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IItc01Vā–  Iext caine the race tor gins under ten years of age, IfT which little Miss Alma Roche, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roche, was wlnnlt;*r. She was presented with a doll. In the fourth and last race, girls over ten years of age and under fifteen participated and the winner was Miss Kmma Haj field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ray-fleld. Miss Ray field was presented with a handsome doth fGreat ipterest was manifested in the -races and It was with difficulty that)the large crowd was held off the course.Contest Is Wrecked.The boys who had anticipated entering the pie-eating con teat were doomed to disappointment, for it was in no uneed that some person had ap propria ted the tools to be used in this contest, vi7,., the plea. Diligent search was made, but no pies could be located, despite the combined efforts of the best detectives of the department. Consequently this fVn port ant event had to becalled off.During the evening the nightly motion picture exhibition was given, and when the photograph of Night Lieutenant Reuben 1-. Dorlon, candidate for sheriff, was flashed upon the screen, a storm of applause followed. Speeches from the popular officer were called for by many, but Lieutenant Dorlon declined to make a political speech on the occasion of the police picnic. 1 .1!
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Mobile, Alabama, US

Tue, Aug 05, 1913

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