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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1925
Page
11
Albert Adams of Buffalo testified that the Rut family had supplied the daughter Alpha in a claimed auntlike role. He said adoption was not discussed and Alpha lived with the Ruts as a niece, while the case centers on a $2.7 million estate and the daughter’s rights.
A federal witness is to be served today at El Paseo with a subpoena to appear for the government in the Teapot Dome lease annulment trial opening next Monday.
Major Ned Horton of Adams Motor Company reports strong Mobile interest in the Lincoln Salon exhibit at the Battle House. The lengthy show features six Lincolns, detailed interiors, Judkins bodied bodies, and salon decor with music, incense, and luxurious upholstery. The event runs seven to eleven each evening, with attendance building for the first four days.
The report says Pershing remains ill and confined to bed during a three month South American tour with a party that escaped to Havana. Admiral Dayton and Frederick Hicks are noted as officials, with Utah expected to arrive today and sail for New York next Tuesday. A long journey from Santiago to Havana is cited as a cause for the general’s indisposition.
The American Legion and Jefferson Davis Memorial Association bought the Davis home for 26000 to serve as a Confederate memorial and club. Critics say the building is too deteriorated to repurpose and urge preserving it as a memorial for Confederate veterans and related groups.
Warsaw reports intense Polish reaction to a German plan seen as trading peace for a revised eastern frontier. Aréawska says the proposal mirrors a new partition and vows that any loss of territory will trigger war. A diet committee backs a defense bill in case of war.
RIS March 6. H M Blackmer and James F E O Neil, former American oil officials visiting in France, were summoned before the civil tribunal for interrogation in the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve case. Both men refused to testify.
An oxygen tank explosion in a Lenin grad building killed twenty six people and wounded an unknown bomber. The blast caused a panic, scattering debris and remains across the area, with most victims reported as women and children.
Final rounds of the international miniature aircraft duration contest will be held tomorrow in Chicago Paris and Warsaw. The event pits teams from Chicago Paris France and Warsaw Poland and results will be exchanged by radio.
Paris reports an automatic bread price increase on March 15 triggered by the bread flour commission raising flour prices to track wheat costs. Also notice that Extended Voting Trust Certificate No 09 6522 for ten shares of Gulf Mobile and Northern Railroad preferred stock in Donald Wilson’s name was stolen. requests for a replacement certificate are made to United States Mortgage and Trust Company and Mechanics and Metals National Bank in New York City for the restoration of the ownership.
Under a court order Judge Price Williams of Mobile County Probate will sell at public auction in front of Mobile County Courthouse on Monday March 30 1925 at 12 noon the estate of E Strill The lot lies on the west side of Franklin street north of Charleston street and measures about 71 ft 6 in by 31 ft by 48 ft with improvements current fence boundaries listed against adjacent properties
A fragmented passage notes calls by Senator Kinson Arkansas and Democratic Robinson to refrain from interference amid efforts to organize the Senate and support the administration. The text is garbled but references party involvement and a dispute over Senate organization.
City of Mobile announces a public hearing before the Board of Commissioners on March 31 1925 at noon in the Council Chamber to hear objections to the proposed lighting improvement along Church Street and adjacent streets from Bauregard Street to St Joseph Street. Assessments will be apportioned by front footage and plans filed with the City Engineer. Publication to occur twice weekly for two weeks.
An ordinance approves an electric lighting project along the south side of Spring Hill Avenue to Leons Street in Mobile Alabama. It details funding by special assessments, design by Andrew A Coffin, and publication and notice requirements with a February 26 1985 effective date and March publication.
City of Mobile plans Lighting Improvement Venture No 2 to install electric lighting known as White Way on both sides of portions of Dauphin Street from Broad Street east to the river and Government Street from Broad Street east to the river. Public hearing to discuss assessments and project details set for Feb 27 to Mar 6 at City Hall Council Chamber.
City commissioners plan to upgrade Government Street from Broad Street to Houston Street and related streets by installing electric lighting on both sides. Costs will be assessed against abutting properties by front footage, with full plans and bids due in 1925. Public meeting to review engineering and contract details to follow.
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