely order to deport to Calcutta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immigration Service
Abdu Cham
Skerries
Immigration Commissioner
Cham
Calcutta
Franchise Granted for Track Across Street
An ordinance adopted at a special meeting grants the Ogburn-Grimn Grocery Company a franchise to build a switch and spur track across St. Joseph Street to its new building at the southwest corner of St. Joseph and Bloodgood streets. The ordinance, prepared by the company's attorneys, was published in advance and officially adopted at the Thursday session.
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Board of City Commissioners
Ogburn-Grimn Grocery Company
St. Joseph Street
St. Joseph and
Bloodgood Streets
Supreme Court Justices Return Home From Summer
Montgomery Alabama September 25 With the arrival of Justice T C McClellan the entire supreme court is on hand or near except Chief Justice J D McDowell who has not yet returned from his Lefayette home McClellan spent the summer with his wife and family at Pulaski Tennessee The court meets in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ala
T. C. McClellan
Supreme Court
J. D. McDowdell
Lefayette
McClellan
Pulaski
Tenn
Henley Held to Federal Grand Jury on Fraud Charge
Joseph H. Henley of Mobile was ordered held to the federal grand jury under a 250 dollar bond after a complaint by W. E. Stuberfield of Creole alleging Henley, doing business as Peoples Wood and Coal Company in Mobile, defrauded him. The affidavit notes such a firm exists in Mobile.
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Richard Jones
United States
Joseph H. Henley
Mobile
Henley
W. E. Stuberfield
Creole
Peoples Wood and Coal Company
Chicago Champ Faces Defeat in Golf Championship
In Memphis on September 25 Carolyn Painter of Chicago, the defending champion, fell in the second round of the Women's Western Golf Association championship flight to Frances Anderson of Chicago, 1 up. The close match drew a large crowd as Anderson advanced. Ruth Chisholm of Cleveland defeated A. B. Newell of Nashville, 5 up and 4 to play, while Mrs. Edwards of Chicago beat Daley of Nashville, 8 and 2.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Carolyn Painter
Chicago
Frances Anderson
Anderson
Ruth Chisholm
Cleveland
A. B. Newell
Nashville
Edwards
Daley
Mother Stanislaus Tells of Recovery
A letter from Mother M. Stanislaus of St. Anne's Convent in Sanford Florida endorses Eckman's Alterative as effective for throat and lung ailments. She recounts doctors recommending operation, then recovery after using the remedy, and offers to speak with doubters. The ad cites nonsedative ingredients and lists Braswell's Store and the Eckman Laboratory as suppliers.
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Eckman
Stanislaus
St. Anne’s
Sanford
Fla
St. Anne
Oak Ave
Peekskill, N
Sisters of St Francis
M. Stanislaus
Pakman
Braswell
Eckman Laboratory
Elphia
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Million Dollar Company
Atlas Assurance of
State
Gulf Coast
Gulf City Creamery
E. G. Humphreys
T. N. Harris
WN. Harris
Gulf City
Davie Ave
Lawrence Sts
Dr. T. N. Hart
Calhoun Farmer
Carter
Orpheum Theatre
J. H. Huntley
J. H. Huntley’s Stock Co
Rogers Barker
Lion and the Mouse
Sors
Mobile Battalion
Taft
Capitol
Walter Mitchell
Corinne Wood
Battles
Krouse
Georgia Avenue
George H. Hervey
San Carlos
Pensacola, Fla
Cc. B. Hervey
Cawthon
George A. Griffin
Mobile and Ohio
Meridian
Miss
T. J. Turrentine
Queen and Crescent
E. H. Shaw
KE. N. Meek
Southern Railway of
Atlanta
The
City
J. J. Walls
Ashland, Ala
Cawthon Hotel
A. S&s. Wilson
Fulton
R. E Carter
Biloxi
Lyman Rhodes
Blenville
C C Fluemer
Memphis, Tenn
Battle House
Lula Palmer
Brownie Shrutts
Danville, Ill
W. C. Smith
Jackson, Oo
the St. Andrew
J. LeRose
Gulfport
Friinds
Callie A. Harris
Goodrich Steamship Line
W. H. Sledge
Edward
H. C. Hibbard
Wife
Riverside, Cal
van R. W. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
New York City
Charles Marshall
E. C. Runte
A. J. Barr
William D. Alfred
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Alice Alfred
W. Watters
Track Across Street
Federal Grand Y
Painter
Florence Anderson
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