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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1913

Page

2

No Intention Of Leaving Service By H Gordon Ashley

Port Mobile collector H Gordon Ashley says he has no plan to resign and will submit word before January 1 if required by the powers. Rumors place a Democrat in line for federal posts in Alabama with Mobile and Birmingham figures discussed. No decision yet on successors to U S District Attorney James Sloan and U S Marshal G B Deans. Bentley, farcical and unrelated final sentence is omitted.

H. Gordon Ashley Port Mobile Woodrow Wilson

Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad in Foley Alabama

Mrs Albert Bergmann of Foley Alabama reports relief from kidney aches and pains after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The classic testimonial highlights a long history of effective use and urges readers to seek the remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.

Bright Doan Albert Bergmann Foley Ala Foster-Milburn, Co Buffalo New York United States Dean Adv

Beyond the Grave Lecture at Monroe Park Theatre

Rev. B. H. Barton of Philadelphia spoke on Beyond the Grave at Monroe Park Theatre in Mobile as the first in a four part series by the International Bible Students Association. He argued hell is the grave not endless torment, citing Bible verses to support the death state and second death concepts. He contrasted literal readings with figurative scripture and noted future resurrections and annihilation for the incorrigible.

Monroe Park Theatre B. H. Barton Philadelphia International Bible Students Association United States Mr. Barton Mobile Florida Atlanta Columbus Montgomery Macon Frank A. Hall Indianapolis J. J. McPherson New York City Yates Hamilton Canada Hell David God Jesus Peter

Palm Beauty For Gulf Coast Stations In Winter Travel Plan

Superintendent Charlies Marshall of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will plant 15 to 20 Florida palm trees at each Gulf coast station from Gentilly Louisiana to Neshota Alabama five miles west of Mobile. The sable or cabbage palms will ornament the stations and entice northern tourists, with planting starting in December and finishing in February.

Charlies Marshall New Orleans Mobile

June Deaths And Births In Alabama Record High Fatalities

Alabama health records for June show a state tally of 1924 deaths the highest monthly total in state history with 970 white and 954 colored. Births reach 3228 with 2059 white and 1169 colored. Six month divorces total 740 though 15 counties did not report. The report urges compulsory medical inspection of all school children by physicians.

Alabama State Health Department W. M. Sanders Repor

Rumors of Milwaukee St Paul Buyout of New Orleans Line

Birmingham talk centers on Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway buying the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago line from Frisco and Louisville and Nashville. Earling Yoakum Rockefeller visited last year. line surveys and a Paducah river bridge are planned to create a Mobile to New Orleans route, with Frisco holding a 51 percent stake and L and N 49 percent.

Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Gulf St New Orleans Mobile Lexington Tenn Ohio River Paducah Birmingham Frisco F’r Age-Herald of Sunday Chicago, Milwaukee and Percy Rockefeller Milwaukee and St. Paul Burlington Earling Yoakum Rockefeller Milwaukee Panama

Hundred Men Ready for Finish in Mobile Convention Drive

A hundred canvassers across ten districts prepare to recruit business support for Mobile’s congress fund. Committees meet 9:45 am at Battle House with captains to finalize instructions ahead of a noon lunch report. Committees 1 through 6 list dozens of named members aiding the effort.

Sancia Canal Battle House Lunc Embra Mobile Houston Texas Congress Fund Ralph Richard E. J. Buck W. E. P. Wilson P. B. Dorion T. K. Jackson J. I. Burgett Dr. Seale Harris A. §. Lyons A. P. Bush W. H. Monk City Bank Bank of Mobile Masonic Temple People’s Bank Palmer Pillans J. C. O'Gwynn W. C. Baumhauer John Rose J. R. Wallace Sol Kahn G. C. Tucker W. H. Croom R. H. Parsons Ed J. Higgins van Antwerp Pollock Fidelia M. Waring Harrison Garrard Harris V. P. Gaines Drew Linard T G. McDonigal A. J W. W. Gill Dauphin Street Royal Conception W. T. McGowin H. A. Feiberman T. T. Palmer Co. A. Garland George W. Adams George C. Gaillard Thomas W. Sims W. Chalk H. C. Farrow H. A. Lockwood Government Robert Weinacker Ellis D. Gates George Lining George R. Powell J. L. Cawthon Jacob Reiss A. Foreman Macias M. C. Sherman Plummer Burgett Government Street W. T. West J. L. Locke T. W. Nicol R. L. Waddle J. H. Glennon Bernard Baumr R. N. Hudson J. O. Acree W. J.nton E. J. Norton Dauphin St. Joseph Matt Mahomer, Jr J. D. Bloch Paul Danner E. J. Grove Mark

Reward Offered for A. G. S. Bandits in Bibbville Hold Up

Agent Martin L. Holbrooke of the Southern Express Company says a $1,000 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of three train robbers who held up an A. G. S. train at Bibbville on September 25. The express company reports the loot as $50 in cash and many inexpensive watches and jewelry, differing from banking reports at Birmingham and Meridian.

Martin L. Holbrooke Southern Express Company Bibbville Express Company Birmingham Meridian

Mosaic Flooring Firm Wins Examiner Building Contract

The National Mosaic Flooring Company received a telegram from Major W. F. Tebbetts in Los Angeles announcing the company has been awarded all tiling for the Examiner Building. Built for W. R. Hearst, the structure is touted as the biggest and finest newspaper building in the United States.

National Mosaic Flooring Company W. F. Tebbetts Los Angeles Examiner W. R. Hearst United States Mosaic Company Major Tebbetts

Bakery burglar robs gas meter on Dauphin Wilkinson corner

Louis Weiner, a bakery operator at the southwest corner of Dauphin and Wilkinson streets, reported to police Sunday night that a sneak thief entered Saturday night, broke open his gas meter and stole its contents. Detectives are investigating.

Louis Weiner Dauphin and Wilkinson Streets

Reiss Mercantile Opens With Noted Style in Mobile

The Reiss Mercantile Company showcases an outstanding early fall fashion feature in Mobile highlighting women’s styles. The Item will publish a full detailed account of the opening on Tuesday.

REISS Reiss Mercantile Company Mobile

Willis and Percy Location Correction at Dauphin

Willis and Percy remain at 256 Dauphin Street despite an advertisement that listed 264. The correction notes that the store number is well known and that the misprint should cause little confusion to readers of The Item's Sunday Assation Edition.

Dauphin Street

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