Committee to Probe Port Charges for Mobile Shipping
A Mobile Chamber committee named by President Cochrane will investigate dockage towage piloting and shifting fees at the Mobile port. The study compares Mobile with Gulf and South Atlantic ports and seeks input from harbour masters dock owners pilots and ship masters to ensure fair charges.
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Mobile
Gulf and South Atlantic
John T. Cochrane
Mobile Chamber of Comms and Business League
Horace Turner
Turner-Hartwell Docks Company
Gulf
Norville
Mobile Bar Pilots’ Association
Cochrane
Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
City commission positions attract applicants at city hall
Applications for city posts continue to arrive as leaders of the city manager movement gather near the building. Commissioners Schwarz Lyons and Pillans report no talks yet on offices to be filled. Edward Kirsch of the seventh ward seeks the assistant blacksmith job at the city stables, while T W Haliday applies to keep the Church street cemetery keeper post.
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Messrs. Schwarz
Lyons
Pillans
Edward Kirsch
Seventh Ward
T. W. Haliday
Old Church Street
Anniversary observance honors Admiral Semmes at Y M C A
The 103rd birthday anniversary of Admiral Raphael Semmes will be observed this afternoon at 4 30 at the Y M C A auditorium with Daughters of the Confederacy and both Confederate Veterans camps. Crosses of Honor will be awarded to veterans. Electra Semmes Colston will join the event. Semmes, born September 27 1809 in Charles County Maryland and died August 30 1877 in Mobile, led the Sumter and the Alabama during the Civil War. the Alabama was sunk by Kearsarge off Cherbourg June 19 1864.
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Admiral Raphael Semmes
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of
Confederate Veterans
Electra Semmes Colston
Mobile
Crosses of
Withers and Buchannan
Julius E. Sawyer
Green Rasberry
John R. Newell
L . Cullen
John Ryan
T. L. Dodson
Joseph Walton
Moses Broadus
William Watts
Admiral Semmes
Charles County
Maryland
Alabama
United States Navy
Jefferson Davis
Montgomery
Semmes
Sumter
High
Cherbourg
The Railroad Queen Dreamland Spotlight
Movie listing notes Dreamland theater presents a Sunday only program titled The Railroad Queen. Five reels shown with showtimes from 9 to 26 and 31 minutes after the hour.
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Dreamland
Man Fell Under Train in L&N Yard Fatal Injuries
A Black man identified as F. A. Feagin died at the city hospital from injuries suffered in the Louisville and Nashville railroad yards. He fell under a moving train, crushing the right leg, and died before surgery due to shock and blood loss.
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F. A. Feagin
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Feagin
Hand Amputation Reported After Mill Injury
Wilmer Malone was moved to the city hospital last night with an injured hand that required amputation. The incident occurred while he was working at the mill owned by A. J. Spencer.
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Wilmer Malone
Malone
A. J. Spencer
Electrician Edward Miller Cited in Recaptured Prison Escape
Edward Miller alias EB C Tatum, 24, an electrician who escaped from the city prison while serving as a trusty, was recaptured this morning and arraigned before Recorder Hale. The case was continued.
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Edward Miller
EB. C. Tatum
Hale
Mobile salesman credits Stummatone as cure for nervous breakdown
G W Clark of Mobile testifies that Stummatone restored his health in about two weeks after chronic illness and insomnia. He says the medicine improved appetite and memory and asks others to try it. A neurologist at Sutton's pharmacy links neurosis to modern life stresses and claims Stummatone relieves both mind and body.
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Stummatone
G W. Clark
St. Joseph Street
Mobile
Clark
Sutton’s
St Francis and
Royal Streets
City Briefs include inspector denial of police candidacy
City inspector of weights and measures John A Hughes denied rumors he would seek the chief of police job. A road committee from the board of revenues and road commissioners planned a northern county inspection trip and report at the next Monday meeting. Mobile garbage issues were raised with Mayor Schwarz about disposal and grass weed removal. Dead animals will be buried north of Three-mile Creek at Edward Zeller’s leased site until his rebuilding plant is ready. Tax books open October 1 and the collector expects early payments from property owners.
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John A. Hughes
Hughees
Three-mile Creek
Edward Zeller
Zeller
Pillans
Mobile
Phelan B. Dor Jon
Dominican minister to America resigns
Francisco J. Paynado, the Dominican Republic minister to America, has resigned and will be relieved as soon as possible. He says the current trouble in the republic did not influence his decision and that his resignation is forthcoming in due time.
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America
Washington
Francisco J. Paynado
Dominican Republic
Republic
Deaths and Funerals D P Fletcher and Mary Prendergast
Burial for Daniel P. Fletcher held Friday at 8:30 from his home and Mass at St Patrick s Catholic Church. Interment in Catholic cemetery with floral tributes. Pallbearers listed. Mrs Mary Prendergast dies at 77 after hip injury from a fall at her South Cedar Street home. Survived by son Frank Prendergast and a grandchild. Husband James Prendergast, a former Mobile sheriff, noted.
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D. P. Fletcher
Daniel P. Fletcher
Cleveland Street
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Father Henry
D. H. Barrett
T. T. Palmer
J. H. McGill
Mary Prendergast
South Cedar Street
James Prendergast
County Lhcer Isa
Frank Prendergast
Store Announcement From W. T. Goubil Promises New Offerings
The paper highlights a major notice by W. T. Goubil known as "The Store" announcing plans and upcoming offerings. The ad signals changes expected to draw shoppers with new goods and improved services.
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W. T. Goubil
Australia versus Philadelphia opens first international cricket series
Australia met Philadelphia today in the first of international cricket matches in this country. The event marks the debut of a series as part of overseas tours with Philadelphia hosting.
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Philadelphia
Australia
Brown's Digestit Tablets Offer Quick Indigestion Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Brown's Digestit as a fast remedy for indigestion and stomach upsets. It promises instant relief, stops fermentation, and states a child can take it safely. The copy emphasizes a strong guarantee and urges readers to try the product now.
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Brown
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